http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/christians/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:57:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286345/posts President Obama hosted a reception at the White House celebrating LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Pride month. Black Christians should take note and learn a few things about our black President. As they say, we are what we do. It tells us something that Mr. Obama had no time to host an event for the National Day of Prayer. Nor did he have time to accept the invitation to convey greetings and a few remarks to the couple hundred thousand who came to Washington, as they do every January, for the March for Life. However, the LGBT Pride event did... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286345/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:57:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286085/posts German blogs, Jihad Watch & Atlas Shrugged are discussing the apparent Christian cross seen worn by Neda in an AP photo. AP photo + various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286085/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285235/posts Contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Christian Defense Coalition, 540-538-4741, 202-547-1735; Brandi Swindell, Director, Generation Life, 208-867-1307; Patti Syme, Director, The God and Country Rally, 208-573-9300 NAMPA, Idaho, July 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- This marks the first time in the 42 year history of the event that a flyover request was denied by the Pentagon. The event is held ever year to honor the spiritual foundations of our country with a special emphasis on the men and women who serve in the armed forces. In past years, the "God and Country Rally" has focused on honoring and paying tribute to those... Christian Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285235/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284795/posts A new poll conducted by the Arab World for Research and Development found that a majority of Arabs in the Palestinian Authority would be opposed to granting rights to Christians and Jews in a "Palestinian" state. This should come as no surprise. Throughout history whenever Christians and Jews constituted the minority in a superior Muslim majority country, they have always been discriminated against and subjected to "dhimmitude" status. Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284795/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:29:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284699/posts Note: Photos included. Note: The following text is a quote: Thursday, July 2, 2009 Victims of June 30 Muslim violence continue to receive threats About 100 Christian homes and churches were set on fire By Dan Wooding and Sheraz Khurram Khan Special to ASSIST News Service KASUR, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- The Muslim anger over a blasphemy accusation against Christians has not apparently subsided, as Christian villagers from Bhamniwala, which is located in the district of Kasur in Punjab province, Pakistan, continue to face threats from radical Islamists. Christians of Bhamniwala village await justice The local Christians were attacked by 500... ASSIST NEWS SERVICE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284699/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:12:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284679/posts What did the Christians cherish from the pagan traditions, and what did they change? How Christians elevated culture What did the Christians cherish from the pagan traditions, and what did they change? They raised the status of women. It's dogma in our public schools today that women in ancient times were oppressed, because women had no voting rights, women had not the same opportunities as men, and so forth. You will be mocked if you deny that this spells oppression. If you're a college professor and you deny it, get ready for the stake. But the charges are anachronistic and... Catholic Education Resource Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2284679/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:49:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283794/posts Father refuses to give al Shabaab extremists information about house church pastor. Islamic extremists have beheaded two young boys in Somalia because their Christian father refused to divulge information about a church leader, and the killers are searching Kenya’s refugee camps to do the same to the boys’ father. Before taking his Somali family to a Kenyan refugee camp in April, 55-year-old Musa Mohammed Yusuf himself was the leader of an underground church in Yonday village, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Kismayo in Somalia. He had received instruction in the Christian faith from Salat Mberwa. Militants from the Islamic extremist... Compass Direct News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283794/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:19:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283502/posts Muslim Mob Burns Down 100 Christian Homes in PakistanJuly 1, 2009, 02:01:44 PMCountry:PakistanMuslim Mob Burns Down 100 Christian Homes in PakistanRiot Incited via Mosque Loudspeakers; Mob Throws Acid on Women and Children07/01/09 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) - This morning 100 Christian houses and churches were set on fire by local Muslims in the city of Kasur South, east ofLahore, Pakistan. The riots were incited by broadcasts from local mosques. This incident issimilar to a February 1997 attack when thousands of Christian houses and churches wereburned and hundreds of Christians were injured.ICC partners received the news this morning and went... International Christian Concern http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283502/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:48:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2282620/posts “In Nixon tapes, Billy Graham refers to ‘synagogue of Satan’” That headline, which appeared yesterday in USA Today, is the latest damaging revelation about