26 October 2011

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Bibles for Russia Founder Alfred McCroskey, 76, Dies 18 October 2011

[2] ARP Second Presbytery Fall 2011 Meeting Characterized as “a Garish Hudibrastic Burlesque of Presbyterianism”

[3] Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary 2012 Conference ‘Rejoicing in Growth: Church Planting & Evangelism’ Scheduled 13-14 January 2012

[4] Former Hindu and Physician Writes Book about Dying PCA Pastor’s Wife whose Witness God Used to Lead Him to Salvation in Jesus Christ

[5] Vatican Calls for World Economic Governance to Overcome “Idolatry of the Market”

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[1] Bibles for Russia Founder Alfred McCroskey, 76, Dies 18 October 2011

Alfred McCroskey, who founded Bibles for Russia, Inc. (BFRI) in 1988, died 18 October 2011 at age 76.

BFRI is a Christian foreign missions board, specializing in taking short-term mission teams to "plant and grow churches" across the former Soviet Union. In January 2010, the goal set in 1988 by BFRI of planting 1000 new churches was reached. Along the way, and in cooperation with local churches, BFRI additionally ministers to orphans, street children, prisoners, school children and their teachers, hospital and mental institution patients, “unreached people groups,” unsaved young people, and students preparing for Christian ministry.

Mr. McCroskey’s funeral was held 22 October 2011 in Florence, Alabama. He is survived by his wife Jean, and sons Mark and David McCroskey.


+ Bibles for Russia, Inc., Post Office Box 69, Florence, Alabama 35631, 256-718-3660, Fax: 256-718-3662, info@biblesforrussia.org


[2] ARP Second Presbytery Fall 2011 Meeting Characterized as “a Garish Hudibrastic Burlesque of Presbyterianism”

ARPTalk(51.1), titled “An Open Letter to the “Star Wars’ Cantina Presbytery” (Second Presbytery),” was published by the Rev. Dr. Chuck Wilson on 20 October 2011as a review of the 11 October 2011 Fall 2011 Stated Meeting of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP)’s Second Presbytery. After attending this meeting, Dr. Wilson concluded that an earlier characterization of Second Presbytery he had felt was “cutting sarcasm,” that being “The Star Wars’ Cantina Presbytery,” was in fact an accurate description of Second Presbytery because the 11 October meeting demonstrated that the presbytery is “a gallimaufry of various blends and shades of strangeness that makes Second Presbytery a caricature of a presbytery that is then a caricature of itself – a garish Hudibrastic burlesque of Presbyterianism!”

Dr. Wilson’s descriptive came about as a result of presbytery deliberations upon a memorial presented by three Second Presbytery churches asking for an investigation of four Second Presbytery Elders that are directors of the Erskine College Foundation (ECF), an organization formed after the March 2010 “Snow Synod” to support efforts by Erskine College partisans against the ARP General Synod, and whether or not the elders’ involvement in the ECF is in violation of their ordination vows as Elders in the ARP Church.

Dr. Wilson describes the emotions against the memorial as verging on “hysteria,” and the “performance by Mr. Neely Gaston, former Executive Vice President of ETS, [being] the most bizarre show of the day….[as with] a red face, neck veins bulging, and voice warbling, [Gaston] once again declared the actions of the “Snow Synod” illegal as he attempted to read page-after-page from South Carolina law.”

Dr. Wilson describes several other occurrences including an ARP pastor who read an e-mail from President David Norman and Erskine Board of Trustees Chairman Joe Patrick to the presbytery stating that the matter of the ECF was an Erskine matter and informing the presbytery that those at Erskine were dealing with it. No one seemed to notice that what the pastor did was a violation of presbytery’s protocol and “out of order.” Dr. Wilson writes “the audacity of the action was such that everyone was caught by surprise. Likewise, at the time, no one seemed to notice that Erskine matters took precedence over and trumped Second Presbytery in the oversight of its own house. In fact, Erskine (the tail of the dog) wagged the dog (the church).”

