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News & Current Events :: Global Church Alliance Makes New Appeal for Displa
2007-08-04 17:52:00
Author: Eric Subject: Global Church Alliance Makes New Appeal for Displaced IraqisPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:52 am (GMT -4) Global Church Alliance Makes New Appeal for Displaced Iraqis Maria Mackay The global humanitarian aid alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International is appealing to Christians and Christian organizations worldwide to donate to its new $900,000 appeal to bring vital support to displaced Iraqis. The funds will go towards meeting the urgent needs of the estimated 2.2 million Iraqis who have fled to neighboring Syria and Jordan in the last four years, as well as those displaced internally within Iraq. An estimated 2,000 Iraqis are fleeing the violence each day because of sectarian conflict and clashes with foreign troops. According to Wafa Goussous, who works for local ACT member Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) in Jordan, Iraqi refugees in Jordan are being denied the right to work. “It means that the majority of the Iraqi refugees...
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News & Current Events :: Further Fervor: Missionaries Go From East to West
2007-08-04 17:47:00
Author: Eric Subject: Further Fervor: Missionaries Go From East to WestPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:47 am (GMT -4) Further Fervor: Missionaries Go From East to West LESLIE HOOK The recent kidnapping of South Korean Christians in Afghanistan highlights an overlooked fact: Asian missionaries are everywhere, and today they're often found in some of the world's most dangerous hotspots. Nowhere has this hit home harder than in South Korea, where the Afghan incident has triggered widespread soul searching. On July 19, 23 South Korean aid workers were kidnapped in the central Ghazni province by Taliban militants. The pastor, Bae Hyung-kyu, was shot dead on July 25; five days later, 29-year-old Shim Sung-min was killed and dumped on a roadside. As I write this, the rest of the group is still in Taliban custody. Although only about 30% of South Korea's 49 million citizens are Christian, the country is second only to the U.S. in the number of missionaries it sends abroad. As of l...
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The New Testament :: Sermon: Hebrews 11:1 - Faith
2007-08-04 16:16:00
Author: Eric Subject: Sermon : Hebrews 11:1 - Faith Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:16 am (GMT -4) Hebrews 11:1 - Faith "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see"(Hebrews 11:1, NIV). Faith is an important word in the Bible. Faith is where the Promises and Work of God are made real to His redeemed. -Ephesians 2:8-9, We are saved by faith. -Romans 1:17, We live by faith. -Romans 4:13, We receive righteousness by faith. -Romans 5:1, We are justified in Christ by faith -Romans 5:2, We have access to God’s grace by faith. -2 Corinthians 1:24, We stand firm in our belief by faith. -Galatians 3:14, We receive the promise of the Spirit by faith. -1 Timothy 1:4, We do God’s work is by faith. -Galatians 5:5, We wait for the return of Christ by faith. Indeed, faith is very important; it is vital to the Christian. What is Faith? -According to Webster’s Dictionary faith is "an unquestioning belief that does not ...
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Bible Validity :: RE: Archaeological Evidence for the Biblical Records
2007-08-03 21:10:00
Author: Eric Subject: Archaeology and the Bible Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:10 pm (GMT -4) I'm throwing out a link to an entire section of ChristianAnswers.net dedicated to archaeological facts in regards to the content of Scripture. I highly recommend spending a good amount of time here for the purpose of understanding how historical the Christian faith really is. It is a great tool for apologetics in your ministry as well as for your own personal faith. Please check it out and enjoy!!! http://www.christiananswers.net/archaeolo gy/home.html
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News & Current Events :: Evangelicals Have No Sure GOP Pick
2007-08-03 17:43:00
Author: Eric Subject: Evangelicals Have No Sure GOP Pick Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:43 am (GMT -4) Evangelicals Have No Sure GOP Pick Nathan Black A week ahead of the Republican straw poll, evangelicals in Iowa find themselves with no sure presidential pick. Some believe the GOP presidential candidates have strayed from the moral issues that are essential to the Republican party platform, including abortion and same-sex “marriage.” "The whole faith and values conversation is falling by the wayside," said the Rev. Mike Rose, senior pastor of First Federated Church in Des Moines, according to The Des Moines Register. "The country as a whole feels there are issues more pressing at this time. The war with Iraq is on everybody's mind. Right to life and gay marriage, which are important to Christian conservatives, aren't as big with the general public." According to a poll by Pew Research Center, only 40 percent of all registered voters marked abortion ...
