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At the center of the Christian faith is the conviction that there is a God of power who is able to do exceedingly abundant things in nature and in history. This conviction is stressed over and over again in the Old and New Testaments. The God whom we worship is not a weak and incompetent God. God is able to beat back gigantic waves of opposition and to bring low prodigious mountains of evil. This ringing testimony of the Christian faith is that God is able. There are those who seek to convince us that only humanity is able. Their attempts to substitute a human centered universe for a God centered universe is not new. It had its modern beginnings in the Renaissance and subsequently in the Age of Reason, when some people gradually came to feel that God was an unnecessary item on the agenda of life. In these periods others questioned whether God was any longer relevant. The laboratory began to replace the church, and the scientist became a substitute for the prophet. Not a few joined Sw

The Christian Institute in a report of Wed. 22 December 2010 shows an attempty by the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) under the direction of Peter Tatchell to redefine marriage. Peter Tatchell has rallied four homosexual couples whose application for civil marriage licences were refused and four heterosexual couples whose application for  civil partnerships were also refused. Tatchell is now taking the fight to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) claiming their human rights had been breached. A clerical error by Camden council has delayed the case by one month. Simply the case is meant to blur the lines between marriage and civil partnerships  rendering the value and sanctity of marriage as between a man and woman, useless. Expertys do not foresee GLF winning this case but whatever the outcome this is a clear sign of the times we live in. The GLF in a manifesto of 1971 revised in 1978 clearly stated; “We must aim at the abolition of the family”. GLF described the family as “. . . t

It's the biggest news of the year, "scientist creates artificial life". This development is very interesting. I have read a few comments around it and on one hand you have jubilant atheists, humanists, secularists and generally God and or Church haters. Why, their moment has come and it is EUREKA! "There is no God" giving credence to Invictus: I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.  On the other hand you have Christian apologists who are trying to make meaning of this all and frankly Bible believing Christians who are simply confused. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED?                                                                This is what Dr Venter said in an interview as posted on the BBC website; We've now been able to take our synthetic chromosome and transplant it into a recipient cell - a different organism. As soon as this new software goes into the cell, the cell reads [it] and converts into the species specified in that genetic code.

The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped charges against Dale McAlpine and subsequently discontonued his prosecution. Dale McAlpine a regualr preacher on the streets of Workington, Cumbria was last month charged with causing harassment, alarm or distress contrary to the Public Order Act 1986. Mr McAlpine welcomed the what he called “common sense” decision. “It’s good news. I'm relieved the police and the Crown Prosecution Service have finally seen sense." He said. “It was a ridiculous charge and I should never have been arrested in the first place. The whole thing was like fiction. It was surreal." Mr McAlpine was arrested on April 20 whilst handing out Christian literature in Workington. He was approached by a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) who also identified himself as the force’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender liaison officer saying there had been complaints about the leaflets. He was then warned that he could be arrested if he made any commen

Raise Up Raise Up The Standard Raise up raise up the standard Jesus Jesus Across the land again Heavens arches are ringing Ringing ringing With His beloved name Yesterday today forever the same (x4) It is already here and in case you haven't felt it yet, it's only a matter of time before you could be answering criminal charges for, yes preaching the gospel. Recent trends of preachers being apprehended for categorically condemning homosexuality as a sin leaves much to be desired. The arrest, detention and charge of Dale McAlpine, a Christian preacher in Workington, Cumbria over the weekend has once again brought to the fore  the ugly head of "Political Correctness". Mr McAlpine who works in the energy industry has been handing out leaflets and preaching in his town of Workington for years. His crime this time round was that, he told a passer-by and a gay police community support officer that, as a Christian, he believed homosexuality was one of a number of si

The Court of Appeal on Thursday April 29 2010 refused permission for Mr Mcfarlane to have his appeal against dismissal heard. A marriage guidance counsellor and Christian, Mr Mcfarlane was fired from his job for refusing to offer sex therapy to homosexuals because his Christian conscience wouldn't permit him to do so. The significance of this case could not be lost on anyone when before the ruling, Lord Carey (former Archbishop of  Canterbury), submitted a witness statement to the judge protesting against anti Christian judgments being handed down the English courts. The ruling therefore has wider implications as it suggests that non-Christian conscience has protection in law but Christian conscience has none. Gerald Warmer writing for the Telegraph makes the following observation: Lord Justice Laws, in his judgement, made a number of statements that raise serious questions of public concern. The first is his interpretation of the nature and character of English law. He claimed th

