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		<title>Saddleback Rocks Out For Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Compromise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Warren has announced that The Jonas Brothers rock group will be performing at Saddleback Church’s Easter celebration at Angel Stadium on April 4. It is also the megachurch’s 30th anniversary. The Jonas Brothers is a boy band with a following of thousands of carnally-infatuated young girl fans. The band members are professing Christians, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><a href="http://www.wayoflife.org" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://wayoflife.org/files/21917190-21917191-slarge.jpg" alt="" width="218" height="264" /></a>Rick Warren has announced that The Jonas Brothers rock group will be performing at Saddleback Church’s Easter celebration at Angel Stadium on April 4. It is also the megachurch’s 30th anniversary. The Jonas Brothers is a boy band with a following of thousands of carnally-infatuated young girl fans. The band members are professing Christians, but their music is worldly. Their song “Burnin’ Up” says, “Baby, who turned the temperature hotter? Cause I’m burnin up, burnin up for your baby. &#8230; I fell so fast/ Can’t hold myself back/ High heels, red dress/ All by yourself, gotta catch my breath.” There is nothing biblical or wholesome about that type of thing. The Bible forbids God’s people to be conformed to the world (Romans 12:2) and warns that “the friendship of the world is enmity with God” and “whosoever will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (James 4:4). Those powerful words are ignored in the average church today.</div>
<p><span id="more-115"></span>The modern explosion of conformity of churches to the world has walked hand-in-hand with the progress of contemporary Christian music, beginning in the 1960s. It was then that A. W. Tozer stated: “For centuries the Church stood solidly against every form of worldly entertainment, recognizing it for what it was. For this she was abused roundly by the sons of this world. But of late she has become tired of the abuse and has given over the struggle. If she cannot conquer the great god Entertainment, she may as well join forces with him and make whatever use she can of his powers. So today we have the astonishing spectacle of millions of dollars being poured into the unholy job of providing earthly entertainment for the so-called sons of heaven. Religious persons now carry on ‘services’ so  carnal, so pagan that they can hardly be distinguished from the old vaudeville shows of earlier days. And for a preacher or writer to challenge this heresy is to invite ridicule and abuse from every quarter. When the Church joins up with the world, it is no longer the true church but a pitiful hybrid thing, an object of contempt to the world, and an abomination to the Lord. We must have a new reformation. There must come a violent break with that irresponsible, amusement-mad, paganized, pseudo-religion which passes today for the faith of Christ and which is being spread all over the world by unspiritual men employing unscriptural methods to achieve their ends.” If men of God were saying this 50 years ago, what should preachers be saying today! (Friday Church News Notes, March 12, 2010, www.wayoflife.org)</p>
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		<title>Funeral Music?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of my friends have described traditional sacred music as ‘funeral music,’ and the Lord has shown me that they are correct in one sense, and in one sense only. Good Christian music is supposed to help us mortify the flesh, to put it to death, so in that sense it should be ‘funeral music” [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.wayoflife.org" target="_blank"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://www.wayoflife.org/fridaynewsnotes/index_files/catholicfuneralmusic-main_full.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="132" /></a>Some of my friends have described traditional sacred music as ‘funeral music,’ and the Lord has shown me that they are correct in one sense, and in one sense only.</p>
<p>Good Christian music is supposed to help us mortify the flesh, to put it to death, so in that sense it should be ‘funeral music” as opposed to party music that appeals to the flesh.” This testimony rings true. One problem with contemporary Christian music is that it does not bring spiritual conviction. It ministers good feelings more than holiness. It is dance music, not dying-to-self music. But if “funeral music” means “boring music,” it is only boring to those who have spoiled their appetite by the world’s pop music or boring when it is sung in a lifeless manner in a dead church. (<em>Friday Church News Notes, February 19, 2010, www.wayoflife.org</em>)</p>
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		<title>Liberal Bible Scholars Proven Wrong Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered the earliest known Hebrew writing&#8211;an inscription dating from the 10th century B.C., during the period of King David’s reign. The breakthrough could mean that portions of the Bible were written centuries earlier than previously thought&#8230;. Until now, many scholars have held that the Hebrew Bible originated in the 6th century B.C., because [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scientists have discovered the earliest known Hebrew writing&#8211;an inscription dating from the 10th century B.C., during the period of King David’s reign. The breakthrough could mean that portions of the Bible were written centuries earlier than previously thought&#8230;. <span id="more-109"></span>Until now, many scholars have held that the Hebrew Bible originated in the 6th century B.C., because Hebrew writing was thought to stretch back no further. But the newly deciphered Hebrew text is about four centuries older, scientists announced this month. ‘It indicates that the Kingdom of Israel already existed in the 10th century BCE and that at least some of the biblical texts were written hundreds of years before the dates presented in current research,’ said Gershon Galil, a professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa in Israel, who deciphered the ancient text. BCE stands for ‘before common era,’ and is equivalent to B.C., or before Christ. The writing was discovered more than a year ago on a pottery shard dug up during excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa, near Israel’s Elah valley. The excavations were carried out by archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.” Liberal Bible scholars have been proven wrong time and again. For example, they once denied the existence of the city of Ur, but that was before the ancient city with its magnificent library was excavated!</p>
<p><em>(Friday Church News Notes, Feb 26, 2010, www.wayoflife.org)</em></p>
