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Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] Reformed Journalist Calls for the Conservative Presbyterian and Reformed Community to Understand the Realities of “Radical Two Kingdoms” and “Escondido Two Kingdoms” Theologies
[2] Atheist Richard Dawkins Demonstrates “Astounding Arrogance” in Refusal to Debate Free Church of Scotland Minister
[3] Presbyterian Church of Australia Says Opposing Gay Marriage Is Not Discrimination
[4] Headlines from the Christian Institute
[5] Headlines from LifeSiteNews.com
[6] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
[7] The Religion of Peace
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[1] Reformed Journalist Calls for the Conservative Presbyterian and Reformed Community to Understand the Realities of “Radical Two Kingdoms” and “Escondido Two Kingdoms” Theologies
Darrell Todd Maurina writes:
I am seriously concerned about inroads of "Two Kingdoms" theology in conservative Reformed circles.
People in Reformed and Presbyterian circles who pay attention to politics need to be aware of this "Two Kingdoms" theology coming out of Westminster Theological Seminary in California and what damage it is doing in our churches. Things have gotten so bad that some professed conservative Calvinists are even trying to say that a Christian case can be made for the legalization of gay marriages. One example is Misty Irons' recent speech on her support of homosexual civil marriage at the 2012 Gay Christian Network conference.
Here is Misty Irons' speech to the Gay Christian Network 2012 conference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oFZsF1LxmU
I am prepared to believe there is a difference between the "Radical Two Kingdoms" people and the "Escondido 2K" people, but if so, the Escondido 2K people need to clearly disown Misty Irons and other R2K people who, like them, argue that when we're engaged in political activity, we should use general revelation and natural law rather than Scripture to make our point. I fail to see that appealing to some vague and undefined "natural law" will work as a source of authority in politics or anywhere else, given our Reformed doctrine of total depravity and its implications for so-called "common sense." Common sense simply is not that common.
I have crossposted to the Christian Observer URCNA and OPC forums, and the Puritan Board at these links.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/presbyterians-opc/message/44925
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/co-urc/message/25367
http://www.puritanboard.com/f54/old-reformed-views-escondido-2k-views-politics-75448/
There's also a discussion on the religion board of a secular conservative forum here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2916768/posts
For those who want to read more, here are some additional links to discussion of the Escondido Two Kingdoms theology:
"Green Baggins, 2K, Westminster-West, gay marriage, and Calvinist politics"
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2862357/posts
"Ongoing review of Van Drunen's 'Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms' in the Puritan Board Theological Forum; Dr. Nelson Kloosterman of Mid-America Reformed Seminary has begun what promises to be a lengthy review of this book."
http://www.puritanboard.com/f54/ongoing-review-van-drunens-natural-law-two-kingdoms-63558/
This is a serious matter. We need to deal with it in our own conservative Reformed circles, or it will bite us, and bite us badly.
Darrell Todd Maurina's coverage of the Dutch Reformed world, including the conservative secession from the Christian Reformed Church, appeared regularly in Christian Observer in the 1990s. He is presently a member of Gospel of Grace ARP Church in Springfield, Missouri.
+ Christian Observer, Post Office Box 1371, Lexington, Virginia 20110, christianobserver@christianobserver.org
[2] Atheist Richard Dawkins Demonstrates “Astounding Arrogance” in Refusal to Debate Free Church of Scotland Minister
A 14 August 2012 The Herald article by David Ross titled “Free Church Anger over Dawkins Snub” reports that atheist professor Richard Dawkins has turned down an invitation to debate a Free Church of Scotland (FCS) minister at the November 2012 Hebridean Book Festival ‘Fanclan’, where Dawkins is expected to promote his book The God Delusion, because the debate would not look good on Dawkins’ CV.
FCS minister the Rev. David Robertson said that Dawkins demonstrated “astounding arrogance” and concluded “His soundbite atheism does not stand up to scrutiny….He seems to think he is so great that anyone who challenges him is only trying to be famous.”
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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
[3] Presbyterian Church of Australia Says Opposing Gay Marriage Is Not Discrimination
A 14 August 2012 The Christian Post article by Stoyan Zaimov titled “Opposing Gay Marriage Is Not Discrimination, Australian Church Leader Insists” reports that Presbyterian Church of Australia leader the Rev. David Jones says that Christians wanting to preserve the traditional definition of marriage are not being discriminatory, saying:
“We continually are told that the legalization of same-sex marriage would end perceived discrimination against same-sex couples who are currently not able to marry under federal government law. But at least from the church perspective, opposition to such legalization has nothing to do with discrimination. Plain and simply, Christians oppose same-sex marriage because the Bible, the word of the God who created male and female and also created marriage, clearly and distinctly says that marriage is between one man and one woman – which means not between two men or two women.”
