8 October 2014

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Free Church of Scotland Minister Calls Proposed Organ Donation Opt-Out Scheme Akin to Tax Imposed by State

[2] Bobby Schuller Named Lead Pastor of Shepherd's Grove Church and Host of New 'Hour of Power with Bobby Schuller'

[3] New Trinity Review - "Armed for the Fight against Grave and Serious Error” by John Calvin

[4] Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand Elects New Leader

[5] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell

[6] The Thinning Blue Line

[7] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

[8] The Religion of Peace

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[1] Free Church of Scotland Minister Calls Proposed Organ Donation Opt-Out Scheme Akin to Tax Imposed by State

A 29 September 2014 The Herald article titled “Free Church of Scotland Minister: Organ Donation Opt-Out System Akin to Tax Imposed by the State” reports that Free Church of Scotland (FCS) minister the Rev. Dr. Donald MacDonald, a former surgeon, says that Labour MSP Anne McTaggart’s proposed Organ and Tissue Donation Bill to require a person to opt-out of donating their organs after death means in effect "that the state claims to have ownership of our bodies after death unless we consciously reject this while alive".

Dr. MacDonald says that the FCS supports organ donation, but that "donation should always be on the basis of a deliberate, well-informed, voluntary decision".


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[2] Bobby Schuller Named Lead Pastor of Shepherd's Grove Church and Host of New 'Hour of Power with Bobby Schuller'

Bobby Schuller, grandson of Robert H. Schuller, has been named lead pastor and CEO of Shepherd's Grove church () and host of the renamed and reformatted "Hour of Power with Bobby Schuller" television program (www.hourofpower.org), which will launch Oct. 5.

Shepherd's Grove is the new name of Schuller's church and congregation, which moved to a new location after selling the iconic Crystal Cathedral building and campus to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County, California.

The ministry, founded by Schuller's grandfather, began as Garden Grove Community Church at the Orange Drive-in Theatre in 1955, soon adding a 300-seat chapel four miles away. It later expanded to the larger campus. As the ministry grew, in 1970 the "Hour of Power" television program launched and aired in all 50 states by 1975. The program eventually became the most-watched religious program in the world, reaching 17 million viewers. The Crystal Cathedral was completed in 1980.

The ministry, which grew and thrived for many decades, was affected in time by an aging viewership and competing Christian programming. Carrying a $60-million debt, the organization filed for bankruptcy in 2010. Except for one pending case, all parties were paid in full, and the ministry is now debt-free.

Schuller graduated from Oral Roberts University in 2003 and received his Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2008. He founded the Tree of Life Community in Garden Grove, Calif., in 2008 and is a commissioned pastor of the Reformed Church in America.

Shepherd's Grove remains a Reformed Church in America congregation. The church utilizes a Presbyterian style of governance, which was put in place to maintain transparency and public trust during its bankruptcy. Tree of Life Community also is governed by a board elected by the congregation.


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[3] New Trinity Review - "Armed for the Fight against Grave and Serious Error” by John Calvin

A new Trinity Review containing John Calvin’s sermon titled "Armed for the Fight against Grave and Serious Error” has been posted to the Trinity Foundation website at the following link:

http://www.trinityfoundation.org/PDF/The%20Trinity%20Review%2000307%20322ArmedfortheFightAgainstGraveandSeriousError.pdf


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[4] Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand Elects New Leader

The Rt. Rev. Andrew Norton is the new Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand. He begins his two year term from 4 October 2014. Andrew has been the mission leader of St. Columba Presbyterian Church at Botany Downs, Auckland, New Zealand since 1999; prior to that he was the minister of Glenfield-Albany Presbyterian Church on Auckland’s North Shore, and St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Invercargill.

He has served the Church in various capacities at local, regional and national levels. He has served as chairman of Press Go, which resources new mission ventures throughout the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. He has also been moderator of the Auckland Presbytery; part of the team that established the Northern Presbytery; and he was instrumental in establishing a partnership between the Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar.

As Moderator, Andrew says he will seek to encourage and develop leadership within the church.

“I will provide the type of leadership which navigates the uncharted waters of the future. The Church is facing shock waves of enormous change and to lead in this context will require prophetic courage, poetic insight, professional ability, pastoral compassion and practical love.”

Andrew is married to Sue and has four adult children.

The Rt. Rev. Andrew Norton will be installed as Moderator at the beginning of the General Assembly 2014, at Saint Kentigern College, Pakuranga, Auckland. The service involves the transfer of a ceremonial cloak (Te Korowai Tapu) and the laying on of hands by past Moderators.

The Presbyterian Church is the third largest denomination in Aotearoa New Zealand, with more than 300,000 people identifying as Presbyterian in the 20013 Census, and 30,000 regular church attenders.


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[5] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell

-- U.S. Senator Rand Paul Backs Use of Abortion-Inducing Drug as ‘Birth Control’

-- Teen Obsessed With “Dexter” Sentenced for Dismembering Girlfriend

-- Virginia Attorney General Says Abortion Clinic Inspectors Don't Have to Report Statutory Rape

-- Killed in an Accident at Eight Months: Canada Says Unborn Baby Wasn’t a Human Being

-- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Revival of the American Eugenics Movement

-- Vermont Governor Thanks Planned Parenthood for the Blessing of Abortion


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[6] The Thinning Blue Line

-- Denver, Colorado Taxpayers to Shell Out US$1.8 Million for Out of Control Cops Raiding Wrong House, Trumped Up Charges and More

-- Cartersville, Georgia Man Suffers Armed Raid from Governor's Task Force for Drug Suppression after Cops Confuse Okra for Pot

-- Four Onslow County, North Carolina Schools Placed on Lockdown over Teacher’s Pirate Costume for "International Talk Like a Pirate Day"

-- Utah Cops Denied Immunity after Tearing Apart a Woman’s Car When Police Dog Alerted to Beef Jerky

-- Orlando, Florida Police Department Lies About Body Cam- Video Surfaces of Cop Beating Handcuffed Veteran Lying Face Down

-- Police Departments Retaliate Against Organized “Cop Watch” Groups across the U.S.

