Thursday, January 5, 2012

4 January 2012

Presbyterians Week

[1] Christian Observer Highlights for January 2012

New articles in the Christian Observer for January 2012 include:

-- Gunfire in the Bluff – by Penny Smith - Northminster Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCNA) of Suwanee, Georgia, sends several people into downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday afternoons to minister to inner city residents. The 4 December 2011 Bible study came to a premature halt when bullets began flying…;


-- The Integrated Church and Vision Forum – by David Cloud – a critique of Vision Forum Ministries and aspects of Calvinist theology by a fundamentalist, dispensationalist, independent Baptist minister and publisher; and,

-- The Divisive Twists to Teach Perversion in the Classrooms – by Christian Observer Contributing Editor Dr. Joe Renfro – how the change in the public schools from teaching sound biblical principles to pagan, human-centered values where perversion is openly taught and encouraged has led students to inappropriate eating or sleeping habits, inabilities to concentrate, abrupt changes in their personalities, impulsiveness, inability to concentrate on academic work, decline in grades, absenteeism, loss or lack of positive friendships, abuse of alcohol and drugs, and increased involvement in homosexual behavior, on to increased cases of suicide in the school age population;

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

[Editor’s Note – The 4 January 2012 Presbyterians Week is a day late and several articles short due to the editor’s currently too-busy schedule.]