Global Warming Debate Heats Up in Wake of Record Snowstorms

Updated February 13, 2010 by Blake Snow – FOXNews.com

Scientists and politicians on both sides of the climate change debate have been pointing to the record-breaking snowstorms in the Mid-Atlantic states to promote their theories on the earth’s changing temperatures — and the debate is getting downright nasty.

As snow-weary Pennsylvanians dug out, utilities struggled to restore power to thousands and crews worked to reopen closed roads after a record-breaking blizzard that dumped more than a foot of snow across the state.

Scientists and politicians on both sides of the climate change debate have been pointing to the record-breaking snowstorms in the Mid-Atlantic states to promote their theories on the earth’s changing temperatures — and the debate is getting downright nasty.

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Christianity being squeezed out in the name of ‘equality’, Archbishop of York warns

Dr John SentamuBy Steve Doughty 4th February 2010

Christianity is being wiped out from public life in the name of equality, the Archbishop of York said yesterday.

Dr John Sentamu accused politicians and others of trying to sideline religion by promoting their false idea of ‘tolerance’.

He cited Labour’s equality laws as an attack on the freedoms of churches.

Attempts to denigrate church schools and ban the mention of Christmas in favour of bland ‘Winterval’ celebrations were also part of a drive to censor Christianity, he said.

The Archbishop’s comments followed the Pope’s unprecedented attack on Harriet Harman’s Equality Bill earlier this week.

Benedict XVI called the proposed legislation ‘unjust’, saying it restricted religious freedom and violated ‘the natural law’  -  in other words, Christian teaching.

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Nation Shaking Prayer Ministry in Melbourne 26 – 28 February 2010

Pastor Julius SuubiDear friends and family in Christ,

1) From 26th – 28th February, Catch the Fire Ministries will be hosting a Nation Shaking Prayer Ministry in Melbourne with Pastor Julius Suubi, a renowned International Minister from Nairobi, Kenya, who heads up ‘Highway Of Holiness Ministries’.

Session times: Friday 7:30pm (prayer meeting) / Saturday 10:30am & 2pm (teaching on intercessory prayer) / Sunday 9:30am & 6:30pm (revival / reformation / taking a nation)

Click the following link to download the brochure for printing and distributing throughout your spheres of Kingdom influence:

https://reformationharvestfire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/nation-shaking-prayer-in-melbourne-26-28-february-2010.pdf

Having been praying for our nation of Australia for many years, God is now sending Pastor Julius to Australia once again to minister and release strategic prayer direction over our nation. 

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The Truth Is!

The Golden Report – Jerry Golden from Jerusalem, Israel – 14th February 2010

We have an enemy that is unstoppable and must be recognized as our foe and not our friend.  That enemy is time, and the longer Israel waits to attack Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas the more likely it is that we will have to take on others such as Egypt – and consequently more Jews will die in Israeli cities. 

America has a problem much like ours here in Israel.  If the freedom loving citizens of the US don’t rise up against the Obama administration’s destruction of the Constitution they will soon lose the liberties they so cherish.  Time is not on their side, the enemy has diabolically been planning the destruction of the Jews as well as the United States.

All hell is about to break loose and we all know it, but seem to be powerless to do anything about it.   Pray as we may, God’s prophetic Word will come to pass regardless of human events.. 

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Islamic Finance for Australia!

Salt Shakers I-List – Jenny Stokes – 12th February 2010

Some time ago I read that there was some investigation occurring into the provision of Islamic finance in Australia.
 
Today, the Trade Minister, Simon Crean, launched a booklet published by the Australian government called Islamic Finance.

It has been produced by Austrade (part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade).
 
The media release says “The booklet Islamic Finance provides a detailed explanation of the opportunities that booming Shariah-compliant investment and banking offers Australia’s financial services sector.”
 
In the booklet, the ‘opportunities’ for the expansion of Islamic finance in Australia are explored – including attracting more international banks and Islamic banks to Australia to provide the finance, Australian banks providing shariah-compliant finance, funds managers doing Islamic finance etc etc…. (Page 6)

The booklet then looks at a wide range of trade areas in Australia and ways they could ‘benefit’ from or use shariah or Islamic finance!

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Yemen Negotiates Release of Christian Hostages

by Wolfgang Polzer : Jan 14, 2010 : ASSIST News Service

Government Claims to Know Whereabouts of German Family and British Engineer

The government of Yemen has started negotiations for the release of six Christian hostages.

