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Monday and Thrsday morning, 11/9 and 12Kohen--Genesis 23:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-16 Strday 11/14--Shabbat Parashat Chayyei SarahMORNING Kohen--Genesis 23:1-16Levi--23:17-24:9Shelishi--24:10-26Revi`i--24:27-52Chamishi--24:53-67Shishi--25:1-11Shevi`i--25:12-18Maftir--25:16-18Haftarah--I Kings 1:1-31 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 25:19-22Levi--vs. 23-26Yisra'el--25:27-26:5

5 Myths about 7 Books  MARK SHEA Here are the answers to five common arguments Protestants give for rejecting the Deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament. People don't talk much about the deuterocanon these days. The folks who do are mostly Christians, and they usually fall into two general groupings: Catholics — who usually don't know their Bibles very well and, therefore, don't know much about the deuterocanonical books, and Protestants — who may know their Bibles a bit better, though their Bibles don't have the deuterocanonical books in them anyway, so they don't know anything about them either....

10 Ways Darwin Got It Wrong This year marks the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birthday and, coincidentally, 150 years since the publication of his book On the Origin of Species. One of the most influential books in modern history, it has helped shape philosophy, biology, sociology and religion in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. But both Darwin's theory and his book are doomed by major flaws. by Mario Seiglie Was Charles Darwin right about his theory? More importantly, how vital is it to find out the correct answer? Unlike other scientific theories, Darwinian evolution touches not only science but...

Do you ever get annoyed when you go to the bank and you are served by a new teller who doesn't know you, and she (he?) asks for an ID card or she has to trot out to the back and check your signature? Or perhaps the teller at the next desk might lean over and say, "Yes, that's OK" or "He's him." Well, of course I'm him! Am I myself not the best proof that I am—and that I am me? But no, I'm not good enough for the bank. It has to be somebody else's word or a...

LISTEN TO THE REAL REVEREND JESSE ON THE INTERNET OR A RADIO STATION IN YOUR AREA......BOND Action, Inc...Educating, Motivating and Rallying Americans! The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show Streamed live online from 6-9 a.m. PST / 9-12 a.m. EST. Call in the same times usually. For Live Questions or Comments Call 1-888-77-JESSE(5-3773) You can email comments and questions to radio@bondaction.org For more information on getting The Jesse Lee Peterson Show picked up on a station in your local area call Ermias Alemayehu at 1-877-WE ACT77 (932-2877) Go to HERE and order a truckful of these bumper stickers as Jesse says.....

The ideal of the coolly rational scientific observer, completely independent, free of all preconceived theories, prior philosophical, ethical and religious commitments, doing investigations and coming to dispassionate, unbiased conclusions that constitute truth, is nowadays regarded by serious philosophers of science (and, indeed, most scientists) as a simplistic myth...

Israelis were given yet another reason to view US President Barack Obama with suspicion last week when he appointed former senator Chuck Hagel as the new head of his Intelligence Advisory Board. Hagel has long rubbed Israel and its supporters the wrong way, and last month he reiterated his antagonistic positions when addressing the liberal Jewish lobby group J-Street. Hagel told his audience that meeting Arab demands for a Palestinian state on ancient Jewish lands is "is central, not peripheral, to U.S. vital security interests in combating terrorism." Israel has for years been trying to impress upon Washington to not...

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC LECTIONARY WEBSITE by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.Lectionary StatisticsHow much of the Bible is included in the Lectionary for Mass? Not as much as you might think, yet far more than was included in the Roman Missal before the Second Vatican Council!The bishops assembled at Vatican II declared, "The treasures of the Bible are to be opened up more lavishly so that a richer fare may be provided for the faithful at the table of God's word. In this way the more significant part of the Sacred Scriptures will be read to the people over a fixed...

Monday and Thrsday morning, 11/2 and 5Kohen--Genesis 18:1-5Levi--vs. 6-8Yisra'el--vs. 9-14 Strday 11/7--Shabbat Parashat VaYera'MORNING Kohen--Genesis 18:1-14Levi--18:15-33Shelishi--19:1-20Revi`i--19:21-21:4Chamishi--21:5-21Shishi--21:22-34Shevi`i--22:1-24Maftir--22:20-24Haftarah--II Kings 4:1-37 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 23:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-16

A Trunk or Treat is a Halloween event that is often church or community-sponsored. People gather and park their cars in a large parking lot. They open their trunks or the backs of their vehicles and decorate them. Then they pass out candy from their trunks. The event provides a safe family environment for trick or treaters.... (see pictures!)

