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Friday Church News Notes VOLUME 17, ISSUE 10 WAY OF LIFE MARCH 4, 2016 FRIDAY CHURCH NEWS NOTES THE IMMORALITY CRYSTAL SURROUNDING BIBLE TO LAST HILLSONG MUSIC BILLIONS OF Former Hillsong pastor Pasquale “Pat” Mesiti has pleaded guilty to YEARS assaulting his second wife and is awaiting sentencing (Christian Headlines, Feb. 29, 2016). He was forced to step down in 2002 because of adultery and visiting prostitutes. In an interview with Sight Researchers in the United Kingdom Magazine in May 2006, he said he had a “sexual addiction.” Tat was have developed digital data discs the year he was back in “ministry” afer divorce and remarriage and a that can survive an alleged 13 “restoration” process. He is now known as “Mr. Motivation” and billion years and can withstand promotes a “millionaire mindset” that comes from the charismatic temperatures up to 1,832 F. Te prosperity doctrine. Hillsong, a prominent voice in Contemporary data is encoded by laser onto a glass Worship, began in Australia and has branched out in recent years to disc that can hold 360 terabytes of establish megachurches in many cities, including New York and London. Te following is from a report by Hughie Seaborn titled information, which is equivalent to “Warning: What Do You Know about Hillsong?” which was published the information capacity of 25,500 in response to Hillsong’s World of Worship Conference at the Cairns basic iPhones (“Crystal Bible to last Convention Center September 4-7, 2002. Tis report by a former a billion years,” CNN, Feb. 26, Pentecostal exposes the immorality that is rampant in these circles: 2016). One of the frst books they “Hillsong had its beginnings in 1986 and was the inspiration of Mark encoded is the King James Bible. In and Darlene Zschech and Geoff Bullock. Bullock was a leader in the truth, the Word of God is eternal. ‘music ministry’ of Brian and Bobbie Houston’s Hills Christian Life Afer 13 billion years, the believer’s Centre at Castle Hill, Sydney. Along with Pat Mesiti who eventually life with Jesus Christ will only be founded Youth Alive, the Zschech’s were formerly part of a band that starting. “For ever, O LORD, thy had an outreach to high school kids. (Mesiti, who rose to the exalted word is settled in heaven” (Psalm position of National Director of Australian Christian Churches, was 119:89). sacked afer it was discovered he was involved in adultery.) Te Zschech’s were introduced to Hills Christian Life Centre by Mesiti and were soon thrust into the ‘music ministry’ alongside Bullock. When Jeff Bullock ‘resigned’ from Hillsong afer divorcing his wife, Darlene Zschech stepped into his position and was ‘worship pastor’ of Brian Houston’s Hillsong Church. Brian is the son of Frank Houston, an ex- General Superintendent of the AOG in New Zealand. Frank moved to Australia from NZ in 1977, in controversial circumstances of a sexual nature, and established Sydney Christian Life Centre. Despite the sexual offences committed in NZ, Houston rose to a position of eminence and great respect in the Pentecostal churches, as well as to the most senior position in the AOG in NSW. In 2000, Frank Houston was sacked afer the NZ sexual offences became public, offences that were so serious he was not even given the option of quietly retiring [Sydney Morning Herald, March 27, 2002].” ! PAGE 1 VOLUME 17, ISSUE 10 WAY OF LIFE MARCH 4, 2016 FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE FILING SUIT IN BEHALF OF CHRISTIANS WHO LOST BAKERY OVER RELIGIOUS RIGHTS First Liberty Institute is appealing the case of Aaron teaches that God designed marriage to be between a and Melissa Klein on the basis of religious liberty man and a woman. For me to bake a cake for a same- and free speech. Te Kleins, owners of Sweet Cakes sex wedding would go completely against what I in Oregon, were forced to pay $135,000 for refusing believe” (“Te Kleins,” frstliberty.org). First Liberty to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. Te Institute is appealing the case to the Oregon Court of Kleins tried to explain to the lesbians that baking Appeals and higher if necessary. Tey are joined by their wedding cake was against their religious Boyden Gray, former White House Counsel for convictions, but instead of going to another bakery, President George H.W. Bush, U.S. Ambassador to the the lesbians brought a complaint against the young European Union, and law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Christian couple. Melissa Klein says, “My faith Warren. FLASHING LIGHTS, LOUD MUSIC INTERACT WITH BRAIN LIKE DRUG ADDICTION A study by the University of British Columbia found toward risk taking. Casino owners have obviously that fashing lights and loud rock music, as in known of this connection for a long