-- Pennsylvania Family Files Lawsuit against Police Who Broke in Home to Confiscate Cell Phone Used to Video Their Actions

-- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Cops Taser Pastor Praying over His Dead Stepson, Pastor to Take Legal Action

-- Legalized Highway Robbery, Nevada Cop Caught on Dashcam Stealing US$50,000 Cash

-- Some of the Outrageous Things Police Bought With Seized Taxpayer Dollars

-- Memphis, Tennessee Cops Caught on Camera Flipping Portable Toilet with Suspect Inside

-- Sorrento, Louisiana Police Chief Admits to Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Woman on 911 Call, Won’t See a Single Day in Jail

-- Manchester, New Hampshire Grandmother Shot by Raiding U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Police as She Picked Up Baby – Raid Turned Up Nothing

-- Montville, New Jersey Considers Allowing Police Warrantless Access To Homes To Check For Underage Drinking

-- Tempe, Arizona Football Coach Suspended for Praying with Team


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[7] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

-- A Dark Day For Marriage And Morality: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Moral Abdication

-- How the U.S. Supreme Court is Dancing with the Devil

-- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Agents Say They Can Use Your Identity and Photos for Fake Online Profiles

-- Obama Brings Two Hispanic Illegal Aliens to Immigration Conference in His Limo

-- Connecticut Targets Homeschoolers

-- City Of Ferguson, Missouri Making Evacuation Plans If Officer Wilson Is Not Indicted

-- Illegal Immigrant Children Are Bringing Deadly Enterovirus D68 across U.S. Border with Mexico

-- Pope Francis Replaces the Holy Spirit with ‘Guardian Angels’

-- Ten and Twelve-Year-Old Sisters Seized from Family by Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona

-- Disaster Teams Were Notified Months Ago They Would Be Activated in October

-- Starbucks Howard Schultz Tells Anti-Gay Marriage Christians To ‘Sell Your Shares’


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[8] The Religion of Peace

Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:

-- Kansas City Chiefs Football Player Who Kneeled into Muslim Prayer Has Ties to Oklahoma Beheader

-- Oklahoma Beheader Linked to Al Qaeda Leader Awlaki, Boston Bomber's Mosque

-- Obama Sends “Thank You” Note to Oklahoma Beheader Terrorist’s Mosque

-- National Geographic Channel Casts Muslim Actor to Star in 'Killing Jesus'

-- Nigeria: Boko Haram Torch 185 Churches in Captured Towns of Borno and Adamawa

-- ISIS Militants Come to Europe and America Disguised as Refugees

-- The Black Flag of ISIS Raised One Mile away from Turkey’s Border with Syria

-- Eyewitness Says Islamic Boko Haram Burned Mother Alive

-- Canada Mosque Teaches Four-Year-Olds How to Behead

-- Report Finds ISIS Ammo Comes From U.S.

-- Massive Mysterious Explosion Demolishes Iran’s Parchin Nuclear Facility

-- Islamic State Fighters Pose as Syrian Refugees to Enter Europe

-- Islamic State Reportedly on Baghdad's Outskirts after Week of Victories

-- Hunger Growls in Egypt

-- Muslim Terrorist Leader Threatens To Behead Three Members of U.S. Congress

-- Iraq Slave Markets Sell Women for the Equivalent of US$10 to Attract ISIS Recruits

-- ISIS Plans to Invade the United States through Mexico

-- ISIS Leading Middle East into Warlord Era as Nations Dissolve

-- Islamist Attacks Street Preacher – Tampa, Florida Police Cite Preacher for Battery

-- Assyrian Mother and Three Sons Murdered in Baghdad

-- Turkey Closes Down Protestant Church

-- Islamic State in Iraq Carried Out Mass Executions, Abductions: U.N. Report

-- ISIS Behead Five Kurdish Fighters, including Three Women

-- Amidst Political Turmoil, Continuing Blasphemy Charges for Pakistani Christians

-- Obama’s Airstrike Campaign on ISIS Hitting Empty Targets and Civilians

-- Iran to Execute Woman for Stabbing Attempted Rapist

-- André Carson, Islamist Choice for the U.S. House of Representatives


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1 October 2014

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Scotland: Why Post-Referendum Reconciliation Is a Bit of a Sham

[2] An Open Letter to Kirk Cameron Along with Glenn Beck, Dave Dwyer, and All Their Respective Employees and Listening Audiences

[3] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell

[4] The Thinning Blue Line

[5] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

[6] The Religion of Peace

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[1] Scotland: Why Post-Referendum Reconciliation Is a Bit of a Sham

A 26 September 2014 Christian Today commentary by the Rev. David Robertson, pastor at St. Peter’s Free Church of Scotland in Dundee, Scotland, and director of Solas Centre for Public Christianity, titled “Scotland: Why Post-Referendum Reconciliation Is a Bit of a Sham” says that the post-independence referendum church services held by moderator of the Church of Scotland the Rev. John Chalmers and others were both a waste of time and a bit of a sham.

