News Desk by Bobs Your-Anchor: Jan 2010

 January 2010 news from around the world 

UPDATED DAILY with News from Bob’s assistants from around the world:  

274 News articles so far.       9 News Links added yesterday.       Latest articles appear at the top.

“Steve Shultz, the publisher of the Elijah List, sent out an e-mail Tuesday claiming that “prophets” Kim Clement, Cindy Jacobs and Chuck Pierce predicted the recent earthquake in Haiti. See his e-mail here. But did they really predict it?   This is a perfect example of how “prophets” in the apostolic-prophetic movement falsely claim credit for predicting events. Yet, if you look at their actual prophecies, you will see how vague — or inaccurate — they were. Let’s look at them quickly.” ♦ –Elijah List Claim Its Prophets Kim Clement, Cindy Jacobs & Chuck Pierce Predicted Haiti Quake–

Video clip “Emergent Church Exposed & Defined”:

“Jesus said on the Mount of Olives (Matt. 24) that deception would be the primary cultural sign of the last days. Even some of God’s “elect” might be deceived by false theologies. “Good would be called evil and evil good” (Isaiah 5:20). Men would substitute light for darkness and darkness for light. Apostasy would consume churches and denominations that were once solid.” ♦ –
Spiritual Deception–

“Sanctified, faithful prostitution in service of the true God is a new thing. The Biblical writers never foresaw or contemplated sanctified, faithful, God-pleasing prostitution in the churches and thus never wrote about it. Attempts to find a Biblical injunction against the practice therefore fall short.” ♦ –Temple Prostitution: A Modest Proposal–

““Emergent Church” guru Brian McLaren is a key figure on the Evangelical Left who is trying shift Evangelicals, who are America’s most pro-Israel demographic, into a more neutralist stance. Currently, he is leading a delegation through Israel and “Palestine” to broadcast the sins of Israeli oppression against Palestinians by “listening, learning, thinking, observing, reflecting.” His blog is providing daily updates of his discoveries, all of which confirm his previously often declared bias against Israel.” ♦ –The Anti-Israel Revelation–

“Therefore, the market-driven church in a pragmatic attempt to make the church more appealing to pagans, who expect to have spiritual experiences, have reached back in time to find some vaguely “Christian” form of spirituality that they could promote in order to meet the felt needs of pagans and thereby grow their churches.” ♦ –The Answer to the Why Question?–

“We need to attune to every moment God grants us in curiosity, openness, acceptance and love. In this way, through our constant awareness of God’s graceful presence, a deep sense of compassion will be nurtured inside us through his Spirit and begin to flow out of us to others around us. The distance between God and us and between ourselves and others will be crossed time and time again as we become more aware of God’s grace.” ♦ –Auto-pilot?–

“In ons leesproses probeer ons net vra wat sê hierdie teks, ons probeer nie die hele Bybel te versoen nie. Ons laat die teks homself interpreteer, hoogstens binne dieselfde boek, outeur of tradisielyn, nie randomly in gesprek met enige ander teks in die Bybel nie.” ♦ –elke teks interpreteer homself–

“First, you need to remember that plainly expressed language is out of the question. It is too realist, modernist and obvious. Postmodern language requires that one uses play, parody and indeterminacy as critical techniques to point this out.” ♦ –How to Speak and Write Postmodern, An Insightful Quote from BJS Reader Henry Bimpage–

“• The Fatally Incorrect Assumption of the Emergent Church • The Real Reason Rick Warren is Promoting Roman Catholic Monastic Mysticism • Sermon Review, Scott Hodge “Yesterday: Lectio Divina (Guigo II)”” ♦ –The Fatally Incorrect Assumption of the Emergent Church–

“More than half of the experts who advised the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare swine flu a “pandemic” are linked to drug-makers that have reaped huge profits from untested vaccines and flu drugs.” ♦ –Déjà vu all over again–

“This is a complete retreat from reality. The myth of man-made “global warming” offers them the ultimate fantasy, where they can convince themselves they are “doing good” without ever having to deal with the real world, insulated as they are from the effects of their own stupidity.” ♦ –Little blips?–

“Lebanon is tittering between political bombast and trembling fear. While Hizbullah deputy-head Naim Kassem threatens Israel with missile attacks, the Beirut politicians including Prime Minister Saad Hariri, hear with trepidation Israeli threats to “destroy the infrastructures” of Lebanon, and not only Hizbullah sites, in the next round of fighting. Israeli Minister Yossi Peled cautioned that the next round after the summer war of 2006 is most likely in the offing during 2010.” ♦ –War with Lebanon Imminent–

“”Surely, the day will come when the nations of the region will witness the destruction of the Zionist regime… when the destruction happens will depend on how the Islamic nations approach the issue,” Khamenei told Aziz, who arrived in Tehran on Monday.” ♦ –Iran leader predicts destruction of Israel–

“Everyone is blaming everyone else for the failure of the Copenhagen climate conference, but British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blames something entirely different: “the lack of a global body with the sole responsibility for environmental stewardship.” This idea for getting around pesky governments and voters is shared by many European and some developing countries.” ♦ –National sovereignty vs. the New Green Order–

“Five years after being barred from the U.S. for making charitable contributions to a group that sent those contributions to the jihad terror group Hamas, internationally renowned Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, often mislabeled “the Muslim Martin Luther,” is allowed to enter the country again. The turnabout comes not because Ramadan has been cleared of these charges, but because Secretary of State Clinton has, in the words of State spokesman Darby Holladay, “chosen to exercise her exemption authority for the benefit of Tariq Ramadan.”” ♦ –Spencer: Opening the Door to a Stealth Jihadist–

“I told you that Sunnis and Shia would be at each other’s throats in Iraq. Hugh told you repeatedly, eloquently, and with substantial documentation from history and theology. But of course Hugh and I are just greasy Islamophobes — what do we know? We were confidently assured by the likes of Dinesh D’Souza that Sunni/Shia strife was an epiphenomenon that would soon evanesce in the warm sun of democracy.” ♦ –Iraq: Sunni jihadis open fire on buses full of Iranian pilgrims, killing two people–

“If the Conservatives had any political acumen, they would be looking for ways to bail out, and make political capital out of Gordon Brown’s continued and expensive commitment to the global warming scam. So far, though, there is no sign of that other “true believer”, David Cameron, getting the message.” ♦ –And so say all of us–

“The legitimate causes of pollution control and conservation have been hijacked by a scientific freak show, demanding that the entire world fiddle while substantial portions of the planet burn. Those forces (political and industrial) that have no interest in addressing reality will happily spar forever in the fantasy shadow game of carbon control.” ♦ –Honesty?–

“”They are constantly under threat, always on the run because they converted to Christianity in a largely Muslim country.” But…but…I thought it was only greasy Islamophobes who believed that Islam mandated death for apostates!” ♦ –christians-in-egypt-they-try-to-kill-us–     

“PRETORIA, South Africa, Jan. 26 (UPI) — The head of Britain’s popular Muslim television station was arrested in South Africa and faces deportation to Tunisia on terrorism claims, officials said.” ♦ –Moderate Muslim head of UK TV channel held on terror claims–

“There is no profiling. The 2003 guidelines don’t establish anything close to actual profiling of Arabs or Muslims. Eighty-year-old grandmothers from Iowa get as much scrutiny in airports as young Muslim Arab males. But the AAI, the ADC and MPAC, true to their constant practice of attempt to impede every effective anti-terror measure, are trying to make sure that remains the case.” ♦ –Arab, Muslim groups meet with Attorney General to protest the profiling that is not taking place–

“In case the jihad in Switzerland needs a boost. After all, more and more inmates from Gitmo are returning to the jihad — and what was done there in any case to prevent that eventuality? Nothing whatsoever.” ♦ –Obama sends Gitmo inmate to Switzerland–

“Those who crowed that “the surge worked” were always working from a superficial understanding of the jihad imperative, and now the superficiality of their analysis is being revealed” ♦ –Jihad/martyrdom bombing in Iraq kills 17, a day after jihadists killed 36–

“It was an unusual Sunday morning worship at Northwood Church in Keller, Texas. Christians, Muslims and Jews sat together in the megachurch to hear an evangelical pastor preach about Jesus.” ♦ –-Christians, Muslims, Jews Worship at Evangelical Megachurch-

