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“It's a ground-up call to action that is forcing both parties to change the way they do business, and thats beautiful.” Palin got an ecstatic response from the hunSarah Palin Speaking at the First National Tea Party Convention Feburary 6th 2010 dreds of tea party activists in the banquet hall he Democratic agenda is “running out of in Nashville, where they time,” former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Sathad spent the last few urday at the National Tea Party Convention, days hashing out ways to claiming that the conservative tea party movement grow the movement and is part of a brewing “revolution” that constitutes the defeat Democrats in the “future of politics.” Sarah Palin 2010 midterms. Though tea party groups have Palin, who delivered the keynote speech on the closfaced criticism for being disorganized and been ing night of the three-day gathering of conservative cast occasionally as angry rebels without a cause, activists, aligned herself squarely with the movement, the former governor said the activists have started frequently using the word “us” in describing it. something that Washington must heed. “This is the future of our country. The tea party move“America is ready for another revolution, and you ment is the future of politics,” she said. are a part of this,” Palin said. The former GOP vice presidential nominee pointed to the room full of activists, as well as the recent election
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national organization promoting prayer for our nation’s leaders has revealed the locations across the United States which pray the most for those in authority over us—and the results are quite surprising. The Presidential Prayer Team, the nation’s leading ministry encouraging prayer for the President and leaders of America, today in a media advisory released its ‘Top Ten Cities Praying for President Obama’ list for 2009.
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President and our country,” said Scott Fehrenbacher, President of the Presidential Prayer Team. “Our Top Ten Praying Cities list shows that many Americans are praying for the President despite political differences they may have. For example, the top city in America praying for President Obama is also the hometown of former President George H.W. Bush.”
Over 1.2 million Americans have joined the team since its inception in 2001. The team’s mission is to provide tools that encourage and inspire daily prayer for the President, national leaders, and the armed forces. Throughout each year, the Presidential Prayer Team monitors interaction among its hundreds of thousands of active members across the nation. From this detailed information, the ministry can identify those cities that are the most active in its prayer activities. “Of course with all of the challenges our nation faced in 2009, many Americans prayed every day for our
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dead, he is already dead, I have already his is a word written on the wall for the United “mene, mene, States of America. tekel, parsin.” God I’ve been caught said, your days are up into a spirit numbered, you have world. I cannot been counted in the move from there balances. Therefore, now. For God Kim, it is now time says,... now for you to face this that you have In Italy even the Prophecy given by done has been Roman Catholics KIM CLEMENT iniquitous. You are shall say, Abba no longer alive, you Father, and they shall say, there are a vegetable, you are brain is only one Christ, and they shall dead. And God said, because embrace this thing, says the Lord. For the present Pope that of that, I will cause that to bring I have given shall be washed in about unity in South and North the blood of Christ in a way that Korea and the greatest move of they have never seen before, the Spirit shall come from there. millions and millions of Roman America shall look and say, Catholics will cry out and they “what is this happening? We will speak with a new language thought we could make peace with stammering lips, they through the United Nations.” will prophesy. For a prophetic Hey, what is the United Nations? movement shall come upon the It is an evil force, says the Lord, Roman Catholic church and the that is a stench to my nostrils. Protestants shall say, this is not They are not what I have called. right, but God says, it shall be God said, my church shall arise right, for I will join their hands and invade the kingdoms of together and they shall be as this world and the kingdoms one and it shall come to pass. of this world shall become the It shall come to pass that the kingdoms of our God and His dream of Martin Luther and the Christ, says the Lord!! dream of those that took on Protestants and their movement, There is angelic visitation, you may not believe it. They didn’t God said, they will see the believe it in Ezekiel’s day, they joining of hands. didn’t believe it in Isaiah’s day. And God said, it shall then move They didn’t believe it when into Russia, and it shall move David stood and watched the into Indonesia. It shall move angel as he spoke to God and then into China. It shall move, said I would rather you slay me, God says, into places never but don’t slay these people. And dreamed of, but one place that it so, the judgment, says the Lord shall certain shake shall be the shall be stayed, and the plague Middle East, says the Spirit of shall be stayed, says the Spirit God. For the Middle shall defy of God. Because the David of the spirit of rage. It shall despise this hour and the prophets of the spirit of murder and hated this hour have stood outside religion and begin to embrace the cities of this nation and they the Christ who shall walk their have said, “God, hold back the streets. plague, hold back the plague and save your people.” America, you did not go there in vain to Iraq. You did not go to Do not fall for this that they the Middle East in vain. I needed have said, “I will judge you the soldiers’ feet to be on that and destroy you.” For God soil. As I told Joshua, wherever said, it shall not be so. For the you put your feet I will give it to movement that is about to be you. This war was not in vain. born shall bring holiness and The blood that was shed was bring life and sanctity and this not in vain. That blood shall cry nation shall be shaken to the out and Christ’s blood shall cry core because of this night and out in the Middle East, says the because of what the word of the Lord! Lord has said to every one of KIM CLEMEMT:
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been humbled everyday that I’ve he Christian Post reports that woke up for the last 12 years and the outspoken Christian Quar- amazed that God would choose terback Kurt Warner announced his to use me to do what He’s given retirement from the National Football me the opportunity to do over 12 League last week at a press confer- years.” ence, thanking God for the Tellingly, last opportunities he month, Warreceived both on ner reportedand off the field. ly topped a As always, Sports Illusas it started trated poll of in 1999 when I NFL players was up on the to name the podium holding best role up a trophy, the model on first thing I want and off the field in the NFL. to do is give thanks to God,” said Warner. “My Lord Jesus brought me Referring to his future, he concludhere. I know He brought me here for ed, “I’m excited about what lies a purpose. And it’s been an amazing in front of me. I’m excited about ride,” he added. spending more time with my family and seeing what God’s going to do I don’t think I could have dreamt next.” out that it would have played out as it had,” he continued. But I’ve
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he House of Delegates voted Wednesday for a bill that would ban the forced implantation of tracking devices in people, with supporters citing both privacy concerns and religious prophecy. Warning of sinister privacy intrusions in an Orwellian world, Del. Mark Cole said the bill means no one could be required to wear a tracking implant as a condition of employment or by insurers. “I personally don’t care why a person objects, they should not be coerced under the threat of possible loss of employment to take an implant,” said Cole, R-Spotsylvania. Most people objected chiefly on privacy reasons _ the fear of their whereabouts being electronically pinpointed at all times _ and longterm health concerns. Some, Cole said, had religious objections, including those rooted in Christian teachings of an Antichrist who would compel followers to wear “the mark of the beast.” “There are Christian and Jewish groups and possibly others that do not believe the body should not be violated, period,” Cole said. Democratic Del. David Englin of Alexandria agreed, citing his Jewish faith. “There are ... Orthodox Jewish
women who won’t even get their ears pierced because they consider it to be a defiling of the body,” Ebbin said. “I do think there are religious components of this bill that go well beyond this ‘mark of the beast’ business.” Opponents called the bill a frivolous diversion from a $4 billion gap in the new budget legislators are now struggling to draft and a benefit only to late-night comedians eager to lampoon Virginia for loopy lawmaking. “The people who are working for Jay Leno and David Letterman right now are so busy,” said Del. Joseph Morrissey, D-Henrico. When interrupted by a Republican delegate who questioned whether Morrisey was making a serious point, Morrissey thundered back, “I’m as seriously addressing this bill as the bill is serious.” The bill now advances to the Democratic-controlled Senate. (Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) By BOB LEWIS AP Political Writer
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Think about Romans 5:8 for a moment. The Word of God declares that while we were yet sinners, separated from God, and bound for hell, God did something,. He COMMANDED His love towards us. This verse proves to us that there is nothing we did to earn Gods love. God simply GAVE us His love, why because HE IS LOVE! John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the world (you) that He GAVE His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). Meaning this; He not only loves you when you are loving Him, but He also loves you when you are rejecting Him, despising Him, and are lost in gross sin. God will always love you! Gods love is greater than any sin. His love is higher than any mountain of tragedy, or any valley of shame. He loves you regardless of what you may have done, good or bad. Whats so amazing, is that He loved us so much, that He commanded His Son to take our place of shame for our sin. By dying on the cross, Jesus Christ became
death, and paid the penalty for our sins. In return for that love action, God is now able to give you and I the free gift of life! Some people, even after receiving this great love gift, seem to think that they need to work hard, and perform for God, to earn His love. Some would think that if they commit a certain type of sin, or maybe fail in a particular area of their life, that God would somehow reject them and withhold His love from them. Not only that, but He would then take something from them for their mistake. The truth is, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ covered all our mistakes! It is as if they never happened. God can never see you by any other standard, but through the perfect blood of Jesus Christ. When He looks at you, He sees His own son, or daughter. He loves you with an unconditional love, a love that takes no account for a suffered wrong, a love that is patient, and kind, a love that never fails. You see Gods love was greater than the sin that was keeping you bound, and through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, this love did not fail, but DESTROYED sins power over you, and RESCUED you. Glory to God, it is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance. There is nothing that we have done that can separate us from the love of the Father. This is true love. So let us run boldly to the throne room of Grace, to find our help in our time of need. He paid an awesome price for you. Run to Him, Run to true Love, and He’ll be your every need, want, and desire. He’ll turn your wrongs to right, and your hurts into joy. Ask Jesus into your heart, and begin experiencing true love today!