Researchers are recovering beautiful fossils from the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia. One was a giant snake, called the “Titanoboa.” Most recently, a study examined the formation’s fossilized flora, which looked the same as modern plants, and the rainforest environment in which they lived.[1] This research dovetails nicely with other studies on ancient earth’s turbulent climate. There is evidence of dramatic...

www.catholicnewsagency.com Pope calls Catholics to daily meditation on the Bible Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City, Oct 28, 2009 / 10:37 am (CNA).- At today's General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict provided a lesson on the theological renaissance of the 12th century, advising Christians to learn from the monks and set aside time every day to meditate on the Bible, “so that the Word of God will be the lamp that illuminates our daily path on earth."Benedict XVI began his address to the 15,000 faithful by recalling how the 12th century was a time of a spiritual, cultural...

FLORENCE - Chances are you remember Roy Moore. In 2003, Moore engulfed the national stage when, as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, he ignored a federal judge's order to remove a granite monument of the Ten Commandments from the Alabama Judicial Building. He was subsequently removed from office.

KNOXVILLE - A federal trial began today to determine if school students can read and discuss the Bible during recess time. The Knox County Schools system is being sued in U.S. District Court by Samuel and Tina Whitson, who contend their son, Luke, was barred from the activity when he was a fourth-grader at Karns Elementary School more than four years ago. After opening statements this morning, the Whitsons' lawyers opened their case with stipulations from school officials that no adults were involved in the Bible reading and discuss that occurred on the school playground.

Modern Men Are Wimps Oct 23, 2009 — Whatever happened to survival of the fittest?  Our ancestors were much stronger, says the author of a new book on anthropology.  PhysOrg reported on a book by Peter McAllister that says today’s males don’t measure up physically to their counterparts even a century ago, let alone those in the Roman empire and earlier. According to McAllister humans have lost 40 percent of the shafts of the long bones because they are no longer subjected to the kind of muscular loads that were normal before the industrial revolution,” the article said.  “Even our...

One world government marching along as scheduled.

It is easy for us to read the Old Testament story of Job and critique him on certain points. But let's keep in mind that Job never read the Book of Job. He didn't know that things would turn out well in the end. He didn't know about the conversations that had taken place between God and Satan up in heaven. He didn't know why all this was happening. All Job knew was that one day everything was going beautifully, and the next day, the bottom dropped out of his life with no real explanation that he could see. Yet...

Monday and Thrsday morning, 10/26 and 29Kohen--Genesis 12:1-3Levi--vs. 4-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13 Strday 10/31--Shabbat Parashat Lekh-LekhaMORNING Kohen--Genesis 12:1-13Levi--12:14-13:4Shelishi--13:5-18Revi`i--14:1-20Chamishi--14:21-15:6Shishi--15:7-17:6Shevi`i--17:7-27Maftir--17:24-27Haftarah--Isaiah 40:27-41:16 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 18:1-5Levi--vs. 6-8Yisra'el--vs. 9-14

I believe that Christianity is the single best influence on mankind. It is responsible for Western civilization's flourishing, it is responsible for the heights of freedom and liberty that untold billions of humans have enjoyed and will enjoy in the future. Certainly the bedrock of that success is the Christian Bible. So, don't go calling me a religion hater or a Christian basher. There. That is said. Now, the story is that a "pastor" in North Carolina is having a book burning event for his fool followers and one of the books he is burning is any copy of the...

LISTEN TO THE REAL REVEREND JESSE ON THE INTERNET OR A RADIO STATION IN YOUR AREA...... The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show POLITICS / RELIGION / CULTURE Controversial News, Heated Debates, Intriguing Guests and much more! Streamed live online from 6-9 a.m. PST / 9-12 a.m. EST. Call in the same times usually. For Live Questions or Comments Call 1-888-77-JESSE(5-3773) You can email comments and questions to radio@bondaction.org For more information on getting The Jesse Lee Peterson Show picked up on a station in your local area call Ermias Alemayehu at 1-877-WE ACT77 (932-2877) Go to HERE and order a...

