Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] New Pope Prays to Mary
[2] The Inviolable Laws of Nature and Nature’s God and Marriage
[3] 'Traditional Marriage is the Only Constitutional Marriage' -- 'Christians are Outraged with Unfaithful Obama,' Says Pastor Steven Andrew
[4] Joni and Friends 'Beyond Suffering' Curriculum Now Available in iBook Format
[5] The Trinity Foundation Announces Three New eBooks
[6] Marriage Bill “Completely Nonsensical”: Flat Earth Society Members to Celebrate Marriages under Scottish Government Plans
[7] Church of Scotland Moderator Criticized for Ties to Publisher of Traditionalist DVD Sent to All 900 Kirk Parish Ministers ahead of May 2013 Debate on Homosexual Clergy
[8] Christians Mark Legacy of Scottish Missionary ’Trailblazer’ David Livingstone
[9] D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship Acquires New Building Two Blocks from U.S. Capitol Building
[10] New Preaching Website Launched
[11] Crown & Covenant Publishing Seeks Translators, Especially Spanish Translators
[12] Minneola Reformed Presbyterian Church Announces "Open Doors to the Medical Ministry"
[13] Headlines from Christian Concern
[14] Headlines from The Christian Institute
[15] Articles from LifesiteNews.com
[16] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
[17] The Religion of Peace
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[1] New Pope Prays to Mary
In one of his first acts as “pontiff,” Pope Francis visited Saint Mary Major basilica and “prayed to the Virgin, for the safekeeping of all of Rome” (“New Pope Francis Visits St. Mary Major,” Vatican Information Service, March 14, 2013). At the basilica, the pope “left the Virgin a bouquet of flowers” and prayed to her for about ten minutes. St. Mary’s is one of four “patriarchal basilicas,” meaning they are directly associated with the pope and have papal altars, and nowhere is the deep apostasy of the Roman Catholic Church more evident. Built in about AD 350 it was restored by Pope Sixtus III to commemorate the declaration of Mary’s Divine Motherhood by the Council of Ephesus in 432. The mosaic in the apse depicts Mary sitting on the right hand of Jesus on His throne and being crowned by Him as Queen of Heaven. Another prominent statue of Mary is titled “Mary Queen of Peace.” Outside of the basilica, MARY IS EVEN HANGING ON THE CROSS WITH JESUS! A large crucifix has Jesus hanging on one side and a crowned Mary holding a baby on the other. These images depict Rome’s dogma that Mary is co-redemptrix with Christ and that she intercedes for men and aids in their salvation.
Note the following quotation from the Second Vatican Council: “Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but BY HER MANIFOLD INTERCESSION CONTINUES TO BRING US THE GIFTS OF ETERNAL SALVATION. ... Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of ADVOCATE, HELPER, BENEFACTRESS, and MEDIATRIX” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, chap. 8, II, 62, pp. 382-383). For photos of Mary on God’s throne, Mary the Queen of Peace, and Mary hanging on the cross see the following:
http://www.wayoflife.org/maryolatry/index.html
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[2] The Inviolable Laws of Nature and Nature’s God and Marriage
By the Rev. Dr. Michael A. Milton
When the rats begin to scramble on board the ship, it is a sure sign that the boat is sinking.
First the self-described personal freedom loving libertarians and now Karl Rove believes that Conservatives can embrace same-sex marriage, or, just leave it to the State as it is a personal “liberty” matter. The defense seems to be, “Let the Church regulate marriage and leave the State out of it. Let the State allow whoever wants to be married to be married. It is a legal contract, not a religious ceremony, for goodness sake.”
Nonsense.
The nation we live in is grounded in “inalienable rights” that come from God, not from government. This truth is the very ground of our civilization. So, too, just as there are certain God-given or “natural” rights that come to mankind and that government is designed to guard, not dispense or arbitrate but to defend, so there are “inviolable laws” that are incumbent upon mankind. This is not a “religious” matter, but a matter of “natural law” that transcends government and social trends and attitudes. One of those inviolable laws is the law of marriage. It is a “Creation Ordinance” in that it extends to the beginning of humankind. It is embedded in our species as surely as murdering another person is or stealing from another is. Jesus, when questioned about divorce, appealed to this Creation ordinance and he said, “It was not so in the beginning.” He went on to describe marriage as between a man and a woman and in that union, spiritually, physically, and socially, they become one. Biology itself defends the arrangement and without ever appealing to St. Paul, I could appeal the universal law that is placed in man’s heart to defend heterosexual marriage. No one has the right to take away freedom of thought or choice unless that freedom turns to licentiousness by hurting another OR BY DENYING THE INVIOLABLE LAWS of nature and nature’s God.