Dr. Wilson described three “extraordinarily distressing issues that arose from this debate that have been publicly demonstrated on the floor of Second Presbytery for all to see,” which included what he called “Erskinolatry,” summarized in Erskine partisans’scriptural addenda to the Ten Commandments: “(11) Thou shalt be nice”; and “(12) Thou shalt say no critical thing about Erskine no manner the depth of the evil, for in so doing our god is pushed over on his face.”” The second and third distressing issues were the presbytery’s obsession with “peacekeeping” to the exclusion of confessional integrity, and the level of ignorance of Presbyterian polity demonstrated by Elders from the two churches attended by the subject ECF directors.

Dr. Wilson concluded ARPTalk(51.1) with an illustrative story:

“When Raphael was painting his famous Vatican frescoes, a couple of cardinals stopped by to watch the master and criticize his work. “The face of the Apostle Paul is too red,” said one of the churchmen. Raphael retorted, “Paul blushes to see into whose hands the church has fallen.””


+ ARPTalk Blog, 864-882-6337,wilson6114@bellsouth.net

+ Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 1 Cleveland Street Suite 110, Greenville, South Carolina, 29601, 864-232-8297, Fax: 864-271-3729

+ Erskine College, 2 Washington Street, Due West, South Carolina 29639, 864-379-2131, 864-379-2167, norman@erskine.edu


[3] Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary 2012 Conference ‘Rejoicing in Growth: Church Planting & Evangelism’ Scheduled 13-14 January 2012

The Second Annual Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary Lecture Series, ‘Rejoicing in Growth: Church Planting & Evangelism’ is scheduled for 13-14 January 2012 at the seminary in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The program includes:

SPEECHES - Friday, 13 January 2012 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)

-- Rev. Henk Drost – “Spreading the seed of the Word: Reformed Foundations for Evangelism”

-- Rev. Ross W. Graham – “Reformed Church Planting in the 21st Century”

-- Rev. Henk Drost – “Developing Missionary-Minded Congregations”

-- Rev. Ted Van Raalte – “Motivating Reformed Churches to Multiply: The 2011 Metro Vancouver Church Planting Initiative”

SEMINAR SESSIONS - Saturday, 14 January 2012 (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

-- Rev. Ross W. Graham – “Six Things to Remember about Planting a Reformed Church”

-- Rev. Ted Van Raalte – “Practical Steps for Church Planting in Urban Centers: Lessons from the Reformation”

-- Rev. Jim Witteveen – “The Prince George Canadian Reformed Mission Project”

-- Rev. John van Popta - Reaching your Neighbours: Evangelism and Video Programs

Further information and registration for the conference is available at:

http://www.canadianreformedseminary.ca/general/2012_conference.html


+ Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary, 110 West 27th Street, Hamilton, Ontario L9C 5A1, Canada, 905-575-3688, Fax: 905-575-0799

+ Canadian Reformed Churches, comments@canrc.org


[4] Former Hindu and Physician Writes Book about Dying PCA Pastor’s Wife whose Witness God Used to Lead Him to Salvation in Jesus Christ

Nationally renowned oncologist Dr. Kashyap Patel, MD, has treated thousands of patients over the years, but none quite like Anne Sanford. Despite having had a number of patients who fought cancer with grace and bravery, in Anne he found such a remarkable spirit that it affected his own outlook on medicine and his religious views.

Once a Hindu, a near death experience prompted Dr. Patel to investigate what gave some patients genuine acceptance of suffering. After delving into his meticulous patient journals, he found his answer in Anne, the wife of a church pastor in Rock Hill, South Carolina, whose astonishing faith during virulent leukemia awakened his own faith. “I found her story so touching that with the blessing of Anne’s family, I decided to share it with the entire world so that all could feel the wonder Anne inspired in those around her,” explains Dr. Patel.

Anne’s husband is the Rev. Dr. Shelton Sanford, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)) in Rock Hill, South Carolina, a position he’s held for twenty-five years. “In the providence of God, she was called to suffer with an aggressive form of leukemia,” says Dr. Sandford. “Upon Anne’s diagnosis, her greatest desire was to be a faithful witness to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Anne’s witness has continued long after her death as is evident by the content of this book.”

According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, more than 43,000 people developed leukemia in 2010 and, like Anne, it’s a battle many do not win.

Raindrops to an Ocean: The Amazing Last Days of Anne Sanford (Ambassador International; October 2011; US$12.99/softcover) explains the profound, eternal impact a pastor’s wife had on her doctor.


