Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary Seeks IT Geek
[2] Presbyterian Women’s Guild of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria Holds Prayer and Peace Conference
[3] First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Celebrates 350th Anniversary
[4] Red Wing, Minnesota, PCUSA Pastor Resigns after Being Arrested for Soliciting Prostitution
[5] R.C. Sproul Pens New Book - Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism
[6] Chalcedon Foundation Offers Free E-Book Law and Liberty by R. J. Rushdoony
[7] Free E-Book The Confessions of St. Augustine Offered by Calvinism is the Gospel
[8] Headlines from the Christian Institute
[9] Headlines from Christian Concern
[10] Headlines from LifeSiteNews.com
[11] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
[12] The Religion of Peace
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[Editor’s Note: Publication of some August 2012 Christian Observer articles has been postponed due to website maintenance delays.]
[1] Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary Seeks IT Geek
The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is seeking a qualified individual with the following skills and abilities to oversee the seminary’s computer network:
- Knowledge of network structuring including physical layers of Ethernet protocols.
- System built around Windows and Linux. Scripting is extremely important.
- Must possess a robust knowledge of computer technology.
- Hardware experience with peripheries and components of PC and MAC.
- Windows Active Directory in use. Knowledge of Group Policy is indispensable.
- Degree in Computer Science or Networking preferred.
Interested parties should contact Mark Sampson, Director of Development, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 7418 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, msampson@rpts.edu, www.rpts.edu, 412-731-6000
[Editor’s Note: The editor has for over thirty years made his secular living doing the types of things listed in these job qualifications, and would seriously consider applying for this position if he were not an unrepentant country boy. If the reader ever paused to wonder about the editor, the fact that he is thoroughly familiar with each of the job qualifications listed above may provide a glimmer of understanding.]
+ Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 7418 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15208, 412-731-8690, Fax: 412-731-4834, info@rpts.edu
[2] Presbyterian Women’s Guild of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria Holds Prayer and Peace Conference
A 31 July 2012 AllAfrica.com article by Catherine Agbo titled “Nigeria: Insecurity - Presbyterian Women Hold Peace Conference” reports that the Presbyterian Women’s Guild (PWG) of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria held a four-day prayer and peace conference that began 2 August 2012 at Unity High School, Kubwa, Nigeria.
The conference theme was “A Wise Woman, the Home Builder,” and featured health education, solutions to marital problems, communication skills, and other activities.
PWG president Elder Grace Essien said the conference participants were going to collectively cry to God, especially in the face of continued insecurity in the country, remarking:
“Mothers have the responsibility to build moral values in their children so that the society will be peaceful. Our children and husbands are being slaughtered on a daily basis while we seem helpless. It has, therefore, become very important that we organize this conference and pray to our God. And we believe that our God will hear us and restore peace to this great country. Nigerians are tired of losing their loved ones. We also want to worship our God without fear.”
+ AllAfrica.com, 920 M Street Southeast, Washington DC 20003, 202- 546-0777, Fax: 202-546-0676
+ Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, 26 Ehere Road, Post Office Box 2635, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, 082-234-780
[3] First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Celebrates 350th Anniversary
First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York City (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)), is celebrating its 350th anniversary in 2012, making it the longest continually serving Presbyterian church in the United States.
The church began in 1662 when a group of colonists, primarily from Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, who had settled in what would become Jamaica, Queens, New York City, began holding worship services in a public meeting house.
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
[4] Red Wing, Minnesota, PCUSA Pastor Resigns after Being Arrested for Soliciting Prostitution
A 2 August 2012 Christian Post article by Stoyan Zaimov titled “Pastor Caught Soliciting Prostitute; 'Stunned' Minn. Church Remains Supportive” reports that the senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)), the Rev. Gary Elg, resigned his pastorate after being arrested for solicitation by an undercover policewoman posing as a prostitute.
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[5] R.C. Sproul Pens New Book - Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism
In recent years, some evangelical Protestant leaders have signed statements pledging themselves to joint social action with Roman Catholics. Others have refused to participate, declaring that, in their view, the statements went too far, touching on the gospel, which remains a point of disagreement between Protestants and Roman Catholics. Many evangelical Christians have found themselves confused by the different directions taken by their leaders.
In Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism, Dr. R.C. Sproul takes his stand for the cardinal doctrines of Protestantism in opposition to the errors of the Roman Catholic Church. Sproul, a passionate defender of the gospel of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, cites the historic statements of the Protestant Reformers and the Roman Catholic authorities, then references modern doctrinal statements to show that the Roman Catholic Church has not altered its official positions. In light of this continuing gap, he writes, efforts by some in the evangelical camp to find common ground with Rome on matters at the heart of the gospel are nothing short of untrue to biblical teaching. In Sproul’s estimation, the Reformation remains relevant.
Are We Together? is a clarion call to evangelicals to stand firm for the gospel, the precious good news of salvation as it is set forth in Scripture alone.