 “The South Dakota bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said he has no plans of leading his synod out of the denomination over last year’s pro-gay actions.” ♦ –To stay or go? What to do when your Church goes Apostate– 

“The head of security at the American Consulate in Jerusalem recently suggested in a conversation with Israeli security officials that all Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria (settlers) are potentially murderous assassins, reported Israel’s Ynet news portal.Place quoted text from the article.” ♦ –American diplomat suggests all Jewish settlers are terrorists – January 26–

“’n Onsigbare “teenwoordigheid” in die huis van wyle Irene van Wyk, wat veral as gospelsangeres naam gemaak het, het die huurders van haar huis in Murrayfield, Pretoria, laat besluit om te trek.” ♦ –Irene van Wyk ‘spook’ in huis–

“What does Christian conservative Pat Boone have to do with a delusional cult leader who thinks he is the savior of the world? Nothing of his own volition. However, Ryuho Okawa, leader of a new religion called “Happy Science” has helped himself to many of Boone’s hit records of the 1950’s, 60s as a bait-and-switch tactic to attract converts.” ♦ – Cult leader hijacks Pat Boone–

“In general, the danger of liberalism, which we define broadly as gospel-denial within the church, occurs when we allow the world’s demands to ring a little too loudly in our ears. It occurs when we let the world dictate the terms of our beliefs or practices. Or when we let the world determine, “These things are good and worthy, not those things,” or, “This is the salvation we are looking for.” As soon as we let the world influence the terms of the church’s life and mission, we have let another authority enter the house and tie up the king of the church, Christ.” ♦––9Marks eJournal–

“This must be in-your-face month on the faith front. First, Brit Hume takes on Tiger Woods’ soul. Now, folks at the top of the Southern Baptist Convention are riled up over a direct frontal recruitment campaign from Scientology in the SBC’s hometown.”     ♦ –Scientologist to Southern Baptists: ‘We’re a religion. We proselytize’–

“You think it’s hard finding a job these days? Consider young adults who feel a calling to preach. Opportunities are few. So, the Academy of Preachers, established last year by Rev. Dwight Moody, has launched this festival for young Christian adults of all denominations. “We want to nurture the ability to give a sermon — a pre-modern practice in a post modern world,”    ♦ –Young preachers of the future give sermons their spin–

“President Obama has appointed a transgender woman named Amanda Simpson to be the Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce. It’s the first time a President has appointed an openly transgender person. You’ve got to hand it to the President on this one. He delivered on his campaign slogan because this is definitely “Change you can believe in.”    ♦ –President Obama’s Transgender Appointment–

“Archaeologists in Nazareth have found the remains of a house that dates back to the time of Jesus Christ.  Most people only know about the life of Jesus from what they read in the Bible.   ♦ –Ancient House Could Shed Light on Jesus’ Era–

“A new Christian movie, The Pendragon, is out on DVD. The film portrays one man’s struggle to follow God’s call in the face of adversity….The Pendragon is a family-friendly film which honors God.  It features everything from sword fights to a damsel in distress to a hero who rides in to save the day.”    ♦ –Film ‘Pendragon’ Delivers Strong Message of Faith–

“Officials say a church has been set on fire in Malaysia by unidentified attackers amid a growing conflect in the country over the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims     ♦ –Officials: Church Set on Fire in Malaysia–

“Malaysia bills itself as a moderate Islamic country, but today powerful forces are trying to turn it into a fundamentalist Islamic state….”They forced me to renounce Christ but I said no way!” said Daniel, a Christian convert.”    ♦ –Malaysian Christians Face Threats, Worries–

“Candidates for certification to teach in public schools in Texas are being told that they will be held accountable for any “heterosexist” leanings and must become agents working to change society, according to one candidate who was alarmed by the demands     ♦ –Radical indoctrination for teachers: Guess where!–

“Analysts for Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency are predicting the revolution which ended the shah’s regime 30 years ago in Iran is poised to launch a new change in the embattled country in the New Year…”     ♦ –Intelligence forecast: Regime change in Iran–

“Hawaii’s state legislators are lining up a string of new holidays, parks and memorials to honor Barack Obama, the first American president to claim the state as his home – though commemorating his birthplace may prove difficult.     ♦ –Guess how ‘the One’will be honored next–

“A nonprofit organization devoted to advancing religious liberty for Christians has scoured the news, sought the opinion of its e-mail subscribers and selected a list of “the top 10 incidents of anti-Christian defamation, bigotry and discrimination in the U.S. from last year.”     ♦ –What were 2009′s worst attacks on Christianity?–

“”It is certainly not a shock that North Korea is No. 1 on the list of countries where Christians face the worst persecution,” said Carl Moeller, the organization’s president. “There is no other country in the world where Christians are persecuted in such a horrible and systematic manner. Three generations of a family are often thrown into prison when one member is incarcerated.”     ♦ –No. 1 persecutor tests weapons on Christians –

“Several watchdog groups are blowing the whistle on President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan – showing billions of taxpayer dollars designated for zip codes and congressional districts that don’t exist in the United States”     ♦ –Obama stimulus funds tagged for fake zip codes–

“Next month, ABC will be airing a documentary called “Different Books, Common Word: Baptists and Muslims” featuring the Rev. Bruce Prescott….In publicizing the documentary, Prescott made the following statement: “We have extremists in both our faiths. We’re just trying to find some common ground to promote peace.”     ♦ –‘Christians are terrorists, too’–

“Jan. 1 is also the Roman Catholic Church’s World Day of Peace, and the pontiff issued an appeal to all armed groups to “stop, reflect and abandon the way of violence,” even if it seems impossible.”     ♦ –Pope calls for peace in 2010–

“My God beats yours.” That’s the essential message of triumphalism.You can hear its marching band tooting along as various commentators parade across the airways and Internet debating which is the one true faith that can rescue Tiger Woods’ reputation.     ♦ –‘My God is bigger, badder than your God’–

“When Fox News analyst Brit Hume suggested last weekend that Tiger Woods turn to Jesus to deal with his sins, critics argued that Hume showed little knowledge about Buddhism, the faith that has been a major influence in the golfer’s life.”     ♦ –Comments by Fox’s Brit Hume upset some Buddhists–

“I was hugely taken with a piece by Brian Micklethwait in the under-rated Samizdata blog (via WFW). It compares the current state of the “climate change” debate with the latter stages of the Cold War.“      ♦ –Awaiting the Berlin Wall moment–

“Idolatry in our generation is rapidly on the rise — IN the churches! Idolatry is not only tolerated, but it is being accepted, patronized, mainstreamed, marketed, and set up as a hip model for the new-style Emerging Evangelicals “      ♦ –Why God Warns–

“Fundamentalist Christians flew banners crying: “There’s only one path to God—Jesus!”  Their presence reminded us that Religion and Controversy struggle with each other all around the world. Whatever the hateful or fearful messages protesters brought into the streets outside, thousands of us gathered each day inside the magnificent Exhibition Center—and we all came to listen and learn from each other.“      ♦ –Wisdom for a new year from the Parliament of the World’s Religions–

“Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional (InterVarsity Press) is Belcher’s effort to find middle ground between these two increasingly antagonistic groups of Christians.“       ♦ –Emerging vs. Traditional–

“Especially precious is the apostle’s words that he worked hard to always have something to give to the poor! This verse belongs in the same company as John 3:16, the Lord’s Prayer and Psalm 23. In these deep words of Paul we encounter the complete heart of the gospel in a nutshell, namely that we must always life generously. That’s what the gospel is about — giving, not receiving“      ♦ –Life generously–

“Unfortunately, participating isn’t cheap. Airfare ends up being between $1700 and $2000 from the US, and we guests pay $1300 for registration, lodging, and ground transportation (our fees help cover the costs for Africans who could never be there otherwise).“      ♦ –Want to come to Africa with me?–

“This amazing text tells us that we share in God’s divine likeness. We share in his DNA, his character, his own heart.“      ♦ –A clever innovation – to walk! –

“But the West’s tolerance for its large Muslim populations stands in sharp contrast to the Muslim world’s bigotry and persecution of its own religious minorities. That’s a fact that ought to be borne in mind the next time Westerners berate themselves about their own supposed “intolerance.”;“      ♦ –Islamic Christianophobia –