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[4] Headlines from the Christian Institute
-- Only 143 of 6.4 Million Abortions in England and Wales between 1968 and 2011 Were To Save the Life of the Mother
-- Male Oxford Students Free To Wear Skirts to Exams
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[5] Headlines from LifeSiteNews.com
-- Red Cross Sets Up Blood Drive outside Abortion Clinic
-- Dozens of Pro-Family Leaders Denounce U.S. Embassy’s Participation in Czech ‘Gay Pride’ Parade
-- Pastor Prosecuted For Helping Girl Escape Court-Imposed Lesbian ‘Mother’
-- Thirteen-Year-Old Says ‘Gay Porn’ Led To Repeated Rape of Four-Year-Old
-- Polish Pro-Lifers Arrested For Displaying Graphic Abortion Posters
+ LifeSiteNews.com, Incorporated, 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, 888-678-6008, 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:
-- NBC Uses Olympics to Promote Sitcom on Same-Sex Couple Seeking Surrogate-Hatched Child
-- Olympics Spectator with Parkinson's Wants 'Exoneration' after Arrest for Not Smiling during Bicycle Race
-- Former CIA Deputy Director and Retired U.S. Army Lt. General William Boykin Says Martial Law Expected and "Warranted"
-- U.S. Army Colonel Ignites Firestorm with Article On Crushing a 'Tea Party Insurgency'
-- TSA Harassment Sends Rape Victim to Emergency Room
-- TSA Agents Caught Smuggling Cocaine and Heroin at Atlanta Airport
-- Oregon Man Sentenced to Thirty Days for Catching Rain Water on Own Property Enters Jail
-- Dallas, Texas, Police Officer Moved to Graveyard Shift after Buying Chick-Fil-A Sandwich on 1 August 2012
-- Australian Motel Owner Can't Ban Prostitute from Using Room
-- Chicago Won't Show Public Records in Abortion Death
-- First Amendment Threatened by Obama’s Enemies List
-- Uzbekistan Tightens Grip on Christians
-- American Red Cross Caught in Abortion Crossfire after Holding Blood Drive at Abortion Clinic
-- Homosexual Male Couples Face Pressure to Fill Cradles
-- The Overcriminalization of America: Are We All Criminals Now?
-- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Armored Vehicle Photographed on Its Way through Kentucky
-- Citrus County Florida Police Strip Search Mom, “Forcibly” Pull Tampon Out of Her for Maybe Rolling Through Stop Sign
-- Federal Agents Kill Dog, Handcuff Kids in Wrong-House Raid in Minnesota
-- U.S. Internal Revenue Service Official Warns Pastors to Keep Silent during Elections
-- Davidson College Bans Chick-Fil-A from Campus Events
-- Washington Times Editorial: The Civil War of 2016: U.S. Military Officers Are Told To Plan to Fight Americans
-- U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Purchase another 750 Million Rounds of .40-Caliber Hollow-Point Bullets
-- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Purchases Massive Explosive Nitrates – Scrubs History
-- Seventy-One-Year-Old Taken to the Ground for Questioning Presumptive U.S. Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan – YouTube Video
-- U.S. Army Tactical Manuals Describe How to Control Domestic Insurrection
-- What Same-Sex "Marriage" Has Done To Massachusetts: It's Far Worse Than Most People Realize
-- Meet the U.S. Military’s First Openly-Homosexual General
-- Oregon Children Can Now Be Sterilized for Free without Parental Consent
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+ Life Issues Institute, 1821 West Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45239, 513-729-3600, info@lifeissues.org
+ New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018, 212- 556-1234, executive-editor@nytimes.com
+ LewRockwell.com, Post Office Box 1189, Auburn, Alabama 36831, lew@lewrockwell.com
+ Daily Paul, Post Office Box 1306, Arlington, Massachusetts 02474, 339-707-0268, manystrom@gmail.com
+ Broward/Palm Beach New Times, 16 Northeast 4th Street, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301, 954-233-1600, Fax: 954-233-1521, Contact Page
+ The Christian Post, National Press Building, 529 14th Street Northwest, Suite 420, Washington DC 20045, 202-347-7734, info@christianpost.com
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+ THEBLAZE.COM LLC, 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10036, contact@theblaze.com
[7] The Religion of Peace
Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:
-- Religious Communities Rally to Support Missouri Muslims after Mosque Arson
-- Eleven Pakistani Christian Nurses ‘Deliberately Poisoned’ with Mercury ‘Because of their Faith’
-- Iran Backs Syria as Civil War Continues
-- Muslim Brotherhood Spokesman: America Will Be Brought to Its Knees
-- Mali Muslims Beat Journalist after Sharia Plan Thwarted
-- Jihadist "Rebels" in Syria Hang Child after Killing Family Members
-- Syrian Conflict a Proxy War to Reshape the Middle East
-- Obama Administration Paves the Way for Sharia Law
-- World's Leading Islamic University Al-Azhar Cleric Hashem Islam Ali Islam: Suicide Bombings Are a Religious Duty
-- The Obama Administration's War on Persecuted Christians
-- US Foreign Policy Destroying Middle East Christianity
-- Nigerian Leader Rejects Boko Haram Leader’s Call on Him to Resign
-- Iraq Prepares to Release Terrorist Accused of Killing U.S. Soldiers