Mr. Chalmers explains his assertions by exploring the following three questions and summarized answers from the conclusion of his commentary:

“Who needs to be reconciled? We do. We need to be reconciled to God – it is only as our relationship with him is restored and 'the dividing wall of partition' is broken down that we can have our relationships with other human beings restored.

“Who does the reconciling? He does. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting men's sins against them. Apart from the cross there is no reconciliation.

“What is reconciliation? It is that we are now able to define ourselves not by our nationality, tribe, community, status, wealth, family, sexuality, but as a new creation. We are 'in Christ'. It is only from that we can have 'shared values' and a 'common purpose'. There is ultimately no unity except in Christ.”

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[2] An Open Letter to Kirk Cameron Along with Glenn Beck, Dave Dwyer, and All Their Respective Employees and Listening Audiences

Dear Kirk Cameron –

At the outset let me mention that I celebrated your excellent labors with respect to the movie, Fireproof, when it was released. As a husband, father of six children, and pastor, I rejoiced when this work of yours was made public. Gospel-rich and Gospel-centered productions, of significant quality, have become as rare as summer snow in our generation, and for this reason I gladly supported Fireproof and its message by showing it to my family, our congregation, along with several of our neighbors as an outreach tool. I mention this because I want you to know that I wish to express some of my thoughts with you in the spirit of Proverbs 27:6 – “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.” The friendship that I have in mind is not a personal one (we have never met), but it has to do with my historic sense of a friendship with you in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I say historic because I am left to wonder about the trajectory of your life and doctrine over the years. For example, your work, Monumental: In Search of America’s National Treasure, along with the manner in which it was promoted with the help of Glenn Beck, produces multiple concerns. The movie itself focuses on the quest for a “secret sauce recipe card” – a “strategy” – a “matrix” that “built America.”[1] This idea was repeated in your promotional interview on the Glenn Beck program, when Dr. Foster referred to the movie’s message as “the same thing that you (Glenn Beck) have been teaching on your program about internals and externals – it begins with character – it begins in the home.” It seemed quite apparent that the content of your film, along with your description of the Puritans’ historic beliefs, posed no threat to Glenn Beck’s Mormonism, moralism, patriotism, and works-righteousness ideology.

Respectfully, this should give you serious pause.

Whatever your goal may have been regarding the film, your attempted focus on the Puritans’ legacy here in America fell short of the mark. I will leave it to William Bradford himself to issue the core correction to your film’s message:

“…they left that goodly and pleasant city which had been a resting place near twelve years; but they knew they were pilgrims, and looked not much on those things, but lift up their eyes to the heavens, their dearest country, and quieted their spirits.” [Hebrews 11:13-16] [Italics mine][2]

Respectfully, the thought of reducing the Pilgrims’ heavenly focus to a mere “secret sauce recipe” for rebuilding earthly kingdoms exceeds credulity. Additionally, I wonder if Glenn Beck knows that if he were found within the company of these early believers, that his religious views would not be tolerated for one second. Would anyone venture to believe that the Puritans could endure a member of a cult which teaches that Jesus Christ is the brother of Satan, both of whom are called the offspring of deities called “Our Heavenly Father” and his God-wife?[3] More importantly, I must ask this: after the promotional tours have been completed and all the Monumental DVD sales have been tabulated, what is to be said about Glenn Beck’s soul along with that of his vast audience of individuals who were exposed to your promotional videos along with the movie itself? Does their hope remain secured in rebuilding America, while clinging to a mere morality that is devoid of the hope in the true Messiah and His eternal kingdom? The great regard that you showed for Christ’s supremacy, sufficiency, and exclusivity in Fireproof seems to have been traded in for a far lesser alternative. But I must ask this question – If you could speak publicly to Glenn Beck and his audience, would you be willing to share the true Gospel of Christ – the one that anathematizes the cult of Mormonism and every other belief system that is raised up against the Knowledge of God (2 Corinthians 10:5)? This very question is why I write to you in hope.

In addition to this, your September 4th interview with Dave Dwyer on The Catholic Radio station, Busted Halo, supplies a similar concern for myself and many others. Throughout the interview, several expressions were given which seemed to convey the idea that you embraced Dave Dwyer as a fellow brother in Christ. This has stirred much discussion among brethren, and many are concerned that a sense of false affirmation was given to Dwyer as if he believes the Gospel of Christ rather than the false gospel of Rome. I realize that there are those who strongly take issue with this - many have charged that such a concern is unfounded; that it is unfair to criticize your actions; that your intentions were of a good nature in the interview and you should be left alone. Of course, any reasoning which seeks to interpret another man’s intentions is a domain of judgment that I will leave to God alone, but the question still remains: did you intentionally speak to Dave Dwyer, a Catholic priest, as a fellow brother in Christ? Those who resist this question as being unfair should consider this alternate query:

What did Dave Dwyer and his audience think?

If Dwyer and his listeners perceived that you [Kirk] embraced him as a fellow brother – a fellow soldier of the Gospel of Christ – then I would suggest that all such collegial debates about what you thought, meant, or intended would vanish upon such a discovery. In the end, the final fruit of your actions is what matters most. Please know that I sought to connect with the Busted Halo program on Friday, September 26th with the above query in mind. With several attempts (by email and by phone) I sought to have Dave Dwyer answer the question: “Do you believe that Kirk Cameron embraces you to be a brother in Christ?” After several tries, the program managers indicated that they were “unable” to get to the question, however, I did have an extended conversation with their screener:

Me: My impression is that you seem to believe (and I'm not assuming that you are speaking for Father Dwyer either) but...

