"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] Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Argues Scottish Independence Will Diminish the Place of Christianity in Scotland
[2] Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Moderator Says That in the Absence of Repentance by Leading Politicians, Christians Should Pray for Their Downfall and Their Removal from this Earth
[3] Pre-PCA-GA Conference on Presbyterian History
[4] Former Pastor of Sunrise Christian Reformed Church in Lafayette, Indiana Pleads Guilty to Ten Counts Related to Video Recording Women and Girls in Church Restroom Stalls
[5] Westminster Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, North Carolina PCUSA Senior Pastor Put on Paid Leave after Admitting Adultery
[6] Kirk of the Hills Church (EPC) of Tulsa, Oklahoma in US$2 Million Judgment for Two-Year-Old Abused at Church Day-Care Center
[7] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell
[8] Headlines from The Christian Institute
[9] Articles from LifesiteNews.com
[10] The Thinning Blue Line
[11] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
[12] The Religion of Peace
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[1] Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Argues Scottish Independence Will Diminish the Place of Christianity in Scotland
In a report to be presented to the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) [the week of 18 May 2014], the denomination’s Committee on Public Questions, Religion & Morals claim that under current independence proposals the place of Christianity will be diminished.
“The constitutional arrangements which would be likely to result from the proposals for independence are unlikely to be an improvement on the existing ones in terms of the place afforded to Christianity – in fact quite the opposite. We have no confidence that a constitution produced in the way set out in Scotland’s Future will give any particular recognition to the rôle which the Christian faith has played in Scotland or grant any special privileges to the Protestant reformed religion.”
+ Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), Rev. John MacLeod, Free Church Manse, Portmahomack, Ross-shire, Scotland, principalclerk@fccontinuing.org
[2] Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Moderator Says That in the Absence of Repentance by Leading Politicians, Christians Should Pray for Their Downfall and Their Removal from this Earth
In his inagural address, the Rev. Allan Murray, the new Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) argued that in the absence of repentance by leading politicians, Christians should pray for their downfall and their removal from this earth.
“We value the freedoms we still have, but true democracy, which takes into account the will of the people, has been paralysed in Great Britain for a number of years. Recently we saw the sinister picture of the leaders of all the main political parties, who in all other circumstances would be fighting against one another, and so keeping a check on one another, totally united in promoting the most ungodly piece of legislation in history, the re-definition of God's holy ordinance of marriage, to change it, and to mix it, with the most abominable of practices, defiling what the word of God has declared to be undefiled, the marriage bed. This reminds us of the two enemies, Herod and Pontius Pilate, being made friends at the trial of Christ. This is the united rage of the heathen against the Lord and His Annointed (Psalm 2).
“Even public opinion did not matter. It was just swept aside. It was all so evil, so unjust, so anti-God and anti-Christ. The oppression and frustration we felt was intense and crushing. We were so powerless: but, the David Camerons, the Nick Cleggs, the Ed Millibands, the Alex Salmonds of this world will be put down, unless they repent. Yes, we should be praying that God would bring them to repentance, and that He would do all that is necessary to bring that about. But in the absence of repentance we must pray for their downfall; for their removal from this earth; and for a hastening of the day when they will be put under the feet of Christ.”
+ Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), Rev. John MacLeod, Free Church Manse, Portmahomack, Ross-shire, Scotland, principalclerk@fccontinuing.org
[3] Pre-PCA-GA Conference on Presbyterian History
As the Presbyterian Church in America meets in Houston this year for its Forty-second General Assembly, the PCA Historical Center will be sponsoring a pre-GA conference on Presbyterian history. The conference will convene on Tuesday, June 17th, between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., meeting in Ballroom J of the Hilton Americas there in Houston.
The conference will be composed of two panels, with three presenters per panel. Panel #1 will have the floor from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and will offer a wide range of topics from American Presbyterian history. Panel #2 will then present their papers between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., with presentations focusing on the theme of Presbyterians and Race Relations.
