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OBAMA FACES CHALLENGES, AND THEY’RE GROWING

resident-elect Barack Obama, relatively gency.” young and inexperienced, is facing a rap- He spoke during a week in which Congress killed a idly growing list of monumental challenges bailout of the failing auto industry, the government reas he prepares to take the reins of a nation in tur- ported that jobless claims spiked to their highest levmoil. els in more than a quarter-century, and the Treasury “I do not underestimate the enormity of the task Department said the nation registered a record federal budget deﬁcit for Nothat lies ahead,” vember. Obama said after his historic election With woes foreign and a little more than a domestic on more month ago. fronts than even Frank-

lin Delano Roosevelt encountered when he took ofﬁce in the midst of the Great Depression, Obama will be sworn in as the country’s 44th president in January.

It was a sobering assessment at the time, but the country’s problems have only worsened since then. Now, Obama sounds dire, particularly as he talks about the economy: “We’re in an emer-

His leadership will be tested CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Adrian Herrera is with Arctic Power, an Alaskabased grassroots organization that is working to open ANWR to oil exploration. His group states that three out of four Alaskans support “responsible oil exploration” in ANWR -- a 19.6-million acre refuge, 2,000 acres of which would be employed for oil exploration; an area roughly the equivalent the size of Dulles International Airport (outside of Washington, DC). Herrera believes America is still in danger of extreme oil price spikes, even with the collapse of oil prices in the last couple of months. Herrera says that the U.S. is currently consuming 99 percent of reﬁnery output.

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oil in the future -- and the clear answer to that is that demand for oil will increase year by year forevermore,” says the Arctic Power spokesman. Herrera then poses this question: Do you meet that demand by buying from abroad -- or by producing locally? He says America has chosen to buy abroad, and has lost many types of beneﬁts as a

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result. “What did we lose by making that decision? We lost the jobs involved in producing oil; we lost the national security aspect because now we are sort of beholden to the likes of [Venezuelan dictator] Hugo Chavez and the Saudi royal family, etcetera, etcetera,” says Herrera. “You’ve lost the technological know-how [in oil drilling] to do that; you’ve lost the infrastructure; and the fact that when you produce something internally, the money used to produce that item or good stays within your economy -it doesn’t get sent abroad.” Herrera notes that he does not have anything against alternative forms of energy, but adds that it will take several decades to rework the energy grid and produce enough forms of alternative energy to replace oil. According to Herrera, domestic oil and gas proCONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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death. So we can conclude from scripture that sickness came into the world because of sin, because sickness is death in progress. God didn’t bring sickness into the world, and He certainly didn’t bring it to you.

Luke 5:18:41-43

“Saying, What wilt thou that I do unto thee? And he said, Lord that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave ER D L praise unto God.” U O H

here is an ancient demonic thought in the world today. It has inﬁltrated just about every religious belief system known to man. It has even penetrated the ranks of Christianity. It is the religious spirit that says: “God gets glory from the way His children suffer pain and sickness.” In fact this religious spirit deceives many into believing that God is the author of sickness, disease, and even death. I have heard many variations of this lie, from believing God “took” a loved one to heaven early, to the prideful act of bearing a sickness to atone for ones sins. The sad thing is the world seems to be impressed by this type of thinking, even though it is killing the lives of thousands daily!

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This type of thinking is a demonically inspired stronghold that keeps people bound and imprisoned from the truth. It represents the nature of fallen man. It literally contradicts Gods way of thinking. In Jeremiah 29:11 we can see a glimpse of Gods thoughts; “For I know the thoughts I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Isaiah 55:8 says; “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord.” Inferring this: “If your thoughts would mirror My thoughts, then your ways would reﬂect My ways.” Jesus said in John 14:6 “I am the way the truth and the life.” Gods ways are truth and life. The polar opposite of truth and life are deception and death. There is no way around it. If we are going to live and conduct ourselves in the way God lives and conducts Himself, we are going to have to walk in His truth. His Word is truth. (John 8:32) And His truth always produces life, and health, not sickness and death. (John 6:63) So in order for us to walk in the way of life, we are going to have to start thinking in line with Gods Word. The ﬁrst step in thinking in line with Gods Word is to understand that Jesus came to give us life. John 10:10-11 declares: “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill and to destroy: But I (Jesus) have come to give you life, and life more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” Jesus came to give you life. Its that simple. Listen, if it doesn’t give you life, than it does not come from Jesus. The question to ask ourselves is, does sickness produce life or death? The answer is obviously death. So sickness could not possibly come from God. In fact Romans 5:12 declares that death came into the world by sin. Sin is the author of

Sin is the thief that Jesus was talking about in John 10:10. Sin is the thief that will steal from you, kill you, and ultimately destroy you. Jesus understood who the author of sickness, and death was. He knew it was sin that produced all the sicknesses, addictions, and death in the world. And that’s why He called sin a thief. Jesus also understood that the only way to free mankind from the wages of sin, was by personally paying the price for sin. That means that He had to lay down His life and die, so that we could be healed and live. We need to understand that HE WAS OUR SUBSITUTE! Isaiah 53:10 declares: “Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him (Jesus); He has put Him to grief and made Him sick…” (Amp) Why did the Lord God put Jesus to grief and make Him sick? So Jesus would make many righteous. (Isaiah 53:11)

