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Three Americans Nationwide Christian Newspaper planned arrested by Grand Rapids, MI Fennell believes that is those who try to live it,” Chinese Police (MTJTN) - Christian harmful to Christians and Fennell said. community publicist Jerry society alike. Fennell has a multi- ZHOU KOU DAN, China (EP) - A police raid during a Fennell is planning to build “The Bible speaks phase plan to avoid having meeting of Chinese Christians Aug. 23 resulted in the a Nationwide Christian often of the wisdom of to raise hundreds of arrest of 130, including three visiting American mission- newspaper with grassroots receiving Godly council, millions of dollars to start aries. Henry Chu, his wife, Sandy Lin, and Patricia Lan support, His plan will but for over 75 years the newspaper. Each were attending the meeting of the Fangcheng Church take several years to reach Christians in America have phase will finance the next during the raid. All three are Taiwanese by birth, but are a circulation of over one been receiving their phase. The First Phase is also U.S. citizens. Chinese authorities released the three million and he believes council on “what the news the website: missionaries Aug. 25. According to Reuters, the three that five million circulation Jerry Fennell is” and “what the current www.morethanjustthe- were being held for “activities incompatible with the is reachable! sections inserted into it.” events of the day are,” news.com. The Christian tourist status under which they entered China.” Fennell wants to He claims that the major from a news industry that news website has been up The arrests occurred on the one-year anniversary of publish “something like a newspapers of the day, has become more and and running for over a the arrest of Zhang Rongliang, founding leader of the USA Today, only written including USA Today, are more secular and increas- year and averages about Fangcheng Church, a popular Christian movement in from a Biblical World written from a Humanistic ingly hostile toward the 25,000 hits a month and is China with an estimated following of a half-million. It is View, and with local news Secular point-of-view. Biblical World View and Continued on page 2. not clear whether the dates of the arrests are coinciden- tal or intentional. The Fangcheng Church is one of 14 Christian churches labeled as “evil cults” by the commu- nist government. Zhang was arrested in Henan Province with 31 others. Last December Zhang was sentenced to three years in a labor camp under an anti-cult ordinance; he was released on temporary medical leave early this year.

Freedom of the press belongs to only those who own a press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (EP) - Freedom of the press belongs to the person who owns a press, it was discovered Wednesday. That’s the message Focus on The Mercy Ship Caribbean Mercy provides free medical and relief supplies to needy people at Caribbean and the Family learned recently when the New York Times South American ports. and USA Today rejected an advertisement criticizing the Supreme Court’s decision to permit partial-birth abortion. The ad, featuring a cartoon by syndicated Mercy Ship making Great Lakes Tour editorial cartoonist Chuck Asay, was rejected as “too graphic.” The ad describes (but does not illustrate) the Grand Haven, MI Caribbean and South and and serve as volunteers. ing her decks to visitors, brutal procedure, and ends with a voice from the Su- (MTJTN) - The 2,265 ton, Middle America port They must raise their individuals as well as preme Court saying, “So what’s the problem?” The ad Caribbean Mercy arrived cities. Manned entirely by support before they come church, school and other ends by saying, “Does this seem right to anyone?” Two in Grand Haven on Oct. 3 volunteers (120 crew aboard. community groups, who other national daily papers accepted the ad: the Wash- to introduce to West members from 15 coun- The 265 foot long want to learn more about ington Post and Los Angeles Times. Michigan the voluntary tries) and equipped solely Caribbean Mercy is her work. work of the Mercy Ship’s through donations, the moored for a June 3 to 22 This year the Carib- “navy”, which provides four ships of the fleet give stay at Escanaba Park in bean Mercy ship under- Christianity snubbed at U.N. free medical, dental, away around $3 million Grand Haven on the last went a $200,000 refit to community development worth of health care and leg of a goodwill tour of equip her to perform eye meeting of World Religious and relief services to relief supplies each year to Great Lakes’ port cities. surgeries. Of the 40 Leaders needy citizens of port almost one million people. During her time in million