Our relativistic culture is pressing mightily on us. We need to understand the process in order to remain counter-cultural principled lights in consensual darkness.
LISTEN TO THE VIDEO (below): very revealing.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
GLOBAL WARMING: a religion
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Minority Page :.
Source: epw.senate.gov
IN CASE YOU ARE A BELIEVER IN "GLOBAL WARMING", HERE IS THE DOCUMENT.
U. S. Senate Minority Report:
More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims
Scientists Continue to Debunk “Consensus” in 2008
Update: January 28, 2009: James Hansen's Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic - Says Climate Fears "Embarrassed NASA"
Update: December 22, 2008: 11 More Scientists Join Senate Report
WE NEED TO BE SKEPTICAL OF THE LEFTIST AGENDA.
U. S. Senate Minority Report:
More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims
Scientists Continue to Debunk “Consensus” in 2008
Update: January 28, 2009: James Hansen's Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic - Says Climate Fears "Embarrassed NASA"
Update: December 22, 2008: 11 More Scientists Join Senate Report
WE NEED TO BE SKEPTICAL OF THE LEFTIST AGENDA.
Monday, February 16, 2009
This 12 year old has something important to say:
She did win the best speaker award in her (Toronto) school but was disqualified because of the politically incorrect subject. (Freedom of speech in Canada!)
The video of 12-year Lia's presentation on abortion is amazing. This young girl puts most of the rest of us to shame. She is so confident, so logical and unapologetic as she defends what all people should understand is the most reasonable position in the world. Of course abortion is wrong. Even a child can figure that out. How could anyone think otherwise - and yet, many do.
In Canada, full term babies may be aborted as long as the doctor, at the birth, can prevent the baby from taking its first breath. If the baby breathes, it is murder, before that it is abortion. President Obama has attempted to have this legalized in Illinois, and vowed to promote it if he was elected.
The video below shows, using a doll, how the "procedure" is done.
The video of 12-year Lia's presentation on abortion is amazing. This young girl puts most of the rest of us to shame. She is so confident, so logical and unapologetic as she defends what all people should understand is the most reasonable position in the world. Of course abortion is wrong. Even a child can figure that out. How could anyone think otherwise - and yet, many do.
In Canada, full term babies may be aborted as long as the doctor, at the birth, can prevent the baby from taking its first breath. If the baby breathes, it is murder, before that it is abortion. President Obama has attempted to have this legalized in Illinois, and vowed to promote it if he was elected.
The video below shows, using a doll, how the "procedure" is done.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Marriage, Same sex "marriage' , Polygamy
Edmonton Journal - January 17, 2009
Polygamy case shows marriage matters
By Walt Brouwer
Unless you secluded yourself from any and all media outlets recently, you won't have been able to miss the news that, finally, after almost two decades of allegations of polygamy, sexual abuse, exploitation of children, and the trafficking of teenage brides across the Canada-U.S. border, Winston Blackmore of Bountiful, B.C., has been arrested on charges of polygamy. As the leader of a religious cult called the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Blackmore defends polygamy as an article of his faith. Polygamists present a serious constitutional challenge, which may explain why B.C.'s attorney general waited so long to arrest Blackmore. With the approval of gay marriage, the boundaries of what constitutes marriage have been seriously blurred.
The re-emergence of the crisis in defining marriage provides an opportunity to remind ourselves as Christians what marriage is and why. As a Christian, I understand that marriage is founded on the biblical account of the creation of man and woman in Genesis 1 and 2, and Jesus' affirmation of this account in Matthew 19. Christians therefore define marriage as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.
It is important to recognize, however, that this understanding of marriage is not restricted to Christianity. After an extensive study of the world's cultures and religions, Dr. Katherine Young of McGill University in Montreal affirmed that all the world's major religions, and all cultures and societies have from time immemorial recognized marriage as the union of male and female. Of gay relationships she says, "'Same-sex marriage' is an oxymoron, because it lacks the universal, or defining, feature of marriage according to religious, historical, and anthropological evidence."