+ Ambassador International, 427 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville, South Carolina 29609, 864-235-2434, Fax: 864-235-2491, info@emeraldhouse.com

+ Presbyterian Church in America, 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, 678-825-1000, Fax: 678-825-1001, ac@pcanet.org


[5] Vatican Calls for World Economic Governance to Overcome “Idolatry of the Market”

A 24 October 2011 update of a Reuters article by Philip Pullella titled “Vatican Calls for Global Authority on Economy, Raps “Idolatry of the Market”” reports that on 23 October 2011, the Vatican's Justice and Peace department issued an eighteen-page document titled “Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of a Global Public Authority,” which calls for global governance of the world’s economy and a “central world bank” to rule over the world’s financial institutions.

The document condemned what it calls “the idolatry of the market” and “neo-liberal thinking” which considers only technical solutions to economic problems, when “behaviours like selfishness, collective greed, and hoarding of goods on a great scale,” are the actual problem. The document additionally stated that global economics need an “ethic of solidarity” among rich and poor nations.


+ Reuters, 3 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, 646-223-4000, general.info@thomsonreuters.com

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19 October 2011

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] WWI Presbyterian Chaplain Awarded Commonwealth of Virginia’s Highest Decoration

[2] Bible Scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman Claims All English Bible Translations Are Flawed

[3] Crystal Cathedral Creditors Committee Sues Schuller Family Members and Other Insiders for Allegedly Questionable Financial Dealings

[4] Washington State Federal District Judge Orders Release of Names of 137,500 Petitioners for 2009 Repeal of Same-Sex Marriage Law

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[1] WWI Presbyterian Chaplain Awarded Commonwealth of Virginia’s Highest Decoration

Ninety-Three years after Virginia National Guard (VNG) Chaplain 1^st Lieutenant Thomas McNeill Bulla died from combat wounds received while rescuing wounded soldiers in ‘no man’s land’ in WWI’s Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France, family members on behalf of the heroic chaplain received the Commonwealth of Virginia’s highest decoration, the Virginia Distinguished Service Medal, at a 17 October 2011 ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)) in Emporia, Virginia.

After attending Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, Bulla in 1911 became the pastor of First Presbyterian Church until WWI when he volunteered to be a chaplain in the VNG. As a member of the VNG 29th “Blue and Gray” Division, 1^st Lt. Bulla sailed to France in June 1918. On 8 October 1918, the 29^th Division began participation in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, where Chaplain Bulla began to repeatedly expose himself to enemy fire by entering ‘no man’s land’ to help wounded soldiers to safety. On 15 October 1918, Chaplain Bulla was struck by enemy fire while rescuing the wounded, and died from his wounds on 17 October 1918.

The VNG Public Affairs Office said of Chaplain Bulla’s actions: “This was duty neither required nor expected of an Army chaplain.” The U.S. Army has never recognized Chaplain Bulla for his sacrifice.


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+ Union Theological Seminary-Presbyterian School of Christian Education, 3401 Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia 23227, 804-355-0671, Fax: 804-355-3919


[2] Bible Scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman Claims All English Bible Translations Are Flawed

Bible scholar and translator Dr. Joel M. Hoffman on 14 October 2011 published “Five Ways Your Bible Translation Distorts the Original Meaning of the Text” in the Huffington Post where he claims:

“From the Ten Commandments to the Psalms to the Gospels, English translations of the Bible distort the original meaning of the text: The Ten Commandments don't forbid coveting. Psalm 23 is not primarily about sheep or a shepherd. And God didn't give his only begotten son because he loved the world so much.”

Hoffman identifies etymology, internal structure, and cognates as the “three pillars” of Bible translation, warning that they “don't work very well.” He adds that historical translations and misunderstood metaphors further “degrade all English Bibles.” As a result, he writes, English Bible translations “conceal what the Bible originally meant.”


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+ Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, 718-834-1080, 815-642-4375, joel@lashon.net


[3] Crystal Cathedral Creditors Committee Sues Schuller Family Members and Other Insiders for Alleged Questionable Financial Dealings

A recent Los Angeles Times article by Nicole Santa Cruz titled “Crystal Cathedral Creditors Committee Sues Church Insiders” reports that the creditors committee for the Crystal Cathedral bankruptcy has filed suit against the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, members of his extended family, and other Crystal Cathedral insiders for allegedly questionable financial dealings that negatively affect the final settlement of the bankruptcy.

