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<b>Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me". John 14:6</b>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comBlogger973125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1150286896510410802006-06-14T07:03:00.000-05:002006-06-14T07:08:16.513-05:00This Blog Has Moved<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the last post that we will be making to the BlogSpot blog. The blog has now been completely relocated to our website. <a href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog">Click here to go to the new blog</a>.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I greatly appreciated Blogger for the free service they offer.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: arial;">Come on over we see what we are all about.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks and God Bless!!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: arial;">-Steve</span></span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1150208720504060032006-06-13T08:45:00.000-05:002006-06-13T09:25:21.256-05:00Minister: Iran, Syria security intertwined<a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=1010">Read more about this here.</a>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1150202382646095932006-06-13T07:16:00.000-05:002006-06-13T07:39:51.593-05:00Poison In Our Libraries<span style="font-family: arial;">I’m not into conspiracy theories, but where Satan is involved; it’s very easy to see a conspiracy in everything he lays his hands to. I believe that the sexual obsession this nation, and for the most part, the world has, is the human race playing right into Satan’s hands.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">One cannot randomly turn on the television, pick up a magazine or listen to the radio without seeing or hearing some kind of sexually suggestive article, advertisement or commentary.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We are inundated with sex 24 hours a day, seven days a week. From the way the teen “stars” dress on Disney to the lowering of the movie and Television rating system, sex is prevalent in almost all aspects of life. Even in most churches, parents no longer require their young people to dress conservatively. The word “cute” now means clothes that are virtually “painted” on with bare midriff and peek-a-boo belly button. Add to that some suggestive verbiage printed on the bottom of the pants.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This “sex crazed” society of ours is even getting to the point where adult books are not only available in the public library, but are being made into required reading for school. These books are separated from pornography only by the fact that they are written by someone professing to have a PhD.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Many of these “learned” people have decided that our teens and youth are going to have sex anyway, so why don’t we teach them how to do it “right”. Forget the fact that teens and youth are totally unprepared emotionally to deal with sex, let’s just run right out and graphically teach them how to do something they shouldn’t be doing anyway.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=1009">Read the article here.</a>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1150199727755650682006-06-13T06:54:00.000-05:002006-06-13T06:55:27.756-05:00Re-Post: Nearing Midnight for June 12th (Part 2)<a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=1008">Read Part 2 of the June 12th installment of "Nearing Midnight" from Rapture Ready.</a>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1150199281731080422006-06-13T06:40:00.000-05:002006-06-13T06:48:02.103-05:00Re-Post: Nearing Midnight for June 12th (Part 1)<a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=1007">Read the June 12th installment of "Nearing Midnight" here.</a>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1150128201717410372006-06-12T07:57:00.000-05:002006-06-12T11:03:22.353-05:00News analyst Julie Banderas attacks anti-homosexual Christian preacher<span style="font-family: arial;">Two points to this story:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Good Job, Ms. Banderas!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2. To call Shirley Phelps-Roper a Christian is a long, long stretch.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">OK, here's the deal.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">For those of you who have read this blog over the last year, you know my position on homosexuality. The position is that homosexuality is a sin, according to the Bible, and Christians should not support it any more then they would support and encourage any other sin. I also do not approve of the way the homosexual lifestyle is being normalized and passed off as being "good". There is a bad side to this lifestyle choice which the homosexual advocates do not want anyone to know.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Now with that said. I rebuke Ms. Phelps-Roper for the way in which she and her brood are protesting. The sins she is committing are as objectionable to God as the sin of homosexuality. You see, God sees all sins equally, all of which have separated us from God. It is only through the grace Jesus bought for us on the cross that restores us to God's good grace.