“We bring honor to God by asking Him to bless a woman who is living in conduct that He calls an “abomination”?   Does Joel Osteen even possess a Bible? See Romans 1“     ♦ –Quote of the Week–

“But then — and I remember it like it was yesterday — he said, “YS has always been about pushing boundaries.  That’s why we started it.  It was never really about youth ministry; it was always about radicalizing the church for Jesus.  It just seemed to us that youth ministry was the way to do that.”       ♦ –An Open Letter to YouthWorks–

“EIH like the HIV virus works by attacking the immune system of the Body of Christ.  Once that immune system is effectively destroyed or rendered powerless then Satan destroys the host congregation by introducing ancient heresies and false doctrines. With  no effective immune system in place to put down these heresies and false gospels, the host congregation comes under the control of the Devil.“     ♦ –Ecclesia Immunodeficiency Heresy (EIH) –

“When the revolution is over, a lot of work need to start. Danielle mentioned some of this work. This doesn’t mean that the revolution has failed, on the contrary. The revolution need to be studied, to answer the question: What the hell happened?“     ♦ –When the revolution is over, the work begins–

“It is global warming here again, and it is getting serious. It is not so much the depth, as the repeated falls. Each layer compacts and freezes which, with fresh global warming on top becomes lethally slippery.“    ♦– Still more global warming–

“Three Protestant places of worship, and one Catholic in the sights of Islamic fundamentalists. The offices of Metro Tabernacle Church damaged. “    ♦–Malaysia: Four Christian churches attacked over controversy on the use of “Allah” –

“Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that leaders in an interdependent world must work to end religious conflict or face “catastrophe” as he introduced a new foundation dedicated to interfaith understanding….The group’s advisory council includes evangelical mega pastor Rick Warren, “   ♦––Rick Warren joins movement to end religious conflict–

“Fox News is still inviting spokesmen from the Council on American-Islamic Relations on its programs where they pose as reasonable and legitimate representatives of a Muslim “civil rights” organization, despite the fact that CAIR has been definitively exposed by the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department…“  ♦–Fox News and the henhouse–

“I recently reviewed some of Pete Scazzero’s work on my radio program including his repackaging of Roman Catholic Mystic, Brother Lawrence’s Practice of the Presence of God. These Roman Catholic practices contradict the clear teaching of the word of God and are incompatible with Biblical Christianity.” ♦ –Rick Warren Promoting Roman Catholic Monastic Mysticism at Saddleback Conference–

“Thus, the IPCC is relying for its assertions that “up to 40% of the Amazonian forests could react drastically to even a slight reduction in precipitation” on a free-lance journalist/activist and a specialist in policy and analysis relating to forest fires in Australia, Asia and South Africa.” ♦ –And now for Amazongate–

“A 12-year-old Christian girl died on Friday as a result of physical violence inflicted by her employer, a rich and powerful Muslim lawyer in Lahore. The case has led to protests by the Christian community, which demonstrated before the provincial assembly of Punjab in Lahore.” ♦ –Pakistan: Abuse, death of 12-year-old girl highlights plight of Christian domestic workers–

“Mahathir Mohamad is well known for statements that are, to Western ears, outrageous. But as Andrew Bolt observes, Mahathir did not arrive at these opinions in a vacuum. Will we see unequivocal condemnation of Mahathir (and not just by dedicated Holocaust deniers), or the usual claims that his remarks were taken out of context?” ♦ –Former PM of Malaysia: Jews “had to be periodically massacred”–

“The U.S. went into Afghanistan to topple the Taliban. Now the Taliban will be participating in the government. We are close to being back where we started in 2002.” ♦ –US commander signals surrender to Taliban–

“Their first impulse was dhimmitude — even at the expense of making a travesty of a Chinese tradition. After all, as offended as they may have been by this, the Chinese in Singapore were much less likely than the Muslims to start blowing things up and killing innocent people.” ♦ –Singapore: McDonald’s apologizes for leaving pig out of Chinese zodiac collection to avoid offending Muslims–

“CAIRO (AP) – Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas in a new audio message released Sunday threatening more attacks on the United States. A senior U.S. intelligence official in Washington said there is “no evidence whatsoever” that bin Laden had any involvement on the Christmas Day attack – or even knew about it beforehand.” ♦ –Bin Laden claims airline bomb attempt on Christmas–

“WASHINGTON (AFP) – Osama bin Laden’s word choice in the latest audio message attributed to him is seen as a “possible indicator” of an upcoming attack by his Al-Qaeda network, a US monitoring group warned Sunday.” ♦ –Bin Laden wording ‘indicator’ of upcoming attack: monitor–

e-kerk:

Leadership in Wild(erness) Times
Datum: 10 Februarie 2010
Tyd: 9h00 – 16h00
Waar: NG Weltevredenpark (Jhb)
Koste: R100 per persoon

From Single Notes to Singing the Song; The Bible as Improv!
Datum: 11 Februarie 2010
Tyd: 9h00 – 16h00
Waar: Pierre van Ryneveldt Gemeenskapskerk (Pta)
Koste: R100 per persoon” ♦ –Ron Martoia in Gauteng (10 & 11 Feb 2010)–

“An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane with 89 people on board has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut airport. Eyewitnesses say they saw a ball of fire in the sky before Addis Ababa-bound Flight ET409 fell into the sea after taking off in stormy weather. ” ♦ – Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes into sea off Beirut–

“One can hardly admit surprise at the report in the Mail on Sunday which has the scientist “behind the bogus claim” on melting Himalayan admitted that the offending section “was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders.”” ♦ –Pachauri: the natural disaster scam–

“Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon met Sunday afternoon with Michael Williams, the United Nations’ special coordinator in Lebanon. The two discussed the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Second Lebanon War. Ayalon warned that Hezbollah fighters were training in Syria and that the Shiite organization was getting supplies of advanced antiaircraft missile systems.” ♦ –Ayalon: Hezbollah testing antiaircraft missiles–

“While all three of the major parties have been unanimous in promulgating increasingly draconian policies to combat the perils of “dangerous global warming”, when the case on which they base their proscriptions begins to fall apart, they are silent. The unspoken message is that this is nothing to do with them – such matters are specialist, technical issues. They refuse even to recognise that the crisis exists, much less their part in it, or that they have any responsibility for the consequences.” ♦ –Broken politics–

“Prof. Craig will engage academia and students on several university campuses where he will also take part in debates. Prof. Craig is regarded by many as the foremost Christian debater in the US and has engaged many prominent academic atheists and liberal theologians in public dialogue. There is tentative interest in taking part in debates with Prof. Craig, notably from Prof. Sakkie Spangenberg of UNISA and Prof. George Claassen of Sceptic SA.” ♦ –Info on the upcoming Faith & Reason Conference of 2010–

“The blaze was the culmination of tension between the faithful and the local Islamic community, tired of seeing ” too many faithful and too many prayers ” in a place not registered as a church.” ♦ –Indonesia: Muslim mob burns two churches over lack of “permits”–

“Now wait a minute. Mohamad Mustapha Ali Masfaka is indicted for lying about his ties to a charity that aided Hamas. Yet Tariq Ramadan gave money to a charity that aided Hamas, and he has been granted a special “exemption” to enter the country after being barred for five years.” ♦ –Muslim arrested at Canadian border for lying about aiding Hamas, but Tariq Ramadan welcomed back in–

“And the list of supposedly Protestant pastors who are teaching and practicing various forms of contemplative monastic mysticism is growing and growing. Fact is, Roman Catholic Monastic Mysticism is becoming all the rage in today’s post-modern, cutting edge, innovative market-driven churches.” ♦ –Dangers of Monastic Mystic Meditation Practices–

The latest podcast from Fighting for the Faith by Chris Rosebrough

• Interview with Christine Pack of the Sola Sisters Blog on the Dangers of Mystic Meditation Practices • Sermon Review with guest reviewer Lane Chaplain. We’re reviewing a seeker-driven sermon based on the movie Bratz” ♦ –The Dangers of Mystic Meditation Practices–

The Rev. Dr. Guillaume Smit:

• “ I dream of a people who intentionally embrace their brokenness and shy away from holiness. It is a people who accept their incompletions as a badge of honour and who don’t try to hide it underneath a veneer of christianese. It is understanding that being holy amounts to being honest about who you really are, that you perhaps cannot really change your grumpiness or your short temper or your stingyness or your gayness.” ♦ –SINNERS ARE WELCOME–

“Before I invite you to wade into deeper waters with Ron Martoia I thought it might be helpful to quote to you a few potently dangerous things Alice Bailey said in her demonically inspired book “The Externalization of the Hierarchy” (which is simply the New Age equivalent of “The manifestation of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth”) to demonstrate how the post-modern Emergent Church is acting out her directives and, of course, that of the demon who inspired her to write her books.” ♦ –Silence: The First Language of God – by Ron Martoia–

“Now that you know that from the beginning, the Emergent Church was working with a fatally incorrect assumption, listen to this montage that highlights the fact that the primary thing that was trully at the heart of the Emergent movement was INNOVATION, INNOVATION, INNOVATION. Yet the scriptural call for the church is FIDELITY, FIDELITY, FIDELITY to the gospel message as handed down in the scriptures.” ♦ –The Fatally Incorrect Assumption of the Emergent Church–

“Last October, the Gauteng legislature’s health and social development portfolio committee called for the closure of the church, calling it a time bomb. Following a visit to the church, chairperson Molebatsi Bopape said at the time: “Children are being exposed to abuse, babies are sleeping on the floor … the place is so filthy that we couldn’t even breathe.”” ♦ –Bishop Verryn suspended–

“The spouse was the dominant figure in this relationship,” attorney Frank Bogulski said outside the courtroom. “He was the victim. She was verbally abusive. She had humiliated him.” ♦ –New York: Moderate Muslim wife beheader says the beheading was justified because his wife was mean to him–

“Dhimmis cower in fear before the specter of Islamic violence — proving yet again that terrorism works. “Charity cartoon rejected over terror fears.”” ♦ –If the West had any spine, people would be rushing to hire him–

“Recently someone forwarded me a pseudo-scholarly piece by a smooth Islamic apologist purporting to prove that I was wrong, wrong, wrong (and therefore evil as well, of course) about Islamic rules of evidence for crimes of zina (adultery, fornication, and other sexual offenses), and claiming that rape victims in the Islamic world are never punished for being raped. The slick liar who penned that piece ought to get 100 lashes instead of “Camille” for his obfuscation and enabling of this kind of torture of women.” ♦ –Saudi Arabia: Rape victim now faces 100 lashes for the crime of being raped–

“Here yet again is an Islamic jihadist explaining and justifying his murderous acts by reference to Islamic teachings. Here yet again the jihadist character of these murderous acts was systematically ignored and/or downplayed by the mainstream media and law enforcement. The resolution to deny what is happening to us is near-universal, and those who dare to point out that the Emperor has no clothes are marginalized, vilified, and now — in Geert Wilders’ case — put on trial.” ♦ –Little Rock shooter: Attack was “justified according to Islamic Laws and the Islamic Religion. Jihad — to fight those who wage war on Islam and Muslims.”–

Brian McLaren:

• “They want to live in peace with Israelis. They want Jews, Muslims, and Christians to learn to live together as neighbors. One Palestinian scholar said it like this: “I want to live in a nation that respects basic human rights for everyone.”” ♦ –More from the West Bank–

SHOCKING! KIDS CHOOSE IF THEY WANT TO BELIEVE IN JESUS AND ABOLISH RELIGION AND PARENTS MUST BE PREVENTED TO TEACH THIER CHILDREN RELIGION! Afrikaans: “Om godsdiens uit die skole en ander instellings te hou maak natuurlik sin. Wat my egter bekommer is die feit dat kinders ongelukkig nie die regte by hulle ouerhuise het nie.” ♦ –Laat kinders self kies
deur Nolan–

“In some strange way pages 108-113 in Transforming Mission seem to get missed by many readers. I co-lectured a class in theology of mission this year, in which Transforming Mission was the textbook, and in the oral exams not one student could tell me what passage from Luke according to Bosch forms the basis of Luke’s mission theology.” ♦ –Reading Bosch: The importance of Luke 4 and vengeance superseded–

““Many people believe that at its very best meditation leads to an unhealthy otherworldliness that keeps us immune to the suffering of humanity.” This is actually a rather baseless thought. Meditation could be the one thing that can redirect our lives so that we can effectively deal with human life successfully.” ♦ –Discipline in your faith Part 11 – Misconceptions about Meditation Part 4–

“Jesus invited them to strike out into the deep but in doing so the result was he invited them into a new narrative. A new way of framing their lives.” ♦ –deep water life message summary–

The latest podcasts from Fighting for the Faith by Chris Rosebrough:

• “Wednesday Lite: Making Sense of Suffering & Natural Disasters Part 2” ♦ –Making Sense of Suffering & Natural Disasters Part 2–
• “The REAL Story About the Birth of the Emergent Church Movement” ♦ –The REAL Story About the Birth of the Emergent Church Movement–
• “Debrief of my interview on Doug Pagitt’s radio program • A Beginners Guide to Post-Modernity by Phil Johnson” ♦ –A Beginners Guide to Post-Modernity–

“In fact, the EU set up a “Rapid Reaction Mechanism” in 2001, under Council Regulation (EC) No 381/2001 – with the intention of dealing with precisely the eventualities that Rompuy is setting out, and which so lamentably failed in the 2004 Tsunami and again in Haiti.” ♦ –Talk, talk–

“New mechanisms need to be found to develop more climate change-related investments, according to Nick Robins, head of the Climate Change Centre of Excellence at HSBC…Would that be Nick Robins, member of and contributor to the Green Party, husband of Ritu Kumar, company secretary and director of TERI Europe, both resident at 27 Albert Grove, London, SW20 8PZ?” ♦ –Well, well, well–

“Yet, not only did Hasnain allow this claim to be repeated in November 2008, Peter Foster in the Financial Post reports that claim was also repeated in September 2009 in the Canadian Globe and Mail (link via Planetark). ” ♦ –An outbreak of reticence–

“If you understand what this chart shows us then you’ll understand exactly why both Modernism and Post-Modernism are incompatible with Biblical Christianity.” ♦ –Comparison of the Epistemological Assumptions of Christianity & the “Modernisms”–

“Most of you are aware that Tiger has entered a rehab center in Mississippi and he is being treated for ‘sexual addiction’ or some other lame word that is commonly substituted for what is real.” ♦ –Tiger Woods – Treating Sin As A Disease–

“Corruption is rampant. Haiti ranks 177th out of 179 countries in the 2007 Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Its reputation as one of the world’s most corrupt countries is a major impediment to doing business.” ♦ – Haiti’s Avoidable Death Toll –

“Ek het toe wel vir die 10 mense in my groep gese dat al hierdie mooi beeldjies van ‘EENDAG’ sal die Koninkryk kom ‘n klomp snert is volgens my ( nie heeltemal nie though ) …dit is HIER & NOU!!! en Jesus was most probably ‘n bruin man wat nie altyd skoon was nie, wat tussen die stukkendste mense gehang het…ek wil soveel as moontlik barriers afbreek in die sogenaamde ‘kerk’ en ‘christene’ se ‘fake’ beelde van Koninkryk en sending! Kom ons hou op mooi praat en praat die Waarheid!!!!”   ♦ –Breek Fake Beelde af–

“Sure. You remember when far-right extremists blew up those bombs in London on July 7, 2005. This “rebellion” should induce authorities to wonder which side these Muslim police are really on. But it won’t.” ♦ –UK Muslim police rebel openly against govt’s anti-terror efforts, say “far-right extremists” greater threat than jihadists–

“Muslims are deeply worried that as people all over the Western world who find themselves on the receiving end of Muslim violence, aggression, and also non-violent but equally dangerous and sinister forms of Jihad, learn about the texts and tenets of Islam, they will, insensibly, come to re-think their view of the war being made by the Arabs and Muslims against Israel, the Lesser Jihad against Israel.” ♦ –Fitzgerald: What the Mufti of Syria hopes you don’t know–

“Over eight years since 9/11, it is amazing that a prominent conservative would not understand the fundamental motivation and doctrine driving those who have and continue to attack us. This is not rocket science.” ♦ –A soldier explains to Pat Buchanan why they’re really at war with us–