Thus, marriage is not unique to Christianity and not just a religious institution; it has been recognized by all societies. Marriage is a social, cultural as well as a religious institution, and the relationship upon which human society is founded. This is why up until recently marriage has been recognized in law and public policy as the voluntary union between one male and one female. This historic and universal understanding of marriage means that it predates both the dominion of Canada and English common law upon which most of our legal system is based. Governments and the courts are not the creators of marriage; it is not a legal institution enacted by law.
Marriage is rooted in the way we are created. It is based upon the biological reality that humanity exists in two sexes. Marriage expresses the complementary nature of the sexes and thus it requires both sexes. Yet marriage is more than sexual - it creates out of two persons one unique entity (becoming "one flesh," Genesis 2:24). Marriage is the supreme form of heterosexual bonding. Marriage also is procreative even though it cannot be reduced to this, for marriage is possible between a man and a woman who choose not to or cannot procreate (due to infertility or old age).
When Canada became the fourth nation in the world on July 20, 2005, to legalize same-sex marriages, gay couples already enjoyed legal protection as civil partnerships. Since marriage has been redefined to accommodate such relationships, the question before the courts today is, what about polygamy? The reason we define something is to preserve its unique distinctions and essence. If Canadian courts continue to redefine marriage, what other domestic relationship is next? This is why marriage should continue to be legally defined as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.
Rev. Dr. Walt Brouwer is the lead pastor at Bethel Community Church, a Christian Reformed congregation in northeast Edmonton.
Polygamy case shows marriage matters
By Walt Brouwer
Unless you secluded yourself from any and all media outlets recently, you won't have been able to miss the news that, finally, after almost two decades of allegations of polygamy, sexual abuse, exploitation of children, and the trafficking of teenage brides across the Canada-U.S. border, Winston Blackmore of Bountiful, B.C., has been arrested on charges of polygamy. As the leader of a religious cult called the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Blackmore defends polygamy as an article of his faith. Polygamists present a serious constitutional challenge, which may explain why B.C.'s attorney general waited so long to arrest Blackmore. With the approval of gay marriage, the boundaries of what constitutes marriage have been seriously blurred.
The re-emergence of the crisis in defining marriage provides an opportunity to remind ourselves as Christians what marriage is and why. As a Christian, I understand that marriage is founded on the biblical account of the creation of man and woman in Genesis 1 and 2, and Jesus' affirmation of this account in Matthew 19. Christians therefore define marriage as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.
It is important to recognize, however, that this understanding of marriage is not restricted to Christianity. After an extensive study of the world's cultures and religions, Dr. Katherine Young of McGill University in Montreal affirmed that all the world's major religions, and all cultures and societies have from time immemorial recognized marriage as the union of male and female. Of gay relationships she says, "'Same-sex marriage' is an oxymoron, because it lacks the universal, or defining, feature of marriage according to religious, historical, and anthropological evidence."
Thus, marriage is not unique to Christianity and not just a religious institution; it has been recognized by all societies. Marriage is a social, cultural as well as a religious institution, and the relationship upon which human society is founded. This is why up until recently marriage has been recognized in law and public policy as the voluntary union between one male and one female. This historic and universal understanding of marriage means that it predates both the dominion of Canada and English common law upon which most of our legal system is based. Governments and the courts are not the creators of marriage; it is not a legal institution enacted by law.
Marriage is rooted in the way we are created. It is based upon the biological reality that humanity exists in two sexes. Marriage expresses the complementary nature of the sexes and thus it requires both sexes. Yet marriage is more than sexual - it creates out of two persons one unique entity (becoming "one flesh," Genesis 2:24). Marriage is the supreme form of heterosexual bonding. Marriage also is procreative even though it cannot be reduced to this, for marriage is possible between a man and a woman who choose not to or cannot procreate (due to infertility or old age).