Screener: Yeah

Me: ...but my impression is that you seem to think that Kirk Cameron might have had a more negative view of Roman Catholicism in the past...

Screener: I have heard that there's... there might have been statements taken out of context that might have made people think he had a negative view towards Catholics, but I think even just coming on the show is an example that, clearly he doesn't have any.... that we're all brothers and sisters in Christ...

Me: Right, so In other words, when I listened to the program, there was nothing that I heard that would give me an indication that Kirk Cameron did not think that Father Drwyer was a Christian...

Screener: ...Right....

Me: So, was that your impression?

Screener: Exactly. 100%

Me: Would Father Dwyer... do you think he would...

Screener: Well, I can't speak for him but...yeah I think so, but that is something that he would have to address...

Me: Obviously, but I was just...

Screener: I would assume 100 percent yes.

When all the dust of the debate settles, I would respectfully suggest to you, Kirk, that there is a grave problem that remains when those who believe a false Gospel are given a false sense of security from someone who has heralded the true Gospel. I say “has heralded” because of this very concern: the more confused and attenuated your message becomes in the public eye, the less capable believers are to affirm you as a clear herald of the Gospel. While I hope that you intend much better than this, please accept this friendly wound: if Dave Dwyer and his listeners continue to believe that Rome’s false gospel is no different than what you have taught, then what good was your interview with him?

Clearly, their souls are more valuable than any movie.

Finally, before calling in to the Busted Halo program on September 26th, I listened to another program where Dwyer discussed sharing his Catholic faith with others. This included using various symbols like crosses and rosary beads as a means of sharing the Catholic religion with others. Amidst the discussion about facing opposition from others, Dwyer made this statement to a fellow Catholic about relating to others:

“I love my Catholic faith, because I have this great relationship with Mary – that when times in my life when I’ve been really struggling – that has gotten me through and given me comfort. If that rustles somebody’s feathers, that is zero percent your fault!” [audio]

Kirk – I would hope and believe that your “feathers” are greatly rustled by such a statement as this. As a Catholic, Dwyer’s Mariolatry is not surprising. Sadly, he is a man who is devoid of Gospel hope, as is evident in his response to this caller’s question from the September 26th program:

Lysa from Charlotte: “There is a passage from the Gospel of Matthew…chapter 7, where Jesus says: ‘Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom…’ and um…I believe these…are disciples…and somebody says to him: ‘Lord did we not prophecy in your name, did we not cast out demons in your name…’ and He says: ‘get away from my you evildoers, I never knew you.’ And I guess my question has always been: If they have evil hearts, how are they able to do works in the name of Jesus?”

Lysa’s question was haunting because, though it was a rich question full of Gospel opportunities; it was sadly handed over to a man whose hope is in Rome’s message of justification by sacramentalism. Thus, Dwyer’s response began with this: “Jesus, and Saint Paul, and all of the other authors of the Gospels were writing about what Jesus said and did… um used rhetorical techniques to get us to perk up and pay attention.” He then concludes that Jesus is saying “walk the talk – put your money where your mouth is – make your actions match your words” [audio]. Unfortunately for Dwyer, Christ’s words are not a mere “rhetorical technique” to get us to “walk the talk.” He is promising judgment for all those who trust in their own righteousness rather than Christ. The problem with these false professors is that their focus in life was set upon their walk as the basis of their justification. Sadly, Dwyer’s answer gave Lysa over to the very condemnation that fell upon those false disciples in Matthew 7.

It must be said – Dave Dwyer is not victim, he is a false teacher.

In short, Kirk, it is people like Lysa, Brett, Kia, Dave Dwyer, Glenn Beck, and the countless host of others who have yet to hear a Gospel presentation that is clear enough to rustle the feathers of those who cling to Mary; who cling to their morality; their earthly patriotism; their Dominionism; their book of Mormon; their rosary beads; or a pantheon of countless other idols that exceed enumeration in this letter.

For their sake and for the sake of a watching church, which needs to see the bold proclamation of the Gospel which heralds Christ’s riches above the royalties of this world - I appeal to you to address these individuals in public, sharing with them the unmitigated truth the Christian’s justification through faith alone in Christ alone for a salvation that is by grace alone – rooted in the authority of the Scriptures alone for a redemption that is to the glory of God alone. Make use of your public popularity that you have garnered through such interviews and films, and direct people to the genuine message of the Gospel – which is clear enough and powerful enough to pierce through the world’s countless heresies and cults. I can assure you that whatever negative consequences may come to you as an actor and movie maker, in eternity, it will be worth it all.

I pray that you would receive this friendly wound for Christ’s sake in place of the world’s deceitful kiss.

Soli Deo Gloria
Michael John Beasley

[1] Cameron: "I wish they (the Puritans/Pilgrims) had left us some kind of a training Manual, some kind of a secret sauce recipe card that we could pick up and go - alright, here's what it is - here's what we do! What do we do? How do we get back to that?" Dr. Marshall Foster [referring to the National Monument to the Forefathers]: "So Kirk - this is that recipe... this is that strategy, that matrix that was what built America..." From the Movie, Monumental: In Search of America’s National Treasure.

[2] William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 (New York, Alfred A. Knoff, 2000), p. 47.