Make sure that the nation marks this well: a people who will deny the inalienable rights of nature and nature’s God will perish from the earth. For freedom cannot be shackled in the human soul. And be certain of this as well, that when you deny the inviolable laws of nature and nature’s God, including marriage of one man and one woman, that civilization will not stand—cannot endure.
The Church did not invent marriage. The Church (and the Synagogue) seeks to bless what God has placed in the very nature of mankind and the order of His universe.
To give in to libertarian or more accurately licentiate, muddle-headed notions and cries for ignoring what is encoded into the very laws of life is to not only go down with the ship, but share in the culpability of destroying it.
Marriage is an inviolable law that cannot be tampered with by man. It is lunacy and suicidal to think and act otherwise. And that is just what the Republicans are doing if they join the ranks of conscience-seared and sadly mistaken people who so cavalierly dislodge the veritable cornerstone of human civilization.
Michael Anthony Milton (Ph.D., University of Wales) serves as the chancellor/CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary (one of the largest accredited seminaries in the country), a U.S. Army chaplain (instructing at the Armed Forces Chaplain School) and the James M. Baird Jr. chair of pastoral theology at RTS/Charlotte. He is an author, songwriter, singer, ordained minister, former pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga, Tenn., and he previously served as the president of RTS/Charlotte. Dr. Milton also hosts a national Bible teaching television program, Faith For Living, broadcast on the NRB Television Network, and a radio program broadcast on several stations in the southeast. For 16 years he served in the business world and has also served as a top-secret Navy linguist.
+ Reformed Theological Seminary, 2101 Carmel Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28226, 704-366-5066, Fax: 704-366-9295
[3] 'Traditional Marriage is the Only Constitutional Marriage' -- 'Christians are Outraged with Unfaithful Obama,' Says Pastor Steven Andrew
Pastor Steven Andrew, president of USA Christian Ministries, says to obey God and George Washington with God's Marriage, instead of Barack Obama's homosexual "marriage". The reason is so God will bless and heal Americans. Traditional Marriage is the only Constitutional Marriage.
"God and Christians are outraged with unfaithful Obama. Do you see how Obama behaves like Sodom and Gomorrah-wanting the Supreme Court to undermine traditional marriage and California's Proposition 8? Obama is disobeying God, George Washington, John Adams, John Jay and Thomas Jefferson," he said.
"The most Christ-like and loving response to sinners is what Jesus said: 'Repent, and believe in the Gospel' (Mark 1:15),".
"Our Founding Fathers established God's Marriage of one man and one woman. All thirteen colonies made Christian laws opposing homosexual sin. All fifty states followed George Washington knows what is Constitutional."
"Americans won wars by God's favor with Washington's laws to court martial homosexuals. There can't be sin in the camp if you want God's help."
"The Declaration of Independence shows men 'are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights'. God's unalienable rights are to live for God like our Founding Fathers, not to follow the devil like Obama. Who would be gullible enough to think that God and our Founding Fathers want Americans to sin?"
Andrew’s book "Will You Stand Up for God's Marriage?" gives five reasons why traditional marriage only is important:
-- Love God - God created man and woman marriage (Mark 10:6-7)
-- Love One Another - The unrepentant don't go to Heaven (1Corinthians 6:9-10)
-- Be Spared of God's Judgment - God blesses the obedient (Jude 7)
-- Honor Our Founding Fathers - Make Christian laws (Mark 12:30)
-- Be Forgiven – Repent (1Corinthians 6:11)
For 237 years the U.S. and the U.S. Supreme Court followed God. Americans have 406 years of God's Marriage beginning with the Jamestown Settlers.
+ USA Christian Ministries, 2059 Camden Avenue #280, San Jose, California 95124, Contact Page
[4] Joni and Friends 'Beyond Suffering' Curriculum Now Available in iBook Format
"Beyond Suffering: A Christian View on Disability Ministry" by Joni Eareckson Tada and Steve Bundy, with Pat Verbal and Dr. Kathy McReynolds, is now available as a multi-touch book for the iPad. "Beyond Suffering" is a groundbreaking course of study created to transform the way Christians view God's plan for disability and suffering and was originally introduced as a curriculum in courses offered at the Joni and Friends Christian Institute on Disability in August, 2010. Since then, it has been released as a textbook for use at other educational institutions around the country, as well as in Spanish and Braille editions.