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=1004">Read more about it here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1150117014056030542006-06-12T07:47:00.000-05:002006-06-12T07:56:54.626-05:00EPA Celebrates 'Gay and Lesbian Pride Month'<span style="font-family: arial;">And we get to start off the week with another story of the radical homosexual agenda being crammed down our throats.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So my question for the EPA:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">"When are you going to celebrate (with the same enthusiasm) ‘Straight Pride’ month?”</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Don’t hold your breath.</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">(CNSNews.com) - "I thought you might like to know that the EPA, funded by your tax dollars, has joined the push for the homosexual agenda," a conservative advocacy group is telling its supporters.<br />The American Family Association is urging conservatives to email a note of protest to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and President Bush.<br />In a recent message to "All EPA Employees," the agency announced it would "recognize the diversity of our workforce by celebrating and observing Gay and Lesbian Pride Month."</blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=1003">Read more about it here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1150115503743348452006-06-12T07:30:00.000-05:002006-06-12T07:31:43.826-05:00Re-Post: "Pray for Our Week at Camp" from Deep Thoughts with Jen<span style="font-family: arial;">Well, it has certainly been awhile since that last post! Ok, guys, I'm tired! I'm so freakin' tired! We leave for camp in like 10 hours and I'm still packing and doing laundry. It's way too late to be up doing this kinda stuff, but it's gotta get done, right?! Anyway, I'm gonna finish packing and get to bed to get some much needed rest, but I wanted to post to ask about your prayers. Camp can only be a success with God and if we invite Him into our lives at camp. Therefore, I ask that every believer pray, with intercessory prayer power over our time at camp this week. I believe that mighty prayer is incredibly effective and when backed by intense faith, we invite God into our lives to transform and radically move as He longs to do! So, please pray for us. Pray for open hearts. Not just hearts that can emotionally move. But hearts that break and rebuild on the foundational rock of OBEDIENCE to the Lord! Pray for our safety. Pray for our unity. Pray for our pastors and speakers. Pray that we get rest, both physically and spiritually. Pray that all the preparation that has gone into camp will now be taken into God's mighty hands and that He use it for whatever His plan is for camp. Pray for a fierce ourpouring of the Holy Spirit. Pray for our services and things like the band, the lights, the tech crew, etc. Pray that souls are saved! Pray that relationships start to grow. Pray that we will be a family! Pray! Pray whatever you want. Just pray for us, PLEASE!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I appreciate it greatly! That's all I got for now . . . more to come! I will let you know all the crazy stuff God did when I get back!</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://jenarc.blogspot.com/2006/06/well-it-has-certainly-been-awhile_12.html">Original Link</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149853251859483702006-06-09T06:38:00.000-05:002006-06-09T06:40:51.863-05:00Minnesota School Agrees to Allow Students’ Christian Song at Graduation<span style="font-family: arial;">It’s a shame that school systems have to be threatened with lawsuits in order to obey the law. But at least the students were allowed to express their first amendment rights to freedom of speech.</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">(AgapePress) - A Minnesota public high school that had banned two of its students from singing a religious song at this year’s graduation ceremonies reversed course and allowed the selection, but only after Florida-based Liberty Counsel intervened with the threat of legal action.</blockquote><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=1001">Read the rest here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149852506765108832006-06-09T06:11:00.000-05:002006-06-09T06:28:29.620-05:00Lesbian Batwoman's Publishers Should Be Ashamed, Pro-Family Critic Says<span style="font-family: arial;">For those who do not follow comic books, DC Comics has becided to re-introduce the Batwoman comic. In this new comic, Batwoman is going to be a lesbian. Please keep in mind that this is the same comic that your children can freely pick up and read at any bookstore and most checkout lines. Is this really a message you want your kids to read?</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">(AgapePress) - Robert Knight, a pro-family activist and director of the Culture and Family Institute, is blasting a popular comic book company for deliberately exposing young children to the homosexual lifestyle.<br />Knight is outraged that DC Comics, the prominent U.S. comic book publisher that has brought fans such “heroic” characters as Superman, Wonder Woman, the Justice League, and Batman, has announced plans to introduce a lesbian Batwoman character next month. A company spokesman says DC wants more diversity in its comics.<br />However, Knight believes this move is obviously targeting the minds of children and has a mercenary motive as well. “This is a direct attempt to sell homosexuality to kids,” he says, “It’s also an attempt to revive the Batwoman brand by trying to do something shocking to get a little media. DC Comics ought to be ashamed of itself.”