[3] Gospel Principles, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah), pp. 9-15.


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[3] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell

-- Los Angeles Area: Ninety-One Arrested for Sex Trafficking; Twenty-Two Underage Girls Rescued

-- Belgian Children Arrange for Doctor to Euthanize Their Parents

-- “Suicide Tourism” in Switzerland Targets Patients Who Aren’t Terminally Ill

-- The Return of Death Panels? Government-Funded End-of-Life Counselling Is Morally Questionable

-- Abortion Activist Leads Prayer at Missouri Legislature, Prays to “Loving Mother God”

-- French Baby Dies Whose Parents Wanted to Stop Life Support Just Because He Was Disabled

-- Ohio State Medical Board Lets Clinic Get Away With Killing Woman in Botched Abortion

-- Thirty-Four Years of China’s One-Child Policy: 400 Million Abortions, 37 Million Sex-Selection Abortions

-- Netherlands: Euthanasias Increase Fifteen Percent as Doctors Target Mental Health Patients

-- Australian Officials Investigate Dr. Death’s Role in “Killing” Twenty People


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[4] The Thinning Blue Line

-- Woman Drowns after El Paso, Texas Police Threaten to Arrest the Men Who Were Rescuing Her

-- Gainesville, Georgia Woman Arrested and Spends Several Months in Jail for Possessing Spoon Covered with Dried Spaghetti-Os

-- South Carolina State Trooper Shoots Man over Seat Belt Violation


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[5] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

-- Sandy Hook Murders Blamed on Homeschooling

-- United Nations Passes Landmark LGBT Rights Resolution

-- Baby Taken from Parents after Father Admitted to “Using Marijuana” is Murdered in Foster Care

-- Illegal Immigrants Cleared for Military Service

-- Homeland Security to 'Increasingly' Focus on Global Warming

-- Outrage As It’s Revealed WebMD.com Was Paid $14 Million To Promote Obamacare

-- Bypassing Congress, Obama Goes to U.N. to Issue Executive Orders on Climate Change

-- California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Bill Outlawing Term ‘Husband and Wife’ from Marriage Law

-- China and Iran Begin Historic First-Ever Joint Naval Drills in the Persian Gulf

-- The Astonishing Rise of Satanism in Obama’s America

-- How Popular Is The Upcoming Satanic Black Mass In Oklahoma? SOLD OUT!

-- Obamacare Allows Welfare Recipients to Use EBT Debit Cards to Buy Pot


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[6] The Religion of Peace

Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:

-- Recent Convert to Islam Beheads Woman in Oklahoma

-- The Blueprint for Beheadings in the Qur'an

-- Islamists Destroy 7th Century Church, Mosque in Tikrit, Iraq

-- Despite Obama’s Airstrikes ISIS Stands at the Gates of Baghdad

-- Thanks to Islam and Political Correctness, Beheading Has Hit the U.S. Heartland

-- SOUNDS LIKE JIHAD: Beheading Suspect Fired After Argument Over Stoning Women

-- Muslims Surround Oklahoma Police Shouting “Praise Allah!” After Press Conference on Beheading

-- ISIS Setting Their Sights on New York City Terror Targets

-- Obama Praises Muslim Cleric at U.N. Who Backed Fatwa on Killing of U.S. Soldiers

-- What's the Threat of Islamic State to the Church Worldwide?

-- ISIS Publicly Execute Leading Lawyer and Human Rights Activist in Iraq

-- ISIS Plot to Attack U.S., Paris Subways Uncovered, Iraq Says

-- Minnesota Muslims Demands Pork-Free Halal Food from Food Pantry

-- ISIS Soldier Reveals ‘We Love Drinking Blood and Slaughter’ for Our God

-- Junior Varsity Team ISIS Executes British Aid Worker David Haines In Third Gruesome Beheading


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24 September 2014

"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] Scotland Rejects Independence in a 55-45 Percent Vote

[2] Scottish Independence Campaign Unlikely to Go Away – Described as a Jacobin (French Revolution) Movement

[3] Highland Park Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Pays US$7.8 Million to Leave Denomination

[4] Highland Park Presbyterian Church Cave on Property Battle May Hurt Other Congregations Considering Leaving PCUSA

[5] Reformed Theological Seminary, Redeemer City to City Announce Strategic Partnership

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[1] Scotland Rejects Independence in a 55-45 Percent Vote

A 19 September 2014 The Christian Post article by Stoyan Zaimov titled “Scotland Rejects Independence in a 55-45 Vote; PM Cameron 'Delighted' Scotland Will Remain Part of United Kingdom” reports that Scottish voters on 18 September 2014 rejected independence from Great Britain fifty-five percent to forty-five percent. 84.6 percent of an electorate of 4.2 million cast their ballots with 2,001,926 people voting "No" to independence and 1,617,989 voting "Yes."

The Church of Scotland, which had remained neutral on the question of independence, had called for reconciliation and unity regardless of the results.


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[2] Scottish Independence Campaign Unlikely to Go Away – Described as a Jacobin (French Revolution) Movement

A 17 September 2014 blog article by Paul Mason of Channel 4 titled “Yes or No, This Social Movement Is Unlikely to Go Away” commented on concerns about what may have happened if the Scottish independence referendum had passed, and said that in defeat if the “Yes” votes were in the high forties percentile: “Westminster’s mandate to govern Scotland [would be] highly questionable.”