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religious liberty group warned Saturday, February 6 2010, that “Anti-Christian hostility is getting increasingly deadly” in the United States after two street preachers were shot and killed by a teenager who apparently opposed their message. “The increasing demonization of Christians in our culture makes some feel its open season on Christians,” said Gary Cass of the Christian AntiDefamation Commission. Tite Sufra, 24, and Stephen Ocean, 23, were shot and killed late Saturday, January 30, in Boynton Beach in the U.S. State of Florida, where they evangelized, after meeting 18-year-old Jeriah Woody, local police said.
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Bail was reportedly denied to him. Cass complained about a lack of interest in national media. “As of today, there are no national news organizations reporting this vicious murder of two innocent Christian men. Why?” Cass said, “I’ll ask this: If two Muslims, or two feminists or two homosexuals were murdered, wouldn’t the media be all over it? These were two fine young black Christian men shot by another black man for their Christian faith, yet the media does not seem to care.” He described the case as “an ominous sign” of times “that Christians are being shot on the streets and in our churches.”
Last year Jim Pullion was killed while holding pro-life signs in front of his granddaughter’s Owasso “They witnessed to Woody for fifMichigan high school. Reverend teen minutes when he got a phone Fred Winters was murdered while call and told the preachers he ‘had preaching in his pulpit in Maryville, to go’, added the Commission, Illinois. which closely monitored the case. “Increasingly we see Christian As they walked away, Woody sudministers threatened and churches denly started walking back toward terrorized and vandalized for their them. Sufra walked up to greet stand on marriage. Now when him and was killed with a shot gun Christians gather for worship they blast at point blank range. When must have armed security.” Ocean ran, he was shot in the back. After he fell, Woodyshot him He said, “Anti-Christian defamation in the head execution style.” and bigotry has helped to create Woody was detained Wednesday, this violent climate and it must February 3, and is charged with stop.” two counts of first-degree murder.
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hortly after closing time at Marian Chadwick’s boutique in a North Texas shopping center recently, while a customer lingered in the store, a gunman walked in and demanded money. Detailing the “incredible story,” a local CBS news affiliate, News 11 said the gunman became irate when the owner would not hand over her cash. Chadwick said, “I looked him straight in the eye and I said, ‘In the name of Jesus, I command you to get out of my store. You are bound by the Holy Spirit and you are leaving.’” Kathy Vereen, the customer in the store, noted: “He started backing up and then he pointed the gun
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at me and said, ‘Get down on the floor.’ And I remember thinking, ‘I don’t think so.’” According to the report the gunman left the store with nothing; no shots were fired and no one was injured. Said Vereen, “I was just so completely in awe about how God did protect us.” Although law enforcement officials are quick to caution business owners to turn over their money rather than risk their lives, Chadwick said her instincts took over in the situation.
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evertheless, the federal judges refused to consider the general purpose of the Commandments. Instead, they focused on theological minutia about which version of the Ten Commandments was on display (which they apparently felt completely competent to address) much in the same way that theologians of former generations vigorously debated such useless and inane topics as how many angels would fit on the head of a pin. Perhaps only a liberal activist judge, an ACLU attorney, or a member of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (i.e., groups and individuals who have demonstrated their distaste for religion in general) would make this “theological” distinction - as they did in this case. I am quite sure that Judge Moore - just like 99.9 percent of Americans - was not aware (nor would he have cared) that there were allegedly different theological versions of the Commandments; as a judge he was concerned with general behavior, not theology. Furthermore, I firmly believe that no matter which version of the Ten Commandments
in order to preserve respected symbols of our nation’s heritage as well as the constitutional right to free exercise of religion. Amazing! Americans are being arrested for trying to preserve the nation’s moral law rather than break it!
