Testimonies
Jason Elam and Matt Lepsis of the Denver Broncos. Is it possible to quite drugs?-"...he locked himself in a closet and screamed for help: Please, God, help me kick this drug habit...On a plane ride to Indianapolis the following week, Lepsis asked kicker Jason Elam if he could sit next to him. Elam, a devout Christian who now plays for Atlanta, was willing to listen...I'm angry for believing that God was going to supernaturally help me..I've never seen a change in someone so drastic and so genuine as with Matt," Elam said. "He's a completely different person. ... It's a pretty incredible story."
Debates
I found these debates on youtube. The Bahnsen Stein debate is one of my favorites....
Greg Bahnsen's theism vs George Smith's atheism
George Bahnsen's theism vs Gordon Stein's atheism-part 1-7
Greg Bahnsen's theism vs Gordon Stein's atheism part 8-14
Jill Stanek
Jill Stanek reveals an important fact/reasoning check up on evangelical that voted for Obama even though he is pro-life. He argued that there is 2000 abortions a day in America but 30000 poor dying of hunger a day in the world as an example of why he voted for Obama. Jill Stanek handles this argument well. Click link below....
Jill Stanek vs Recovering Evangelical. Great lesson in facts, scripture, mischaracterization, reason, sense and responsibility.-"Below is another example of why you must tune in to http://www.jillstanek.com/ before you let your mind wonder to far to the left especially on the facts. Seems like you would have your facts and reasoning strait before going on TV, right...Well, not always check into what....Jill Stanek reports....And then Jill Stanek responds"
Entertainment
New movies coming out this year....
Well known Irish Filmmaker will be setting off new sparks with new documentary concerning Global Warming...-"http://www.noteviljustwrong.com/- See Trailer here. I would suggest reviewing the bio of the filmmaker for interesting context. Quite interesting. Read all the way thru.
Here is a link to a story that she did a documentary on Tristan and his mother in which she went undercover to track down Tristan's natural mother and expose a baby-selling ring and Tristan is now living with his natural mother and the baby sellers are in jail. I only had enough time to find this link concerning this documentary at http://www.ipexview.com/solution/videos/Esras/The_Search_for_Tristan_s_Mum/678/.
Here is a trailer of another controversial film she was involved with...."-Click on link to see video and whole blog.
Christopher Hitchens vs Douglas Wilson-"Is Christianity Good For the World?-"CBNNews.com - Is Christianity Good for the World? CBN News recently hosted a debate between journalist and author Christopher Hitchens and Pastor Douglas Wilson to answer this question. A film featuring the two men and their varying opinions will be released in March 2009.
Click play for their analysis with CBN News reporter Lee Webb, in a moving discussion of truth and religion in the world today."-Click on link to watch video debate at CBNNews.com.
Below is a trailer to a new upcoming video futuring these two debaters in March 2009."-Click on link to see trailer.
American History
George Whitefield preached a sermon in the 1700's on or around New Years day. Very interesting history of the preacher and check out the sermon for yourself by clicking on link below....
The Best New Year's Gift-"Whitefield's legacy is still felt in America, where he is remembered as one of the first to preach to the enslaved. Phillis Wheatley wrote a poem in his memory after he died....He is considered to be one of the fathers of Evangelicalism...was one of the most widely recognized public figures in America before George Washington...Benjamin Franklin once attended a revival meeting in Philadelphia and was greatly impressed with Whitefield's ability to deliver a message to such a large audience."-Wikipedia
And on the statue of George Whitefield at the University of Pennsylvania is engraved these comments of George Whitefield from Benjamin Franklin, "I knew him intimately upwards of thirty years. His integrity, disinterestedness and indefatigable zeal in prosecuting every good work I have never seen equaled and shall never see excelled."
When George Whitefield visited Georgia he founded an Oprhanage for orphans. In consequence of his services to Georgia "the legislature of the colony proposed to remove his remains to Savannah and to bury them at public cost."-Christian Life & Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States 1863.
Below is a New Year's sermon from the 1700's before the American Revolution by Whitefield. It may be easier to print and read. It is somewhat lengthy to strain the eye online."-Click on link to read or print this sermon in its entirety.