"At Joni and Friends we recognize that today's students need textbooks designed for the way they like to learn, so we're excited to introduce the first ever disability ministry course for iPad users," said founder and CEO Joni Eareckson Tada. "This dynamic, new format provides students hands-on access to the multifaceted course by combining the Study Guide and Leader's Guide into one interactive, multi-media book. It's our prayer that this course, whether in print or on an iPad, will equip the next generation with the skills to think critically about the complex issues impacting people with disability and their world."
The "Beyond Suffering" curriculum contains 16 lessons organized into four modules: An Overview of Disability Ministry; The Theology of Suffering and Disability; The Church and Disability Ministry; and An Introduction to Bioethics. The Beyond Suffering iBooks Edition takes advantage of all the iPad's accessibility features for students with visual and hearing impairments.
The iBooks Edition puts the entire course in the palm of the student's hand:
-- The new interactive format provides students instant access to the compelling videos from Joni and Friends' Award-Winning Television Series and articles from the Leader's Guide.
-- New colorful photos, graphics, videos and links embedded in this multi-touch book will enhance the learning experience for tech-savvy student
-- Resources, stats and articles can be added or updated as current issues on disability ministry are in the news.
-- Downloadable PDFs of promotional flyers, e-cards, surveys and evaluations are linked for ease of use.
The iBooks Edition contains everything students need to complete the course. However, leaders teaching a large class may want to purchase the "Beyond Suffering Leader's Guide" for large screen projection or for adapting the PowerPoint slides to personalize the course.
The "Beyond Suffering" iBooks Edition is available on iTunes, with more information online at Joni and Friends.
The original curriculum, as well as the Spanish and Braille versions, are available for purchase online at the Joni and Friends online store, along with an introductory video on the need for these materials featuring Tada, Bundy and other contributors.
For more than 30 years, Joni and Friends has worked to accelerate ministry to the disability community, offering a wide array of life-affirming ministries to people with disabilities around the world. Joni and Friends does this through the Christian Institute on Disability; the International Disability Center; international radio and television programs filled with inspirational stories; Wheels for the World, which every year sees thousands of individuals receive wheelchairs and the life-giving message of the Gospel; and Family Retreats, where families affected by disability learn they are not alone.
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[5] The Trinity Foundation Announces Three New eBooks
The Trinity Foundation now has the following eBooks by Gordon Clark available for download for US$5.00 each:
-- Behaviorism and Christianity
-- The Philosophy of Science and Belief in God
-- What Is the Christian Life?
+ The Trinity Foundation, Post Office Box 68, Unicoi, Tennessee 37692, 423-743-0199, Fax: 423-743-2005, tjtrinityfound@aol.com
[6] Marriage Bill “Completely Nonsensical”: Flat Earth Society Members to Celebrate Marriages under Scottish Government Plans
The Free Church of Scotland on 18 March 2013 published the following press release:
Members of the Flat Earth Society could soon be officiating at weddings in Scotland under plans to redefine marriage by the Scottish Government, according to the Free Church of Scotland.
The Free Church has described the Scottish Government’s plans to create a third category of marriage as “completely nonsensical”.
The comments came as the denomination responded to the second consultation on the redefinition of marriage in Scotland, which it continues to vehemently oppose.
The Scottish Government has said it wishes to establish belief ceremonies as a third type of ceremony, alongside religious and civil, for getting married in Scotland.
A Free Church spokesman said: “The proposal of the Scottish Government to create a third category of belief marriage ceremony alongside the current religious and civil ones is an indication of the increasing confusion that we can expect in the coming months and years.
“Humanists are already able to perform marriages under the religious category and we see no reason why this should not continue.
“Instead we are faced with the Scottish Government seeking to create a new category for something which already happens under the current system, which is completely nonsensical.”
The spokesman continued: “We would also question whether this category only includes humanists or will it allow for any belief? Could the Jedi Knights or members of the Flat Earth Society be registered as belief celebrants?
“We believe that once the legislation is passed the issues and complications will not go away.”
+ Free Church of Scotland, 15 North Bank Street, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2LS, 0131-226-5286, Fax: 0131-220-0597, catherine@freechurchofscotland.org.uk
[7] Church of Scotland Moderator Criticized for Ties to Publisher of Traditionalist DVD Sent to All 900 Kirk Parish Ministers ahead of May 2013 Debate on Homosexual Clergy
A 19 March 2013 The Herald article by Brian Donnelly titled “Kirk in Anti-Gay Clergy Film Row” reports that Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly the Right Rev. Albert Bogle is being criticized because the moderator was previously a director of Sanctus Media, producer of a traditionalist-oriented DVD sent to all 900 Kirk parish ministers ahead of the May 2013 Kirk debate about homosexual clergy.