<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=1000">Read the rest here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149773177796356042006-06-08T07:40:00.000-05:002006-06-08T08:26:18.410-05:00Does 'PG' rating mean 'pro-God'?<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Film with miracles, talk about Jesus draws parental warning from MPAA</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is just going too far. When is the country going to put an end to political correctness gone crazy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But, with having said that, it is the parents responsibility to know a movie’s content before allowing their children to see it.</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">A new family film featuring miracles and a pro-God theme has earned a rating of “PG” from the Motion Picture Association of America due to fears it might offend people who have no faith or a different faith.<br />The decision surprises many who believed the “parental guidance” warning was reserved for the likes of violence, foul language and nudity.<br />“Facing the Giants,” the story of a Christian high-school football coach who uses his undying faith to battle the giants of fear and failure, was given the rating by the Motion Picture Association of America, the group which brands films according to their content.<br />“The theme of a PG-rated film may itself call for parental guidance,” the MPAA says of its rating system. “There may be some profanity in these films. There may be some violence or brief nudity. … The PG rating, suggesting parental guidance, is thus an alert for examination of a film by parents before deciding on its viewing by their children. Obviously such a line is difficult to draw.”<br />“It is kind of interesting that faith has joined that list of deadly sins that the MPAA board wants to warn parents to worry about,” film spokesman Kris Fuhr told the Scripps Howard News Service.</blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=999">Read the rest here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149770405516837402006-06-08T07:34:00.000-05:002006-06-08T07:40:05.520-05:00Christian forced to reproduce lesbian films sues<span style="font-family: arial;">Good for Mr. Bono. I pray that the courts will uphold his right to not promote the homosexual agenda.</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">A film-and-video lab owner has filed suit against a county Human Rights Commission for ordering him to duplicate two pro-homosexual videos produced by a lesbian activist.<br />Tim Bono and Bono Film and Video, Inc. of Arlington, Va., is challenging the authority of the Arlington County Human Rights Commission, the Arlington County Board and Arlington County.<br />The controversy began when Tim Bono was contacted by lesbian activist Lilli Vincenz via e-mail to reproduce documentaries entitled "Gay and Proud" and "Second Largest Minority."<br />Bono told Vincenz his company does not duplicate material that is obscene, could embarrass employees, hurt the company's reputation or runs counter to the company's core values and to Christian ethics.</blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=998">Read the rest here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149769855964616402006-06-08T07:20:00.000-05:002006-06-08T07:30:56.013-05:00UK Christians Say New Sexual Orientation Rules Undermine Their Beliefs<span style="font-family: arial;">If we Christians continue to sit on our hands, it will not be long before we are faced with this very same situation here in the U.S.</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">London (CNSNews.com) - Accusing the British government of seeking to undermine belief in God, a coalition of religious groups has begun a vigorous campaign against proposed new sexual orientation regulations.<br />Due to go into effect this fall, the new ordinances would protect homosexuals and lesbians from being discriminated against when in the market for "goods and services."<br />However, several religious organizations claim the regulations would have the effect of forcing them to act against their beliefs.<br />A spokeswoman for the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship said schools run by the Church of England could, for example, be accused of being "biased" in favor of heterosexual relationships in sexual education classes.<br />Christians who run bed-and-breakfast accommodations would be forced to rent rooms to same-sex couples, while religious newspapers would be unable to turn down advertisements from homosexual pressure groups.<br />The proposals have been welcomed by groups such as the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, but prominent figures in the Church of England spoke out against them.<br />Michael Nazir Ali, Bishop of Rochester, said in a statement the regulations would hinder much of the church's charitable work.<br />"In the proposed regulations there is no clear exemption for religious belief even though it is widely known that several of the faiths in this country will have serious difficulty with the regulations," he said. "Religion affects every area of life and cannot be reduced to just worship."<br />Under the new regulations, a church that regularly rents out a hall to community groups would not be able to turn down applications from homosexual organizations<br />Religious groups that give out grants could be taken to court if they discriminate against homosexual groups, and Christian marketing companies may have to take on clients pushing a homosexual agenda.