What is Sharia?

Posted by Dr. Hans Jansen Bio  on Jul 16th, 2012 

The Islamic Sharia is a system of law. It is a collection of prohibitions, admonitions and commands about human behavior. The Sharia is not an internal matter that only concerns Islam and Muslims. The Sharia includes a large number of provisions about people who are not Muslims. These rules are usually prohibitions that carry severe penalties if violated. These provisions of the Sharia make life unsafe and uncertain for someone who lives under Sharia law and who is not a Muslim.

Under Sharia law, someone who is not a Muslim possesses no inalienable rights. If I am wrong here, I will be relieved, and happy to stand corrected and receive your e-mails pointing out why I am wrong. But if I am right, a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay possesses more rights than a Jew or a Christian who lives under Sharia law.

Unlike the legal systems of most modern nation states, Sharia law is not subject to democratic supervision. Like international law and rabbinic law, Sharia law is an academic affair: experts discuss and debate the rules until they reach an agreement. Sharia law does not know a parliament or a government that acts as legislator, but the rules of the Sharia come into being by being agreed upon by the experts, that is, the Islamic religious leaders, the professional Muslims, the Ulama, Ayatollahs, or whatever these dignitaries are called.

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Shocking Video: Attacked by “Tolerance”(Peaceful Traditional Marriage Supporters Violently Assaulted)

Posted on August 04, 2012 by Maelstorm In this newly released video, volunteers with the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) describe how they were violently…

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Billy Graham’s Letter to the USA: “My heart aches for America”

Billy Graham (Aug 13, 2012)

“The farther we get from God, the more the world spirals out of control.”

Some years ago, my wife, Ruth, was reading the draft of a book I was writing. When she finished a section describing the terrible downward spiral of our nation’s moral standards and the idolatry of worshiping false gods such as technology and sex, she startled me by exclaiming, “If God doesn’t punish America, He’ll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.”

She was probably thinking of a passage in Ezekiel where God tells why He brought those cities to ruin. “Now this was the sin of . . . Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before Me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen” (Ezekiel 16:49–50, NIV).

I wonder what Ruth would think of America if she were alive today. In the years since she made that remark, millions of babies have been aborted and our nation seems largely unconcerned. Self-centered indulgence, pride, and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

Just a few weeks ago in a prominent city in the South, Christian chaplains who serve the police department were ordered to no longer mention the Name of Jesus in prayer. It was reported that during a recent police-sponsored event, the only person allowed to pray was someone who addressed “the being in the room.” Similar scenarios are now commonplace in towns across America. Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone—except God.

Yet the farther we get from God, the more the world spirals out of control.

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700 Club & Christian Broadcasting News – ‘Rise Up’ Hopes to Preserve Australia’s Faith Heritage

Dear friends and family in Christ, Following is an excellent article and television interview with Pastor Daniel on Christian Broadcasting News and 700 Club in Virginia Beach with founder Pat…

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Team USA Athletes: 10 Christian Olympic Medal Winners Glorifying God

By Christine Thomasos , Christian Post Reporter – August 10, 2012

Christian athletes were a major part of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and Team USA’s athletes managed to bring home multiple gold, silver and bronze medals across a wide range of sports.

Although many athletes utilized their faith while training and competing, here are 10 Christians who managed to bring home a coveted medal from the Olympic Summer Games.

1. Gabby Douglas, Gymnastics, 2 gold

Gabby Douglas may only be 16, but she took the world by storm when she became the first African-American gymnast and first woman of color to become the individual all-around champion in Olympic history. While some debated about Douglas‘ choice of hairstyles, the gymnast went on to win gold medals in both the individual and all-around team competitions while glorifying God in the process.

“We are the 2012 London Olympic Gold Medalists!!! We are all so happy right now,” Douglas wrote on her Facebook page after winning big. “It’s a dream come true! Gotta give God the Glory! Thank you everyone for praying for me!”

While Douglas has spoken to the media about praying before her competitions, she decided to tweet before winning a gold medal for her all-around competition.

“Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things He does for me,” she tweeted.

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Black Pastors Lay Down Gauntlet to Obama Over Same-Sex Marriage

By Paul Stanley , Christian Post Reporter – July 3, 2012

The Coalition of African American Pastors demanded on Monday that President Obama meet with the group to address his stance on same-sex marriage. So far, the White House has refused to acknowledge the group’s request but leaders say they plan to “turn up the heat” by asking black Christians to sit on the sidelines for the time being.

