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The Gospel of John Chapter 3 (KJV) [1] There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: [2] The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. [3] Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. [4] Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft. Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional religions and witchcraft remains widespread, and where ritual killings to obtain blood or body parts still occur. Rumours of penis theft began circulating last week in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo's sprawling capital of some 8 million inhabitants. They quickly dominated radio call-in shows, with listeners advised to beware of...

Elton John performed at a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York. They raised more than $2.5 million and sold over 5,000 tickets.

Four decades after the Central Intelligence Agency hired thousands of jungle warriors to fight Communists on the western fringes of the Vietnam War, men who say they are veterans of that covert operation are isolated, hungry and periodically hunted by a Laotian Communist government still mistrustful of the men who sided with America. “If I surrender, I will be punished,” said Xang Yang, a wiry 58-year-old still capable of crawling nimbly through thick bamboo underbrush. “They will never forgive me. I cannot live outside the jungle because I am a former American soldier.”

Eliot Spitzer brought his once-promising governorship to a crashing end with a display of recklessness and hypocrisy of such magnitude that you had to question his sanity. Three words to the man: Just get out. Spitzer's patronage of a high-priced prostitution service drained what was left of his moral authority, and his blithe willingness to order up a hooker by telephone revealed an abysmal and disqualifying lack of judgment. With regret, we must say, Spitzer proved an unworthy heir to the office once held by the likes by Teddy Roosevelt, Al Smith, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Lehman and Thomas Dewey....

“Raising the Dead, Arousing Faith, and Rousing the Opposition” (John 11:1-53)Our text today is the account of the raising of Lazarus, from John chapter 11. In this chapter Jesus does three things: He raises the dead. He arouses faith. And he rouses the opposition. Three things, and what he does, he does for you. The most obvious thing Jesus does is to raise a dead man. Think about that. Jesus raises a dead man. Who has ever heard of such a thing? The man’s name was Lazarus. He was a friend of Jesus and his disciples. His sisters you’ve heard...

You cannot have it both ways! Every year in America, this “both ways” mentality gets worse and worse. Somewhere along the line Americans started thinking that we could have all of our rights and freedoms and have expedient justice and results at the same time. Well, I have to tell you: YOU CANNOT. There is a blend of the two that must be championed if we are going to continue being a successful country. The mortgage crisis of late is one of the great disasters caused by this “have it both ways” mentality. The government was constantly pressured by citizens...

Knife-Wielding Home Invader Put in Hospital by 80-Year-Old John Wayne Fan http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=48444

After years of failed diplomacy and limited military pressure to restrain Saddam Hussein, President Bush made the difficult decision to liberate Iraq. Those who criticize that decision would have us believe that the choice was between a status quo that was well enough left alone and war. But there was no status quo to be left alone.The years of keeping Saddam in a box were coming to a close. The international consensus that he be kept isolated and unarmed had eroded to the point that many critics of military action had decided the time had come again to do business...

John McCain’s performance in the California debate was at best a turn-off to conservative voters. At worst, McCain showed the world a glimpse of whom he really is. This should not be a comfort for those like Giuliani who are supporting him. Arrogant, nasty, having to prove he was right even though everyone knew he was wrong, is this Presidential material? Anger below the surface, fidgeting and sneering throughout the debate are a part of who John McCain really is.

LADY LAKE, Fla. — Is John McCain, the maverick flyboy of the Republican Party, becoming the candidate of the Republican establishment? Mr. McCain, who has delighted in sticking his thumb in the eye of mainstream Republicans throughout his political career, is now accumulating a base of support among party regulars who see him as the strongest general election candidate in the remaining Republican field. The latest evidence came Saturday night with the endorsement of Florida’s popular Republican governor, Charlie Crist, which surprised even Mr. McCain. That state holds primary elections on Tuesday. In an interview Sunday, Mr. Crist said his...

I have noticed various people going from thread to thread telling people why not to vote for certain candidates. While thats fine I would like to know why Republicans should support thier candidate.I think this thread would be usefull and please feel free to refute lies and distortions posted by various supporters.Electability is a weak argument for your candidate so please give some reasons other than that.