in their own local communities. Interestingly, voices of condemnation against Judge Moore have been raised around the nation, alleging that he refuses to follow “the rule of The three theologians (Oops! My law.” Such claims constitute some bad!!! I meant the three judges) of the more civically-illiterate in the 11th Circuit who delivered statements made in recent years. This same type of peaceful the decision even personally Consider: in every student civics civil disobedience eventually impugned Moore, comparing him to “those Southern governors turned the tide in the civil rights’ or government book in America protests of the early 1960s. When is a page on “How a Bill Becomes who attempted to defy federal a Law.” Anyone who examines Americans saw blacks arrested court orders during an earlier those pages will notice that the and beaten by police simply for era.” Amazing! Apparently in sitting in the wrong seat on a bus, judiciary has no role in making the minds of those judges, Judge or going to the wrong table in a Moore’s displaying the Ten Commandments must be a sin akin cafe, public sentiment propelled to racism! The three also forcefully legislators to action to provide a political solution. Such may pronounced to Moore a warning that when the time came, he would well be the effect of the current arrests—if they continue for obey their order to remove the an extended period. Perhaps Commandments. the current publicity will cause Following the 11th Circuit’s Christians to stand up not only decision, federal district judge for this display but also for those Myron Thompson (who originally ruled against Moore before the case rose to the 11th Circuit) promptly issued his own order that the monument be removed - now! - even before Judge Moore’s appeal to the Supreme Court had been filed. Judge Moore refused to comply with that order, and hundreds rallied outside the court building in an effort to prevent the removal of the monument. Dozens who exercised their First Amendment right “peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances” were handcuffed and arrested, including an elderly woman in a wheel chair - one among hundreds willing to resort to peaceful civil disobedience
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Author and historian David Barton is the Founder and President of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization which distributes historical, legal, and statistical information; and helps citizens become active in their local schools and communities. WallBuilders is a name taken from the Bible book of Nehemiah. And just as Nehemiah led a grassroots movement in Jerusalem to rebuild the walls of that city and restore its strength and honor; so, too, WallBuilders seeks to energize the grassroots today to rebuild that which makes America strong—its constitutional, moral, and religious foundations.
Displays law; laws come from bills passed by the legislature and signed by the president or governor. Since no such law has been passed in this case, what “rule of law” is Judge Moore not upholding? Can it actually be that these critics talking about “the rule of law” believe that an order by a single unelected federal judge is actually the equivalent of a law? Apparently so. Don’t misunderstand: this is not to suggest that judicial rulings
should be ignored based on the personal predilections of an individual in a case; however, this ruling goes against every deeply embedded legal standard in America’s common law, and Judge Moore’s refusal is not based solely on his selfish or personal inclinations. (To learn how deeply the Ten Commandments have been implanted into American law and traditions, read our legal brief on this issue.)
action. Rep. John Hostettler introduced, and the House overwhelmingly passed (260-161), an amendment that prohibits federal funds from being used to enforce the judicial order against the display. Similarly, Rep. Robert Aderholt has introduced (and the House has twice passed) the Ten Commandments Defense Act, allowing State and local communities rather than federal judges to have the Importantly, Judge Moore is elected final say in displays of the Ten (as are the other eight State Supreme Commandments; the Senate Court judges) and therefore Democrats have killed the bill ultimately accounts directly to the each time. Sen. Wayne Allard people of Alabama, who can have (R-CO) has introduced a bill the final say on this issue. When (S 1558) that applies powers that time comes, the decision of from Art. III, Sec. 2 of the U. S. the voters likely will not agree Constitution to restrict the federal with the State’s other Supreme judiciary’s right to rule on this Court judges or the State’s Judicial issue, but the bill is not likely to Inquiry Commission. Moore was move unless Democratic Senators already well-known for his stand feel substantial pressure to do so. for the Ten Commandments before The monument was eventually he was elected to the Supreme removed from the Rotunda and Court (he had already won relocated in a remote non-public three legal decisions on the Ten room in the building. This is Commandments at the time of his simply a reconfirmation of the election) and recent polls show that overall judicial message of recent 77 percent of the State supports the years: if you must have a religious display. expression, it must be done in The U. S. Congress is well aware private (like pornography), not of the situation in Alabama, and out in public where others can the House has already taken direct see it. Following Judge Myron Thompson’s edict, the other eight justices on the Alabama Supreme Court announced their unanimous opposition to Judge Moore’s position and agreed to cooperate in the removal of the monument. Judge Moore was subsequently suspended from his judgeship by the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission for his refusal to comply with the federal judge’s order.