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		<title>NIV to Be Revised Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The publisher of the New International Version [NIV], Zondervan Corporation, recently &#8220;announced their intention&#8221; jointly with the NIV translation’s overseer the Committee on Bible Translation [CBT] and the NIV copyright owner Biblica (formerly the International Bible Society), to revise the NIV and release an update in 2011. Since its original publication in 1978, the NIV [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The publisher of the New International Version [NIV], Zondervan Corporation, recently &#8220;announced their intention&#8221; jointly with the NIV translation’s overseer the Committee on Bible Translation [CBT] and the NIV copyright owner <em>Biblica</em> (formerly the International Bible Society), to revise the NIV and release an update in 2011.</p>
<p>Since its original publication in 1978, the NIV has been revised several times, including an <em>NIrV</em> [New International Reader’s Version] and the <em>Today’s New International Version</em> [TNIV] in 2002. According to the news release, the NIV will drop its 3,000 &#8220;gender-neutral language&#8221; uses that appeared in the 2002 <em>TNIV</em> edition and will cease printing of the TNIV when the updated NIV is published.</p>
<p><span id="more-106"></span>While the above move is the undoubtedly the correct action, the NIV has other serious deficiency problems, with numerous deletions and omissions that have affected key Bible doctrines, themes and truths from its outset. If the CBT is really serious about &#8220;fixing&#8221; the NIV’s deficiencies, (a) It must first discard the unreliable Critical Text, using the Received Text [TR] as its replacement and (2) it must restore all following NIV’s deletions and omissions cited below. [If that happened, any NIV publication would be totally unnecessary!]</p>
<p><strong>SOME OF THE NIV’S CURRENT DELETIONS</strong></p>
<p>Of all the numerous unreliable modern Scripture translations, none has received more publicity and popularity than the <em>New International Version</em> [<em>NIV</em>]. The <em>NIV’s</em> untrustworthiness can easily be deciphered in that this Bible version omits 17 verses from Scripture: Matt. 17:21,18:11, 23:14, Mark 7:16, 9:44,46; 11:26, 15:28, Luke 17:36, 23:17, John 5:4, Acts 8:37, 15:34,24:7, 28:29, Rom. 16:24, and I John 5:7.<br />
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MORE DISTURBING OMISSIONS</strong></p>
<p>Equally disturbing are the &#8220;Biblically significant words&#8221; that are missing in the NIV, words referring to God that are not even mentioned one time! &#8220;Godhead,&#8221; &#8220;Jehovah,&#8221; &#8220;blessed and only potentate,&#8221; Holy Ghost,&#8221; &#8220;Comforter,&#8221; &#8220;immutable,&#8221; omnipotent,&#8221; are all deleted! In addition, Christ is not declared to be the &#8220;only begotten&#8221; or the &#8220;first begotten.&#8221;</p>
<p>Further deletions include &#8220;devils,&#8221; &#8220;Lucifer,&#8221; &#8220;damnation,&#8221; &#8220;brimstone,&#8221; and :&#8221;bottomless pit.&#8221; &#8220;Hell&#8221; is entirely removed from the O. T. and only mentioned 14 times in the N. T., as compared to the 56 usages in the KJB. More omissions are &#8220;trucebreakers,&#8221; &#8220;winebibbers,&#8221; &#8220;carnal,&#8221; &#8220;slothful,&#8221; &#8220;unthankful,&#8221; &#8220;backbiting,&#8221; &#8220;fornication,&#8221; &#8220;effeminate,&#8221; and &#8220;Sodomite,&#8221; just to name a few.<br />
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OTHER SERIOUS BLUNDERS</strong></p>
<p>If you are reading about Christ’s atoning work, then you can forget &#8220;Calvary,&#8221; &#8220;daysman,&#8221; and &#8220;mercyseat,&#8221; since they are totally absent in the NIV. If you are thinking about doctrine then don’t look for &#8220;propitiation,&#8221; &#8220;remission&#8221; or &#8220;regeneration,&#8221; since they are missing as well. One thing for sure, if you are looking for a reliable Bible translation, you won’t find it in any past or present NIV or even a prospective 2011 NIV translation!</p>
<p><strong>EDITOR’S CONCLUSION: STICK WITH THE RELIABLE KJB!!</strong></p>
<p>Only the KJB retains <strong>all</strong> of the above crucial words and doctrinal truths. Stick with the one reliable trustworthy English version—the KJB! Question: Are Zondervan, the CBT and Biblica Corporation seeking to financially capitalize on the KJB’s 400th anniversary in 2011?</p>
<p>Resources used: (a) <em>BPNews, </em>9-2-2009, (b)<em> Christian Post, </em>9-3-2009; (c) The <em>Disappearing Bible, </em>Antioch Publications</p>
<p><em>(The Fundamentalist Digest, Oct/Nov 2009)</em></p>
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		<title>Temple Institute Looking for the Messiah</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has spent $27 million preparing for the coming of the Messiah. They have manufactured utensils including silver trumpets, golden candlesticks, harps, and garments for the High Priest woven from golden thread. When asked when the Messiah will come, Temple Institute director Yehuda Glick replies, “All that we know is that [...]]]></description>
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<p>The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has spent $27 million preparing for the coming of the Messiah. They have manufactured utensils including silver trumpets, golden candlesticks, harps, and garments for the High Priest woven from golden thread. When asked when the Messiah will come, Temple Institute director Yehuda Glick replies, “All that we know is that we are now living in the age of miracles and all of those miracles are predicted in the Book as happening on the eve of the end of days. It could well be tomorrow, but it might be another 100 years, or even 400 years” (“Jews Raise Millions to Be Ready for Coming of the Messiah,” Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 14, 2009).</p>
<p><span id="more-102"></span>The Institute has engaged two architects to design the Third Temple, “a modern building, with car parks and elevators, but which will look like the Second Temple.” Many “evangelicals” have contributed to the Temple Institute, but it is a donation to the cause of the Antichrist more than to the cause of Christ. It is the Antichrist that will use the temple built by Christ-rejecting Jews. The modern state of Israel is a fulfillment of the first half of the prophecy of the dry bones in Ezekiel 37. They have returned to the land, but there is “no breath in them” (Ezek. 37:8). They are still in rebellion to God’s Law. During the Great Tribulation, the Jews will be deceived by the Antichrist’s promise of peace and will make a covenant with him. The temple will be rebuilt, but it will become the Antichrist’s sanctuary when he presents himself as God (Dan. 9:27; Mat. 24:15; 2 Thess. 2:3-4).</p>
<p>(Friday Church News Notes, November 27, 2009, <a href="http://www.wayoflife.org/" target="_blank">www.wayoflife.org</a>)</p>
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		<title>New President of Europe Says Climate Change Conference a Step Toward Global Governance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking at a press conference following his election as the first president of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy called 2009 “the first year of global governance.” He said this was true for two reasons, first, because of the establishment of the G20 due to the financial crisis, second, because of the climate conference in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking at a press conference following his election as the first president of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy called 2009 “the first year of global governance.” He said this was true for two reasons, first, because of the establishment of the G20 due to the financial crisis, second, because of the climate conference in Copenhagen. He called the latter “another step toward global management of our planet” (“EU Presidency,” BBC News, Nov. 21, 2009).</p>