blind people in the cities of the world. The Crew members pay $250 a Grand Haven, the Carib- world, half could receive NEW YORK, N.Y. (EP) - On Monday, a summit of Caribbean Mercy visits the month to live on the ship bean Mercy will be open- Continued on page 5. world religious leaders meeting at the United Nations to discuss world peace has instead caused more contro- versy. Church fires are The purpose of this Over 1,000 religious leaders representing 70 of the world’s religions gathered at the U.N. General Assem- anti-Christian not anti-Black newspaper is: bly hall for meetings designed to promote peace be- Grand Rapids, MI (MTJTN) - The recent attacks on 1. To serve the Christian Community tween religious groups. The group also established a churches are anti-Christian, not anti-Black, reports the 2. To report the news and issues of the permanent advisory council of religious leaders to the Washington Times. Most of the mainstream U.S. media U.N., designed to help prevent and solve religious has ignored the fact that of the recent fires at churches, day from a Biblical World View disputes. the number of fires are nearly equally divided between 3. To inform Christians so that Continued on page 10. white and black churches. In fact, integrated congrega- they will better informed as to tions have also been the target, as well as Jewish syna- how and for what/whom to pray gogues. Still, the national news media fans the flames West Bank tension derails of racism and seeks to blame society for the fires, the 4. To encourage Christians to get peace talks Times reports. involved in the social issues of The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms the day JERUSALEM, Israel (EP) - Renewed fighting between (ATF) has investigated more than 123 church arsons in 5. To encourage Christians to full fill Israeli police and Palestinian groups in the West Bank 27 states over the past five years. Of those, 38 involved has erased nearly all gains for peace, report sources churches with predominantly black congregations, 32 the Great Commission from the region. The rioting began on Tuesday when involved white churches, 12 were Jewish synagogues. 6. To educate Christians and the Ariel Sharon, leader of the Israeli Likud party and Forty-one were churches with mixed race congrega- World about our Christian former Israeli defense minister, led a group of officials tions. Heritage in America and the to a holy site in Judaism known as the Temple Mount. In the past 18 months 24 predominantly white According to some scholars, the Temple Mount features churches have been burned, a story the national media is Covenant we hold with God prominently in biblical end-times prophesies. The site, failing to report, according to the Washingon Times. 6. To promote literacy so every one known to Muslims as Al Haram al Sharif, or the Holy About half of the fires have been ruled accidental or can read their Bible Sanctuary, is under supervision by the Islamic Trust. non-arson cases. Few news accounts have reported the 7. To promote Christian values Sharon claimed his visit to the Temple Mount during arrest of a 13 year old white girl in connection with a Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year celebration, Charlotte, North Carolina case that police believe the 8. To reach the lost Continued on page 11. Continued on page 16. This is a sample of what a Nationwide National Christian Weekly Newspaper could look like! Page 2 More Than Just The News October 12, 2005 Paper Plans, from page 1 growing. The purpose of universities and thousands per and by newspaper Fennell. After graduation “We will start out for a short time, many hit the website, according to of churches across sells. the intern will be placed in as a weekly. After we a glass wall erected by the Fennell, is to network with America. Boy Scouts and The next step is to one of the Top 150 Mar- have organized all 50 managers, editors and other Christians for news Church youth groups will organize the Top 150 kets to develope a local states, we will sit down fellow reporters because and events. The site is be able to sell subscrip- Markets in the different Christian “News and and ask ourselves, ‘What they were not liberal or also building readership tions as fund raisers, states. One state will be Events” section, sup- will it take to become a secular enough,” Fennell and credibility for the Fennell insists. A 26 page organized every other ported by local advertis- daily?’” Fennell said. said. name, More Than Just newspaper divided into month. The national ing, to be placed inside the Why do Christians “Since we can not The News, the name two sections of “News newspaper can be created “national” newspaper need their own newspaper, influence the news media Fennell plans to call his and World News” and at the Grand Rapids before it is placed in the this reporter asked, “I from the inside I am newspaper. At the website “Entertainment and national office and elec- newspaper racks. have known Christians proposing that we build readers can find the kind Sports” will be delivered tronically sent to a printer It will take 10 years to who went to journalism our own nationwide of stories the newspaper to every distribution site in in any city for printing. organize all 50 states. school but the liberal Christian newspaper. The will carry. 