-- Afghan Policeman Turns Gun on U.S. Marines following Joint Pre-Dawn Ramadan Meal - Kills Three
-- Islamists in North Mali Amputate Man’s Hand
-- Violent Muslim Riots in India
-- U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama Misrepresents "Jefferson's Quran" At White House Iftar Dinner
-- Muslim Brotherhood Minister in Morocco Says “Sometimes the Marriage of a Raped Girl to Her Rapist Does Not Really Harm Her"
-- Children in Somalia Kidnapped and Chained By Al-Qaeda to Be Taught How to Become Suicide Bombers
+ Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, 70 East Lake Street, Suite 205, Chicago, Illinois, 60601, 312-629-2990, Fax: 312-629-2991, info@parliamentofreligions.org
+ Assist USA, Post Office Box 609, Lake Forest, California 92609, 949-380-1558, danjuma1@aol.com
+ Mission Network News, 1159 East Beltline Avenue Northeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525, 616-942-1500, Fax: 616-942-7328, Contact Page
+ Atlas Shrugs, writeatlas@aol.com
+ Assyrian International News Agency
+ TV-Novosti, Building. 1, 4, Zubovsky Boulevard, Moscow, Russia 119021, 202-681-7049, Fax: 202-942-7441, RT-US@rttv.ru
+ Antiwar.com, backtalk@antiwar.com
+ CNSNews.com, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 877-267-6397, newsdesk@cnsnews.com
+ Comcast Corporation, One Comcast Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, 800-266-2278, Contact Form
+ New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018, 212- 556-1234, executive-editor@nytimes.com
Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary Seeks IT Geek
[2] Presbyterian Women’s Guild of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria Holds Prayer and Peace Conference
[3] First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Celebrates 350th Anniversary
[4] Red Wing, Minnesota, PCUSA Pastor Resigns after Being Arrested for Soliciting Prostitution
[5] R.C. Sproul Pens New Book - Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism
[6] Chalcedon Foundation Offers Free E-Book Law and Liberty by R. J. Rushdoony
[7] Free E-Book The Confessions of St. Augustine Offered by Calvinism is the Gospel
[8] Headlines from the Christian Institute
[9] Headlines from Christian Concern
[10] Headlines from LifeSiteNews.com
[11] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
[12] The Religion of Peace
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[Editor’s Note: Publication of some August 2012 Christian Observer articles has been postponed due to website maintenance delays.]
[1] Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary Seeks IT Geek
The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is seeking a qualified individual with the following skills and abilities to oversee the seminary’s computer network:
- Knowledge of network structuring including physical layers of Ethernet protocols.
- System built around Windows and Linux. Scripting is extremely important.
- Must possess a robust knowledge of computer technology.
- Hardware experience with peripheries and components of PC and MAC.
- Windows Active Directory in use. Knowledge of Group Policy is indispensable.
- Degree in Computer Science or Networking preferred.
Interested parties should contact Mark Sampson, Director of Development, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 7418 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, msampson@rpts.edu, www.rpts.edu, 412-731-6000
[Editor’s Note: The editor has for over thirty years made his secular living doing the types of things listed in these job qualifications, and would seriously consider applying for this position if he were not an unrepentant country boy. If the reader ever paused to wonder about the editor, the fact that he is thoroughly familiar with each of the job qualifications listed above may provide a glimmer of understanding.]
+ Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 7418 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15208, 412-731-8690, Fax: 412-731-4834, info@rpts.edu
[2] Presbyterian Women’s Guild of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria Holds Prayer and Peace Conference
A 31 July 2012 AllAfrica.com article by Catherine Agbo titled “Nigeria: Insecurity - Presbyterian Women Hold Peace Conference” reports that the Presbyterian Women’s Guild (PWG) of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria held a four-day prayer and peace conference that began 2 August 2012 at Unity High School, Kubwa, Nigeria.
The conference theme was “A Wise Woman, the Home Builder,” and featured health education, solutions to marital problems, communication skills, and other activities.
PWG president Elder Grace Essien said the conference participants were going to collectively cry to God, especially in the face of continued insecurity in the country, remarking:
“Mothers have the responsibility to build moral values in their children so that the society will be peaceful. Our children and husbands are being slaughtered on a daily basis while we seem helpless. It has, therefore, become very important that we organize this conference and pray to our God. And we believe that our God will hear us and restore peace to this great country. Nigerians are tired of losing their loved ones. We also want to worship our God without fear.”
