United States of America National Day of Prayer 2007 Proclamation

President George Bush

Apr 25, 2007 : National Day of Prayer Task Force

A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

A prayerful spirit has always been an important part of our national character, and it is a force that has guided the American people, given us strength, and sustained us in moments of joy and in times of challenge. On this National Day of Prayer, we acknowledge God’s grace and ask for His continued guidance in the life of our Nation.

Americans of many faiths and traditions share a common belief that God hears the prayers of His children and shows grace to those who seek Him. Following the tragedy at Virginia Tech, in towns all across America, in houses of worship from every faith, Americans have joined together to pray for the lives that were lost and for their families, friends, and loved ones. (more…)

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Readers Slam Citizenship Test

By Mark Schliebs  May 18, 2007 11:42am

Australian readers struggle with some questions would-be Aussies must answer 20 questions from pool of 200 must achieve pass rate of 60 per cent.

NEWS.com.au readers have condemned the Federal Government’s new citizenship quiz after putting themselves to the test today. Many Australian-born readers said that not even they knew the answers to some of the questions the Government wants in the test, which will contain 20 randomly selected questions drawn from a pool of 200.

One reader described it as “idiotic nonsense” and another asked if he should be expelled – or perhaps flogged – for not knowing the name of the nation’s first Prime Minister. (more…)

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A Powerful Witness in the funeral of the Turkish Martyrs

Alive in ChristOn Wednesday April 18, 2007, the fledgling Christian community in this nation of 70 million Muslims, suffered a devastating blow, when three of its finest, were brutally murdered for their faith.  One German and two other Turkish brothers were found in the print shop, in south central Turkey, where they published and sold Bibles.
They had been tortured, stabbed repeatedly, and bound with their throats slit. Sadly, it was at the hands of five trusted young men, who had claimed to be seekers of our LORD. The murder was skillfully pre-meditated and ruthlessly carried out.  Needless to say, as members of the Body, we have been deeply grieved by this terrible tragedy. (more…)

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Bush’s Pledge to Veto Hate Crimes Bill Applauded by Dr. James Dobson

Bushby Wendy Cloyd/AH : May 4, 2007 : Citizen Link
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000004544.cfm

“We applaud the President’s courage in standing up for the Constitution and the principle of equal protection under the law.”

Although the U.S. House of Representatives, Wednesday, approved the controversial “Hate Crimes” bill, the President promised to veto the measure, should it also pass in the Senate.

Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, welcomed the news from the White House. (more…)

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Iraqi President Lets Christians Pray For Him

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Below is good news from Iraq, the sort of news you will not see in the secular media. The item comes from ASSIST News Service and if you click on the source at the bottom of the item you will see that it is a Christian news service.
There is an error in it however. Nouri al Malaki is the Prime Minister of Iraq not its President as claimed by ASSIST and “Breaking Christian News”
MalakiThat aside it would be good for the Federal Opposition leader and his Labor colleagues to read what the Iraqi PM has to say about the current Iraqi situation and his views on the withdrawal of multinational forces from his country.
Please let us join our prayers with those of our fellow Christians who held his hands and prayed for God to do a miracle in that land. With love in Jesus,     

Iraqi President Lets Christians Pray for Him with Iraq “Improving Dramatically” He is Upbeat About Future  “I have a bias towards the Assyrian Christians. They are the indigenous people of our country and our most nationalist and good people.” Iraqi President Nouri al Malaki  Michael Ireland/TN (April 24th, 2007)  (more…)

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Remarks by President G. W. Bush on the National Day of Prayer

American President George BushMay 3, 2007 : The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070503.html

(Photo: Whitehouse.gov)   The following text is of remarks by President Bush on the National Day of Prayer:  East Room

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. And welcome to the White House. I’m honored to join you for this National Day of Prayer. I’m sorry Laura is not here. She is camping in one of our national parks. (Laughter.) I appreciate the chairman—Chairwoman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, Shirley Dobson. Thank you for your leadership on this important day. And I see you brought your husband, Jim. (more…)

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Rain the talk of the town

Rain the talk of the townHerald Sun 28 April, 2007 
LIFE-giving rain has made a welcome return to the vital food-bowl Wimmera Mallee region.
Nobody is brave enough yet to call it drought-breaking, but good falls yesterday and overnight have delivered at least 10mm to most farmland with some areas getting about 25mm, and patches getting even more.