When Canada became the fourth nation in the world on July 20, 2005, to legalize same-sex marriages, gay couples already enjoyed legal protection as civil partnerships. Since marriage has been redefined to accommodate such relationships, the question before the courts today is, what about polygamy? The reason we define something is to preserve its unique distinctions and essence. If Canadian courts continue to redefine marriage, what other domestic relationship is next? This is why marriage should continue to be legally defined as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.
Rev. Dr. Walt Brouwer is the lead pastor at Bethel Community Church, a Christian Reformed congregation in northeast Edmonton.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
A Prayer for President Obama by Albert Mohler
A Prayer for President Obama
Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 2:00 am ET |  |
Our Father, Lord of all creation, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: We pray today with a sense of special urgency and responsibility. We come before you to pray for our new President, Barack Obama, and for all those in this new administration who now assume roles of such high responsibility.
We know that you and you alone are sovereign; that you rule over all, and that you alone are able to keep and defend us. We know that our times are in your hands, and that "the king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord" [Proverbs 21:1]. Our confidence is in you and in you alone. We come before you as a people who acknowledge our constant need for your provision, wisdom, and protection.
Father, we pray today for Barack Obama as he takes office as President of the United States. We pray that you will show the glory of your name in our times and in these days, confounding the wisdom of the wise, thwarting the plans of the arrogant, and vindicating those who do justice and practice righteousness.
Father, we pray with thanksgiving for the gift of government and the grace of civic order. Thank you for giving us rulers and for knowing our need for laws and ordered life together. Thank you for this nation and the blessings we know as its citizens. Thank you for freedoms unprecedented in human history. We understand that these freedoms come with unprecedented opportunities.
Lord, we pray with thanksgiving for the joy and celebration reflected on millions of faces who never expected to look to the President of the United States and see a person who looks like themselves. Father, thank you for preserving this nation to the moment when an African-American citizen will take the oath of office and become our President. Thank you for the hope this has given to so many, the pride emerging in hearts that had known no such hope, and the pride that comes to a people who have experienced such pain at the hands of fellow citizens, simply because of the color of their skin. Father, we rejoice in every elderly face that reflects such long-sought satisfaction and in every young face that expresses such unrestrained joy. May this become an open door for a vision of race and human dignity that reflects your glory in our differences, and not our corruption of your gift.
Father, protect this president, we pray. We pray that you will surround this president and his family, along with all our leaders, with your protection and sustenance. May he be protected from evil acts and evil intentions, and may his family be protected from all evil and harm.
We pray that the Obama family will be drawn together as they move into the White House, and that they will know great joy in their family life. We are thankful for the example Barack and Michelle Obama have set as parents. Father, protect those precious girls in every way -- including the protection of their hearts as they see their father often criticized and as he is away from them on business of state. May their years in the White House bring them all even closer together.
Father, we pray for the safety and security of this nation, even as our new president settles into his role as Commander in Chief. We know that you and you alone can be our defense. We do not place our trust in horses or chariots, and we pray that you will give this president wisdom as he fulfills this vital responsibility.
Father, grant him wisdom in every dimension of his vast responsibility. Grant him wisdom to deal with a global financial crisis and with the swirling complex of vexing problems and challenges at home and abroad. May he inspire this nation to a higher vision for our common life together, to a higher standard of justice, righteousness, unity, and the tasks of citizenship.
Father, we pray that you will change this president's heart and mind on issues of urgent concern. We are so thankful for his gifts and talents, for his intellect and power of influence. Father, bend his heart to see the dignity and sanctity of every single human life, from the moment of conception until natural death. Father, lead him to see abortion, not as a matter of misconstrued rights, but as a murderous violation of the right to life. May he come to see every aborted life as a violation of human dignity and every abortion as an abhorrent blight upon this nation's moral witness. May he pledge himself to protect every human life at every stage of development. He has declared himself as an energetic defender of abortion rights, and we fear that his election will lead directly to the deaths of countless unborn human beings. Protect us from this unspeakable evil, we pray. Most urgently, we pray that you will bring the reign of abortion to an end, even as you are the defender of the defenseless.