<br />In 2003, the British government made it illegal to discriminate against homosexual and lesbian citizens in employment. However, religious groups were exempted.</blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=997">Read more about this here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149769227242778622006-06-08T07:06:00.000-05:002006-06-08T07:20:30.003-05:00Evictions Ordered Following Supreme Court's 'Kelo' Ruling<span style="font-family: arial;">I couldn't believe it when the Supreme Court ruled on this last year. Of all the things they have "interpreted” incorrectly, I cannot think of any other reason for a rational person to interpret this law in this way, unless they had a political agenda. This ruling needs to be reversed as soon as possible.</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">(CNSNews.com) - The heavily criticized U.S. Supreme Court decision from June 2005 - allowing governments to seize private property for the financial benefit of the community as a whole -- is still having ramifications. New London, Conn., city officials voted Monday to evict two residents who refused to give up their homes in a Fort Trumbull neighborhood.<br />The city council voted 5-2 to evict homeowners Pasquale Cristofaro and Susette Kelo from their riverfront homes. The motion instructed city Law Director Thomas Londregan to proceed with the process of obtaining the properties and to "obtain past due taxes and rents collected from third parties and/or reasonable use and occupancy fees."<br />The city, suffering from a decreasing tax base and population, created a development plan for property in Fort Trumbull in 2000 that included construction of a hotel, convention center and various research, office and retail sites.<br />Seven property owners refused to sell the property to the city. The case went to the Supreme Court, which, in Kelo v. City of New London, ruled 5-4 that the government may seize the home, small business or other private property of one citizen and transfer it to another entity if the transfer would boost the community's economic development and its tax base.<br />Since the ruling, five of the seven plaintiffs agreed to sell. Bill Von Winkle, who owns three houses with 12 apartments in the neighborhood, reached a settlement Monday shortly before the meeting began.<br /><br />-snip-<br /><br /><backquote>Michael Cristofaro, son of Pasquale Cristofaro, said his family would not settle with the city.<br />"If you want to see an 81-year-old man who loves this country and has never been arrested be handcuffed and hauled away along with every member of the Cristofaro family, continue along the path you are going," Cristofaro said. "We won't be leaving."<br />Charles Frink was one of the two council members who voted against the plan.<br />"I can't accept a possible reduction in taxes by having neighbors thrown out of their property," Frink said. "This is morally abhorrent to me. I refuse to profit from my neighbor's pain."<br />Bullock said the residents will continue to explore their options.<br />"We're going to be discussing and meeting with the remaining homeowners and looking at all the options we have available ... from other avenues with the state up to and including civil disobedience, if it comes to it," he said.</backquote></blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=996">Read more here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149767482287809402006-06-08T06:41:00.000-05:002006-06-08T06:51:22.293-05:00Senators Deep-Six MPA -- For Now<span style="font-family: arial;">Christians, I'm disappointed in you for not taking a more active role in pressuring your senators in supporting this amendment. I want to make it perfectly clear to all of you that without this amendment, the traditional American family, the building block of our society ever since this country was started and also the building block of all society’s over the ages, will be corrupted and destroyed by the activist courts, against the will of a majority of people.</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">(AgapePress) - Supporters of the Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA) are not distraught over the fact that the U.S. Senate has rejected the call for a vote on the measure. Sixty votes were needed to have the measure come up for an up-or-down vote; the move came up 11 votes short.<br />Despite that setback, supporters in the Senate are not going to "fall back and cry about it," says Senator Orin Hatch of Utah. "I think they are going to keep bringing it up," says the Republican lawmaker. In fact, according to Associated Press, the measure may come up next month in the U.S. House. It is an issue of "significant importance" to many Americans, says House Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio. "We have significant numbers of our members who want a vote on this, so we are going to have a vote," he says.<br />The vote today (Wednesday, June 7) was 49-48, giving many pro-family groups that have lobbied for the MPA what they had hoped for leading up to the elections this fall -- a list of senators they say shows who is willing to fight to protect traditional marriage, and who favors homosexual "marriage." (Click here for the roll call vote)<br />Kansas Senator Sam Brownback says the 49-48 vote was "highly unfortunate" because Democratic senators opposed the amendment, despite what the people of their states had voted in earlier ballot initiatives.