+ AllAfrica.com, 920 M Street Southeast, Washington DC 20003, 202- 546-0777, Fax: 202-546-0676
+ Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, 26 Ehere Road, Post Office Box 2635, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, 082-234-780
[3] First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Celebrates 350th Anniversary
First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York City (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)), is celebrating its 350th anniversary in 2012, making it the longest continually serving Presbyterian church in the United States.
The church began in 1662 when a group of colonists, primarily from Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, who had settled in what would become Jamaica, Queens, New York City, began holding worship services in a public meeting house.
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
[4] Red Wing, Minnesota, PCUSA Pastor Resigns after Being Arrested for Soliciting Prostitution
A 2 August 2012 Christian Post article by Stoyan Zaimov titled “Pastor Caught Soliciting Prostitute; 'Stunned' Minn. Church Remains Supportive” reports that the senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)), the Rev. Gary Elg, resigned his pastorate after being arrested for solicitation by an undercover policewoman posing as a prostitute.
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[5] R.C. Sproul Pens New Book - Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism
In recent years, some evangelical Protestant leaders have signed statements pledging themselves to joint social action with Roman Catholics. Others have refused to participate, declaring that, in their view, the statements went too far, touching on the gospel, which remains a point of disagreement between Protestants and Roman Catholics. Many evangelical Christians have found themselves confused by the different directions taken by their leaders.
In Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism, Dr. R.C. Sproul takes his stand for the cardinal doctrines of Protestantism in opposition to the errors of the Roman Catholic Church. Sproul, a passionate defender of the gospel of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, cites the historic statements of the Protestant Reformers and the Roman Catholic authorities, then references modern doctrinal statements to show that the Roman Catholic Church has not altered its official positions. In light of this continuing gap, he writes, efforts by some in the evangelical camp to find common ground with Rome on matters at the heart of the gospel are nothing short of untrue to biblical teaching. In Sproul’s estimation, the Reformation remains relevant.
Are We Together? is a clarion call to evangelicals to stand firm for the gospel, the precious good news of salvation as it is set forth in Scripture alone.
+ Ligonier Ministries, 400 Technology Park, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, 407-333-4244, Fax: 407-333-4233
[6] Chalcedon Foundation Offers Free E-Book Law and Liberty by R. J. Rushdoony
The Chalcedon Foundation for a limited time is offering for free the e-book Law and Liberty by R.J. Rushdoony here:
http://forms.aweber.com/form/42/2030545742.htm
+ Chalcedon Foundation, Post Office Box 158, Vallecito, California 95251, 209-736-4365, Fax: 209-736-0536, chalcedon@att.net
[7] Free E-Book The Confessions of St. Augustine Offered by Calvinism is the Gospel
The free e-book The Confessions of St. Augustine is being offered on the Calvinism is the Gospel website here:
http://calvinismisthegospel.com/free-ebook-the-confessions-of-saint-augustine/
+ Nicene Council, Box 411, Draper, Virginia 24324, 866-735-9582,
admin@nicenecouncil.com
[8] Headlines from the Christian Institute
-- Newsnight Presenter Jeremy Paxman Rapped by BBC for Branding Genesis ‘Hogwash’
-- ‘Evangelicals are like Totalitarian Muslims’, Says U.K. Government Advisor
+ 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] Headlines from Christian Concern
-- United Kingdom Conservative Party Same-Sex 'Marriage' Proposals Cause Sixty Percent Membership Plunge
-- Gloucester, England, Council Backs Down after Christian Group Stopped from Sharing Faith
+ Christian Concern, 70 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8AX, England, 020 7935 1488, Contact Page
[10] Headlines from LifeSiteNews.com
-- Washington DC Fetal Pain Ban Fails in U.S. House of Representatives
-- Amazon Founder Donates US$2.5 Million to Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Campaign
-- Soros-Funded UN Report Says Legalize Prostitution, Drugs Worldwide
-- Irish Government Considering Abortion Legalization by ‘Stealth’
-- Chinese Officials ‘Earn Cash Bonuses for Every Abortion They Enforce’
-- British Medical Journal Lancet Says Active Homosexuals Eighteen-Times More Likely to Contract AIDS, But ‘Homophobia’ Is the Cause
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[11] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:
-- Charlotte, North Carolina, Abortionist Characterizes Victims as “Ugly Black Babies”
-- U.S. President Collating Data on U.S. Citizens from Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Department of Homeland Security Databases
-- Washington DC's New Massive Snooping Plan – 'Biosurveillance'
-- U.S. Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney Repeats Support for Homosexual Boy Scout Leaders, Members
-- Bakery under Attack for Denying Homosexuals Wedding Cake
