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Marriage thoughts from Pyromaniacs

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:23 GMT

clipped by: JRSmith

First, I think his central point is a really good point. Here's how I'd put it: there isn't a marriage failure that isn't also (and more fundamentally) a failure of discipleship, a failure as a Christian. I have thought that more times than I can possibly count, wanted to say, "You don't get this. It isn't simply that you need to be a more faithful husband/wife. You need to be a more faithful Christian. This isn't just about you and Mary/Bob. This is about you and Jesus."

The connection between Christian science and rehab

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:15:04 GMT

clipped by: jimmy123

Clip Source: www.12step.com

When one takes a look at Mary Baker Eddy's life and writings, the words 12 Steps do not appear. Naturally and correctly one would assume that she lived well before the 12 Steps and Bill Wilson's fateful meeting with Rev. Sam Shoemaker occurred. Despite her lack of direct input into the development of A.A. and the 12 Steps there are some clear correlations between the two out looks.

Mary Baker Eddy published countless works and developed a movement that now boasts 400,000 adherents. Christian Science publishes a daily Christian Science Monitor and a monthly journal. In recent times Christian Scientists have been accused of neglect as their refusal to seek medical intervention has caused unfortunate deaths. Despite the controversies, it is clear that Baker's Christian Science did much to influence to world of addiction recovery healing through spirituality.

Tags: addiction, religion, christian science

Cardinal Egan joins criticism of Nancy Pelosi’s abortion remarks

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:39:26 GMT

clipped by: Efrain Alvarado
clipper's remarks: “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception…Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.”

the Didache, an early Christian treatise from the first century AD, which reads: “You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.”

Clip Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

New York, Aug 26, 2008 / 03:37 pm (CNA).- Representative Nancy Pelosi has been a lightning rod for the ire of conservatives for some time, but now she has drawn fire of a different kind. Within the last 24 hours, the archbishops of Denver, New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., along with Bishop William Lori have all publicly upbraided the Speaker of the House for her erroneous comments on the Church’s abortion teaching.

“What the Speaker had to say about theologians and their positions regarding abortion was not only misinformed; it was also, and especially, utterly incredible in this day and age.”

Archbishop of Washington D.C. Donald Wuerl also criticized Pelosi’s comments. The archbishop emphasized that elected officials have the right to address matters of public policy, but added “the interpretation of Catholic faith has rightfully been entrusted to the Catholic bishops.”

Tags: abortion, prolife, catholic, church

Praise the rock "gods" - OMG:-(

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:17:23 GMT

clipped by: pcmkrfn

Clip Source: www.boingboing.net

Guitar Praise: Christianized Guitar Hero

Posted by David Pescovitz, August 27, 2008 10:22 AM | permalink

Guitar Praise is an, er, Christian knock-off of Guitar Hero. "Grab the guitar and play along with top Christian bands! Shred those riffs or blast the bass…you add a unique sound to the solid Christian rock." Seriously. Brownlee has more over at Boing Boing Gadgets. Guitar Praise: Guitar Hero for Christians (BB Gadgets)

Kerala Tour

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:43:49 GMT

clipped by: rsingh131982

Clip Source: www.keralatoursite.com

KERALA TOURS

Kerala, a state of India, which is situated at the banks of Arabian sea is well known for tourism. A place where every nook and corner in Kerala you will see Hindu temples, Muslim mosques and Christian Churches. KERALA, as "God's Own Country", is the tourism wonder-child of India.

Kerala has gifted by the nature. This state is full of many pleasant sights. Boating on the beaches and lakes of Kerala is very exciting and pleasant experience.

Sea foods are very delicious and demanding in Kerala. Also one can find very beautiful and creative handicrafts there. Kerala is a popular vacation destination for nature lovers.

