Apologetics
Sick at Heart,
“Sick At Heart” By Carol Lauhon Before boarding a flight at the Portland, Ore., airport on Sunday, I was among numerous passengers being shunted rapidly through “security,” being divided into lines in the same visual way as in those images from documentary films about the death camps. We shuffled through, carrying our belongings, and docilely […]
Islam and the West
Source: Huntington 1998:217. “The underlying problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilization whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power. The problem for Islam is not the CIA or the U.S. Department of Defense. It is the […]
Pentecostals and charismatics will shape politics and culture
‘Renewalist’ impact grows Pentecostals and charismatics, one-quarter of the world’s Christians, will shape politics and culture. Friday, 10/13/06 By Jane Lampman | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Growing up in Colombia, Jos © Soto vila had a loving family that gave him many opportunities. He became a chess champion and was given a car […]
Usury
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ … Usury (in the original sense of any interest) is scripturally and doctrinally forbidden in many religions. Usury was denounced by countless spiritual leaders and philosophers of ancient times, including Plato, Aristotle, Cato, Cicero, Seneca, Plutarch, Aquinas, Muhammad, Moses, and Gautama Buddha. …… Exodus 22:25 If you lend money to a fellow Hebrew in […]
Voting for Christians
Voting for Christians is no light decision Beyond moral issues =================== There is no doubt that Christians are increasingly keen to influence Australian politics today. This is especially so among evangelical and Pentecostal Christians. Within my own small circle of friends, I have met three Christians running for seats in the Victoria State Election in […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Fragile stability threatened by Islamisation
Subj: Bosnia: Fragile stability threatened by Islamisation. On Tuesday 10 October at around 4:30am, an unidentified assailant armed allegedly with a “Zolja” hand-held grenade launcher shot a missile into a mosque in the Jasenica area of Mostar, southern Bosnia. Jasenica is a Croat majority suburb of Mostar which is split evenly between Bosnian Muslims and […]
Amish responses to school children killings
From Australian NINE MSN website Amish girl asked to be shot first Saturday Oct 7 06:32 AEST One of the girls who died in Pennsylvania’s Amish schoolhouse massacre asked the killer to shoot her first in an apparent bid to save younger girls, a woman who spoke to the victim’s family said. Rita Rhoads, a […]
The Values of liberal democracy
11 October 2006 British MP Jack Staw has caused a storm by his remarks about the way some Muslims dress, with some even going so far as accusing Muslims who dress differently of rejecting the values of liberal democracy. I am not alone in thinking that those who say such things seem to have a […]
Robbery
As the Byrds song said: As through this life you travel You meet some funny men Some rob you with a six gun And some with a fountain pen.
Tyrants always fall
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall – think of it, always.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi
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