In Mason’s interview of Robin McAlpine, director of Common Weal, McAlpine is quoted as saying: “The Scottish working class has broken with the union. All the key issues – poverty, Trident [nuclear missiles], the [National Health Service] – are irrevocably aligned to the idea of independence.”

Mason additionally addressed McAlpine about the emotional reactions to the independence vote among the Scottish working class by asking: “Don’t you fear this Jacobin-style movement on the streets getting out of control?”

McAlpine responded: “Oh please, please give me an uncontrollable movement from the streets. Nothing in history has been achieved without them.”

[Editor’s Emphasis]


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[3] Highland Park Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Pays US$7.8 Million to Leave Denomination

A 17 September 2014 LifeSiteNews article by Dustin Siggins titled “Presbyterian Church Pays $7.8m To Leave Denomination That Backs Abortion, Gay ‘Marriage’” reports that Highland Park Presbyterian Church (HPPC) of Dallas, Texas has agreed to pay US$7.8 million to Grace Presbytery in order to leave the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), retain HPPC property, and join the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians.


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[4] Highland Park Presbyterian Church Cave on Property Battle May Hurt Other Congregations Considering Leaving PCUSA

A 19 September 2014 The Christian Post article by Michael Gryboski titled “Texas Megachurch's Cave on Property Battle May Hurt Other Congregations Considering Leaving PCUSA” reports that Highland Park Presbyterian Church (HPPC)’s decision to pay Grace Presbytery US$7.8 million in order to leave the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), retain HPPC property, and join the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, may cause problems for other PCUSA churches seeking to leave the denomination.

In October 2013, HPPC voted overwhelmingly to seek dismissal from PCUSA in order to join the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians. As HPPC concluded their process of seeking dismissal, HPPC also filed a lawsuit against Grace Presbytery seeking a court order clarifying that the Dallas church property was theirs.

Grace Presbytery contended that because of the PCUSA’s Trust Clause, the presbytery held all HPPC property in trust for the PCUSA. HPPC had received an initial injunction against Grace Presbytery and had a court date in October 2014 for a hearing, but decided instead to settle with the presbytery.

Alan F.H. Wisdom, adjunct fellow with the Institute on Religion and Democracy, was quoted as saying the trust clause "is a factor that dissuades congregations from leaving the PCUSA." Wisdom additionally noted that "Presbyteries and national church leaders have a strong interest in maintaining the clause. The numbers of those who oppose the clause are going down as many of them depart the denomination."


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[5] Reformed Theological Seminary, Redeemer City to City Announce Strategic Partnership

Contact: Lyn Perez, RTS Chief Communications Officer, Reformed Theological Seminary, 407-366-9493, lperez@rts.edu

NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2014 /Christian Newswire/ -- Redeemer City to City (CTC) and Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to provide a seminary education in New York City. This advances the vision of RTS to provide graduate theological education globally and that of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and its founding pastor, Dr. Timothy Keller, who started CTC to prepare ministry leaders, pastors and church planters for New York and cities internationally.

"The Bible calls us to take the gospel to the nations, but the nations of the world are pouring into the cities on a history-changing scale," says Dr. Keller. "This massive migration is both a significant opportunity and challenge. Even in parts of the world where Christianity is growing rapidly, the national churches have difficulty reaching their own greatest urban areas. We are thankful for this new partnership with RTS, through which we hope to prepare leaders for ministry in New York and the other great global cities of the world."

CTC will work with RTS to provide a seminary program in New York City that will prepare ministry leaders "in the city for the city." This Redeemer City Ministry program will involve RTS providing a two-year Master of Arts (Biblical Studies) at a newly approved extension campus in New York City, complemented by a subsequent year of practical training provided by CTC.
"RTS is thrilled to collaborate with Redeemer City to City and with Tim Keller to prepare a new generation of ministry leaders and establish an RTS extension in New York," says Dr. Ligon Duncan, chancellor & CEO of RTS. "I have known and admired Dr. Keller for many years. I count him as a friend and I am deeply grateful for his ministry and vision for planting churches in New York and in other major metropolitan centers around the world. The board of RTS and I are pleased to partner with CTC to offer a rigorous program of graduate theological study in NYC."

You can obtain more information on the Redeemer City Ministry from RTS at rts.edu/seminary/redeemercontactus.aspx and CTCwww.redeemercitytocity.com.  Links are available on both websites to receive more information.  Applications for the program will be received by RTS beginning November 1, 2014.  The program startup is scheduled for early fall 2015 in New York City.

Redeemer City to City was started in 2001 by Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and has helped start over 300 churches in 45 cities. The President of Redeemer City to City is Dr. John Hutchinson.

Reformed Theological Seminary was founded in 1966 and is one of the largest seminaries in the country, with campuses in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Jackson, Memphis, Orlando and Washington D.C., in addition to RTS Global Education which offers three 100% online MA degrees.


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17 September 2014

"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] Scottish Independence Vote “Yes” and “No” Leaders Urged to Pray Day Before 18 September 2014 Plebiscite

[2] A Nation and Nations Divided

[3] Scottish Roman Catholics May Swing Independence Vote to “Yes”

[4] Ian Paisley Dead: One-Time Fiery Preacher, Turned Northern Ireland's Former First Minister, Passes Away at 88

[5] YouTube Video: Ian Paisley and the Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne

[6] Remembrance of Ian Paisley

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[1] Scottish Independence Vote “Yes” and “No” Leaders Urged to Pray Day Before 18 September 2014 Plebiscite

The Evangelical Alliance and Free Church of Scotland have invited First Minister Alex Salmond and Better Together leader Alistair Darling to join with Christians in praying for the future of Scotland on 17 September 2014, the day before the independence referendum.