Father, may this new president see that human dignity is undermined when human embryos are destroyed in the name of medical progress, and may he see marriage as an institution that is vital to the very survival of civilization. May he protect all that is right and good. Father, change his heart where it must be changed, and give him resolve where his heart is right before you.
Father, when we face hard days ahead -- when we find ourselves required by conscience to oppose this president within the bounds of our roles as citizens -- may we be granted your guidance to do so with a proper spirit, with a proper demeanor, and with persuasive arguments. May we learn anew how to confront without demonizing, and to oppose without abandoning hope.
Father, we are aware that our future is in your hands, and we are fully aware that you and you alone will judge the nations. Much responsibility is now invested in President Barack Obama, and much will be required. May we, as Christian citizens, also fulfill what you would require of us. Even as we pray for you to protect this president and change his heart, we also pray that your church will be protected and that you will conform our hearts to your perfect will.
Father, we pray these things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, the ever-reigning once and future King, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. He and he alone can save, and his kingdom is forever. Above all, may your great name be praised. Amen.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Prayer for our Churches.....
Prayer for our Churches and Country.
On the Institution of Government …
and its total dependence on the people of God for its right functioning
________________________
This prayer is a prayer of Confession and Repentance
Our prayer today will be based on two sections of Scripture
… Our First Scripture speaks to our problem …
It is the Lord Jesus Christ speaking to His church in Revelation 3:15-16 …
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold not hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth."
Our Second Scripture speaks to the solution to our problem …
It is God the Father speaking to His people in 2 Chronicles 7:14 …
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Let me also say that I very seriously direct the words of this prayer to myself
… as much as to anybody else …
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall have no other gods before me."
Yet our government seeks to eradicate You from every aspect of public life
… our media makes a laughingstock of Your people …
… virulent God-haters rule in our Universities …
And we Your people …
for the most part sit by and watch and do nothing … we make no protest at all
Instead, we ourselves also put other things "before" You …
… we want, above all else, to be happy and filled in all our personal desires …
… and we want to have our self-image stroked and nourished …
Our Lord Jesus said … "You shall love the LORD your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment." (Matthew 22:37-38)
BUT … We spend very little personal time in prayer and in Your word …
… because we are so self-indulgent
… and have much more important things to do …
"Moments for Christ … Hours for the world!"
Many of us will not go to any of our church prayer meetings …
many of us will not attend bible study meetings
… to learn more about You and Your word
Indeed … some of us will not even come back for your evening Worship Service …
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain."
Yet many of our media and our comedians make a laughingstock of Your name …
… and we Your people not only sit by …
… but often watch and laugh along with them
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy."
Yet our Government and Society will purposely schedule events on your Sabbath
To us, your people … it is as if the 4th Commandment no longer exists …
Sunday is the 2nd biggest retail day of the week …
how many of us will eat out today …
how many of us will go shopping today …
how many of us will watch paid sporting events on TV today …
how many of us will sit here and get angry about this even being brought up …
You know, LORD … You know
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall not murder."
Yet … Our government has presided over a holocaust of over one hundred thousand abortions each year …
The prime minister of our land …proclaims his apathy and unwillingness to work for eradicating
one of the greatest, cruelest and vilest evils of our time
late-term … partial-birth abortions, as well as “normal” abortions
and he has multitudes backing him up …
O Lord, change such leaders, or deliver us from leaders who hold such evil beliefs
And all the while, Father, we Your people, for the most part
are so weak in our response to these great evils …
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall not commit adultery."
Yet we are a sex-crazed nation …
… Promiscuous open sex is ever before us in all the media
Arrogant Sodomite perversion and blatant homosexuality stalk our land
and are becoming firmly entrenched in our educational institutions
… even at the elementary level …
… both Soft and Hard-core pornography abound
… almost half of our marriages fail …
And what do we Your people do?
