Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
22 April 2015
“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
[Late Breaking]
[1] Ligonier Ministries Says the Rev. Dr. R.C. Sproul Sr. Has No Paralysis and Is Doing Well after Suffering Stroke
[2] Free Church of Scotland Moderator-Elect Says “The Church of Scotland Is Literally Dying”
[3] Ghana’s Deputy Eastern Regional Minister Commends Presbyterian Church of Ghana at 43rd Stated Meeting of the Akyem Abuakwa Presbytery
[4] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell
[5] The Thinning Blue Line
[6] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
[7] The Religion of Peace
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[Late Breaking]
The editor receives text messages and emails for things such as traffic alerts and severe weather from the emergency management people for Rockbridge County, Virginia, which includes the current home of the Christian Observer - Lexington, Virginia.
At 9:12 p.m. EDT the evening of 21 April 2015 as the editor prepared the 22 April 2015 issue of Presbyterians Week, the following email message was received from said emergency management folks:
“Be advised there is a large military training exercise taking place in the County [of Rockbridge], [the] City of Lexington and [the] City of Buena Vista tonight. Do not be alarmed to low flying aircraft and or emergency crew presence. Please do not call 911 to report them in the area. There is NO THREAT to public safety….
“Sent…to Residents of [the] City of Buena Vista, Residents of [the] City of Lexington, Rockbridge County Residents, Town of Glasgow Residents…”
Rockbridge County, Virginia, is in the mountains of western Virginia, and is one of the most sparsely populated counties in the Commonwealth.
The editor wonders if some of the participants in the upcoming Jade Helm (http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/military-ops-on-u-s-soil-raise-martial-law-fears/) military exercises jumped the gun by a few weeks and by 2000 or so miles.
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[1] Ligonier Ministries Says the Rev. Dr. R.C. Sproul Sr. Has No Paralysis and Is Doing Well after Suffering Stroke
Ligonier Ministries on 21 April 2015 released the following statement regarding the Rev. Dr. R.C. Sproul Sr. who recently suffered a stroke:
“Thank you for your continued prayers for Dr. Sproul. The doctors did confirm a stroke occurred but we are thankful to God that there is no paralysis. In fact, he is very alert, feeling well, and resting comfortably. And the hospital staff is enjoying his sense of humor.”
The editor shares his joy at this announcement, and asks Presbyterians Week readers to continue prayers for Dr. Sproul’s full recovery.
+ Ligonier Ministries, 400 Technology Park, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, 407-333-4244, Fax: 407-333-4233
[2] Free Church of Scotland Moderator-Elect Says “The Church of Scotland Is Literally Dying”
A 20 April 2015 Press and Journal article by Rita Campbell titled “Free Church Moderator: “The Church of Scotland is Literally Dying” reports that Free Church of Scotland moderator-elect the Rev. David Robertson states that the Church of Scotland is “literally dying” and is in a state of “theological and moral decline” because of dwindling congregations, the departure of ministers, and confusion over issues such as homosexual marriage.
Kirk leaders disagree, saying that Robertson’s assessment bears little resemblance to reality.
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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
+ Church of Scotland, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN, Scotland, 0131-225-5722
[3] Ghana’s Deputy Eastern Regional Minister Commends Presbyterian Church of Ghana at 43rd Stated Meeting of the Akyem Abuakwa Presbytery
A 20 April 2015 Ghana Broadcasting Corporation article titled “Presbyterian Church of Ghana Commended for Track Record in Discipline” reports that at the 43rd stated meeting of the Akyem Abuakwa Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Ghana’s Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mavis Ama Frimpong, commended the PCG for its track record in discipline as well as its contribution to the social, economic, health and educational development of the Country.
Frimpong called on the PCG clergy to use their authority to help curb social cankers such as indiscipline, immorality, moral decadence and corruption among the youth in Ghana.
At the same presbytery meeting in East Akyem, Ghana, Member of Parliament for the area, Gifty Klenam, “urged the congregation to desist from exhibiting political colours and come together to pray for the Government in power, as the wellbeing of the economy will reflect in the lives of Ghanaians.”
+ Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Post Office Box GP 1633, Accra, Ghana, 233-21-786567, Fax: 233-21-773247, dg@gbcghana.com
+ Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Post Office Box GP 1800, Accra, Ghana, 233-21-662511, Fax: 233-21-665594, pcghg@yahoo.com
[4] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell
-- Colorado Democrats Kill Bill Protecting Babies Born Alive After Failed Abortions
-- Princeton Professor: Kill Severely Disabled Infants under Obamacare
+ LifeNews.com, Post Office Box 270841, Fort Collins, Colorado 80527, news@lifenews.com
+ WND, 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, #351, Washington DC 20006, Contact Page
[5] The Thinning Blue Line
“You can truly grieve for every officer who’s been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled by cases of police overreach. Those two ideas are not mutually exclusive. You can have great regard for law enforcement and still want them to be held to high standards.” – Jon Stewart
-- Video Emerges of U.S. Marshall in Los Angeles, California, in Military Gear, Apparently Smashing Woman’s Camera
-- Police in Brooklyn, New York Recklessly Shoot at Dog in Crowd of People during Arrest
+ Ben Swann, Contact Page
+ Right Wing News, Contact Page
[6] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:
-- Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe Issues Writ of Habeas Corpus for Two Chimpanzees
-- Hillary Clinton’s Lesbian Affairs Named in Secret Emails
-- U.S. Internal Revenue Service Says It Can ‘Monitor’ What Preachers Say in Churches without Telling Them It’s Being Done
-- Girl Scouts Start New Troop in ‘Gay Pride’ Center, Invite ‘LGBT’ Families and Boys Living As Girls to Join
+ Western Center for Journalism, 42104 North Venture Drive, Suite B-122, Anthem, Arizona 85086, 202-370-6366, Contact Page
+ Atlas Shrugs, writeatlas@aol.com
+ Right Wing News, Contact Page
+ LifeSiteNews.com, Incorporated, 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, 888-678-6008, Contact Page