The article did not specify from whence the criticism originates.
+ The Herald, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland G2 3QB, 0141- 302-7000, Fax: 0141-302-7117, On-lineEditor@theherald.co.uk
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+ Sanctus Media, St. Andrew's Manse, 11 Erngath Road, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland EH51 9DP, 01506-827-217, Contact Page
[8] Christians Mark Legacy of Scottish Missionary ’Trailblazer’ David Livingstone
By Peter Wooding, Europe Bureau Chief for ASSIST News Service
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND (ANS) -- As part of a series of events to mark the bicentenary of David Livingstone’s birth, Christians met this week in Edinburgh to reflect on the legacy of the Scottish missionary and explorer.
Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone
Speaking at the conference held by the University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity the Right Reverend James Tengatenga, Bishop of Southern Malawi, said there was still a sense of "awe" surrounding David Livingstone in his country today.
Livingstone was born in the small Scottish town of Blantyre. He went to Africa as a medical missionary in 1840 and would lead extensive explorations across the interior and central Africa.
Christian Today reported that during the conference Bishop Tengatenga said the explorer had been different from others in his day for the respect he showed indigenous cultures and languages, a respect that often gained the trust of local people and chiefs.
Livingstone’s Legacy
Bishop Tengatenga described Livingstone as an "itinerant trailblazer" who did not understand himself as a typical missionary.
"He was just a small part of the greater work being done by others. He understood missions differently. Exploration was not antithetical to it but integral to it."
The bishop explained that many Christians in Malawi, including himself, trace their faith in some part back to Livingstone.
"The story [of the church] is not complete without giving David Livingstone a place or role in it. I can't tell the story of my faith without telling the story of David Livingstone," he said.
Livingstone was a vocal campaigner against the slave trade and he was concerned about economic development and self-sufficiency not only for the indigenous people, but for the missionaries spreading the Gospel among the people.
"David Livingstone was a visionary, he dreamed of things to come," said Bishop Tengatenga said.
Poverty Today
The conference also reflected upon the challenges facing Malawi today, including widespread poverty.
The conference was told that less than one per cent of the population of Malawi went to university. Delegates heard that Livingstone would have been disappointed with some of the developments that came after him, including the widespread poverty that exists today.
Missionary Myth
Dr. T. Jack Thompson, of the University of Edinburgh, said a "myth" surrounding Livingstone in Malawi had been created in Livingstone's time largely by the Scottish missionaries who followed him "because to them he was a hero".
"We would like to think that we Westerners have transformed Malawi but when you go into the poorest villages, has it really changed all that much since David Livingstone was there in 1859?" he said.
Injust Colonialism
Dr. Ken Ross, Honorary Fellow of the School of Divinity, spoke of the deep sense of injustice that grew with colonialism, saying Livingstone's legacy was "not without its moments of ambivalence and conflict".
Malawi in the 20th century would, he said, be characterised largely by a tension between white domination and rising African aspirations.
However, Dr. Ross that the difficult race relations that emerged later with European settlers was "at odds" with Livingstone himself and that the missionary had an "unyielding hostility" towards racism.
Bishop Tengatenga said that while Livingstone had sometimes been blamed for colonialism and accused of plundering the land, he did not believe these had ever been Livingstone's intention.
Dr. Ross concluded that Livingstone's influence would be with Malawi "for some time to come", not least because of his contribution to the Christian faith, the enduring strong relations between Malawi and Scotland, and Livingstone's vision for social and economic development which continues to inspire new anti-poverty initiatives today.
He said: "It could look like a story of despair but a generation of Malawians is coming up now with entrepreneurial skills that gives us great hope about what the future could be.”
"There are very hopeful signs and as well and I hope this bicentenary will be a chance to celebrate them as well."
