So, does it scare you that McCain is closely tied to Pastor Rod Parsley?
Why?
Or does it scare you that Pastor Rod Parsley is closely tied to John McCain?
Why?
Here is a video I found on YouTube
So, does it scare you that McCain is closely tied to Pastor Rod Parsley?
Why?
Or does it scare you that Pastor Rod Parsley is closely tied to John McCain?
Why?
Here is a video I found on YouTube
Mat 5:7 God blesses those people who are merciful. They will be treated with mercy!
One of President Abraham Lincoln’s associates scolded him rather severely for being soft on his enemies. “Why do you insist on trying to make friends of them?” he chided. “You should be trying to destroy them.”
To which Lincoln replied gently, “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make them my friends?” In speaking of those who were his enemies during the Civil War, Lincoln is reported to have said, “Insane as it may seem, I hold malice toward none of them. I have neither the time nor the energy in this life to hold that kind of resentment.”
It’s Easter weekend and I’m once again reminded and challenged to TRY and live my life as an example of Christ among us. It isn’t easy, not for me and I imagine not for anyone, regardless of what they will tell you or even what you will tell yourself.
Few things can touch a persons heart, mind and spirit like a song. Over the last 10 years or so I have lost hope for the power of a song. That was until I heard the song “Forgiveness” by Peter Katz.
Listen to FORGIVENESS by Peter Katz by clicking HERE.
Watch the video for FORGIVENESS below
Here is the story behind the song
Here are the words to the song Forgiveness by Peter Katz
You ask me to explain it
Well there’s everything and nothing to say
Some things they happen
And once they do they never go away
They tell you that this life is eye for eye
Well man you know I think that’s all a lie
Oh I will not stoke the fire of this fight, when I know it isn’t right
So I guess I’m going to have to try forgiveness
‘Cause man you know that’s all that I’ve got left
My boy did not deserve this, but neither do the rest
I guess I’m going to have to try forgiveness
You can call me a coward
Call me whatever you chose
Once you could have hurt me
But now, I’ve nothing left to lose
Go on and spite me ’cause I will not curse his name
Tell me though I’m broken, I am to blame
Well go on, but I won’t participate, in spreading all this hate
So I guess I’m going to have to try forgiveness
‘Cause man you know that’s all that I’ve got left
My boy did not deserve this, but neither do the rest
I guess I’m going to have to try forgiveness
They shot at me for speaking out against this tired war
Said “How can you lose one life and not demand one more?”
Well what good will it do us in the end?
There’s nothing that should justify revenge
And I stand now here before you
Living out the hardest test
And still I swear the only answer is: ?forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Oh you know we’ve got to try forgiveness
‘Cause man you know it’s all that we’ve got left
Our boys and girls are watching and they’ve put us to the test
Come let’s show them forgiveness
Forgiveness
According to a report in an Italian newspaper, the Chinese government will prohibit Bibles being brought to the country during next years olympics.
Here is the article which was originally found here.
China angrily denounces Games “Bible ban” report
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reacted angrily on Thursday to reports in the European press that the government would ban Bibles during next year’s Beijing Olympics, saying it could not possibly be true.
The reports, one of which appeared in Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, were picked up by the Catholic News Agency and spread to U.S. media sites.
“The facts show that this news is a total rumour,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told a news conference. “The Chinese government has not come up with any such rule.
File photo of a security officer on guard at the construction site of the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, November 4,2007. China reacted angrily on Thursday to reports in the European press that the government would ban Bibles during next year’s Beijing Olympics, saying it could not possibly be true. (REUTERS/Jason Lee/Files)
“China’s religious affairs authorities and the Olympic organisers have not — and could not — issue a rule banning the Bible in the Olympic village.”The 2008 Olympics has already become a focus for groups wishing to put pressure on China on everything from Tibet to Beijing’s support of Myanmar’s junta, and this seems set to continue at the opening ceremony gets nearer.
Organisers have already pledged religious services will be offered during the Games.
Liu said foreigners were allowed to bring in religious objects or materials for personal use, and that there would be no change to this during the Olympics.
“We are suspicious of the motivations for why these people would spread such rumours. They should be responsible, and not do things that are not beneficial for them and harm mutual understanding between China and the world,” he added.
Though the Chinese government keeps a close grip on religious activity, the country has large Christian, Muslim and Buddhist communities who are allowed to worship at state recognised churches, mosques and temples.
But rights groups regularly criticise China for restricting the right to worship and arresting those who try to follow their faith outside of state appointed bodies.
The Question I have is; Do we accept the lip service of a government that has been very aggressive against individual forms of expression in the past?
I don’t have the answer to that one but I do think China understands the power it has with the Olympics coming there in 2008. So I expect them to use this event the way any other nation does…PR…to sell the communist dream to the entire world which seems to be eagerly listening.
We shall see.
What do you think?
I just read an interesting report that Ramzi Yousef who was the “mastermind” of the first terrorist attack on New York’s World Trade Center claims to have converted from Islam to Christianity.
To that I say, PRAISE GOD! Isn’t it incredible how NOBODY is gone beyond the ability to experience the grace and forgiveness of Jesus! what a powerful testimony this will be to the Muslim world and to those who are in prison with him.
There are several who are skeptics of the sincerity of his conversion and I suppose that is justified, the man proclaimed himself a radical Muslim and took an oath to die killing infidels in Jihad.
His story is pretty familiar though and it is found in the Bible in the story of the Apostle Paul who prior to his accepting that Jesus is God was one of the most zealous of all Jewish persecutors of those who proclaimed Jesus as THE WAY.
Myself, I am praising God because regardless of this mans truthfulness, Jesus Christ is being recognized as God to potentially millions of people in the Muslim faith, some radical and others are your average person but all who see this will be able to hear that JESUS IS GOD.
Here’s the thing, so many of us think that one sin is worse than another…like there are degrees of sin but all sin is separation from God and the only one who can bridge that distance between our sin and God is His one and only perfect son, Jesus Christ who came to this earth and while being entirely human lived a totally sinless life.
So,
These are only a few examples but nonetheless, separation from God is separation from God and there is no difference in sin in His eyes.
The GREAT NEWS is that you can receive forgiveness of your sins by confessing them to Jesus and acknowledging Jesus as God.
I am praying for Ramzi Yousef, that his profession of faith is sincere and if not that he would be so convicted by the Holy Spirit that he would have no other choice than to acknowledge Jesus as God in his heart and in his mind and in his actions…I will pray for him the same way I pray for the rest of the church and for the rest of those who are far from God.