2 to 3 days by the Priority Fennell plans to establish Expected circulation is college professors flunked goal would be not just to The next step is to Mail Service of the U.S. an intern program with the projected to be over one them out because they compete with today’s publish a newspaper and Postal System. different Christian Col- million papers. When the would not change their dominate liberal anti- sell it in the over 8,000 The newspaper will be leges. A student can work rest of the nation will be World View. Of those Christian news media, but Christians bookstores, supported by advertise- for the paper and receive organized, Fennell who managed to graduate, to replace! This newspa- Christian colleges and ments inside the newspa- training on how to write projects circulation will after working at a newspa- per will be written first to and publish a paper by reach 5 million. per, TV or radio station Christians

Court stops the opening of Satanism Club attended by 35 Court searching for the “Mind of government meetings with prayer students at California high school the Founding Fathers” LOS ANGELES (EP) - A - it belongs in the SAN MATEO, Calif. (EP) truth, then of course the MONTGOMERY, Ala. monument, which court of appeals has ruled churches, mosques and - A California high school devil comes in with his (EP) - In a suit that will Alabama’s Chief Justice that government agencies synagogues,” said attorney announced the introduc- lies,” Azzarello said. determine whether or not Roy Moore had moved in California are not Roger Diamond, who tion of a Satanism club as “That’s exactly what’s a 5,300-pound monument into the judicial building. permitted to open their represented the men. The an on-campus activity, and happened today in to the Ten Command- Moore and the experts meetings with sectarian invocation that prompted 35 students attended the America - and it’s very sad ments keeps its place of who back him maintain prayer. Using such invoca- the lawsuit was offered by club’s first lunch-hour because this was one honor in the rotunda of that the monument is an tions as the name of Jesus a Mormon minister at a meeting, Agape Press nation founded upon God, the Alabama Judicial acknowledgment that the at the beginning of gov- November 1999 City reported. David Azzarello, and not just any kind of Building, a federal judge is Ten Commandments are ernment meetings violates Council meeting. The pastor of Redwood god, but the true God.” trying to determine the the “moral foundation” of the constitutional separa- minister concluded his Baptist Church in San Agape Press noted that minds of the founding law and that the founding tion of church and state, prayer, “We are grateful, Mateo, told Agape Press not all the community’s fathers relative to the fathers intended no such the court said. The ruling heavenly father, for all that that he warned San clergy were as negative as place of religion in civil separation of faith and does not prohibit clergy or thou hast poured out on Mateo’s high school Azzarello about having a government. U.S. District government as is strictly others from offering us, and we express our principal of the conse- club for the devil. Father Judge Myron Thompson enforced today throughout general invocations. The gratitude and our love in quences of allowing the Harold Snider of Our has heard arguments from the nation. Moore said he ruling came after two men the name of Jesus Christ. club. “Whenever some- Lady of Angels Catholic opposing sets of experts. moved the monument into - a Jew and a Christian - Amen.” body does not stand up for Church was quoted as One group argued that the judicial building in part sued the city of Burbank saying of the club, “The Thomas Jefferson and because of what he sees as over the issue. “Religion When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice, when best thing to do about it is other founding fathers a moral decline in the doesn’t belong in City Hall the wicked rule, the people groan. not to make it a big deal.” would have condemned nation over the last half Proverbs 29:2 the presence of such a century.