We largely go to movies and watch TV programs …
that we know beforehand contain such things …
… and then, to show just how much we really do care,
we mildly protest "Oh, Why do they have to do that" …
and then, we Your people go right back to the slop trough for more …
and, worst of all, we bring it into our homes and parade it before our children
And we let our children listen to decadent and psychotic filth on the radio and TV …
And we, Your people, often let our own daughters dress and act immodestly …
At church… at the beach … at the pool … at sporting events …
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall not steal"
YET … Our government wastes our hard-earned money on perverse art …
But LORD … we do as we should … as Jesus commanded, we pay our taxes …
We protest and chaff about it …
But, then … we Your people turn right around and rob You of Your tithe …
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
LORD … it is no wonder that our civilization
… is rift with moral decay and economic collapse
The TRUE WONDER is that it is not worse
LORD … You have commanded us all these things …
"You shall have no other gods before me."
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain."
"Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy."
"Your shall not murder."
"Your shall not steal."
But, we your people, have done very little about the UNGODLINESS and UNRIGHTEOUSNESS that stalks our land …
Indeed … we have participated in much of it ourselves …
We keep one foot in heaven and the other firmly planted on the earth …
And our Lord Jesus continues to say …
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because You are lukewarm, and neither cold not hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth."
Father … You have told us exactly what should we do about all this … YOU HAVE SAID …
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Father … WE BEG YOU … By Your grace, help us to humble ourselves
… and pray
… and seek Your face …
… and confess our wicked ways and our lukewarmness …
Knowing that You in Your mercy
will forgive our sin and heal our land …
It is all our fault, Father … ours and none others …
… the wicked do but what their father bids them do …
… it is us, Your children, that do not do what You, our Father, bids us do.
Again we beg you Father …
Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Have mercy on us … and do not give us what we so richly deserve
But Please … by your grace and mercy
… send revival among Your people at the St. Thomas FRC
Please … Help us to leave our lukewarmness
Please … help us to "love the LORD our God" …
… with all our heart,
and with all our soul,
and with all our mind.
It is in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that we pray our prayer.
Amen.
________________________________
On the Institution of Government …
and its total dependence on the people of God for its right functioning
________________________
This prayer is a prayer of Confession and Repentance
Our prayer today will be based on two sections of Scripture
… Our First Scripture speaks to our problem …
It is the Lord Jesus Christ speaking to His church in Revelation 3:15-16 …
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold not hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth."
Our Second Scripture speaks to the solution to our problem …
It is God the Father speaking to His people in 2 Chronicles 7:14 …
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Let me also say that I very seriously direct the words of this prayer to myself
… as much as to anybody else …
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall have no other gods before me."
Yet our government seeks to eradicate You from every aspect of public life
… our media makes a laughingstock of Your people …
… virulent God-haters rule in our Universities …
And we Your people …
for the most part sit by and watch and do nothing … we make no protest at all
Instead, we ourselves also put other things "before" You …
… we want, above all else, to be happy and filled in all our personal desires …
… and we want to have our self-image stroked and nourished …
Our Lord Jesus said … "You shall love the LORD your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment." (Matthew 22:37-38)
BUT … We spend very little personal time in prayer and in Your word …
… because we are so self-indulgent
… and have much more important things to do …
"Moments for Christ … Hours for the world!"
Many of us will not go to any of our church prayer meetings …
many of us will not attend bible study meetings
… to learn more about You and Your word
Indeed … some of us will not even come back for your evening Worship Service …
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain."
Yet many of our media and our comedians make a laughingstock of Your name …
… and we Your people not only sit by …
… but often watch and laugh along with them
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy."
Yet our Government and Society will purposely schedule events on your Sabbath
To us, your people … it is as if the 4th Commandment no longer exists …
Sunday is the 2nd biggest retail day of the week …
how many of us will eat out today …
how many of us will go shopping today …
how many of us will watch paid sporting events on TV today …
how many of us will sit here and get angry about this even being brought up …
You know, LORD … You know
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall not murder."