A German family of five and a British engineer are held captive in the Northern province of Saada, according to foreign minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi. He was quoted by the German television channel ARD.

Johannes and Sabine Hentschel (both 37) and their children Lydia (5), Anna (3) and Simon (1) as well as the engineer were kidnapped six months ago during an outing near Saada. They were with two German Bible school students and a South Korean teacher. They were found murdered on June 12. The nine Christians had been working at the Al Jumhuri hospital in Saada.

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Myth Of The Anti-Muslim Backlash

Investors.com ^ | January 13, 2010 | PAUL SPERRY  – Posted on 14 January 2010 by Kaslin
 
The Council on American-Islamic Relations warns that making an issue of Islamic terror incites “hate crimes” against innocent Muslims, but federal data disprove that. And commendably, the Obama administration is ignoring the Islamist pressure group’s latest bluff.

The White House has added top CAIR donor Saudi Arabia to a list of 14 mostly Muslim nations whose travelers will undergo extra airport-security screening in the wake of the Christmas Day airliner attack by a Muslim passenger. CAIR slammed the new policy as “across-the-board profiling” and griped “Muslims will pay the price for this one.”

That’s standard post-Islamic-terror bluster by CAIR, which remains under a cloud of terror suspicion itself following its 2007 federal designation as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror finance case in U.S. history. The group is quick to argue that increased security only serves to demonize innocent Muslims and put a bull’s-eye on their backs.

But it’s a red herring, and one that can have the dangerous effect — designed or not — of taking authorities off the scent of radical Muslims.

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Billy Graham’s Suit – I not only know who I am .. I also know where I’m going.’

Billy GrahamBilly Graham is now 90 years old with Parkinson’s disease.

In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina,  invited their favorite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon in his honor.

Billy initially hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggles with Parkinson’s disease. But the Charlotte  leaders said, ‘We don’t expect a major address. Just  come and let us honor you.’ So he agreed..

After wonderful things were said about him, Dr. Graham  stepped to the rostrum, looked at the crowd, and said,  ‘I’m reminded today of Albert Einstein, the great physicist who  this month has been honored by Time magazine as the  Man of the Century. Einstein was once traveling from  Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the  aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger. When he  came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He  couldn’t find his ticket, so he reached in his trouser pockets.  It wasn’t there, so he looked in his briefcase but couldn’t find it.  Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn’t find it.

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Sarah Palin: We Won’t Get Over Abortion, Real Women’s Advocates Pro-Life

Potential 2012 Presidential Candidate Sarah PalinLife News | 1/21/10 | Steven Ertelt – Posted on 23 January 2010

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has a message for the mainstream media and abortion advocates. In a new note encouraging pro-life advocates at the March for Life, the former Alaska governor says pro-life people won’t “get over” abortion because abortions hurt women.

Palin starts the message, shared with her more than one million fans on FaceBook, with encouragement for the hundreds of thousands at the March for Life.

“Tomorrow the 37th annual March for Life will occur in Washington, D.C. January is a tough month to schedule a march in Washington, but every year hundreds of thousands of everyday Americans from across our nation brave the cold weather on the anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision to bear a positive witness to the culture of life,” Palin writes.

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A Year Later, Voters Send a Different Message

President Obama By ADAM NAGOURNEY-  Published in New York Times on January 19, 2010

BOSTON — Special elections come and go. And the party that wins the White House one year ordinarily loses seats in the next Congressional election that comes along.

President Obama spoke in Boston on Sunday at a campaign stop for the Democratic candidate for Senate.

The Democrats’ Day After

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Pat Robertson Under Fire for Haiti Remarks

Pat RobertsonThursday, 14 January 2010 – Adrienne S. Gaines News – Featured News – Charisma

Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has come under fire for remarks he made Wednesday on his 700 Club program suggesting the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti Tuesday was a consequence of a pact Haitian leaders may have made with Satan 200 years ago.

“They were under the heel of the French, you know Napoleon the third and whatever, and they got together and swore a pact to the devil,” said Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). “They said, ‘We will serve you if you will get us free from the French.’ True story.

“And so the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal.’ And they kicked the French out. The Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after another.”

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QED – Abbott and the Bible

Tony AbbottQED – Abbott and the Bible –  by Ben-Peter Terpstra – January 31, 2010

Tony Abbott’s pro-Bible statements outraged his opponents. And the reason is obvious to all with marbles.