“Although there were numerous signs that Nidal Hasan was an Islamic jihadist who believed it part of his religious responsibility as a Muslim to wage war against Infidels, the words “jihad,” “Muslim,” “Islam” and even “Islamist” never appear in the 86-page mélange of droning bureaucratese.” ♦ –Spencer: Pentagon on Fort Hood: Jihad? What Jihad?–

“The prosecution of Wilders is indeed a politically motivated attempt to silence him, and a short-sighted move that will come back to haunt the Dutch authorities who are bringing the case, when they find the precedent they have set can hamstring their own ability to speak without fear.” ♦ –Geert Wilders: “If a politician is not allowed to criticize an ideology anymore this means that we are lost, and it will lead to the end of our freedom”–

“If he is convicted, the freedom of speech will not long endure in Europe, and America will be next. And the darkness of Islamic supremacism will continue to spread, and to subjugate women and non-Muslims, without it being possible to raise a voice against it.” ♦ –”According to Wilders, the truth about Islam must be made known, even if it is painful and unpleasant for certain people”–

“Could it be that maybe Wilders is not unjustified in sounding the alarm about the Islamization of Europe when Muslims demonstrate against him holding signs saying things like “Islam will be superior,” “Islam will dominate the world,” and “Freedom can go to hell”?” ♦ –Al-Jazeera proves Wilders’ point–

“So I ask this court to allow me to bring all my witnesses, so I will have the chance to prove I speak the truth in my expressions [about Islam].” ♦ –Wilders: “If expressions reflect the truth, how could they be criminal?”–

“I devote my life to the defence of our freedom. I know what the risks are and I pay a price for it every day. I do not complain about it; it is my own decision. I see that as my duty and it is why I am standing here.” ♦ –Geert Wilders’s speech at his trial today–

“Saudi Arabia claims the Qur’an and Sunnah as its constitution in the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia, and follows the Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence, in which Muhammad Ibn Abd-al-Wahhab (the “Wahhab” in “Wahhabist”) was also trained.” ♦ –Saudi Arabia: 13-year-old girl sentenced to 90 lashes and 2 months in prison for bringing mobile phone to school–

“More to the point, as WUWT notes, we have in Dr Pachauri a man who seems incapable of distinguishing between his public office and his business enterprises, demonstrably using the one to benefit the other.” ♦ –A man with no honour–

“Although it has been a minor entertainment to bloggers and handled very low-key in the British and US media, “glaciergate” – as I suppose we must call it – has gone down a storm in India.” ♦ –A Western conspiracy–

“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change belatedly admits to a grossly irresponsible bit of scaremongering, but when will it admit to the suspect role played in it by its deeply compromised chairman?” ♦ –But when will the IPCC apologise for Pachauri?–

“A man who has been the darling of the media is thus finding the change of mood hard to deal with as he is reported as having, “declined to speak to the media on the Himalayan glacier goof-up issue amid questions being raised about the UN climate body’s credibility in the wake of the controversy.”” ♦ –Pachauri doesn’t talk to media. Shock!–

“That aside, you do wonder how well-informed these self-important environmental journalists actually are. If Pearce can make such an obvious bloomer, how many other mistakes is he making?” ♦ –You do wonder–

“Films in particular can have considerable power to further shape a society’s worldview—a set of beliefs and assumptions that are widely held as ‘givens’, even if subliminally so.” ♦ –Avatar and the ‘new’ evolutionary religion-Movie Review–

“A lower court’s “hostility” towards Christianity will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court today refused to intervene in a school district’s censorship of a kindergartener’s choice of literature for a class reading.” ♦ –Psalms banned, but witchcraft OK–

“Everyone has different interests, such as pastoral care or missions, but in worship you build community. Children need to see themselves as part of a community of all ages who share commitments.” ♦ –Carolyn Brown on Worship–

New Fighting For The Faith podcast:

• “Perry Noble Exegetes the Book of Maps • Part 2 – Deconstructing Church Transitions, Inc.’s Strategy & Tactics for Hijacking Churches.   Sermon Review “Biggest Loser: Let’s Get Physical” by Pastor Terrel of Freedom Church, Gallatin, TN” ♦ –Perry Noble Exegetes the Book of Maps–

“My message to Rick and Perry and every other pastor playing “ignore the critic”: So long as you continue to twist God’s Word and preach a different Gospel, you will be called to account. We who call you to do so will do it in all humility and out of respect for the Gospel. You can ignore us all you want, but in so doing you ignore Scripture and you do so at your peril. The controversy involves the preservation of pure doctrine. In such a controversy, we do not mind if anyone takes offense.” ♦ –Offending the Proud and Purpose-Driven Pastors–

“I believe we need to understand Mclaren and other voices in the emerging church as attempts at a contextualization of the gospel in there various mostly Western cultures. If we understand this, we can better be in dialogue with them, and resist being simply re-colonized by American voices who prescribe how we should be church in South Africa, but also better understand the contribution they do make to the larger conversation (if at all).” ♦ –Mclaren as an example of contextualization in the West–

“In a nakedly Islamic supremacist initiative, Muslims are enraged in Malaysia and are firebombing churches because non-Muslims use “Allah” for God, as they have done since pre-Islamic times. And now there are other terms they cannot use as well:” ♦ –The “Allah” war widens in Malaysia: Non-Muslims could face fines, jail for using list of 35 terms now reserved to Islam–

“Earlier, just before the jury entered the courtroom, Siddiqui turned to onlookers and shouted, “I have information about attacks, more than 9/11!” “I want to help the president to end this group, to finish them,” she said. “They are a domestic, U.S. group, they are not Muslim. I’m not lying, I swear!”” ♦ –MIT-educated jihadist ejected from her own trial after repeatedly shouting down witnesses–

“Here is a particularly audacious exercise in deception from Sheikh Ahmed Hassoun, the Mufti of Syria. I say deception because his assertions are so flagrantly at variance with the Qur’an and Sunnah that he simply must know that what he is saying is false.” ♦ –Syria’s Mufti: “If Mohammed had commanded us to kill people, I would have told him he was not a prophet”–

A rebuttal of Doug Pagitt’s “Fear – A Powerful Thing”:

• “However, the one thing that struck a chord with me in this was Pagitt’s description of the differences in our faith and his was that they are nothing more than different “streams of faith.”…No, their Jesus is their buddy and has no problem with “sins” and participating in the blending of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity because, hey, these are just different streams of faith, right?” ♦ –Belief and Unbelief–

Doug Pagitt:

• “I wanted Chris [Rosebrough] to help me and my listeners to understand why people, who I know are followers of Jesus, talk about other professing followers of Jesus in these disparaging ways: “We know there are false teachers and deceivers in the world – Jesus said there would be, the devil tempted Eve, and Paul warns against them – and so when we hear you saying the stuff you say, it is clear that you are in the group we have been looking for and are on the lookout for”.” ♦ –Fear – A Powerful Thing–

“The East has convinced the West that the greatest thing they have to offer is Eastern-style meditation. Because some Christians lack discernment, what we have is the complete hijacking of biblical meditation in favor of the Eastern brand. This is risky because it involves blanking out your mind and, by default, allowing anything in.” ♦ –Mysticism & Medicine: A Dangerous Prescription By Jan Markel–

Ron Martoia:

• “Radical acceptance is precisely what decreases pain. Our ability to receive and accept instead of fight and resist is what decreases pain and discomfort. I not only read about this a lot in the larger wisdom traditions but have experienced this first hand.” ♦ –Acceptance, Surrender and Synchronicity–

“McManus’ Jesus is all together different. And using the same lingo that most contemplatives use (and New Agers for that matter), he tells readers that they have been “recreated to live in a raw and primal spirituality” that listens “to the voice of the Spirit… Barbarians are not welcome among the civilized and are feared among the domesticated.” ” ♦ –The New Missiology—Keep Your Own Religion, Just Add Jesus –

“I have addressed, on numerous occasions, the Church’s ongoing efforts to reinvent Christianity into a global religion of Results & Relationships by using the powers of pragmatism and consensus to artificially grow itself into something more widely accepted by the world instead of faithfully proclaiming the Word of God “in season and out” as we are commanded to do in 2nd Timothy 4:2. ” ♦ –THE ‘CAMEL METHOD’ OF EVANGELISM IS NOT BIBLICAL–