-- Rationing Begins: States Limiting Drug Prescriptions for Medicaid Patients
-- Obamacare Requires US$1 Billion Abortion Fees Be Hidden from Public
-- Skittles Candy Promotes Bestiality to Get You to ‘Taste the Rainbow’
-- Pentagon Wants to Monitor Facebook, Twitter to Predict Terrorism
-- Obamacare Pro-Abortion Mandate Now in Effect
-- Homosexual Bullies Stalk Marriage Seminar Speaker
-- Homosexuals Harass Homeless Man Reading Bible at Chick-Fil-A
-- U.S. Republican Party Stays Clear Of Homosexual “Marriage” Issue
-- Takoma, Washington, Police use Taser on Deaf Crime Victim, Keep Jailed for Three Days
-- Fifteen-Year-Old New York City School Girl Handcuffed by Plainclothes Police after Using Her Student Metrocard to Ride Subway
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+ American Life League, Post Office Box 1350, Stafford, Virginia 22555, 540-659-4171, Fax: 540-659-2586, info@all.org
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+ Political Outcast
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[12] The Religion of Peace
Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:
-- Sunni Muslim 'Extremists' Committed Seventy Percent of Terrorist Murders in 2011
-- Iraqi Christian Children Narrowly Escape Death in Double Bomb Blasts in Baghdad
-- 120 Christian Families Flee Egyptian Village Following Death of a Muslim
-- Egypt Arrests Christian Teacher for 'Insulting Islam' on Facebook
-- Muslims Burn Christian Homes and Businesses in Egypt
-- Islamists in North Mali Stone Couple to Death
-- Why Christians Are Dying in Nigeria: Understanding Boko Haram
-- U.S. State Department Criticizes French Islamic Veil Ban
-- Jihad in Thailand - Bombs Rock Pattani Hotel; Power Station Bombed - Muslim Woman Driving Car Bomb
-- Police in India: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Responsible for Assassination Bomb Attempt on Israeli Diplomat
-- American Islamist Groups Shape Arab Revolutions
-- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Compares Islamic Violence to Christianity
-- Sharia: Woman Shackled in Jail with Baby, Faces Death by Stoning in Sudan
-- Women Should Only Ride Bicycles in Their Backyards, Says Iranian Mullah
-- Nine Christian Nurses Allegedly Poisoned in Government Hospital in Pakistan
-- Muslim Cleric: Homosexual Sex Acceptable in the Service of Jihad
-- U.S. Republican Party Leaders Ignorant of Muslim Brotherhood's American Influence
-- U.S. President Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
-- The Mega Mosques Boom
-- Saudi Arabia Deports Thirty-Five Ethiopian Christians For Praying
-- Saying Mali ‘Is Our Country,’ Militias Train to Oust Islamists
-- British Banking Giant 'Exposed U.S. to Terrorists' by 'Scheming' To Hide US$250 BILLION of Transactions with Iran
-- Jihad in the Philippines: Muslims Armed with Chainsaws and Guns Launch Attacks, Now Occupy Towns
-- The Rise of the Taliban in London
-- Nineteen Nigerian Christians Reported Killed Monday Night 6 August 2012 in Attack during Worship Service
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+ Assyrian International News Agency
+ New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018, 212- 556-1234, executive-editor@nytimes.com
+ Mission Network News, 1159 East Beltline Avenue Northeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525, 616-942-1500, Fax: 616-942-7328, Contact Page
+ Atlas Shrugs, writeatlas@aol.com
+ Political Outcast
+ The Daily Caller, 1050 17th Street Northwest # 900, Washington DC 20036, 202-466-3004, media@dailycaller.com
+ Breitbart.com, 149 South Barrington Avenue #401, Los Angeles, California 90049
+ Thomson Reuters, 3 Times Square New YorkNew York 10036, 646-223-4000, general.info@thomsonreuters.com
+ Jerusalem Post, Post Office Box 81, Jerusalem, 91000 Israel, 972-2-531-5666, Fax: 972-2-538-9527, uheilman@jpost.com
+ Open Doors USA, Post Office Box 27001, Santa Ana, California 92799, 949-752-6600, Fax: 949-752-6442, usa@opendoors.org
Christian Observer Headlines
[1] Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Condemns Scottish Government’s Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
[2] Free Church of Scotland Moderator’s Statement on National Church Debates
[3] Mormon Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Love' Mocks the Real Jesus of the Bible with Help of High Profile Christians He Has Bought and Paid For
[4] Threats by Islamic Extremists Cause Christian Reformed Church-Sponsored Radio Ministry to Close
[5] Index of Online Bible Commentaries Available at the Deeper Study Website
[6] Headlines from the Christian Institute
[7] Headlines from Christian Concern
[8] Headlines from LifeSiteNews.com
[9] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
[10] The Religion of Peace
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[1] Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Condemns Scottish Government’s Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
The Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) have authorised the release of a statement condemning the Scottish Government’s decision to legalise same-sex marriage and warning of the consequences. They point out that the decision goes against the finding of the Government’s own consultation and against God’s revealed will. They urge those who made the decision to honour God and to abandon the legislation, saying that they will continue to fight against the proposal.