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immediately and in many ways. His performance from the outset could well set the tone for his presidency. Not only is Obama saddled with lingering wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that he is inheriting from President George W. Bush, but he also must deal with: _a deepening recession in the U.S. and a spreading global economic crisis. _an automotive industry on the brink of collapse and soaring national debt. _increasing unemployment and its ripple effects. _the threat of terrorism amid a historic transfer of power. At the same time, Obama may be drawn into an unfolding political scandal over Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s alleged efforts to trade the president-elect’s former Senate seat for personal gain. The ongoing federal investigation could ensnare some of his top advisers and taint the self-styled reformer who has tried to steer clear of notorious Chicago politics.

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Most historians liken the situation facing Obama to that which confronted Roosevelt _ but the comparison does not seem to do justice to the colossal challenges Obama is facing.

The president-elect says he’s “absolutely conﬁdent” his aides did not try to cut deals with Blagojevich, but at the very least, the scandal is a distraction for a leader facing the magnitude of problems on Obama’s plate.

Roosevelt was already an established politician when he came into ofﬁce at the depths of the Great Depression in a society with no safety net for the suffering. And the economy was much worse then than it is now. But he did not have two wars on his plate, nor a political scandal swirling nearby. And Roosevelt did not have a planet suffering from global warming and watching its natural resources dwindle.

Obama also has promised an ambitious foreign and domestic policy agenda that includes withdrawing most U.S. combat troops from Iraq, cleaning up government, overhauling the health care system, ﬁghting global warming and developing alternative energy sources.

He also let his four-month transition pass by keeping his distance from Republican Herbert Hoover. The two men had sharp policy differences over how to address the Great Depression, and Roosevelt stayed mum between his election and his inauguration.

Some priorities may fall to the wayside or be Not Obama. He’s been extraordinarily acdone piecemeal. But, so far, he has signaled tive since his election. an intent to move forward on much if not all With each new bit of bad economic news, of those plans. The question is how quickly he makes his views known _ though he he can accomplish his goals, while simulta- always is careful to defer to Bush when neously confronting the growing list of major it’s decision time. As president-elect, howproblems. ever, Obama’s words now carry the power “There’s a lot of ground giving under him. It’s to move ﬁnancial markets _ perhaps even a terriﬁc challenge,” said Fred Greenstein, a more so than those of Bush. Princeton University professor emeritus of He has held regular news conferences to politics and a presidential historian. announce his Cabinet, and he gives the “From one perspective, it’s as if he’s about to take over the captain’s job on a sinking ship. From the other perspective, he could be on a glide path to Mount Rushmore if he does a combination of morale building and energizing people while dealing with the economic distress by producing some constructive changes in the society and in the economy.”

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love this time of the year. As tradition goes, this is the time of year that we get to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, and set new goals for the up comming year. It is the perfect time of year for Christians to share their faith, and rescue souls from the kingdom of darkness. John 3:16 declares that “God so loved the World, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” This passage of scripture captures the very spirit of giving. God so loved the world that He gave us His best gift, Jesus Christ. This is the Spirit that you and I should grab hold of this next comming year. The Spirit of giving, which is the very Spirit of love!

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or imagine. That is Who God is! He is the God Who covers and puts sin out of sight.

So if God is in Jesus, then we should see the evidence of love in His life. His life should be one given to cover sin. And that is exactly what John 3:16 declares, For God so loved the World that He gave Jesus! Why? So you and I could be saved from our sin! The purpose of the birth of Jesus Christ, was to cover our sins and restore us back to the Father. Glory To God! Unfortunately most Christians do not understand this concept of God. They don’t understand that love is always a gift that covers and puts sin out of sight! You see love gives with no regard to a persons past, or present actions. Love does not base its ability to give based on someone else’s behavior. Love always gives and covers, because that is what love is.

You see, John 3:16 tells us that God so loved the World, that He GAVE. The very deﬁnition of Jesus demonstrated perlove is to give. In fact fect love when He forgave you can recognize what those who were responsilove is, by the action it ble for sending Him to the prompts. If someone is cross. He prayed “Father giving, and is living their forgive them for they life to give, you know know not what they do.” that they are in love. Luke 23:34 That was love But on the other hand, Pastor Rory Synoground personiﬁed if someone is living their life to take, and has a hard time giving, they We see this kind of love all throughout the life and ministry of Jesus. The Bible tells us are not in love. that Jesus gave His very life, for the ransom We know that Jesus was a man of love. In of many. By giving His life, He was able to the Gospel of John we read where Jesus buy us the perfect present of salvation. This said that He was in God, and God was gift, the life of Jesus, covered our sins, and in Him. If this statement is true, than we restored us to a right relationship with the should be able to see the evidence of this Father. truth in His life. In Luke chapter 6 Jesus laid out the law The scriptures declare that God is love. of love, and how to live by it. He ended it Love is not something He does, love is by stating, this in Luke 6:38; “Give, and Who He is. Love is God, and God is it shall be given unto you.” The law of Love. Therefore, God is going to do what Love is summed up in one word, “GIVE” He is, He is going to love. This is the way Jesus lives His life, and this What does love do? To start out with, love is the way He expects you and I to live our covers sin. Proverbs 10:12 says, “Love lives. We are to be living our life to give. covereth all sin.” 1 Peter 4:8 says, Living your life in a way that is giving, in“Charity (or love) shall cover the mul- stead of living for self, is the way of the titude of sins.” Simply put, love covers Christian. Living to give in general is one all sins, even when there is a multitude of thing, but living to give the GIFT that Christ gave, is the purpose for all of our lives. them. This is a fundamental truth. Love is the only substance that can work against the sin problem that plagues our souls. This is what love will do, it will cover, and put out of sight more sins than we can ever name