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: – Revelation 22:18 I've seen some incredibly stupid and misguided initiatives by "conservatives" in my day, but this one takes the cake. Because the Bible has been rewritten to conform with the agenda of "liberals," a self-described "conservative" is spearheading an effort to rewrite it to his liking. If you think I'm joking, read on...

Years ago, National Geographic published a remarkable photograph of a polystrate fossil, a fossilized tree that extended stratigraphically upward through several layers of rock in Tennessee. Its roots were in a coal seam, and the overlying deposits included bedded shale and thin carbon-rich layers. An advocate of any form of uniformitarianism would believe that it took many, many years to deposit this sequence of layers (much longer than it takes for a tree to grow and eventually die and decay), yet one vertical fossil extends through them all. This one fossilized tree offered a direct contradiction to the evolutionary mantra...

"The evolutionary lie is so pointedly antithetical to Christian truth that it would seem unthinkable for evangelical Christians to compromise with evolutionary science in any degree. But during the past century and a half of evolutionary propaganda, evolutionists have had remarkable success in getting evangelicals to meet them halfway. Remarkably, many modern evangelicals…have already been convinced that the Genesis account of creation is not a true historical record. Thus they have not only capitulated to evolutionary doctrine at its starting point, but they have also embraced a view that undermines the authority of Scripture at its starting point.” —Dr. John...

Charles Darwin admitted that the sudden appearance of fully formed creatures in fossil deposits was one of the biggest problems with his hypothesis that nature generated living creatures through natural selection. His vision of organisms gradually morphing from one kind to another over vast time spans predicted that most fossils should reflect that steady grading from one basic body plan to another. Some scientists believe they have found a creature that bridges one of the many gaps in the fossil record, although it requires a significant reworking of evolutionary theory. The crow-sized pterosaur fossil from China has been named Darwinopterus...

Biblical Sex Row Over Explicit Illustrated Book of Genesis A sexually explicit illustrated Book of Genesis by controversial artist Robert Crumb, which features Bible characters having intercourse, has been condemned by religious groups. Ben Leach 17 Oct 2009 The book, which is released this month, carries the warning "adult supervision recommended for minors", and is described as "scandalous satire" by its publishers. It includes graphic illustrations of Bible characters having sexual intercourse, and other scenes depicting naked men and women as well as "gratuitous" depictions of violence. Crumb, the book's author, is most famous for his creation Fritz the Cat,...

Complex machines often have lots of knobs provided for adjustment: think of a jumbo jet, a television set or a DVD player. With a radio set you can twiddle the knobs to tune a different station or increase the volume or adjust the tone. But you can twiddle the controls on your radio as much as you like, it won’t change into a TV set. The natural changes we see in living things are like twiddling the knobs on a complex machine: they can fine-tune the settings, but cannot create something completely new. For example, an enzyme in a bacterium...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — If Andy Schlafly has his way, there will be no socialists or snake handlers in the Bible. No woman caught in adultery. And, definitely, no Stephen Colbert. Schlafly, founder of Conservapedia.com, wants to save the Scriptures from liberals with his latest venture, the Conservative Bible Project. He says translations like the New International Version have added socialist ideals to the Good Book. But his rewrite of the Bible has drawn criticism from biblical scholars, liberals and conservatives.

This is amazing. The wood alone would have cost him a fortune.     Man builds working replica of Noah's Ark (exact scale given in Bible) In Schagen , NetherlandsThe massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was opened to the first crowd of curious townsfolk to behold the wonder. Of course, it's only a replica of the biblical Ark , built by Dutch creationist, Johan Huibers, as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible.The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high an d 20 cubits wide. That's two-thirds the length of a...

News to Note, October 17, 2009: A weekly feature examining news from the biblical viewpoint (fascinating STEM CELL piece in story #5!)...

Sunday 10/18--First Day Ro'sh Chodesh CheshvanKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Monday 10/19--Second Day Ro'sh Chodesh CheshvanKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Thrsday morning 10/22Kohen--Genesis 6:9-16Levi--vs. 17-19Yisra'el--vs. 20-22 Strday 10/24--Shabbat Parashat NoachMORNING Kohen--Genesis 6:9-22Levi--7:1-16Shelishi--7:17-8:14Revi`i--8:15-9:7Chamishi--9:8-17Shishi--9:18-10:32Shevi`i--11:1-32Maftir--11:29-32Haftarah--Isaiah 54:1-55:5 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 12:1-3Levi--vs. 4-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13

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You can now read the Bible at the click of a button..... See special bonus below. Just click on the chapter number you want to read opposite the Book name in the column on the left side.