Peter Wooding is an award-winning TV, radio and print journalist and media consultant under the name of Peter Wooding Productions (www.peterwoodingproductions.com). Having previously spent 10 years as news editor with UCB Radio in the UK, he has travelled extensively reporting from countries including Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Dubai, South Korea, Zambia, Gambia, Mozambique, Croatia, Israel and India. He now reports regularly for CBN News, ASSIST News Service, GDOP London, Sorted Magazine and Christian Concern. Peter and wife Sharon live in North Wales, UK with their three children. Passionate to see God’s Justice and Mercy impact lives, Peter is director of a new U.K. ministry (www.mercyprojects.co.uk>) to help at-risk young people in Ukraine, Russia, Armenia, Kosovo, the Middle East and beyond. Contact Peter for consultation at: peter@peterwoodingproductions.com or telephone +44-1244-549167/+44-7500-903067
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[9] D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship Acquires New Building Two Blocks from U.S. Capitol Building
The D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship, a Christian ministry to legislators, staffers, and interns on Capitol Hill, has acquired a permanent home two blocks from the U.S. Capitol building.
The new facility, a stately three-story row house built in 1890, will be the site of ministry activity and house the new D. James Kennedy Library on Capitol Hill. Renovations are already underway on the spacious structure in preparation for the grand opening in June.
"We are absolutely thrilled to have the new center for ministry so close to where lawmakers and their staff work," said Dr. John B. Sorensen, President of Evangelism Explosion International, the parent organization of the Center for Christian Statesmanship. "This elegant building will be an enormous asset to our outreach on Capitol Hill."
Dr. Sorensen noted that the new D. James Kennedy Library "will help form Christian statesmen, as Members and staff access a library of some 2,000 volumes drawn from Dr. Kennedy's personal collection, as well as about 2,000 sermons he preached during his lifetime."
Founded in 1995 by the late D. James Kennedy, a minister, author, and evangelical leader, the Center for Christian Statesmanship has impacted thousands of lives by bringing a gospel witness, Christian discipleship, and a vision for Christian statesmanship to leaders in Washington.
The Center's Executive Director George Roller leads a wide range of ministry activities, including "Politics and Principle Luncheons" at which Christian Members of Congress share their faith testimony; Bible studies for legislators, staffers and interns; special intern events, such as backyard barbecues, where hundreds of interns gather in a Christian setting; and special lectures where key Christian leaders and thinkers share a Christian witness to the Capitol Hill community.
"The Center does not do any sort of political action," said Dr. Sorensen, leader of Evangelism Explosion which saw nearly eight million professions of faith in Christ worldwide in 2012. "We simply minister to Members of Congress, their staff, and those that come and serve as interns on Capitol Hill. It is our hope and prayer to see a dramatic expansion of the Center's outreach with this wonderful new facility."
In other news, the Board of Evangelism Explosion International approved the addition of three new Directors at the Board's last meeting. The three new Directors are:
-- Dr. Norman C. Blackaby, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Dallas Baptist University, and co-author with his father, Dr. Henry Blackaby, of numerous books, including Experiencing Prayer with Jesus.
-- Mrs. Marta Colon Perea, Academic Senator for the College of Business Administration, University of Puerto Rico.
-- Mr. Mike Hudson, Director, Human Resources at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
These new Board members will serve on one or more of the committees of the Board, using their particular gifts and experience to assist the Board in overseeing the ministry work of Evangelism Explosion International.
Dr. David Self, Executive Pastor of First Baptist Church in Houston, serves as Chairman of the Board, and Dr. John B. Sorensen is President of Evangelism Explosion International.
During 2012, over 7.88 million people worldwide professed faith in Christ through Evangelism Explosion (EE). The interdenominational non-profit ministry was founded by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy, Founder and Senior Minister of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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[10] New Preaching Website Launched
A new preaching website, www.pssermons.net, has been launched by Bible Presbyterian Church pastors the Rev. Steven Brinegar, pastor of Grace Bible Presbyterian Church of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the Rev. Tim Prussic, pastor of Columbia Bible Presbyterian Church in Scappoose, Oregon.
Pastor Brinegar writes:
“This site is dedicated to the craft of preaching the Word of God. I'm a pastor who loves preaching. Most Mondays, I give some time to thinking about my sermon form the pervious Sunday. Hindsight is a great teacher. As I think about my own successes and failures, I'm going to write about them.
“My method will be to think theologically and practically about preaching. These two, theory and practice, must always go hand in hand. Hindsight is an excellent teacher. These post scripts will look back at mistakes I've made, lessons I've learned, and applications I've missed all leading to improvement in my preaching. My prayer is God will bless my preaching and perhaps even you and your preaching as well.”
+ PSSermons, Contact Page
+ Bible Presbyterian Church
[11] Crown & Covenant Publishing Seeks Translators, Especially Spanish Translators
Crown & Covenant Publications is looking for translators to help meet the demand for some of their books in languages other than English.
