Dear friends, We’re forwarding the following Monash University Journalism Article by Jackson Stiles regarding Rise Up Australia Party for your interest. The picture shows Pastor Daniel Nalliah flanked by two Israeli…
by: Clementine Cuneo, Leigh Van Den Broeke and AAP From: The Daily Telegraph - October 28, 2013 NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says there will be zero tolerance for religious discrimination…
Dear friends & family in Christ,
1) Last Sunday 13th Oct, we at Catch The Fire Church in Melbourne we were blessed to have Kay Painter from Remembering S.A.R.A. Ministries International speak to us at our 9.30 am and 6.30pm services.
Kay spoke of her abusive marriages, her abortion and her joy of finally coming to know, really know Jesus forgiveness, healing, being born again and that God had a purpose for her life. That’s why she came to Australia.
Kay also was our guest speaker at our Ladies Afternoon Tea. As many people were touched by Kay’s testimony which is in her book “From Sin And Sorrow To Service” we opened the Ladies meeting to men as well. At all three meetings many men women and some children received healing from trauma, restoration of their lives, Salvation and deliverance. Jesus said that He came to set prisoners free and heal the broken hearted and He did just that.
Ps. Geraldine of CTFM, who is in charge of “Option Plus Care” Pregnancy Crisis and Care Counselling (A division of CTFM) told us of one lady’s amazing testimony after the March for Babies last Saturday 12th Oct.
“I came to this rally and watched both sides with curiosity. I have to admit I was planning to join the ‘other side’ and I was pretty excited, it was to be my first ever rally. I got the shock of my life when I saw how ugly they were and I had to sit down to stop myself trembling. I am having triplets, cancelling my abortion Monday morning. Thank you. My heart has been changed.”
You may click the following link to read Ps Geraldine’s report from the March for Babies in Melbourne.
https://reformationharvestfire.com/events/march-for-the-babies-sat-12-oct-2013/
Mark Steyn – Jewish World Review Sept. 9, 2013/ 5 Tishrei, 5774
In 2010, the bestselling atheist Richard Dawkins, in the “On Faith” section of the Washington Post, called the pope “a leering old villain in a frock” perfectly suited to “the evil corrupt organization” and “child-raping institution” that is the Catholic Church. Nobody seemed to mind very much.
Three years later, in a throwaway Tweet, Professor Dawkins observed that “all the world’s Muslims have fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge. They did great things in the Middle Ages, though.” This time round, the old provocateur managed to get a rise out of folks. Almost every London paper ran at least one story on the “controversy.”
The Independent’s Owen Jones fumed, “How dare you dress your bigotry up as atheism. You are now beyond an embarrassment.”
The best-selling author Caitlin Moran sneered, “It’s time someone turned Richard Dawkins off and then on again. Something’s gone weird.” The Daily Telegraph’s Tom Chivers beseeched him, “Please be quiet, Richard Dawkins, I’m begging.”
None of the above is Muslim. Indeed, they are, to one degree or another, members of the same secular liberal media elite as Professor Dawkins. Yet all felt that, unlike Dawkins’s routine jeers at Christians, his Tweet had gone too far. It’s factually unarguable: Trinity graduates have amassed 32 Nobel prizes, the entire Muslim world a mere 10.
John L. Allen Jr. 5 October 2013- The Spectator
Imagine if correspondents in late 1944 had reported the Battle of the Bulge, but without explaining that it was a turning point in the second world war. Or what if finance reporters had told the story of the AIG meltdown in 2008 without adding that it raised questions about derivatives and sub-prime mortgages that could augur a vast financial implosion?
Most people would say that journalists had failed to provide the proper context to understand the news. Yet that’s routinely what media outlets do when it comes to outbreaks of anti-Christian persecution around the world, which is why the global war on Christians remains the greatest story never told of the early 21st century.
In recent days, people around the world have been appalled by images of attacks on churches in Pakistan, where 85 people died when two suicide bombers rushed the Anglican All Saints Church in Peshawar, and in Kenya, where an assault on a Catholic church in Wajir left one dead and two injured.
Those atrocities are indeed appalling, but they cannot truly be understood without being seen as small pieces of a much larger narrative. Consider three points about the landscape of anti-Christian persecution today, as shocking as they are generally unknown. According to the International Society for Human Rights, a secular observatory based in Frankfurt, Germany, 80 per cent of all acts of religious discrimination in the world today are directed at Christians. Statistically speaking, that makes Christians by far the most persecuted religious body on the planet.
According to the Pew Forum, between 2006 and 2010 Christians faced some form of discrimination, either de jure or de facto, in a staggering total of 139 nations, which is almost three-quarters of all the countries on earth. According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, an average of 100,000 Christians have been killed in what the centre calls a ‘situation of witness’ each year for the past decade. That works out to 11 Christians killed somewhere in the world every hour, seven days a week and 365 days a year, for reasons related to their faith.