<br />"If the senators had voted as their states have already voted, the vote would have been 90-10 in favor of the amendment, as 45 states have defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman -- and that's what this amendment does: it defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman."<br />The Republican lawmaker says even though Democrats in the Senate have now managed to defeat a marriage amendment for a second time, the push to eventually establish the amendment will not stop. "We are making progress," he says, "and we will not stop until the institution of marriage between a man and a woman is protected and honored in the United States."</blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=995">Read more here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149766834515701672006-06-08T06:35:00.000-05:002006-06-08T06:40:34.780-05:00Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Killed in Bombing Raid<span style="font-family: arial;">At last, one more slimy terrorist leader dead!! Hats off to our wonderful military! Good Job, Folks!</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">AGHDAD, Iraq — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Al Qaeda in Iraq leader who led a brutal insurgency that included homicide bombings, kidnappings and beheadings, was killed in an airstrike on a building north of Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi officials announced Thursday.<br />Officials said the terror leader's identity was confirmed by fingerprints, facial recognition, and known scars.<br />Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said Al-Zarqawi was killed along with seven aides Wednesday evening at around 6:15 p.m. local time in a bombing raid on a building in a remote area 30 miles northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province.<br />Loud applause broke out as Al-Maliki, flanked by U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and U.S. Gen. George Casey, the top commander in Iraq, made the announcement at a news conference in Baghdad Thursday that al-Zarqawi was "terminated."<br />Zarqawi's death came just six days after an audiotape was posted on the Internet, in which the Jordanian-born terrorist leader called on Sunnis to "confront" Shiites in Iraq.<br />Al-Maliki said the air strike was ordered after residents in the area provided intelligence on the whereabouts of al-Zarqawi and his aides to Iraqi security forces.<br />A Jordanian official said that Jordan also provided the U.S. military with information that helped in tracking Al-Zarqawi down. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was addressing intelligence issues, would not elaborate, but Jordan is known to have intelligence agents operating in Iraq to hunt down Islamic militants.<br />Some of the information came from Jordan's sources inside Iraq and led the U.S. military to the area of Baqouba, the official said.<br />Baqouba has in recent weeks seen a spike in sectarian violence, including the discovery of 17 severed heads in fruit boxes. It was also near the site of a sectarian atrocity last week in which masked gunmen killed 21 Shiites, including a dozen students, after separating out four Sunni Arabs.</blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=994">Read more here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149697693549561062006-06-07T11:24:00.000-05:002006-06-07T11:28:13.553-05:00Re-Post: Nearing Midnight for June 5th (Part 2)<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">D-Day 6/6/6</span><br /><br />America is celebrating during this week one of the most momentous days of World War II. It ranks right up there, probably even ahead of V-E Day and V-J Day, symbolizing the allied victories over the Axis powers of Europe, then Japan.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But Hollywood has, as those purveyors of turning truth into lie often do, asked us to suspend believability and accept this landmark date as another sort of D-Day. The D, in this case, stands for “Devil.”</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Todd and I have been asked a number of times, in the several weeks leading to June 6, 2006, what we think of the date 6/6/06, as if it was possessed of everything evil Hollywood –for entertainment purposes—wants the rest of us to believe it to be possessed. The questions about the date, of course, are built around the number found in Revelation, Chapter 13: “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six” (Rev. 13:18).</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=989">Read the rest here</a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149697406489932802006-06-07T11:17:00.000-05:002006-06-07T11:23:31.393-05:00Re-Post: Nearing Midnight for June 5th (Part 1)<strong style="font-family: arial;">The Perils of Multiculturalism</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">During the past several months, illegal immigration has been a hot-button topic. After decades of neglect, we have suddenly awakened to realize we’ve lost control of our borders. I was shocked when I read that 10 percent of the citizens of Mexico currently live in the United States.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The debate over illegal immigration is just a smokescreen for the main problem. There is no way we are going to kick 12 million people out of the country. These folks provide a valuable service by taking jobs that most Americans view as too menial.