<p><span id="more-100"></span>Rompuy is currently the Prime Minister of Belgium, but he will step down to assume the new position on January 1. The mythical “man-made global warming” crisis is one of the largest international power grabs in recent history, and it is another step toward the one-world government prophesied in Scripture. At the same time, the Bible says that the Holy Spirit is restraining the “mystery of iniquity” until God’s plan for the church age is complete. The Devil is not in control. “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming” (2 Thessalonians 2:7-8).</p>
<p><em>(Friday Church News Notes, November 27, 2009, www.wayoflife.org)</em></p>
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		<title>The Independent Baptist Mutual Admiration Society of Compromise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The following warning is edited from a sermon by Pastor Terry Coomer, founder and director of For Love of the Family ministries (P.O. Box 535, Elwood, IN 46036, 765-552-1973, tlcoomer@juno.com, http://www.churchpages.org/fortheloveofthefamily). “Quite frankly, I am just amazed when I talk to Christian leaders and pastors. I recently conversed with a man who talked about a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>(The following warning is edited from a sermon by Pastor Terry Coomer, founder and director of For Love of the Family ministries (P.O. Box 535, Elwood, IN 46036, 765-552-1973, tlcoomer@juno.com, <a href="http://www.churchpages.org/fortheloveofthefamily" target="_blank">http://www.churchpages.org/fortheloveofthefamily</a>). </em></p>
<p>“Quite frankly, I am just amazed when I talk to Christian leaders and pastors. I recently conversed with a man who talked about a Christian college where he is the leader. He told me about wanting to turn things around. He talked about right music, right dress, and right stand on the Bible, which are very admirable things. Yet the leaders and teachers in this school do all the things that he privately admitted to be wrong.</p>
<p><span id="more-78"></span>I ask you, how can a man take a stand for dress standards when he has none? How can a man take a stand against Southern Gospel music when he allows it right in his church or allows those to come to speak that promote it? How can a man take a stand for the Bible when he believes all texts are okay? The answer is that he cannot, and he allows these things in his church because it appeals to the flesh. Romans 6:12 says, ‘<em>Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.</em>’</p>
<p>Revival can never come to a church or a nation as long as the leaders’ lives are dictated by the ‘lusts of the flesh.’ &#8230;</p>
<p>Folks, the real need today is not for more programs, but real Christian holy living. WE HAVE A MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY OF COMPROMISE TODAY. Our church takes a stand against the things mentioned above and will not compromise them. This does not mean that people need to be enemies, yet there are things I cannot and should not participate in and just call it a difference of opinion.</p>
<p>If a person has a real desire to change and asks for help, we help them and provide information, but the idea that I should have compromisers preach in my church to try to help them or to be a political person is utter nonsense. Many do this under the guise that the people they invite do not understand the issues yet. No, my friend, they are Biblical compromisers, and if you invite them to speak or associate with them in the ministry you are participating in their ‘living for the lusts of the flesh’ lifestyle. It is a serious flaw that is killing the spiritual fervor of our churches, church people, Bible colleges, and children.</p>
<p>We are teaching them it is okay to live for the lusts of the flesh and to live a compromising life. It is shameful and a direct violation of the Scripture and is willful sinful disobedience. We need to remember that someday, maybe today, we will stand before God and give an account for how we have lived our lives. Titus 2:11-12 says, ‘<em>For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men. Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world</em>.’”</p>
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		<title>America &#8211; A Nation of Willing Slaves!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We will examine a condition that has developed in our erstwhile great nation, which has brought us to a time such as never was. We are living in a time that is unique in our nation&#8217;s history, and very few people are taking notice. The United States of America was founded by men and women [...]]]></description>
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<p>We will examine a condition that has developed in our erstwhile great nation, which has brought us to a time such as never was. We are living in a time that is unique in our nation&#8217;s history, and very few people are taking notice. The United States of America was founded by men and women that wanted to escape oppression and to be free, and great effort was exerted to gain that freedom. We now live in the dark reality of a strong-armed and oppressive federalism that has all of the characteristics and potential of imperial Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. Indeed, we are on the very brink of dictatorship in a new world order, just as predicted in various places in the Scriptures. How can this be happening here? Just one generation ago, it would not have been believed to be possible. I was born in the year 1950 and have lived in Wisconsin all of my life. I can truly say that this country is no longer the one in which I was born. We are living in a time when people want to be slaves of a government that will feed them, medicate them, entertain them, indoctrinate them, confiscate the fruit of their labors, and bury them.</p>
<p align="justify"><span id="more-93"></span>We know from reading the Scripture how it angered the Almighty God when Israel complained in the wilderness and wanted to go back and be slaves in Egypt. Instead of seeking the Lord&#8217;s help, they were so ready to give up their freedom and liberty for the so-called social security benefits of Egypt. It is the same in America today. Where is the dignity, integrity, and honor that was once so important to free men and women?</p>