The publisher is looking for translators who are skilled writers and can dedicate the time necessary to turn a project around on a deadline, especially for those fluent in Spanish, and may be interested in other languages.
The books are to be published in digital formats and possibly in book form, depending on the market.
Translators will be compensated for their work.
Please contact:
Josh Wilsey
Crown & Covenant Publications
Reformed Presbyterian Witness
412-241-0436
josh@crownandcovenant.com
www.crownandcovenant.com
www.rpwitness.com
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+ Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), 7408 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15208, 412-731-1177, Fax: 412-731-8861
[12] Minneola Reformed Presbyterian Church Announces "Open Doors to the Medical Ministry"
Have you completed "Pre Med" courses in a prestigious university? Are you now looking for a nursing program where you can complete your clinical hours while you fulfill your medical requirements for nursing? Are you looking for a Reformed Presbyterian Church near such a school?
Minneola Reformed Presbyterian Church's “Open Doors to the Medical Ministry” may be what you are looking for. We are a congregation actively involved in a local community located twenty miles from Dodge City Community College (DC-3) which offers an accredited nursing training program with sufficient opportunities to fulfill contact hours in a clinical setting.
It's great that you can finish with an ADN in two years and be an RN--and then go just about anywhere. Minneola-RPC's “Open Doors to the Medical Ministry” will work with you to find housing for you as you transition into the beautiful wonders of the "Big Sky Country" with Prairie Canyons.
For more information call 620-885-4643 or email djbartel965@gmail.com.
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+ Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), 7408 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15208, 412-731-1177, Fax: 412-731-8861
[13] Headlines from Christian Concern
Headlines of the past week from Christian Concern:
-- Sex Trafficking among the Dreaming Spires – Oxford’s Not So Hidden Problem
-- U.K. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Advises Government to Allow Creation of Three-Parent Babies
-- Graphic Designer Denied Employment with Prested Hall Hotel near Colchester, England Because of Christian Faith
+ Christian Concern, 70 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8AX, England, 020 7935 1488, Contact Page
[14] Headlines from The Christian Institute
Headlines of the past week from The Christian Institute:
-- Holland Discusses ‘Group Marriage’ as Next Step
-- Scottish Borders Council Official Attempts to ‘Edge Out’ School Chaplains over Gay Marriage
-- Former Kirk Congregation Gilcomston Church of Aberdeen, Scotland Hounded from Meeting in Copthorne Hotel over Traditional Beliefs about Sex and Marriage
+ 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
[15] Articles from LifesiteNews.com
Articles from the past week from LifesiteNews.com:
-- 1.4 million French March against Gay ‘Marriage’; Police Tear Gas Crowd, Children
-- United Nations Report Equates Lack of Access to Abortion and Reparative Therapy for Homosexuals with ‘Torture’
-- State-funded Irish Charity Promoted Sexual ‘Threesomes’ for Teens as ‘A Bit of Fun’
-- Medical Assistant for Abortionist Kermit Gosnell Admits Cutting the Spines of Ten Babies Born Alive
-- Obama’s U.S. Secretary of Labor Nominee Thomas Perez Boasted of Prosecuting Pro-Lifers
-- Evangelical Mega-Church Pastor Rob Bell Supports Homosexual ‘Marriage’
-- American Civil Liberties Union Threatens to Sue after Chambersburg, Pennsylvania School Board Blocks Gay-Straight Alliance Club
-- ‘Gender Identity’ Bill Passes Canadian House of Commons In 149-137 Vote
-- 'Gay Marriage' a Step Closer for Finland
-- California Department of Education Adds Dozens of Gay, Transgender Titles to Recommended Reading List
-- American Academy of Pediatricians Formally Supports Gay ‘Marriage’
-- Starbucks CEO Tells Shareholder to Sell His Shares If He Doesn’t Like Gay ‘Marriage’
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[16] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:
-- Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William G. “Jerry” Boykin Says U.S. 'Constabulary Force' Coming – Probable Destination of Billions of Bullets Purchased by U.S. Department of Homeland Security
-- Russian Official in 1992 Told American Businessman Tom Fife: “Obama Is a Communist KGB Agent”
-- RED DAWN ALERT: U.S. Marine Corps General Amos Warns His Troops: ‘Save Every Round, Every Gallon of Gas’
-- Obama Ignores State Nullifications, Says Federal Agents Will Enforce Obamacare