Despite a large public outcry over its decision to censor Bible verse banners held by high school football cheerleaders on the playing field, a Georgia school board is refusing to change its mind. However, the controversial policy has compelled many students to passionately defend their free-speech rights and proclaim their Christian beliefs.

CANTON, N.C. (October 13, 2009)—The Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, N.C. will celebrate Halloween by burning Bibles that aren’t the King James Version, as well as music and books and anything else Pastor Marc Grizzard says is a satanic influence. Among the authors whose books Grizzard plans to burn are well known ministers Rick Warren and Billy Graham because he says they have occasionally used Bibles other than the King James Version, which is the sole biblical source he considers infallible. According to the church’s Web site, members will also burn “Satan's music such as country, rap, rock, pop,...

Our Country was founded by people who had a strong belief in God--not just the lip service that most people spout today--but beliefs so strong that they actually used the Bible as a handbook for how to live and how to govern. There are documents that prove this (check out wallbuilders.com). Read the writings of our Founding Fathers and you will see their belief in God very clearly.

Admin OptionsEdit Post Edit Your Tags Cancel Delete Post Edit Blog Posts Our Country was founded by people who had a strong belief in God--not just the lip service that most people spout today--but beliefs so strong that they actually used the Bible as a handbook for how to live and how to govern. There are documents that prove this (check out wallbuilders.com). Read the writings of our Founding Fathers and you will see their belief in God very clearly. They weren't shy about it, they weren't ashamed. They didn't worry about being politically correct. They KNEW better. They even...

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D) said those criticizing the healthcare bill because of its length (over 1,000 pages) compared to the Ten Commandments of the Bible aren’t being fair. “Look, first off, God was dealing with simpler issues in simpler times,” Durbin complained. “We live in more complex times. It’s to be expected that we’d need more words to deal with these more complex issues.” “Besides, has the brevity of the Ten Commandments really done the job?” Durbin asked. “It seems that many didn’t get the message. If God had been a little more verbose maybe the world wouldn’t be...

Somalia: Christian Leader Killed On Sept. 28 an Islamic extremist shot and killed Mariam Muhina Hussein, an underground church leader, after discovering six Bibles in her possession, according to Compass Direct News. The day before the shooting, a leader of the Islamic extremist group al Shabaab reportedly sent his wife to visit Hussein's home in Marerey villange. She pretended she was interested in learning about Christianity. During the visit, Hussein read passages of the Bible and told the woman that she could visit regularly to discuss God's Word, according to Compass. The following day, the al Shabaab leader, identified as...

There is a storm brewing and this storm shall not stop or deviate from its path and the name of this storm is " Righteousness " " for my name's sake " ! My name is on my priests as a placard upon their foreheads and I shall not be defamed ! Therefore now I shall work my outstretched arm over the nations to perform this " My Will ", for The Father has said "This is my Son in whom I am well pleased !" . So watch now as I " well up " in my children yeah...

Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations. There are three sources of errors in conveying biblical meaning are, in increasing amount: lack of precision in the original language, such as terms underdeveloped to convey new concepts introduced by Christ lack of precision in modern language translation bias in converting the original language to the modern one. Experts in ancient languages are helpful in reducing the first type of error above, which is a vanishing source of error as scholarship advances understanding. English language linguists are helpful in reducing the second type of error, which also...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 10/12 and 15Kohen--Genesis 1:1-5Levi--vs. 6-8Yisra'el--vs. 9-13 Strday 10/17--Shabbat Parashat Bere'shit/Machar ChodeshMORNING Kohen--Genesis 1:1-2:3Levi--2:4-19Shelishi--2:20-3:21Revi`i--3:22-4:18Chamishi--4:19-22Shishi--4:23-5:24Shevi`i--5:25-6:8Maftir--Genesis 6:5-8Haftarah--I Samuel 20:18-42 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 6:9-16Levi--vs. 17-19Yisra'el--vs. 20-22

LISTEN TO THE REAL REVEREND JESSE ON THE INTERNET OR A RADIO STATION IN YOUR AREA......BOND Action, Inc...Educating, Motivating and Rallying Americans! The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show Streamed live online from 6-9 a.m. PST / 9-12 a.m. EST. Call in the same times usually. For Live Questions or Comments Call 1-888-77-JESSE(5-3773) You can email comments and questions to radio@bondaction.org For more information on getting The Jesse Lee Peterson Show picked up on a station in your local area call Ermias Alemayehu at 1-877-WE ACT77 (932-2877) Go to HERE and order a truckful of these bumper stickers as Jesse says.....