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does make a Flooding around Fargo destroyed homes and farms. International Aid volunteers unload food and materials from turck. difference! International Aid sends help to Flood Victims Grand Rapids, MI (MTJTN) - “Mud-covered walkways, water damaged lll homes, fathers out-of- The Biblical World View The Secular World View money, subdued, destitute lll (Reflects the Character (Reflects the Character people,” these are the images an assessment North Dakota of God!) of Man!) team from Spring Lake, The Flood Area is shown Michigan based Interna- in the box with Grand tional Aid brought back Forks to the north and Heavy rains cause floods Providential View of Natural View of History from the flood zone North Fargo to the south. in North Dakota History History is ordered by man Dakota. “Grand Forks, North groups could be working cleaning supplies and Acts 17:24-26, and nature! Dakota, was one of the twelve hours days,” Olsen personal care products, to Psalms 22:28 hardest hit towns,” said said. the flood victims. Hal Olsen, International A team of volunteers The Christian Re- Aid’s (IA’s) disaster relief left IA’s headquarters formed World Relief There is a Creator God! Man is a product of coordinator, who spent Tuesday bound for North Committee (CRWRC) has the past weekend in North Dakota to deliver cleaning a team of volunteers in the Life is unique and Evolution Dakota sizing up damage supplies, trash bags, baby Red River area of North valuable! an accident of nature wrought by the recent food, and personal hy- Dakota and Minnesota. floods. “But, there are giene products to the The CRWRC is cooperat- (Genesis 1:26-27) Man centered! eight or nine other towns flood victims. Several ing with national relief between Grand Forks and churches and the Salvation agencies, regional groups Fargo that need assistance Army in North Dakota of deacons and area as well.” will be distributing the churches, to help with Sinful Man needs a "I'm OK, Your OK!" The Michigan based relief supplies and helping long-term rebuilding Christian relief agency residents with cleanup needs. Savior, plans to concentrate its efforts. Donations can be sent Jesus! assistance efforts on the Last week, Interna- to International Aid, town of Thompson, ten tional Aid sent a truck Spring Lake, MI 49456 or (John 3:16) miles south of Grand load of supplies, approxi- The CRWRC, 2850 Forks, where there is so mately $30,000 worth of Kalamazoo Ave., Grand much to be done that “the nonperishable food, Rapids 49560. The Bible is the All truth is relative Word of God! All religions are equal Church battles city over $158,000 assessment Eternal Truths "All roads lead ROSEVILLE, Minn. (EP) The church has the option have zoning ordinances Moral Absolutes to heaven." — Advent Lutheran of paying the assessment that “are used to treat Church in suburban St. over a 15-year period. churches worse than Accountability Cultural Relativism Paul, Minn. is preparing With seven percent inter- everything else.” & Responsibility for battle against a city est, that would be over Advent’s goal is for the policy that Senior Pastor $255,000 dollars total, a city of Roseville to drop (2 timothy 3:16-17) Tom Basich calls “outra- monthly payment of the assessment against the geous.” $1,420 dollars, said church and change its Advent is facing over Basich. Divided equally policy so non-profit Love Tolerance $158,000 in road repair among the congregation, organizations and (Seeks the best for loved (You live you way. assessment bills for the every man, woman and churches will no longer be reconstruction of child at Advent would levied such assessments. one!) I'll live my way!) Josephine Road. The owe Roseville over $850. At a Feb. 12 city Involvement Indifference church, situated at the The foundation of council meeting, Lynn E. corner lot of Josephine Advent’s case is that the Basich, Advent’s lawyer & Relational Segregation Road and Hamline Ave. in church is being unfairly and Basich’s daughter, (Mark 12:31) Roseville, owns 11 acres “taxed” by the govern- served the Roseville City of land. City policy re- ment through discrimina- Council a notice of inten- (Luke 10:25-37) quires them to pay 100 tory assessments. Besides tion to appeal if the city percent of the cost of road Advent, there are cur- levies any assessments repair. Basich said that the rently 33 residential against the church related Christians are: Christians are viewed as: assessment is a financial property owners situated to the repair of Josephine "Heroes of the Faith" Right Wing Religious burden his 300-member along Josephine Road. Road. The church is “not church cannot bear. However, because of the being treated equally,” Occupy until He Bigots, ”Advent Lutheran way the city calculates Lynn Basich told the city comes again! Extremist, and Censors, Church is now facing a assessments, Advent is the council members. “It is the discriminatory assessment only property owner government’s function to (Matthew 28:16-20) trying to force their views levy, a massive breach of required to pay an assess- build and maintain roads, and values on others! the wall of separation ment. The rest of the not a Christian church.” between church and state, construction will be Mayor John a wrongful attempt by financed with money Kysylyczyn urged Basich We offer the world Nothing to offer! Roseville City Hall to generated by Minnesota’s and Advent members not MORE nullify our tax-exempt gasoline tax. to argue the issue of " " - Jesus! There is no meaning to status, and severe disrup- ”What seems odd assessments now. But life! tion of our First Amend- about this is that the Basich is concerned that if ment right to pursue our assessment would fall on the church doesn’t protest All is hopelessness! religious work and mis- one body and not every- now it won’t have any sion free from harmful body else on the street,” options left when the government intrusion,” said constitutional attor- assessment bills come due. Please support the newspaper that said Basich. “This has ney Jordan Lorence, “We have to start fighting produced severe stress general council for the it right now,” said Basich. supports your World View! among the people of Northstar Legal Center. “This isn’t a battle about Advent and their families.” “To single out a church in roads. This is a battle Basich founded Advent levying this assessment about religious freedom.” Lutheran and has served raises some questions.” Jordan said that in his Your word is a lamp to my feet as senior pastor since and a light for my path. 1953. experience, many cities Psalm 119:105 Page 4 More Than Just The News October 12, 2005