<p align="justify">When I think upon all this, I am reminded of the words of the illuministic futurist, Aldous Huxley, who died in 1963. Huxley was a writer for the Illuminati. He was also a mystic who advocated the use of psychedelic drugs. Huxley also wrote Brave New World and numerous essays. Consider some of his words as follows: &#8220;We are in a process of developing a whole series of techniques which will enable the controlling oligarchy to get people to actually love their servitude. A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude. To make them love it is the task assigned, in present-day totalitarian states, to ministries of propaganda, newspaper editors, and school teachers…..The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">All things considered, we are most certainly moving across the threshold into a one-world dictatorship under the direction of Satan himself. Satan and all who submit to him will be quickly destroyed by our coming Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. One urgent question that demands an immediate answer is: where will you spend eternity? You now have a glorious opportunity to surrender you heart, soul, and mind to the Lord Jesus. He will accept you and save you if you do. Do it now, before your time runs out!</p>
<p align="center">Dark Oppression by the Father of Lies!</p>
<p align="justify">It has been truly stated that a man&#8217;s judgment is only as good as his information. Thus, in order to alter the judgment of people, you must control the information they receive. Here let it be noted that the White House brazenly boasted that they control the news media! This was revealed by the White House Communications Director, Anita Dunn. Dunn also was caught on tape while speaking to high school students in June, stating that one of her two favorite political philosophers was Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse tung. (1) Chairman Mao, as he was known, was a vicious Communist responsible for the mass murdering of tens of millions of people, and this is one of the heroes of Anita Dunn, handpicked by Barack Obama!</p>
<p align="justify">It is a sad fact that regardless of what the controlled press may say, Barack Obama is most assuredly illegally seated in the White House. He is not legal because he cannot produce a true and valid copy of his birth certificate proving that he was born in the United States. Here let it be noted that on Sunday, June 27th, 2004, the East African Standard Newspaper featured a headline as follows: &#8220;Kenyan-born Obama all set for U.S. Senate.&#8221; (2) I have a copy of this page in front of me, but when attempting to find a larger copy, I was not surprised to find it had disappeared from the Internet. We must also note that during a 2004 Senate debate Alan Keyes stated that Obama was not a natural born citizen of the United States. Obama laughed and said to Keyes, &#8220;Only the President has to be a natural born citizen.&#8221; (3)</p>
<p align="justify">Obama is not an American, much less, an American President. He is totally out of touch with America. A prime example of this is his gross insensitivity to the horrifying shooting that took place at Fort Hood in Texas on the 5th day of the 11th month of this year. It happened midway between Halloween and Armistice Day, which is celebrated at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month each year. Two days after the shooting was Friday the 13th, and the grief was heavy for the thirteen that died and for the many wounded. The occult implications of this blood sacrifice should be obvious. The witches and Freemasons that control our Government always work their plan around the celestial calendar. We must note that when Obama was informed, he was about to address a Tribal Nations Conference, and instead of stopping and addressing the tragic issue, he opened his speech to the Indians with a light, almost joking attitude, including a &#8220;shout out&#8221; to Dr. Joe (Medicine) Crow. There was no serious or somber reaction to the tragedy at all as he briefly mentioned it. (4) We must also take note that Obama played down the fact that the shooter, a psychiatrist known as Major Hasan, is an Islamic extremist who shouted, &#8220;Allahu Akbar,&#8221; as he began to pump lead into the bodies of the soldiers and staff at Fort Hood. (5) The words Allahu Akbar mean &#8220;Allah is great.&#8221; We are made to wonder how many other Islamic extremists are in the upper levels of our military and government as programmed units of destruction. It is a fact that Major Nidal Malik Hasan was a graduate of Virginia Tech, where 32 people were mass murdered in 2007. (6) There is a spiritual connection in all of this, and mind control is a program involving occult activity.</p>
<p align="justify">Everything about the Obama Administration seems wrong. Even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not permitted to be the Secretary of State under the United States Constitution. The organization known as Judicial Watch has filed lawsuits to challenge the appointment of Hillary Clinton because the U.S. Constitution clearly states the following: &#8220;No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof have been increased during such time.&#8221; This means that Hillary Clinton could not legally occupy her office of Secretary of State until the year 2013. (7)</p>
<p align="justify">Does our U.S. Congress really care about anything or anyone outside of their own little world of oligarchic control? On November 6th, 2009, Politico reported that there are 237 millionaires in Congress, and many of the rest of them are not exactly poor. (8) Many of them have never worked a real job even one day in their lives. The U.S. Congress is now working like mad to force a new health care system upon the ones they call &#8220;ordinary Americans,&#8221; while they themselves refuse to go under it in favor of their own health plan. They have declared themselves exempt from what they are trying to force you and I to do!</p>
<p align="justify">On October 29th, 2009, the Washington Post newspaper reported that the West Front of the Capitol would be fenced off because the general public was not invited to the unveiling of the House version of the new health care plan. (9) The West Front of the Capitol is always open to the public, but according to Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s instructions, it was an invitation-only event, and guests had to be handpicked. Protesters shouted against the new and wicked program. It was reported that one man with a bullhorn cried out, &#8220;Nazi Pelosi, you will burn in hell for this.&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">This infamous Government-run health care plan had grown to 1,990 pages on October 30th, and it went on to exceed 2,000 pages later. There are more pages in this health care legislation than there are pages in War and Peace, Atlas Shrugged, or the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy. At a cost of over one trillion dollars for the entire package, the cost per word in this document is 2.2 million dollars! (10)</p>
<p align="justify">On November 7th, with the blood ritual sacrifice at Fort Hood completed, the House opened their debate on this new legislation that has the potential to destroy our country. (11) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi quickly broke her promise to post the entire document on the Internet for seventy-two hours prior to a vote. (12) During the darkness of a Saturday night, less than twenty-four hours from the time that discussion began, Pelosi called for a vote and the measure was passed narrowly at 220 to 215. (13)</p>