Quin Hillyer is a conservative, but not a Fred Thompson lackey. His observations? I am firmly convinced that Fred Thompson still has a real shot at the nomination...I watched him with Wolf Blitzer just an hour or so ago and he came across very very well indeed. He really is hitting on ALMOST all cylinders now, more so every day since beginning to really engage about December 1. ...it is also worth noting that the utterly scurrilous Politico story yesterday almost certainly depressed Thompson's vote in Iowa. As I said on Fox News yesterday, for a news outlet to publish...

St. John Neumann's old vestments (modern Gothic-cut polyester): St. John Neumann's new vestments (traditional Roman-cut silk): From The Catholic Standard & Times: Great model of holinessSaint John Neumann clad in new episcopal vestments before feast day By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T PHILADELPHIA — St. John Neumann, Philadelphia’s fourth bishop who is enshrined in a glass casket under an altar at St. Peter the Apostle Church, was clad in a new set of vestments on Dec. 27, just in time for his upcoming Jan. 5 feast day. “It is the bicentennial of our Archdiocese and we want to celebrate the...

To my post about "McCain's Health" I have received responses by many who think I am trying to smear McCain and spread a rumor. Considering the timing, I can understand why they would think my intent was less than altruistic so I am not going to counter the assertions to that effect. I will admit that his supposed rise in the polls was indeed the catalyst for my bringing it up. I did make this point to my wife about 6 months or so ago when I noticed the fact that he's always holding the rolled up paper in the...

I strongly believe that John McCain is covering up Parkinson's Disease. He doesn't look like the same John McCain of yester- year. I just happened to notice last year and mentioned to my wife that he doesn't at all look healthy and I noticed that every time I see him on camera, if they show his hands, he usually has a rolled up paper or something like that in his hand (I think it's the left) and it looks abnormal as though he is trying to restrain it. I'm not trying to spread rumors; nobody has come out with any...

Lesson Passages: John 1:1-18 John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. John 1:7 The same came for a...

“Confessing the Word Made Flesh” (John 1:1-18; 1 John 4:1-16)And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not...

Hailed as the cure for ill will toward Washington and other diplomatic problems at the United Nations, the American ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, was taken down a peg over the weekend, as his own — and his country's — prestige were thrown into question. What will one of President Bush's favorite operators do now? Mr. Khalilzad sold to the 15 members of the Security Council a resolution in support of the Palestinian Arab-Israeli negotiations at Annapolis. But he acted like a star quarterback who botched the signals, ran ahead with the football, got the backs and coaches all confused, and ended...

On 8 November, the Holy See released a letter of Pope Benedict for the 1600th anniversary of the death of St. John Chrysostom, a doctor of the Church of great importance to both the West and the Eastern Churches. The occasion of the letter was a conference being held at the Patristic Institute (and my school) the "Augustinianum". This is a "Letter", not a "Message" or a "Discourse". It is not an "Apostolic Letter". It is not too long, but it is one of the best written Letters I have seen for a while. There was a CNS story on...

I'm not Catholic, but I seriously doubt that is possible given the person he was. He and I didn't agree often, but he wasn't an evil man by any means. So why then would a representative of the Vatican News Service say this is the Pope?

Return to the Article October 06, 2007Archaeology and John's Gospel: Is skepticism chic passé?By James Arlandson John is known as the spiritual Gospel because, among other reasons, it has extended metaphorical discourses, such as the bread of heaven (6:25-59), and a long, one-on-one dialogue with the religious leader Nicodemus about deep truths (3:1-15). Until recently, much scholarship did not take seriously the topographical or historical details in John's Gospel. Scholars ignored them or preferred to see them as symbolic because surely John was not concerned with mundane matters. The more skeptical said that it was wrong in many cases....

