Wednesday, July 20, 2016

20 July 2016




“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.” [Ezekiel 33:6]

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” [Ephesians 6:12]


Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Editorial – 2016 Republican Convention Blasphemy

[2] Counter Jihad Article Says PCUSA Susceptible to Islamist Agenda

[3] Due to Increasing Number of Member Churches, Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians to Split Presbytery of the Northeast into Three Presbyteries

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[Clarification]
Last Week’s (13 July 2006) article “[3] United Reformed Church Votes to Allow Homosexual Marriage” concerned the United Reformed Church with its headquarters in London, England, and not the United Reformed Churches in North America nor any other similarly-named denomination.


+ United Reformed Church, Church House, 86 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RT, England, 020-7916-2020, Fax: 020-7916-2021, urc@urc.org.uk

+ United Reformed Churches in North America, c/o the Rev. Bradd Nymeyer, 227 1st Avenue Southeast, Sioux Center, Iowa 51250, 712-722-1965, statedclerk@urcna.org


[1] Editorial – 2016 Republican Convention Blasphemy

The Republican Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on 19 July 2016 toward the end of the evening session had a "Muslims for Trump" representative lead the delegates in prayer to whatever he called "god," probably "Allah," and in the name of their prophet. Many of the "Christians" in the crowd prayed along.

The Covenanters, rightly in the editor’s opinion, condemn the U.S. founding fathers for making "We the People" the final arbitrator instead of the true triune God. Trump by his Muslim proxy last evening went that much farther by ending the day of his nomination for president by invoking the "blessing" on his campaign and our nation by one of the most damaging, violent, perverted, and murderous manifestations of the prince of this world.

We are witnessing a modern application of God's granting to his people a king as in I Samuel 8, made worse by the overt calling upon Satan as supreme being:

1 Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. 3 But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, 5 and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day—with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also. 9 Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.”

10 So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who asked him for a king. 11 And he said, “This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots. 12 He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. 14 And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. 15 He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. 16 And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17 He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants. 18 And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.”

19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us, 20 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of the Lord. 22 So the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed their voice, and make them a king.”


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


[2] Counter Jihad Article Says PCUSA Susceptible to Islamist Agenda

A 12 July 2016 Counter Jihad article by Bruce Cornibe titled “Liberal Christian Denominations Susceptible to Islamist Agenda” begins by stating:

“A withering Presbyterian Church USA grows perversely more leftist and more Islamist at the same time.”

The article says that “…Muslim Brotherhood affiliated organizations like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)” use leftist groups like the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) to promote ‘interfaith dialogue’ which is actually a means of da’wah (advocating Islam). It describes how the co-founder of the Muslim Educational Trust, Wajdi Said, preached at the 222nd PCUSA General Assembly and said a prayer that included:

“Allah bless us and bless our families and bless our Lord. Lead us on the straight path — the path of all the prophets: Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad.”

Bruce Cornibe concludes the article:

“The type of social justice activism these churches are giving into are not only leading to their decline in membership rates.  It is also causing them to support jihadist forces that despise both their Christian faith and their left wing political stances.  PCUSA needs to re-evaluate the direction its organization is heading before it’s too late.”


+ Counter Jihad

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


[3] Due to Increasing Number of Member Churches, Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians to Split Presbytery of the Northeast into Three Presbyteries

A 12 July 2016 The Christian Post article by Michael Gryboski titled “Fast-Growing Conservative Presbyterian Denomination Is 'Ready to Multiply,' Says ECO Synod Executive reports that the Presbytery of the Northeast of the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO) is preparing to split into three presbyteries due to the increasing number of formerly Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) churches that have left the PCUSA for the ECO.