What is the GIFT that Jesus gave? It is the Gift of Restoration. Love covers sin for the purpose of restoration. Jesus is alive today and is ever ready to give the gift of restoration to all who will receive it. Are you CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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Obama says and Hawaii ofﬁcials have conﬁrmed.

he Supreme Court has turned down another challenge to Barack Obama’s eligibility to serve as presi- Federal courts in Pennsylvania have dent because of his citizenship. dismissed Berg’s lawsuit. Federal courts The appeal by Cort Wrotnowski of Green- in Ohio and Washington state have wich, Conn., was denied Monday without rejected similar lawsuits. comment.

Allegations raised on the Internet say the birth certiﬁcate, showing that Obama Wrotnowski argued that Obama was a British subject at birth and therefore cannot was born in Hawaii on Aug. 4, 1961, is a meet the requirement for becoming presi- fake. dent. But Hawaii Health Department Director He wanted the high court to halt presiden- Dr. Chiyome Fukino and the state’s regtial electors from meeting to formally elect istrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, say they checked health department records Obama as president. and have determined there’s no doubt Echoing an appeal that was rejected by Obama was born in Hawaii. justices last week, Wrotnowski said that since Obama had dual nationality at birth The nonpartisan Web site Factcheck.org examined the original document and said - his mother was American, his Kenyan it does have a raised seal and the usual father was a British subject - he cannot evidence of a genuine document. possibly be a “natural born citizen.” In addition, Factcheck.org reproduced an More Appeals Remain At The Court announcement of Obama’s birth, includAt least two other appeals over Obama’s ing his parents’ address in Honolulu, that citizenship remain at the court. Philip J. was published in the Honolulu Advertiser Berg of Lafayette Hill, Pa., argues that on Aug. 13, 1961. Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii as © 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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NCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s home church was badly damaged by arson, leading the governor to apologize Saturday if the ﬁre was connected to “undeserved negative attention” from her campaign as the Republican vice presidential nominee.

of the ﬁre. She stopped by Saturday, and her spokesman Bill McAllister said in a statement that the governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the ﬁre was connected to the “undeserved negative attention” the church has received since she became the vice presidential candidate Aug. 29.

Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was “Whatever the motives of the arsonist, the estimated at $1 million, authorities said. governor has faith in the scriptural passage that No one was what injured in was inthe fire, tended which was for evil set Friday will in night while some a handful way be of people, used for including good,” two chilMcAllisdren, were ter said. inside, according The to James 1,000Steele, the member Central evanMat-Su fire chief. gelical church was the subject of intense He said the blaze was being investigated scrutiny after Palin was named Sen. John as an arson. Steele said he didn’t know McCain’s running mate. Early in Palin’s camof any recent threats to the church, and paign, the church was criticized for promoting authorities did not know whether Palin’s in a Sunday bulletin a Love Won Out conconnection to the church was relevant to ference in Anchorage sponsored by Focus on the Family. The conference promised to the fire. “help men and women dissatisfied with living “It’s hard to say at this point. Everything homosexually understand that same-sex atis just speculation,” he said. tractions can be overcome.” Pastor Larry Kroon declined to say The fire was set at the entrance of the church whether the church had received any and moved inward as a small group of womrecent threats. en worked on crafts, Steele said. The group Palin was not at the church at the time

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“ On my bed I will remember God.” friend, but He wants to be your best friend! He wants to be remembered - Psalm 63:6

each morning on your bed. He wants you to talk to Him - and He wants to talk to you too. Did you know that you can talk to God just like you do your best friend? Yes, you can.

I copied it down and taped it next to my children’s bed so that when they would wake up each morning, they can be reminded to think on God. I told them that their feet shouldn’t touch the ﬂoor without them remembering God.

Let’s talk some more about friends. What makes "Yes God is your a friend special? I Friend. He 's your asked my best Friend too kids what for life and for an they thought eternity." made a Cheri Ekbom good friend. They said a good friend should be nice and loving. A friend should enjoy the things that you enjoy.

ot too long ago, I just discovered this Bible verse. Wow! It’s like ﬁnding a treasure. I got so excited. What an awesome verse!