The creditors committee says that that Schuller family members borrowed US$10 million between 2002 and 2009 from an endowment fund, and continued receiving large salaries and benefits after the church began to struggle financially. Because of these actions, the creditors committee has proposed that Schuller family creditors be paid only after every other creditor is paid off in the bankruptcy settlement. Schuller family creditors want to be paid in the bankruptcy settlement at the same time as the other creditors.


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+ Reformed Church in America, 4500 60th Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512, 800-968-6065, questions@rca.org


[4] Washington State Federal District Judge Orders Release of Names of 137,500 Petitioners for 2009 Repeal of Same-Sex Marriage Law

An 18 October 2011 article by Karla Dial of CitizenLink titled “Judge: Washington Group Must Release Petition Names” reports that on 17 October 2011, U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle of Tacoma, Washington, ruled that the 137,500 names of the people that signed Protect Marriage Washington (PMW)’s 2009 petition for Referendum 71, repeal of the Washington State same-sex marriage law, can now be publicized.

Homosexual activist Brian Murphy had threatened to put all the names on two searchable websites, whosigned.org and knowthyneighbor.org, to make it easier for others to harass them, so PMW had sought an exception to the Washington State law making all petition signatures a matter of public record.

The judge said PMW failed to show “serious and widespread threats, harassment, or reprisals” would be likely. Marriage advocates who witnessed the wave of harassment and even violence in California after a marriage protection amendment passed in 2008 said Settle’s ruling was “naïve.”

Ron Prentice of ProtectMarriage.com said:

“For the court to dismiss the potential for harassment and intimidation is ridiculous. Prentice added that California Proposition 8 advocates received “threatening phone calls to their home at all hours of the day and night and vandalized homes and cars….Businesses were called to protest their employment of so-called bigots and haters and even realtors had their open houses picketed. Places of worship were vandalized and services were interrupted by protesters…. In Washington, the democratic process will be significantly hindered as many people will not feel safe to simply sign their name in agreement with a moral cause for fear of retaliation. One hundred thirty-seven thousand people are frankly at risk, and the opposition doesn’t forget.”


+ Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80995, 800-232-6459

+ Protect Marriage Washington, Post Office Box 501, Arlington, Washington 98223, 360-631-1894, Contact Page

+ ProtectMarriage.com, 915 L Street, Suite C-259, Sacramento, California 95814, 916-446-2956, info@protectmarriage.com

+ U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle, Union Station Courthouse, 1717 Pacific Avenue, Room 3100, Tacoma, Washington 98402, 253-882-3850, info@wawd.uscourts.gov

12 October 2011

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] PCUSA Ordains First Openly Homosexual Minister

[2] Thousands of U.S. Military Chaplains Refuse to Perform Homosexual Weddings

[3] Orthodox Presbyterian Church Seeks to Begin a Church in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

[4] PCA Pacific Northwest Presbytery Finds Teaching Elder Peter Leithart Not Guilty of Federal Vision Charges

[5] Ligonier Ministries Adds Three Series by R.C. Sproul, Sr., to Free Listening Selections

[6] GPTS to Present Lecture “The Religion of Radical Environmentalism: How to Overcome its Threats to You, Your Family, Your Church and Your Society” on 28 November 2011

[7] Liveprayer.com Founder Bill Keller Says Mormonism is a Cult and No More Christian Than Islam

[8] Secret U.S. Government Panel Places Americans on “Kill List”

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[Editor’s Note: Presbyterians Week is late this week due to a deficit of thirty-hour days and ten-day weeks.]


[1] PCUSA Ordains First Openly Homosexual Minister

A 9 October 2011 Reuters article by Brendan O'Brien titled “Presbyterian Church Ordains First Gay Minister” reports that on Sunday, 9 October 2011, Scott Anderson was ordained as minister of the Covenant Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)) in Madison, Wisconsin, becoming the first openly homosexual person to be ordained in the PCUSA.


+ Reuters, 3 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, 646-223-4000, general.info@thomsonreuters.com

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


[2] Thousands of U.S. Military Chaplains Refuse to Perform Homosexual Weddings

An 11 October 2011 article by Giacomo on Godfather Politics titled “Thousands of Chaplains Refusing Pentagon Directive” reports that in response to a 30 September 2011 Pentagon directive to all military chaplains to perform same-sex weddings and to make military chapels available for same-sex weddings, both the Catholic Archdiocese for Military Service and the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty issued statements that the chaplains represented by the organizations would not perform or participate in same-sex weddings.