The Rev. Dr. Guillaume Smit:

• “If I had a thing going with Haiti, there’d be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox — that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style.” ♦ –SATAN’S REACTION TO PAT ROBERTSON’S REMARK–

The Rev. Dr. Guillaume Smit:

• “Another resolution — I don’t want to send or answer any nasty emails or text messages during 2010. It’s an unnecessary waste of energy to try and argue with those who believe that they know better, or with those who are always the only correct ones.” ♦ –Stephan Joubert’s New Year’s Resolutions – I Agree–

“As my esteemed colleague Geoffrey Lean reported yesterday, the IPCC has egg all over its face thanks to its ludicrously wrong claim that the Himalayan glaciers will have disappeared by 2035, when of course what it really meant was “Er 2350, probably, though we haven’t really got a clue. We got the story from New Scientist, which heard it in a phone call with a bloke called Syed Hasnain, and we didn’t bother to check because it suited our scaremongering cause just dandily…”” ♦ – Syed Hasnain, RK Pachauri and the mystery of the non-disappearing glaciers–

“In the former category fell the United States which took the lead in forming an alliance with Australia, India and Japan, and within hours had despatched two battle groups fully equipped to deal with such an emergency, including 20 ships led by two carriers with 90 helicopters. The EU, in the meantime, took nine days to launch a “donors’ conference”, the start of grotesque bidding process which had different nations vying with each other to be seen as the most generous.” ♦ –The tsunami all over again–

“No bells, no public displays. And in the modern age, no loud joyful music. And some Muslims in the U.K. have gone to court to press for the enforcement of Sharia provisions upon Christians there, and have succeeded in forcing them to curtail their worship services.” ♦ –Muslims in U.K. press for imposition of dhimmi laws silencing Christian worship–

“Alleging torture when no torture has taken place is a move straight out of the Al-Qaeda playbook. When Al-Qaeda operatives are jailed, they are told to claim that they have been tortured. From the Al-Qaeda playbook: 1. At the beginning of the trial, once more the brothers must insist on proving that torture was inflicted on them by State Security [investigators ]before the judge.” ♦ –American jihadists in Pakistan claim they were tortured–

“Senior Pentagon officials last week sought to play down or sidestep questions about why Army supervisors and FBI counterterrorism officials missed warning signs or failed to take action against Army Maj. Nidal Hasan before the Nov. 5 attack, which killed 13 people — all but one them soldiers.” ♦ –Pentagon sidestepping the question: was the Fort Hood jihadist not removed from his post for fear of offending Muslims?–

“No one has ever adequately explained how exactly terrorists “distort the Islamic faith.” … And despite their signal failure to produce the Moderate Islam upon which American foreign policy, thousands of lives, and billions of dollars depend, everyone in Official Washington simply takes it on faith that this great Santa Claus really exists, and will soon bestow his gifts upon a waiting world.” ♦ –Joe Lieberman: “Terrorists distort the Islamic faith to promote violence”–

“”Fundamentalists reacted to the piece, placed on an internet music store website, because it included backing music of an Islamic prayer.” Muhammad harbored an intense hostility to music (among other things); hence, this gesture was taken as an insult, and threats of violence predictably ensued.” ♦ –Polish disc jockey attempts tribute to Islamic culture, gets barrage of death threats in return–

“…Tom gave us a story. Not a wow story of someone fixing the world in a few days, but a small story that says a congregation can actually take on challenges which is even more daring than what many at the conference would have thought necessary.” ♦ –Four questions on the SAMS conference–

“I’ve been to two Amahoro Gatherings and have found them immensely significant, since Amahoro is on the other side of the coin to the emerging conversation (taking place in Western contexts) as it looks at the impact of the colonial narrative on the Gospel, and where that leaves us now.” ♦ –Amahoro: a gathering exploring post-colonial Christianity in Africa–     The Body of Christ might be stunned to learn that we have a “theology developed in Africa”. Thanks, Roger.

“Of the 12 papers presented four came from the South African Partnership for Missional Churches. Nelus Niemandt, Jurgens Hendriks, Danie Mouton and Frederick Marais (together with Xilele Simon or the last part of the paper). These first four names are all senior voices from the Dutch Reformed Church. Four papers was presented by bloggers (not that this mean they actually form a category in the conference, but they do seem to point to a somewhat different path. Myself, Reggie Nel, Tom Smith and Guillaume Smit.” ♦ –An overview of SAMS 2010–    The Rev. Guillaume Smit is the one who has got porn links posted on his blog. That’s relevant, no?

At least one DRC reverend in South Africa is not embarrassed about posting porn links on his blog. Just peachy.

• “According to webmonitoring site, Alexa.com, the following sites are currently the top sites around the world. The original can be found here. Please note, only English language sites are listed in this repost. That explains the weird numbering system. The Top 100 links to none other than: No 50. Full Free Porn Videos & DVDs – Sex, Porno, Porn Tube, Free XXX Porn, No. 58. Users can watch streamed clips and upload their own videos. and No 78….”   ♦ Pastor Guillaume Smit (Pastor of NG Kerk)

Link to G. Smits’ page not included as we don’t want children clicking on the links.

“This duty-thing also found its way into South African society. Many things were done purely out of a sense of duty… not necessarily from a deep inner conviction. Men did national service. People fulfilled their religious duty by attending church on Sundays, by making a small monthly contribution to the church, and so forth.” ♦ –Duty!–

Same old. Same old. Stephan insulting South African Christians again. A “brand-new organic order”? Whatever does that mean? Would it have something to do with his rabbi, the sage?

“Well, Mr. Zameer Ahmed Jumlana. Unlike Muslims I am a fair person and would like to give you the opportunity to defend your faith. Show us that Islam is a religion from God and not an idiotic faith concocted by a mentally and physically sick individual. Prove us wrong and I will not only publish your rebuttal, but also announce publicly that I was wrong and even will give you $50,000 dollars as reward.” ♦ –A Formal Complaint Against FFI–

“The problem with this is that it once again condemns attacks on “innocent civilians.” But the Islamic jihadists believe that “non-Muslims are never innocent, they are guilty of denying Allah and his prophet.” So if they believe that non-Muslims are never innocent, a fatwa declaring that attacks against innocent civilians is not going to stop them from mounting attacks against non-Muslims, now, is it?” ♦ –Now our problems are over: Muslim group condemns terrorism!–

“After all, Muhammad did it: “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).” — Bukhari 7.62.88” ♦ –Saudi Arabia: 80-year-old man marries 11-year-old girl–

“Like any good parent, God desperately desires for us — creatures He created and whom He loves — to discover our full potential… to awaken to all we are. However, research shows that many followers of Jesus don’t change much at all after coming to faith. The global church and Christianity as a whole don’t seem to be very effective at helping people transform.” ♦ –Mysticism Is a Quest in Search of Transformative Union with God–

Brian McLaren’s white flag:

“We who follow a crucified Lord should not be the last to discover the power of unarmed love and vulnerable forgiveness to liberate us from the primitive reactions of fear, fight, and flight…PS. If you’re a Christian who fears Muslims – or who knows others who do — a good first step in addressing fear would be to sign up for the Why Do You Fear Me? webcast coming up January 28.” ♦ –The Unasked Question of Terrorism: Fear and the Fear of Fear–

The latest podcasts from Fighting for the Faith by Chris Rosebrough.