In particular:
It is a great evil to rewrite a divine institution. The Scottish Government is acting against Scripture and against nature. God made us male and female expressly for marriage.
Same-sex marriage can never be true marriage. The two sexes are designed to complement each other in the marriage union and procreation is one of the ends of marriage.
Same-sex marriage has no place in a civilised society. Scotland is a Christian nation and the Scottish Government should uphold the Christian view of marriage and not subvert it.
Same-sex marriage will place Christians and others in a difficult position. The Government plans to proceed with its legislation before protections for those who disagree with the new relationship are in place.
Same-sex marriage is by no means the end of the road we are travelling as a nation. If this demand is conceded then others of a similar or even worse kind are likely to follow.
+ Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), Rev. John MacLeod, Free Church Manse, Portmahomack, Ross-shire, Scotland, principalclerk@fccontinuing.org
[2] Free Church of Scotland Moderator’s Statement on National Church Debates
The Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland has said he believes the existence of the Christian Church is pointless ‘if it can so easily re-write” the Bible.
Reverend Dr. Iain D Campbell made the comments in the context of the controversial debates facing the UK’s national churches.
At its recent General Synod, the Church of England continued to wrestle with legislation which would introduce women bishops, and the Church of Scotland is to report at its 2013 General Assembly whether gay ministers should be ordained to the ministry.
The Kirk already allows practising homosexuals, who were ordained before May 2009, to be inducted to parishes.
Reverend Dr. Iain D Campbell, who is minister of Point Free Church on the Isle of Lewis, said: “I am interested in the directions in which the major denominations of the United Kingdom will take in the debates before them.
“These debates have already shown that there are not just different views, but different theologies, within the Churches: a secular theology grounded on a rejection of the Bible, and a scriptural theology that is subject to the Bible.
“I hope that I will always have the latter.”
Dr. Campbell continued: “The statements of the Bible are clear: those who deny the faith should not hold office in the Church; women should not occupy teaching positions in the Church; homosexuals should not marry nor be ordained to ministry.
“When the Church spends an inordinate amount of time arguing over the legitimacy of positions which the Bible itself forbids, then the debate is not about the issues at all, but about the status we give to the Bible as our ultimate authority.
“And if we are prepared to reinterpret it in order to justify our positions, then we have already sold the pass.
“What does the Christian Church exist for if it can so easily re-write its holy book?”
You can read Dr. Campbell’s full article on the Reformation 21 website by clicking here.
+ 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
+ Reformation21 Blog, r21@alliancenet.org
[3] Mormon Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Love' Mocks the Real Jesus of the Bible with Help of High Profile Christians He Has Bought and Paid For
Bill Keller, founder of LivePrayer.com, says that Mormon cult member Glenn Beck's upcoming rally in Dallas makes a mockery of the real Jesus Christ of the Bible with the help of some of the top names in Christendom!!!
In his recent statement, Keller said, "Sadly, [Saturday July 28], many high profile and well known Christians will sell out the faith to stand with a known cult member who denies the Bible as the only Truth and propagates a false gospel that is leading millions of souls to hell! It is difficult to see so many Christians taken in by this wolf in sheep's clothing that has exploited so many good people simply looking for hope in these difficult times!"
Keller continued, "At Beck's 'Restoring Love' rally in Dallas [Saturday July 28], he has successfully bought and paid for some very well known men and women who decided that helping Beck perpetuate his LIE that he is a Christian when Mormon doctrine is 100% inconsistent with Biblical Christianity, is more important than advocating Biblical Truth and the Biblical Gospel message."
Keller went on, "Make no mistake, Beck has three goals this week. Making millions of dollars, helping to make his Mormon cult mainstream, and insuring his fellow cult member Mitt Romney becomes the next President. Beck will mix good works (that those in his cult erroneously believe will help them become 'god' upon their death), polytheistic spirituality, and conservative politics, in order to accomplish these goals this weekend!"
The occasion in which many high profile Christians will share the pulpit with satanic cult member Beck is billed as a 'spiritual re-awakening.' Keller asked, "How can there be a 'spiritual re-awakening' outside of the Truth of God's Word and the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Beck and those in his cult believe their 'god' was once a man and they too will die and become 'god,' they deny the deity of Christ and believes he is the brother of Lucifer, view the Bible as flawed and incomplete, and Biblical Christians as infidels. According to the Bible, those who buy into Beck's false gospel will die and end up in hell!"
Keller had a heated email exchange with Beck's mentor, a high priest and lifelong Mormon cult member Pat Gray, in which Gray called Keller a 'charlatan,' 'a phony,' 'a fraud,' and 'liar,' because Keller has been in the media for years exposing Beck and his true motives for many years now which is to advance his cult and insure the first Mormon cult member becomes the President of the United States in accordance with the "White Horse Prophecy" of the Mormon cult's founder Joseph Smith.
