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Besides, FactCheck.org says it examined the Obama birth certificate and claims it is genuine. But FactCheck.org is owned by the Annenberg Foundation, which links to Bill Ayers, which links to Barack Obama, both of whom held seats on that board – which then calls FactCheck.org's objectivity into question. But surely Barack Obama wouldn't try to run for president knowing he wasn't qualified? Like I said, its a tin-foil-hat question. Still, why in the world would it be necessary for somebody to have to file a LAWSUIT to compel Obama to produce a birth certificate? What is the big deal about...

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When it comes to the end times, there isn't much that I agree with Hal Lindsey about. Hal Lindsey, author of the huge (and phenomenally misguided) "Late Great Planet Earth" and rapture promoter wrote a column last week comparing the reception received by Barack Obama on his world tour to the reception that the Antichrist will one day receive. After describing some of the detail of Obama's trip, Lindsey says this: And the Bible says that such a leader will soon make his appearance on the scene. It won't be Barack Obama, but Obama's world tour provided a foretaste of...

The world has endured an almost mind-numbing series of shocks in recent weeks, from the unprecedented swarm of tornadoes across the American Midwest to the death and destruction wrought by Cyclone Nargis as it tore a path through Myanmar, better known as Burma.There were 368 documented tornadoes in the U.S. in January and February of this year, shattering the previous record of 243 over that two-month period, set in 1999. February's total of 232 tornadoes also shattered previous records.Cyclone Nargis ripped Burma apart, killing at least 128,000, according to Red Cross estimates, and creating some 2.5 million refugees.Al Gore was...

Is the U.S. Federal Reserve, as it claims, an agency of the U.S. government charged with maintaining the stability of the US economy? Or is it, as some critics charge, really a privately held consortium of banks whose principal interest is its own self-interest? That argument could go back and forth ad infinitum, but in the final analysis, it's an exercise in irrelevancy. Whether one believes the Fed is a colossal banking swindle or not, it is now an accomplished reality that is so ingrained in our nation that neither political party is willing to endure the pain of undoing...

Hal Lindsey is once again misapplying the Bible to modern-day geo-political events. Here is his claim: You know, I fear for both President Bush and Secretary Rice. I also fear for my beloved country. They must be ignorant of a prophecy God made 2,500 years ago through the Hebrew prophet Zechariah. It applies to this precise time and situation in history. God said, “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. …� The people surrounding Jerusalem are all the current Muslim nations.1Zechariah 12 has its own interpretive historical clues to help us identify the...

The Jerusalem-based Institute for Contemporary Affairs recently released a report authored by Lt. Col. Jonathan Dahoah-Halevi that concludes, to nobody's particular surprise, that the Gaza Strip has become a haven for al-Qaida terrorists. Gaza, part of the biblical "land of the Philistines" was the place where Samson toppled the Temple of Dagon on his enemies, giving his life in the process. Gaza was first conquered for Israel by King David and subsequently fell to the Assyrians, the Egyptians, the Babylonians, Persians and Greeks. But in the days of King David, it was part of Israel. In Jesus' day, it was...

A stunning report published by Jane's Defense Weekly confirms rumors of a July explosion at a Syrian military base at al-Safir, near Aleppo, in which reportedly "dozens" of Iranian engineers were killed along with their Syrian counterparts. Syria had originally dismissed reports of the explosion by saying the blast was generated by the desert heat causing the accidental detonation of a stockpile of explosives. Jane's reported that the explosion was actually triggered while the engineers were fitting a chemical warhead onto a Scud-C missile. The explosion and fire released containers of the deadly nerve agents VX and sarin gas, as...

For Hal Lindsey, every news story is a sign that we are living in the “rapture generation.� It wasn’t too long ago that he claimed in his wildly popular prophetic book The Late Great Planet Earth (1970) that the “this generation� of Matthew 24:34 would end sometime before 1988 (1948+40 years=1988). In an interview published in Christianity Today (April 15, 1977), Ward Gasque asked Lindsey: “But what if you’re wrong?� Lindsey replied: “Well, there’s just a split second’s difference between a hero and a bum. I didn’t ask to be a hero, but I guess I have become one in...

EXCERPTED: The prophecies of Daniel were indeed "sealed" for centuries following the Reformation. The early Reformation leaders like Luther and Calvin gave Daniel little attention, pronouncing both Daniel and Revelation either symbolic or allegorical. But in this generation, the prophecies of both books are unsealed. Daniel's vision of a global government headed by a prince of a revived Roman Empire is all but fulfilled in this generation. For the first time in 1,600 years, there exists a modern version of the old Roman Empire, although, as Daniel predicted, "partly strong and partly weak," compared to the iron of Imperial Rome....