The invitation follows a joint call from Scotland's main denominations for churches to have two separate days of prayer before the vote, during Sunday 14 September 2014 services and a national day of prayer and fasting on Wednesday 17 September 2014.


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[2] A Nation and Nations Divided

^“If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.

And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.

'This is what the Lord says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.' But they will reply, 'It's no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.'” (Jeremiah18:7-11)

So begins the 15 September 2014 article by the editor of Christians Together in the Highlands and Islands where he discusses why “Scotland needs to be broken.”

http://www.christianstogether.net/Articles/415271/Christians_Together_in/Christian_Life/Christians_and_Politics/A_nation_and.aspx


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[3] Scottish Roman Catholics May Swing Independence Vote to “Yes”

A 12 September 2014 Christian Today article by Lucinda Borkett-Jones titled “Scottish Independence: Catholics May Have the Deciding Vote” reports that a study by Professor Sir Tom Devine, the Sir William Fraser Professor Emeritus of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh, points out that practicing and “cultural” Roman Catholics make up about one-quarter of Scottish voters, and thirty percent of these voters favor independence for Scotland.

Devine additionally cites the fact that Scottish churches in general have seen attendance fall off, while Roman Catholic churches have retained members in their twenties and thirties who are more likely to vote for Scottish independence.

Devine concludes that these factors along with several others described in the article place Scottish Roman Catholics in a strategic position to possibly swing the independence vote to “yes”.


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[4] Ian Paisley Dead: One-Time Fiery Preacher, Turned Northern Ireland's Former First Minister, Passes Away at 88

By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND (ANS) -- Dr. Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland’s one-time firebrand preacher, who was famous for his thunder, passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014, at the age of 88, in Belfast.

He was known to his supporters as "the big man" whose most reported words were "no," "never," "no surrender," and "not an inch."

He spent much of his life railing against Roman Catholics, and once attacked Pope John Paul II while the pontiff was about to deliver a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg back in October 1988.

Holding up a series of posters reading "Pope John Paul II ANTICHRIST," the then Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader shouted: "I refuse you as Christ's enemy and Antichrist with all your false doctrine," before he was bundled out of the chamber by scandalized colleagues.

But later in life, after a career that spanned nearly forty years, he had an extraordinary transformation, and was likened to South Africa's Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk, the Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev, and Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, and after this occurred, he led his people to a better place.

The BBC said, "In a political career that spanned nearly 40 years, he went from throwing snowballs at one Irish prime minister to embracing another one; from political 'never man to Northern Ireland's first minister.

"He ended up leading a power-sharing executive at Stormont - although he had supported the strike to bring one down 30 years earlier.

"His biggest turnaround came when, as the leader of hardline unionism, he sat down with Gerry Adams - his former bitter enemy, the leader of militant republicanism - as the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin decided to work together in an executive.

Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness. The two men got on so well that they were nicknamed the "Chuckle Brothers"

"It seemed unimaginable to supporters who had followed him through years of protests that as Northern Ireland's first minister he would enjoy an easy relationship with his deputy first minister, Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, so much so that they became known as the 'Chuckle Brothers.'"

Paisley was a powerful preacher before he became involved in politics, and with his thunderous rhetoric and his bull-like voice, Ian Paisley was always the epitome of an American Deep South preacher.

He was born in 1926 in Armagh, the county town of County Armagh. His father was a Baptist minister and his mother a preacher. He grew up in Ballymena, which was to become his political powerbase.

"But before politics, he was a preacher, delivering his first sermon aged 16 in a mission hall in County Tyrone," the BBC went on to say. "He was just 25 years old when he founded the Free Presbyterian Church.

"His early reputation as a Protestant extremist was forged in the 1960s. He once produced a Roman Catholic Eucharist wafer during a televised speech to the Oxford Union mocking it and those who believed it sacred.

"When Irish Prime Minister Sean Lemass was invited to Belfast in 1965 by NI Prime Minister Terence O'Neill, Paisley was furious and led 1,000 loyalists to Stormont to demonstrate. Two years later, he famously threw snowballs at another Irish Prime Minister, Jack Lynch, when he visited Northern Ireland.

"He often took to the streets. He was sent to prison for six weeks for unlawful assembly when he organized a demonstration on November 30, 1968 and forced civil rights marchers to cut short their parade in the city of Armagh."

His critics labelled Paisley as a "bullyboy," but thousands of his supporters protested at his imprisonment, the membership of his church doubled and, on his release, he was greeted as a martyr.

He stood as a Protestant unionist and was elected to the Stormont Parliament in 1970. Two months later he took the North Antrim seat in Westminster, the British Parliament.

"It was said his maiden speech in the House of Commons could be heard in the Lords as well, and was received in almost complete silence. By 1971, he had founded the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and he began a long battle with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) for the trust of the unionist electorate," added the BBC.

"He opposed the formation of a power-sharing executive at Stormont in 1973 and became involved in the Ulster Workers Council strike that brought Northern Ireland to a standstill and led to the executive's collapse.

"In 1979, in his first European election, he topped the poll. He may have been anti-European but won a reputation as a hardworking Member of the European Parliament (MEP), who lobbied for all his constituents, regardless of their religion."

Those who knew him, said that he was a kindly and amusing figure in private, but to his enemies and critics, Ian Paisley was a sinister figure, a bigot and a dangerous presence.