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PRINCIPLES OF PROSPERITY
SOWING AND REAPING AN END-TIME HARVEST
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or centuries the Church has been absolutely riddled with Kenneth & Gloria Copeland ungodly ideas concerning prosperity. Financially, the Church has been dominated by the world’s system and the world’s way of doing business—so much so, in fact, that we actually started preaching it as “God’s economics” when God didn’t have anything to do with it in the first place.
First, I want to point out that what we just read are only two verses after Noah got off the ark. When Noah and his family left the ark, they were it. There wasn’t anyone else. Everything “in whose nostrils was the breath of life” had been wiped out by the Flood (Gen. 7:22).
We brought the world’s ways over the Body of Christ instead of taking the things of God over into the world. But all that has begun to change—and it is going to change some more. Big time!
So life on earth began once again from the seed of one man.
But God preserved for Himself a seed—Noah and his family, all the fowl, beasts and creeping things— and he planted that seed in the earth and declared, “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest… shall not cease.”
The second point I want to make concerning the passage is in verse 22: “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold Sowing and Reaping…It’s as Old and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not as Dirt cease.” It must change because we’ve Here, the word seedtime is a come to the end of 2,000 years compound word. It is defined as the since Jesus’ birth into this earth. season for planting seeds. But if Two thousand years of gospel you analyze this word, particularly have been sown into this world, in the context of this passage of and now it’s harvest time. You scripture, I believe you and I are the ones can concluded that who will reap this this verse is saying, harvest—a harvest “As long as there is like never seen an earth, there will before. always be a time But to bring it in, of—and a time of we need to set our growing—and a time thinking straight. of harvesting.” We must dig into That makes sense, God’s principles doesn’t it? From the of economics and time you plant a crop begin applying them. And the until the time you harvest it, there’s most fundamental principle of the growing time. Right? God’s economics is the principle We could also say it this way: of sowing and reaping. Seedtime plus growing time equals To begin our study of sowing harvest time. and reaping, let’s read an early Old Testament account of it in Genesis 8:20-22: "And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
In the New Testament, Jesus followed through with this concept of seedtime and growing time when the apostles approached Him about increasing their faith. We read about it in Luke 17:5-6:And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this mulberry tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. The apostles came to Jesus wanting Him to increase their faith, or to make it grow. But He told them that their faith was like a seed. If they would plant it, it would grow. Why?
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Because faith follows the law of seedtime, growing time and harvest time. Now I’m purposely introducing this matter of “growing time” because that’s what I want us to focus on and think about. For now, though, I want to establish in our minds that the primary principle or law of economics in the kingdom of God is this law of sowing and reaping. Let’s look at a very familiar verse of scripture, Galatians 6:7, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A KINGDOM LAW Based on the context of this passage, we know that the Apostle Paul is primarily talking about money. But when you examine “…whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap,” you realize that this is not just about money, it’s a general revelation of the earth’s entire operation. In fact, it’s the way the kingdom of God operates. How do we know that? Well, back there in Genesis 8:22, God declared it as so. Then Jesus said the same thing in Mark 4:30-32. In Galatians 6, Paul is very aware of this basic law of sowing and reaping and he goes on to apply it to spiritual matters if verse 8: “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” So we see that the law of sowing and reaping is a kingdom law which, consequently, governs the earth and all natural or
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material matter. Now, take this basic, yet allencompassing law of kingdom economics and apply it to this compressed, narrow band of time in which we now live as people of the end times. It’s time to get excited, because we now live in the span of time when 6,000 years’ worth of God’s promises are about to explode all over this earth - and that’s when things really start to get interesting. Praise God! Source: Living at the End Time by Kenneth Copeland Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
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Coach Brad Lukes had this to say: “This group of boys have spent many hours in the gym working on their game and it paid off when they won the Big “9” Championship.
As a parent who has volunteered my time coaching here in Austin, I want to personally thank all you parents who are involved in making something like this happen for our youth.