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News & Current Events :: Where is the Outrage Over Execution of South Korea
2007-08-03 17:38:00
Author: Eric Subject: Where is the Outrage Over Execution of South Korea n BrethrenPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:38 am (GMT -4) IRD Asks 'Where is the Outrage?' Over Execution of South Korea n Church Volunteers in Afghanistan WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /Christian News wire/ -- The Director of Religious Liberty Programs for the Institute on Religion and Democracy asked Friday why there has been no outrage and scant media coverage of the abduction of 23 South Korean church volunteers in Afghanistan. The Taliban kidnapped Pastor Bae Hyung Kyu of the Sammul Presbyterian Church and 22 church volunteers on July 20. They killed Bae on July 25, his birthday. Another male member of the team, Shim Sung Min, was murdered by his captors on Monday, July 30. Of the remaining 21 hostages, 18 are women. According to Faith McDonnell of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, the western media has largely ignored this latest example of jihad terrorism being waged by the Taliban. Faith McDonnell, IRD's ...
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News & Current Events :: Off-Off-Off Broadway: Theater Comes to Church
2007-08-03 17:33:00
Author: Eric Subject: Off-Off-Off Broadway : Theater Comes to Church Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:33 am (GMT -4) Off-Off-Off Broadway: Theater Comes to Church Michael J. Toscano "It is 'Grease' meets 'Happy Days,' with a 'Peppermint Twist.' " That's how lawyer-turned-composer-playwright Lou Ann K. Behan laughingly describes her latest musical comedy, "Over the Boardwalk," which has its premiere tonight in Reston. It is also another example of an emerging trend in religious outreach: Church meets theater, with a modern twist. The show is being mounted by the Theatre Ministry of St. John Neumann Catholic Community, one of the growing number of area churches using the performing arts to reach people. At first glance, there seems to be separation of church and stage. "Over the Boardwalk" is set in 1963 but highlights what Behan describes as widespread current efforts to "gentrify the boardwalk scene at shore towns from Atlantic City t...
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News & Current Events :: Episcopal Bishop Ejects Clergy
2007-08-03 17:28:00
Author: Eric Subject: Episcopal Bishop Ejects Clergy Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:28 am (GMT -4) Episcopal Bishop Ejects Clergy Julia Duin Virginia Episcopal Bishop Peter J. Lee has ejected 20 of his former clergy from the priesthood after they quit the denomination in December over the 2003 consecration of New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson, who is openly homosexual. In a document signed Aug. 1, the bishop defrocked 18 men and two women, saying they had "abandoned the communion of the Episcopal Church." The widely anticipated document came seven months after 11 churches — along with their clergy — voted to leave the diocese and the denomination. Bishop Lee retaliated Jan. 22 by issuing an "inhibition" order forbidding 21 clergy affiliated with these churches to function in his diocese as Episcopal priests and giving them six months to change their minds. Although their health benefits were terminated Jan. 31, they were allowed to retain their pens...
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News & Current Events :: Resource Tools On their Way to African Church
2007-08-03 12:32:00
Author: Eric Subject: Resource Tools On their Way to African Church Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:32 am (GMT -4) Resource Tools On their Way to African Church Africa (MNN) -- Christian Resources International's Fred Palmerton says their latest Great Crate shipment is on it's way to believers in Africa. "The shipment is in excess of 51,000 pounds. It's a 40-foot container, and it's going to go to two destinations. One is undisclosed for security reasons in West Africa, and the remainder of that will be going into South Africa and then distributed cross-continent." A Great Crate is 15,000 books -- enough to bring the Word of God to thousands and thousands of families. To ship a Great Crate, CRI needs donations of books as well as donations of approximately $7,500 in shipping costs incurred. Palmerton explains that the need is constant for unused and excess Christian resources. "We have seminaries standing in line. Nearly all of them have work outside the se...