“We have requested a meeting with President Obama and until he meets with us, we are going to ask black Christians to withhold their support until he personally hears our concerns,” the group’s spokesperson, the Rev. Bill Owens, told The Christian Post on Tuesday after Monday’s press conference in Nashville.

“More than anything, this is an issue of biblical principles and President Obama is carrying our nation down a dangerous road. Many African Americans were once proud of our president but now many are ashamed of his actions.”

Owens said the group hasn’t received a response from the White House and they are growing frustrated with each passing day.

“We can’t compete with the Hollywood folks who are raising the big bucks for the president,” Owens said. “But it was black folks who rallied around him in 2008 and for him to ignore our request with a group of clergy who represents tens of thousands of black Christians of many denominations is an insult.”

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AUSTRALIAN PASTOR CRITICIZED FOR POSTING ‘ADAM AND STEVE’ MARRIAGE MESSAGE AT CHURCH

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter – July 20, 2012

An Australian Baptist pastor has come under criticism for posting what are being called homophobic messages on his church windows – although he has said he is solely expressing his opinion on what the Bible says of human sexuality.

The Hamilton Baptist church in Australia, where the Rev. Trevor Walmsley preaches, displayed electronic messages on the side of the sanctuary reading “You are here because God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve,” and another reading “None of us owe our existence to same-sex sexual relationships”.

A number of local residents who read the messages were “outraged,” News.com.au reported, but Walmsley was quick to explain that the signs represent his views, and not necessarily those of the church.

“I suppose they are a bit controversial, but I am very much in support of marriage as it has been traditionally known,” the Australian pastor said. “I can’t speak for the denomination but for me personally, and probably for our church here, we would stand for the traditional definition of marriage of a man and a woman for life, to the exclusion of all others.”

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Brad Pitt’s mom slams Obama on abortion

by Patrick B. Craine

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, July 6, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Brad Pitt’s mother has shocked the Hollywood star’s fans after slamming President Obama for his views on abortion and same-sex “marriage” in a letter to the local paper in Missouri.

Jane Pitt says Obama is “a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage” and urges voters to back Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

“Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name [that isn’t Romney’s] is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama – a man who… did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer,” she wrote in the Springfield News-Leader.

An editor’s note at the bottom of the July 3rd letter on the paper’s website says that after some confusion, they have “verified the letter writer is the mother of actor Brad Pitt and local businessman Doug Pitt.”

Obama has been labeled the “abortion president” because of his radical views on the “right to choose”. His pro-abortion views are so extreme that he has even opposed protections for victims of failed abortions who are born alive.

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Israel Sunday at CTFM packed with powerful testimonies / Rise Up Australia Prayer in Melbourne this Fri 3rd Aug

Dear family & friends in Christ,

1) On Sunday we had a glorious time in the presence of the Lord as several of those who went on the trip to Israel and Sri Lanka came to CTFM church in Hallam to share their testimonies of what God did in their lives on this tour.  There were testimonies of tremendous healing, restoration and how the Lord mightily touched their hearts! Following are 2 very powerful testimonies.

THE DEMON OF DEATH IS GONE! HALLELUJAH! ALL PRAISE AND GLORY AND HONOUR TO OUR GREAT GOD ALMIGHTY. THANK YOU JESUS!

I have been battling depression for all of my adulthood. I was raised in a Christian family and have always been a believer in Jesus Christ and worshipped Him. My own personal journey with Jesus started when I read the whole bible at 16 years old. So how could a Christian be suffering depression to the extent of being suicidal?? I knew it was not right to want to die or to commit suicide [and it was only God that saved me from doing this] but I couldn’t seem to help the way I was feeling – I was convinced that death was the only way out and only option for my torment to stop. 

It was like I didn’t have control over my mind or feelings, and I was a professional at distancing myself from people so no one really knew what was going on. I went on the CTFM Israel/Sri Lanka 2012 tour. We all had an amazing time in Israel but I still was suffering and fighting the severe symptoms of depression. 

Click the following link to keep reading. https://reformationharvestfire.com/prophetic-words/testimonies/

Miraculous Healing of Breast Cancer (This testimony was read at a meeting in Sri Lanka, before Pr Daniel preached)

It’s winter now in Melbourne with morning temperatures barely reaching two digits, but every other week my husband and I wake up early on a Sunday morning and drive right across town to Hallam, for the morning service a Catch the Fire Apostolic Centre. The service lasts three hours and is totally different to the Sunday mass that we regularly attended in our local Catholic Church. The one hour mass at the parish church was “fitted” into our week’s busy schedule and was frequently irksome and often a chore. Extraordinarily the service at Catch the Fire which takes not one hour but a full morning is something we have come to look forward to and recognise as the high point of the week.