Each panel will be assisted by moderators who will offer comments on the papers presented, and perhaps field questions from the audience as time permits. TE Nick Willborn will offer comments for Panel #1 and for Panel #2, TE Carl Ellis and TE Lig Duncan will offer their comments on the presentations of that panel.
Barker Productions will be taping the Conference and will have recordings available for purchase.
The breakdown of speakers and the titles of their respective presentations are as follows:
Panel 1 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
American Presbyterian History : A Little Something for Everyone
TE David Filson, Christ Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN - “A Fountainhead of Misunderstanding: Apologetic and Theological Method in J. Oliver Buswell and Cornelius Van Til”
TE Caleb Cangelosi, Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS -
“Congre-terians and Presby-gationals: Seeking the Sources of the 1801 Plan of Union”
RE Wayne Sparkman, Director, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, MO - “Communion in the Courts of the Church: The Surprising Origin of the Practice”
Comments: TE Nick Willborn, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge, TN
Panel 2 – 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Presbyterians and Race: A Historical Conversation
Dr. Otis Pickett, assistant professor of history, Mississippi College -
"Multiethnic worship in southern Presbyterian mission churches, 1865-1874"
TE Bobby Griffith, City Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, OK -
“Protesting the Struggle: Carl McIntire and the Conservative Case against the Civil Rights Movement"
TE Sean Michael Lucas, First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, MS -
"Race, Civil Rights, and the Southern (Presbyterian) Way of Life."
Comments: TE Carl Ellis, independent scholar, and TE Ligon Duncan, Chancellor/CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary
+ PCA Historical Center, 12330 Conway Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63141, 314-469-9077, archivist@pcahistory.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] Former Pastor of Sunrise Christian Reformed Church in Lafayette, Indiana Pleads Guilty to Ten Counts Related to Video Recording Women and Girls in Church Restroom Stalls
A 15 May 2014 Journal and Courier article by Steven Porter titled “Ex-Pastor Admits to Planting Restroom Video Cameras” reports that Robert Lyzenga, former pastor of Sunrise Christian Reformed Church in Lafayette, Indiana on 15 May 2014 pleaded guilty to ten counts related to Lyzenga’s video recording of women and girls in two church restroom stalls.
Lyzenga faces a jail term of between two and ten years when he is sentenced on 18 July 2014.
+ Journal and Courier, 217 North 6th Street, Lafayette, Indiana 47901
+ Christian Reformed Church in North America, 2850 Kalamazoo Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49560, 616-241-1691, Fax: 616-224-0803 crcna@crcna.org
[5] Westminster Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, North Carolina PCUSA Senior Pastor Put on Paid Leave after Admitting Adultery
A 19 May 2014 News and Record article by Nancy McLaughlin titled “Westminster Pastor Admits to Affair, Goes on Paid Leave” reports that senior pastor the Rev. Reggie Weaver of Westminster Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)) of Greensboro, North Carolina, has been placed on paid leave after admitting to an extra-marital affair with a woman outside the Westminster congregation. Weaver and his wife have begun the process of getting a divorce.
+ News and Record, 200 East Market Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401, 336-373-7000
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
[6] Kirk of the Hills Church (EPC) of Tulsa, Oklahoma in US$2 Million Judgment for Two-Year-Old Abused at Church Day-Care Center
An 11 May 2014 Tulsa World article by Shannon Muchmore titled “Kirk of the Hills Church Ordered to Pay $2 Million in Child Abuse Case” reports that Kirk of the Hills Church (Evangelical Presbyterian Church) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 9 May 2014 was ordered by a Tulsa County District Court jury to pay US$2 million to the family of a toddler who was abused at the church’s day care center by former day-care worker Meredith Allison Howard, 41.
Howard was originally sentenced to twelve years in prison followed by three years of probation, but the judge later suspended the prison sentence and said that the developmentally-disabled Howard would be placed in a residential treatment facility in Arizona.