Yet … Our government has presided over a holocaust of over one hundred thousand abortions each year …
The prime minister of our land …proclaims his apathy and unwillingness to work for eradicating
one of the greatest, cruelest and vilest evils of our time
late-term … partial-birth abortions, as well as “normal” abortions
and he has multitudes backing him up …
O Lord, change such leaders, or deliver us from leaders who hold such evil beliefs
And all the while, Father, we Your people, for the most part
are so weak in our response to these great evils …
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall not commit adultery."
Yet we are a sex-crazed nation …
… Promiscuous open sex is ever before us in all the media
Arrogant Sodomite perversion and blatant homosexuality stalk our land
and are becoming firmly entrenched in our educational institutions
… even at the elementary level …
… both Soft and Hard-core pornography abound
… almost half of our marriages fail …
And what do we Your people do?
We largely go to movies and watch TV programs …
that we know beforehand contain such things …
… and then, to show just how much we really do care,
we mildly protest "Oh, Why do they have to do that" …
and then, we Your people go right back to the slop trough for more …
and, worst of all, we bring it into our homes and parade it before our children
And we let our children listen to decadent and psychotic filth on the radio and TV …
And we, Your people, often let our own daughters dress and act immodestly …
At church… at the beach … at the pool … at sporting events …
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Father … You have commanded us
"You shall not steal"
YET … Our government wastes our hard-earned money on perverse art …
But LORD … we do as we should … as Jesus commanded, we pay our taxes …
We protest and chaff about it …
But, then … we Your people turn right around and rob You of Your tithe …
We beg you Father … Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
LORD … it is no wonder that our civilization
… is rift with moral decay and economic collapse
The TRUE WONDER is that it is not worse
LORD … You have commanded us all these things …
"You shall have no other gods before me."
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain."
"Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy."
"Your shall not murder."
"Your shall not steal."
But, we your people, have done very little about the UNGODLINESS and UNRIGHTEOUSNESS that stalks our land …
Indeed … we have participated in much of it ourselves …
We keep one foot in heaven and the other firmly planted on the earth …
And our Lord Jesus continues to say …
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because You are lukewarm, and neither cold not hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth."
Father … You have told us exactly what should we do about all this … YOU HAVE SAID …
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Father … WE BEG YOU … By Your grace, help us to humble ourselves
… and pray
… and seek Your face …
… and confess our wicked ways and our lukewarmness …
Knowing that You in Your mercy
will forgive our sin and heal our land …
It is all our fault, Father … ours and none others …
… the wicked do but what their father bids them do …
… it is us, Your children, that do not do what You, our Father, bids us do.
Again we beg you Father …
Please forgive our sin and heal our land.
Have mercy on us … and do not give us what we so richly deserve
But Please … by your grace and mercy
… send revival among Your people at the St. Thomas FRC
Please … Help us to leave our lukewarmness
Please … help us to "love the LORD our God" …
… with all our heart,
and with all our soul,
and with all our mind.
It is in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that we pray our prayer.
Amen.
________________________________
This prayer was used at Woodruf Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC., on November 2, 2008, and amended to Canadian context by CVD.
Considering Moving to Washington state? Think again.......
OLYMPIA, Washington, November 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) –
"The state of Washington voted to allow legal assisted suicide according to the Oregon model in yesterday’s ballot. Initiative 1000, the Washington “Death with Dignity Act,”
which allows physicians to prescribe a fatal dose of medication to patients whom a doctor feels is likely to die
within six months,
passed in the state 59% to 41%."
within six months,
passed in the state 59% to 41%."
Comment: Can anyone know who is likely to, or who is going to die in six months time?
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
US rejects "gay" "marriage" articles by Timothy Bloedow and Lifesite News
Timothy Bloedow:
From his newsletter:
November 5, 2008
Americans crush homosexual "marriage" and adoption agenda in U.S. election
Yesterday black Americans revealed their strong opposition to abusive and fraudulent attempts to link homosexual "sex" with the civil rights movement.