"They pointed to his involvement in Ulster Resistance. In 1981, he organized a demonstration of 500 men who paraded late at night on a County Antrim hillside, brandishing gun licenses," stated the BBC story.

"The signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985 saw him join forces with the then Ulster Unionist leader James Molyneaux. Thousands attended a protest meeting under the banner 'Ulster Says No' in Belfast city center.

"Together the two leaders adopted a policy of non-co-operation, resigned their Westminster seats and forced by-elections which they later contested and won."

Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley and then Irish Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern visited the historic site of the Battle of the Boyne in 2007. Mr. Paisley also presented him with a musket which dates back to 1685, used in both the Battle of the Boyne and the siege of Derry, also known as Londonderry

However, the move was not a universal success from the unionist viewpoint, as they lost the Newry and Armagh seat to the SDLP [Social Democratic and Labour Party].

But then came the Good Friday Agreement, and ultimately the Molyneaux/Paisley relationship turned sour when it became clear the Ulster Unionists were willing to go to Dublin to talk to the Irish government while the DUP was not.

Paisley famously called Molyneaux a "Judas Iscariot," a slight that hurt Molyneaux deeply.

"He was totally opposed to the 1993 Downing Street Declaration between the British and Irish governments, and one meeting with John Major ended abruptly with the DUP being asked to leave," the BBC went on to say.

"The party was convinced a secret deal had been done to secure the 1994 IRA ceasefire. Paisley opposed the peace process from the beginning. He agreed to attend talks at Stormont in 1996, but when Sinn Féin was allowed in the following year, he walked out.

"He came back on the night before Good Friday 1998 to register his disgust. The Good Friday Agreement brought Dr. Paisley into a battle for votes with Molyneaux's successor as Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble.

"Three years earlier they had staged a triumphal march at Drumcree, leading Orangemen down the Garvaghy Road. Now they were facing up to each other.

"The Yes camp won and, in a new assembly, the DUP was in the same political arena as Sinn Féin, even if they did not sit around a cabinet table together. Ian Paisley never hid his hatred of republicanism, but he did nominate two DUP ministers to a new executive.

When it was suspended and a new election loomed, the DUP overtook the Ulster Unionists at the polls."

Paisley's hardline stance of "no surrender" and "not an inch" seemed gradually less sure in his final years as other parties inched towards accommodation, and he decided not to stand again for the European Parliament in 2004.

The election in the following year saw the DUP become the largest unionist party in Northern Ireland, displacing the Ul ster Unionists who had dominated the unionist vote since partition.

Despite his strong anti-Catholic stance, later astounded his critics by meeting the Irish Catholic Primate Sean Brady at Stormont [the Northern Ireland Parliament] in 2006.

Then came the shock of his lifetime, when in May 2007, Ian Paisley became first minister of Northern Ireland with Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness as the deputy first minister.

A year later, he stepped down from that role, handing over the reins to Peter Robinson, who also succeeded him as leader of the DUP. Paisley would subsequently claim that he was forced out by the party, blaming Mr. Robinson and DUP MP Nigel Dodds for ousting him. Both men denied this.

He leaves a wife, Eileen, who is a baroness, and five children. Eileen was never far from his side and his favorite slogan at election time was: "Vote for my wife's husband."

In a statement announcing his death, she said, "My beloved husband, Ian, entered his eternal rest this morning. Although ours is the grand hope of reunion, naturally as a family we are heartbroken.

"We loved him and he adored us, and our earthly lives are forever changed. According to Ian's wishes his funeral will be private and attended only by the immediate family, as will be his burial.

"As a family we appreciate that there will be an expectation by those who admired him to express their gratitude for his life and their sorrow at his passing.

"To that end we will in due course publish details of a public memorial service which, will be scheduled later in the year."

The BBC concluded by saying that "Despite poor health and advancing years, he never lost his thunder," adding that, while speaking about death during one of his sermons, he said: "If you hear in the press that Ian Paisley is dead, don't believe a word of it. I'll be more alive than ever. I'll be singing as I sang never before."


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[5] YouTube Video: Ian Paisley and the Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e38N1m77iw8


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[6] Remembrance of Ian Paisley

"I stayed in Dr. Paisley's home for two nights in September of 1987, and traveled with him wherever he went for three days. He was an open book. But what I remember most was his spontaneous prayer throughout the day. He would break into prayer in mid-sentence. The first morning, Mrs. Paisley introduced me to a breakfast dish called an "Ulster Fry," essentially a heart attack on a plate. Dr. Paisley walked in and without pause read a Psalm, and then broke into prayer for Mrs. Paisley, his family and most of the ministers of the Free Presbyterian Presbytery. After a hearty breakfast, he went out and Mrs. Paisley said, "He was up all night in prayer -- I'm not sure why." She mentioned that that happened frequently. He gave no sign of fatigue throughout the day. When we got in his car, there were two British versions of the Secret Service in the front seat. As Dr. Paisley climbed into the back seat, they automatically bowed their heads. “Lord, we thank thee for this new day!" he boomed. [He gave their names] "are doing a good job -- please keep them safe and alert throughout the day and watch over their families. If anything happens to me, I know where I'm going, but please give them the same assurance through the finished work of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen and Amen!" And off we went, and so it went, all day long. He would burst into a hymn in pure joy, and he never spoke an unkind or angry word in three days of meetings and worship services. I have never had such a sense of the Lord's presence!"

Glenn Rogers

Glenn Rogers is a Missions Council Member of the Presbyterian Missionary Union.


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