Dear family & friends in Christ, 1) You may click the following links to read several articles regarding CTFM & the Doveton mosque that recently appeared in the local media…
Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) You may click the following links to read several newspaper articles regarding our recent peaceful resolution with the Islamic mosque in Doveton, Victoria.…
Professor Richard Dawkins, known as the world’s most famous atheist, has risen to rock star status for his attacks on God and religion, in particular, his attacks on the God of the Bible. But when he recently criticized Muslims, he was in for a surprise.
Before looking at Dawkins’ rather mild criticism of Muslims, let’s remember the depth of his vitriol against Christians and the Bible, most of which has only enhanced Dawkins’ reputation.
In an April interview aired on the Qatar-based TV network Al Jazeera, Dawkins railed on the Catholic Church, saying that, as “Horrible as sexual abuse no doubt was [suffered by some children at the hands of deviant priests], the damage was arguably less than the long-term psychological damage inflicted by bringing the child up Catholic in the first place.”
Was Dawkins really serious? The interviewer, Mehdi Hasan asked: “You believe that being bought up as a Catholic is worse than being abused by a priest?”
Dawkins replied: “There are shades of being abused by a priest, and I quoted an example of a woman in America who wrote to me saying that when she was seven years old she was sexually abused by a priest in his car.
“At the same time a friend of hers, also seven, who was of a Protestant family, died, and she was told that because her friend was Protestant she had gone to Hell and will be roasting in Hell forever.
Dear family & friends in Christ, 
We wish to thank you all for covering us in prayer regarding the new Catch The Fire Ministries base which was about to be built in Doveton, Victoria.
We’re sure you all know that the land right next to us was purchased by the Afghani Muslim community to build a mosque which we at CTFM opposed, but the local council granted the permit.
This matter was taken to VCAT and the hearing was adjourned to November.
In Luke 14:25-35 the Word of God speaks of the importance of counting the cost before moving to build a tower or going to war. Well, in the past few weeks we have been doing just that, spending hours prayerfully seeking the Lord’s direction as to what we should do.
Pr Daniel particularly asked the Lord for a clear sign to show him whether or not he should continue to fight this battle in the courts, as the whole purpose of opposing the construction of the mosque was based on the fact it was going to be built right next door to our future CTFM base.
We were ready to go all the way to the Supreme Court, even though it would have taken us around 2 years and tens of thousands of dollars.
Well, all glory to God that our prayers were answered in the most unexpected way.
General Immediate Media Release 18th September 2013
Is Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Coalition Government implicitly affirming Rise Up Australia Party’s flagship policy against MULTICULTURALISM?
Speaking from his office in Melbourne today, Daniel Nalliah, President of Rise Up Australia Party stated, ”It is certain that our Party is already having a notable presence in Australian political life with Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Coalition Government implicitly affirming our policy against Multiculturalism.
Our campaign has definitely paid off. We are very pleased to note that Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced that Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services will not be managed by the Department of Immigration under a Coalition Government. Neither will there be a Minister for Multicultural Affairs, according to my understanding.
We believe that this is a good step forward by Mr Abbott. Irrespective of it being our main policy at Rise Up Australia Party to Keep Australia Australian, we are nevertheless pleased, as it is not about us nor any political Party, but the future of our nation and the next generation.”
The outgoing Minister for Multicultural Affairs under the Rudd Government, Senator Kate Lundy, says she believes the Coalition is neglecting an important portfolio area.
Dear family & friends in Christ, 1) Following is the video link to Pr Daniel's interview on Channel Seven 'Sunrise Program' this morning Tuesday 17th Septmeber. http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/18965627/church-battles-to-stop-islamic-centre/ Please be encouraged…
Dear friends & family in Christ, Thank you for your prayer support. We thank and praise God that the CTFM VCAT court case to stop the Islamic Mosque in Doveton,…
General Immediate Release 13th September 2013 A VCAT hearing at 55 King St in Melbourne is scheduled for 10am Monday 16th September 2013 regarding the building permit granted by the…
Dear friends & family in Christ, A VCAT hearing at 55 King St Melbourne is scheduled for 10am this Monday 16th September 2013 regarding the building permit granted by the…
Dear friends,
May I take this opportunity to say a BIG THANK YOU on behalf of Rise Up Australia Party to all of our faithful Candidates, Helpers, Support Teams, Office Staff and especially to all of you fellow Aussies who voted for us.
Click the following link to watch my short 1 minute thank you video message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2-YZWro2hU
We also take this opportunity to congratulate our new Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and the LNP Government, on their victory. We also thank our former Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard & the ALP.
This was our first election and I believe that we have done quite well in running 93 candidates across the country. We are so pleased that with limited funding we were relatively successful in getting our brand name ‘RISE UP AUSTRALIA PARTY’ out and known to many people.
Thank you so much for those of you who worked day and night in order to make sure that everything was done well. Thank you so very much for all of you who put your trust in RUAP by voting for us. We still have a chance in securing a Senate seat in Victoria and if successful, I will get the opportunity to serve you in Parliament.
All our Senate and Lower house candidates worked very hard across the country to secure votes and have done their very best. I am so proud of them and thank them from the bottom of my heart, as we all have a passion to Keep Australia Australian for the next generation.