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Palau Festival breaks stadium attendance record Churches around The World to observe Day Of Prayer TUCSON, Ariz. (EP) - A Palau’s Gospel invitation Focus Nov. 10 Will Be Prayer For Persecuted Christians Luis Palau evangelistic to commit their lives to festival set attendance Jesus Christ. SANTA ANA, Calif. including the massa- the West do most to behalf of those who records in early October Palau focused his (Oct. 11, 2002) - “The cre in Karachi which support them in their are persecuted for when an estimated 20,000 messages on young people world is becoming left seven Christians walk with the Lord,” their faith in Christ people crowded into and told stories of teenag- more and more hos- dead two weeks ago,” states Madison. “And Jesus. Open Doors Tucson Electric Park both ers who had called his live tile to Christianity. It is say Madison. “In they usually say just will celebrate 50 years evenings of Tucson television program, “Night critical that we stand - those attacks by coming to meet with of ministry in 2005. To Festival 2005. The crowds Talk with Luis Palau,” or kneel - in unity in extremists, a total of them is so supportive. partner with Open were the largest ever at which was broadcast on support of our perse- 39 have been killed But always No. 1 on Doors call 949-752- the three-year-old baseball FOX-11 Monday through cuted brothers and and 75 wounded. We the list is prayer. They 6600, go to its USA stadium, home of the Thursday. Palau said, sisters around the need to cover Chris- want us to pray with web site at Pacific Coast League’s “Last night a 13-year-old world. And praying for tians in Pakistan and them and for them. www.opendoorsusa.org Tucson Sidewinders. boy was sobbing on those suffering for suffering Christians But not just one day a or write Open Doors The contemporary television, sobbing be- their faith in Jesus around the globe with year!” with Brother Andrew, music-focused evangelistic cause his mother had left Christ is the most layers of prayer.” It is estimated that PO Box 27001, Santa festival was Palau’s first of him, his sister, and his dad. significant thing Churches around 200 million Christians Ana, CA 92799. that style outside of When I left the studio, I believers can do.” the United States and are being persecuted Portland, Ore., his thought, ‘That’s why Those are the the world will focus worldwide and an- (For more information adopted hometown, where we’re here. We’ve got to words of Terry Madi- on support of suffer- other 400 million or to set up an inter- record-breaking crowds of say to people there’s a son, president/CEO of ing Christians on Christians are living view with Terry Madi- 55,000 and 85,000 filled better life. With Jesus Open Doors USA. Sunday, Nov. 10, with restrictions on son, call Jerry Dykstra downtown Tom McCall Christ in your life, life can Open Doors, founded during the Interna- their religious free- at 616-915-4117.) Waterfront Park Aug. 18- be happy and contented 47 years ago by tional Day of Prayer dom. 19. The Tucson outreach and beautiful, and people Brother Andrew, is for the Persecuted For more informa- Pastor jailed also featured two evenings don’t seem to know it.’” one of the world’s Church (IDOP). On tion on the Interna- in China in Spanish at Kennedy People filled the seats most respected and that day thousands of tional Day of Prayer BEIJING (EP) - Letters Park. More than 52,000 of Tucson Electric Park enduring Christian church congregations for the Persecuted from an imprisoned pastor people attended all festival and sat on blankets spread ministries to the from all denomina- Church go to in China have revealed events, and close to 2,000 throughout the field. Persecuted Church. tions will join in www.persecuted- that police and prison responded publicly to Madison mentions prayer for the Perse- church.org or to the officers have used intimi- Pakistan as one of the cuted Church. IDOP is Open Doors web site dation, torture, and other Caribbean current hot spots one of the largest at atrocities against him and where Christians have prayer events in the www.opendoorsusa.org. other members of a Mercy ship continually been world and has been Currently working Chinese church. Pastor from page 1. facing persecution in observed since 1996. in 60 countries with Gong Shengliang, founder the year since Presi- A total of 10 Christian 23 international of- of the South China This year the Caribbean The ship will be receiv- dent Bush declared agencies - including fices and over 300 Church, has been in prison Mercy ship underwent a ing donations from Inter- war on terrorism in Open Doors - collabo- staff worldwide, Open since April 2001 on $200,000 refit to equip national Aid and other the aftermath of Sep- rate to sponsor the Doors with Brother charges ranging from her to perform eye surger- Christian missions organi- tember 11, 2001. event. Andrew delivers subverting the government ies. Of the 40 million zations while she is in ”Over the last year ”In my many talks Bibles and other to sexual molestation. blind people in the world, port. For further infor- there have been five with persecuted study materials, pro- Members of the South half could receive their mation, contact Youth deadly attacks Christians around the vides literacy training China Church “only want sight with a one-hour With a Mission, Grand against Pakistan’s world, I always ask and pastoral training to practice their faith operation the ship is Haven, (616) 847-1280. Christian minority, them what can we in and advocates on without government equipped to perform. interference.