Tags: kerala tour, tour to kerala

Christen Pacheco Drug Arrest Case# F08028693

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:37:40 GMT

clipped by: yogini
clipper's remarks: HEARING SCHEDULED FOR 09/04/2008 AT 09:00
08/26/2008 ARRAIGNMENT
08/13/2008 NOTICE OF DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL
8/13/2008 INTAKE UNIT ASSIGNED: FSU - CASE SCREENING
08/13/2008 INTAKE PROS. ASSIGNED: WESSEL, THOMAS
08/11/2008 BOND RECEIVED
PS5006314
08/11/2008 DEFENSE ATTY PDEF/PUBLIC DEFENDER APPOINTMENT, AS
08/11/2008 BOND RECEIVED
PS13360
08/11/2008 HRT AMT/ 0
DISCHARGED 08/11/2008
POWER/
08/09/2008 AMT/ 1500
ISSUED 08/09/2008
POWER/PS5006314
08/09/2008 AMT/

Clip Source: www.miami-dadeclerk.com

Criminal Justice and Civil Infraction Cases

COURT CASE:

State Case#: 132008CF0286930001XX

Name: PACHECO, CHRISTIAN ROBERT

DOB: 01/25/1975

Date Filed: 08/06/2008

Date Closed: 00/00/0000

Hearing Date: 09/04/2008

Hearing Time: 900

Courtroom: REGJB-JUSTICE BUILDING, ROOM#:4-4

Address: 1351 N.W. 12 ST

Judge: WHITE-LABORA, DEBORAH

Defense Attorney: COHEN, AUDRA

Bfile Section: F051

File Location: COURT

DRUG PARAPHERNA/POSN

MISDEMEANOR

CONT SUBS/POSS

FELONY

Tags: christen pacheco, criminal history, miami

Bibles confiscated in China

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:15:34 GMT

clipped by: traviscrocker

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Four members of a Christian group from the United States are refusing to leave an airport in China after authorities confiscated their 300 Bibles, the group's director said Monday.

Customs officials discovered the Bibles during an X-ray scan of their luggage, said Pat Klein, director of the group, which supplies Bibles and other Christian material to people in China and other countries.

Under Chinese law, it is illegal to bring printed religious material into the country if it exceeds the amount for personal use. The group distributes the Bibles through a local shop owner in Kunming, according to Klein

The group spent the night at the airport, and Chinese customs officials told them they had broken the law and repeatedly asked them to leave the airport, Klein said. He said the customs agents have not been antagonistic.

Bibles are in short supply

Tags: underground church, bible smuggling, faith, martyrs, persecution, free speech

Archbp. Chaput (RC-Denver) vs. Speaker Pelosi (D-CA)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:04:57 GMT

clipped by: Efrain Alvarado

Clip Source: wdtprs.com

Denver, Aug 25, 2008 / 03:27 pm (CNA).- In a statement eloquently titled “On the Separation of Sense and State,” [God Bless this worthy bishop, if for that phrase alone!] the Archbishop of Denver, Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., and his Auxiliary Bishop James D. Conley harshly criticized Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, for giving a confusing view of the Catholic Church’s teaching on abortion, during a Sunday interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” [Read and watch it here.]

Archbishop Chaput also highlighted that “we now know with biological certainty [Note the distinction.] exactly when human life begins. Thus, today’s religious alibis for abortion and a so-called ‘right to choose’ are nothing more than that – alibis that break radically with historic Christian and Catholic belief.”

Abortion kills an unborn, developing human life. It is always gravely evil, and so are the evasions employed to justify it.

Read the full statement here.

Tags: abortion, prolife, catholic, church

Sister Christian - Night Ranger (1983)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:17:50 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

Sister Christian - Night Ranger (1983)

[Video]

Tags: sister christian, - night ranger, (1983), video

bla

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:27:53 GMT

clipped by: oohLa

Clip Source: www.vol.at

FPÖ-Bundesparteiobmann Heinz-Christian Strache hat angesichts des Kukasus-Konflikts gefordert, die "Tradition der österreichischen neutralen Vermittlerrolle" wiederzubeleben, um damit zu einer möglichen Entspannung der Lage im Kaukasus beizutragen.

Beijing 2008 - It's a wrap

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:06:41 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Wrapping up the games - with some more super pics. For captions pls click on the link...