time, which is casinos, encourage rats to make “risky decisions.” Te precisely why they create the specifc light/music study found that rats generally learn to avoid risky environment found in gambling rooms. Many top behaviors that result in punishment, but under the secular rock & rollers have testifed that rock music is infuence of bright lights and loud music they take a drug, but contemporary Christian rockers scoff at more risks (“Lights, music in casinos interact with any such danger. Now a scientifc study has brain like drug addiction,” confrmed a music/drug UPI, Jan. 20, 2016). Te connection, at least with the reason is that the light and addition of bright fashing m u s i c a c t i v a t e t h e lights, which are common dopamine D3 receptor in in “secular” rock concerts t he br ai n , t he s ame as well as in contemporary receptor suspected to be worship. Sober-minded involved in drug addiction. Christians whose brains Tis was demonstrated have not been corrupted by w h e n t h e d o p a m i n e the world’s music are able to receptor was blocked and analyze these facts more the rats returned to their properly and biblically. natural conservative stance ! PAGE 2 VOLUME 17, ISSUE 10 WAY OF LIFE MARCH 4, 2016 ATHEIST BARRED FROM GIVING WITNESS IN AMERICAN COURT Te following is from Democracy in America by 1831, relates the fact in the following terms: ‘Te Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835: “While I was in court of common pleas of Chester county (New America, a witness, who happened to be called at the York), a few days since rejected a witness who assizes of the county of Chester (state of New York), declared his disbelief in the existence of God. Te declared that he did not believe in the existence of presiding judge remarked, that he had not before God or in the immortality of the soul. Te judge been aware that there was a man living who did not refused to admit his evidence, on the ground that the believe in the existence of God; that this belief witness had destroyed beforehand all confdence of constituted the sanction of all testimony in a court of the court in what he was about to say. Te justice: and that he knew of no case in a Christian newspapers related the fact without any further country, where a witness had been permitted to comment. Te New York Spectator of August 23rd, testify without such belief.’” THE U.S. NAVY’S MERCY AND COMFORT Te United States Navy operates two hospital ships, Navy’s largest helicopters. Kitchens can provide the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort, which are meals for 1,000 personnel. Tey assist in natural tasked to support U.S. armed forces as well as to disasters such as the Southeast Asia tsunami of 2004 provide medical aid and humanitarian assistance. and the Haiti earthquake of 2010. On a visit to “Both serve as 70,000-metric-ton symbols of how Southeast Asia in 2010, the USNS Mercy treated much America cares as a nation and as a 109,754 patients and performed 1,580 surgeries. In people” (“Hospital Ships,” navy.com). Te ships are 2015, the USNS Comfort provided care for more huge, the second largest in the U.S. feet afer the than 120,000 patients (including 1,200 surgeries) in super carriers, and the ffh largest ships in the 11 countries in the Caribbean and South and world. Converted from oil supertankers, the two Central America. Tese projects are largely funded ships originally cost $560 million. Each one is 894- by the U.S. government, but they are also assisted by feet long (the length of three football felds) and the volunteer medical personnel and supplies donated height of a 10-story building. In full capacity, each by private organizations. Tis level of benevolence ship can carry 700 medical personnel. Tey are can be traced to the Bible’s great infuence on 1,000-bed hospitals (including four intensive care America, even at this late stage in her history. wards). Tey have 12 operating rooms, an emergency/triage room, full medical labs, pharmacies, and are equipped with the latest technology such as CAT scanners and digital X-ray. Tey offer radiological, optometry, and dental services. Tey have their own medical oxygen producing plants, blood banks with a 5,000 unit capacity, and water distilling plants (300,000 US gallons per day). A fight crew operates the ship’s helicopter pad which can handle the ! PAGE 3 VOLUME 17, ISSUE 10 WAY OF LIFE MARCH 4, 2016 ALBERT EINSTEIN AND MUSIC Te following is excerpted from job as soon as they could. His “Music and the Brain” by mother did not think that Albert L a u r e n c e O ’ D o n n e l l , was ‘stupid.’ Instead of following cerebromente.org.br: “Albert the school’s advice, Albert’s Einstein is recognized as one of parents bought him a violin.
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