MONTEREY, California (Reuters) - Nearly 40 years after helping pioneer jazz fusion with Miles Davis, guitar maestro John McLaughlin still faces harsh critics who dismiss such technically demanding, electronically charged music as "steroidal" or even a "pestilence." British-born McLaughlin, 65, accompanied trumpeter Davis on the seminal 1969 "Bitches Brew" and "Silent Way" albums, which shocked jazz purists and delighted others by bringing together elements of jazz and rock. He has continued to fuse different musical styles such as Indian classical music with improvisations over complex chords and time signatures. Despite the sceptics, he has won praise as one of the...

John Hurt admits sadness at his faked Irish ancestry By Tom Peterkin, Ireland Correspondent Last Updated: 2:56am BST 12/09/2007 For years the actor John Hurt took great pride in his Irish aristocratic ancestry, believing that his great-grandmother was the illegitimate child of the Marquis of Sligo. Actor John Hurt admitted that his lack of Irish blood was a great disappointment Much to his disappointment, genealogists have discovered that his Irishness was nothing more than a family myth, perhaps created to give the family tree a spurious link to the upper class. Instead it appears that his family hails from Croydon,...

Here's a little parody I worked up on the John Edwards "doctor's visits will be mandatory from cradle to grave" healthcare plan. Can you say, "Big brother is coming"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grtBUYHCj1s

What is with John Edwards these days? The self-styled populist speaks of dark forces in corporate America and the "mainstream media" who are out to silence him. Has it occurred to Edwards that he could be his own worst enemy? He keeps saying and doing things that distract from his signature issues - poverty and universal health insurance. He sets himself up for ridicule and political knocks because he seems to have one standard for himself and another for everyone else. He makes it easy for critics to tag him for hypocrisy. He is taking aim these days at the...

One term Senator and current Presidential hopeful John Edwards is taking his campaign on the road with the Magical Poverty Tour.  His goal will be to get as many photo ops with the poor of America.   Edwards started his campaign visiting the poor people in the soon to be again Chocolate City of New Orleans.  Exploiting the poor is nothing new to Democrats, President Clinton, the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Martin Luther King III, son of the famed civil rights leader, have all gone on poverty tours--though many remember...

For those of you attacking Ann Coulter for bringing up John Edwards' son's death, some perspective: From Front Page News Edwards' public success spotlights son's death************ Used it again at the end of 2003 in his own piece, Four TrialsScroll down to the bottom. *********** Running for his son: Teen's death changed Edwards' life Here is the Edwards press machine making it an issue in 2004, acting as if they are finally opening up about it...but they were on record as talking about it in 2001.... ********** Here again, in 2005, Edwards pretends he's finally opening up about his son's...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS)  -- Two teen sisters who had been reported missing in Pennsylvania were found working as prostitutes in New Jersey and police have arrested the man they say was a pimp. Casson Coward, 24, of Pleasantville was taken into custody early Friday morning at a Galloway Township hotel. Police were led to Coward after they arrested a 14-year-old for prostitution but soon learned that she and her 16-year-old sister were both listed as missing from Allentown. According to a press release from the New Jersey State Police, the 16-year-old was found by Philadelphia police at 3 a.m. at Aramingo and Cumberland...

One of the leading Democrat candidates, known for his fabulously-coiffed hair, believes that we need not be concerned with the global Islamic fascists. Yes, presidential hopeful Senator John Edwards gives speeches that dramatically minimize what he calls "the Bush administration's War on Terror." He is certainly not an ignorant man, yet like other Democrats, he is willing to sell out America, Iraq, and our troops for his own political gain. Immediately after the attacks of 9/11/01, most people understood that terrorism is real and not just a "bumper sticker slogan." However Señor Fancy Face is putting forth more than his...

Small government presidential candidate John Cox (Web site) has filed a lawsuit against the Fox News Channel after intentionally being excluded from the Fox-sponsored GOP debate scheduled for May 15, 2007 in Columbia, South Carolina.

Dear Freepers, A few months ago a bunch of you helped me out with a thesis on Rathergate: I want to thank you all. I have another favour. The BBC's World Have Your Say is a topical call-in show and tonight we have John Pilger on air live between 6pm and 7pm BST (London time). I know many Freepers have views concerning Mr Pilger's comments on the US and its role in the world but tonight we're talking about Latin America. If you'd like to take part live on air as a caller then this link will take you to...