Their overall record is 15-4. And all 11 of the boys are very easy to coach and are a joy work with.”
I was born and raised in Austin MN and was part of a family that volunteered their time into Austin youth sports as well. I watched my sisters Kim, & Jane Synoground become Hall of Fame softball pitchers here at Austin High, and the dedication and discipline it took to achieve that success. I remember the hours my Father Rolf spent teaching and practicing softball with my sisters. The sacrifices he and my Mother made for them, imparting to them the fundamental principles to achieve success not only in the sport they loved, but in life, were tremendous. That’s the same dedication that I am seeing here within the Austin Youth Basketball Association. The parents are dedicated, committed, and loving. Leading by example are the coaches of the 8th Grade boys basketball team, Brad Lukes, and Todd Hepler. They are winners! They are positive, upbeat, and competitivel. They are a joy to be around on and off the court. Ajuda Nywesh: "It feels good being Big Nine Champs."
Gabe Gerstner: “It’s cooler than a three legged dinosaur"
Alex Hepler: "I am so proud!"
Growing up in a family of coaches, I appreciate the sacrifice and work these two men have put into coaching this team.
This group of boys is unique as well. They are learning to believe in themselves. They have heart, and are willing to work hard to achieve success. They respect their coaches as well. One major attribute that I observed with these kids, is that they always encouraged each other. They learned how to work together, and value each other on and off the court. Look out Austin; we have a group of kids here that are special. So congratulations guys, we are proud of you. Keep working, keep pressing, stay together, and above all keep believing! Rev. Rory Synoground Bret Lukes: "Winning the Big Nine means a lot. We accomplished something that hasn’t been done. It was awesome.' Zach Wessels: "It’s great to end our AYB careers as Big Nine Champs/" Curtis Oberbroeckling: "It’s like music to my ears." Ryan Synoground: "I think its great to be a part of a team that has great talent and heart."
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SARAH PALIN
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The former governor used her speech to go after President Obama as well, hammering him for his economic, foreign and security policies. She zeroed in on the Obama administration’s handling of the alleged Christmas Day bomber. Echoing wide-ranging complaints among Republicans that the administration should not have let suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab get “lawyered up,” Palin said the administration is treating the incident like a “crime spree,” rather than an act of war. “Treating this like a mere law enforcement matter places our country at great risk,” she said. “To win that war, we need a commander-in-chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.” Palin, in a pre-taped interview with “Fox News Sunday” earlier in Nashville, said the way Obama is approaching national security is causing an “uneasiness” among many Americans.
“wasteful” stimulus spending, urged Congress to kill the latest stimulusstyle proposal and said the last year has proved that the administration's attempts to extend an open hand to hostile nations, like North Korea, has not worked. “It's no wonder that our president only spent about 9 percent of his State of the Union address discussing national security, foreign policy, because there aren't a whole lot of victories he can talk about,” she said. Palin addressed the convention despite facing some controversy over the $100,000 speaking fee she was receiving and the fact that two other scheduled speakers, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., dropped out following ethics committee questions over how the convention profits would be used. But Palin says she will not personally benefit from the engagement and that the speaking fee will go back to the “cause.”
“We are in war,” Palin said. “These are acts of war that these terrorists are committing. We need to treat them a little bit differently than an American who is worthy, an American being worthy of our U.S. constitutional rights. I don't think the terrorists are worthy of our rights.” Palin, in her keynote address, also blasted the administration for
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The Top Ten Cities Praying for President Obama in 2009: 1. Houston, Texas 2. Los Angeles, California 3. Dallas, Texas 4. Phoenix, Arizona 5. Colorado Springs, Colorado 6. Atlanta, Georgia 7. New York, New York 8. Indianapolis, Indiana 9. Austin, Texas 10. Denver, Colorado “Some of the results are surprising,” added Fehrenbacher. “Half of the cities that made the list are in blue states and half the cities are in red states. This data encourages me that more Americans realize that our nation and our President need prayer to address our challenges ahead, regardless of their political party, or in some cases, perhaps because of their
political party.” The Presidential Prayer Team was born days after the vicious September 11 attacks on America in 2001. Since then over one million people have asked to be members of the national ministry. As a ministry that interacts almost exclusively online with its constituents, PPT interacts with hundreds of thousands around the world each week by web and email to encourage prayer. Based on the Biblical admonition found in 1 Timothy 2: 1-2, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone, for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness,” the ministry works to encourage, inspire and promote daily prayer for our nation’s leaders, our President, and our troops.