[7] The Religion of Peace
Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:
-- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Says ISIS Was Created in Iraq, ‘Under the Supervision of the Americans’
-- 100 Years of Turkish Genocide
-- VIDEO: ISIS Mass Execution of Christians
-- VIDEO: ISIS in Afghanistan, Thirty-Three Dead, Over 100 Wounded in Twin Jalalabad Blasts
-- Obama and Turkish President Erdogan Slated to Open New Mega-Mosque Together in Lanham, Maryland
-- Muslims Force 800,000 Children from Their Homes in Mass Exodus (BLACK LIVES DON’T MATTER TO THE RACE BAITERS)
-- Islamic State Shoots and Beheads Thirty Ethiopian Christians in Libya
-- Slaughter on the Beach: ISIS Behead and Shoot More Ethiopian Christians in Sickening New Propaganda Video
-- Daughter of Ugandan Pastor Gang-Raped by Five Muslim Men after Father Refused to Close Down Church
-- Egypt Files Suit against Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for Conspiring with Muslim Brotherhood
+ CNSNews.com, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 877-267-6397, newsdesk@cnsnews.com
+ Assyrian International News Agency (Nineveh Software Corporation, 2317 West Farwell, Chicago, Illinois 60645, 773-575-5863, Fax: 773-761-8534)
+ Atlas Shrugs, writeatlas@aol.com
+ Now the End Begins, Contact Page
+ Shoebat.com, Contact Page
+ Religion News Service, 1930 18th Street Northwest, Suite B2, Washington DC 20009, 202-463-8777, Fax: 202-463-0033, info@religionnews.com
+ The Daily Mail, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT, England, 020-7938-6000, news@dailymail.co.uk
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
15 April 2015
“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] First Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, Louisiana Hosts Planned Parenthood “Stand for Women” Rally in Church Sanctuary
[2] PCUSA Stalls California Korean Church’s Vote to Leave Denomination
[3] Free Church of Scotland Moderator-Elect Says Scotland’s Politicians Are Blind or Too Cowardly to Address Dangers of Islamic Political Theology
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[1] First Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, Louisiana Hosts Planned Parenthood “Stand for Women” Rally in Church Sanctuary
First Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)) of New Orleans, Louisiana on 7 March 2015 hosted in the church sanctuary Planned Parenthood’s “Stand for Women” rally in support of abortion.
At the rally, city councilwomen LaToya Cantrell and Susan Guidry, along with doctors, student activists, religious leaders and Planned Parenthood leaders all discussed the “benefits” a Planned Parenthood center would provide for the New Orleans community.
YouTube videos from the rally are located here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=76&v=HAVsUQT0_Ec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNMIrCJC5F0
The editor notes the sick irony on the “Stand with Louisiana Women!” Tumblr web page announcing the rally that at the top of the web page reads:
“You all up in the Chocolate City, ya 'eard?”
Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the U.S. was founded by eugenicist Margaret Sanger who spoke of sterilizing those she designated as "unfit," a plan she said would be the “salvation of American civilization.” One of the major groups Sanger considered “unfit” was black Americans.
The website Black Genocide says:
“Minority women constitute only about thirteen percent of the female population (age 15-44) in the United States, but they underwent approximately thirty-six percent of the abortions.
“According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, black women are more than five times as likely as white women to have an abortion
“On average, 1,876 black babies are aborted every day in the United States.
“This incidence of abortion has resulted in a tremendous loss of life. It has been estimated that since 1973 Black women have had about 16 million abortions. Michael Novak had calculated "Since the number of current living Blacks (in the U.S.) is 36 million, the missing 16 million represents an enormous loss, for without abortion, America's Black community would now number 52 million persons. It would be 36 percent larger than it is. Abortion has swept through the Black community like a scythe, cutting down every fourth member."”
+ SaynSumthn’s Blog
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
+ Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 434 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001, 212-541-7800, Fax: 212-245-1845
+ BlackGenocide.org, Post Office Box 157, Montclair, New Jersey 07042, 866-242-4997, revchildress@yahoo.com
[2] PCUSA Stalls California Korean Church’s Vote to Leave Denomination
An 8 April 2015 The Christian Post article by Michael Gryboski reports that the San Gabriel Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), a year after the congregation overwhelmingly voted to leave the denomination because of its growing acceptance of homosexuality and homosexual marriage, has not finalized Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church of Rowland Heights, California’s dismissal.
According to the San Gabriel Presbytery ‘s Gracious Dismissal Policy, if seventy-five percent or more of a church congregation votes to be dismissed from the presbytery to join another body, the presbytery is to vote regarding the congregation's dismissal in its next meeting.
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+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
+ San Gabriel Presbytery, 1757 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena, California 91104, 626-794-1612, Fax: 626-794-1692, presby@sangabpres.org
[3] Free Church of Scotland Moderator-Elect Says Scotland’s Politicians Are Blind or Too Cowardly to Address Dangers of Islamic Political Theology
An 8 April 2015 Press and Journal article by Cameron Brooks titled “Free Church Minister Clashes with Politicians over Islam” reports that Free Church of Scotland Moderator-Elect the Rev. David Robertson is saying that regarding Scotland’s politicians, that addressing concerns over Islam is more important than dealing with the economy, independence and the National Health Service. Robertson says the politicians are “blind or too cowardly,” to address the dangers of Islam. Robertson continued, saying:
“The subject that dare not speak its name, [which] politicians avoid like the plague, is Islam.
“The narrative is that Islam is the same as Christianity, that Islamic State and others are just fundamentalists who are not really part of the ‘religion of peace’, and that Christians have their own Islamic State equivalents.
“All untrue but the main point is that mainstream Islam does not, and cannot, fit in with the worldview and doctrines of our liberal secularists.”
