E-News: Three Liberals speak up on multiculturalism and Islam

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Following current articles on multiculturalism in Britain and subsequent reports from Australia, three federal Liberal MPs have spoken out.
 
Kevin Andrews MHR, Sen Mitch Fifield and Sen Cory Bernardi have warned about the dangers of separatism, the dangers of Islam, the risk of losing Australian culture … and the Islamisation of Australia. The MPs mentioned the silence of political leaders about extreme Islam, the risk of ‘parallel societies’ such as is happening in the UK and Europe where Muslims want shari’a law and the proliferation of ‘halal’ food as problems…
 
Liberal MPs warn of ‘Islam danger’ – Herald Sun, 9 Feb 2011

AUSTRALIA risks becoming a nation of “ethnic enclaves” that unknowingly buys livestock slaughtered “in the name of Allah”, senior Liberal MPs have warned.

Opening up a new political faultline, former immigration minister Kevin Andrews lashed out at political leaders who failed to speak out on the rise of extreme Islam, claiming the silence contributes to the rise of One Nation-type movements.

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Protests in Egypt / Understanding the Middle East / Christian Persecution

Protests in Egypt By Pr Daniel

Dear family & friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,

I am sure you have been watching the unfolding of events in Egypt and across the Middle East over the past 2 weeks.

I do not claim to be an authority on issues in the Middle East. However, because I spent time working and ministering along with my family in Saudi Arabia, the heartland of Islam, I somewhat understand the mindset of much of the Muslim Arab world.

It seems that the media is all out to promote the change of government in Egypt. Now, if the media supports a particular side, you always need to understand that they almost always promote the negative and not the positive. That is simply the way of the secular left media.

Many governments in the Arab world are pro-West, such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Abudhabi, Yemen, Turkey, Iraq, Doha, Lebanon, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and others.

One of the main reasons for this is that the children of the government leaders and of other influential leaders in these countries have studied in the West. Additionally, many of these countries look to the West for security in an constantly unstable and terror threatened region. Many Middle Eastern governments are unsure of whether their own Muslim countrymen might turn their guns on them. They know that they can trust the people and governments in the West. However, they don’t know that this trust comes only because most of the countries in the West were founded on Judeo-Christian values based on the Bible as the only true Word of God.

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Stories of Heroism Emerge from Aussie Floods

Teenager lost in the floodsby Aimee Herd : Jan 14, 2011 : Bryony Jones – CNN.com

“I can only imagine what was going on inside to give up his life to save his brother, even though he was petrified of water. He is our little hero.”

A CNN.com report notes the courageous actions by some of those trapped by the horrific flooding in Australia this week.

In one instance, Queensland teenager Jordan Rice sacrificed his own life to save his brother’s when the family became trapped in their car as a sudden flash flood overtook it. (Photo: CNN.com)

Jordan, his mother and his younger brother, Blake, struggled to survive on the roof of the car, as they waited for rescuers to help them to safety. When help arrived planning to take Jordan first, he demanded that they save his little brother and mother before him.

Blake was rescued, but it was too late to help either Jordan or his mom. The boy’s father, John Tyson, who had not been with them at the time, told a local newspaper, “Jordan can’t swim and is terrified of water. But when the man went to rescue him, he said ‘save my brother first.’

“I can only imagine what was going on inside to give up his life to save his brother, even though he was petrified of water. He is our little hero,” said Tyson.

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Egypt, the great antagonist of Israel

Egypt, America, and IsraelEgyptA response to the unrest in Cairo by ICEJ Executive Director, Rev. Malcolm Hedding

February 1st, 2011

Egypt, but for brief moments in history, has always been a great antagonist of the people of Israel. This saga really began some 1700 years before Christ when Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers, was wrongly accused and left to rot in an Egyptian jail. If it were not for God’s supernatural deliverance he would have perished there! His rise to power was phenomenal as was his leadership skills. He not only saved Egypt from starvation but he delivered his family and the known world as well and thereby guaranteed the existence of the Jewish people and the Messianic line of descent. If it were not for God’s supernatural deliverance Israel would have perished!