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News & Current Events :: Students Travel to Rough Part of Romania
2007-08-03 12:28:00
Author: Eric Subject: Students Travel to Rough Part of RomaniaPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:28 am (GMT -4) Students Travel to Rough Part of Country Romania (MNN) -- There are many stories about what God is doing in Romania. However, there are still "dark" regions of the country. Dave Tippit with Eternal Concepts of Sammy Tippit Ministires went to these areas. Tippit brought 21 Romanian students from the largest evangelical university in Europe. The students who went on the two and a half week trip were all Christians involved in various fields of study. The trip focused on discipleship training as well as outreach. Tippit says outreach is a natural response for believers. "Once He begins to develop a work in a person's life, its going to be natural to look outward and to see where we can make a difference in this world. So, to me they go hand in hand with being a following of Christ (discipleship and evangelism). You can't separate the two." The g...
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News & Current Events :: United Nations tells Honduras that Abortion Ban is
2007-08-03 12:24:00
Author: Eric Subject: United Nations tells Honduras that Abortion Ban is 'A Crime'Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:24 am (GMT -4) United Nations tells Hondurans that Abortion Ban is “A Crime” Sao Paulo Catholic University prof CEDAW rep insists on abortion access, homosexual and lesbian rights Samantha Singson NEW YORK, August 2, 2007 (C-FAM.org) - At the latest round of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee meetings in New York, members of the CEDAW committee criticized Hondurans for their pro-life laws, telling their delegation that the total ban on abortions is “a crime.” Committee member Heisoo Shin told the Honduran delegation that it was necessary for the government to “create a momentum, a social force that stops the crime that allows a woman to die, to risk unsafe abortion and not have self-determination.” When the Honduran delegation responded that government efforts were aimed at prevention of early and unwa...
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News & Current Events :: Congressmen Invest in Businesses in Terror-Sponsor
2007-08-03 12:19:00
Author: Eric Subject: Congressmen Invest in Businesses in Terror -Sponsor StatesPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:19 am (GMT -4) Members of Congress Invest in Businesses in Terror-Sponsor States Fred Lucas (CNSNews .com) - More than 30 members of Congress, or their spouses, invest in companies that do business in countries that the U.S. government says sponsor terrorists, a Cybercast News Service investigation has established. Financial disclosure forms show that Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) -- one of the leading national security experts in Congress -- has hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in nine corporations listed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as doing or having done business with a terror-sponsoring state. Reps. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) and Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) have smaller investments in as many such companies. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) each have more than $1 million in companies that are doing or have done business with on...
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Psychology, Anthropology, & Sociology :: RE: Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fa
2007-08-03 06:05:00
Author: Eric Subject: Issues Tearing Our Nation's FabricPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:05 am (GMT -4) Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric Chapter 13: Inner-City Renewal The plight of the urban centers and inner-city residential complexes of America’s largest cities has become one of the most hotly debated topics of the past three decades. No one disagrees on the problem: high concentrations of poor and poorly educated minority families in sub-standard housing—many on welfare or out of work—in an environment rife with crime, dysfunctional families, and domestic violence. The main source of conflict for those who propose to make changes is how best to improve the physical conditions in those areas and how to motivate the residents themselves to action. Blight, high crime, business deterioration, and white flight have combined to create urban landscapes that look more like war zones than busy metropolitan centers. Office towers that throb with life from 9 to 5 are depopulated and...
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Bible Doctrine :: What is Heaven?
2007-08-03 05:42:00
Author: Eric Subject: What is Heaven ?Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:42 pm (GMT -4) Heaven Abu Atallah Dear Friend: Thank you for asking the question about heaven. I would like to share with you three passages from the Bible and comment briefly on them. They are very clear to understand. Revelation 21:3-8 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes wil...

News & Current Events :: Revival Conference: A Sincere Plea for Genuine Rev
2007-08-03 05:10:00
Author: Eric Subject: Revival Conference: A Sincere Plea for Genuine RevivalPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:10 pm (GMT -4) Revival Conference: A Sincere Plea for Genuine Revival CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 2 /Christian News wire/ -- Will God send another great awakening? Can revival still change nations? These are the questions that Greg Gordon, a 27 year old Bible student from Toronto, Ontario, earnestly seeks answers for. Greg is the founder and moderator of www.sermonindex.net a website dedicated to the preservation and propagation of vintage audio preaching from the former generations, and has offered over 8 million sermon downloads since its inception in December 2002. Since the beginning of this vision there has a been a genuine burden to see the sovereign act of authentic revival occur in the Church of Jesus Christ today. It is from this burden that the conviction for a Revival Conference was implanted into this young man’s heart. Now, five years later, this conviction is a reality. Th...