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[1] First Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, Louisiana Hosts Planned Parenthood “Stand for Women” Rally in Church Sanctuary
[2] PCUSA Stalls California Korean Church’s Vote to Leave Denomination
[3] Free Church of Scotland Moderator-Elect Says Scotland’s Politicians Are Blind or Too Cowardly to Address Dangers of Islamic Political Theology
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[1] First Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, Louisiana Hosts Planned Parenthood “Stand for Women” Rally in Church Sanctuary
First Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)) of New Orleans, Louisiana on 7 March 2015 hosted in the church sanctuary Planned Parenthood’s “Stand for Women” rally in support of abortion.
At the rally, city councilwomen LaToya Cantrell and Susan Guidry, along with doctors, student activists, religious leaders and Planned Parenthood leaders all discussed the “benefits” a Planned Parenthood center would provide for the New Orleans community.
YouTube videos from the rally are located here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=76&v=HAVsUQT0_Ec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNMIrCJC5F0
The editor notes the sick irony on the “Stand with Louisiana Women!” Tumblr web page announcing the rally that at the top of the web page reads:
“You all up in the Chocolate City, ya 'eard?”
Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the U.S. was founded by eugenicist Margaret Sanger who spoke of sterilizing those she designated as "unfit," a plan she said would be the “salvation of American civilization.” One of the major groups Sanger considered “unfit” was black Americans.
The website Black Genocide says:
“Minority women constitute only about thirteen percent of the female population (age 15-44) in the United States, but they underwent approximately thirty-six percent of the abortions.
“According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, black women are more than five times as likely as white women to have an abortion
“On average, 1,876 black babies are aborted every day in the United States.
“This incidence of abortion has resulted in a tremendous loss of life. It has been estimated that since 1973 Black women have had about 16 million abortions. Michael Novak had calculated "Since the number of current living Blacks (in the U.S.) is 36 million, the missing 16 million represents an enormous loss, for without abortion, America's Black community would now number 52 million persons. It would be 36 percent larger than it is. Abortion has swept through the Black community like a scythe, cutting down every fourth member."”
+ SaynSumthn’s Blog
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
+ Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 434 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001, 212-541-7800, Fax: 212-245-1845
+ BlackGenocide.org, Post Office Box 157, Montclair, New Jersey 07042, 866-242-4997, revchildress@yahoo.com
[2] PCUSA Stalls California Korean Church’s Vote to Leave Denomination
An 8 April 2015 The Christian Post article by Michael Gryboski reports that the San Gabriel Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), a year after the congregation overwhelmingly voted to leave the denomination because of its growing acceptance of homosexuality and homosexual marriage, has not finalized Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church of Rowland Heights, California’s dismissal.
According to the San Gabriel Presbytery ‘s Gracious Dismissal Policy, if seventy-five percent or more of a church congregation votes to be dismissed from the presbytery to join another body, the presbytery is to vote regarding the congregation's dismissal in its next meeting.
+ The Christian Post, National Press Building, 529 14th Street Northwest, Suite 420, Washington DC 20045, 202-347-7734, info@christianpost.com
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
+ San Gabriel Presbytery, 1757 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena, California 91104, 626-794-1612, Fax: 626-794-1692, presby@sangabpres.org
[3] Free Church of Scotland Moderator-Elect Says Scotland’s Politicians Are Blind or Too Cowardly to Address Dangers of Islamic Political Theology
An 8 April 2015 Press and Journal article by Cameron Brooks titled “Free Church Minister Clashes with Politicians over Islam” reports that Free Church of Scotland Moderator-Elect the Rev. David Robertson is saying that regarding Scotland’s politicians, that addressing concerns over Islam is more important than dealing with the economy, independence and the National Health Service. Robertson says the politicians are “blind or too cowardly,” to address the dangers of Islam. Robertson continued, saying:
“The subject that dare not speak its name, [which] politicians avoid like the plague, is Islam.
“The narrative is that Islam is the same as Christianity, that Islamic State and others are just fundamentalists who are not really part of the ‘religion of peace’, and that Christians have their own Islamic State equivalents.
“All untrue but the main point is that mainstream Islam does not, and cannot, fit in with the worldview and doctrines of our liberal secularists.”
+ Press and Journal, Lang Stracht, Mastrick, Aberdeen AB15 6DF, Scotland, 01224-343311, pj.newsdesk@ajl.co.uk
+ 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
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
8 April 2015
“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] Crystal Cathedral Megachurch Pastor the Rev. Robert Schuller (RCA) Dies 2 April 2015 in Artesia, California
[2] North Korea Arrests South Korean Presbyterian Church in Korea Pastor for Spying – Ran Mission in China for Homeless North Korean Children
[3] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell
[4] The Thinning Blue Line
[5] The Religion of Peace
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[1] Crystal Cathedral Megachurch Pastor the Rev. Robert Schuller (RCA) Dies 2 April 2015 in Artesia, California
A 2 April 2015 MyWay article by Amy Taxin and Gillian Flaccus titled “Robert Schuller, Crystal Cathedral Megachurch Founder, Dies” reports that Reformed Church in America pastor the Rev. Robert Schuller died on 2 April 2015 in Artesia, California. Schuller was the founder of and former senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral, now a Roman Catholic edifice called The Christ Cathedral.
+ MyWay, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, 212-314-7300, info@iac.com
+ Reformed Church in America, 4500 60th Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512, 800-968-6065, questions@rca.org
+ The Vatican, Città del Vaticano, Rome, Italy, 39-6-69-88-35-11, Fax: 39-6-69-88-54-47, Contact Page
[2] North Korea Arrests South Korean Presbyterian Church in Korea Pastor for Spying – Ran Mission in China for Homeless North Korean Children
A 1 April 2015 The Christian Post article by Samuel Smith titled “N. Korea Detains S. Korean Pastor for 'Espionage'; Presbyterian Church Clarifies He Was Missionary Helping N. Korean Homeless Children in China” reports that in December 2014 after North Korean authorities invited him to come into the North Korean Capital of Pyongyang, Presbyterian Church of Korea pastor Kim Kuk Gi was arrested for espionage. Pastor Kim previously provided missionary works for North Korean defectors in Dandong, China.
