Saturday, January 16, 2010
Radio Show for Focus on the Family Founder
Haitian Congregation
Methodistst Found in Hotel Rubble
Satan Responds
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has published a letter supposedly from Satan written evangelist Pat Robertson. It's responding to his comments on the 700 Club TV show, saying Haiti's troubles come from a pact the nation made with Satan. Lilly Coyle of Minneapolis is the writer taking on the persona of the devil.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Kentucky Commandments OK
Christian Schools Lose Case
Missing Missionary Couple
Church Group Back from Haiti
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Obama Spokesman Comments on Robertson
Missionaries will continue to aid Haiti
Missionaries Survive Earthquake
Missionaries hold Vigil for Haiti
Church Cancells Travel Plans
Hollywood Gets Religion
Major movie studios are looking to capitalize on the success of mainstream films with elements of faith- such as The Blind Side. The Book of Eli (the book referred to in the title is a Bible) starring Denzel Washington opens Friday along with the pseudo-spiritual after-life film The Lovely Bones, while Legion, about a war that breaks out after God loses his faith in mankind, opens on the 22nd.
Last year, Nicolas Cage's film Knowing, about t the Apocalypse earned twice as much as predicted ($80 million). Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, a faith-based comedy, took in even more ($91 million). And The Blind Side, the story of a Christian family that adopts a young athlete was the 8th biggest film of the year ($220 million).
Trapped in Haiti
Supposed to Be in Haiti
Virginia Lutherans Leave
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Assisted Suicide Ruling
Porn Among Kids Top Searches
Haiti's Pact with the Devil
“They were under the heel of the French, uh, you know Napoleon the 3rd and whatever, and they got together and swore a pact to the Devil. They said, 'We will serve you if you'll get us free from the French. True story. And so the Devil said, 'Okay, it's a deal.’ And, they kicked the French out, you know, with Haitians revolted and got themselves free. But ever since they have been cursed by, by one thing after another, desperately poor... They need to have and we need to pray for them a great turning to God and out of this tragedy I’m optimistic something good may come. But right now we’re helping the suffering people and the suffering is unimaginable.”
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Textbook Debate
Davey and Goliath
Davey and Goliath was first seen in 1960 and ended its run on TV in 1975. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) gained rights to the show in a merger of Lutheran denominations. A 2003 documentary by the ELCA told the history of the show and it was brought back in 2004 for an hour-long special.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Answer to the Christmas Quiz
2. The West. Matthew 2:1,2 reads, "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, 'Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." The Wise Men were in the East and they saw the star in the Western sky. Had they been traveling toward a star in the East, they would have started from somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea.
3. The house.
Not the stable. Matthew 2:9-11 says, "After (the Wise Men) had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the HOUSE, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him…" By the time the Wise Men would have arrived, Mary and Joseph would have left the stable. It would have taken a while for the Wise Men to arrive. Perhaps a couple of years, since Herod killed children in Bethlehem under the age of two.
4. We don't know.
Three is the traditional number, but Scripture only tells us of three gifts.
5. Probably Spring. Luke 2:8 tells us, "And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night." It is unlikely they would have been living in the fields during Winter. Spring is the most likely time.
6. We don't know. Christmas cards may favor a donkey, but Scripture doesn't tell us.
7. We don't know. Christmas cards may favor a camels, but Scripture doesn't tell us.
8. Germany
9. The 4th century
Christmas Carols began in the 14th and 15th centuries. Christmas cards were first sent in the early 19th century.
10. Yes. In 4th Century AD, Nicholas showed acts of kindness and charity early in his life. He served as bishop of Myra (now
in Turkey) and was considered a saint since the 6th century.
11. The nativity scene.
12. No. But he did tell us to remember his death. "…Do this in remembrance of me" Luke 22:19.
Note: All verses from the New International Version