• “Friday Lite: Making Sense of Suffering & Natural Disasters Part 1” ♦ –Making Sense of Suffering & Natural Disasters Part 1–
• “Perry Noble’s Latest Bible Twists • Part 1 – Deconstructing Church Transitions, Inc.’s Strategy & Tactics for Hijacking Churches • A REALLY Good Sermon by Steven Furtick About Knowing the Book” ♦ –A REALLY Good Sermon by Steven Furtick About Knowing the Book–
• “Joel Osteen Blesses New Gay Mayor of Houston • Perry Noble Plays the Pharisee Card • Village Idiot • Review of the Home Group Study Material from Champions Church, Tacoma, Washington” ♦ –Village Idiot–
• “Patricia Kings Predictions for the Middle East in 2010 • Purpose-Driven Monastic Mysticism • Sermon Review: “Disorientation and the Plan of God” by Peter Scazerro” ♦ –Purpose-Driven Monastic Mysticism?–

Sunday light:

“jonestony: FYI “impactful” is not a word.  piratechristian: @jonestony neither is missional or incarnational.” ♦ –Tony Jones and Pirate Christian Twitter Exchange–

“Could it be that Stephan Joubert, when referring to Jesus Christ as the Sage from heaven, was actually referring to the Buddha? As you have seen, the above video also claims that the various religions are awaiting the return of their own sages of wisdom or World Teachers…” ♦ –Who is Stephan Joubert’s Sage from Heaven?–

“More than 10,000 organizations perform missions of this sort in Haiti. By some estimates, Haiti has more nongovernmental organizations per capita than any other place on earth. They are doing the Lord’s work, especially these days, but even a blizzard of these efforts does not seem to add up to comprehensive change.” ♦ –The Underlying Tragedy–

“The happy snap shown above, taken at the end of March last year, shows Mr Tulsi Tanti shaking hands with a certain R K Pachauri. And despite the poor quality of the photograph, it is quite evident that Dr Pachauri has a demeanour not dissimilar to a cat that has just swallowed the cream – which, in a sense, he has.” ♦ –The way the money goes round–

“A research institute headed by Dr Pachauri will receive up to £10 million funding over the next five years from the Department for International Development (DfID). The grant comes amid question marks over the finances of The Energy and Resources Institute’s (TERI) London operation.” ♦ –Taxpayers’ millions paid to Indian institute run by UN climate chief–

“Best known for the moment when he stood with Al Gore to collect the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr Pachauri was the mastermind of the IPCC’s latest monumental report on the dangers of global warming in 2007, giving him huge prestige and influence as the world’s “top climate official”.” ♦ –Pachauri: Sunday Telegraph – Part 1–

“For all that Dr R K Pachauri has his hands deeply embedded in the till, he is actually a small-time chancer, made good. The really big money lies elsewhere, and he is just on the edge of it, picking up the crumbs. This comes home when we return to look at the mysterious European Climate Foundation (ECF) and follow through some of the sponsors – or “funding partners” as they prefer to call them.” ♦ –The big money–

“I am convinced that postmodernism is inherently incompatible with biblical Christianity; and in fact, the most essential elements of post modernism are hostile to the fundamental truth claims of Scripture. And for that reason, I would argue that a postmodern mindset involves some positively sinful ways of thinking.” ♦ –PHIL JOHNSON: POSTMODERNISM EVEN WORSE THAN MODERNISM–

“In “Why Are They at War With Us?” in Human Events, January 12, Pat Buchanan agrees with Barack Obama (although they are working, of course, from vastly different premises) that the global jihad is all the result of American actions, and that therefore changes to American foreign policies can end it. Buchanan ignores the Islamic imperative to wage jihad warfare against Infidels regardless of what those Infidels are doing or not doing.” ♦ –Pat Buchanan asks why they hate us, gets the wrong answer–

“And it never occurs to anyone that sometimes life is a zero-sum game – very often in fact – and that one side may not wish to listen to Sweet Reason and Get To Yes, because recovery at once of any lands once possessed by Muslims, and then slow but inexorable domination by Muslims of the entire world, is more important than any Getting To Yes could ever be (unless of course “Getting To Yes” is merely a way to weaken the Infidel enemy, a variant on the Treaty of Al-Hudaibiyya).” ♦ –Fitzgerald: When it comes to Islam, please stop this “problem” and “solution” nonsense–

“But, though he was a lowly lecturer for a while at St. Antony’s (while billing himself as a professor), Tariq Ramadan could never have imagined – who could have? – that he, a sinister propagandist for Islam, holding out for the gullible Infidels hope of the development of a “European Islam” (that will somehow be based, one must assume, on a different Qur’an, different Hadith, different Sira, from that read by Muslims everywhere in present-day Dar al-Islam), really has had a professorship bought and paid for, with the promise (perhaps some already delivered) made to Oxford of Arab financial favors.” ♦ –Fitzgerald: Jihad of the Pen and Tongue from Within the West–

“There is as yet no word from the Tories on this decision. But Paul Goodman, who was until the end of this year the Tory spokesman on these issues, has slammed the decision as “appeasement of extremists by a bunch of politicians scared witless of losing their seats.”” ♦ –U.K.: Gov’t re-establishes ties with Muslim Council of Britain–

“Does God hate Haiti? God hates sin, and will punish both individual sinners and nations. But that means that every individual and every nation will be found guilty when measured by the standard of God’s perfect righteousness. God does hate sin, but if God merely hated Haiti, there would be no missionaries there; there would be no aid streaming to the nation; there would be no rescue efforts — there would be no hope.” ♦ –Does God Hate Haiti? Responding To Pat Robertson–

“Go to Hell, Pat Robertson — and the sooner the better. Your ‘theological’ nonsense is revolting. Don’t speak for Haiti, and don’t speak for God. Haiti is suffering a catastrophe and you offer silliness at best, and racism at the worst.Place quoted text from the article here.” ♦ –Go to Hell, Pat Robertson: Haiti Needs Help, Not Stupidity–

“Arianna joined The Nation’s Ari Melber and former evangelist Frank Schaeffer on The Joy Behar Show Thursday. The panel weighed in on evangelist Pat Robertson’s claims that the earthquake in Haiti is the result of that country’s “pact with the devil.” ♦ –Arianna: Pat Robertson Gives Religion A Bad Name With His Disaster Comments–

And what now?     “THE BOROWITZ REPORT – Just hours after saying that God was punishing Haiti for making a “pact with the Devil,” televangelist Pat Robertson retracted the statement, telling TV viewers, “Haiti? I thought they said ‘Hades.” ♦ –Pat Robertson: Haiti?! I Thought They Said “Hades”–

“The Emergent Church leaders are more concerned about their own integrity and honour than that of Jesus Christ and his immutable Word. Here’s how Stephan Joubert pleaded for the protection of the integrity and honour of his Emergent brothers and sisters.” ♦ –A short course in how to protect the integrity and honour of false apostles and teachers–

“In Human Events this morning I discuss the recent revelations confirming that Fort Hood jihadist Nidal Hasan’s Islamic supremacist tendencies were repeatedly overlooked by his cowed and politically correct superiors, who kept promoting him instead of removing him from the military:” ♦ –Spencer: Political Correctness Claims 13 Lives at Fort Hood–

“Aren’t the learned analysts forever telling us that Al-Qaeda represents a twisted, hijacked version of the true, peaceful Islam, and that the vast majority of Muslims abhor and oppose it?” ♦ –Clerics in Yemen misunderstand Islam, warn of jihad if U.S. sends troops–

“CAIRO — The coach of Egypt’s national soccer team says he only wants players who observe Islam and the selection of his squad is based equally on religious piety and skill.” ♦ –Egypt’s soccer team: No Infidels need apply–

“But while the NGOs and their fellow-travellers get fat and rich speculating over the consequences of a hypothetical threat, the poor get poorer – and now they die. ” ♦ –Haiti – a gathering storm–

“”Nobody in TERI gets money for anything he or she does as part of his or her job,” says R K Pachauri, in this recent television interview on the Indian “Beautiful People” slot.” ♦ –Beautiful people–

“And above all that, we had council officials telling us they would like to do more gritting, but the government was prevented from doing so, while a councillor from Kirkless Council admitted that they had not built up stocks during the summer because they had been told by the Met Office that it would be a mild winter.” ♦ –A taste of things to come–

“But don’t worry, boys and girls. Their long-range forecasts, for 2030 and beyond are spot on. These geniuses know exactly what the weather is going to be like in 2050, 2060, etc. Their computer models have told them so.” ♦ –Garbage for brains–

“In Brown’s 21st Century England, this is what we were reduced to yesterday. These fool politicians and their warmist friends should be made to crawl on their hands and knees to beg forgiveness.” ♦ –This is England 2010–

“One would not be able to discern the presence of any other church in China from the WEA’s report. We find it staggering that there was no acknowledgment of the 80 million or more Chinese house church Christians or what they face from the Chinese government.” ♦ – Evangelicals in China Silent on Persecution of House Churches–

