13 April 2011

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Iranian Shiite Muslim Documentary Film Exposed that Announces the Imminent Arrival of the “Twelfth Imam” Islamic Messiah and the Coming Apocalyptic War with Israel and the West

[2] Time Magazine World (Rulers of Darkness - ed.) Editor Declares Koran “Directly the Word of God” and Bible “Written by Men”

[3] U.S. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Professes to be a Presbyterian

[4] Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Announces Seminary Degrees for Ruling Elders and Deacons

[5] Bethlen Continuing Care Retirement Community Recognized for Excellence

[6] Trinity Review Article “John Paul II: Blessed in the Sight of God?” Published

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[1] Iranian Shiite Muslim Documentary Film Exposed that Announces the Imminent Arrival of the “Twelfth Imam” Islamic Messiah and the Coming Apocalyptic War with Israel and the West

Joel C. Rosenberg, founder of The Joshua Fund and author of eight New York Times best-sellers, published a 12 April 2011 blog article titled “Exposure of Iranian Film about the Coming of the Messiah Causing Turmoil in Tehran”, which reports on a Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG)-funded documentary film titled “The Coming Is Near” that has been exposed to the West contrary to the desire of Iran’s Shiite Muslim-dominated government.

The documentary film is about the imminent arrival of the Islamic messiah, a.k.a. the “Twelfth Imam”, and a quickly subsequent apocalyptic war with Israel and the West. Former IRG Corps officer Reza Kahlili, who became a double-agent for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and is the author of A Time To Betray, said of the documentary that the IRG “…intended to distribute it en masse throughout the Middle East to incite further uprisings, while calling for the unification of Arabs to overthrow U.S.-backed governments and promising the destruction of Israel and the imminent coming of the Shiite messiah.”

Kahlili writes of the documentary: “It is important to note that in the video, Grand Ayatollah Khomeni, the founder of the Islamic Republic, is quoted as saying that he had three goals for Iran 1. Overthrowing the Shah; 2. Establishing an Islamic State; 3. Creating the situation for the return of the last Imam. Then it goes on to say that the one after him will be the one to pass the flag of Islam to Imam Mahdi for the conquest of the world by Islam. There is also a quote that Khomeni personally told Ayatollah Khamenei that he will be the one to bring about the End of Times and the final glorification of Allah.”


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[2] Time Magazine World (Rulers of Darkness - ed.) Editor Declares Koran “Directly the Word of God” and Bible “Written by Men”

A 5 April 2011 article by Warner Todd Huston in the Big Journalism blog titled “Time Mag Editor: Koran Is ‘Directly The Word of God,’ Bible Just a Book ‘Written By Man’” reports on a recent episode of MSNBC’s ‘Hardball’ discussing the burning of a Koran by a Florida pastor that was followed by the murder by Islamists of twelve United Nations (UN) workers in Afghanistan. Time Magazine World (Rulers of Darkness - ed.) Editor Bobby Ghosh characterized the Muslim Koran as being the “direct word of God” while characterizing the Bible as being “written by men,” and thus posited that it is understandable that the Islamists in Afghanistan murdered twelve UN workers in retaliation.


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+ NBC News, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112, mediainquiries@msnbc.com

+ Time Magazine, Time & Life Building, Rockefeller Center, New York, New York 10020-1393, 800-843-8463


[3] U.S. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Professes to be a Presbyterian

An 11 April 2011 article by Lawrence D. Jones in The Christian Post titled “Donald Trump on Faith: I am Christian, Sunday Church Person” reports that presumptive Republican Party U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, on the 12 April 2011 broadcast of The 700 Club, professed to be a Christian, a “Sunday church person”, “a Protestant”, and a “Presbyterian”. Trump said that he used to attend the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)), Borough of Queens, New York City, New York.


+ The Christian Post, National Press Building, 529 14th Street Northwest, Suite 420, Washington DC 20045, 202-347-7734, info@christianpost.com

+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005


[4] Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Announces Seminary Degrees for Ruling Elders and Deacons

Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (GPTS) now offer the Master of Ministry for Ruling Elders and the Master of Ministry for Deacons programs, which include training in personal piety, knowledge of the Bible, understanding of the Presbyterian form of church government, and the role of the elder and deacon in the church. The M.M.R.E. program is designed to help the Ruling Elder function not at the local church level and at the presbytery and General Assembly level. The M.M.D. program is designed to help the Deacon see his role not only in terms of the local church, but in the wider church as well.

The requirements of the M.M.R.E. and M.M.D. program may be completed in as little as two years of full-time study at GPTS. The degree may also be completed under GPTS’s Mentor-supervised Distance Education program.

For more information, please see:

http://www.gpts.edu/resources/documents/April_2011_Enewsletter.htm


+ Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 200 East Main Street, Post Office Box 690, Taylors, South Carolina, 29687, 864-322-2717, Fax: 864-322-2719, info@gpts.edu


[5] Bethlen Continuing Care Retirement Community Recognized for Excellence

The Bethlen Continuing Care Retirement Community of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, recently was notified that the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) has accredited Bethlen Communities for its second three year term from 2011-2013. Bethlen Communities was specifically evaluated by CARF for its Bethlen Nursing Home, Ligonier Gardens Personal Care Home, Bethlen Home Health/Hospice/Companion Care Services, Friendship Gardens (a unique program designed for those suffering from dementia), and for Bethlen’s Governance standards.

Additionally, U.S. News & World Report for 2011 ranked the Bethlen Nursing Home among the top eleven nursing homes in Pennsylvania out of a total of 750 nursing homes in the state. Bethlen Nursing Home, as do all of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Nursing Homes” designees, received 5 stars, the highest overall rating, from the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.


+ Bethlen Communities, 125 Kalassay Drive, Ligonier, Pennsylvania 15658, 724-238-2235, Fax: 724-238-6101, Contact Form

+ U.S. News & World Report, 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest, Washington DC 20007, 202-955-2000, Contact Page

+ Calvin Synod, C/O Rt. Rev. Koloman K. Ludwig, General Secretary, 7319 Tapper Avenue, Hammond, Indiana 46324, 219-931-4321, kkludwig@aol.com

+ Hungarian Reformed Church in America, 3921 West Christy Drive, Phoenix, Arizona 85029, 602-843-3598, bishop@hrca.us


[6] Trinity Review Article “John Paul II: Blessed in the Sight of God?” Published

A special issue of The Trinity Review has been published with an article by Richard Bennett titled “ John Paul II: Blessed in the Sight of God?” On 1 May 2011, the Roman Catholic Church-State plans to beatify John Paul II based upon his personal holiness. Richard Bennett compares the former pope’s holiness against the Scriptural requirements of holiness and answers the question of whether John Paul II is truly blessed of God.

The Trinity Foundation is additionally making available for US$29.95 The Collected Writings of John Gill on CD-ROM. Gordon Clark frequently referenced Gill’s The Cause of God and Truth in his God and Evil: The Problem Solved.


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