Archaeologists Claim Discovery of Oldest Hebrew Writing
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ver a year ago, a pottery shard bearing text was unearthed near the Elah Fortress, the site where the Bible says David killed Goliath. Since then, archaeologists have been waiting for the text—1,000 years older than the Dead Sea Scrolls—to be deciphered. (Photo: Haifa University) Now, thanks to the decryption work of Gershon Galil of the University of Haifa, it is, and the discovery makes it officially the “earliest known Hebrew writing.” An official statement read: “The inscription is similar in its content to Biblical Scriptures, but it is clear that it is not copied from any Biblical text.” The deciphered text, as noted in the report: 1’ ‘l t’ś w’bd ‘[t ….…] 2’ špt [‘]b[d] w’lm[n] špt yt[m] 3’ [w]gr [r]b ‘ll rb [d]l w 4’ ‘[l]mn šqm ybd mlk 5’ ‘[b]yn [w]’bd šk gr t[mk]
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1’ you shall not do [it], but worship the [Lord]. 2’ Judge the sla[ve] and the wid[ow] / Judge the orph[an] 3’ [and] the stranger. [Pl]ead for the infant / plead for the po[or and] 4’ the widow. Rehabilitate [the poor] at the hands of the king. 5’ Protect the po[or and] the slave/ /[supp]ort the stranger. by Teresa Neumann
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SSG ROBERT G. CE CECIL CIL
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SG Robert Gene Cecil is based with the National Guard Unit 114th Transportation Company (Wolf Pack) based out of Duluth MN.
Cecil go to the Lord for comfort and prayer for protection over Robert and his platoon. They send care packages to Robert and his platoon often. One of their favorite item is gummy bears. Robert seeks the Lord for prayer, and knows that while he’s serving, he has friends and family praying for him as well. This has given him faith and a sense of Gods guidance on the battle field.
SSG Robert Cecil has served 8 years in the Armed Services. In 2002, 3 days after Robert received his GED, he entered into service and began his military career.
SSG Robert Cecil will be coming home in June for a season until he is deployed once again on his next mission. His family is planning a welcome home party for Robert, once they know for sure what day Robert joined the National Guard, and after going through Boot Camp he will return. in Missouri, was stationed in Austin If you would like to write and enMN. couraging letter to Robert or if you In 2003 his Unit was called to Iraq, want send care package to him and his platoon, you can do so by where Robert served for about a sending your letter or package to: year and half. Soon after coming back state side, Robert was up for promotion, and was transferred to the National Guard Unit, out of Duluth MN.
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In January of 2009 SSG Cecil, after serving seven years, re committed Freedom will make sure your letter, and or package gets to Robert or for another 6 and is planning on his family quickly and efficiently. serving at least 20 years because he loves what he does. THANK YOU & GOD BLESS YOU SSG ROBERT CECIL SSG Robert Cecil then volunteered FREEDOM PUBLICATIONS to serve in Afghanistan and last fall begin serving yet another tour of duty. He gets along with everyone in his unit and He serves our country with devotion and dignity. SSG Robert Cecil drives a big rig carrying supplies for the transportation pool. While driving in his convoy, he constantly is watching for mines and other military dangers. Sherry Wells, his Grandmother gave SSG Cecil a cross, which he wears faithfully. SSG Cecil says the cross is symbol of hope and encouragement for him. He has placed the cross on a chain with his identification tags. His parents Diane and Phil
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MEMO TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS: STOP PUSHING SEX!
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By Chelsea Schilling © 2010 WorldNetDaily
leading pro-family organization is demanding that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state superintendent of public instruction abandon a California ban on abstinence-only education in public schools.
store funding for Community-Based Abstinence Education and Abstinence Education under Title V.
“It’s time to respect science and employ abstinence education to help save teens and pre-teens from sexually transmitted diseases that are at unacceptable levels,” SaveCalifornia President Randy Thomasson said in a statement. “In light of these facts, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack O’Connell should immediately drop their out-of-date prohibition of abstinence-only education in California public schools.”
SaveCalifornia warns, as of July 1, California’s teen pregnancy prevention program will teach “risky, pro-condom education to children as young as kindergarten, yet completely prohibit abstinence education.”