Before they get out of bed each day, they should lie in their beds (between those nice, warm blankets!) and think about God, and invite Him in their busy day. Do you ever have your best friend sleep over at your house? Sleepovers are always a fun, aren’t they? My kids love having friends sleep over. Let me ask you something. When you do have your best friend sleep over, do you ignore them and not talk to them? Do they sleep in one room and you in another?

A friend also should make you feel good. And doesn’t a friend talk and listen to you, too? When you have a problem, you tell a friend, don’t you? I do.

God is all these things and more! Yes, God is your friend. He’s your best friend too - for life, and for an eternity. Talk to No, that’s not the way sleepovers Him. Listen to Him. Come to Him with happen, do they? You sleep in the same your problems. room. You talk to each other. You have fun together. It’s fun to have a good Remember Him on your bed each day. friend, isn’t it? Being best friends with God will surely God is your friend. He is not only your put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Have a great day, my friend!

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WallBuilders THE SEPARATION OF By Charlie Butts

Anti-Federalist. This political disposition of the Baptists was understandable, for from the early settlement of Rhode Island in the 1630s to the time of the federal Constitution in the 1780s, the Baptists had often found themselves suffering from the centralization of power.

n 1947, in the case Everson v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court declared, “The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.” The “separation of church and state” phrase which they invoked, and which has today become so familiar, was taken from an exchange of letters between President Thomas Jefferson and the Baptist Association of Danbury, Connecticut, shortly after Jefferson became President.

Consequently, now having a President who not only had championed the rights of Baptists in Virginia but who also had advocated clear limits on the centralization of government powers, the Danbury Baptists wrote Jefferson a letter of praise on October 7, 1801, telling him:

"Among the many millions in America and Europe who rejoice in your election to office, we embrace the first opportunity . . . to express our great satisfaction in your appointment to the Chief Magistracy in the United States. . . . [W]e have reason to believe that America’s God has raised you up to fill the Chair of State out of that goodwill which He bears to the millions which you preside over. May God strengthen you The election of Jefferson – America’s for the arduous task which provifirst Anti-Federalist President – elated dence and the voice of the people have called you. . . . And may the many Baptists since that denomination, by-and-large, was also strongly Lord preserve you safe from every

evil and bring you at last to his who works ill to his neighbor. Heavenly Kingdom through Jesus But sir, our constitution of governChrist our Glorious Mediator." ment is not speciﬁc. . . . [T]herefore what religious privileges we enjoy However, in that same letter of (as a minor part of the State) we congratulations, the Baptists also expressed to Jefferson their grave enjoy as favors granted, and not as inalienable rights." concern over the entire concept of the First Amendment, including of its guarantee for “the free exercise of religion”:

Our sentiments are uniformly on the side of religious liberty: that religion is at all times and places a matter between God and individuals, that no man ought to suffer in name, person, or effects on account of his religious opinions, [and] that the legitimate power of civil government extends no further than to punish the man

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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.

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religious expression was government-given (thus alienable) rather than God-given (hence inalienable), and that therefore the government might someday attempt to regulate religious expression. This was a possibility to which they strenuously objected-unless, as they had explained, someone’s religious practice caused him to “work ill to his neighbor.”

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[T]he clause of the Constitution which, while it secured the freedom of the press, covered also the freedom of religion, had given to the clergy a very favorite hope of obtaining an establishment of a particular form of Christianity through the United States; and as every sect believes its own form the true one, every one perhaps hoped for his own, but especially the Episcopalians and CongreIt had become an universal and almost uncontroverted position in the gationalists. The returning good sense of our country threatens several States that the purposes of abortion to their hopes and they society do not require a surrender of all our rights to our ordinary governors believe that any portion of power . . . and which experience has never- confided to me will be exerted in theless proved they [the government] opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly. will be constantly encroaching on if submitted to them; that there are also Jefferson had committed himcertain fences which experience has self as President to pursuing the proved peculiarly efficacious [effecpurpose of the First Amendment: tive] against wrong and rarely obstruc- preventing the “establishment of a tive of right, which yet the governing particular form of Christianity” by powers have ever shown a disposition the Episcopalians, Congregationalto weaken and remove. Of the first ists, or any other denomination. kind, for instance, is freedom of reliSince this was Jefferson’s view gion. concerning religious expression, Thomas Jefferson had no intenin his short and polite reply to... Continued In the Next Issue of FREEDOM

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FREEDOM MILLIONAIRES IN THE MAKING Continuned

MILLIONAIRES IN THE MAKING “Steady plodding brings prosperity; hasty speculation brings poverty” (Prov. 21:5 TLB).

here are three kinds of millionaires in our country— those who inherited it, those who earned it, and those who won it. In America, we celebrate when someone wins the lottery, yet pay no attention to the one who made a million dollars the old fashioned way. If you were going to sit down and have dinner with someone, you should choose the one who made a million the old fashioned way and could tell you how to do the same.

by Brian Bohrer

of knowledge, and knowledge is the ability to reproduce successful steps over and over again. Proverbs 1:5 says, “The wise hear and increase in learning and a wise man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.” If a person were walking in wisdom, they would not be wasting money every month on revolving credit. Debt and ignorance are the enemies to abundance. People who refuse to walk in knowledge will only walk in lack. The uninformed are the servants and will be ruled by the world’s system, but the informed will make money work for them. Listed below are six secrets that the rich know and live by:Five percent on top. Five percent of the U.S. population has over one million dollars in assets. They understand that there are two kinds of debts. The ﬁrst kinds of debts are those you pay because of foolish decisions or mistakes that you have made.