+ Ligonier Ministries, 400 Technology Park, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, 407-333-4244, Fax: 407-333-4233
[6] Chalcedon Foundation Offers Free E-Book Law and Liberty by R. J. Rushdoony
The Chalcedon Foundation for a limited time is offering for free the e-book Law and Liberty by R.J. Rushdoony here:
http://forms.aweber.com/form/42/2030545742.htm
+ Chalcedon Foundation, Post Office Box 158, Vallecito, California 95251, 209-736-4365, Fax: 209-736-0536, chalcedon@att.net
[7] Free E-Book The Confessions of St. Augustine Offered by Calvinism is the Gospel
The free e-book The Confessions of St. Augustine is being offered on the Calvinism is the Gospel website here:
http://calvinismisthegospel.com/free-ebook-the-confessions-of-saint-augustine/
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admin@nicenecouncil.com
[8] Headlines from the Christian Institute
-- Newsnight Presenter Jeremy Paxman Rapped by BBC for Branding Genesis ‘Hogwash’
-- ‘Evangelicals are like Totalitarian Muslims’, Says U.K. Government Advisor
+ The Christian Institute, Wilberforce House, 4 Park Road, Gosforth Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 8DG, England, 44-0-191-281-5664, Fax: 44-0-191-281-4272, info@christian.org.uk
[9] Headlines from Christian Concern
-- United Kingdom Conservative Party Same-Sex 'Marriage' Proposals Cause Sixty Percent Membership Plunge
-- Gloucester, England, Council Backs Down after Christian Group Stopped from Sharing Faith
+ Christian Concern, 70 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8AX, England, 020 7935 1488, Contact Page
[10] Headlines from LifeSiteNews.com
-- Washington DC Fetal Pain Ban Fails in U.S. House of Representatives
-- Amazon Founder Donates US$2.5 Million to Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Campaign
-- Soros-Funded UN Report Says Legalize Prostitution, Drugs Worldwide
-- Irish Government Considering Abortion Legalization by ‘Stealth’
-- Chinese Officials ‘Earn Cash Bonuses for Every Abortion They Enforce’
-- British Medical Journal Lancet Says Active Homosexuals Eighteen-Times More Likely to Contract AIDS, But ‘Homophobia’ Is the Cause
+ LifeSiteNews.com, Incorporated, 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, 888-678-6008, Contact Page
[11] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:
-- Charlotte, North Carolina, Abortionist Characterizes Victims as “Ugly Black Babies”
-- U.S. President Collating Data on U.S. Citizens from Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Department of Homeland Security Databases
-- Washington DC's New Massive Snooping Plan – 'Biosurveillance'
-- U.S. Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney Repeats Support for Homosexual Boy Scout Leaders, Members
-- Bakery under Attack for Denying Homosexuals Wedding Cake
-- Rationing Begins: States Limiting Drug Prescriptions for Medicaid Patients
-- Obamacare Requires US$1 Billion Abortion Fees Be Hidden from Public
-- Skittles Candy Promotes Bestiality to Get You to ‘Taste the Rainbow’
-- Pentagon Wants to Monitor Facebook, Twitter to Predict Terrorism
-- Obamacare Pro-Abortion Mandate Now in Effect
-- Homosexual Bullies Stalk Marriage Seminar Speaker
-- Homosexuals Harass Homeless Man Reading Bible at Chick-Fil-A
-- U.S. Republican Party Stays Clear Of Homosexual “Marriage” Issue
-- Takoma, Washington, Police use Taser on Deaf Crime Victim, Keep Jailed for Three Days
-- Fifteen-Year-Old New York City School Girl Handcuffed by Plainclothes Police after Using Her Student Metrocard to Ride Subway
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+ Political Outcast
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[12] The Religion of Peace
Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:
-- Sunni Muslim 'Extremists' Committed Seventy Percent of Terrorist Murders in 2011
-- Iraqi Christian Children Narrowly Escape Death in Double Bomb Blasts in Baghdad
-- 120 Christian Families Flee Egyptian Village Following Death of a Muslim
-- Egypt Arrests Christian Teacher for 'Insulting Islam' on Facebook
-- Muslims Burn Christian Homes and Businesses in Egypt
-- Islamists in North Mali Stone Couple to Death
-- Why Christians Are Dying in Nigeria: Understanding Boko Haram
-- U.S. State Department Criticizes French Islamic Veil Ban
-- Jihad in Thailand - Bombs Rock Pattani Hotel; Power Station Bombed - Muslim Woman Driving Car Bomb
-- Police in India: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Responsible for Assassination Bomb Attempt on Israeli Diplomat
-- American Islamist Groups Shape Arab Revolutions
-- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Compares Islamic Violence to Christianity
-- Sharia: Woman Shackled in Jail with Baby, Faces Death by Stoning in Sudan
-- Women Should Only Ride Bicycles in Their Backyards, Says Iranian Mullah
-- Nine Christian Nurses Allegedly Poisoned in Government Hospital in Pakistan
-- Muslim Cleric: Homosexual Sex Acceptable in the Service of Jihad
-- U.S. Republican Party Leaders Ignorant of Muslim Brotherhood's American Influence
-- U.S. President Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
-- The Mega Mosques Boom
-- Saudi Arabia Deports Thirty-Five Ethiopian Christians For Praying
-- Saying Mali ‘Is Our Country,’ Militias Train to Oust Islamists
-- British Banking Giant 'Exposed U.S. to Terrorists' by 'Scheming' To Hide US$250 BILLION of Transactions with Iran
-- Jihad in the Philippines: Muslims Armed with Chainsaws and Guns Launch Attacks, Now Occupy Towns
-- The Rise of the Taliban in London
-- Nineteen Nigerian Christians Reported Killed Monday Night 6 August 2012 in Attack during Worship Service
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+ Atlas Shrugs, writeatlas@aol.com
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