The Samson Option Posted: July 14, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern Last week, WorldNetDaily reported a stunning admission from a Syrian official. He said that Syria had "learned from the Hezbollah experience last summer and we can have hundreds of missiles hitting Tel Aviv that will overwhelm Israel's anti-missile batteries." He claimed Syria has "proof" Israel is also readying for a war. "We hear about special Israeli trainings to take Damascus. We see that Israel is re-establishing bases of the Israeli army in the Golan that are unusual and not needed except for war. We believe the Israeli government has an...

The value of the U.S. dollar on the international market is continuing to plummet, despite record growth in the US economy. Since October, the dollar has fallen 4 percent against both the euro and the Japanese yen. And this week, the dollar hit the lowest it has been against the euro since March 2005. With the Dow setting records every week and America creating more jobs than it can fill, why is the dollar falling? There are several reasons. Approximately 70 percent of all foreign-exchange currency is currently held in U.S. dollars. The U.S. then sells Treasury debt into that...

American thinker, Founding Father and celebrated deist Thomas Paine wrote a book late in the 18th century called "The Age of Reason." Paine's book was the American version of a movement taking place at about the same time in Europe that was dubbed, "the Age of Enlightenment". What characterized this era of Western thinking was an examination of both religious belief and piety. In Europe, prominent Enlightenment philosophers like Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and David Hume questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both Church and State. To set the stage, Europe had been ravaged by religious wars; when peace in...

'Israel can only lose once' Posted: August 18, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2006 During one of Israel's many wars, Golda Meir offered this famous – and tragic – observation: "The Arabs can fight, and lose, and return to fight another day. Israel can only lose once." Golda's assessment became a truism of the Middle East up until now. And the jury is still out as to whether her assessment remains true to this day. In the strange and surreal world that is the Middle East, Israel lost its war with Hezbollah. And while it remains intact at the moment,...

For students of Bible prophecy, even the title of this communiqué should set off alarm sirens. I just received some electrifying intelligence data. First, from the Debka-Net-Weekly’s briefing. And second, from some personal intelligence sources (I carefully guard) that confirm Debka’s report. Russia, Iran and Syria have entered a defense pact that is in the process of altering the balance of power in the entire Middle East. Russia’s part in the pact has been kept relatively secret for a long time. But the facts reveal a long steady Russian commitment to the Iranian nuclear program and arms supply to Syria....

It appears that Hizbollah has scored a major propaganda triumph through a callously staged carnage of women and children in Qana, Lebanon. You may think this is just another prejudiced attempt at propaganda in favor of Israel. But before you draw that conclusion, consider these established facts: • Israel has both satellite and drone aircraft videos unmistakably showing Hizbollah trucks pulling into civilian buildings in Qana loaded with katyusha rockets • Israel also has videos of many katyusha rockets being launched from the particular building containing civilians that was bombed • Israel had pleaded with all non-combatants to leave the...

Hal Lindsey--"UNCOVERED: RUSSIAN-SYRIAN-IRANIAN AXIS For students of Bible prophecy, even the title of this communiqué should set off alarm sirens. I just received some electrifying intelligence data. First, from the Debka-Net-Weekly’s briefing. And second, from some personal intelligence sources (I carefully guard) that confirm Debka’s report....."

ranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, clearing up any ambiguity in previous calls to “wipe Israel off the map,” now used an Arabic word for the removal of body hair to describe his plans for Israel. “All the conditions for the removal of the Zionist regime are at hand,” Ahmadinejad told an Arab Conference of Iraqi Neighbors meeting Saturday. For the first time, he employed the Arabic word ezaleh, which is used to describe the irreversible removal of body hairs or a woman’s virginity. “Nations in the region will be more furious every day. It won’t take long before the wrath of...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The future belongs to Islam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 11, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com It seems that there is virtually no way to avoid a military confrontation with Iran's mad clerics, barring some kind of unforeseen miracle – like a student revolt or the regime's collapse. Neither seems particularly likely at this point. Indeed, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brags that Iran has signed up tens of thousands of volunteer suicide bombers sworn to defend Iran (and, perhaps coincidentally, to keep the Iranian populace on their toes). Ahmadinejad is a fanatic who believes it is his destiny...