Keller concluded, "I am saddened to see some of these names willing to compromise their great ministries to give credibility to the lies of Beck's Mormon cult simply for being able to access Beck's large audience and whatever monetary gain they will achieve. People like James Robison, Ravi Zacharias, David Jeremiah, Tony Evans, Franklin Graham, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, John Hagee, Ken Hutcherson, Richard Land, Bishop Harry Jackson, Jim Garlow, David Barton, Rick Scarborough, Tony Perkins, Ralph Reed, along with several high profile Roman Catholic Priests, Jewish Rabbis, and Muslim Imams. Christians should be outraged and shun these gutless men and women who compromise and sell out the faith to stand with a true minion of Satan!"
+ Liveprayer.com, 6660 46th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33709, Contact Page
+ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, 801-240-2640, Contact Page
[4] Threats by Islamic Extremists Cause Christian Reformed Church-Sponsored Radio Ministry to Close
A radio ministry in the Kashmir region of the Himalayas that was supported by the Christian Reformed Church through Back to God Ministries International has been shut down after workers at the station and their families were threatened by Islamic extremists.
The shutdown leaves Christians in Kashmir without access to a local Christian radio broadcast.
“With a heavy heart, we had to discontinue our Kashmiri program,” reports the Back to God Ministries outreach leader in India, whose name is being withheld out of concern for safety.
“The situation in Kashmir became very dangerous for Christians and for our staff in particular. Islamic fundamentalists keep threatening them with dire consequences if they do not pay obeisance to their beliefs and ideologies.”
The broadcasts had been part of a partnership of Back to God Ministries International (BTGMI) with local ministries, delivering the message of the Gospel to people in the region through media outlets.
The Kashmir region borders India, Pakistan and China and has been the scene of civil unrest for more than 20 years, making life difficult and dangerous for Christians.
The outreach ministry leader characterized this as being a “critical phase” and said the state government is working to guarantee that the rights of Christians are respected and that their welfare can be ensured.
But the outreach leader said that the radio station’s producer and his family have been threatened, forcing them to seek safety elsewhere.
Workers are attempting to reclaim studio equipment and relocate to a new facility outside of Kashmir.
“Our hearts go out to the people of Kashmir and especially to our Christian brothers and sisters who are going through a very difficult time,” the Back to God ministry leader said.
“Please pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in Kashmir,” the leader said. “Pray for safety and that our ministry in that region may resume.”
+ 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] Index of Online Bible Commentaries Available at the Deeper Study Website
Among several useful resources available at the DeeperStudy website is an index of online Bible commentaries in canonical order. Other available resources include the Bible in original languages, writings of the church fathers, and church history writings.
+ DeeperStudy, 1446 Redbud Lane, Garland, Texas 75042, 972-272-9648, deeperstudy@verizon.net
[6] Headlines from the Christian Institute
-- United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron’s Gay Marriage Slur against the Church
-- Scots Government Ignores Public, Gives Gay Marriage Go-Ahead
-- Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair: West is Asleep on Islamic Extremism
-- English Law Trumps Sharia, Rules Appeal Court Judge
-- Study: Sexual Movie Content Linked To Earlier Sex for Kids
-- United Kingdom Green Party Counselor Faces Expulsion for Vote against Homosexual Marriage
+ The Christian Institute, Wilberforce House, 4 Park Road, Gosforth Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 8DG, England, 44-0-191-281-5664, Fax: 44-0-191-281-4272, info@christian.org.uk
[7] Headlines from Christian Concern
-- United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron “Absolutely Determined” To Introduce ‘Gay Marriage’ By 2015
+ Christian Concern, 70 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8AX, England, 020 7935 1488, Contact Page
[8] Headlines from LifeSiteNews.com
-- ObamaCare Regulations Decree Unmarried Homosexuals ‘Are Treated As Family Members’
-- Jim Henson Company Withholding Muppets Toys From Chick-Fil-A over CEO’s Pro-Family Stance
-- International Homosexualist Groups Enraged At Ukraine Bid to Ban Homosexual Propaganda
+ LifeSiteNews.com, Incorporated, 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, 888-678-6008, Contact Page
[9] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining
Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:
-- 70,000 North Korean Christians 'Locked in Concentration Camps'
-- Muppets Attack Chick-Fil-A over CEO’s Biblical Marriage Stance
-- Christians Gather in North Carolina to Expose Incineration Plant Burning Bodies of Aborted Babies
-- U.S. National Security Administration Whistleblowers: Government Spying on Every Single American
-- U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Bullies Pro-Life Advocate in “Witch Hunt”
-- Will Americans Receive a Microchip Implant in 2013 Per Obamacare?