Education
The department of Political Science at Stanford provides an argument that quality of education must be via weakening or eliminating union power...-"Between the 1960s and the early 1980s, the American system of public education was transformed by a dramatic shift in its balance of power...the teachers unions—with millions of members and loads of money— were by far the most powerful force in American education.1
This new system, defined and protected by union power, has been in equilibrium now for more than 20 years...This is a modern development, one with profound consequences that make the modern system qualitatively different from the one it replaced...For there are persuasive reasons to think that the power of the teachers unions is in many ways quite bad for public education and ultimately works to the disadvantage of children...the system, therefore, is to evolve into a new form that is better suited to providing a quality education to children—it will happen only through reforms that weaken or eliminate union power over the schools ."
Who will decide what religious content from each religion will be learned in Canadian schools and will there be any absolute truth from it....-"A new religion course taught in schools across Quebec was intended to improve inter-cultural understanding, but so far it is generating deep division as hundreds of parents pull their children out of class.... high school in Granby, Que., has in the past week handed one-day suspensions to seven students boycotting the Ethics and Religious Culture course on the grounds that it violates their freedom of conscience...Therefore it is the state deciding what religious content will be learned, at what age, and that is totally overriding the parents' authority and role..."
Obama's choice of Secretary of Education still not so impressive...-"You would think maybe somebody with a more impressive track record would be picked but then again who knows maybe this is the best we have. We will have to wait and see how it goes."
Sex Ed
Faith key factor in sex education saving tax payers who knows how many millions in condomns, birth control, abortions, pregnancy costs etc etc..-"The author of the study, Janice Rosenbaum, a post doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told CNSNews.com that her analysis shows that among her sample of 934 teens with strong religious backgrounds, both the pledgers and non-pledgers became sexually active at about 21 on average. That is four years later than teens who are not as religious. She said religious beliefs play a role in teens abstaining from sex...Religious teens “are more restrained in the sexual choices and that’s because of their social context,” said Rosenbaum. “They are less sexually experienced to begin with. Their friends are engaging in less risk behavior..."
Same Sex Marriage
How do some homosexuals view Rick Warren and others who believe like him?
First it was Newseek now Time magazine takes up the mantle to bash christians... -"Earlier this month, Newsweek published a cover story arguing that the Bible justifies same-sex marriage. Less than two weeks later, a senior writer for Time magazine accused president-elect Barack Obama and Rick Warren of being bigots who "oppose equality for gay people." In his article "The Problem for Gays with Rick Warren – and Obama," Time writer John Cloud compares Obama's defense of Rick Warren to former Georgia Senator Richard Russell Jr's defense of Jim Crow laws...They are comparing Warren to the leader of the Ku Klux Klan, to people who used rubber hoses on African-Americans."
Guess what UK Brighton Council accused a christian elderly home of and why?
UK Brighton Council accuse a christian elderly home of "institutionalised homophobia"-"A Brighton care home for elderly Christians has lost thousands of pounds of funding from the local council because its religious beliefs on homosexuality.
Brighton Council – renowned for its political correctness – wanted the home to ask its elderly Christian residents about their sexual orientation every three months..."
How about New Jersey?
NJ Division of Civil Rights says that a church must allow pavilion they own for civil union ceremonies for same sex couples...-"A Christian organization has a Constitutional right to use their facilities in a way that is consistent with their beliefs..."
Or Ohio with this youtube video update on Crystal Dixon
Another update on Crystal Dixon. Excellent video at YouTube here...-"Update on Crystal Dixon and see more of these videos at Must see videos for religious liberty/first amendment/free speech concerns... or http://www.silencingchristians.com/. Also, click on label Crystal Dixon for more context and history and her actual letter and so and so forth....Click here to read more about TMLC's action in this case.-Click on link to see YouTube video.
International
Spain
Hundreds of thousands attend open-air mass in Madrid to oppose Spain's socialistic government-The Archbishop of Madrid, Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, issued an appeal against "the shocking cruelty" of abortion, calling on families to overcome the "culture of death."
Spain's Socialist government has said it plans to introduce a new law that would offer greater legal protection for women who wish to have an abortion and doctors who carry out the procedure...The bishop of Bilbao, Ricardo Blazquez, Sunday condemned any move "to call marriage the union of two people of the same sex" when a "normal family" is made up of "a stable union... between a man and a woman."