What could the lottery winner possibly say? “It was my lucky day! Why are my third cousins calling me?” For the most part, those who win the lottery end up quickly losing the money and living the same lifestyle that they always had. Why? These debts make you ask, “How did I get into this mess?” These are consuming debts. Poor people have poor ways. Consuming debts are credit cards, car loans, But the rich know secrets about money vacation loans, department store loans, etc. that the normal person doesn’t. Most For the most part, it will take years to pay off people don’t want to talk about money. these loans without the wisdom of God. They would rather watch home remodelThe next kind of debt is asset-building debt. ing shows or talk about the weather. You may say about these debts, “I know how However, if you have money problems, I got here.” Asset building debts are your you eventually will have other problems. home, real estate ventures, education, etc. Professional counselors tell us that the The other 95 percent of our population are number one problem in marriage is money difﬁculties. This is one reason why consumers, not investors. The rich consume we should get out of debt and get money things like the consumer group; they just consume different types of things. Knowledge working for us. is the thing that the rich consume. To make it Proverbs 22:7 says, “The rich rule over as simple as I can, the upper 5 percent make the poor and the borrower is the servant money work for them, while the 95 percent to the lender.” In this scripture, you see work for their money. two groups of people. The sad thing is that you ﬁt into one of those groups—the The rule of 72. This is the rule that makes rich or the poor, the ruler or the ruled, the money double. You divide 72 by the interest borrower or the lender, the servant or the rate you are receiving and this is how long it will take for your money to double. If you were master. receiving 10 percent on your money, that God’s people ought to be the ones in means it will take 7.2 years for your money to control of the money in the nations. If this double. were the case, getting people to listen to The power of compounding interest. Comthe Gospel would be no problem. Think about it. What does a defeated, debt-con- pounding interest is the money you made last month that is now working for you this month. trolled person have to say? For instance, let’s say you decide to invest It’s time to change our ways by changing $100 a month that will yield 6% interest comour thinking about wealth. Once a person pounding monthly for the next 30 years. is willing to take responsibility for the condition of his or her life and willing to be In 30 years you will have made $100,000! That’s not bad considering you made $64,000 taught, they are on their way out. Ignorance is the way of the poor, but walking in interest (money you didn’t have to begin with). Now let’s say you kept that up in wisdom is the rule of the rich. for another 10 years. You would then have The rich are rich because they know the $200,000 in 10 years. rules that create wealth. Opportunities. The rich make money because Knowledge is the key that opens the door they see opportunities that the other group to abundance. The law of abundance refuses to see. Wisdom is watching and never works for those who refuse to learning from the wealthy and applying what walk in wisdom. Wisdom is the mother they have done. No one will listen to a poor

man, but the poor man can listen and no The rich and those who have acculonger be poor. mulated wealth stay out of debt. The The rich don’t try to become rich overonly thing that most of the rich know night. They know that it takes time to about debt is that they loan money to learn and become rich. If it were as easy others and receive interest back from as some say, then everybody would be those loans. They are the lenders! millionaires. Ask God to show you the opportunities and give you the wisdom to Banking. The rich understand the make it work. purpose of a bank. There are five ways that banks make their money. I just heard a testimony of a Christian You should make it your goal to find man who is making money on Ebay. out these five ways and begin to do Once I heard his story, I said to myself, “I what the banks are doing. can do that.” You must have an “I can do that” attitude if you are going to move out Banks are not a place to put your of the 95 percent group. money. The banking business is about interest and their interest Debt. The rich know that debt that makes comes first. The system is designed you work is the wrong kind of debt. You to work in their favor and your wellshould make a plan to eliminate your conbeing is secondary. The rich diversify suming debts. There are many programs their money so it will increase in every that will help people get out of debt. situation (see Eccl. 11:5). Once you are out, you can use the money This article is used by permission from Pastor that you were spending on consuming Brian Bohrer’s debt to start investing into something that quarterly newsletter: Wi$domandmoney will work for you. Only about one out of available at www.wisdomandmoney.com. 20 American households owes less than $8,000 in credit card debt.

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EXCERTS FROM; "Every Teenager’s Little Black Book of Hard to Find Information"

by Blaine Bartel

Four Ways To Make School Go Take one step at a time as you grow to get there. By Quickly Why is it that when you’re having fun, time seems to ﬂy by, but when you get to school it seems the clock has stopped or is moving backwards? Simple: when you enjoy something, you don’t care how long it takes. Here are four ways to make school more enjoyable: Set goals for your grades and achievement. If you have a vision and you focus on getting there, you’ll move at a different pace (Phil. 3:14). Create personal competitions in your classes and with your homework. As you work on each project, motivate yourself with a challenge of some kind. Set yourself up against the clock, your previous grade, or even a fellow student. Get involved in something at school you really can look forward to. It may be sports, a club activity, cheerleading, school council—in short, do something you like. Go to school each day with a good mental attitude. Your mind and your decisions control your emotions. Proverbs 23:7 says, “As he thinks in this heart, so is he” (NKJV). Decide each day, “This is the day the Lord has made—I will rejoice and be glad in it” (Ps. 118:24)!