“He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world.” --Benjamin Franklin Page 6 More Than Just The News October 12, 2005 Education News: Public, Christian, and Homeschooling News ACLU admits they can’t block “In God We Trust” posters Michigan sued for Religious Discrimination AFA.net Legal Facts AFA President Donald E. Wildmon says, “I knew all along that the ACLU wasn’t going to sue Attorneys with the Rutherford Institute for that degree because of a anyone over the posters. Since we now have proof that their threats are meaningless, we filed suit in Michigan state court on state law that says “[a] grant shall not be expect to see an increasing number of schools and public facilities displaying our National behalf of a student who was denied a made under this act to a student who is Motto.” state grant because he is seeking a enrolled in a program of study leading to Since February of this year, the American Family Association has been involved in a divinity degree. The suit alleges the a degree in theology, divinity, or religious nationwide campaign to get America’s national motto “In God We Trust” into every public denial violates resident Jordan Patrick’s education.” school classroom in the country. Toward that end, the Tupelo, Mississippi-based group has constitutional rights. The U.S. Supreme Court considered a distributed almost a quarter-million posters displaying the motto to schools, churches, and On May 22, 2000, the state Office of similar case in 1986, Witters v. Washing- individuals from coast to coast. Scholarships and Grants sent Patrick a ton, 474 U.S. 481, in which the Court The ACLU has threatened to sue officials displaying the posters. However, Carrie Moss, letter informing him that he had been held executive director of the Michigan chapter of the ACLU, recently conceded that fighting the awarded a tuition grant of $2,650 for the that the Establishment Clause does not issue would be difficult. According to The Kalamazoo Gazette, Moss said “It’s language (In 2000-2001 school year to attend a require states to rescind tuition grants to God We Trust) that has been upheld by the Supreme Court for our money: they decided it university approved by the state. Grants students who choose to pursue a reli- didn’t necessarily promote any religion, so I think it would be difficult to make an issue about.” are awarded on the basis of financial gious degree. need. After Patrick declared his intention AFA President Donald E. Wildmon says, “I knew all along that the ACLU wasn’t going to of pursuing a master of divinity degree, sue anyone over the posters. Since we now have proof that their threats are meaningless, he was informed by the school’s financial we expect to see an increasing number of schools and public facilities displaying our aid office that he could not use the grant National Motto.” ”For too long, the ACLU has used a mythical ‘separation of church and state’ argument to drive the knowledge of God out of our classrooms,” Wildmon says. “As far as I’m con- Rutherford Institute defends Student Bible Club’s cerned, their misdirected efforts —and the failure of God-fearing persons to challenge them Right to participate in school Yearbook — are a major reason our schools, and our society, are in the fix they are.” www.rutherford.org ”It has been shown time and time again that faith in God was a major component in the Members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club (FCA) at West Bridgewater founding of this country,” he says. “And our own Congress voted in 1956 to make ‘In God High School in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts recently contacted The Rutherford We Trust’ our national motto. It’s a patriotic issue, not a religious issue.” Institute after school officials told club members they could not participate in the ”There’s no reason in the world why the motto should not be taught to every child in our school’s yearbook because the club does not have a paid advisor. Institute legal staff schools and posted in every classroom,” he says. “AFA will continue to distribute the immediately contacted the school principal and informed him of the FCA’s right to posters and encourage officials to hang them in schools, libraries and other public build- participate in the school’s yearbook activities under the Equal Access Act, and that ings.” not only was the school’s action in violation of the Equal Access Act, it was also in ACTION NEEDED: violation of the student’s rights of free speech, free exercise of religion, and peace- able assembly. A day after receiving this information, the principal informed The Let’s place a copy of our motto “In God We Trust” in every classroom in the country! Click Rutherford Institute that the FCA would be permitted to participate in the school’s here for the “In God We Trust Poster” website. yearbook