Church, Family and Christian Philanthropy
Matthew Parris a self described atheist is convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa...-"Now a self-described ‘confirmed atheist,’ Parris was moved and inspired by the work of Christians there....Writing for the online version of the ‘Times of London,’ columnist Matthew Parris describes a trip he made just before Christmas to the African country of Malawi, where he had lived as a boy...Having witnessed it firsthand, Parris has become “convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa.” As he puts it, “secular NGO’s, government projects and international aid efforts…alone will not do….Christianity changes people’s hearts. It brings a spiritual transformation. The rebirth is real. The change is good...
Documenting more christian Philanthropy thus the good to society of faith based organizations...-"Who said organized religion is bad for society?...We own our own facility here so there's no overhead; so our expenses are very small relative to the value of the goods and services we are able to provide. If someone contributes [to the ministry], it goes a long way..."
New Mexico
The first case using the 2004 Unborn Victims of Violence Act in NM?-"Federal prosecutors in New Mexico believe they may be the first to use a 2004 law to charge someone with killing a fetus while causing the death or injury of the mother..."
Religious Freedom
Thomas More Law Center videos...-"Check out these videos and cases that this group has taken on. It is to bad that Big Media doesn't report any of this. I bet if they did many Americans would be interested and unhappy about what is going on with our First Amendment right and who is behind it all.Stay tuned for tomorrow. More videos to be posted especially of note of the question who funds the ACLU...."
51 First Amendment Case Victories since 06/2008. See the last 3 below with a grand slam case victory against Georgia Tech and inspite of the media...-"On December 23, the court put an exclamation point on its previous rulings by awarding Ruth and Orit $203,734.14 in attorneys' fees and expenses..."
Politics
Click on link below to see AOL poll of 107,000 and counting of AOL users....
AOL poll shows that we need to settle once and for all Obama's natural born citizen status-"Even in Obama's home state of Illinois as of 01/01/2008!!! This poll is changing from day to day so come back and check it out.
You can e-sign on to a petition of more then 206,000 and counting. Read the petition carefully at PETITION FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE To: Electoral College, Congress of the United States, Federal Elections Commission, U.S. Supreme Court, President of the United States, other controlling legal authorities.."
Service Employees International Union spends 85 million on electing Democrats and Obama writes "I owe these unions"-"Tyrone Freeman, resigned after the Los Angeles Times revealed that Freeman fleeced his fellow union members — who make about $9 an hour caring for the infirm and disabled — of over $1 million in 2006 and 2007 alone....SEIU’s Illinois Political Action Committee gave Gov. Blagojevich $908,000, making it the single largest campaign contributor for his re-election campaign. In fact, labor unions comprised 9 of his top 15 donors. In turn, Blagojevich signed a state law handing over 49,000 state child care workers to SEIU local 880, which is run by the notorious community organizing group ACORN. The deal nearly tripled SEIU 880’s income from $7 million in 2005 to $21 in 2007
See who in Hollywood is donating the maximum amount to Obama's Inaugural Committee-"I am most interested in seeing how expensive this inauguration will total and combine that with Obama's near 1 billion dollars in campaign funds. This will probabily be the most expensive candidacy in history..."
Interesting facts on United Auto Workers Union....-"Among the national UAW's assets are a $27 million woodland resort and a $6 million eco-friendly golf course....All of the UAW's money comes from members’ dues, according to Labor Department sources--whether directly through yearly payments or indirectly from returns on the investment of union dues invested in previous years...The UAW national headquarters owns over $100 million in real-estate stretching from California to New York, including a $3 million Washington D.C. office. Although the nation’s capital does not contain auto manufacturing, it is the home of Congress, which was the object of nearly $7 million in UAW lobbying in 2007...However, department sources said union financial reporting is not as full as they would like. Current regulations, for example, do not require the unions to itemize assets or expenditures of less than $5000."
Liberal Media Bias
Great 6 minute audio discussion concerning Sarah Palin's recent home Church burning in Wasilla...-"Church Burning in Wasilla Gets Only Slight Notice-"CWA carries this audio report discussing this topic: “The fire that gutted the Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla, Alaska, the church home of Alaska Governor and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, has received very little main stream news coverage.”-Listen to 6 minute discussion here."
Iraq and Afghanistan
Troop deaths in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at its lowest....-"As 2008 ends, U.S. troop deaths for the year in Iraq and Afghanistan are the lowest combined total since the Iraq war began in 2003."
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