I'm not a man of faith but my wife is Catholic and my children are being brought up as Catholic. I think a lot of people want the Catholic Church to come clean. "You can't keep a lid on sin.” NICK CLEGG If it is alright for Nick Clegg to openly declare, “I’m not a man of faith" thereby allowing his 'faith' or non-faith status to influence his answers to questions and win public approval, why is it that those who profess to be faithful i.e., Gordon Brown and David Cameron do not allow their faith to dictate their thinking on pertinent issues? The question is would they win public approval in the same way, and if not why not? Last Thursday’s TV debate amongst candidates in the British election was insightful. What would have been political suicide in the United States and some other countries actually turned out to be the debate winner. Nick Clegg in answer to a question about the pope indicated he was no man of faith. Such a saying is adorable in Britain,

THISDAYONLINE, A NIGERIAN PUBLICATION REPORTS OF HARASSMENT AGAINST A GHANAIAN SCHOLAR BY THE AUTHORITIES. HIS CRIME? PUBLISHING A BOOK ON NIQAB (FACE VEIL) WORN BY MUSLIM WOMEN. MALAM ISSAH HASSAN TIKUMAH A FOMER LECTURER IN SOCIAL STUDIES AT AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IS BEFUDDLED. HE CANNOT COMPREHEND THE FACT THAT HE IS BEING ACCUSED OF THREATENING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NIGERIA. “I HAVE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF MY TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY FOR 31 YEARS WORKING TO FOSTER PEACE AND SECURITY IN NIGERIA, HOW CAN I BE ACCUSED OF BEING A THREAT?” HE ASKED. THE DILEMMA THOUGH IS HOW TO CLASSIFY THIS SITUATION AS RELIGIOUS HARASSMENT OR INTOLERANCE SINCE MALAM ISSAH IS HIMSELF MUSLIM.  MALAM ISSAH IT MIGHT JUST BE THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE WRONG ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS THE FRENCH OR BELGIAN GOVERNMENTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN CONSULTANCIES? PHOTO CREDIT: GOOGLE IMAGES

MICHAEL W. SMITH SINGS "COME TOGETHER NOW" IN HEALING FOR HAITI ALBUM. VIDEO . Download from iTunes  Purchase cd

At the just ended Nuclear Security Summit in Washington hosted by President Obama, 47 countries committed themselves to a 'non-binding' agreement to prevent nuclear terrorism by securing their nuclear facilities within 4 years. Sceptics call it weak but optimists say it is a milestone in achieving nuclear non-poliferation. Whichever way one looks at it, the summit was hailed as historic. Even more poignant was the agreement reached by both Russia and the United States to reduce their nuclear arsenal a week earlier on April 8. To all intents and purposes, these agreements fervently hope to prevent a sight similar to that created by "Fat Man"(name of the atom bomb)infamously dropped over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 by "Bock's Car" (American B-29 bomber). President Obama famously remarked after the summit of April 13 that the world was a safer place with the nuclear agreement. Just before the ink could dry on the agreement, the world was awakened on A

IN MY POSTING ON APRIL 8TH AND 13TH, I WARNED ABOUT THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT PRACTICES AND THE SUBTLETY WITH WHICH IT HAD EVADED DETECTION. SO SHREWD IS THE PACKAGING THAT BELIEVE IT OR, IT IS ACTUALLY BEING PROMOTED FROM SOME CHRISTIAN PULPITS TODAY. NOW READ ABOUT THE DIABOLIC ACTION BY GAMESTATION (UK's LEADING GAMES RETAILER). IF THIS DOES NOT CAUSE YOU TO RETHINK OF THE DANGER POSED BY NEW AGE, THEN NOTHING WILL. GAMESTATION WHATEVER THEIR INTENTIONS, CUNNINGLY DISGUISED THE PLOT ON APRIL FOOLS DAY TO FOOL EVEN THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE NOTICED IT. IF IT WERE AN APRIL FOOL PRANK, DID ANYBODY GET THE £5 VOUCHER TOO? IF YES THEN IT WAS REAL BELIEVE IT OR NOT. It wasn’t just a gag though: the roughly 12% of customers who clicked the links were given a free £5 voucher. WHAT BAFFLES ME IS THE AUDACITY WITH WHICH GAMESTATION DID THIS. WHETHER IT PORTRAYED A WEIRD SENSE OF HUMOR OR A BOLD STATEMENT OF ACTUAL INTENT, IT IS EVIDENT OF THE NOTORIETY AND SEEMING INVINCIBILITY OF THE NEW A