<p align="justify">How heinous and evil is this legislation? Republican leader John Boehner revealed that a separate abortion premium will be charged to all who come under the new health care system, and it will be billed monthly as such! Boehner said the following: &#8220;What is even more alarming is that a monthly abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run plan. It&#8217;s right there on line 16, page 96, section 213, under Insurance Rating Rules. The premium will be paid into an U.S. Treasury account, and these Federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services.&#8221; (14) Think of it! An U.S. Treasury account specifically for abortions from a specific allocated premium that you and I would be forced by law to pay! The Scriptural curses are upon this nation!</p>
<p align="justify">What will happen to people who object to the new Obama-Pelosi plan? According to ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp, a Republican from Michigan, the Joint Committee on Taxation, or JCT, confirmed the following: &#8220;Failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi Health Care Bill (H.R. 3962, as amended)….and who choose not to pay the bill&#8217;s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income) are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 dollars and imprisonment of up to five years.&#8221; (15) Apparently the words &#8220;liberty and freedom&#8221; are being redefined for Americans.</p>
<p align="center">The Beast In Your Bloodstream!</p>
<p align="justify">On Friday, October 23rd, 2009, Barack Obama declared a national health emergency regarding the H1N1 influenza virus. The White House declared that a thousand Americans died from the virus and millions were infected. The push was on for immunizations, and soon the manufacturers of the vaccine would reportedly enjoy an income of seven billion dollars. Meanwhile, people would be held in the bondage of fear and terror. At least that was the plan. (16) One question that arises is why did Obama refuse to have his own daughters immunized as reported by the Fox News White House Blog?</p>
<p align="justify">There are so many unanswered questions and prevailing uncertainties regarding the vaccines for H1N1 influenza that are being foisted upon the people of the world. Why would the German Army get a special swine flu vaccine without the additives given to the general public? According to Immunology Today, the restricted medical practitioner only edition, published on October 13th, 2009, the Bundeswehr soldiers were given a special vaccine called Celvapan, which did not contain mercury and is additive-free. Defense Ministry spokesman Thomas Raabe stated the following: &#8220;The Bundeswehr needs to be able to quickly and impartially inoculate soldiers and their dependants on foreign missions to ensure they were protected without having them at risk of death or disability from the additives.&#8221; (17) Why should the general public face such risks?</p>
<p align="justify">We also know that in America certain so-called high-risk categories of people are given priority status to receive the H1N1 swine flu shot. One of those categories is pregnant women. As I write this, I am looking at many pages of testimonies of young expectant mothers who miscarried and lost their babies shortly after receiving the swine flu inoculation. My heart breaks for these women and their families. They mistakenly put their trust in people who are working for a system that is under the direction of Satan and his illuministic stooges that occupy the highest offices of our government. They are a dirty bunch!</p>
<p align="justify">The October 2009 edition of the American Journal of Pharmacology tells of a shocking program that is currently being developed by a giant drug company, Ely Lilly &amp; Co. It is the plan to include antipsychotic drugs in infant formulas as a kind of &#8220;immunization&#8221; to help prevent episodes of ADHD in children as they age. The spokesman for Ely Lilly said the following: &#8220;There will be ethical issues of course but with ethical control over the drug and with reassurance of its safety, I&#8217;m sure objections can be overcome. We predict in five years, 1 in 3 children over 4 will be on antipsychotics as a matter of course…..&#8221; (18) It is obvious that the children are being targeted in many ways to program them as forthcoming planetary citizens of the New World Order!</p>
<p align="justify">These are strange times, so unlike any other era of history. These are the days when Dr. Frankenstein could win the Nobel Prize for creating his monster. In fact, it is interesting to note that the story of Frankenstein took place in the area of Ingolstadt, Germany, which is the place where Dr. Adam Weishaupt first formed the Illuminati, along with Baron von Knigge and three others who met in a cave and used magic ritual to contact the one they called the &#8220;Controlling Unknown.&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">Scientists are continually defying God&#8217;s order of creation. On October 29th, 2009, the London Daily Mail featured an article with the following headline: &#8220;No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from stem cells.&#8221; (19) The unthinkable is happening, and a curse will come with it. Children without parents! Who will raise them, and who will control them?</p>
<p align="center">Brother Can You Spare a Dime?</p>
<p align="justify">Those who are either old enough to remember or have studied history will recall the famous picture of the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt riding in a convertible with a long stem cigarette holder in his mouth and wearing a coat with a fur collar as he traveled up Fifth Avenue in New York City. The caption under the photo said, &#8220;Brother, can you spare a dime?&#8221; The simple and tragic fact is that most people couldn&#8217;t spare a dime. It was the time of the Great Depression, and Roosevelt was the multimillionaire &#8220;god man&#8221; that promised to save the country. We are now in another great depression, even though the government refuses to use those words. As in the first Great Depression, this one is upon us by careful planning and design by the conspirators that we already identified as a dirty bunch!</p>
<p align="justify">On October 19th, 2009, the news headlines for CNN Money revealed that the FDIC, which provides insurance to protect the accounts of depositors for up to $250,000 per account, is now broke. In fact, it is in the red until at least the year 2012! (20) It is a Federal insurance company with no reserves! Where is the account protection? In addition to that, banks continue to fail and dig the hole deeper! On November 6th, the Associated Press reported that more banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California were closed on that Friday, bringing the total number of bank failures for the year to 120. (21) On that very same day, Freddie Mac, the second largest provider of U.S. residential mortgages, posted a five billion dollar loss! (22) Indeed, the economic situation in America is so bad that NBC News Chicago reported on October 30th, 2009, that many nice homes in the suburbs of Chicago are for sale for one dollar but nobody wants them. People cannot afford to pay the taxes and upkeep on them, so they sit empty. (23) When I read this, I was reminded of Isaiah 5:9 which reads as follows: &#8220;In mine ears saith the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">I have written before about the severity of the American national debt, which is astronomical in the truest sense of the word. This debt is also spiraling upward by design as a part of the necessary sabotage needed to destroy the economies of the nation and the world, which will necessitate the creation of a new one-world economic system. The numbers and dates involved never cease to amaze me. Just in time for the witches&#8217; sabat of Samhain, or Halloween, the national debt ceiling was raised to thirteen trillion dollars. (24)</p>