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Gold Medals and God’s Word

Friday, July 20, 2012 – By Dan Wooding – Founder of ASSIST Ministries

How World Champion Sculler, Tom Treseder, found the ultimate reward in his life

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (ANS) — As the London 2012 Olympics are set to start in the British capital, one man in Australia will be watching the events with keen interest.

He is Tom H. Treseder, who during the last century was a World Champion sculler and whose name is etched in rowing history, yet he has revealed that, despite his success, his early life was empty and he was searching for something he had not yet found.

“The rowing trophies began to fill a whole cabinet in the family home,” he says.

His name continued to take up columns in the Australian press. He was popular with girls and older people recognized him as Treseder, the up and coming champion sculler and rower.

Yet, Tom says with all the popularity and success there was still an emptiness, a void in his heart. However he would never let on to those around him that he was searching for something he had not yet found.

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Amazing Report on CTFM tour of Sri Lanka / Muslims, Hindus & Bhuddists come to Jesus

Dear family & friends in Christ,

After the amazing time in Israel, the whole CTFM group arrived in Sri Lanka and was blessed with 5 star hotel accommodation by the travel agent. This amazing hotel, overlooking the beach, old Parliament House, the Twin Towers and many other 5 star hotels, was just breath taking. It also gave us a view of the helicopter landing pad of the President of Sri Lanka.

After the 24 hour stay, half the group prepared to depart on route back to Australia. Just then, Pr Daniel’s daughter Shannen got on the piano at the 5 star hotel lobby, packed with guests and started singing and playing “He is Lord”. Within seconds the whole CTFM team was around the piano singing and worshipping the Lord!

This hotel, which is owned by an Arab Muslim man attracted many Muslims as their guests. It was most interesting to see many guests stop and watch us worship. Some of us were able to witness to them. Then half the team departed in a bus to the airport, while the rest of us stood at the entrance of the hotel and shouted, “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Ooi, ooi , ooi!”  Many had tears and their was a lot of hugging and kissing as we said goodbye. It was amazing how the team had bonded together. It was truly an amazing trip.

The next day early in the morning we left on our tour of Sri Lanka. Our first stop was the Elephant orphanage. Driving throught the streets of Sri Lanka was very interesting. There were many horns blowing, vehicles coming from every direction, but some how all got through. No road rage, no abusing, but they all just smiled, as one got through at the intersection.

The Sri Lankan people were always smiling, very warm and welcoming. I would love to go and live there for some time. The Elephant orphanage was very exciting. As we came within 2 metres of a herd of 56 elephants, we watched them eat and some of us fed them, and also watched them bathe.

Then we headed up to the hill country of Kandy, the place where the former kings in Sri Lanka ruled from. We visited a tea factory and then stayed the night at a hotel overlooking the lake. Here we had a buffet dinner and were entertained by a clipso band.

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Israel Trip Report of God’s Amazing Miracles / Do not miss Israel tour testimonies on Sun 29th July

Dear family & friends in Christ,

It is with great joy that we bring you this exciting report of the amazing miracles that God did on the recent Catch The Fire Ministries trip to Israel as  Pr Daniel, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, led a team of around 75 people to the Holy Land.

Later this week, we will also give you an update of the amazing miracles of God on the Sri Lanka tour.  So much happened on the tour that we will try our best to share it with you in point form.

1) On 22nd June the Malaysian Airlines flight left Melbourne airport carrying around 70 prayer warriors. Once the plane was up in the sky, there was an announcement on every TV screen on every seat, “Pr Daniel’s team pray for Australia”. Just then, all who were on tour started praying, while we knew that thousands more were praying on the ground right across our nation. It was so great to cover Australia in prayer!

2) After a 24 hour transit in Sri Lanka at a hotel on the beach, the team came to the airport to take the next flight to Jordan, but the flight was delayed by 90 minutes. Just then, the Lord spoke to Pr Daniel to call the team together at the International Terminal in the Sri Lanka airport and pray for Sri Lanka. Soon the whole team was on their knees worshipping and singing ‘He is Lord’. The presence of God was so great. Many at the airport were shocked to see us worship. Then Pr Daniel called out for anyone who wanted prayer to come forward. Just then, a Hindu man came out and gave his life to Jesus at the airport! Also another young woman of around 25, who was on tour, came up for prayer. She was mightily touched by God and healed instantly! She no longer needed any medication, which she had to take for her sickness.