The pew forum on Thursday April 15 released a report; "Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa." The report shows the sub-region in the lead in terms of world religious practice. I am not very excited about the report as it shows that religious expansion has plateaued or peaked as there are just as many Christians as there are Muslims overall. If the report is anything to go by then the revelation is in the section which says: While the survey finds that both Christianity and Islam are flourishing in sub-Saharan Africa, the results suggest that neither faith may expand as rapidly in this region in the years ahead as it did in the 20th century, except possibly through natural population growth. There are two main reasons for this conclusion. First, the survey shows that most people in the region have committed to Christianity or Islam, which means the pool of potential converts from outside these two faiths has decreased dramatically. In most

UNCONFIRMED REPORTS COMING THROUGH FROM AMERICA INDICATES, ELIN NORDEGREN, WIFE OF GOLFER TIGER WOODS MIGHT SEEK DIVORCE. FRIENDS SAY, IT WAS TRIGGERED BY WHAT SHE (NORDEGREN) CONSIDERED A 'CHEESY' ADVERT FEATURING TIGER'S LATE FATHER EARL. WIKITIONARY GIVES 4 DEFINITIONS OF CHEESY: of or relating to cheese resembling cheese a cheesy flavor ( informal ) of poor quality through being overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived, shoddy a cheesy song a cheesy movie ( informal ) of a solution to a problem, inelegant, showing no skill  MORE

I knew this subject needed explaining as I assumed a lot of things from the start. First of all the post was more to do with subtle NEW AGE tactics that we hardly ever recognize today. NEW AGE MOVEMENT David R. Reid in NEW AGE MANIPULATION Defines the New Age movement as a worldwide network of loosely interconnected organizations and groupings . . . almost all of these groups are heavily influenced by eastern religious thought and advocate meditation, yoga, relaxation and visualization techniques and other self-help methods of realizing and developing the individual's inner wisdom and spiritual potential. Stress-management seminars, if not biblically based, can be used to teach these types of techniques. Many of the widely advertised self-help tapes, videos and courses which claim to teach people how to overcome bad habits and develop greater personal potential are promoting these New Age techniques. NIKE AD "Tiger, I am more prone to be inquisitive to promote discus

BEWARE, BEWARE, BEWARE! OF WHAT? NEW AGEISM OF COURSE! THE NEW NIKE AD FEATURING TIGER WOODS BEING GIVEN A TALKING TO BY HIS LATE DAD EARL IS PURE NECROMANCY. IT MIGHT SEEM AS A HARMLESS VIDEO TECHNIQUE BUT THERE SURE MUST BE A REASON FOR IT. I WONDER WHOSE IDEA IT WAS, TIGER'S OR NIKE'S? OR HAS IT GOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH TIGER REASSERTING HIS BUDHIST FAITH, THOUGH NOT SURE IF NECROMANCY IS PRACTICED IN BUDHISM. WHATEVER YOU DO, PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS AD. GIVE ME YOUR COMMENTS. VIEW AD

Excuse my ignorance but I just found out via youtube. Ray Boltz arguably one of the finest contemporary gospel singers announced in September 2008 that he's a homosexual. MORE

According to a house of lords ruling, homosexual couples can now marry in church. it lifts the barrier that had been in place preventing homosexual blessings in churches and also the prohibition on religious language being used in such ceremonies. The Church of England will maintain its official opposition to blessings and civil partnerships but the vote is likely to mean that some pro-gay clergy simply ignore the official policy. Bishop of Salisbury, the Dean of Southwark and four retired bishops all backed the move. READ MORE

IF YOU'RE A CATHOLIC PRIEST THEN LOOK AWAY NOW COS YOU COULD SOON RUN OUT OF SINNERS QUEUING TO CONFESS THEIR SINS. OH AND THAT COMES IN HANDY FOR THOSE WHOSE SINS ARE LIKELY TO OFFEND THE HOLY SEE. ABORTIONISTS, HOMOSEXUALS, ETC. THE PHONE LINE HAS NO BACKING FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THOUGH SET UP BY SOME FRENCH CATHOLICS. THE LINE OF THE LORD