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Raining a climate of faith down on believers

Raining a climate of faith down on believersThe Age April 26, 2007
Worshippers from various churches gather in Fitzroy Gardens yesterday to pray for an end to the drought.

AUSTRALIANS are literally looking to the heavens for the solution to the nation’s crippling drought, according to Prime Minister John Howard.
Mr Howard urged Australians to “pray for rain” last week, when he warned that parlous water supplies in the Murray-Darling Basin could lead to allocations for irrigators virtually being cancelled. (more…)

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favour of Ban on Partial Birth Abortion

by Mark Sherman/AH : Apr 18, 2007 : AP, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com

“We are grateful to God today that moral sense has prevailed at the court. This has been a long time coming and shows great promise for the future…”

In a long-awaited victory for those upholding life, the U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court JudgesWednesday, voted 5-4 in favor of the 2003 ban on partial birth abortion. (Photo: AP)

Justice Anthony Kennedy, siding with the majority—which included Justices Alito, Thomas, Scalia and Chief Justice Roberts—stated that the opponents of the ban “have not demonstrated that the Act would be unconstitutional in a large fraction of relevant cases.” (more…)

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Is Smacking Child Abuse

Bill Muehlenberg by Bill Muehlenberg – CultureWatch (http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/)

In the minds of many, there are no more scarier words than these: “Hi, we’re from the government and we’re here to help you”. Patronising government bureaucrats can certainly come up with some nightmarish scenarios. When governments become convinced they need to micromanage parenting, for example, they end up subsuming the role of parents – usually a recipe for disaster. The truth is, parents are the best placed to know how to parent their children, not faceless government bureaucrats. (more…)

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Record Church Attendance a Sign of “Cultural Shift” in Australia

Aussie Gospel Outdoor Crowdby AAP/TN : Apr 11, 2007 : AAP

“This is happening across the board, it’s not just here.”

The AAP in Australia has reported that there were record-breaking attendances throughout Australia last weekend for services marking the Resurrection of Christ.

Anglican Dean Phillip Jensen of St. Andrew’s in Sydney believes the “increasing popularity of religious elements of Easter was indicative of a cultural shift in Australia.”

“This is happening across the board, it’s not just here,” said Jensen. (more…)

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Stop The Hatred

Andrew Bolt  -  April 11, 2007 12:00am

MAYBE this time, I thought. Maybe this first Australian Islamic Conference would at last show us the moderate Muslim leaders we’ve searched for.

God, we need them. Look at the latest doings of the hate-preachers we have now.

Take the Mufti of Australia, Sheik Taj el-Din al-Hilaly, who has just given interviews in Iran demanding Muslims stand “in the trenches” with its hostage-taking regime, and is now being investigated for allegedly giving $12,000 to a Lebanese propagandist linked to terrorists.

Meanwhile, the head of the Lebanese Muslim Association, which pays him to preach at Australia’s biggest mosque, has had to seek police protection for suggesting this fool had best shut up. (more…)

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Catch the Fire’s Pastor Danny Nalliah Runs Very Sucessful Campaign Against Hate Crime Bill in the US

Guest Speaker Addresses CrowdCoral Ridge Presbyterian Church Hosts Media Release – March 22nd, 2007

Australian Catch the Fire Ministries president Danny Nalliah has waged a successful campaign in the United States against a Hate Crimes Bill designed to curb legitimate expressions of religious freedom which could lead to life imprisonment.

Ps Danny Addresses the 1300plus crowd at Using the contentious Victorian court case between the Islamic Council of Victoria and Catch the Fire Ministries as an example, the anomalies shown in the Australian (Victorian) law became a point of discussion to discredit the HR 254 US law.Pastor John Arnott of Toronto Airport hristian Fellowship & Pastor Danny Nalliah

Currently, Pastor Danny and an Australian team have just left the U.S. where he addressed members of Congress to discredit HR 254, which is similar to the problematic Australian Vilification laws.

Pastor Pat Robertson of Christian Broadcasting Network & Danny NalliahPastor Nalliah and the Australian team has visited five US states in one week to speak at meetings before heading on to Canada to raise awareness of the risks to freedom of speech and religion as a result of hate bills.Ps Nalliah Encourages the Crowd

“The problems with these kinds of laws are that there is often no clear definition of what is considered criminal hatred. There is ambiguity as to what public statements will constitute a criminal offence,” Pastor Danny said. (more…)

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