the great evangelical leader to come out of his conversations with President Richard Nixon. In the Bible, the term “synagogue of Satan,” which appears in Revelation 3:9, referred to those “who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie.” But in contemporary times the phrase has been grifted by conspiracy theorists and anti-Semites to refer to a Jewish cabal hell-bent on, and only moments away from, world domination; a Google search for “synagogue of... GetReligion http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2282620/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:20:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282747/posts (NEW YORK - June 30, 2009) - This week's July 6, 2009, issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, on newsstands tomorrow, features Ed Thomas, head football coach at Aplington-Parkersburg (Iowa) High School, with the billing A GOOD MAN DOWN - TRAGEDY IN THE HEARTLAND: THE MURDER OF A BELOVED HIGH SCHOOL COACH. It was Thomas who had led the townspeople of Parkersburg out of the rubble of a tornado last year, showed them how to live a Christian life and brought honor to a football field he mowed himself. What they can't understand is why Thomas was gunned down by a former... Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282747/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:35:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282696/posts Brian and Doris Johnson have passed out free Bibles at the Twin Cities Pride Festival for 11 years, but this year their free gifts got them arrested. After being told they couldn't have a booth at this year's festival, the family came anyway and ended up behind bars for trespassing. The Pride Festival started Saturday in Loring Park and is considered the third-largest GLBT celebration in the nation. Since the festival rented out the entire park, police said they could choose which vendors to allow in the park. The Johnsons are born-again Christians and believe homosexuality is a sin. Pride... City Pages http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282696/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282002/posts We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights - that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men” These words were contained within the birth certificate of the United States of America, the “Declaration of Independence.” They have informed our history as a free people. In a few short days we will pause and celebrate that Independence. Yet, as we look at the text we note something extremely important. Our forebears were... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282002/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:54:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281456/posts A few days ago it was reported that an Ethiopian Patriarch was considering revealing the secret of the Lost Ark, and the Ark itself, and how his church has been holding it for thousands of years, and would likely do so on Friday in Italy. Turns out he preferred keeping the secret (or had nothing to show) and said nothing on Friday. He had not even scheduled a press conference. World Net Daily has the whole story. Nobody knows what is true and what is not, but it is definitely a fascinating story.... The agency had reported an announcement would... Life in Israel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281456/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:04:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281361/posts Fear of massacre grips Christian village in Egypt Whenever Muslims are seen “dancing and chanting ‘Come to Jihad’ and the ‘Cross is the enemy of God” outside the homes of grossly outnumbered indigenous Christians, who are further oppressed by the state, massacres become very real possibilities. More on this story. “Fear of Massacre Grips Christian Village in Egypt; Crops Destroyed,” from AINA, June 24: (AINA) — Fears of an impending massacre has gripped the Christian Copts in the village of Ezbet Boshra, El Fashn, which was scene to Muslim mob attacks on Copts on Sunday (AINA 6-22-2009). Egyptian State Security... Centurean2’s Weblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281361/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281342/posts Rome catacomb reveals "oldest" image of St Paul Sun Jun 28 ROME (Reuters) – Vatican archaeologists using laser technology have discovered what they believe is the oldest image in existence of St Paul the Apostle, dating from the late 4th century, on the walls of catacomb beneath Rome. Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, revealing the find on Sunday, published a picture of a frescoed image of the face of a man with a pointed black beard on a red background, inside a bright yellow halo. The high forehead is furrowed. Experts of the Ponitifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology made the discovery... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281342/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:06:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281263/posts Oldest known icon of St. Paul discovered! http://singinginthereign.blogspot.com/2009/06/oldest-icon-of-st-paul-discovered.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281263/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:54:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2280669/posts No, not THAT Calvin — although maybe he has a birthday coming up, too. The rock star of the moment is John Calvin, the stereotypically dour theological chaperone of Geneva (his 500th birthday is July 10). A balanced, nicely-done story by Religion News Service writer Daniel Burke maps the lawyer’s influence on American evangelicals, particularly Southern Baptists. But why is Calvin becoming so, er, trendy? Well, it isn’t because of his clothes, his beard, or even the way he wanted to govern Geneva. It is, as Burke astutely notes in his lede, Calvin’s doctrine that is undergoing, excuse the expression,... GetReligion http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2280669/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:20:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280850/posts