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Singing a good song aloud! God made us to sing. Not all of us sound that good, but it doesn’t matter. Find songs and worship music that inspire you for good, and sing! (Ps. 95:1). Attending church weekly. Stay connected to good friends, strong mentors, and caring pastors who will help you stay on track.

Four Reasons You’ll Have More By Giving Away Of course we know that the Bible tells us to give a tithe (one tenth) of our income to our local church, and offerings after the tithe to worthy causes (Mal. 3:10-11). There are at least four reasons you’ll have more after you give: The Bible teaches that giving is like planting a seed. Every seed produces a huge multiplication of its kind (2 Cor. 9:10). God promises to open heaven’s windows and pour out blessings that you cannot possibly contain (Mal. 3:10). Other people are naturally (and supernaturally) compelled to bless those who are unselﬁsh in their giving (Luke 6:38).

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God wants you to be happy and enjoy life. That doesn’t mean you will never experience trials or tough times. Here are ﬁve habits Giving puts your faith in action, and you can develop as a young person that will faith is always rewarded abundantly cause you to keep your joy through even the by God (Heb. 11:6). darkest hours. Regularly reading and meditating (thinking and pondering) on God’s Word (Ps. 119105). This will energize your joy!

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Steadily communing with God. “Communion” comes from the word “communicate.” That’s it. Talk to God, praise Him, and give Him your requests and cares. Vision thinking. Find out what God has gifted you in. Take time to seek Him for your career and ambition.

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FORESHADOWING OF EZEKIEL 38 AS LIBYA POSITIONS ITSELF IN RUSSIA’S CORNER

t a time when the U.S. is moving towards full normalization of relations with Libya, Muammar Gaddaﬁ’s son has made it clear that the North African nation is looking to Russia as its strategic partner.

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paving the way for the full normalization of bilateral ties.

David Welch, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs who negotiated the claims settlement agreement, said it was “designed to resolve the last major historical isIn a little-noticed interview with Russia’s sue that has stood in the way of developing a proper relationKommersant busiship with Libya.” ness daily, Seif alIslam Gaddafi said Secretary of Moscow’s resurgence, State Condodemonstrated by this leezza Rice said month’s military inFriday she hoped cursion into Georgia, to visit to Tripoli was a positive develsoon. The U.S. opment for the Arab and Libya have world. not had formal diplomatic rela“What happened in tions since 1980, Georgia is a good sign, and it will be the which means America first visit by a is no longer the sole Seif al-Islam Gaddafi secretary of state since 1953. world power setting the rules of the game,” Gaddafi said. Asked whether his strong statements were “Now there is balance in the world. Russia not risking Libya’s newly-improved ties with is being reborn, and we value that. It is very the U.S., Gaddafi told the Russian paper that good for us, for all of the Middle East,” he although his country has good relations with both the West and Russia, “Libya chose Russaid. sia as its strategic partner.” Gaddafi, who runs a charity called the Gaddafi Foundation, has frequently undertaken “Of course, Russia is our strategic partner, diplomatic missions on behalf of his father. and we cannot compare it with any other The second oldest of seven sons, the 35- country for closeness. That’s obvious.” year-old is sometimes named as a possiGaddafi said Libya backed Moscow’s position ble successor to the unpredictable Libyan that Georgia had initiated the recent conflict leader but has denied ambitions to rule the – by mounting an offensive against separatnorth African country – a position he reiterists in a Russian-backed breakaway province ated in the Kommersant interview. – and forced a Russian military response. The published interview appeared on the Libya would back Russia in the U.N. Security same day that the U.S. government anCouncil, he said. Libya, which has been imnounced a breakthrough agreement with proving relations with the West since pledgLibya on compensation for terror victims,

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IGNORANCE REIGNS SUPREME

ow about a few civics questions? Name the three branches of government. If you answered the executive, legislative and judicial, you are more informed than 50 percent of Americans. The Delaware-based Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) recently released the results of their national survey titled “Our Fading Heritage: Americans Fail a Basic Test on Their History and Institutions.” The survey questions were not rocket science. Only 21 percent of survey respondents knew that the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” comes from President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Almost 40 percent incorrectly believe the Constitution gives the president the power to declare war. Only 27 percent know the Bill of Rights expressly prohibits establishing an ofﬁcial religion for the United

by Walter E. Williams States. Remarkably, close to 25 percent of Americans believe that Congress shares its foreign policy powers with the United Nations.

Among the total of 33 questions asked, others included: “Who is the commander in chief of the U S. military?” “Name two countries that were our enemies during World War II.” “Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?” Of the 2,508 nationwide samples of Americans taking ISI’s civic literacy test, 71 percent failed; the average score on the test was 49 percent. ISI ﬁndings about cultural illiteracy and academic incompetence are nothing new. A 1990 Gallup survey for the National Endowment of the Humanities, given to a represen-

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George Washington was the general at the battle of Yorktown.