+ Godfather Politics, Contact Page

+ Catholic Archdiocese for Military Service, 1025 Michigan Avenue Northeast, Washington DC 20017, 202-719-3600, Fax: 202-269-9022, archbishop@milarch.org

+ Alliance Defense Fund, 15100 North 90th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260, 800-835-5233, Fax: 480-444-0025


[3] Orthodox Presbyterian Church Seeks to Begin a Church in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

A 6 October 2011 article by Iris Hersh in the Chambersburg Public Opinion titled “Orthodox Presbyterian seeks to Begin a Chambersburg Church” reports that Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) minister the Rev. John Mallin held a 7 October 2011 meeting at the Comfort Inn in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, concerning the start of an OPC church in Chambersburg.

Mr. Hersh reported that: “The denomination's doctrinal standards are the Westminster confession of faith and cataclysms.” (emphasis ed.)

The editor, who enjoys a good malapropism far more than is prudent, discovered early in his Christian walk that the Westminster Catechisms actually were cataclysmic, as the catechisms completely demolished the false doctrines the editor had learned as a child.

Additionally, the editor believes that spell checkers will be the dearth of us all.


+ Chambersburg Public Opinion, 77 North 3rd Street, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201, 717-264-6161, Contact Page

+ The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 607 North Easton Road, Building E, Box P, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19090, 215-830-0900, Fax: 215-830-0350


[4] PCA Pacific Northwest Presbytery Finds Teaching Elder Peter Leithart Not Guilty of Federal Vision Charges

A 7 October 2011 article by Don Clements in The Aquila Report titled “PCA’s Pacific Northwest Presbytery Finds TE Peter Leithart Not Guilty of Federal Vision Charges” reports that a 7 October 2011 trial by the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)’s Pacific Northwest Presbytery found Teaching Elder Peter Leithart not guilty of five charges related to Leithart’s alleged promulgation of Federal Vision theology.


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+ Presbyterian Church in America, 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, 678-825-1000, Fax: 678-825-1001, ac@pcanet.org

[5] Ligonier Ministries Adds Three Series by R.C. Sproul, Sr., to Free Listening Selections

Ligonier Ministries has added three more of R.C. Sproul, Sr.’s teaching series to the Ligonier website’s free listening selections:

-- Pleasing God

-- The Mystery of the Trinity

-- The Last Days According to Jesus


+ Ligonier Ministries, 400 Technology Park, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, 407-333-4244, Fax: 407-333-4233


[6] GPTS to Present Lecture “The Religion of Radical Environmentalism: How to Overcome its Threats to You, Your Family, Your Church and Your Society” on 28 November 2011

On 28 November 2011 at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Taylors, South Carolina, Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, founder and national spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, will present a lecture on “The Religion of Radical Environmentalism: How to Overcome its Threats to You, Your Family, Your Church and Your Society” at 7 p.m. in Room 209 of the seminary. The Cornwall Alliance is a coalition of clergy, theologians, religious leaders, scientists, academics, and policy experts committed to bringing a balanced Biblical view of stewardship to the critical issues of environment and development.

Dr. Beisner is an author and speaker on the application of the Biblical world view to economics, government, and environmental policy. He has published more than ten books and hundreds of articles, contributed to or edited many other books, and been a guest on television and radio programs. A ruling elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, he has spoken to churches, seminars, and other groups around the country for nearly twenty years. Dr. Beisner has testified before Congressional committees as an expert witness on environmental matters.

+ 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

+ The Cornwall Alliance, 9302-C Old Keene Mill Road, Burke, Virginia 22015, 703-569-4653, Contact Form

+ The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 607 North Easton Road, Building E, Box P, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19090, 215-830-0900, Fax: 215-830-0350


[7] Liveprayer.com Founder Bill Keller Says Mormonism is a Cult and No More Christian Than Islam

Bill Keller, founder of 2.4 million-subscriber LivePrayer.com, is calling on Mormon cult member Mitt Romney to quit lying about being a Christian. Keller made national news in 2007 for saying, “a vote for Romney is a vote for Satan!” Keller has demanded that Mormon Presidential candidate Mitt Romney quit lying to people that he is a Christian.