As time went by a Pharaoh arose “who knew not Joseph” and literally enslaved the Jewish people, murdered their babies and threatened the nation with extinction. God went before them and provided a deliverer in the person of Moses. He brought Israel out of Egypt with great signs and wonders by his hands. If it were not for God’s supernatural deliverance Israel would have perished!

When the children of Israel got to the Red Sea the Egyptians had them cornered. There was nowhere to go and so, once again, by a miracle, in response to Moses outstretched arm, the sea parted and Israel escaped unharmed on dry land. If it were not for God’s supernatural deliverance Israel would have perished at the hands of the Egyptians!

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What Is Next for Egypt and the Arab World?

Egyptian President MubarakASSIST News Service (ANS)  By Dan Wooding – Founder of ASSIST

Saturday, January 29, 2011

CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — The BBC is reporting that leaders from the US, UK, France and Germany have urged Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak to avoid violence and enact reforms as protests continue.

In a story that appears on the BBC website, Jeremy Bowen writes, “In Cairo, thousands of demonstrators have ignored a curfew. The army is standing by and not intervening.

“Mr. Mubarak has appointed his first ever vice-president and a new prime minister as he struggles to regain control after five days of street demonstrations.

“At least 74 people have been killed since Tuesday, and looting is ongoing.

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Christianity taking over planet?

Mega Shift by James RutzEvidence suggests it’s fastest growing faith on Earth

Posted on WorldNetDaily on December 31, 2010 2011

What is the fastest-growing religion on Earth?

Most news reports suggest it is Islam.

But the evidence suggests a new, or, perhaps, original form of biblically inspired evangelical Christianity is sweeping through places like China, Africa, India and Southeast Asia – making it, by far, the fastest growing faith on the planet.

In “Megashift,” author Jim Rutz coins a new phrase to define this fast-growing segment of the population. He calls them “core apostolics” – or “the new saints who are at the heart of the mushrooming kingdom of God.”

Rutz makes the point that Christianity is overlooked as the fastest-growing faith in the world because most surveys look at the traditional Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church while ignoring Christian believers who have no part of either.

He says there are 707 million “switched-on disciples” who fit into this new category and that this “church” is exploding in growth.

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Floods in Australia- Is it God, the devil, or a natural disaster? By Pr Daniel

Queensland FloodsPraying for flood victimsDear family and friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,

Many have asked Pr Daniel whether they could reprint or forward this article to others, so we are sending it again. Please feel free to do so in addition to the attached Christian Breaking News article from the Elijah List.

The above is a hot topic right now amongst many people, as Christians and non-Christians alike have been asking the question, “Is God punishing the people or is it simply a natural disaster?”
 
However, I have not personally heard many people ask the question, “Is it  the work of the devil?”
 
I am sure that even during the time of Noah’s flood many would have called it a natural disaster, until they all perished. We know this because when Noah warned the people as God’s spokesman, they did not receive his warning.  (Genesis 7:21-23)
 
Of course, there have always been many natural disasters throughout the world, but when the disaster is of the magnitude of what recently happened in Queensland, and when the secular media calls it ‘A Flood of Biblical Proportions’, we definitely need to take a good look and see whether this is more than just a natural disaster.
 
As I was recently getting my hair cut, my barber said to me, “Danny, I cannot understand why a loving God is punishing people.” My barber is a Christian, but does not go to church. In fact, I led him to the Lord a few months ago.
 
I promptly responded, “Suppose my daughter or son tell me that they are leaving home because they don’t like all the rules and regulations, but I tell them that the rules and regulations are because we love them and want to protect them from getting into trouble.  If they still choose to go, and I hear that they get into some trouble, would it be fair for them to blame me??”
 
He promptly responded, “NO.”

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Cyclone Yasi – What a challenging moment in our nation / Pr Daniel

Pastor Daniel NalliahDear family & friends in Christ across this Great South Land of the Holy Spirit,

1) I am sure many of you would have hardly slept last night as you would have been praying and storming heaven on behalf of our nation, in particular for Queensland.

Personally, I hardly slept myself as I kept getting up all through the night and was led to pray in tongues for most part of the night. I asked God that there should be no lives lost. I am sure many of you would have done the same. I was also watching the breaking news.