With limited thinking abilities and knowledge of our heritage, we Americans set ourselves up as easy prey for charlatans, hustlers and quacks. If we don’t know the constitutional limits placed on Congress and the White House, politicians can do just about anything they wish to control our lives, from deciding what kind of In 1993, a Department of Educalight bulbs we can use to whether the tion survey found that among college government can take over our health graduates 50 percent of whites and care system or bailout failing busimore than 80 percent of blacks couldn’t nesses. We just think Congress can state in writing the argument made in do anything upon which they can get a a newspaper column; 56 percent could majority vote. not calculate the right tip; 57 percent The Intercollegiate Studies Institute could not figure out how much change has one finding that I find both a bit they should get back after putting down perplexing but encouraging. Roughly $3.00 to pay for a 60-cent bowl of soup 70 percent of Americans, even those and a $1.95 sandwich, and over 90 who failed the test, agreed that our percent could not use a calculator to history, culture and institutions are find the cost of carpeting a room. But important and should be taught to our not to worry. A 1999 survey taken by college students. They might even the American Council of Trustees and agree with Thomas Jefferson who Alumni of seniors at the nation’s top 55 warned, “If a nation expects to be liberal-arts colleges and universities ignorant and free, in a state of civilizafound that 98 percent could identify tion, it expects what never was and rap artist Snoop Dogg and Beavis and never will be.” Butt-Head, but only 34 percent knew tative sample of 700 college seniors, found that 25 percent did not know that Columbus landed in the Western Hemisphere before the year 1500; 42 percent could not place the Civil War in the correct half-century; and 31 percent thought Reconstruction came after World War II.

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Last week, the Obama-Biden Transition Project posted a report on its website that calls for dramatic policy reversals on abortion, including $1 billion in taxpayer money for international abortion groups like Planned Parenthood. The report, titled “Advancing Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration,” also calls for a 133-percent increase in funding for the Title X program, which funds Planned Parenthood clinics across the country. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, is hoping a Republican-led effort in the Senate will block Obama’s plan to substantially increase taxpayer funding of the abortion industry.

“This billion-dollar bailout of the abortion industry comes at a time, number one, when the economy is suffering dramatically with true need. And number two, it communicates an incredible depth of arrogance, especially when you consider that the vast majority of Americans -- men and women, no matter who you talk to -- they don’t believe that people who don’t believe in abortion should be funding it,” she contends. “Most Americans don’t believe that we should be funding abortions, especially in a time of economic crisis.” The Susan B. Anthony List has started a “Stop the Abortion Bailout” campaign designed to recruit thousands of activists to send letters to their senators “with the goal of securing the 41 votes necessary to sustain a Senate ﬁlibuster of the abortion bailout.”

THE SPIRIT OF GIVING

living your life that way?

Galatians 6:1 declares; “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself; lest thou also be tempted.”

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faith will begin working more powerfully. This new year is the perfect time to get in love and begin showing that love to a lost and hurting world. Its more than just giving someone a hug, it means giving Jesus in every thing you do and say. Look around and see how you can help someone obtain something they need and give the gift of restoration today.

The ﬁrst thing most people do when they hear of somebody being overtaken in a fault is to reach to the telephone and begin spewing their garbage Living your life to the world. They don’t live in love, they don’t in a way that is cover the fault, with love giving, . . . ., is and silence, or even try to restore the individual. the way of the Instead they want to talk Christian about them and their fault. If we tell of the evil someone has done, or we criticize, condemn, or murmur against them, no matter who they are, or what they have done, we prove that we are not in love. Why? Because the gift of love always covers sin.

This is the Spirit of Love, and it is the Spirit of Christ. Instead of looking where you can get love, begin giving love.

When you get in love, and love gets in you, you will soon find the love walk becoming automatic. When someone provokes you, you will find yourself saying, “Praise the Lord, Jesus Saves! I love you anyway!” You will find yourself growing spiritually and you will be someone who Jesus can operate through powerfully to restore others to His Kingdom.

Our very life should be one that is always giving with the purpose of restoration. This is When you begin living this way, you will love; giving with the purpose of restora- wake up one morning and ﬁnd that good tion. In fact when you and I purpose in our things are now happening to you. hearts to live our lives that way, not only will we see the whole world saved, but our own

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FORESHADOWING OF EZEKIEL 38 AS LIBYA POSITIONS ITSELF IN RUSSIA’S CORNER ing to stop supporting terrorism and shutting down its non-conventional weapons programs, in January began a two-year stint on the council. Its conduct there has at times drawn strong criticism. A key reason cited for some European countries’ reluctance to antagonize Russia – for instance, by supporting the further eastward expansion of NATO – is the E.U.’s reliance on Russian energy supplies, and Russia’s willingness to use its oil and gas for political leverage. Instability in Georgia, a critical transit route for Central Asian energy supplies bypassing Russia, has added to the concerns. Italy and other European nations look increasingly to Libya – with Africa’s largest oil reserves and fourth-largest natural gas reserves – to help ease its dependence on Russian supplies. But Tripoli’s deepening alliance with Moscow raises doubts about whether Libya will be the answer to attempts to break the Russian stranglehold, particularly as Russian energy monopoly Gazprom recently signed agreements to invest in Libya’s operations. Asked in the interview whether he thought Russia faced a threat of economic isolation