<p align="justify">The number of unemployed Americans is staggering, and 80% of unemployment recipients in the country are of prime working age, between 25 and 59. Of the top wage earners to lose their jobs, 57% had been working in manufacturing and 24% were in construction. (25) Meanwhile, in Red China the economy is expanding rapidly, and even their auto sales increased 78% in September. (26) On October 15th, 2009, the FDIC told the Associated Press that U.S. banks are about to suffer another wave of trouble as commercial real estate loans go into default. With seven million jobs lost and buildings sitting empty, real estate developers have not paid the banks, and nationwide there is a staggering sum of $500 billion coming due annually. (27) We also see the price of gold skyrocketing to well over $1,100 per ounce! In addition to that, Barrick of Canada, the gold giant, announced on November 11th, 2009, that the world&#8217;s gold supply is about to run out. New production has been decreasing by 1 million ounces per year for a number of years, and the quality of the ore is becoming very poor and inferior. (28) This is another sign of the times! I am reminded of James 5:1-3, which reads as follows: &#8220;Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">We are not far from the mark of the beast and the new cashless system. On November 9th, 2009, Reuters News Service reported that the new rage all over Europe is &#8220;chipping parties,&#8221; which are held at night clubs and other places of entertainment. Young people in their teens and twenties have been implanted with microchips by the thousands as they attend these parties. They are saying that the insertion of the electronic chip is almost painless and is quickly forgotten. Once it is in, there is no need to carry cash, credit cards, or identification for proof of age. The arm is scanned at the door, and the name and photograph of the person comes up on the screen. Drinks are purchased by the scanning of the arm, as are all other transactions. The club owners in Europe are saying it will soon be mandatory to have a microchip implant or you won&#8217;t get in! (29)</p>
<p align="center">There Is Something Rotten in Denmark!</p>
<p align="justify">This popular saying came from the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, when the character Marcellus said, &#8220;There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.&#8221; It is taken from act I, scene IV. But we have something far more serious taking place in Denmark in December 2009 when the leaders of the world gather for their summit on global warming. The stated purpose of the summit in Copenhagen is to save &#8220;Mother Earth&#8221; from human exploitation, pollution, and ultimate destruction. It is officially called the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Copenhagen, and it is scheduled for December 7-18, 2009, in Copenhagen. Here let it be noted that all the talk about global warming, environmental impact, and save the planet is just a gimmick to conceal their real purpose. It sounds like such a noble cause to save &#8220;Mother Earth&#8221; and weld the people behind the effort in a grand unity. Just as the &#8220;German Fatherland&#8221; gimmick was used by Adolph Hitler to weld his purpose together, so this &#8220;Mother Earth&#8221; gimmick is to unify the entire world. The treaty actually states the words &#8220;A world government is going to be created,&#8221; and this is written as the first of three purporses. The second stated purpose of the conference is to transfer the wealth from the countries of the West to Third World countries in satisfaction of what is called &#8220;climate debt.&#8221; The leaders of this conspiracy are saying that only the major nations of the West have been polluting all of the Earth, not the Third World countries. Therefore, they say, that we owe them reparations. All of this was revealed and verified as true by a former science advisor to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Lord Christopher Monckton. It was clearly and specifically stated by Monckton that the real purpose of this summit was to officially create the One World Government and enforce allegiance to it. (30)</p>
<p align="justify">It is all coming together so quickly now, and all the pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fit together. On October 1st, 2009, it was announced in the news media in England that former Prime Minister Tony Blair is favored to become President of all of Europe to lead the European Union. (31) Tony Blair is heavily involved in metaphysical practice and various forms of witchcraft.</p>
<p align="justify">In the November 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a story was published with the following headline: VeriChip Markets RFID Microchip Implants to ID World International Congress.&#8221; This world conference was held in Milan, Italy, on November 3-5, 2009, where VeriChip Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Scott R. Silverman made his presentation to this worldwide gathering of experts and leaders. The subject was, of course, electronic identification. (32)</p>
<p align="justify">Where are the churches in all of this? Are the leaders of the churches so out-of-touch with God and the Scripture that they don&#8217;t know or care about Revelation 13:16-17 which reads as follows: &#8220;And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.&#8221; How serious is this? In Revelation 14:9-11, we read about what happens to those who receive this implanted mark or chip into their bodies as follows: &#8220;And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">The sad fact is that the churches are in on the one-world government scheme and are co-conspirators. The pastors have become modern-day Judas Iscariots, who instead of betraying the Lord for thirty pieces of silver are doing it to buy into the electronic worldwide money vault of the damned! In fact, on November 12th, 2009, the World Council of Churches called on every church in the world to ring their bells simultaneously 350 times during the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. Every church bell in the world is to be rung on the 13th day of December 2009. The bells must be rung 350 times to symbolize the 350 parts per million that mark the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (33) Thus, the churches of the world are to show their support of the new One World Government that is to be born on that day!</p>