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">American was founded by immigrants. If you go back far enough, everyone who lives in this nation is here as the result of immigration. Even Native Americans are the children of settlers who, at some point, crossed over from the other side of the globe.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The real issue here is having people in our nation who are not part of the culture. These people live among us, but they are not part of us. Many of them speak little or no English, they live in isolated communities, and they view themselves as members of another nation.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><a href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=988">Read the rest here</a>.<br /></span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149689606344362742006-06-07T08:54:00.000-05:002006-06-07T09:13:26.736-05:00Zacchaeus<center><br /><img src="http://www.worshippingchristian.org/images/zacchaeus.jpg" alt="Zacchaeus" height="395" width="350" /><br /></center><br /><em>Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.<br />When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.<br />All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' "<br />But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."<br />Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."</em><br /><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2019:1-10;&version=31;">Luke 19:1-10 (New International Version)</a><br /><br /><br /><center><br /><img src="http://www.worshippingchristian.org/images/logos/murals-header.jpg" alt="Bible Story Murals" height="90" width="468" /><br /></center><br /><strong><em>If your church is looking for a unique way to bring the Word of God to it's children and young people, take a look at Doug Westbrook's Bible Story Murals. Each mural is based on the hand painted originals Mr. Westbrook painted at Central Baptist Church in Houston, Texas and represents a different well known Bible story.<br />They are available on durable vinyl wallpaper for easy installation.<br /><a href="http://www.biblestorymurals.com/home.php">Click on the link to find out more.</a></em></strong>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149683952398095002006-06-07T07:29:00.000-05:002006-06-07T07:39:12.400-05:00Israel braces for new terror war<span style="font-family: arial;">This is what Sharon's and Olmert's withdraws have brought on Israel.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">JERUSALEM - The Jewish state is headed toward a major, violent confrontation with the Palestinians while Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plan to withdraw from most of Judea and Samaria will "not help" to decrease the terrorism, according to an Israeli army assessment.</span><br /></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">-snip-</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">Army: Violence to escalate with evacuation…</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Al Aqsa Brigades: 'We'll kill Israelis to revolt against Hamas'...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Rocket war against Israel...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Islamic Jihad: 'The Israelis should wait for our surprises'...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Hamas developing guided rockets, bomb-laden planes...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">'Terror forced Israel out of Gaza, will get us rest of Jewish state'.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=986">Read more here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149682757077809262006-06-07T07:17:00.000-05:002006-06-07T07:24:17.236-05:00‘’No More Money'’ for Abstinence Education, Campaign Says<span style="font-family:arial;">And what else would we expect from a bunch of sex addicted liberals? Umm…I hate to tell y’all this, but the only 100% proven effective method for preventing unwanted pregnancy and “social diseases” (some of them quite deadly) is abstinence until marriage. Also, if I were you, I’d take umbrage to the idea the anti-abstinence crowd espouses that all of us are lacking so much self control that we’re incapable of abstaining from sex. Are we human or animals? I guess if you can control yourself and abstain from pre-marital sex, then you can be called human. If you can’t…well, as the saying goes, “if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, then it must be a duck”, or in your case, no better than an animal in heat.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=985">Read the article here</a>.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149681656868484652006-06-07T06:58:00.000-05:002006-06-07T07:00:56.873-05:00The New Faith of Branson<span style="font-family: arial;">(AgapePress) - The Branson story is not a new story to many: quaint historic town becomes a tourist mecca, seemingly overnight. That line could be true of several great travel destinations, including Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and Myrtle Beach. But what sets Branson, Missouri, apart?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Branson has seen its share of successes and even a few failures. That is the normal ebb and flow of business in a tourist-driven economy. Beyond the economics, what has remained is the faith in the heart of Branson and, to many, a faith in a higher purpose for the area. On the surface a new face is evident -- but dig deeper and you will find a rich vein of faith in God, and faith in family. Branson is a town where God, flag, and country take center stage. Perhaps that was the heart of Branson all along.