Keller applauds First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress for caring enough about the eternal souls of men to publicly state the truth that Mormonism is a cult. Keller says, “The fact is, the beliefs and teachings of the satanically inspired Mormon cult are totally inconsistent with Biblical Christianity. Romney and Mormons use the words 'god' and 'jesus,' yet the god and jesus of the Mormon cult are NOT the God and Jesus of the Bible! They view the Bible as a flawed and incomplete book usurped by the writings of their cults founder, Joseph Smith, who history shows was a racist, pedophile, polygamist, and murder!”

Keller continues, “Mormon doctrine teaches their 'god' used to be a human who rose to god-like status, just like Romney and all Mormons believe they will too after their death. The 'jesus' of the Mormon cult is the natural offspring of their 'god' Elohim who had sex with Mary, meaning their 'jesus' is a created being and NOT a deity as the Bible teaches, and is the brother of Lucifer.”

Keller concludes, “I could care less what fantasies Romney and those in his cult choose to believe, but I do care that they lie to people saying they are a Christian, when a person who believes in the teachings of the Mormon cult are no more a Christian than a Muslim is. Most appalling are prominent Christians who have sold out the faith to help Romney and other Mormons perpetuate their lie that they are Christians, aiding that cult to lead ignorant souls to hell for eternity.”

Keller said that he is not worried about being politically correct since at stake are the eternal souls of men, saying “According to the Bible, not Bill Keller, those who believe in a false Gospel like the Mormon's teach, will die and be in hell for all eternity.”

Keller has challenged Romney and another high profile member of the Mormon cult, Glenn Beck, to a public debate about Mormon doctrine, but those challenges have gone unanswered since “they will never publicly debate a Christian theologian about what their cult teaches since it would stop their ability to lie to the public that they are a Christian.”


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+ Liveprayer.com, 6660 46th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33709, Contact Page

+ Mormon Temple, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, 801-240-2640, Fax: 801-240-1550, Contact Page


[8] Secret U.S. Government Panel Places Americans on “Kill List”

A 5 October 2011 Reuters article by Mark Hosenball titled “Secret Panel Can Put Americans on ‘Kill List’” reports that a secret panel of senior U.S. government officials determines what U.S. citizens should be put onto a kill or capture list; said list then being given to the U.S. President.

The panel is a subset of the White House’s National Security Council.

Kill List member and Islamic militant Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in late September 2011 in Yemen by a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) drone strike.


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5 October 2011

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] New Christian Observer Articles for October 2011

[2] Free Ebook “The Book of Revelation Made Easy” by Kenneth L. Gentry Offered by Nicene Council

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[1] New Christian Observer Articles for October 2011

New articles in the Christian Observer for October 2011 include:

-- Should Cornerstone Ministries Investments Have Existed? – Part Two – by Bob Wildrick – In Part Two of a three-part series, Cornerstone Ministries Investments, Inc. (CMI), creditor Bob Wildrick reviews the twenty-five year relationship between the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and the now Chapter 11 bankrupt CMI and its predecessors, by examining PCA, federal, state, and bankruptcy court documents, along with CMI publications and letters, to further illustrate how the PCA facilitated and still facilities CMI’s “[US]$142 million Ponzi Scheme” that defrauded 3500 investors;

-- The Masks of Pluralism in Public Education – by Christian Observer Contributing Editor Dr. Joe Renfro – examines how the secular humanists of the public education establishment use the mask of pluralism to seemingly promote Islam and other religions, with the actual goal of diluting and marginalizing Christianity and Judeo-Christian values;

Plus, regular features including weekly Sabbath School Lessons and Westminster Shorter Catechism lessons by Christian Observer Assistant Editor Dr. Robert LaMay, and Daily Devotionals by T.M. Moore, dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe.

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+ Christian Observer, Post Office Box 1371, Lexington, Virginia 24450, christianobserver@christianobserver.org



[2] Free Ebook “The Book of Revelation Made Easy” by Kenneth L. Gentry Offered by Nicene Council

A free ebook, “The Book of Revelation Made Easy” by Kenneth L. Gentry, is being offered by the Nicene Council at the following URL:

http://puritanrising.com/


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