Voters turned out at levels not seen in 100 years, said some media. Most people credited this turn-out primarily to Barak Obama, which means that more of these voters were Democrats and a disproportionate number were black people. It was these people who demonstrated yesterday the broad-based contempt that thoughtful Americans have for the bigoted and perverse agenda of the radical homosexualist movement.
What the results show is that opposition to sexual perversion extends across the political spectrum and is a true bi-partisan position. The results also demonstrate that the more Americans who vote, the greater the demonstrated opposition is to homosexual "marriage" and adoption.
The homosexual "marriage" agenda was decimated in Florida. A ballot measure to ban the practice was passed with a huge majority of 62% to 38% (with 99% of precincts reporting as of this writing). Even easy-going Floridians want nothing to do with the ideological construct of "gay marriage."
Even in America's ghetto of rabid liberalism, California, the measure to ban homosexual "marriage" is winning with 52% over 48% (with 91% of precincts reporting). If the sexually perverse notion of same-sex "marriage" can't pass in California, that's as much evidence one needs that the idea is a political liability, a noose around a politician's neck - certainly not something of benefit.
Homosexual activists and their secular-fundamentalist fellow-travelers put millions and millions of dollars into this fight. The psychological impact of this defeat - especially knowing that this defeat came largely at the hand of Democrat voters - must be devastating.
How are conservatives going to take advantage of these results to press home their advantage - despite a Barak Obama presidency? Will conservatives take advantage of these results?
Americans in Arizona also voted against homosexual "marriage" by voting in favour of their ballot to ban homosexual "marriage" by 56% to 44% (with 99% of precincts reporting).
And in Arkansas, Americans showed their disgust for homosexual adoption. A ballot measure banning homosexual adoption won in Arkansas by 57% to 43% (with 96% of precincts reporting). Congratulations Arkansas for protecting your children from this proven risk to healthy upbringing. You voted with reason instead of siding with anti-rational homosexualist fundamentalism.
LIFESITE NEWS REPORTS THE FOLLOWING TODAY:
November 5, 2008
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November 5, 2008
Americans crush homosexual "marriage" and adoption agenda in U.S. election
Yesterday black Americans revealed their strong opposition to abusive and fraudulent attempts to link homosexual "sex" with the civil rights movement.
Voters turned out at levels not seen in 100 years, said some media. Most people credited this turn-out primarily to Barak Obama, which means that more of these voters were Democrats and a disproportionate number were black people. It was these people who demonstrated yesterday the broad-based contempt that thoughtful Americans have for the bigoted and perverse agenda of the radical homosexualist movement.
What the results show is that opposition to sexual perversion extends across the political spectrum and is a true bi-partisan position. The results also demonstrate that the more Americans who vote, the greater the demonstrated opposition is to homosexual "marriage" and adoption.
The homosexual "marriage" agenda was decimated in Florida. A ballot measure to ban the practice was passed with a huge majority of 62% to 38% (with 99% of precincts reporting as of this writing). Even easy-going Floridians want nothing to do with the ideological construct of "gay marriage."
Even in America's ghetto of rabid liberalism, California, the measure to ban homosexual "marriage" is winning with 52% over 48% (with 91% of precincts reporting). If the sexually perverse notion of same-sex "marriage" can't pass in California, that's as much evidence one needs that the idea is a political liability, a noose around a politician's neck - certainly not something of benefit.
Homosexual activists and their secular-fundamentalist fellow-travelers put millions and millions of dollars into this fight. The psychological impact of this defeat - especially knowing that this defeat came largely at the hand of Democrat voters - must be devastating.
How are conservatives going to take advantage of these results to press home their advantage - despite a Barak Obama presidency? Will conservatives take advantage of these results?
Americans in Arizona also voted against homosexual "marriage" by voting in favour of their ballot to ban homosexual "marriage" by 56% to 44% (with 99% of precincts reporting).