North Korea is additionally holding Canadian Presbyterian megachurch pastor Choe Chun Gil, who was invited by North Korean authorities on 31 January 2015 to visit North Korea, South Korean missionary Kim Jeong Wook who was jailed in October 2013 on charges of espionage, and Choe Chun Gil who additionally was detained in late 2014 and charged with espionage.
+ The Christian Post, National Press Building, 529 14th Street Northwest, Suite 420, Washington DC 20045, 202-347-7734, info@christianpost.com
+ Presbyterian Church of Korea, 02-3499-7600, prok@chol.com
[3] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell
-- New York Times Says Biblical Christianity Is What’s Stopping Full Acceptance of the LGBT Agenda
-- United Nations Climate Change Official Says “We Should Make Every Effort” to Depopulate the Planet
-- Fox News Personality Bill O’Reilly Calls Born Again Christians ‘Disturbing’ and Compares Them to Islamic Terrorists
-- Ganogen, Inc. in Redwood City, California Harvests Kidneys from Aborted Babies to Transplant into Lab Rats
-- End-of-Marriage activist Chai Feldblum Claims ‘End of Marriage’ Is Near
-- Will Canadian Universities Require Med Students to Learn How to Euthanize Patients?
-- Kansas Sees 637 Babies Killed in Dismemberment Abortions in 2014, Torn Limb from Limb
-- Minnesota Taxpayers Forced to Fund 69,000 Abortions over the Last Eighteen Years
-- Convicted Sex Offender Who Sexually Abused Patients Now Runs Eight New Jersey Abortion Clinics
+ Now the End Begins, Contact Page
+ Infowars.com, Post Office Box 19549, Austin, Texas 78760, 512-291-5750, writers@infowars.com
+ LifeNews.com, Post Office Box 270841, Fort Collins, Colorado 80527, news@lifenews.com
+ Zionica
[4] The Thinning Blue Line
“You can truly grieve for every officer who’s been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled by cases of police overreach. Those two ideas are not mutually exclusive. You can have great regard for law enforcement and still want them to be held to high standards.” – Jon Stewart
-- Charleston, South Carolina Officer Charged With Murder for Shooting Unarmed Man in the Back
-- Felony Charges Filed against Albuquerque, New Mexico Officer Accused of Shattering Suspect’s Testicle
-- Vineland, New Jersey Cops Tried Confiscating Cameras after Mauling Man to Death with Police Dog
+ The Sons of Liberty, P.O. Box 1126, Annandale, Minnesota 55302, 866-233-0747, info@sonsoflibertyradio.com
+ Ben Swann, Contact Page
+ The Liberty Crier
[5] The Religion of Peace
Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:
-- Mass Graves in Tikrit Might Contain 1,700 Bodies
-- Maine: Lacrosse Coach Loses Job for Criticizing Islam
-- Nigeria: Jihadists Preach Islam at Mosque, Then Murder Twenty-Four
-- Islamic State (ISIS) Beheading “Palestinians” in Damascus, Syria
-- Pastor in England Arrested for Quoting Bible – Tried, Fined, and Threatened with Imprisonment by Islamic Sharia Judge
-- With Obama Protecting Them, Iran Sends Millions to Rebuild Hamas Terror Tunnels in Gaza
-- Kenya’s President: Jihad Mass Murderers Who Killed 148 at University Were “Deeply Embedded” in Muslim Community
-- Boko Haram's 'Deadliest Massacre': 2,000 Feared Dead in Nigeria
-- Nigeria: Boko Haram Terrorists Slaughter 1000 Christians by Shooting Them, Cooking Them Alive and Chopping Them Up in Pieces
-- Ninety-Three Percent of Muslim Women in Malaysia Have Suffered Genital Mutilation
-- United Nations Human Rights Council Confirms 200 Kidnapped Christian Girls in Nigeria Murdered by Devout Muslim Group
-- The Mufti of Saudi Arabia – Head of Sharia Law – Just Ordered This Command: Destroy All Christian Churches
-- London, England Employment Tribunal Rules Christian Was Wrong to Talk About Her Faith
+ Assyrian International News Agency (Nineveh Software Corporation, 2317 West Farwell, Chicago, Illinois 60645, 773-575-5863, Fax: 773-761-8534)
+ Jihad Watch and Dhimmi Watch
+ Atlas Shrugs, writeatlas@aol.com
+ The D.C. Clothesline, dean.garrison.99@gmail.com
+ Now the End Begins, Contact Page
+ The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU, England, 0-20-3353-2000, reader@guardian.co.uk
+ Bare Naked Islam
+ Christian Concern, 70 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8AX, England, 020 7935 1488, Contact Page
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
1 April 2015
Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] 34,000 Black Churches Break Ties with Presbyterian Church USA
[2] National Synod of Scotland of the United Reformed Church Votes to Divests from Fossil Fuels
[3] Dr. Joel McDermon of American Vision Publishes “Greg Bahnsen: What Really Happened at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS)”
[4] LibriVox Makes Available Nine Audio Books of the Writings of J. C. Ryle
[5] 2015 Ligonier Conference “Pilgrims in Progress” Messages Stream for Free from Ligonier.org and YouTube
[6] 28 March 2015 Psalmody Debate between Drs. Dennis J. Prutow and T. David Gordon Available on SermonAudio
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[1] 34,000 Black Churches Break Ties with Presbyterian Church USA
A 27 March 2015 Charisma News article by Anthony Evans titled “34,000 Black Churches Break Ties With Presbyterian Church USA” reports that the National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African-Americans, has broken fellowship with the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) because of the PCUSA’s recent ratification of a constitutional change to the definition of marriage that allows for homosexual marriages.
NBCI President the Rev. Anthony Evans commented:
"NBCI and its membership base are simply standing on the Word of God within the mind of Christ. We urge our brother and sisters of the PCUSA to repent and be restored to fellowship."
"PCUSA's manipulation represents a universal sin against the entire church and its members. With this action, PCUSA can no longer base its teachings on 2,000 years of Christian scripture and tradition, and call itself a Christian entity in the body of Christ. It has forsaken its right by this single wrong act.