In socialist circles, encouraging pupils to study Judeo-Christian texts is a sin. …

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Many Christian groups have praised and even promoted Mr Rudd for being a Christian. Strangely they have been very quiet about Mr Abbott’s Christian faith since he became Liberal leader.

All too often this seems to suggest that it is actually Mr Rudd’s brand of politics, rather than his faith, that they are applauding.

At the same time the atheists, humanists and socialists have been very quiet about Mr Rudd’s ‘faith’ yet have come out firing as soon as Mr Abbott became Liberal Leader and have continued to fire at him ever since.

Again suggesting that the real motivation is politics rather than faith.

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Exciting New Schedule for CTFM including Sunday morning services / by Pastor Daniel

Pastor DanielDear family and friends in Christ,

After seeking the Lord over the past 6 months through corporate prayer and fasting, it’s with great excitement that we at CTFM announce our first weekly Sunday morning service commencing this Sunday the 7th of February at 9:30am at the Catch The Fire Apostolic Centre, 23 Melverton Dr. in Hallam.  Our Sunday night service will continue each week at 6:30pm.

Our weekly Friday night service at 7:30pm will focus more on prayer and prophetic intercession for our nation.  Every first Friday of the month is the Rise Up Australia prayer meeting which aims at uniting the Body of Christ across Melbourne from many churches and denominations to pray for our nation’s transformation, followed by an all night prayer meeting.

I am sure many of you who have personally approached me over the years regarding a Sunday morning service will be very glad, as you can now bring your children along with you to worship the Lord at CTFM. We will have a Sunday school for the kids starting this Sunday morning and a youth ministry in operation soon, totally dedicated to training up real disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ to rise into their God-given calling and destiny, maturing sons and daughters of the Father in heaven. (more…)

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Amazing Holy Spirit Outpouring on Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Lady healed of severe leg pains and walks without walker!Body of Christ Unites to Catch the Fire of Holy Spirit Revival in Kangaroo Island, South AustraliaDear family & friends in Christ,

1) What a mighty weekend once again of ministering in the Holy Spirit miracle working power of God, as many more precious people were supernaturally healed, delivered and set free by the life transforming grace and love of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in Melbourne (Hallam), Victoria and Kangaroo Island, South Australia! 

Pastor Daniel led a team from CTFM to minister at several combined church services on Kangaroo Island on Saturday evening 30th and Sunday morning and evening 31st January. What was most exciting was that the local Uniting church was the host of all of the Holy Spirit revival meetings for the body of Christ and Kingdom of God on Kangaroo Island!

We give all the praise, honour, and glory to our loving Father in heaven for bringing together the body of His Son, from the Uniting, Seventh Day Adventist, Lutheran, Anglican, Baptist and AOG denominations, to lift up the matchless Name above all names, the Lord Jesus Christ!  Some of these churches even cancelled their scheduled Sunday morning services to join in this united move of God’s Holy Spirit and Fire! Truly, this was absolutely incredible, especially in our nation of Australia!

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MUSLIMS CONVERTED TO CHRIST IN IRAQ

by Dr. Peter Hammond

General Georges Sada, a former air force fighter pilot who once served as a senior military advisor to Saddam Hussein, is one of thousands of Iraqis who have become followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The remarkable testimony of General Sada was passed on to me by a former Frontline Fellowship mission worker, John Michael, who is working as a security advisor in Iraq. John Michael writes: “With all the negative and extremely disturbing violent news coming out of the Middle East, there is good news. Where there is conflict, there needs to be sober examination of our own faith as we are put to the test. Our purpose and meaning to life must be scrutinized. What is overwhelmingly obvious is that those who promote freedom and respect towards others are expressing their own personal faith in the God of the Bible. However, when confronting a religious system that lives for, and thrives on, violent conflict in Jihad with suicidal martyrdom seen as the only assurance of salvation, the question remains – what is the purpose of living? The hope for a peaceful and blessed life is really limited when such an extremely violent death is sought after. This raises some really disturbing questions about such a religious system, which has so little respect for humanity and life in general.”

“Religion can be a curse or a blessing. There is the God who blesses with life in all its abundance, and there is the god who steals, deceives, kills and destroys. It becomes as clear as the day when Elijah confronted the false prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. The power of God was revealed with fire from on high showing who the true God was (1 Kings 18). This spectacular demonstration of God’s power, awe and might is now clearly on display in Iraq for all the world to see who really is the one true God.”

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