+ Tulsa World, 315 South Boulder Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, 918-581-8400, news@tulsaworld.com
+ Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 17197 North Laurel Park Drive Suite 567, Livonia, Michigan 48152, 734-742-2020, Fax: 734-742-2033, webmaster@epc.org
[7] News from the Deepest Recesses of Hell
-- Mississippi Pastor Jailed for Displaying Anti-Abortion Sign
-- Fifteen-Year-Old Pregnant Girl Held in Buffalo, New York Abortion Clinic against Her Will Rescued by Police
-- Wichita, Kansas Abortion Facility Dumps Cow Manure on Sidewalk to Keep Away Pro-Life Counselors
-- Canadian Bioethicist Udu Schuklenk: Parents Should Have the Right to Kill Their Severely Disabled Newborns
+ The Christian Broadcasting Network, 977 Centerville Turnpike, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23463, 757-226-7000, Contact Page
+ LifeNews.com, Post Office Box 270841, Fort Collins, Colorado 80527, news@lifenews.com
+ LifeSiteNews.com, Incorporated, 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, 888-678-6008, Contact Page
[8] Headlines from The Christian Institute
Headlines of the past week from The Christian Institute:
-- Essex County Council Wrongly Tells Churches They Must Conduct Gay Marriages
-- Church of England Endorses Stonewall Sex-Ed Materials in New Guidance
-- Promotion of Sharia Law by Law Society Questioned by U.K. Justice Secretary
+ The Christian Institute, Wilberforce House, 4 Park Road, Gosforth Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 8DG, England, 44-0-191-281-5664, Fax: 44-0-191-281-4272, info@christian.org.uk
[9] Articles from LifesiteNews.com
Articles from the past week from LifesiteNews.com:
-- White House to Hold Event Unveiling Postage Stamp Commemorating Child Sexual Predator Harvey Milk
+ LifeSiteNews.com, Incorporated, 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, 888-678-6008, Contact Page
[10] The Thinning Blue Line
-- Imperial, California Cops Beat Veteran Tommy Yancy to Death after Traffic Stop for No Front Plate
-- New Jersey Evangelist Jailed after Preaching the Gospel at Public Train Station Found Not Guilty
-- University Place, Washington Man Dies after Being Tased by Deputies
-- Plainfield, New Jersey Man Allowed to Sue the Officers Who Forced Him to Confess to a Crime for Which He Was Innocent
-- Akron, Ohio Police Brutally Beat Woman for Taking Tylenol for Tooth Ache
-- Baltimore, Maryland Teenage Hospital Patient Dies after Police Tasing
-- Palm Bay, Florida Cop Threatens to Shoot and Kill Compliant, Unarmed Teens for No Reason
-- Diabetic Pastor in Columbus, Mississippi Sues after Being Arrested, Denied Food and Water for Holding Pro-Life Sign
-- Boynton Beach, Florida Cop Standing Toe-to-Toe with Handcuffed Middle Schooler Outside School Bus Kicks Child’s Legs out from under Him
-- Martinsville, Indiana Cop Tasers Ten-Year-Old at Daycare Center
-- 7th U.S. Circuit Court Says: ‘It’s Legal for Police to Kick in Your Door and Take Your Guns’
+ Clash Daily
+ Christian News Network, Post Office Box 30000, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, Contact Page
+ KOMO, 140 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 370, Seattle, Washington 98109, 206-404-4145, tips@komo4news.com
+ The Free Patriot
+ Girls Just Wanna Have Guns, Contact Page
+ The Liberty Crier
+ LifeSiteNews.com, Incorporated, 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, 888-678-6008, Contact Page
+ THEBLAZE.COM LLC, 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10036, contact@theblaze.com
[11] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:
-- Drug War Insanity: Round Rock, Texas Teen Faces Life Sentence for Baking Pot Brownies
-- Obama’s FDIC Choking Gun Owners out Of Business by Forcing ‘High Risk’ Label on Them