It seems that there is virtually no way to avoid a military confrontation with Iran's mad clerics, barring some kind of unforeseen miracle – like a student revolt or the regime's collapse. Neither seems particularly likely at this point. Indeed, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brags that Iran has signed up tens of thousands of volunteer suicide bombers sworn to defend Iran (and, perhaps coincidentally, to keep the Iranian populace on their toes). Ahmadinejad is a fanatic who believes it is his destiny to start the global war that will bring about the emergence of the Islamic "Mahdi," which is their...

Sorry I can't post the image, but here's a link to a nice cartoon: http://oneimage.org/Images/pages/01cartoon185.htm For those of you who haven't heard, Hal Lindsey recently left TBN after they censored him, calling his program too "anti-Islamic."

Hal Lindsey will be on Hannity & Colmes tonight, 8 PM CST, 9 PM EST, to discuss the Trinity Broadcasting Network story. Even if you disagree with Lindsey's theology and have other issues about him, this kind of censorship in a time when truth-telling is imperative really is the issue, not your disagreements. Jack Kinsella, one of his writers and closest confidants, writes in today's "Omega Letter Intelligence Digest" Since I have dealt with this on numerous occasion, I do not want to make a further issue out of it other than to state TBN insisted on modifying scripts, downplaying...

Christian author Hal Lindsey proclaimed on national television last night that Islam is a violent religion, with many believers becoming more "radical" the more they read the Muslim holy book, the Quran. "When someone becomes devout and they begin to get really into the Quran and they begin to study what it really teaches, they become what we call a fundamentalist or a radical because the Quran itself and the Hadith teaches violence," Lindsey said on "Hannity & Colmes" on the Fox News Channel. "There are 109 verses that we sometimes call war verses ... these are the verses that...

 Special Report: The Rest of the Story (TBN exposed by Jack Kinsella) http://www.omegaletter.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=5826 I continue to get emails from folks asking where Hal Lindsey's International Intelligence Briefing TV show has gone. Although the story has been fairly well covered by the Christian community, it has not yet been picked up by the mainstream. Hopefully all that will begin to change tonight when Hal makes an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity and Colmes' TV program, which airs at 9PM Eastern Standard Time. Interestingly, the invitation came through Alan Colmes, rather than Sean Hannity. Hal was a guest on Alan Colmes' radio...

2005 Iran Became Most Dangerous Nation (F-16I to play major role!)Hal Lindsey, Jan. 3, 2006 In reviewing the most important events of 2005 related to prophecy, I believe that the most important is what happened in Iran. Because of certain developments, Iran became the most dangerous nation in the world during 2005.First, Iran’s continuing pursuit of nuclear weapons despite the warnings of the international community is one factor that has elevated it to the title of “most dangerous.” Iran already has Shahab 5 Missiles that are capable of delivering nuclear warheads to Israel and many places in Europe. Not to...

TBN EXPOSED! Hal Lindsey Refuses to Compromise to Stay on Air!Here is the letter written by Hal Lindsey to Paul and Jan Crouch, of TBN....(way to go Hal!) Hal Lindsey Leaving TBN http://www.hallindseyoracle.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=12286 Refuses to Compromise to Stay on Air January 1, 2006 Dear Paul and Jan, Paul, Jr. relayed your message to me that you are both in agreement on the policy of nothing negative being said on TBN about Muslims. Hearing that you also warned John Haggee, Perry Stone, Jack VanImpe and others of this policy caused me to realize that your are not going to modify your...

First TBN drops Lindsey, now Lindsey drops TBN Best-selling author says Christian network tried to muzzle his views on radical Islam

In a speech in Chechnya this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded the Islamic world; "Russia has always been the most faithful, reliable and consistent defender of the interests of the Islamic world," Putin said. "Russia has always been the best and most reliable partner and ally." "Always" might be a stretch. Russia's series of wars with the Muslim Ottoman Empire – spanning 241 years from the 17th to 19th centuries – inspired countless inspirational songs and poe

Between the efforts by the partisans to find a way to blame the Bush administration for intelligence failures and the media efforts to rehabilitate the Clinton administration, the report fell through the cracks. It shouldn't have. Particularly when Iran is estimated to be only months away from being able to build nuclear weapons. In September 2000, Iran test-fired a new variant of its Shehab-3 missile. It exploded shortly after take-off in what was described in the Western media as a second 'failed missile test'. (An Iranian test conducted in 1998 also exploded shortly after takeoff.)

