Monday, December 29, 2008

The Grinch is running things in China

Key Quote: "Attacks in just the past few days have included those arrests, the threats of house church building demolition and bans on house church meetings."

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Atheist says Africa needs God

Key Quote: "Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. These alone will not do. Education and training alone will not do. In Africa Christianity changes people's hearts. It brings a spiritual transformation. The rebirth is real. The change is good."

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

No more Bibles or Crosses in Veterans' Chapel

Key Quote: "He was arrested because he kept placing the Bible and the cross back on the altar at the Veterans Administration."

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Fired for saying "Merry Christmas"

Key Quote: "Now we're going to have a merry Christmas. What about you, now that you no longer have a job?"

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Children go hungry for mom's faith

Key Quote: "Authorities in Egypt are starving children ages 2 and 4 to try to force their mother to abandon Christianity and return to Islam, according to reports from several ministry organizations."

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Vandalizing manger scenes more common this year

Key Quote: "I think other years it was probably just a joke. You know, the idea 'We'll steal baby Jesus'. This year, it's a little more disappointing, I guess."

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Friday, December 19, 2008

Should grade 6 kids be allowed to mention Jesus in a Christmas poem?

Key Quote: "After Andrew referenced Jesus in his (Christmas) poem, his teacher Latasha Atkins docked his grade and told him that mentioning Jesus was not allowed. She then instructed him to write a new poem."

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

10-year old girl forgives attackers

Key Quote: "The world has seen my face destroyed by the fire, now it must come to know my smile full of love and peace. I want to dedicate my life to spreading the Gospel."

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Good news for homeschooling criminals

Key Quote: This is a huge victory for homeschool families in Germany. It means that government officials must be more careful when bringing criminal charges against home school families"
 

Mainstream dissent on Global Warming common

Key Quote: "The present alarm on climate change is an instrument of social control, a pretext for major businesses and political battle. It became an ideology, which is concerning." - Environmental Scientist Professor Delgado Domingos of Portugal, the founder of the Numerical Weather Forecast group, has more than 150 published articles.
 

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Here's a good idea -- how about a global government?

Key Quote: "International governance tends to be effective, only when it is anti-democratic."
 

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Don't like what the Bible says? Write your own!

Key Quote: "There are many different versions of the Bible; I don't see why we can't have one"

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Lying, stealing, cheating American teens?

Key Quote: "Despite these high levels of dishonesty, these same kids have a high self-image when it comes to ethics with 77 percent saying that 'when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know.'"

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The womb is a dangerous place for Spaniards

Key Quote: "The equivalent population of a mid-sized high school disappears every three days.  Every twenty days the death toll equals the annual number of people killed in car wrecks.  The total death toll, more than a million Spaniards since 1985, is the equivalent of multiple Spanish provinces."

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

University of Calgary attempts to silence Pro-Life group

Key Quote: "We do not want to be arrested, but the university's attempt to bully us is wrong. If the university can silence our viewpoint on campus just because it's unpopular in some quarters, then they can censor other views as well."

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United Nations backs anti-blasphemy measure

Key Quote: "Islamic countries yesterday won UN backing for an anti-blasphemy measure which Canada and other Western critics say risks being used to limit freedom of speech."

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Going rate to kill pastor: $250

Hindu extremist groups are offering money, food and alcohol to anyone who murders Christians and destroys their homes.

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Ezra Levant acquitted after re-publishing Boisson's letter

Key Quote: "Over the years numerous Christians and conservatives have been prosecuted under this section, including Steve Boissoin, Bishop Fred Henry, Scott Brockie, Fr. Alphonse de Valk, and many others. Most of these individuals have come into conflict with homosexualists by defending traditional Christian teaching on sexual ethics."

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Canadians would rather have abortion restrictions

Key Quote: "Canada remains the only country in the developed word with no legal limits on abortion throughout all 9 months of pregnancy. Yet, almost 6 in 10 respondents support legal protection for unborn children at some point before birth.  Only 33% support the current situation of protection only after birth. Once again, women polled showed far more support for protection from conception on than men did: 33% versus 24%."

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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Celebrate Christmas without your Bible

Key Quote: "Pastors have been known to drive 800 miles for the opportunity to ask for a Bible to use in their ministries. Often, the only resource worshippers in developing countries have is their memory, or what they write down on scraps of paper after visiting a church that does have a Bible."

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Mayor invents a new commandment

I didn't know we could do that! This changes everything!

Key Quote: "I think we got elected to stand up for the idea that in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of God, thou shalt not discriminate."

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

German homeschoolers seek refuge in US

Key Quote: "We left family, our home and a wonderful community in Germany. But the freedom is worth it."

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Christians in California come under attack

Key Quote: "We hadn't preached. We hadn't evangelized. We worshipped God in peace, and we were about to die for it."

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Monday, November 17, 2008

Vaccinations trump religious freedom

Key Quote: "...the ethical importance of a society protecting the health of children and others against infectious disease must be weighed against a person's right to religious freedom."

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Another controversy for the "Merry Christmas" mosque

Key Quote:"It's the same mosque that stirred controversy six years ago when it warned its members to avoid wishing others "Merry Christmas," equating the traditional Christian greeting with murder."

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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Rex Murphy weighs in on Human Rights

Key Quote: "Human rights, the real ones, are ours from the beginning. They are not bestowed by the state, because the state does not "own" them; they are not a state's or a ruler's or, for that matter, a human-rights commission's to give."

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UK Prime Minister urges push for global society

Key Quote: "The alliance between Britain and the U.S. -- and more broadly between Europe and the U.S. -- can and must provide leadership, not in order to make the rules ourselves, but to lead the global effort to build a stronger and more just international order."

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Grassroots movement to forge a global religion initiated

Key Quote: "The chief task of our time is to build a global society where people of all persuasions can live together in peace and harmony. If we do not achieve this, it seems unlikely that we will have a viable world to hand on to the next generation."

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