“So if we count that, plus all the replies to my initial post about McManus, plus all the comments in this thread, it brings the grand total of documented examples where McManus deals with the issues of sin, repentance, and justification to exactly zero.” ♦ – Erwin McManus’s Casket–

“Manmade global warming, for many, is an Earth-worshipping religion. The essential feature of any religion is that its pronouncements are to be accepted on the basis of faith as opposed to hard evidence. Questioning those pronouncements makes one a sinner.”   ♦ –Global Warming Is a Religion–

“The East has convinced the West that the greatest thing they have to offer is Eastern-style meditation. Because some Christians lack discernment, what we have is the complete hijacking of biblical meditation in favor of the Eastern brand. This is risky because it involves blanking out your mind and, by default, allowing anything in.”♦ –Mysticism & Medicine: A Dangerous Prescription–

“The world could be in for a spell of cooler temperatures, rather than hotter conditions, as a result of cyclical changes in ocean currents for the next 20 or 30 years, it is predicted. .”♦ –Big freeze could signal global warming ‘pause’–

“Christians are being shot, burned, hanged, tortured and even stuffed into metal shipping containers. Christian clergy are being marked for assassination around the world, hundreds of churches are being burned to the ground along with scores of homes and businesses owned by Christians. Dozens of nations across the globe have now passed strict anti-conversion laws in an attempt to stifle the spread of Christianity.” ♦ –The Frightening Rise Of Christian Persecution–

“The dream is a reality in such places as Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, where there is an explosion in Christianity. In the past decade, this demographic surge has started to spill out of Africa, as well as Asia and Latin America, in the form of missionaries to the West, a trend influencing everything from styles of worship.” ♦ –Christianity’s new centres of power–

“Stephen T. Asma, a professor of philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, argues that the new religion of many secular folk is ecology. As Asma explains, many secular types suffer from “green guilt.”” ♦ –Thinking Green — The New Religion–

“Is Judge Gill and Rifqa’s crack legal defense team going to continue to ignore the apostasy and sharia law for those who leave Islam?” ♦ –Facebook Fatwa Against Rifqa Bary: “Don’t Save Rifqa Bary Let Them Kill her”–

“More Facebook jihad against Rifqa Bary: this Facebook wonders whether Rifqa Bary, the girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and then fled from her family in fear for her life, is the great evil figure of the Islamic end times…” ♦ –Facebook Muslims ask if Rifqa Bary is the Dajjal, the great deceiver of the Islamic end times–

“The fact that it provided a platform for extremist views calls into question the sincerity of the effort to serve as a legitimate counterbalance to radicalization.” ♦ –Stop the presses: American Muslim groups’ “anti-radicalization” efforts are a sham!–

“The Iranians continue to breathe threats and murder, and the West continues to do nothing.” ♦ –Senior Iranian official: “We have manufactured missiles that allow us, when necessary, to replace Israel in its entirety with a big holocaust”–

“The campaign against Christians started on Friday January 7, 2010 and is continuing; multiple members of families have been arrested without warrants.” ♦ –Egypt State Security intensifies intimidation of Coptic Christians, arresting over 100 without charge–

“…shows that two in five (39 percent) members agree or strongly agree that “only followers of Jesus Christ can be saved.” Fewer pastors (35 percent) agree or strongly agree.” ♦ –1 in 3 Presbyterians Affirm Jesus as Only Way to Salvation–

“I am not in a position to judge people… We quote Bible verses left right and centre in our attacks on people who differ form us, and use it as an excuse to belittle them and reinterpret their words and deeds to make them seem guilty of heresy or some deviant sin.” ♦ –A Cricket Player Dude leaves his wife. And he’s a Christian!–

“Did you know that more people die annually across the globe as a result of coconuts falling on their heads, than of shark attacks?… Don’t lend your ears to people who say: “Have you heard what this or that church leader has done this time?” or similar stories.” ♦ –Be careful of perceptions–

“Cape Town – The NSRI has confirmed that a swimmer has been the victim of a shark attack at Fish Hoek beach near Cape Town.” ♦ –Man dies in CT shark attack–

“How do you explain the lack of power, the prayerlessness, the underlying sense of deadness in so many churches that are supposedly sound? Perhaps there is a clue found in the recently released findings of a study that reported half of all clergy are viewing porn.” ♦ – Half of Clergy Members View Porn Each Month–

“The teachings of “spiritual formation”, another term for the Emerging/Emergent/Emergence Church (EC) movement, are defined by Ray Yungen and others published by Lighthouse Trails as follows:” ♦ –Journey Into Wholeness or Journey Into Worldliness?–

“This mind control summary is based on astonishing excerpts from three landmark books: Bluebird by Colin Ross, MD; Mind Controllers by Armen Victorian; and A Nation Betrayed by Carol Rutz. The authors provide hundreds of footnotes to support their thorough research. This revealing information is based on 18,000 pages of declassified CIA mind control documents. To order these key documents from the U.S. government, click here. Join in powerfully building a better world for all by spreading the word. ” ♦ –Mind Control Cover-up. The Secrets of Mind Control–

“Thus we have the unprecedented situation where a minister of the Crown is issuing fiats instructing local authorities to cut their grit usage by half, causing chaos and disruption on the roads and lethal conditions on the pavements.” ♦ –The ice age cometh–

“No doubt, if pressed, the same R K Pachauri – a “full-time salaried employee” of TERI – will aver that not a single penny goes into his own pocket as a result of his service, but the same cannot be said of TERI.” ♦ –Pachauri: another day, another dollar–

Dear South African white parent:

If your child passed matric last year, then well done for doing their projects for them and searching the Internet on their behalf. And don’t forget to thank all the black parents who ensured that your child could excel and be supported by you.   At least that is what I think the author, Reggie Nel, is saying. Emergents are FUN!

• “How can these parents sit with projects and do internet searches, when they can barely afford ‘koopkrag’ (power). These black parents ensured that the white kids excel and be supported by the parents.” ♦ –Are SA’s black parents failing their children ?–

“To point out the advanced levels of the current talks, a PA official told WND that a visit next week by President Obama’s national security adviser, Jim Jones, will center around security arrangements for a future Palestinian state in the West Bank.” ♦ –Exposed: Secret talks to carve up Israel, again–

“A man honored by President Obama as a “civil rights pioneer” has told a Christian ministry leader the God of the Bible is a “sinful, homophobic bigot” who needs to repent and “seek forgiveness for the pain and suffering which his sinful homophobia has needlessly inflicted upon gay people for the past 4,000 years.” ♦ –Man honored by Obama: God ’sinful, homophobic bigot’–

“A new report from a team of Muslim leaders in Britain contends that Shariah law allows Muslims to leave Islam – despite the multitude of apostasy laws throughout the Islamic world that prescribe the death penalty.” ♦ –Muslims say leaving Islam OK, but is it really?–

“China is considering setting up military bases and possibly deploying forces in the Middle East over the next decade as a means of protecting its access to strategic materials, especially oil, and sizeable investments in various Arab countries, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.” ♦ –Chinese soldiers headed to Middle East?–

“I wasn’t at Christianity21 but I have been watching as new theological emphases and sectarian attitudes towards church emerge (well described by Wikipedia’s North American Emergent Movement) and it is just not something that I can lend my name to or my time.” ♦ –Goodbyes to Emergent Village–

“The tale emerges from our trail of the millions salted away by climate change “hero” Rajendra Pachauri, and the role of TERI Europe, his outpost of Empire in London.” ♦ –Pachauri: money laundering?–

“The Future of Faith: “All signs suggest we are poised to enter a new Age of the Spirit and that the future will be a future of faith.” McLaren and Cox agree.” ♦ –A New Kind Of Christianity by Brian McLaren–

“Andrew Jones and Tony Jones, both living icons of “emergence,” had a little back-and-forth exchange last week, which culminated in Andrew’s public, formal separation from the organization.” ♦ – Village Idiots–

“Unfortunately, that’s the direction the church is going which is to find harmony with the religions of the world. To do that, they have to redefine the world of God to make the dialectic work.” ♦ –UNDERSTANDING HOW THE HEGELIAN DIALECTIC IS TRANSFORMING THE WORLD TO BRING IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER –

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