"Apostle Paul warns us about this when he declared in Galatians 1:8 that there are those who will preach another gospel.
"For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. ... For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
"No church has the right to change the Word of God. By voting to redefine marriage PCUSA automatically forfeits Christ's saving grace. There is always redemption in the body of Christ through confession of faith and adhering to Holy Scripture.
"In this case, PCUSA deliberately voted to change the Word of God and the interpretation of holy marriage between one man and one woman. This is why we must break fellowship with them and urge the entire Christendom to do so as well."
+ Charisma News, 600 Rinehart Road, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, 407-333-0600, Fax: 407-333-7100, webmaster@charismamedia.com
+ National Black Church Initiative, PO Box 65177, Washington DC 20035, 202-744-0184, dcbci2002@gmail.com
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
[2] National Synod of Scotland of the United Reformed Church Votes to Divests from Fossil Fuels
The National Synod of Scotland - United Reformed Church (URC) at their 2015 General Synod meeting at the Scottish Police College in Fife, Scotland, made the decision to divest from fossil fuels and agreed that no further investment in fossil fuels shall take place.
Welcoming the decision, the Rev. John Humphreys, Moderator of the URC’s National Synod of Scotland, said:
“I’m delighted that the synod has shown a clear commitment to ethical investment – they have taken affirmative action against climate change and put people and the planet at the heart of their financial decision making.
“Rising temperatures and sea levels, severe storms, droughts and floods will inevitably lead to the displacement and endangering of billions of people and the loss of lives.
“Many others, particularly the poorest, will lose all they have.
“We hope and pray that other churches will feel able to respond ethically to the growing threat of catastrophic climate change.”
Two thirds of the world’s fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground to prevent catastrophic climate change, yet companies such as Shell and BP plan to extract all of their reserves and continue to explore new ones.
The United Reformed Church National Synod of Scotland will now examine its financial arrangements and ensure that its investments do not endanger creation.
Mark Letcher, coordinator of the Bright Now church divestment campaign, said: “We are delighted that the United Reformed Church in Scotland has taken prophetic action by deciding to disinvest from fossil fuels.
“This marks a huge step forward for the U.K. church divestment campaign, which is gathering momentum as churches around the world disinvest.
“This decision demonstrates the church’s commitment to lead the urgently needed transition away from fossil fuels.
“We call on other U.K. churches to follow them.”
Operation Noah’s Bright Now campaign is calling for U.K. churches to divest from fossil companies, take a leading role in the debate on the ethics of fossil fuel investments, and reinvest in clean energy alternatives.
+ United Reformed Church, Church House, 86 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RT, England, 020-7916-2020, Fax: 020-7916-2021, urc@urc.org.uk
+ National Synod of Scotland - United Reformed Church, Regents House,
113 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 2RU, Scotland, 0141-248-5382,
Fax: 0141-222-2981, info@urcscotland.org.uk
[3] Dr. Joel McDermon of American Vision Publishes “Greg Bahnsen: What Really Happened at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS)”
Dr. Joel McDermon of American Vision on 28 March 2015 published the article “Greg Bahnsen: What Really Happened at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS)”.
Dr. McDermon describes the article as follows:
“What follows are chronicles and supporting documents compiled by Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen during and immediately after his unfortunate and groundless termination at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS), Jackson, MS, in 1978-79. You will find that common rumors, assumptions, and even recent publications (more on this soon) are demolished by the material collected here. You will also find what must, by any objective review, be considered startling unfairness, evasion of Scripture, bylaws, and rules, and resort to cowardly and unjust attacks and tactics used toward the effort of attacking, censoring, and removing Professor Bahnsen.”
The article’s URL is:
http://americanvision.org/11827/greg-bahnsen-what-really-happened-at-reformed-theological-seminary-rts/
+ American Vision, 3150-A Florence Road, Suite 2, Powder Springs, Georgia 30127, 800-628-9460, Fax: 770-222-7269, Comments@AmericanVision.org
+ Reformed Theological Seminary - Jackson, 5422 Clinton Boulevard, Jackson, Mississippi 39209, 601-923-1600, Contact Page
[4] LibriVox Makes Available Nine Audio Books of the Writings of J. C. Ryle
LibriVox makes available for download in the public domain in the U.S., nine audio books of the writings of J.C Ryle, the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool, England, at the following location:
https://librivox.org/author/2565?primary_key=2565&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results
+ LibriVox, info@librivox.org
[5] 2015 Ligonier Conference “Pilgrims in Progress” Messages Stream for Free from Ligonier.org and YouTube
Individual messages and the entire 2015 Ligonier Conference “Pilgrims in Progress” are available for free streaming from Ligonier.org and from YouTube, at the following URLs:
http://www.ligonier.org/learn/conferences/pilgrims-in-progress-2015-regional-conference/?mobile=off&utm_source=All+Things+Ligonier&utm_campaign=e372c10a51-2015regionalmedia&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_420f754c7c-e372c10a51-241792497
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL30acyfm60fVSLRJpMECLlnPjQTAEmFw9&utm_source=All+Things+Ligonier&utm_campaign=e372c10a51-2015regionalmedia&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_420f754c7c-e372c10a51-241792497
+ Ligonier Ministries, 400 Technology Park, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, 407-333-4244, Fax: 407-333-4233
[6] 28 March 2015 Psalmody Debate between Drs. Dennis J. Prutow and T. David Gordon Available on SermonAudio
The 28 March 2015 Student Theological Society-sponsored debate at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary between Drs. Dennis J. Prutow and T. David Gordon is available for listening on SermonAudio at the following location:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonid=329157532910
Dr. Prutrow is Professor Emeritus of Homiletics at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and Dr. Gordon is Professor of Religion and Greek at Grove City College.
+ Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 7418 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15208, 412-731-8690, Fax: 412-731-4834, info@rpts.edu
+ Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, Pennsylvania 16127, 724-458-2000, Contact Page
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
25 March 2015
Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] Reformed Presbyterian Minister and Operation Rescue President to Lead a Sit-in Demonstration to Protest Delay in U.S. House of Representatives Promised Vote on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act at Speaker Boehner’s Office in Washington DC
[2] PCUSA Church Ordains First Married Lesbian Couple as Ministers, Days after Denomination's Marriage Definition Change Amendment Approved
[3] Presbyterian Church in America and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, in response to PCUSA Marriage Definition Change, Reaffirm Commitment to Biblical Marriage
[4] Church of Scotland Holds Conference to Promote Gaelic Language
[5] Crown and Covenant Posts on Website for Reading or Download Four of J. G. Vos's Westminster Theological Journal Articles
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[1] Reformed Presbyterian Minister and Operation Rescue President to Lead a Sit-in Demonstration to Protest Delay in U.S. House of Representatives Promised Vote on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act at Speaker Boehner’s Office in Washington DC
Reformed Presbyterian Minister and Christian Defense Coalition Chairman Pat Mahoney and Operation Rescue President Troy Newman on Wednesday 25 March 2015 at 11:00 a.m. EST will lead a sit-in protest at U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner’s Capitol Hill office to protest the delay in a promised vote on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. This legislation would ban horrific late-term abortions in every state after twenty weeks of gestation.
Last week, Mahoney, pro-life speaker , blogger and former Registered Nurse Jill Stanek, and Newman sent a letter to Speaker Boehner expressing disappointment that a promised a vote on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act did not take place on 22 January 2015 as previously planned. Assurances were given that the legislation would be slightly revised and a vote rescheduled "immediately."
Now, two months later, there is still no scheduled vote on this landmark law that will protect women from traumatic late-term abortions and save the lives of thousands of babies each year from a barbaric and painful death.
Stanek noted her reasons for risking arrest to force this late-term abortion ban to a speedy vote; "My entry into the pro-life movement was prompted by the fact I held a twenty-one-week abortion survivor until he died. He would have been saved by this twenty-week ban. I have determined now is a fitting time to leverage my experience – to refocus attention on the baby and to continue to memorialize his senseless death the best I know how."
Pat Mahoney states, "We are coming to Speaker Boehner's office to be a voice for the innocent children who die every day in America from the violence of abortion and call upon him to schedule a vote on banning ALL abortions after twenty weeks. As we pray and peacefully risk arrest, we are saying that Republican leadership should cease all business in the House until this legislation has been passed."
Troy Newman agrees. "With the vast majority of Americans in opposition to late-term abortions, it is the duty of Congress to act immediately to protect these innocent human beings from a tortuous and grisly death. It is time to relegate all abortions to the ash heap of history along with other forms of human rights abuses such as slavery and human sacrifice. Banning late-term abortions performed on babies that can feel pain is a good place to start. It is a barbaric, outdated practice that has no place in civilized society."
+ Christian Defense Coalition, Post Office Box 77168, Washington DC 20013, 202-547-1735, ChristianDefense@gmail.com
+ Operation Rescue, Post Office Box 782888, Wichita, Kansas 67278, 800-705-1175, Fax: 916-244-2636, info@operationrescue.org
+ U.S. House of Representatives, Washington DC 20515, 202- 224-3121, Contact Page
[2] PCUSA Church Ordains First Married Lesbian Couple as Ministers, Five Days after Denomination's Marriage Definition Change Amendment Approved
A 22 March 2015 The Christian Post article by Anugrah Kumar titled “PCUSA Church Ordains First Married Lesbian Couple as Ministers, Days after Denomination's Marriage Amendment” reports that just five days after a majority of Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) presbyteries voted to change the PCUSA Constitution’s definition of marriage to include homosexual marriage, Kaci Clark-Porter and Holly, a lesbian couple who “married” three years ago, on 22 March 2015 became the first homosexual couple to be jointly ordained as ministers for respectively the First and Central Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware, and the Big Gay Church which operates at First and Central.
While in seminary in their twenties, the women “came out” and divorced their husbands.
+ The Christian Post, National Press Building, 529 14th Street Northwest, Suite 420, Washington DC 20045, 202-347-7734, info@christianpost.com
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
[3] Presbyterian Church in America and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, in response to PCUSA Marriage Definition Change, Reaffirm Commitment to Biblical Marriage
In response to the 17 May 2015 ratification by a majority of Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) presbyteries to a redefinition of marriage that allows homosexual weddings, both the Presbyterian Church in America and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church reaffirmed their commitment to biblical marriage.
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
+ Presbyterian Church in America, 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, 678-825-1000, Fax: 678-825-1001, ac@pcanet.org
+ Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 17197 North Laurel Park Drive Suite 567, Livonia, Michigan 48152, 734-742-2020, Fax: 734-742-2033, webmaster@epc.org
[4] Church of Scotland Holds Conference to Promote Gaelic Language
A 21 March 2015 The Herald article titled “Church of Scotland Holds Conference to Promote Gaelic Language” reports that the Church of Scotland recently held a conference at St. Georges Tron Church in Glasgow to discuss how the Kirk can do more to promote the Gaelic language. Presentations focused on such topics as developments in Gaelic broadcasting, worship, and resources.
The Kirk’s future moderator the Rev Dr. Angus Morrison (who will be installed in May 2015) stated:
“We believe the time is now opportune to encourage new initiatives in promoting the use of Gaelic both in the context of traditional worship services and in imaginative ways that take account of the developing needs of the Gaelic-speaking, and Gaelic-learning, community in Scotland.”