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While researchers have so far only created technology that can reproduce simple images from the brain, the discovery paves the way for the ability to unlock people’s dreams and other brain processes. A spokesman at ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories said: “It was the ﬁrst time in the world that it was possible to visualise what people see directly from the brain activity. “By applying this technology, it may become possible to record and replay subjective images that people perceive like dreams.” The scientists, lead by chief researcher Yukiyaso Kamitani, focused on the image recognition procedures in the retina of the human eye. It is while looking at an object that the eye’s retina is able to recognise an image, which is subsequently converted into electrical signals sent into the brain’s visual cortex.

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over its actions in Georgia, Gaddaﬁ said he doubted it. “The whole world needs Russian gas, Russian oil. It is not expedient for Europe to let relations with Russia worsen. And then we, the Libyans, will do everything possible to work in Russia and invest in its economy. Because Russia is a great country.” Tightening relations with Libya appears to be a Kremlin priority. During a visit to Libya in April, then President Vladimir Putin agreed to write off billions of dollars worth of Soviet-era debt, in exchange for lucrative contracts with Russian companies. When Libya’s prime minister Baghdadi Mahmudi visited Moscow late last month, Putin – now prime minister under his handpicked successor, President Dmitry Medvedev – discussed cooperation in the oil and gas sectors and said Tripoli was also keen to buy Russian weaponry. The Interfax news agency quoted a defense ministry source in Moscow as saying Libya was interested in ﬁghter planes, helicopters and surface-to-air missiles.

SCIENTISTS DEVELOP SOFTWARE THAT CAN MAP DREAMS

team of Japanese scientists have created a device that enables the processing and imaging of thoughts and dreams as experienced in the brain to appear on a computer screen.

I AM LISTENING

The research investigated how electrical signals are captured and reconstructed into images, according to the study, which will be published in the US journal Neuron. As part of the experiment, researchers showed testers the six letters of the word “neuron”, before using the technology to measure their brain activity and subsequently reconstruct the letters on a computer screen. Since Sigmund Freud published The Interpretations of Dreams over a century ago, the workings of the sleeping human mind have been the source of extensive analysis by scientists keen to unlock its mysteries. Dreams were the focus of a scientiﬁc survey conducted by the Telegraph last year in which it was concluded that dreams were more likely to be shaped by events of the past week than childhood traumas.

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EVIDENCE FOR CREATION A tremendous pyramid of evidence for design and recent creation is available for detailed study. Romans 1:20 states: “For the invisible things of him from the creation are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead: so that they are without excuse.”

“COAL: EVIDENCE FOR A YOUNG EARTH” Evolutionary theory requires millions of years in the formation of coal in order to afford time for the development of living organisms whose fossils are found in coal deposits. However, laboratory and field research has demonstrated that coal is formed rapidly and in vast quantities. These vast coal deposits are unsullied by other material. The conclusion is drawn that actual research indicates a young age to the Earth that contains such coalified materials. "If coal takes millions and millions of years of heat and pressure to form, how is it possible that creationists are teaching that the earth is only a few thousand years old?” This is a commonly asked question among individuals seeking answers about the age of the earth and the universe. Research has been done by several creation organizations, as well as independent scientists, in order to answer such questions. The evidence actually shows that coal does not take millions of years to form, as is commonly asserted. In fact, the formation of coal has been proven to be a rapid process that can be duplicated in modern laboratories in a matter of days - or even hours. I. Rapid Formation In order for coal to be formed, several factors must be present. Pressure, temperature, water, time, and some sort of vegetation are the key elements for the formation of coal. According to evolutionary theory, the slow accumulation and decomposition of vegetation living in past ages accounts for the coal seams. However, this theory can not answer why such large amounts of original vegetation without soil can be found in the areas that are now coal seams, or how these coal seams became so thick - some being over two hundred feet in depth. Scientist Robert Gentry analyzed coalified wood found on the Colorado Plateau in order to determine how long it took for coal to form.1 By treating coal with epoxy and slicing it into thin sheets, Dr. Gentry was able to examine tiny, compressed radiohalos found in the coal. Radiohalos are discolorations in the coal, ejected by radioactive elements in the centers (such as uranium). According to evolutionary theory, in order for these halos to form, several processes must have occurred. First, water-saturated logs must have been laid down in several different geologic formations, including the Triassic, Jurassic and Eocene layers. Later, uranium solutions infiltrated the watersaturated logs, and uranium decay products were collected at tiny sites within the logs. The radioactive decay from the tiny particles ejected spherical radiation damage regions around those sites, thus producing halos. Finally, a pressure event on the site of the formations compressed the logs as well as the radioactive halos within them. However, because coal is not a malleable substance, scientists know that these logs had not turned to coal at the time the compression event occurred. This points to a quick burial and coalification of the logs – rather than a long time period. Continued in the next issue of FREEDOM

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