activities. The Mississippi legislature recently passed a law requiring each public school classroom, Requests for Legal Assistance: auditorium and cafeteria to display a copy of our national motto. AFA encourages you to forward a copy of this law to your state legislators and encourage the passage of similar Religious Freedom: A graduate student at Regent University contacted The Ruther- legislation in your state. ford Institute after his application for a grant from the VA Tuition Assistance Pro- Don’t worry about lawsuits. The courts have always upheld the display of the national motto gram was denied. VA Department of Education officials told him that, because he in public places. And should the ACLU want to sue, your AFA Center for Law and Policy will was seeking a joint degree that included a Divinity degree, he was not eligible for be happy to defend without cost. state funds. One principal at a northeast Mississippi elementary school has given every child in her Train up a child in the way he should go: and school a button displaying the national motto “In God We Trust.” Why not purchase enough when he is old, he will not depart from it. buttons to provide one for every student in your school or school district? This would be a Proverbs 22:6 great project for a church or civic group.

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By H.B. London Jr. end to Congressional Chaplains

WASHINGTON, D.C. (EP) - Newdow told the Post, “If the House and Senate A Need for Visionaries Michael Newdow, the congressmen want to go to talking about God.” California doctor who sued church, [then they should] by Dan Davidson to remove the words “under walk down the block like Newdow, who says he God” from the Pledge of other Americans do and go “absolutely denies the I recently began another pilgrimage through the about. We don’t want to move. We don’t like the Allegiance, has filed a suit to to church. Don’t get my existence of any Supreme Gospel of John, and I was intrigued by the uncertainty that comes with change. We’re prohibit U.S. House and government engaged in it. Being,” said he applied for structure the author incorporated into the first comfortable. We aren’t listening for God’s voice Senate chaplains from There are some people who the positions of House and chapter. He begins with broad, universal truths, anymore because a call to move would be ministering to members of don’t love God Almighty.” Senate chaplains, but was explaining that the Word was not only pre- disconcerting and unwelcome. Congress. The Washington turned down. existent as part of the Triune Community, but Post reported that Newdow The Post reported that that He actually assisted with creation itself. At other times, we are too discontent with our filed a lawsuit in federal Newdow is on “a crusade to The Post noted that Con- Then, in His love and devotion to us — desiring current situation to have a vision for it and find district court challenging the take God out of government. gress has retained paid to share with us the divine relationship He knew ourselves hoping and praying God won’t ask us constitutionality of taxpayer- He wants the words ‘In God chaplains since 1789. They in that Trinity — the Word became part of that to stay put. We anxiously cry out for change. We funded chaplain programs. We Trust’ off money, earn as much as $147,000 creation. seek escape. Or we search for advancement, He named all of Congress presidents to quit talking per year to lead prayers, fame or some other ambitious prize that we fear and James M. Eagen III, about God at their inaugura- offer spiritual counsel to Suddenly, the author seemingly switches topics, may not be in God’s plan for us. chief administrator of tions, and members of members, and perform other leaving the glorious realms of heaven in order to Congress, as defendants. Congress to be prohibited religious tasks. describe an itinerant, colorful man named John Unlike John the Baptist, we don’t clearly know from offering resolutions in (the Baptist) who apparently saw himself as a who we are not or who we are. And while we critical piece in the Word’s puzzle. I was struck stumble along day after day, we lose opportuni- by what must have been a core part of John’s ties for ministry and, all too often, leave those message (since it found its way into Scripture): I we might serve for Jesus laying beside our roads Every home in S.C. mailed “Jesus” video am not the Christ (Jn 1:20). I am the voice of to self-discovery. “Where there is no vision, the COLUMBIA, S.C. (EP) - and individual partnership The movie, which was one calling in the desert (Jn 1:23). John the people perish” (Prov. 29:18, KJV). Every home in South team in the country to originally released in the- Baptist had a clear vision and understanding of Carolina was mailed a video achieve statewide saturation aters by Warner Brothers as who he was, how he fit into God’s plan, and Pastoral Resources copy of the “Jesus” film as a of the ‘Jesus’ video, and this a two-hour film, has been how he fit into the world. He knew who and gift during the national is a meaningful time to condensed into an 83- what he wasn’t (the Christ), and he knew who observance week of Sept. receive it in homes,” said minute video. Filmed in the and what he was (the voice). 