+ The Herald, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland G2 3QB, 0141- 302-7000, Fax: 0141-302-7117, On-lineEditor@theherald.co.uk
+ Church of Scotland, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN, Scotland, 0131-225-5722
[5] Crown & Covenant Posts on Website for Reading or Download Four of J. G. Vos's Westminster Theological Journal Articles
-- Christian Missions and the Civil Magistrate in the Far East
http://bluebanner.org/assets/pdfs/CHRISTIAN_MISSIONS_AND_THE_CIVIL_MAGISTRATE_IN_THE_FAR_EAST.pdf.zip
-- The Ethical Problem of the Imprecatory Psalms
http://bluebanner.org/assets/pdfs/THE_ETHICAL_PROBLEM_OF_THE_IMPRECATORY_PSALMS.pdf.zip
-- The Social and Economic Responsibility of the Visible Church
http://bluebanner.org/assets/pdfs/THE_SOCIAL_AND_ECONOMIC_RESPONSIBILITY_OF_THE_VISIBLE_CHURCH.pdf.zip
-- The Visible Church: Its Nature Unity and Witness
http://bluebanner.org/assets/pdfs/THE_VISIBLE_CHURCH_ITS_NATURE_UNITY_AND_WITNESS.pdf.zip
Additionally, two other articles by J. G. Vos are available for reading or download:
-- Singing the Whole of the Psalter, Wholeheartedly
http://bluebanner.org/assets/pdfs/tenst.pdf.zip
-- Scriptural Revelation and the Evolutionary World View
http://bluebanner.org/assets/pdfs/scriptural_revelation.pdf.zip
+ Crown & Covenant Publications, 7408 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15208, 412-241-0436, info@crownandcovenant.com
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
18 March 2015
“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] Fifteenth Annual Reformed Congregational Fellowship Pastors’ Conference Scheduled 14-16 April 2015 at the Salvation Army’s Wonderland Conference Center in Sharon, Massachusetts
[2] Reformed Presbyterian Church in Manassas, Virginia to Host Creation Emphasis Seminar 25-27 March 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Each Evening
[3] City Church (RCA) of San Francisco Embraces Homosexual Sex and Marriage
[4] PCUSA Presbyteries Approve Marriage Amendment 14-F, Allowing Homosexual Weddings
[5] Evangelical Reformed Church in Vilnius, Lithuania Uses Jewish Headstones as Front Staircase
[6] Free Audiobook “Christianity and Law: The Influence of Christianity on the Development of English Common Law” by Steven C. Perks Available Online
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[1] Fifteenth Annual Reformed Congregational Fellowship Pastors’ Conference Scheduled 14-16 April 2015 at the Salvation Army’s Wonderland Conference Center in Sharon, Massachusetts
The Fifteenth Annual Reformed Congregational Fellowship Pastors’ Conference is scheduled for 14-16 April 2015 at the Salvation Army’s Wonderland Conference Center in Sharon, Massachusetts. The conference theme for 2015 is “Free Indeed!”
Presentations scheduled include:
Tuesday April 14 at 7 p.m. – “The Divine Purchase: Redeemed from the Curse of the Law and This Present Evil World” by Douglas Vickers of Hadley, Massachusetts
Wednesday April 15 at 8:45a.m. – “The Administration of the Covenant of Grace in the Ceremonial Law” by Rick Daniels from North Carolina
Wednesday April 15 at 10:15 a.m. – “From Legal Obedience to Gospel Obedience: The Grace of God That Teaches Us to Say No to Ungodliness and Worldly Passions” by Bob Hall of the Bronx, New York City, New York
Wednesday April 15 at 1:15 p.m. - “He Who Was Free... Is a Slave of Christ: The Use and Abuse of a Pauline Metaphor” by Ross Macdonald from Massachusetts
Wednesday April 15 at 2:30 p.m. - Expanded Discussion followed by a Business Meeting
Wednesday April 15 at 7 p.m. – “Jeremiah Burroughs and Liberty of Conscience: Let not violence be used to force people to things spiritual that they know not” by Steve Weibley of Carlisle, Massachusetts
Thursday April 15 at 9:00 a.m. – “Taking a Stand: Civil Disobedience and the Christian” by Kirk van der Swaagh of New York City, New York
For questions and information, please call or email 508-285-5525 or pnwanamaker@comcast.net
The conference brochure is available here:
http://christianobserver.org/wp-content/rcf_brochure_2015.pdf
+ Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, 8941 Highway 5, Lake Elmo, Minnesota, 651-739-1474, Fax: 651-739-0750
[2] Reformed Presbyterian Church in Manassas, Virginia to Host Creation Emphasis Seminar 25-27 March 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Each Evening
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Manassas, Virginia will be hosting a Creation Emphasis Seminar 25-27 March 2015 at 7:30 p.m. each evening.
The speaker is Dr. Grady S. McMurtry, Biblical Scientific Creationist.
Dr. McMurtry is a recognized international speaker on the subject of creation vs. evolution, both from a Biblical viewpoint as well as that of secular science. He has an entertaining and humorous style of presenting fact and bible truths. His insights into the events of the past will stir your spirit and affirm in your heart the truth about the biblical record of Creation, the Flood and Man.
Dr. McMurtry has credentials as a scientist, an expert school board witness, and a visiting professor on school, college and university campuses around the world. All persons, Junior High through Adult, will be captivated by his grasp of the facts, open style and love for the Lord.
Dr.McMurtry was an evolutionist for twenty years prior to being convinced of the scientific foundation for the creation viewpoint. Dr. McMurtry addresses this issue on the basis of science and contends for the truth of the Biblical account of creation and its tremendous relevance to our lives. The topics in this series are: The Complexity of the Universe; Survival of the Fittest-Really?; and The Ark of Noah.
"The Creation Bookstore" will also be available. It is so hard to know the best books on such a wide range of subjects that are suitable to each age group. This is your opportunity to buy! Home-schoolers looking for curriculum will want to review the titles on the book and tape tables.
+ Reformed Presbyterian Church, 9400 Fairview Avenue, Manassas, Virginia 20110, 703-361-2300
+ Reformed Presbyterian Church-Hanover Presbytery, hanoverpresbyter@yahoo.com
[3] City Church (RCA) of San Francisco Embraces Homosexual Sex and Marriage
In a 13 March 2015 letter from the Elder Board of City Church (Reformed Church in America) of San Francisco, California, it was announced that the church is now accepting of practicing homosexuals and of homosexual marriage.
"The timing of these changes was explained by several statements elaborated upon in the letter:
"1. God is bringing LGBT Christians through the doors of City Church."