I thank God with all my heart that the breaking news this morning was that “NO LIVES WERE LOST and NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES”. Isn’t this amazing!

A category 5 Cyclone rips through parts of Queensland, with winds of up to 285KM’s an hour, and there were no casualties. This is an amazing miracle, although there has been major damage to property and infrastructure.

Already there are encouraging reports coming out of Queensland.

This morning I was speaking to Pastor Adam who lives in Cairns. He told me that 16 born-again Christians, his family and a few from his church gathered at their home and spent a few hours in worship, praise and prayer last night.  While the cyclone was passing through they were playing their guitars and worshipping the Lord.

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Urgent – Message received regarding ‘Cyclone Yasi’ at CTFM Prayer Mtg

Christians united in prayerCyclone YasiDear family and friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,
 
This urgent  and very serious message came from the Lord at the prophetic intercessory prayer meeting today 2/2/11,  at Catch the Fire Ministries Apostolic Centre in Melbourne, (Hallam), Australia.
 
As around 50 intercessory prayer warriors met to prayerfully seek the Lord from 10am – 2pm at our ministry and church base regarding the crisis with Cyclone Yasi (expected to hit the North Eastern part of Queensland sometime soon), we were burdened with the ferocity and possible destruction of peoples lives, livelihoods, devastation of land, homes, and the intense repercussions this will have on our nation of Australia.

We worshipped the Lord in His holiness and then began to pray on our knees before the Lord around the map of Australia. Many prayed and began to beseech (cry out to) the Lord for this situation. As this happened, it became apparent that God was speaking and making His voice heard and Pastor Daniel began weeping and physically struggling as others prayed. Almost overcome, he shared the following with those God had gathered to pray, “God will not allow me to pray for the cyclone not to happen (for His protection) as He is making it clear to me that this is to happen… many will look to Him in their time of need and know Him. Hearts will become softened by the situation and many will cry out and know His salvation.”

Pr Daniel went on to state, “God just reminded me of the people of God how they refused to go to the promised land and were planning to stone Moses, Caleb & Joshua. They then wanted to elect a leader and go back to Egypt. How God wanted to lift His protection off them, so that they may be destroyed, but Moses got in the way and pleaded with God to protect them. God did protect them, but they never entered the promised land (Numbers 14 ).

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Media release – Atheist PM not good for dark chapter in Australia’s history

It is very sad that this dark chapter in Australia’s history is led by an atheist Prime Minister in Julia Gillard and an openly homosexual Greens leader who seems to be the Deputy Prime Minister by default, both who have no regard for God nor Prayer.

Catch the Fire Ministries president Dr Daniel Nalliah said Julia Gillard was not elected by the majority of the Australian people, but rather the personal decision of two power hungry independent MPs who catapulted Ms Gillard to the top job.

“Are we Aussies all paying for that decision? It is very well known that throughout history, in a time of national crisis, Kings, Prime Ministers and Presidents of countries around the world have turned to God, irrespective of whether they were Christian, Buddhist, Hindu or Muslim and asked for help or at least called the nation to pray for protection and for the victims of the disaster,” Dr Nalliah said.

“However, for the past several weeks, right through the flood crisis across Australia, I have not heard our Prime Minister call the people of Australia to pray and ask God for protection and for help for the tens of thousands of people who have become victims of this major disaster,” he said.

“Even the secular media personalities stated several times, ‘Our prayers and thoughts are with you’, but did we hear our PM make any such statements at all or did I just miss out on it?”

Dr Nalliah said, conversely under the Howard Government when Australia was going through a major drought crisis, he recalled how Mr Howard called on the nation to pray for rain in 2007, then followed a National Prayer Gathering in Federal Parliament on 22 October 2007. Within 24 hours the rains started pouring down in many parts of Australia.