“Children deserve the best,” Galdamez said. “We should teach them the truth, not lies. Abstinence-untilmarriage education is the only 100 SaveCalifornia.com pointed to a percent way to avoid teen pregnancy, landmark study, titled “Effectiveness STDs and many other unwanted conof an Abstinence-Only HIV/Sexually sequences.” Transmitted Disease Risk-Reduction Intervention for Young African- SaveCalifornia noted that O’Connell American Adolescents,” showing and the governor’s teen pregnancy that abstinence education protects program have banned abstinencetwo-thirds of young teenagers from only education in California public STDs and unwed pregnancies. The schools. study was published Feb. 1, 2010, in the Archives of Pediatrics & Ado- O’Connell has ordered that, “Abstinence shall be taught within the lescent Medicine. context of HIV/AIDS prevention Now the group is sending an unwav- education EC 51934 (3), however, ering message to Schwarzenegger abstinence-only education is not and California state Superintendent permitted in California public of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell. schools” (bold in original text).
The recent peer-reviewed study proving the effectiveness of abstinence education was compiled and released by Drs. John and Loretta Jemmott from the University of The group is challenging policymak- Pennsylvania and Dr. Geoffrey Fong ers to put aside their own opinions from the University of Waterloo and biases and acknowledge that and the Ontario Institute for Cancer empirical research shows abstiResearch in Waterloo, Ontario. It nence education plays an essential was funded by the National Institute role in helping teens remain healthy. of Mental Health and involved 662 black children in Philadelphia. “Children are not sexual animals, but are precious human beings cre- After sixth and seventh grade stuated in the image of God with the dents received eight hours of abstiability to think and make healthy nence-only education, 66.5 percent choices,” Thomasson said. of the students avoided sexual intercourse for two years following the Angela Griffiths, a professional instruction. By contrast, nearly half health educator in the San Francis- of students who received classes co Bay Area, added, “We’ve always combining both abstinence educaknown that quality, whole-person tion and safe sex said they had sex health education is the most effecwithin the two-year period. tive way to promote all healthy behaviors, including pregnancy prevention. The problem has been blanketly labeling programs without looking at what they really promote. This study clears up numerous fallacies about the relative effectiveness of abstinence-only, safer-sex-only or combining the two approaches.” Luis Galdamez, chairman of the National Abstinence Clearinghouse and executive director of La Familia Hispana in Southern California, took her demands a step further – suggesting President Obama and Congress re-
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CARBON DATING
less-common form of the carbon atom, carbon-14, is used today by scientists as a method to date once-living organisms. Many people believe that carbon dating disproves the Biblical time scale of history. However, because of the difficulties with current C14 dating techniques, the dates produced have been shown to be faulty. Carbon-14 is produced in the upper atmosphere by action of cosmic rays. Once the C 14 has been formed, by converting nitrogen-14 into carbon-14, it behaves like ordinary carbon-12, combining with oxygen to give carbon dioxide, and freely cycling through the cells of all plants and animals. Carbon-14 is used for a dating material because once it has been formed, C14 begins to decay radioactively back to nitrogen-14, at a rate of change that can be measured. As soon as an organism dies, the C14 atoms which decay are no longer replaced by new ones through respiration. Consequently, the ratio of C14 to C12 in that once-living organism decreases as time goes on. The problem with the carbon dating method is—scientists can not be sure of what the C14/C12 ratio was when the organism died. Carbon dating assumes that the ratio has remained constant; however, events, such as the industrial revolution, are known to have raised C12 levels. Other possible factors, such as the presence of a water canopy, would have lowered the amount of C14 in the pre-Flood world. Because pre-Flood specimens had so little carbon-14 in them, some might appear to have been decaying for tens of thousands of years. Also, the decay of the earth’s magnetic field would have direct effects on C14 level, again, giving artificially old ages the farther you go back in time. Finally, carbon dating has been shown untrustworthy with some present day aquatic specimens that were concluded to be thousands of years old. For example, the shells of living snails’ were carbon dated and showed that the snails had died 27,000 years ago. Other specimens have been carbon dated more than once, each time producing a different date varying by thousands of years. In overview, we see that the radiocarbon dating method is certainly no embarrassment to the Biblical creationist who believes in a young earth. In fact, when all data, such as the decay of the magnetic field and the canopy, is taken into accord, carbon dating seems to support a young earth.
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