"2. Our pastoral practice of demanding life-long “celibacy”, by which we meant that for the rest of your life you would not engage your sexual orientation in any way, was causing obvious harm and has not led to human flourishing."
"3. We feel a growing sense that this counsel is not necessarily the way of the gospel."
The Elder Board’s method of seeking answers to their questions was explained in three parts titled:
"1. As a church within the Reformed Tradition we go directly to Scripture to find counsel and to reengage the verses that talk about same sex activity."
"2. We engaged Ken Wilson’s book [A Letter to My Congregation] to see how this might be understood in a church with a wide range of viewpoints."
"3. In all of this, we are looking to Scripture to understand how Jesus would counsel us to care for the LGBT members of our community."
City Church began as a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) church plant supported enthusiastically by the PCA home missions agency Mission to North America. In 2003, the church announced that it was leaving the PCA because they believed women should be ordained to all church offices.
A correspondent wrote of the changes:
"Now [City Church has] told their congregation they are moving to the new gay affirming policy, for the sake of the gospel of course. That was also why the signers of the Auburn Affirmation embraced modernity and liberalism in their own day [1924], it was for the sake of the gospel. Whenever we repudiate the Bible, we always do it for the sake of the gospel, and we always affirm that Jesus would have done the same thing."
+ Reformed Church in America, 4500 60th Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512, 800-968-6065, questions@rca.org
+ Presbyterian Church in America, 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, 678-825-1000, Fax: 678-825-1001, ac@pcanet.org
[4] PCUSA Presbyteries Approve Marriage Amendment 14-F, Allowing Homosexual Weddings
At the 17 March 2015 meeting of the Palisades Presbytery, the presbytery became the 86th presbytery, and thus a majority of Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) presbyteries, to approve amendment 14-F to the PCUSA’s Book of Order, which will allow homosexual weddings in states where such unions are legal.
The new language reads:
"Marriage is a gift God has given to all humankind for the wellbeing of the entire human family. Marriage involves a unique commitment between two people, traditionally a man and a woman, to love and support each other for the rest of their lives. The sacrificial love that unites the couple sustains them as faithful and responsible members of the church and the wider community.
"In civil law, marriage is a contract that recognizes the rights and obligations of the married couple in society. In the Reformed tradition, marriage is also a covenant in which God has an active part, and which the community of faith publicly witnesses and acknowledges."
Carmen Fowler LaBerge, president of the Presbyterian Lay Committee, responded to the vote by reaffirming the statement of protest issued by the Lay Committee following the action of the PCUSA General Assembly in June 2014 to redefine marriage:
“The passage of the amendment is further indication of the erosion of Biblical fidelity within the PCUSA. There is nothing new to say in response. Just as we repudiated the action of the General Assembly in issuing the Authoritative Interpretation we now stand in firm opposition to the passage of this amendment to the denomination’s constitution.”
“We see this attempt to redefine what God has clearly defined as an express repudiation of the Bible, the mutually agreed upon Confessions of the PCUSA, thousands of years of faithfulness to God’s clear commands and the ordination vows of each presbyter who voted to approve what God does not bless,” she continued.
“As we said in June, ‘The Presbyterian Lay Committee mourns these actions and calls on all Presbyterians to resist and protest them.’ Presbyterians can take specific and concrete action in response. They can ask their session to issue a resolution in protest that includes the re-direction of per capita and mission support until and unless the denomination repents and restores the ‘one man and one woman’ language through amendment at the 2016 General Assembly. Granted, that’s a long process.”
The length of the battle should not be a deterrent, LaBerge said. “Again, as we said in June, ‘God will not be mocked and those who substitute their own felt desires for God’s unchangeable Truth will not be found guiltless before a holy God. The Presbyterian Lay Committee will continue to call for repentance and reform: repentance of those who have clearly erred and reform of the PCUSA according to the Word of God."
LaBerge urged Presbyterians to visit The Layman Online in the coming days to find resources to “facilitate their faithful response to this unfaithful vote.”
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
+ Palisades Presbytery, 340 West Passaic Street, 3rd Floor, Rochelle Park, New Jersey 07662, 201-599-1111, Fax: 201-599-3806, mrhebergen@palpres.org
+ Presbyterian Lay Committee, 1220 West Main Street, Franklin, Tennessee 37064, 615-591-4388, laymanletters@layman.org
[5] Evangelical Reformed Church in Vilnius, Lithuania Uses Jewish Headstones as Front Staircase
A 13 March 2015 The Jewish Daily Forward article titled “Lithuania Church Uses Jewish Headstones as Stairs: Chief Rabbi Pleads for Vilnius Church To Remove Relics” reports that the entrance stairway to the Evangelical Reformed Church in Vilnius, Lithuania is composed of Jewish headstones placed during occupation by the Soviet Union.
Rabbi Chaim Burshtein in February 2015 made an appeal on Facebook calling attention to the situation and commenting:
“We regret the deplorable state and destruction of the last remnants of the memory of Lithuanian Jewry. Lithuania has many places built out of Jewish headstones. I think the authorities and the Jewish community need to perform thorough research and correct at least this historic wrong….
“These headstones need to be removed and preserved. It is very painful that, in Lithuania, which likes to boast about its commitment to preserving the memory of its once great Jewish community, churchgoers literally walk over Jewish headstones on their way to pray.”
+ The Jewish Daily Forward, 125 Maiden Lane, New York City, New York 10038, 212-889-8200, Fax: 212-447-6406, newsdesk@forward.com
+ Evangelical Reformed Church in Lithuania
[6] Free Audiobook “Christianity and Law: The Influence of Christianity on the Development of English Common Law” by Steven C. Perks Available Online
A free audiobook, “Christianity and Law: The Influence of Christianity on the Development of English Common Law” by Steven C. Perks is available online at the following link:
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/lrnteachcom/AudioBooks/Stephen+C+Perks/Christianity+and+Law/Christianity+and+Law.m4b
+ LRNteach.com, 63a, Kernan Gardens, Craigavon, Portadown Armagh T635RA, Northern Ireland, Contact Page
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