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

+ Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, 8134 New LaGrange Road, Suite 227, Louisville, Kentucky 40222, 502-425-4630, email@fellowship-pres.org

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

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

13 July 2016




“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.” [Ezekiel 33:6]

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” [Ephesians 6:12]


Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] New Christian Observer Articles for July 2016

[2]
Free Church of Scotland Moderator Emeritus Condemns Mandatory LGBT Education

[3]
United Reformed Church Votes to Allow Homosexual Marriage

[4]
Combined Annual Meeting of the American Hungarian Ministerial Association and the Canadian Hungarian Reformed Ministerial Association Scheduled 29-30 August 2016 in Ligionier, Pennsylvania

[5]
News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell

[6]
Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

[7] 
The Religion of Peace

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[1]
New Christian Observer Articles for July 2016

New Christian Observer articles for July 2016 include:

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The Divine Institution of Marriage (Part I) – by Christian Observer Contributing Editor David Brand;

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Fatherhood and Education – by Christian Observer Contributing Editor Dr. Joe Renfro;

And, links to In the Gates devotionals by T.M. Moore on the
Fellowship of Ailbe website.


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


[2]
Free Church of Scotland Moderator Emeritus Condemns Mandatory LGBT Education

A 6 July 2016
Christian Concern article titled “Free Church of Scotland Moderator Emeritus Speaks against Mandatory LGBT Education” reports that Free Church of Scotland Moderator Emeritus the Rev. David Robertson spoke out against Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon’s proposal to implement mandatory LGBT education In Scottish schools, saying:

"We are concerned that what is being proposed is not teaching children facts but indoctrinating them with a particular political/sexual philosophy.

"The bottom line is that we are opposed to our state education system being used for social engineering and for foisting propaganda upon children.

"We believe that no one should be subject to bullying but that the way to combat bullying is to teach people respect for all human beings, not to indoctrinate children."

"We believe that if this policy is accepted and acted upon, it will result in confusion and brokenness amongst our children rather than fulfilled potential.

"It is a policy that will bring untold disaster and harm upon Scotland’s children. This is nothing less than state sponsored indoctrination of the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society.

"To tell children that they can choose their own gender is a recipe for misuse and abuse. Teaching children they can choose their own gender is itself a form of child abuse."


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Christian Concern, 70 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8AX, England, 020 7935 1488, Contact Page

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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

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Scottish National Party, Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh EH8 8PJ Scotland, 0131 525 8900, snp.hq@snp.org


[3]
United Reformed Church Votes to Allow Homosexual Marriage

A 9 July 2016
Premier Christian News article by Antony Bushfield titled “United Reformed Church to Allow Gay Marriage” reports that the United Reformed Church at its 2016 General Assembly on 9 July 2016 voted 240 votes to twenty-one votes to allow homosexual marriages in United Reformed Church buildings, leaving the decision to do so or not to the local congregation.


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Premier Christian News, 22 Chapter Street, London SW1P 4NP, England, Contact Page

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United Reformed Church, Church House, 86 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RT, England, 020-7916-2020, Fax: 020-7916-2021, urc@urc.org.uk


[4]
Combined Annual Meeting of the American Hungarian Ministerial Association and the Canadian Hungarian Reformed Ministerial Association Scheduled 29-30 August 2016 in Ligionier, Pennsylvania

A combined Annual Meeting of the American Hungarian Ministerial Association, together with the Canadian Hungarian Reformed Ministerial Association will be held in the Heritage Center (Conference Room) of the Bethlen Communities in Ligonier, Pennsylvania on Monday and Tuesday, 29-30 August 2016.

Programs on Church Revitalization and planning for the 2017 celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada will be addressed at the meeting.


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


[5]
News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Promotes Abortion: “No Law Should Deny a Woman Her Right to Choose”

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NAACP, Labor Unions Demand End to Investigation of Planned Parenthood Selling Baby Parts

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Massachusetts’ Republican Governor Signs Transgender Bathroom Bill

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The Trail of Blood on America’s Streets Stop at the Feet of George Soros and the Radical Left

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Planned Parenthood Sues to Stop Indiana Women from Seeing Ultrasound of Their Baby Before an Abortion

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Abortion Pill That Has Killed Millions of Babies Worldwide Will Be Sold across Canada in the Fall of 2016

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Raleigh, North Carolina Won’t Let Pregnancy Center Open Next Door to Abortion Clinic to Save Babies from Abortions

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Judge Rules Kansas Can’t Defund Planned Parenthood Abortion Business

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Quebec Orders Palliative Care Doctors to Kill Patients in Euthanasia


+
LifeNews.com, Post Office Box 270841, Fort Collins, Colorado 80527, news@lifenews.com

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LifeSiteNews.com, Incorporated, 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, 888-678-6008, Contact Page

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Now the End Begins, Contact Page


[6]
Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

-- Obama Plans to Use Executive Orders to Strip United States of Its Nuclear Supremacy

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Black Lives Matter Becoming More Violent and Aggressive, Approaching Terrorist Status?