-- Engineers at Stanford Invent Wireless Power Transfer for Human Implantable RFID Chip
-- US$250,000 Fine for Lying on Federal Health Insurance Forms
-- Michelle Obama to High-School Grads: Monitor Your Parents for Thoughtcrime
-- Roman Catholic Pope Francis Says Christians Do Not Exist outside the Roman Catholic Church
-- Texas Department of Transportation Orders Ten Commandments Sign to be Removed from Private Property
-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Commemorates 'International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia'
-- Obama to Bypass Congress with Executive Action to End Deportation of Illegal Immigrants
-- U.S. Department of Agriculture Orders Submachine Guns with Thirty Round Magazines
+ The Daily Caller, 1050 17th Street Northwest # 900, Washington DC 20036, 202-466-3004, media@dailycaller.com
+ Now the End Begins, Contact Page
+ American Vision, 3150-A Florence Road, Suite 2, Powder Springs, Georgia 30127, 800-628-9460, Fax: 770-222-7269, Comments@AmericanVision.org
+ Christian News Network, Post Office Box 30000, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, Contact Page
+ Girls Just Wanna Have Guns, Contact Page
[12] The Religion of Peace
Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:
-- Pastor Saeed Abedini - Beaten and Forcibly Removed From Hospital and Returned to Iranian Prison
-- Pakistan: Christian Man Beaten for Taking Two Extra Days Off after Easter
-- Nigeria: Jihad/Martyrdom Suicide Bomber Murders Twenty in Christian Area
-- More Than 160,000 Killed in Syria’s Three-Year Conflict
-- Nigerian Government 'Sympathises' with Boko Haram
-- Syrian Al Qaeda Rebel Group ISIS Pledges to Conquer Jerusalem, Rome
-- Cameroon: Boko Haram Murders One Chinese Road Worker, Kidnaps Ten More
-- Nigeria: Islamic Jihadists Murder At Least 118 with Bombs in Crowded Jos Business District
-- Syria: Islamic Jihadists Destroy 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Artifacts
-- Israel: Islamic Jihadists Firebomb Bus Full of Schoolgirls
-- World Leaders Pledge to Combat Nigerian Islamist Militants Boko Haram
-- Coptic Solidarity Condemns Death Sentence of Pregnant Sudanese Christian
-- British Tourists Evacuated from Kenya amid Fears of Jihad Terror Attack
-- Potentially Fatal Middle Eastern Respiratory Virus (MERS) Reaches United States
-- Pregnant Christian to be Executed for Leaving Islam after Giving Birth – U.S. State Department Stands Idly By
-- Egyptian Christian Arrested for Using Home as Church
-- Devout Muslim Group Al Shabaab Calls On Muslims in the West to Strap On Homicide Vests and Slaughter Non-Muslims
-- Vigilante Villagers Kill Scores of Boko Haram Militants in Ambush, as Nigeria Searches for Schoolgirls
+ Assist USA, Post Office Box 609, Lake Forest, California 92609, 949-380-1558, danjuma1@aol.com
+ American Center for Law and Justice, Post Office Box 90555, Washington DC 20090, 757-226-2489, Fax: 757-226-2836
+ Jihad Watch and Dhimmi Watch
+ The National, Post Office Box 111434, Abu Dhabi, 971-2-4145328, newsdesk@thenational.ae
+ World Watch Monitor, Contact Page
+ The Algemeiner Journal, Post Office Box 250746, Brooklyn, New York 11225, 718-771-0400, Fax: 718-771-0308, Contact Page
+ Christian News Wire, 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20006, 202-546-0054, newsdesk@christiannewswire.com
+ Breitbart.com, 149 South Barrington Avenue #401, Los Angeles, California 90049
+ Assyrian International News Agency (Nineveh Software Corporation, 2317 West Farwell, Chicago, Illinois 60645, 773-575-5863, Fax: 773-761-8534)
+ The Christian Post, National Press Building, 529 14th Street Northwest, Suite 420, Washington DC 20045, 202-347-7734, info@christianpost.com