<p align="center">End Time Signs and Warnings!</p>
<p align="justify">It is the time of the end and things can happen so quickly. On November 10th, 2009, an electrical blackout hit Brazil, and it left one third of the entire population of that nation in darkness. About seventy million people were without power, and this event happened only weeks after that nation was chosen to host the 2016 Olympics. Power officials say a storm was the cause of the blackout. (34) There is no doubt that the Lord was voicing His disapproval of the pagan Olympic games that honor the &#8220;sun-god&#8221; and other false deities.</p>
<p align="justify">Many hundreds of earthquakes continue to shake the earth, and the entire earth is steadily and consistently crumbling as new fissures are forming in various places. In the heavens there are continual events that should cause us to take notice. On November 6th, 2009, a previously undiscovered asteroid seemed to come from nowhere, and it almost hit our earth. With only a 15-hour warning, this massive asteroid came within 8,700 miles of earth, which is 30 times nearer to the earth than our moon, which is approximately 250,000 miles away. (35) This was a near hit and could have been devastating. NASA is greatly concerned about the earth being hit and has a &#8220;Near Earth&#8217;s Object Program&#8221; to try to deal with the problem. They know that it is just a matter of time until the unthinkable happens. Our only hope is our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Everything is in His Almighty hands and He is in control. Keep looking up as you watch and pray.</p>
<p align="justify"><em>&#8220;Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich…..The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?&#8221;</em></p>
<p><span>Jeremiah 5:25-27, 31 </span></p>
<p align="justify"><em>&#8220;And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><span>Revelation 13:8-10 </span></p>
<p align="justify"><em>&#8220;But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father&#8217;s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.&#8221; </em></p>
<p><span>John 5:42-43 </span></p>
<p>(Dec<em> 2009. David J. Meyer, Last Trumpet Newsletter, <a href="http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/" target="_blank">http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org</a></em>)</p>
<p><span>Acknowledgements</span></p>
<p><span>01.	WorldNetDaily, Oct. 18, 2009, by Aaron Klein, <a href="http://www.wnd.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wnd.com</a>.</span><br />
<span>02.	The Sunday Standard, Jun  27, 2004, The East African Standard.</span><br />
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<span>04.	NBC News, Nov. 6, 2009, by Robert A. George, Chicago, IL.</span><br />
<span>05.	Associated Press, Nov. 6, 2009, by Jeff Carlton, Ft. Hood, TX.</span><br />
<span>06.	The London Times, Nov. 6, 2009, by Giles Whittell, London, England, UK.</span><br />
<span>07.	Judicial Watch Magazine, Sep. 2009, by Tom Fitton, Washington, D.C.</span><br />
<span>08.	Politico, Nov. 6, 2009, by Erika Lovley, Washington, D.C.</span><br />
<span>09.	The Washington Times, Oct. 29, 2009, by Kara Rowland, Washington, D.C.</span><br />
<span>10. Politico, Oct. 29, 2009, by Jonathan Allen, Washington, D.C. + Dow Jones Newswires, Oct. 29, 2009 by Martin Vaughan. <a href="mailto:martin.vaughan@dowjones.com" target="_blank">martin.vaughan@dowjones.com</a></span><br />
<span>11.	Associated Press, Nov. 7, 2009, by Erica Werner, Washington, D.C.</span><br />
<span>12.	The Weekly Standard, Nov. 6, 2009, Washington, D.C.</span><br />
<span>13.	Associated Press, Nov. 8, 2009, by David Espo, Washington, D.C.</span><br />
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<span>19.	The London Daily Mail, Oct. 29, 2009, by Fiona Macrae, London, England, UK.</span><br />
<span>20.	CNNMoney.com, Oct. 14, 2009, by David Ellis, staff writer CNN.</span><br />
<span>21.	Associated Press, Nov. 6, 2009, by Ieva Augstums &amp; Marcy Gordon, Charlotte, NC.</span><br />
<span>22.	Reuters News Service, Nov. 8, 2009, by Al Yoon, New York, NY.</span><br />
<span>23.	NBC News Chicago, Oct. 30, 2009, by Steve Rhodes, Chicago, IL.</span><br />
<span>24.	Politico, Oct. 22, 2009, by Manu Raju, Washington, D.C.</span><br />
<span>25.	The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 29, 2009, by Joel Dresang, Milwaukee, WI.</span><br />
<span>26.	Associated Press, Oct. 14, 2009, Shanghai, China.</span><br />
<span>27.	The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 15, 2009, by Marcy Gordon, AP, Washington, D.C.</span><br />
<span>28.	The London Daily Telegraph, Nov. 11, 2009, by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, London, England, U.K.</span><br />
<span>29.	Reuters News Service, Nov. 9, 2009.</span><br />
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<span>32.	The Journal of the American Medical Association, Oct. 31, 2009.</span><br />
<span>33.	AFP News Service, Nov. 12, 2009.</span><br />
<span>34.	AFP News Service, Nov. 11, 2009, by Marc Burleigh, Sao Paulo, Brazil.</span><br />
<span>35.	The London Daily Mail, Nov. 11, 2009, by Claire Bates, London, England, U.K.</span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is excerpted from “The World’s Greatest Creation Scientists” by David Coppedge, which is available from Master Plan Association, http://www.creationsafaris.com/products.htm &#8211; Sure, there have been Christians who did good science, but that was before Darwin. Right? Wrong! Here is the story of a staunch Darwinian who converted to creationism first, then to Christianity. You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following is excerpted from “The World’s Greatest Creation Scientists” by David Coppedge, which is available from Master Plan Association, <a href="http://www.creationsafaris.com/products.htm" target="_blank">http://www.creationsafaris.com/products.htm</a> &#8211;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.momkat.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/RichardLumsden.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-87" title="RichardLumsden" src="http://www.momkat.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/RichardLumsden.jpg" alt="RichardLumsden" width="100" height="134" /></a>Sure, there have been Christians who did good science, but that was before Darwin. Right? Wrong! Here is the story of a staunch Darwinian who converted to creationism first, then to Christianity.</p>
<p>You couldn’t claim Dick Lumsden’s (1938-97) faith come from the culture in which he lived, like you might with someone from the 1500s. If anything, he was a product of the anti-creationist second half of the twentieth century. Dr. Richard D. Lumsden was fully grounded in Darwinian philosophy, and had no reason or desire to consider Christianity. Science was his faith: the facts, and only the facts. But at the apex of his professional career, he had enough integrity to check out the facts, and made a difficult choice to go where the facts led him, against what he had been taught, and against what he himself taught. His life took a dramatic turnaround, from Darwinist to creationist, and from atheist to Christian.</p>