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Federal Court in Massachusetts Prosecuting U.S. Minister for ‘Crime Against Humanity’ for Speaking against Homosexuality during Uganda Visit

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Obama Calls for Federalizing Nation’s Police Force after Dallas Shooting

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Three Boggling Facts in Hillary Email Cover-Up/Dallas Shooting

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World War III: Obama’s Transgender Policy ‘Devastating’ Military

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Man Sues Kentucky’s County Clerk Kim Davis Because She Won’t Let Him Marry His Computer

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ChristianMingle.com Lawsuit Forces Site to Add Options for Homosexual Daters

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Two British Men May Become First to Compete as Women at Olympics in August 2016

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New Jersey Teen Comes Out as Lesbian, Her Parents Throw Her a Rainbow Pride Party


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Now the End Begins, Contact Page

+ WND, 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, #351, Washington DC 20006, Contact Page

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Jon Rappoport, qjrpress@gmail.com

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John McTernan’s Insights, Contact Page

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Zionica


[7] 
The Religion of Peace

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U.S. Ignores Iraqi Christians for Fear of Being Called 'Crusader Army'

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U.S. to Send 560 More Troops to Iraq

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ISIS Beheads Four Soccer Players After Declaring The Sport Anti-Islamic

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Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Official Explains Muslim Brotherhood Infiltration and the Agency

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In Defiance of Worthless Obama Nuclear Treaty, Iran Openly Continues Ballistic Missile Testing

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Sudan’s Christians Face ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

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Obama releases “High Risk” Gitmo detainee Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman, “poses threat to U.S.A.

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Islamic State Beheads Four Syrian Soccer Players after Declaring the Sport Un-Islamic

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Muslims Burn Down Christian Homes in Egypt as Warning Not to Build New Church

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Dallas Massacre of Police: FBI Investigating Anti-Police Group That Attended Dallas Mosque

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Dallas Mass Cop Murderer was Follower of Nation of Islam

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FBI Investigating Radical Anti-Police Group That Attended Muhammad Mosque in Dallas

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Islamic Rape Culture and Police Forces’ Non-Response

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Nine Christians Killed in Another Attack in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Minneapolis: Muslims Screaming “Jihad!” Rampage through Neighborhood, Tell Woman “We Can Kidnap You and Rape You”

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Ohio Muslim Instructed by Islamic State to Attack Police Station and Kidnap, Kill U.S. Military Employee

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Muslim Camps Are Spreading in the U.S. to Help Kids ‘Be Proud of Who They Are’

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Beloved Storybook Character ‘Curious George’ Now Indoctrinating Children to Accept Islam

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‘Virgin. Beautiful. Twelve-Years-Old… She Will Be Sold Soon’ in Islamic Slave Market

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FBI Proves Hillary Clinton Committed Perjury before Benghazi Committee

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ISIS Jihadis Slaughter Dozens of Civilians in Northern Syria

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Christians Facing Extinction in Iraq at the Hands of Jihadist Warriors


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Assyrian International News Agency (Nineveh Software Corporation, 2317 West Farwell, Chicago, Illinois 60645, 773-575-5863, Fax: 773-761-8534)

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Pamela Geller, writeatlas@aol.com

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Right Side News, 2711 Buford Road, Suite 105, Richmond, Virginia 23235, jeff@rightsidenews.com

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Now the End Begins, Contact Page

+ World Watch Monitor, Contact Page

+ Jihad Watch and Dhimmi Watch

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John McTernan’s Insights, Contact Page

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Breitbart.com, 149 South Barrington Avenue #401, Los Angeles, California 90049



Thursday, July 7, 2016

6 July 2016



D.V., Presbyterians Week will return on 13 July 2016.