Clip Source: www.boston.com

Beijing 2008 - It's a wrap

Over the past couple of weeks, in Beijing, China, over 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries participated in 302 events in 28 sports. below are some highlights of the last week in Beijing, and a few shots of the Closing Ceremony last night in the National Stadium. (39 photos total)

Left-to-right: Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina, Zimbabwe's Brian Dzingai, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, Wallace Spearmon of the US and Britain's Christian Malcolm compete in the men's 200m final at the Bird's Nest National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 20, 2008. Bolt went on to win the event, in a world record time of 19.3 seconds. (Olivier Morin/AFP)

Afghanistan's Rohullan Nikpai reacts

Fireworks light up the sky at the end of the closing and hand-over ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium also known as the "Bird's Nest" on August 24, 2008. (Christophe Simon/AFP)

closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Tags: olympics, beijing, china

When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:01:30 GMT

clipped by: queah

Clip Source: www.colfaxrecord.com

A Kiev art museum contains a curious icon from St. Catherine's Monastery on Mt. Sinai in Israel. It shows two robed Christian saints. Between them is a traditional Roman ‘pronubus’ (a best man), overseeing a wedding. The pronubus is Christ. The married couple are both men.

These church rites had all the symbols of a heterosexual marriage: the whole community gathered in a church, a blessing of the couple before the altar was conducted with their right hands joined, holy vows were exchanged, a priest officiatied in the taking of the Eucharist and a wedding feast for the guests was celebrated afterwards. These elements all appear in contemporary illustrations of the holy union of the Byzantine Warrior-Emperor, Basil the First (867-886 CE) and his companion John.

Records of Christian same sex unions have been discovered in such diverse archives as those in the Vatican, in St. Petersburg, in Paris, in Istanbul and in the Sinai, covering a thousand-years from the 8th to the 18th century.

God's honest truth?

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:55:11 GMT

clipped by: pitim
clipper's remarks: The law is being presented in Sweden as if it mostly concerned fundamentalist Christian sects in the backwoods; but the Christian Democratic party, which represents such people if anyone does, is perfectly happy with the new regulation. There is little doubt that combating Islamic fundamentalism is the underlying aim,

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Swedish government is making it illegal for schools to teach religious doctrine as if it were true. Britain should follow suit.

The Swedish government has announced plans to clamp down hard on religious education. It will soon become illegal even for private faith schools to teach religious doctrines as if they were true. In an interesting twist on the American experience, prayer will remain legal in schools - after all, it has no truth value. But everything that takes place on the curriculum's time will have to be secular. "Pupils must be protected from every sort of fundamentalism," said the minister for schools, Jan Björklund.

Creationism and ID are explicitly banned but so is proselytising even in religious education classes. The Qur'an may not be taught as if it is true even in Muslim independent schools, nor may the Bible in Christian schools.

The decision looks like a really startling attack on the right of parents to have their children taught what they would like.

Fear and Loathing in the Republican Party

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:54:45 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: A new low, even for Republicans. Not content with associating Obama with Hitler, now he's being portrayed as the Antichrist! And sadly, enough brain dead fundamentalists are around to make this an issue.

Clip Source: www.time.com

An Antichrist Obama in McCain Ad?

It's not easy to make the infamous Willie Horton ad from the 1988 presidential campaign seem benign. But suggesting that Barack Obama is the Antichrist might just do it.

The ad was the creation of Fred Davis, one of McCain's top media gurus as well as a close friend of former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed and the nephew of conservative Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe.

As the ad begins, the words "It should be known that in 2008 the world shall be blessed. They will call him The One"

Tags: politics, obama, mccain, fundamentalists, religion, antichrist

Mob Attacks Force Christian College to Relocate

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:03:07 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT

Clip Source: chronicle.com

August 25

Christian College in Indonesia Will Relocate After Violent Attacks

Attacks on their campus have forced students at a Christian college in Indonesia’s capital to take refuge in tents and in the lobby of the parliament building for nearly a month, while the theology school has agreed to relocate out of a predominantly Muslim neighborhood, the Associated Press reported.

The first assaults on the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology, which is also known as Seta College, took place on July 25, when residents of the neighborhood in Jakarta entered the campus with machetes and Molotov cocktails. Eighteen students were injured in the clashes, and administrators evacuated the five dormitories after a second night of attacks.

Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, has traditionally tolerated minority religions. But recently, radical groups have attacked churches and even mosques that oppose a hard-line doctrine.

Tags: indonesia, muslims, islam, islamofascism, christianity, college