Category: Items of Various Interest

Those that deny ‘penal substitution’ are “the enemies of the cross of Christ” [Philippians 3:18]

Over recent years there has been a steady build up of opposition to and outright rejection of what some term as ‘the theory’ of ‘penal substitution’. Amongst the definitions for  ‘theory’ is one that reads – ‘a conjectural view or idea’. When it comes then to understanding what was happening on “the cross of Christ” for the faithful Christian the doctrine of ‘penal substitution’ is not a matter of ‘conjecture’ but it is the factual and glorious heartbeat that sustains God’s gift of “eternal life” [Romans 6:23]. ‘Penal substitution’ is a factual divine truth that leaps from the pages of the Bible and to deny otherwise is quite simply to set oneself up as an ‘enemy of the cross of Christ’. Continue reading »

Planned Parenthood Director Quits After Watching Abortion on Ultrasound

Monday , November 02, 2009
Joseph Abrams
Fox News

The former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in southeast Texas says she had a “change of heart” after watching an abortion last month — and she quit her job and joined a pro-life group in praying outside the facility. Continue reading »

Roots, Schmoots!

Saffron Planet

Jewish Roots Special

In this wide ranging chat our team, a mish-mash of Jews and Gentiles, consider what happens when a Jew discovers Jesus and when a Gentile discovers the Jewish roots of their faith.

Please click here to listen. 

Baptist, Brethren, Lutheran, Methodist Churches Ask Senate for Abortion Funds, & Others

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
October 2, 2009

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — A coalition of mainline Protestant churches have authored a letter to members of Congress asking them to make certain the health care bills they are considering contain taxpayer funding for abortions. The letter comes from a group of churches that have long advocated the pro-abortion position. Continue reading »

The Destruction of America

By Ray Gano
http://www.prophezine.com

There are many out there that say that America is named in the bible, often they point to Babylon and equate it to New York or Washington DC.

I can’t say that I agree. Continue reading »

Hard Times Ahead

By Paul Proctor
May 13, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/PaulProctor/proctor179.htm

It’s time to prepare for hard times, my friends. And, if you’re a bible believing, Christ-following Christian, I believe the coming years will be particularly troublesome. I say “bible-believing, Christ-following Christian” because our degenerating culture has all but stripped the biblical definition of the word “Christian” from today’s collective conscience so that it has lost much of it’s scriptural meaning, even among many of today’s attending church members. Continue reading »

Why Can’t the BBC Understand That We Are STILL a Christian Country?

By Stephen Glover
Last updated at 8:02 AM on 13th May 2009
Mail Online

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Aaqil Ahmed: The BBC's new head of religious affairs is a practising Muslim

The BBC’s director-general Mark Thompson has said that religious broadcasting gives rise to more controversy in his job than any other subject. I am afraid he hasn’t seen anything yet.

On Monday, the Corporation announced that it has appointed a Muslim as head of religious broadcasting. This is not a joke, I can assure you.

The person responsible for overseeing the BBC’s — so far — largely Christian output will be Aaqil Ahmed, a practising Muslim.

Let me say at once that I have nothing whatsoever against Mr Ahmed, who is, I am sure, an excellent broadcaster who may have much to contribute to the coverage of religion. Continue reading »

Abortion is a Blessing and Abortionists are Doing Holy Work, Says Anglican Priest

by Damian Thompson
May 12, 2009 at 16:37:43
Telegraph.so.uk

The new Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massacusetts, has given a sermon describing abortions as a “blessing” for the women who undergo them. The Rev Katherine Hancock Ragsdale also thinks that the people who run abortion clinics are “heroes” and even “saints”. Continue reading »

C.I.N.O and God’s Word

By Ray Gano
http://www.prophezine.com/

C.I.N.O – Christians in name only.

The Christian Church has long confessed that the books of the New Testament and the Old Testament are divine Scriptures, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Bible is absolute truth and it is the infallible Word of God. Continue reading »

From Freedom to Servitude – Part 2

“Service Learning” through Soviet Brainwashing

By Berit Kjos
April 20, 2009

“Lenin outlined a program for an active participation by both children and adolescents in the building of socialism. … Socially useful work should serve as a school of collectivism.” [1]   Continue reading »

Linknotes:
  1. Nadezhda Krupskaya, On Labour-Oriented Education and Instruction, a compilation of documents written between 1918 and 1936. Progress Publishers, Moscow, USSR, English translation published in 1982, pps. 22-23, 43,  122-123, 126.

Tony Blair, Evangelicals, And The Coming One World Religion

By Paul McGuire

Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair has created the Tony Blair Faith Foundation to unify the world’s religions. Blair is especially interested in promoting the benefits of globalization to Christian churches. There are a number of prominent American ministers who have endorsed his Tony Blair Faith Foundation with its emphasis on globalization or global government. In Revelation we read about this coming one world religion and the False Prophet who unites the world’s religions in order to bring peace to Planet Earth under the rule of Antichrist. Continue reading »

Girls Drugged At Church Of England Care Home During 1970s Had Babies With Birth Defects

By Rebecca Camber
Last updated at 8:48 PM on 07th April 2009

Hundreds of teenage girls who were drugged at care homes in the 1970s may have given birth to children with birth defects. Continue reading »

Psychics Get Grant To Talk To The Dead

Friday March 27,2009
Mark Reynolds

A PAIR of psychics have been given £4,500 of taxpayers’ money to help grieving relatives “contact the dead”.

In a move branded a disgrace and “hocus-pocus”, mediums Paul and Deborah Rees were awarded the sum to teach people how to contact “the other side”. Continue reading »

Free Expression Assault Continues at UN Human Rights Council

Published: March 27, 2009
News Blaze

Freedom House condemns the UN Human Rights Council for undermining the universal right to freedom of expression by once again passing a resolution that urges members to adopt laws outlawing criticism of religions. Continue reading »

Common Question Concerning the Messianic Movement

Moriel Ministries regularly receives these kinds of requests:

Shalom.

There is a Netzari/Messianic website that grabbed my attention for more than a month or so. They are believers in Yeshua ha Mashiach of course, but they place extreme emphasis on Torah obedience.

My family and I, whom are former Catholics would like to join the Messianic Movement, but we need some discerning teachers to help caution us from believing just any website that claims to be authentic. While this website has based its teachings directly from the Scriptures, I need to be sure whether they’re serving Yahweh’s divine interests. The website is www.therefinersfire.org. Please gaze upon just some of the articles on this Netzari website and please let us know if you would endorse it.

Shalom U’vrachot.

Greetings in Jesus. Continue reading »