FBI Raids Doolittle's Home: The FBI has raided the Northern Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.), according to Congressional sources. No details are publicly available yet about the circumstances of the raid, but Doolittle and his wife, Julie, have been under federal investigation for their ties to the scandal surrounding imprisoned former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The discovery of America: the revolutionary claims of a dead historian Press release issued 4 April 2007Replica Of John Cabot's Ship Dr Alwyn Ruddock, a former reader in history at the University of London, was the world expert on John Cabot’s discovery voyages from Bristol to North America (1496-98). What she was said to have found out about these voyages looked set to re-write the history of the European discovery of America. Yet, when Dr Ruddock died in December 2005, having spent four decades researching this topic, she ordered the destruction of all her research. In an article published today...

Elizabeth Edwards has linked the outpouring of sympathy for her battle against cancer with the campaign for the presidency being waged by her husband, John. Yesterday she proudly compared efforts to galvanise grassroots activists to the support that she had received from thousands of ordinary Americans since announcing last week that her cancer had come back. In what was billed as a nonpolitical speech to the Cleveland City Club in Ohio, Mrs Edwards ... said that it would be “entirely legitimate” for Americans to judge that he is putting ambition ahead of family by running for president even though his...

Last night on "60 Minutes," Katie Couric interviewed John and Elizabeth Edwards. Many of those who commented on the story on CBSNews.com felt that Couric was too hard on the couple. ... A portion of the commenters, meanwhile, defended Couric. "Katie Couric asked the very tough questions that needed to be asked and gave the Edwards the opportunity to respond in full," wrote "kasey444." Commenter "fred7231," meanwhile, wrote "I'm quite surprised by the tone of the comments toward Katie Couric. She did her job." Some viewers may have felt it unseemly to talk about the political implications of a health...

A defiant John Edwards vowed to stay in the 2008 race Thursday despite his wife's cancer relapse, saying he would continue his push in critical primary states like Iowa and Nevada... The announcement that Elizabeth Edwards' breast cancer has spread to bone in her right side stunned admirers ... It also sent shock waves through the 2008 Democratic race, as campaigns pondered the possible exit of Edwards, who now ranks third ... in many national opinion polls. Standing by his wife's side in Chapel Hill, N.C., John Edwards dismissed reports that he was planning to suspend his candidacy. "The campaign...

LONDON (Reuters) - Actor John Inman, best known for his role as camp shop assistant Mr Humphries in the long-running BBC comedy "Are You Being Served?" died aged 71 on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT Inman, who later became a pantomime regular, was one of the sitcom's most memorable cast members and his catchphrase "I'm free" became part of popular culture. In 1976, he was voted "Funniest Man On Television" by readers of TV Times magazine and was also named BBC TV's "Personality Of The Year." He died at St Mary's Hospital in London after having been ill for some time, his manager...

Well, it just tears you up, yes it does, to read about the loneliness of Sen. John Kerry. The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, reports The New York Times, is rather forlorn these days. It seems he was never really a team player in the Senate, a bit cold and aloof y'know, and when he made a speech in the Senate announcing he wasn't going to run for president next time out, only two senators were in attendance -- his Massachusetts colleague Ted Kennedy and Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Pundits are feasting on Kerry's failures as if he were...

Attorney General Martha Coakley, I implore you: Don’t plea-bargain with the Turner terror tots. Whatever you want to call them - Beavis and Butthead, Cheech and Chong - these two knuckleheads deserve jail time. You already shook down Time Warner for $2 million, which was a good start. But to finish the job, you have to lock up these two freelance (read: unemployed) “performance artists,” if only for a month. I’m not encouraged by the fact that sources say you’ve been sitting on the smoking gun since Friday. I’d hate to see you pull a Tom Reilly and broom this...