And in Arkansas, Americans showed their disgust for homosexual adoption. A ballot measure banning homosexual adoption won in Arkansas by 57% to 43% (with 96% of precincts reporting). Congratulations Arkansas for protecting your children from this proven risk to healthy upbringing. You voted with reason instead of siding with anti-rational homosexualist fundamentalism.
LIFESITE NEWS REPORTS THE FOLLOWING TODAY:
November 5, 2008
Victory: California Marriage Proposition 8 Passes in Historic Battle
By John Jalsevac
November 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The homosexualist lobby received one of its stiffest blows in years, and one which may ultimately serve as a permanent setback for same-sex “marriage” in the US, after California’s Proposition 8, the ballot measure to define marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman, is projected to pass by a narrow majority vote.
The proposition was ahead by margin of 52% to 48% with 95% of precincts reporting as of 8am today. The referendum called for the California constitution to be amended by adding the phrase: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
The vote marks the second time that Californian voters have voted to protect natural marriage in the state. In a 2000 referendum Californians overwhelmingly voted for marriage, passing Proposition 22 with a 61% to 38% majority.
Proposition 8 proponents emerged victorious despite a difficult uphill battle that pitted grassroots Californians against a hostile political establishment, judiciary, and Hollywood elite that pulled out all the stops in the fight to defeat the initiative.
The battle for marriage was given a seemingly insurmountable setback earlier in the year after the California Supreme Court decided in a 4-3 vote on May 15 to ignore the 2000 referendum, and to force same-sex “marriage” on the state. Since then thousands of homosexual couples have been “married” under the court decision. Those “marriages,” however, will now be invalidated.
The strategically timed Supreme Court decision had numerous far reaching effects for the Yes on 8 campaign, one of which is that it permitted the Attorney General to alter the language of the initiative as it would appear on the ballot, so that, rather than positively defining marriage as between a man and a woman, the ballot read that Proposition 8 “eliminates (the) right of same-sex couples to marry."
Despite the high-level opposition, however, "we caused Californians to rethink this issue," Proposition 8 strategist Jeff Flint said last night, according to the LA Times.
In the beginning, he said, "I think the voters were thinking, well, if it makes them happy, why shouldn't we let gay couples get married. And I think we made them realize that there are broader implications to society and particularly the children when you make that fundamental change that's at the core of how society is organized, which is marriage.”
The victory is significant not only for California, but for the whole country, and for the West as a whole. The $70 million battle over Proposition 8 was one of the most heated battles of the 2008 election, even at times appearing to eclipse the presidential campaign in the state.
California, as the largest, and one of the most influential and liberal states in the Union, was perceived as being a key state for homosexualists bent on forcing same-sex “marriage” throughout the country. Opponents and supporters of Proposition 8 both recognized that if homosexual “marriage” was allowed to stay in California, the state would serve as an effective platform to spread this radical social engineering throughout the US, setting off a domino effect.
"No one can underestimate the impact of the largest state in the nation treating all of its citizens equally," said Lorri Jean, head of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, and head of the No on 8 campaign.
Despite early polls showing that Proposition 8 would lose, in the final weeks leading up to the vote, thanks to an effective ad campaign, the Yes on 8 campaign was able to warn Californians about the far-reaching effects of permitting same-sex “marriage.” In particular, Prop. 8 supporters focused on educating voters on the effects that same-sex “marriage” would have on the school systems, pointing to the experiences of parents in Massachusetts as a prime example.
The No campaign, despite repeated attempts to paint marriage supporters as liars for warning that same-sex “marriage” will have a profound impact on public schools, suffered significant setbacks after two embarrassing high profile cases emerged one after another in the news in the final few weeks: one of a kindergarten teacher who was found to be holding a “gay day” in her class, and another in which a whole class of grade school students attended their teacher’s same-sex “wedding” at the San Francisco City Hall. The latter case was particularly embarrassing since the minister at the wedding was none other the mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom.
While the final votes continue to be tallied in California, most major networks have declared that Proposition 8 is victorious. "Thanks be to God! Marriage won in California," wrote Brian Brown, executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, in an e-mail to supporters this morning.
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