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Back in 1990, Branson saw the arrival of a cavalcade of stars including Mel Tillis, Charley Pride, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Wayne Newton, and comedian David Brenner. All big names to be sure! But the muscle of the bigger names didn't keep the smaller shows from surviving. They have survived and thrived ... and have proceeded to remain atop the list of "must-see family shows" in Branson. The shows you wouldn't be embarrassed to take your family to. And that is a common denominator that 99 percent of the shows share.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It's 2006 and families are expected to pour into Branson. What does the new Branson offer? It no longer caters solely to the stereotypical Branson tourist: the "country music loving, Larry the Cable Guy tourist." Branson has found a way to embrace sophisticated baby boomers. New attractions in 2006 include a $300 million waterfront development known as the "Landing," a new Titanic exhibit, and Silver Dollar City's new expansion, The Grand Exposition.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Some 16 years after the "boom years" of the 1990s, many of the theaters also cater to a new audience -- that of church member. Many theaters in Branson have also become home to several churches. It's not uncommon to find services every Sunday morning at your favorite theater.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=984">Read the rest here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149681458369804712006-06-07T06:48:00.000-05:002006-06-07T06:57:38.373-05:00Student Newspaper's Pro-Homosexual, Pro-Promiscuity Articles at Center of Controversy<span style="font-family: arial;">More on the how the homosexuals are attempting to move their agenda into the schools, and this case, doing so illegally.</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">(AgapePress) - A Utah pro-family group claims a public high school in Highland broke state privacy and sex education laws by allowing its student newspaper to publish articles promoting sexual promiscuity.<br />The Salt Lake City-based Standard of Liberty Foundation has asked the Utah attorney general and the state Office of Education to investigate whether Lone Peak High School broke two Utah education laws. A state Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) law "forbids schools from allowing any activity which results in students revealing information concerning their sexual behavior, orientation, or attitudes." Also, Utah education law bars schools from advocating homosexuality and extra-marital sex.<br />Foundation president Steve Graham, whose daughter attends Lone Peak High School, says articles in The Crusader have advocated the formation of Gay Straight Alliance clubs and teenage sexual activity.<br />"These educators and administrators have this attitude like the parents are a bunch of nit-wits and don't deserve the respect that we actually do deserve," says Graham, "and so they just disregard the parents' desires." And in this case, he adds, "we're convinced they’re disregarding the law."</blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=983">Read more here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149680716682903582006-06-07T06:29:00.000-05:002006-06-07T06:45:17.500-05:00On Evolution and Creation<span style="font-family: arial;">"The physicists and chemist typically don’t have any major problems with the creation of the world occurring in an instant. It’s the biologists who are wearing blinders and falling behind in progressive thought. Perhaps someday they’ll join the rest of the scientific community and accept what has been known to us for quite some time and becomes more obvious as time goes on.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">-Unknown Author</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18761379.post-1149603897740538422006-06-06T09:00:00.000-05:002006-06-06T09:27:44.280-05:00Senator Ted Kennedy: "A vote for this (marriage) amendment is a vote for bigotry pure and simple."<span style="font-family: arial;">This is the line the homosexual activist have been trying to shove down our throats for years. Now they have Senator Kennedy on board for it. No surprise there. Well Mr. Kennedy, a vote against this amendment is a vote against families and values.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">By the way, just what does a Kennedy know about marriage anyway?</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">WASHINGTON, June 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The U.S. Senate will vote this week on the Marriage Protection Amendment, a bill which defines marriage as being between a man and a woman. Senator Edward M. Kennedy was quoted today as saying, "A vote for this amendment is a vote for bigotry pure and simple."<br />Kennedy, who claims to be Catholic while opposing the Church on every major tenet of morality, was blasted by Catholic League president Bill Donohue.<br />"A vote for the Marriage Protection Amendment is a vote to maintain the traditional understanding of marriage as it has been accepted for thousands of years all over the world," said Donohue. "To brand those who support this amendment as bigots is mud-slinging: it is analogous to those who would call foes of the amendment 'gay lovers.'"</blockquote><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://worshippingchristian.org/blog/?p=981">Read more about it here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452979428291480149noreply@blogger.com