-- Family Misses Flight After TSA Screeners Target Disabled Seven-Year-Old
-- United Nations Commission Calls for Legalizing Prostitution Worldwide
-- Miami-Dade, Florida, Public School Prepped to Eject Church over 'Gay' Sermon Message
-- Jewish Summer Camp in Pennsylvania "Terrorized"
-- Oregon Man Sentenced to Thirty Days in Jail -- for Collecting Rainwater on His Property
-- U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Boehner Indicates Majority Republican House May Fund Obama's 'Attack on Religious Liberty'
-- Raw Milk Advocate James Stewart Seized By Armed Bounty Hunters Driving Unmarked Vehicles with No Plates
-- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Gears Up for Civil Unrest Prior to Presidential Elections
-- U.S. Democratic Party Moves to Include Homosexual Marriage Support in Official Party Platform
-- U.S. Congress Funding Homeland Security Measures That Skirt Posse Comitatus
-- Roseanne Barr Wishes Cancer on Chick-Fil-A Customers
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+ TV-Novosti, Building. 1, 4, Zubovsky Boulevard, Moscow, Russia 119021, 202-681-7049, Fax: 202-942-7441, RT-US@rttv.ru
+ Life Legal Defense Foundation, Post Office Box 2105, Napa, California 94558, 707-224-6675, Fax: 707-224-6676, info@lldf.org
+ NewsWithViews.com, Post Office Box 370, Merlin, Oregon 97532,
541-955-0117, news10@newswithviews.com
+ The Daily Holdings Inc., 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, Contact Page
+ CNSNews.com, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 877-267-6397, newsdesk@cnsnews.com
+ Atlas Shrugs, writeatlas@aol.com
+ Natural News Network, Contact Page
+ Media Research Center, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 703-683-9733, 703-683-9736, mrc@mediaresearch.org
[10] The Religion of Peace
Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:
-- Belgium Shaken By Ramadan Crime Wave: Threats of Grenade Attacks on Public Buildings
-- "Moderate" Malaysia: Leader Adamant about Implementing Extreme Penalties under the Sharia
-- Muslim Infiltration in the U.S. Federal Government
-- France: Young Woman Beaten for Being a "Bad Muslim"
-- Jihad in Thailand: Muslim Terrorists Detonate Car Bomb In front of School, Five Police Dead
-- Iran Calls on Syria to Attack Israel
-- Jihadist Group behind Bulgarian Homicide Bombing of Jewish Women and Children Was "Sophisticated"
-- Al Qaeda in Iraq Threatens Attacks in U.S.
-- Islamists Attack Christians, Iraqi Refugees in Damascus, Syria
-- Christians Flee From Radical Rebels in Syria
-- U.S. Army Jihadist Murderer Major Hasan's Killer Emails
-- Obama's New Islamic World Order
-- Al Qaeda Taking Deadly New Role in Syria Conflict
-- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Aide Huma Abedin’s Muslim Brotherhood Ties
-- Iranian Assets in United States Mosques, Universities Activated for Potential Terrorist Attacks
-- The Pentagon Succumbs to Hamas-CAIR
-- Rising Islamism in Africa
-- The Great Muslim Cover-Up
-- Al-Qaeda, Islamists Seek Sharia State in Syria
-- Dubai Chief of Police Warns 'Muslim Brothers Plotting Overthrow of Gulf States'
-- Judicial Watch Sues U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Justice Department for Records Detailing FBI Director Mueller’s Secret Meeting with Radical Islamic Organizations
-- U.S. Department of Justice: Speech Might Not Be So 'Free' If It's Against Islam
-- "Palestinian" Authority Thanks International Olympic Committee for Refusing to Honor 1972 Munich, Germany Olympics’ Israeli Victims
-- Sharia Law: Second Woman Sentenced to Death by Stoning in Sudan
-- Islamic Leaders Meeting in Kuwait Say "Churches Should Not Be Built in Islamic Countries"
-- American Aid Worker Faces Death Sentence in Sudan
-- Honor Killing: Woman burnt Alive in Front of Her Daughters
-- U.K. Muslim Imam and Sons Receive Suspended Sentence for Trying to Honor-Kill Daughter/Sister, Sixteen, for Refusing Forced Marriage to Girl’s Cousin
-- Honor Killing in Pakistan: Muslim Cop Kills Sister for Wearing Pants
+ Atlas Shrugs, writeatlas@aol.com
+ Assyrian International News Agency
+ National Review, 215 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10016, 212-679-7330
+ The Daily Caller, 1050 17th Street Northwest # 900, Washington DC 20036, 202-466-3004, media@dailycaller.com
+ Jerusalem Post, Post Office Box 81, Jerusalem, 91000 Israel, 972-2-531-5666, Fax: 972-2-538-9527, uheilman@jpost.com
+ Examiner.com, 555 17th Street, Suite 700, Denver, Colorado 80202, contactus@examiner.com