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News & Current Events :: Monsoon Floods Devastate South Asia
2007-08-03 05:05:00
Author: Eric Subject: Monsoon Floods Devastate South Asia Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:05 pm (GMT -4) Monsoon Floods Devastate South Asia WASBIR HUSSAIN GAUHATI, India - Teeming monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away villages and farmland that 19 million people depend on, officials said Thursday. With rain-swollen rivers bursting their banks along the fertile plains south of the Himalayas, India sent soldiers to help evacuate people from some of the worst-hit areas. "I have not seen such flooding in the last 24 years. It's a sheet of water everywhere," said Santosh Mishra, a resident of the Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh, one of the areas soldiers were sent. Authorities urged residents of 65 nearby villages to evacuate. "There are no signs of houses, temples or trees," Mishra told the local Sahara Samay television channel. Some 14 million people in India...
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Inspiration & Devotionals :: Pleasure Misplaced
2007-08-03 02:59:00
Author: NewsFeeder Subject: Pleasure MisplacedPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:59 pm (GMT -4) Pleasure Misplaced I'Ching Thomas In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis writes an imaginary exchange between a senior devil and his pupil on the subject of pleasure: He (God) made the pleasures: all our research so far has not enabled us to produce one. All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden. Hence we always try to work away from the natural condition of any pleasure to that in which it is least natural, least redolent of its Maker, and least pleasurable. An ever increasing craving for an ever diminishing pleasure is the formula.(1) Any pleasure--whether good or illegitimate--will enslave us when we turn it into our life's utmost pursuit. Hunger for even the simple pleasure of food can become a life-dominating drive. The first temptation of Jesus in the desert was...
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Inspiration & Devotionals :: A Tired Traveler
2007-08-03 02:59:00
Author: NewsFeeder Subject: A Tire d TravelerPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:59 pm (GMT -4) A Tired Traveler Jill Carattini In the eyes of an eight-year-old, the most wonderful thing about Lake Michigan was grandpa's boat. Sailing was a hobby of his and I was a glad participant. A particularly rare treat was spending the night on the boat, gently being rocked to sleep by the bobbing waves and steady clanking of metal against mast. My grandpa tried to show me the Milky Way, directing my eyes by way of the North Star. He told us the meaning of the boat's name, a word that sounded funny at the time. "Nomad," he said, "is the word for a wanderer, a drifting, homeless traveler." Feeling like the darkened sky could swallow me up in seconds, under the stars, I felt the same. I am comforted by the verses in Scripture that remind me that I am a wanderer, a stranger in a foreign land. "Hear my prayer, O LORD," pleads the psalmist, "listen to my ...
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Prayer & Blessings :: Call To Prayer for Thursday, August 2, 2007
2007-08-03 02:59:00
Author: NewsFeeder Subject: Call To Prayer for Thursday , August 2, 2007Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:59 pm (GMT -4) Pray Middle Eastern church leaders apply our training that helps them nurture young people in the Lord through programs in their churches this month. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:14 Read more... Source: Call To Prayer 24x7 Call To Prayer by International Bible Society_________________*The Post Above Was Automatically Inserted* Although we have thoroughly examined the source of this feed before approving it for automation, we are not responsible for any content from this feed source or their website. If you have any issues with the content of this post, please contact Patrick for a resolution.
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Inspiration & Devotionals :: Daily Manna from the Net for Thursday, August
2007-08-03 02:59:00
Author: NewsFeeder Subject: Daily Manna from the Net for Thursday , August 2, 2007Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:59 pm (GMT -4) Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100:2-5 NIV Listen (MP3) Read more... Source: Daily Manna from the Net [NIV] Daily Scripture reading by International Bible Society_________________*The Post Above Was Automatically Inserted* Although we have thoroughly examined the source of this feed before approving it for automation, we are not responsible for any content from this feed source or their website. If you have any issues with the content of this post, please contact Patrick for a resolution.