3) Another young woman, who had come on the trip with her father, was not a believer in Jesus. In fact, she wanted to go back to Australia, as she did not expect the tour to be full on worship, praise and rejoicing. But glory to God, the presence of God showed up at the house of Mary, Martha & Lazarus in Israel, as Pr Daniel led worship and preached the Word. This young lady, with tears streaming down her cheeks, gave her life to Jesus! There was also a tremendous restoration with her father. At the end of the tour, this young lady did not want to leave the team. What a mighty God we serve!

4) The Sea of Galilee was amazing. As we took the boat ride, we started worshipping the Lord. Pr Daniel shared the Word, then everyone started dancing and prasing God. The joy of the Lord just absolutely filled the boat, as we sang, “Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him in the morning and praise Him at the noon time…” Then we stretched are hands to the north, south, east and west and prayed for the nations to rise up in Jesus Name!

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Bells Ring Out with Olympic Prayers

Peter Wooding : Jul 23, 2012 : Assist News Service

“This is an opportunity to be part of a prophetic act, a turning point which will shape the future of our nation. Let’s make a noise, talk about God, pray for peace, pray for reconciliation and commit to love God’s world and His people.” -Rev. Ian Bunce

(London, England)—Christians and churches across the UK are being encouraged to pray and make a noise and join in the nationwide mass bell ringing planned for the first day of the 2012 Games.

Ringing Bells in UK According to a More Than Gold press release to mark the opening of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the London Organizing Committee is calling for thousands of bells to be rung across our nations. The mass bell ringing on Friday 27th July will begin at 8:12am and will last for 3 minutes.

LOCOG are encouraging the tolling of “any bell, anyone, anytime.” It’s an opportunity for everyone to get involved in a special commission by the Turner Prize-winning artist and musician Martin Creed.

More Than Gold, the agency helping churches make the most of the Games, is calling on Christians and churches everywhere to join in and use this moment to ‘Stop and pray at 8:12am on Friday 27th July for God’s Kingdom to come and for a turning to come in our nations.’

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Josh McDowell Launches Website to Fight Porn, ‘Church’s No. 1 Threat’

By Anugrah Kumar , Christian Post Contributor, May 26, 2012

Apologist and author Josh McDowell launched Just1ClickAway.org, a new website to raise awareness about online pornography which he says is a problem big enough to cause the downfall of the church.

“The downfall of the church will not come from a lack of apologetic teaching; it will come from disintegration of the families in the church,” says a video posted on the website, which was launched this week, just in time for summer vacation when students’ media consumption significantly increases.

“The greatest threat to the cause of Christ is pervasive sexuality and pornography,” McDowell, known as an articulate speaker, said in a statement Thursday. “Today we have, by and large, lost control of the controls because an intrusive immorality is just one click away from our children. With just one keystroke on a smartphone, iPad, or laptop, a child can open up some of the worst pornography and sexually graphic content you can imagine. There’s never been such access in history. “

McDowell, who has written or co-authored 120 books since 1960, backs his claims with stunning statistics about the destructive impact of pornography on the Christian family.

More than 1 billion pornographic websites are one click away, and the average age of first-time viewers of pornography is 9 years old. About 80 percent of 15- to 17-year-olds have been exposed to hardcore porn, and the adult pornography industry reports that 20-30 percent of their traffic comes from children. More shockingly, half of all Christian families report that pornography is a problem, and 30 percent of pastors have viewed pornography in the last 30 days.

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Miracles, Signs, Wonders and Revival in Melbourne with 300+ people on Monday night / Pr Daniel and Israel trip highlights Sun 29th July at CTFM

Dear friends and family in Christ,

1) All praise, honour and glory to our reigning King of kings and LORD of lords for His Holy Spirit revival outpouring of miracles, signs and wonders in Melbourne as Pastor Robert Kayanja (Uganda) ministered the prophetic anointing, power, presence, glory and Word of the Lord to more than 300 people at CTFM Hallam last Monday night!

He arrived in Melbourne with Evangelist Vera Lim (Singapore) from Tonga for Jesus Miracle Healing Crusades (with thousands of people, including government and church leaders,) to minister at CTFM on his way to minister in Perth, then Singapore and Indonesia, before returning to his home in Uganda, Africa.

Pr Robert preached a powerfully anointed Word from God from 1 Samuel 10 that as Christians we need to prophesy the Word of God over ourselves and others to be radically changed by the Spirit of the Lord!

The altar call for healing, deliverance, salvation, miracles, more of God’s presence and power was flooded with several hundred people receiving supernatural breakthroughs from the mighty manifestation of the Holy Spirit!

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