-- Retired U.S. Army Captain Demands U.S. Department of Homeland Security Give Up Their Weapons of War
-- Obama Quotes Communist Mentor Saul Alinsky in Speech to Young Israelis
-- U.S. Government Plan Calls for More Scanning of Private Web Traffic, Email
-- U.S. Congressmen Demand U.S. Department of Homeland Security Explain 1.6 Billion Bullets Purchase
-- U.S. Transportation Security Administration Agents at Phoenix, Arizona Sky Harbor Airport Humiliate Wounded Active-Duty U.S. Marine with Aggressive Inspection
-- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Admits They Could Have Cut Costs without Releasing Felons
-- New York State Offers US$500 Reward for Reporting Illegal Gun Owners
-- University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Sponsors ‘White Privilege Conference’
-- Atheist Professor Richard Dawkins Tweets that a Pig Is More ‘Human’ Than a Human Fetus
-- Chicago Public Schools to Start Sex Education in Kindergarten
-- Chicago, Illinois Policeman Fractures Woman’s Face, Says “I’m Going to Push Your Nose through Your Brain”
-- Kazakhstan Court Orders Burning of a Baptist’s Bibles, Children's Bibles, and Other Books and Leaflets on the Christian Faith, Mainly in the Kazakh Language
-- University of Rhode Island Professor Calls for Beheading of National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre and Says NRA is a “Terrorist Group”
-- University of Missouri College Students Recruited for Amateur Pornography Production Movement
-- Carneys Point, New Jersey Police and Department of Children and Families Officials Raid Firearms Instructor’s Family Home over Facebook Photo of Child’s Rifle
-- Is the U.S. Department of Agriculture Deliberately Sucking Everyone Possible into the Food Stamp Trap?
-- Obama’s U.S. Secretary of Labor Nominee Thomas Perez Ignored Planned Parenthood Sex Trafficking Issues
-- Cedar Grove, West Virginia Police Officer Johnny Walls Gives Concussion to Eighty-Year-Old Man with Hearing Aids and Two Replacement Knees
-- Beijing Shouwang Church Continues with Its Outdoor Worship Services despite Police Arrests and Harassment
-- Manhattan, New York Man Faces Three Years in Jail for Pulling ‘Unlicensed’ Gun on Burglar inside His Home
-- Several English Public Schools Forbid Students to Have Best Friends
-- Ipswich (Massachusetts) Middle School Principal Ditches ‘Honors Night’ for More Inclusive Student Assembly to Avoid ‘Devastating’ Average Kids
-- Rat Alert: New York State Offers US$500 Reward for Reporting Gun Owners
-- University of California – Los Angeles Will Offer Summer 2013 Course Entitled “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Perspectives in Pop Music.”
-- Rock Island, Illinois Police Threaten Evangelist with Arrest for Preaching “Hell”
-- Polygamy and Much More Will be Next Liberal Causes
-- Former Pennsylvania Governor is Unindicted Co-conspirator in Gosnell Murders of Newborns
-- New York Times' Environmental Reporter Justin Gillis Hits at 'Climate Deniers,' Compares Them to Creationists
-- Florida Atlantic University Student Suspended for Refusal to Stomp on the Word “Jesus”
-- U.S. Department of Education Kids’ Website Includes Quotes from Mao Zedong
-- Scotland’s National Trans Police Association Calls on Police Scotland to Hire More Transsexual Police Officers
-- Benson High School in Portland, Oregon Math Teacher Escorted Out by Police, Set to Be Fired for Opposing Planned Parenthood in the Classroom
-- Upcoming Workshop at Brown University Set to Help Queer Minorities Overcome Attraction to Queer Whites
-- Obama Mentor, Former Weather Underground Co-Founder and Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers Awarded ‘Visiting Scholar’ Status at Minnesota State University
-- Bacterial Meningitis Spreading Via Male Homosexual Anonymous Sex in New York City
-- New York City Police Officer Chases Two Young Men on Dirt Bike, Rams into Them with Car, Kills One of Them
-- Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School of Springfield, Massachusetts Forces Children to Play ‘Gay’, Mock Bible, Make Humor of Bestiality
-- Another Bloody One-Child Case in China: Seven-Months Pregnant Mother in Anhui Forcibly Aborted by Lethal Injection (Warning: Graphic Photo)
-- If You Believe in Traditional Marriage You’re a Segregationist
-- Pimped: Republicans Going Gay for Cash
-- Scotland’s Universities Pressured to Block ‘Sugar Daddy’ Websites that Facilitate Rich Men to Sponsor Needy Coeds in Exchange for Sex
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[17] The Religion of Peace
Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:
-- Iraq War 10th Anniversary: Birth Defects and Cancer Rates at Devastating High in Basra and Fallujah
-- Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, with Aid from C.I.A.