TAHIR UL-QADRI AND HIS SUFI SECT, MINHAJ-UL-QURAN IS ANNOUNCING A FATWA ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND TERRORISM IN LONDON, TODAY. THIS IS NOTHING OTHER THAN A PUBLICITY STUNT TO PLAY TO THE GALLERY IN ORDER TO GAIN SYMPATHETIC FOLLOWING. WHO IS HE AND WHY IS HE DOMICILED IN LONDON? MUSLIM AUTHORITY FIGURES LIKE TO ASSERT THEIR DOMINION WITHIN THEIR DOMAIN. AYATOLLAH CAN PRONOUNCE A FATWA BECAUSE HE CONTROLS THE IRANIAN NATION AND THE HOARDES OF SHIA MUSLIMS. OSMA BIN LADEN SET UP DOMAINS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO DECLARE JIHAD. THAT IS JUST HOW IT WORKS AND I DON'T THINK THE MOVE BY THIS UNKNOWN QUANTITY IN ISLAMIC SOCIO-POLITICS WOULD KILL A FLY. THE TARGET SADLY, ARE THE UNSUSPECTING NAIVE BRITISH PUBLIC WHO STILL ARE CONVINCED THAT SOMEHOW THERE IS 'TRUE ISLAM' OUT THERE THAT PREACHES PEACE. SUBMISSION TO ALLAH WILLINGLY OR BY THE FORCE OF THE SWORD TO BRING ABOUT PEACE IS A BASIC TENET OF ISLAM. READ BRIAN WHITAKER'S ANALYSIS IN THE GUARDIAN.

PLEASE WELCOME THE ATHEIST PASTOR TO BRING US THE WORD OF GOD!! PASTOR SAYS THERE IS NO GOD THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH IN THE NETHERLANDS ARE COMING UNDER A BARRAGE OF CRITICISM AFTER GIVING THE ALL CLEAR TO AN ATHEIST MEMBER OF THEIR PASTORATE. IN 2007, HENDRIKSE HIT THE HEADLINES WITH THE PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOK, “BELIEVING IN A GOD THAT DOES NOT EXIST: THE MANIFESTO OF AN ATHEIST PASTOR.” IN THE BOOK, HENDRIKSE DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN BELIEVING IN GOD, WHICH HE AFFIRMS, AND BELIEVING IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, WHICH HE REJECTS. INSTEAD, HE REFERS TO GOD AS “HAPPENING.” WHERE IS THE CHURCH TODAY HEADED? READ FULL STORY

A PAIR OF ENTERPRISING TWINS THE BANAHENE BROTHERS HAVE OPENED THE FIRST AND ONLY HOTEL FOR CHRISTIANS. EMMANUEL THE YOUNGER OF THE PAIR WHO RESIDE IN VIRGINIA SAID "THE LORD SPOKE TO ME TO BUILD HIM A HOUSE WHERE PREACHERS, PASTORS AND MISSIONARIES CAN STAY WHEN THEY ARE IN GHANA FOR HIS WORK." CERTAINLY THIS IS GOING TO GENERATE A LOT OF INTEREST AND DEBATE. HOTEL ADONAI? WHAT DO YOU THINK? READ FULL STORY

TIGER WOODS APOLOGISES, EXTOLS BUDHISM! NOTICE THE BURDEN HE SEEMS TO BE UNDER; "I HAVE ALOT TO ATONE FOR,' 'I HAVE TO BE A BETTER MAN,'" I HAVE TO RIGHT EVERY WRONG. ALL THAT COMES TO MIND IS, WHERE IS GRACE, GRACE, GRACE! ISN'T IT AMAZING WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER GOD HAS BESTOWED ON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED SONS OF GOD AND DAUGHTERS? TIGER IS ENTITLED TO HIS BELIEFS, BUT LOOKING AT THAT VIDEO, WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME INVITE TIGER TO TAKE ON THE YOKE OF CHRIST WHICH IS LIGHT AND HIS BURDEN WHICH IS EASY? MATTHEW 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. WOULD SOMEBODY HELP ME TELL TIGER THAT THERE IS SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT IN CHRIST WHICH HE CAN HAVE FOR FREE? WOULD YOU JOIN IN PRAYER FOR TIGER? CLICK BELOW SEE VIDEO

THERE IS A REPORT BY DAILY GUIDE WHICH YOURS TRULY CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY. ALL I CAN SAY IS LET THERE BE PEACE! SHALOM! CLICK BELOW

Feathers are being ruffled within the Church of Pentecost. in a rare display of Apostolic Authority the College of Apostles, Prophets and Evangelists of The Church of Pentecost have decided to relax the age old dogma of a strict dress code and head covering. The announcement has been received with mixed reactions. Apostle Dr Opoku Onyinah chairman of the church says it is in keeping with modern times to prevent the church from lagging behind. Diehards see it as a betrayal and defeat whiles modernizers see it as long overdue. After all "if God can use Joyce Meyer and people like her who do not cover their hair why should we be strict about it?" Opined one member of the church. We eagerly wait the fallout of this decision but one thing is very clear, some other churches can no longer ignore their debilitating dogmas. Deeper life Church, the Catholic church,the SDA church and such like must all be feeling some pressure now. The church of Pentecost have taken a remarkable s