Transcript to Hal Lindsey Broadcast, which led to TBN suspension!TBN Suspends Hal Lindsey's IIB Program, claiming it is PRO-ISRAEL and ANTI-MUSLIMHere is the transcript from the International Intelligence Briefing broadcast, that got Hal Lindsey banned from TBN.  It includes an amazing unedited interview with Benjamin Netanyahu.Read it for yourself: The Offending 'Anti-Muslim' TV Script Many have emailed me and requested to see the script for last week’s program that was rejected by the TBN Program Department as being too anti-Muslim and put “Arabs in a bad light.” (Incidentally, my best friend in this unfortunate situation has been an Arab –...

The Trinity Broadcasting Network has suspended Hal Lindsey’s television program, “International Intelligence Briefing” for the month of December, and possibly permanently. According to Lindsey’s website, his show was suspended because, “Some at the network apparently feel that my message is too pro-Israel and too anti-Muslim.” A phone call and email to TBN have not received a response yet. If and when TBN responds, I’ll update this post. In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that I’m not in 100% agreement with all of Hal Lindsey’s statements, and I’m also not the biggest fan of TBN. While many of...

The Offending 'Anti-Muslim' TV Script Many have emailed me and requested to see the script for last week’s program that was rejected by the TBN Program Department as being too anti-Muslim and put “Arabs in a bad light.” (Incidentally, my best friend in this unfortunate situation has been an Arab – Joe Farah, founder of WorldNetDaily) The following is the exact script, word for word, that TBN used as the reason for dropping the program. You be the judge as to whether this indeed was too anti-Muslim: Good evening. If you’ve been watching the news over the last few days,...

After insisting the pre-emption of Hal Lindsey's television show had nothing to do with content, a Trinity Broadcasting Network spokesman retracted his statement, admitting officials were concerned, at least secondarily, about offending Arabs and Muslims. As WorldNetDaily reported, John Casoria, general counsel for the network, responded yesterday to Lindsey's contention that the weekly program "International Intelligence Briefing" had been cancelled for December, and possibly permanently, because its message was deemed "too pro-Israel and too anti-Muslim." Casoria initially replied, "That is absolutely, 100 percent false." But now, after talking with network programming officials, he says a secondary reason for pre-empting the...

TBN Suspends IIB While on my recent thrilling tour to Israel, I received a distinct warning from the Lord. This warning came at just the time the Lord was making me fully aware of the exponential increase in outreach my International Intelligence Briefing program on TBN has experienced in just this year. Emails from all over the world continuously inform me of the people who regularly watch the IIB program. They share how many of their friends came to faith in Christ as a result of watching it. Several shared how they gather a group each week in their homes...

Bible prophecy expert Hal Lindsey will be discussing how current events are shaping up to what looks like 'end times.'

Author Hal Lindsey says his weekly television program has been dropped by the Trinity Broadcasting Network because its message is considered by some officials at the Christian network to be "too pro-Israel and too anti-Muslim."

This warning proved to be accurate immediately after my return to the US. The International Intelligence Briefing has been removed from the air on TBN for the entire month of December (and perhaps never to be broadcast again?). Some at the network apparently feel that my message is too pro-Israel and too anti-Muslim. This is confusing to me because my message is the same as it has been for the entire twelve years of presenting the IIB program. It has not changed one iota. The program this week addressed the tremendous political upheaval in Israel – including the toppling of...

In 1987 Charles Colson published Kingdoms in Conflict, a book which discussed the relationship of the Christian faith to politics. One chapter of that book has some disturbing relevance for today. It is a fictional account of the political triumph of the "Christian Republican Party": Republican majorities in Congress and an Evangelical President in the White House. Colson notes that this President even opens his cabinet meetings with prayer and Bible study. Written at the midpoint of Ronald Reagan's administration, the chapter represented the dream scenario of many Evangelicals in the 1980s. But Colson's dream scenario quickly becomes a nightmare...

The Democrats thought that they had finally had something they could sink their teeth into with the indictment of Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby. They were bitterly disappointed that the special prosecutor was unable to indict Karl Rove or Dick Cheney for illegally revealing the name of an undercover CIA agent. As it turned out, nobody was indicted for the crime under investigation, since it was known at the outset that Valerie Plame's CIA assignment wasn't "covert" under existing law so no crime was committed. But, since they had the grand jury all assembled and everything, they investigated...