-- Survivors of Muslim Rampage in Pakistan Need Help
-- Jihadists in New York Tell Imams and Other Muslim Leaders “Announce to Your Congregations or Membership hat Informants Will Not Be Tolerated in Your Communities”
-- French Ex-Policeman Captured Waging Jihad in Mali
-- Barack Obama Bans Jews from Israel's Judea and Samaria from 21 March 2013 Speech
-- Forty-Five foreign Maids in Saudi Arabia Await Execution by Beheading
-- Media Labels Arab Spring ‘Pro-Democracy’ as Muslim Brotherhood Fulfills Jihadist Vision
-- Egyptian Vigilantes Hang Two Thieves in Public
-- Miami, Florida Imam Convicted in Aiding Pakistani Taliban
-- Female Genital Mutilation on the Rise in the United States
-- Syrian Rebels and the Assad Regime Blame Each Other for First Alleged Chemical Weapons Attack
-- Fighting Threatens Islamic Artifacts in Troubled Timbuktu, Mali
-- Muslim Jihadists in Nigeria Slaughter Twenty-Five in Multiple Bombings at Bus Park
-- Nation of Islam Leader to Speak at Tuskegee Institute
-- Fifty-Six People Killed and 200 Wounded in Baghdad Bombings on 10th Anniversary of Shock and Awe
-- Five Lives Lost in Attack on Christian Area of Northern Nigeria
-- Another Christian Convert in Sweden Faces Possible Deportation to Iran
-- Muslim Mother in Florida Burns and Disfigures Teen Daughter over Arranged Marriage Refusal
-- Jihadist Arrested in Beheading of U.S. Reporter Daniel Pearl
-- It’s Hate Speech to Tell the Truth about Economics and Islamic Terrorism
-- Libyan Human-Rights Official Flees Country after Death Threats
-- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Questioned over Decision to Let Saudi Passengers Skip Normal Passport Controls
-- Afghan Villagers Take On Taliban in Their Heartland
-- Man Charged with Plotting against U.S. Abroad
-- Jihadists in Thailand Bomb Children as They Buy Treats in an Ice Cream Store, Nine-Year-Old Dead, Ten Wounded
-- Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran Will "annihilate" Tel Aviv and Haifa if Iran Comes under Attack by Israel
-- Gaza Jihadists Hurl Rockets into Israel as Obama Speaks of "Peace" to Israel
-- Rockland (New York) Community College Proselytizes for Islam
-- Egyptian Muslims Accuse Coptic Priest of Using Black Magic on Muslim Girl
-- Another Pakistan Shocker: After Being Acquitted Of Blasphemy, the Case against Christian Teenager, Rimsha Masih, Is to Be Reopened
-- U.S. Pastor Imprisoned by Iran Said He Didn’t Recognize Himself after Beatings and Torture
-- Iranian Islamic Clerics Warn That Christian Booklets Are Being Distributed throughout the Country in a ‘Wave of Evangelism’
-- Violence by Jihadists in Burma Erupts Leaving Scores Dead
-- Israel Destroys Syrian Army Outpost near Golan Heights after Being Fired Upon
-- The Shame of the Netherlands: A Young Muslim Must Go into Hiding for Fighting Anti-Semitism
-- Sharia Law in the Maldives: Fifteen-Year-Old Girl's Stepdad Raped Her for Years, Murdered Her Baby; Islamic Court Sentences Her to Flogging for “Sex Outside Marriage”
-- Pope Francis: 'I Am Thinking Particularly of Dialogue with Islam'
-- Report: Syrian Rebels Control Border with Israel
-- Rogue Soldier in Nigeria Allegedly Kills Infant, Five-Year-Old
-- Rebels Take Over Central African Republic, President Flees
-- United Arab Emirates Trial of Ninety-Four Accused of Islamist Plot Begins
-- Libya Imprisons American for Allegedly Proselytizing Christianity in Benghazi
-- Obama’s Religious Freedom Appointee Involved in Muslim Event Calling for Limiting Freedom of Speech
-- U.S. CIA Flirts With World War III while Obama Pretends to Not Arm Syrian Terrorists
-- Taliban Suicide Bombers Kill Five Afghan Police as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Visits Kabul
-- Egyptian Christians Tortured after Muslim Brotherhood Protest
-- The Ambassador for Human Rights of the World Evangelical Alliance Calls for Help for Fleeing Syrian Christians
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