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Australians Believe Prayers Have Caused Floodwaters to Recede

Christian Breaking News - Teresa Neumann (January 27, 2011) "We fell on our knees and we cried out to the Lord and we said 'Lord, please forgive us and heal…

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Urgent Prayer Alert – Cyclone Yasi – QLD and Cyclone Bianca – WA

CycloneDear family and friends in Christ across Australia,

We first want to thank the Lord for answered prayer regarding the Murray river in Victoria not reaching its expected peak, as you would know that there were 3 rivers all coming together in one place and Swan Hill in Victoria was about to face major disaster. However, glory to our Heavenly Father as He once again answered the earnest prayer of His children!

I was speaking to a farmer from the area who brought it to my attention that the 3 rivers suddenly started to stagger their flow of water, therefore resulting in the expected water not coming together all at once. It was as though someone was holding up the water and sending it little by little. I was thinking of how the Lord God supernaturally held up the river Jordan for the Israelites to cross.

Praise be to our sovereign Creator God that Swan Hill did not go under water as predicted by the news media. The disaster was definitely averted through prayer.

Now the breaking news in Australia is that there are 2 Cyclones rapidly approaching our shores, Cyclone Bianca heading towards WA and Cyclone Yasi heading towards QLD.

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Souls saved, demons flee as Holy Spirit Fire falls with Pr Donnie Swaggart

Holy Spirit Revival Meetings with Pastor Donnie Swaggart from USPastor Donnie Swaggart from US ministering at CTFM in MelbourneDear family & friends in Christ,

1) We give all praise, honour, and glory to our wonderful Lord and Saviour, as hundreds of lives have been so powerfully transformed over the last few days at CTFM in Hallam (Melbourne) that they will never be the same again!

Around 250 people gathered each night at Catch The Fire Apostolic Centre in Hallam to hear the powerfully anointed Word of God preached by Rev Donnie Swaggart from last Thursday 27th through Sunday night 30th January.

Some people travelled 3-4 hours from country Victoria and others from interstate to be at these Revival meetings and to receive a great impartation from the Holy Spirit through the man of God. Every night people entered into the presence of God in worship and were soaked in the anointing of the Holy Ghost!

As brother Donnie got up each night to preach, the people of God were ready to receive the Word of the Lord with great excitement and much joy!

God used His servant to really challenge His people to ‘Rise up and take a stand for Jesus. Stop compromising the Word of God, but speak it out boldly and with love!”

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Man Without Limbs: Live Without Limits

Nick Vujicic - World Renown Inspirational Speaker and EvangelistBy Michelle A. Vu – Christian Post Reporter

Even with arms and legs, most people have not surfed in Waikiki Beach, conducted a 60-piece orchestra, gone to the slums of India and Egypt, or performed circus stunts for a Hollywood movie. But a man born without limbs did all that and more by the age of 27.

Nick Vujicic, known worldwide through his YouTube videos and DVDs, wants to challenge people to live without limits by looking at what he can do despite his disability. His new book, Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life, takes a personal look at his struggles growing up, including depression and suicidal thoughts, and how he overcame them.

“Too often we tell ourselves we aren’t smart enough or attractive enough or talented enough to pursue our dreams,” writes Vujicic, an inspirational speaker and evangelist. “What’s worse is that when you consider yourself unworthy, you are putting limits on how God can work through you.”

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Pakistan Minister Condemns Reward for Killing Christian Woman

Spread of IslamWorld Sun, Dec. 05 2010 – By Ethan Cole – Christian Post Reporter

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti condemned Saturday the recent announcement of a reward for killing the jailed Christian woman on death row for blasphemy.

Bhatti said the call is unjust and irresponsible and should be discouraged in the strongest possible manner because no one has the right to issue a decree to kill someone else, according to Pakistan’s Daily Times newspaper. He also added that Pakistan is a civilized country and violation of the rule of law is not allowed.
“Every legal and constitutional means will be adopted in the Asia Bibi case,” assured Bhatti, who was in charge of investigating the case and reported that Bibi was innocent to President Asif Ali Zadari.

A hard-line imam known for making similar reward-for-murder calls in the past offered about $6,000 (500,000 rupees) to anyone who kills Asia Bibi during his sermon at the largest mosque in Peshawar on Friday. Imam Maulana Yousuf Qureshi also threatened the government to not amend or repeal the blasphemy laws “which provide protection to the sanctity of Holy Prophet Muhammad,” according to Asia News.

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