For two weeks roaming bands of "youths" have rampaged across France, burning buildings and cars and daring police to intervene. At least one person was beaten to death by a mob as he tried to stop them from burning his car. The mobs have already burned more than 6,000 cars across the country, they've burned hundreds of buildings, and more than 2,000 rioters have been arrested since the rioting broke out. Nobody remembers the details surrounding the incident that sparked the unrest – ostensibly it was a protest over the deaths of two teenagers who were electrocuted while fleeing police....

Pat Robertson, a former GOP presidential candidate and host of the "700 Club" daily Christian TV show, noted, "If you read back in the Bible, the letter of the apostle Paul to the church of Thessalonia, he said that in the latter days before the end of the age that the Earth would be caught up in what he called the birth pangs of a new order. And for anybody who knows what it's like to have a wife going into labor, you know how these labor pains begin to hit. I don't have any special word that says this...

Not a big fan of the guy but hey, its not everyday a prophecy guy gets on a major news network. If I can remember I'll post what he says. Hopefully he won't pull a Jerry Falwell or a Pat Robertson.

There is a fast closing window of opportunity for the large majority of "peaceful Muslims" living in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is long past time for those Muslims who are not complicit with these radical Islamic clerics and their disciples who are preaching violence and hatred toward your host countries to actively get involved in exposing them. You are in the best position to know who these fanatics are. They live among you. They use your mosques to preach, teach and inspire young Muslims. They capture the minds of your young sons and daughters with Islamic...

Friendly advice to peaceful MuslimsPosted: July 21, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern by Hal Lindsey © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com There is a fast closing window of opportunity for the large majority of "peaceful Muslims" living in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is long past time for those Muslims who are not complicit with these radical Islamic clerics and their disciples who are preaching violence and hatred toward your host countries to actively get involved in exposing them. You are in the best position to know who these fanatics are. They live among you. They use your mosques to preach,...

Yesterday, New York Times reporter Judith Miller stood before a federal judge and defied his order to testify before a grand jury. According to the Reuters version of events, a grand jury investigation by special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, a Justice Department prosecutor, seeks to determine who "in the Bush administration" leaked the name of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame in 2003 to the media and whether any laws were violated. Right off the bat, one finds a compelling reason for ordering Judith Miller to reveal her sources. Why? Because we don't know if it was someone in the Bush administration...

President Bush appealed to the nation to stay the course in Iraq on Tuesday in a nationally televised speech that was nationally televised only when the Big Three Networks made a last minute decision to carry his comments live. Reaction was fascinating in both its scope and its idiocy. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi immediately accused the president of "exploiting 9-11" which, she informed the nation, had nothing to do with the war in Iraq. According to Rep. Pelosi (who is actually allowed to participate in making important homeland security decisions) "The president's frequent references to the terrorist attacks of...

Last week, I reported President Bush's shocking change in attitude toward Israel. This week, I want to show you why this should be of great concern to Americans. According to the dictionary, the word "appeasement" means "to prevent further disagreement in arguments or war by giving to the other side an advantage that they have demanded." Perhaps the pressure from Bush's domestic enemies has been too intense. Or maybe he has been receiving bad advice. For whatever reason, some of the Bush administration's policy reversals fit the definition of "appeasement" so closely that it's the only accurate way describe them....

I have been directed to read Hal Lindsey about the choice of Cardinal Ratzinger and future prophecy. He appears to be a commentator, but I am getting a funky vibe. Does anyone know anything about this guy and his prophecies?

Modern communication technology has helped make the Pope’s death an unparalleled event. The entire world has literally come together to praise this one man. I find that many sense that there will be some important and climactic consequences to follow the death of this Pope. As I studied the many Bible prophecies of the Last Days, I found a most unusual extra-Biblical prophecy made by an Irish Catholic Bishop in the 12th Century. His name is St. Malachy. According to his biographer St. Bernard of Clairvaux, in his book Life of Saint Malachy, St. Malachy was known to have the...

John Brown believes the Bible points to the exact location of oil in Israel. The company he founded plans to start drilling next month For over two decades, John Brown has been stirred by visions of oil wealth deep below Israel's surface. His inspirations are none other than God and the Old Testament, but that hasn't deterred American shareholders from investing millions of dollars in Zion Oil, the Dallas-based oil and gas company that Brown, an evangelical Christian, founded more than five years ago. "I know in my heart that what God told me is true," he said this week...