<p><span id="more-86"></span>Dr. Richard Lumsden was professor of parasitology and cell biology at Tulane University. He served as dean of the graduate school, and published hundreds of scientific papers. He trained 30 PhDs. Thoroughly versed in biological sciences, both in knowledge and lab technique, including electron microscopy, he won the highest world award for parasitology. All through his career he believed Darwinian evolution was an established principle of science, and he took great glee in ridiculing Christian beliefs. One day, he heard that Louisiana had passed a law requiring equal time for creation with evolution, and he was flabbergasted– how stupid, he thought, and how evil! He used the opportunity to launch into a tirade against creationism in class, and to give them his best eloquence in support of Darwinism. Little did he know he had a formidable opponent in class that day. No, not a silver-tongued orator to engage him in a battle of wits; that would have been too easy. This time it was a gentle, polite, young female student.</p>
<p>This student went up to him after class and cheerfully exclaimed, “Great lecture, Doc! Say, I wonder if I could make an appointment with you; I have some questions about what you said, and just want to get my facts straight.” Dr. Lumsden, flattered with this student’s positive approach, agreed on a time they could meet in his office. On the appointed day, the student thanked him for his time, and started in. She did not argue with anything he had said about evolution in class, but just began asking a series of questions: “How did life arise? . . . Isn’t DNA too complex to form by chance? . . . Why are there gaps in the fossil record between major kinds? . . . .What are the missing links between apes and man?” She didn’t act judgmental or provocative; she just wanted to know. Lumsden, unabashed, gave the standard evolutionary answers to the questions. But something about this interchange began making him very uneasy. He was prepared for a fight, but not for a gentle, honest set of questions. As he listened to himself spouting the typical evolutionary responses, he thought to himself, This does not make any sense. What I know about biology is contrary to what I’m saying. When the time came to go, the student picked up her books and smiled, “Thanks, Doc!” and left. On the outside, Dr. Lumsden appeared confident; but on the inside, he was devastated. He knew that everything he had told this student was wrong.</p>
<p>Dr. Lumsden had the integrity to face his new doubts honestly. He undertook a personal research project to check out the arguments for evolution, and over time, found them wanting. Based on the scientific evidence alone, he decided he must reject Darwinism, and he became a creationist. But as morning follows night, he had to face the next question, Who is the Creator? Shortly thereafter, by coincidence or not, his sister invited him to church. It was so out of character for this formerly crusty, self-confident evolutionist to go to church! Not much earlier, he would have had nothing to do with religion. But now, he was open to reconsider the identity of the Creator, and whether the claims of the Bible were true. His atheistic philosophy had also left him helpless to deal with guilt and bad habits in his personal life. This time he was open, and this time he heard the Good News that God had sent His Son to pay the penalty for our sins, and to offer men forgiveness and eternal life.</p>
<p>A tremendous struggle was going on in Dr. Lumsden’s heart as he listened to the sermon. When the service ended, the pastor gave an invitation to come to the front and decide once and for all, publicly, to receive Christ. Dr. Lumsden describes the turmoil he was in: “With flesh protesting every inch of the way, I found myself walking forward, down to the altar. And there, found God! Truly, at that moment, I came to know Him, and received the Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.” There’s room at the cross even for know-it-all science professors, if they are willing to humble themselves and bow before the Creator to whom the scientific evidence points.</p>
<p>Dr. Lumsden rejoiced in his new-found faith, but found out there is a price to pay also. He was ejected from the science faculty after his dynamic conversion to Christ and creationism. The Institute for Creation Research invited him to direct their biology department, which he did from 1990 to 1996. Dr. Henry Morris said of him, “He had a very vibrant testimony of his conversion only a few years ago and of the role that one of his students played in confronting his evolutionism with persistent and penetrating questions. He became fully convinced of the bankruptcy of his beliefs and realized that the only reasonable alternative was that there must be a Creator.” Dick Lumsden was also appointed to the science faculty of The Master’s College, and used his intimate knowledge of electron microscopy to help the campus set up an operational instrument for training students. There was a joy present in his life and manner that made his lectures sparkle, and he loved to demonstrate design in the cell that could not have arisen by Darwinian processes. In discussions with evolutionists, he knew “just where to get them” (he would say with a smile), having been in their shoes. His students appreciated the training his depth and breadth of knowledge and experience brought to the class and to the lab.</p>
<p>Richard Lumsden gave his personal testimony on Dr. D. James Kennedy’s Coral Ridge Hour. In the feature, he re-enacted that day in his office when the student made him rethink his beliefs. In January 1996, he also spoke to the Bible-Science Association in a response to atheist Richard Dawkins’ book The Blind Watchmaker. In his talk, called Not So Blind a Watchmaker, he gave several detailed descriptions of organs that could not have formed by Darwinian natural selection. In the question and answer session, he shared his testimony of how God had saved him from his former life as a bragging evolutionist. Unfortunately, years of unhealthy habits as an unbeliever, including alcohol and tobacco abuse, took their toll on his body, and he died too soon, at age 59, in 1997. His students miss him very much.</p>
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		<title>Iranian President Says Obama Must Choose Israel or Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the US to choose between Israel and Iran on Tuesday night, according to Iranian state media. Ahmadinejad said that for a real change in relations to take place, a choice must be made.</p>
<p><span id="more-76"></span>Speaking in Istanbul at the 25th Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Iranian president said that it was up to US President Barack Obama to illustrate his motto of ‘Change.’ ‘The support of both Israel and Iran can’t go hand in hand,’ he was quoted as saying by IRNA. ‘No change is made unless great choices are made.’ Addressing the same conference a day earlier, Ahmadinejad said that capitalist excesses caused the global economic meltdown and are un-Islamic. &#8230; Ahmadinejad did not mention Iran’s struggling economy.”</p>
<p><em>(excerpted from The Jerusalem Post, Nov. 11, 2009)</em></p>
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