Bay State Republicans are circling like vultures around a politically weakened John Kerry, vowing to field a strong challenger that may be able to capitalize on his fractured image and snatch his coveted U.S. Senate seat. One potential GOP challenger, state Sen. Scott Brown, said last night that he "would consider" a run against Kerry in 2008 and that the senator is ripe for the picking. "I think he'll get a challenge this time. I don't think he'll get a free ride," Brown (R-Wrentham) said. "His handling of himself during this Iraq situation has been outrageous. He needs to be...

January 8, 2007 The Baptism of the Lord Psalm: Monday 1 Reading 1Is 42:1-4, 6-7 Thus says the LORD:Here is my servant whom I uphold,my chosen one with whom I am pleased,upon whom I have put my spirit;he shall bring forth justice to the nations,not crying out, not shouting,not making his voice heard in the street.a bruised reed he shall not break,and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,until he establishes justice on the earth;the coastlands will wait for his teaching. I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice,I have grasped you by the hand;I formed you,...

Why do they call it Hopping John? On New Years Day east Tennesseans, and people here and there all over the South, eat black eyed peas and rice and call the mixture "Hopping John" (often written "Hoppin' John".) Over the years I have eaten hopping John with good friends in the kitchen, been served it from chafing dishes by well-off San Antonio ladies three sheets to the wind, and walked into a roadside restaurant in Maryland with a can of black eyed peas and asked to be indulged. Somebody at the table always asks "Why do they call it hopping...

Professor John Lewis Gaddis’ recent provocative analysis of the origins of “unilateralism” in American foreign policy highlights the pivotal role of John Quincy Adams. With candor and humility, Gaddis further reveals that his own contemporary assessment, “…is not a new interpretation. If you go back and read the famous Samuel Flagg Bemis, the very distinguished Yale diplomatic historian from half a century ago, Bemis was certainly making this argument about the importance of John Quincy Adams. But I think this has been lost somewhat in intervening years. So, to an extent, I am trying to rediscover John Quincy Adams, in...

I Listen to Him when Mark Levin is not on,, VERY FUNNY!

Thursday, November 02, 2006 The Kerry Effect 11-02-06 Only five days stand until the elections. Liberal spin machines are in full swing. However, their attacks on Conservatives have been muted lately by a very foolish John Kerry, who wrongly insinuated (if not directly stated) that those who serve in Iraq are not "smart". What will be the effect for Democrats as a result of this political nightmare of theirs? In my opinion, it will cause disgruntled Conservatives to mass at the polls on election day. It's quite a shock to the national conscience to suggest that those who serve our...

This is an email I received from John Kerry today, in response to my email yesterday asking for his resignation. "Thank you very much for your comments. As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: my poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to any troop. This is the finest military that we’ve ever had. I have fought a lifetime on behalf of veterans. We have the finest young men and women serving us in the United States military that we’ve ever...

In a speech at Pasadena City College that was “an all star line up of the Democratic Party” - primarily a campaign stop to get students to vote for Phil Angelidies who is running against Governor Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kerry seems to have in one speech focused national attention on the difference between Republicans and Democrats. . He told the students “You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.” (Kerry keeps...

Sen. John F. Kerry is scrambling to recover from a “botched joke” that Republicans charge belittled U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq, in a gaffe that threatens to sink Democrats in Tuesday’s election and dash his own presidential hopes. “I think John Kerry is writing his own epitaph,” New York University political science professor Mitchell Moss said as controversy swirled around the senator. “He’s clearly self-destructing.” The controversy erupted after Kerry told Pasadena (Calif.) City College students, in the midst of a string of Bush-bashing one-liners: “Education, if you make the most of it, you study hard and do your homework...

Row over Australian Muslims intensifies By Nick Squires in Sydney Last Updated: 12:28pm GMT 31/10/2006 A bitter row over the attitude among Muslims towards women in Australia intensified today when a senior Islamic cleric complained that Muslim men convicted of rape received much heavier penalties than white offenders. Sheik Mohammed Omran said Muslims found guilty of rape were dealt with more harshly than other sex offenders such as members of motorcycle gangs or “football stars”. He appeared to be referring to the gang rape of several white Australian girls by a group of young Muslim men in 2000. One of...