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News & Current Events :: Korean Church Appeals for Prayers for Christian Ho
2007-08-02 20:25:00
Author: Eric Subject: Korean Church Appeals for Prayers for Christian HostagesPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:25 pm (GMT -4) Korean Church Body Appeals for Urgent Prayers for Christian Hostages Michelle Vu The Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK) has issued an urgent prayer appeal to the global Christian community for the remaining 21 Korean hostages held by Taliban militants in Afghanistan after the deaths of two male hostages. “The threat of further executions of the hostages is driving not only the affected families but the whole Korean society into the most painful situation,” stated a letter by PROK general secretary Yoon Kil-soo. “Therefore, we urgently call on the entire ecumenical community around the world to pray to God that the killings of innocent people may stop and that these hostages may safely return to their families,” urged Yoon. The remaining 21 hostages, mainly women, are heading into their 16th day of captivity after Taliban gunmen hijack...
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News & Current Events :: Christian Persecution In Iraq Getting Worse
2007-08-02 16:22:00
Author: Eric Subject: Christian Persecution In Iraq Getting WorsePosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:22 am (GMT -4) Christian Persecution In Iraq Getting Worse Today VOM-USA sent out our weekly prayer alert and one topic of interest is the fact that Christian persecution in Iraq is getting worse. CBN News reported on this problem earlier this week. Go to http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/202448.aspx to view the video report from CBN. This is from our prayer email. Please read and pray. Thank you. Christians in Iraq are experiencing a rise in persecution from Islamic extremists. According to a Christian Broadcasting Network News (CBNNews.com) report, Reverend Canon Andrew White, an Anglican minister from Baghdad, told a committee on religious freedom that Christians have been kidnapped, tortured and killed. Rev. White said in the last three to four months conditions in Iraq had deteriorated considerably. He added that he was given disturbing news at a congregational meeting this month....
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News & Current Events :: Washington DC Schools' Sex-Ed Plan Affirms Homosex
2007-08-02 16:19:00
Author: Eric Subject: Washington DC Schools ' Sex-Ed Plan Affirms HomosexualityPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:19 am (GMT -4) DC Schools' Sex-Ed Plan Affirms Homosexuality, Says FRC Spokesman Jim Brown A policy analyst at the Family Research Council is expressing concern that proposed sex-education standards for the Washington, DC, public school system are supportive of the homosexual lifestyle and subject children to mature subject matter at very young ages. For example, under the draft standards, sixth-grade students would be taught that same-sex attractions are normal. The draft "Health Learning Standards" encourage teachers to begin discussing different family structures with students in kindergarten. Peter Sprigg, vice president for policy at the Washington, DC-based Family Research Council (FRC), believes that is too early to introduce students to the concept of families having two moms or two dads. He is also concerned about the appropriateness of a lesson f...
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News & Current Events :: Specialized Broadcast Brings Hope of Christ to Lis
2007-08-02 16:15:00
Author: Eric Subject: Specialized Broadcast Brings Hope of Christ to ListenersPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:15 am (GMT -4) Specialized Broadcast Brings Hope of Christ to Listeners International (MNN) -- Many people believe that they can improve their lives by learning the English language, but that can be expensive and inaccessible. For that reason, Words of Hope, partnering with Far East Broadcasting Association and Back to God Hour, is producing a Specialized English radio program called 'Spotlight.' 'Spotlight' covers a wide variety of subjects and is currently broadcast by over 40 different radio stations around the world. The programs use a limited vocabulary and a slow delivery format to teach English as a second language. The programs are 15-minutes long, delivered at about half the pace of normal speaking speeds. The content is written in short, simple sentences, and the Web site provides a corresponding vocabulary list. The simplified English programs are...
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News & Current Events :: New Legislation Hurts Work in Beslan, Russia
2007-08-02 16:12:00
Author: Eric Subject: New Legislation Hurts Work in Beslan, RussiaPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:12 am (GMT -4) New Legislation Hurts Work in Beslan, as Terrorist Video is Released Russia (MNN) -- A video that has emerged nearly three years after the Beslan school hostage crisis may change conclusions about what happened in the tragedy that took the lives of 334 people. The video appears to support a theory that Russian security forces may have caused the initial explosion on September 3, 2004 as more than 1,000 people were held hostage in Russia worst terrorist attack in the country's history. Russian Ministries were one of the first organizations on the scene to help provide counseling during that time. Russian Ministries' Michael Minyazev says that work continues. "It is still continuing in the Russian Ministries youth and training center in Beslan." Even though the terrorists came from nearby Chechnya, Christians taking the Gospel to that area, which Minyaze...
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News & Current Events :: Desperate Atheist Rage!