As Sampson moved the pillars I will shake man's false hopes , The counterfeits of Me and my fruit shall fall from the heights and the slopes , Those things man has stored shall be removed in one day , Buy from me gold and silver before your time fades away , I am shaking " all " the foundations of earth , You ask me why ? To bring direction and rebirth , The fool hearty do not know who I am , Yet in this breaking they shall learn to call me friend , For a great awakening...

Augustine: young earth creationist--theistic evolutionists take Church Father out of context --snip-- Augustine was not vague about the age of the earth, the historicity of Adam and Eve as our first ancestors, or the events in the Garden of Eden and the worldwide flood later in Genesis. However, his doctrine of creation was complex...

Historical fiction differs from ordinary fiction in that it is presenting the past, history, in a novelistic format, with characters who ellicit sympathy or antipathy, in the context of a story that ought to be plausible against the known historical record. Monsieur Jacq is an Egyptologist. I can't begin to hold a candle to his knowledge of the reign of Ramses II. But one thing I do know is that the Egyptian evidence is mostly elicited from archaeological evidence, hieroglyphics on walls, papyrus, and from whatever contacts they had with other civilizations. That being the case, I could understand M....

Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations. There are three sources of errors in conveying biblical meaning: lack of precision in the original language, such as terms underdeveloped to convey new concepts introduced by Christ lack of precision in modern language translation bias in converting the original language to the modern one. Of these three sources of errors, the last introduces the largest error, and the biggest component of that error is liberal bias. Large reductions in this error can be attained simply by retranslating the KJV into modern English.[1]As of 2009, there is...

A year ago Time magazine's David Van Biema wrote up a short, favorable take on the so-called Green Bible, an edition based on the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) that placed "green references" in "a pleasant shade of forest green, much as red-letter editions of the Bible encrimson the words of Jesus." But wait, there's more, The Green Bible also includes "supplementary writings" several of which "cite the Genesis verse in which God gives humanity 'dominion' over the earth" and "Others [which] assert that eco-neglect violates Jesus' call to care for the least among us: it is the poor who...

Plant geneticist Dr John Sanford began working as a research scientist at Cornell University in 1980. He co-invented the ‘gene gun’ approach to genetic engineering of plants. This technology has had a major impact on agriculture around the world...

Monday 10/5--First Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:17-19Levi--vs. 20-22Shelishi--vs. 23-25Revi`i--vs. 17-22 Tusday 10/6--Second Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:20-22Levi--vs. 23-25Shelishi--vs. 26-28Revi`i--vs. 20-25 Wdnsday 10/7--Third Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:23-25Levi--vs. 26-28Shelishi--vs. 29-31Revi`i--vs. 23-28 Thrsday 10/8--Fourth Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:26-28Levi--vs. 29-31Shelishi--vs. 32-34Revi`i--vs. 26-31 Frday 10/9--Hosha`-na' Rabba'/Fifth Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:26-28Levi--vs. 29-31Shelishi--vs. 32-34Revi`i--vs. 29-34 Strday 10/10--Shemini `AtzeretMORNING Megillah--Qohelet (Ecclesiastes); Chapter 12, verse 13 is repeated at the end.Kohen--Deuteronomy 14:22-29Levi--15:1-18Shelishi15:19-23Revi`i--16:1-3Chamishi--16:4-8Shishi--16:9-12Shevi`i--16:13-17Maftir--Numbers 29:35-30:1Haftarah--I Kings 8:54-9:1 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17 Night of Strday 10/10--Leyl Simchat TorahKohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17 Sunday 10/11--Yom Simchat TorahKohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Shelishi--vs. 13-17Revi`i--vs. 18-21Chamishi--vs. 22-26Chatan HaTorah--Deuteronomy 33:27-34:12Chatan Bere'shit--Genesis 1:1-2:3Maftir--Numbers 29:35-30:1Haftarah--Joshua 1:1-18

The church is not the only place our children should be taught biblical truth. Parents can do many practical things to combat the evolutionary indoctrination their children face...