The letters are unfailingly polite, the carefully crafted correspondence of a man with too much time on his hands. There is no hint of aggression, nothing to suggest that they were penned by the same writer who once terrorized New York City with his missives filled with blood and darkness and death. In these letters, sent from a prison cell in upstate New York to an office in Houston's city hall annex, there is an effort to prove contrition for the homicides back then, an eagerness to put distance between the monster he once was and the person he says... guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280850/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:09:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280873/posts Christian families have long been complaining of intimidation and land theft by Muslims, especially those working for the Palestinian Authority. Many Christians in Bethlehem and the nearby [Christian] towns of Bet Sahour and Bet Jalla have repeatedly complained that Muslims have been seizing their lands either by force or through forged documents. In recent years, not only has the number of Christians continued to dwindle, but Bethlehem and its surroundings also became hotbeds for Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters and members. Moreover, several Christian women living in these areas have complained about verbal and sexual assaults by Muslim men. ..... Hudson New York http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280873/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:53:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280870/posts Christian families have long been complaining of intimidation and land theft by Muslims, especially those working for the Palestinian Authority. Many Christians in Bethlehem and the nearby [Christian] towns of Bet Sahour and Bet Jalla have repeatedly complained that Muslims have been seizing their lands either by force or through forged documents. In recent years, not only has the number of Christians continued to dwindle, but Bethlehem and its surroundings also became hotbeds for Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters and members. Moreover, several Christian women living in these areas have complained about verbal and sexual assaults by Muslim men. ..... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280870/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:47:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280239/posts Christian Organization Denied Free Speech Rights At Arab International Festival Restrictions requested by Dearborn police upheld in court Dear AMERICA, Imagine a large Christian festival being held on public streets in a major city. A Muslim organization dispatches volunteers to mix and mingle with festival attendees, handing out pro-Muslim leaflets. The local police, concerned about crowd control and possible violence, order the Muslim organization to confine its leafleting to a single street corner out of the way of most of the festival traffic. If this is hard to imagine it's because we all know that the outcry from the... atlasshrugs2000 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280239/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:03:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279642/posts This is possibly the most powerful book on confronting the homosexual agenda! For the past ten years, while lecturing and consulting on pro-family strategies in more than 30 countries, Dr. Lively has been writing the world's first textbook that teaches pro-family advocates how to defeat the homosexual agenda and reestablish family-centered culture in their respective nations from a Christian perspective. This book is posted free to the public. massresistance.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279642/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:36:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279341/posts As we watch the horrors in Iran, it makes us wonder if anything like that could happen in America. In Iran, the mullahs control everything and feel justified in any injustice they commit because of a belief in the rightness of their own actions. Is there anyone like that here? In an answer to that question, Frank Schaeffer wrote a column for the Huffington Post entitled “The Real Lesson of Iran — Beware America’s Republican Mullahs.” Reading it and the comments to it, I came to a realization: people who think the religious right are just like Iranian mullahs are... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279341/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:09:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279246/posts As we watch the horrors in Iran, it makes us wonder if anything like that could happen in America. In Iran, the mullahs control everything and feel justified in any injustice they commit because of a belief in the rightness of their own actions. Is there anyone like that here? In an answer to that question, Frank Schaeffer wrote a column for the Huffington Post entitled “The Real Lesson of Iran — Beware America’s Republican Mullahs.” Reading it and the comments to it, I came to a realization: people who think the religious right are just like Iranian mullahs are... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279246/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:21:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279278/posts A Connecticut church posted a controversial video on YouTube that raised questions about the treatment of children by a leader of a gay and lesbian teen mentoring group among others The video features church elders performing what looks like an exorcism, of what they refer to in the video as "homosexual demons" The video shows leaders of the Manifested Glory Ministries in a frenetic scene, screaming, "Right now I command you to leave!" At the same time a teen writhing on the ground as the adults around him implore so called "homosexual demons" to get out. The leaders yell at... http://www.fox61.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279278/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:57:09 GMT