2007-08-02 16:06:00
Author: Eric Subject: Desperate Atheist Rage!Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:06 am (GMT -4) Desperate Atheist Rage! Marvin Olasky Nineteenth-century novelist Gustave Flaubert used to joke about archaeologists discovering a stone tablet signed "God" and reading, "I do not exist." His punch line had an atheist then exclaiming, "See! I told you so!" These days, nothing stops atheistic caissons from rolling along the bookstore aisles. Maybe that's because atheists on average have small families and lots of discretionary doubloons jingling in their pockets. Sam Harris' "Letter to a Christian Nation" and Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion" were big best sellers during 2006. Christopher Hitchens' "God Is Not Great" has ascended this year. All three books are ferocious. Here, for example, is Dawkins' view of God: "arguably the most unpleasant character in fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgi...
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News & Current Events :: Islamic Education for All in Great Britain
2007-08-02 16:01:00
Author: Eric Subject: Islamic Education for All in Great Britain Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:01 am (GMT -4) Islamic Education for All Great Britain plan would move toward 'religion of state' A new government study is being condemned by the Christian ministry the Barnabas Fund because its proposals would move closer to imposing Islam in the United Kingdom as "a religion of state." Among the proposals from the study being considered for implementation is the provision by universities for Islamic studies for all students. The report was initiated by Bill Rammell, the minister of state for higher education and lifelong learning, officials said. He appointed Ataullah Siddiqui, senior research fellow at the Islamic Foundation, to write it. The Barnabas Fund, in an analysis, said the report "signals another step toward the Islamisation of Britain and its education system" "Should this report be implemented, education will be handed over more and...
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News & Current Events :: Confusion as Fighting Reported in Mission of Korea
2007-08-02 15:57:00
Author: Eric Subject: Confusion as Fighting Reported in Mission of Korea n HostagesPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:57 am (GMT -4) Confusion as Fighting Reported in Mission to Free Korean Hostages Daniel Blake Confusion arose as contrasting reports emerged from Afghanistan in the mission to free Korean Christian hostages being held by Taliban militants. The BBC on Wednesday afternoon reported receiving information about fighting breaking out in the area where the team of Korean Christian hostages are being held, saying the development suggests a dangerous operation had begun to free them. The Telegraph had also reported that a joint US and Afghan army operation had allegedly been launched in Afghanistan to free 21 South Korean hostages held captive by Taliban insurgents. In addition, earlier on Wednesday the Afghan military had used helicopters to drop leaflets across the area telling local residents to flee, prompting rumours a strike was imminent as another Taliban deadline...
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Psychology, Anthropology, & Sociology :: RE: Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fa
2007-08-02 15:51:00
Author: Eric Subject: Issues Tearing Our Nation's FabricPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:51 am (GMT -4) Issues Tearing Our Nation's Fabric Chapter 12: Immigration The United States began as a nation of immigrants, and from the early seventeenth through the mid-nineteenth centuries a steady stream of new citizens came to these shores from countries around the world. A majority of the early arrivals spoke English or German and settled on farms all across the Midwest. Most were Protestants, though large numbers arriving from Central and Eastern European countries in the eighteenth century and from Ireland in the nineteenth established a sizable Catholic community, as well. The U.S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) was set up to facilitate legal immigration and to halt illegal entry. But with increasing numbers of illegal aliens coming across the southern borders into California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas—and eventually into Florida—the INS had to ex...
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News & Current Events :: Emerging Church Debate Battled in Posters
2007-08-02 04:51:00
Author: Eric Subject: Emerging Church Debate Battled in Posters Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:51 pm (GMT -4) Emerging Church Debate Battled in Posters Nathan Black Some are calling it the "Emerging Church Poster Wars." A group of "PyroManiacs" bloggers recently posted a series of what they called "Motivational Posters for the Emerging Chaos" which were denounced by some as mockeries. The posters featured several themes, each including a saying and image to go along with them. "Relevance: Tell me what I want to hear or else shut up and go away," states one poster picturing a young man with long hair, his eyes closed, and his hands cupped over the headphones he’s wearing. "Truth: It's an adventure, not an axiom. A story still unfolding, not a tale already told. The journey is what counts, not the destination. Right?" states another poster with an image of desert sand and a man lying face down after a long trail of footprint...
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