11, said David E. McCauley, McCauley. He explained that Holy Land and based on the chair of the Jesus Video That’s not true of many of us. Most of us wander Pastor to Pastor ® the video being mailed was Book of Luke, the “Jesus” through life without much of a vision. Most of Project in South Carolina. a special edition that in- film has been viewed by us spend our lives seeking our place in the A bimonthly audiocas- An estimated 1,773,038 cludes an introduction by more than 4.7 billion people world, in history, in God’s plan. In his book, sette series featuring South Carolina households Christian New York worldwide, making it the The Second Coming of the Church, George interviews with experts were scheduled to receive a firefighters who served at most translated and widely copy of the video. “South “Ground Zero” after the shown film in history. Barna notes that “less than one out of 10 senior in many fields address- pastors can articulate what he believes is God’s Carolina is the first church Sept. 11 World Trade Center vision for the church he is leading.” That’s ing a number of issues attack. frightening. of interest to pastoral families. PRESIDENTIAL PRAYER REQUESTS: Sometimes we lack a vision because we are too http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/tellafriend.asp content with where we are and what we are In the face of the heightened alert status, The Presidential Prayer Team asks all members to pray for God’s continual protection over our nation. Pray for protection of our transporta- tion, water and energy systems, as well as any facilities or gatherings that represent Ameri- Taken from Pastor to Pastor newsletter, Sep/Oct 1998. can power or security—especially any U.S. military facilities, embassies or national monu- Dan Davidson directs the Pastoral Resources department at Focus on the Family, serving as editorial ments. The U.S. intelligence community has determined that these are the most likely director of both the Pastor to Pastor newsletter/audiocassette series and the Pastor’s Weekly Briefing targets of potential terror attacks. Pray also for all those who are charged with the responsi- fax, e-mail and webletter. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., with his wife, Luz, and their three bility of keeping our citizens safe, from the White House to police and firefighters on the sons. local level.

“...God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it prob- able that an empire can rise without His aid?” --Jesus Page 8 More Than Just The News October 12, 2005

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you Senate vote on CEDAW and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” too close to call Jeremiah 29:11 CATA-List Update After successful passage of CEDAW (U.N. Convention on Eliminating All Forms of Dis- crimination Against Women) through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, July 30 inside reports indicate that CEDAW advocates are within three votes of getting this dangerous treaty ratified by the U.S. Senate thus making CEDAW “the law of the land,” according to Article 6, Sect. 2 of the U.S. Constitution.

Now is the time to make your voice heard in opposition to this very dangerous and ambigu- ous treaty which will likely come before the Senate soon after their return in September.

* CEDAW supporters claim it won’t change U.S. law; if that’s the case, then why should the U.S. ratify it? Who will read such a newspaper? * The U.S. already has the best laws in the world prohibiting discrimination against women, moreover, the U.S. leads the world in working to eliminate discrimination; we don’t need a treaty to stop discrimination. 95% - Of Americans believe in God * If you hear about “reservations” to the treaty, don’t be fooled. A liberal judge can interpret 70% - Say they believe in an afterlive reservations to be inconsistent with the meaning of the treaty and throw them out, resulting in U.S. ratification of the full treaty. 33% - Describe themselves as “Born CEDAW has been languishing in the Senate dustbin for more than two decades; in the words of Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC), CEDAW has never been ratified because “it is a bad Again Christians” treaty; it is a terrible treaty negotiated by radical feminists with the intent of enshrining their radical anti-family agenda into international law.” CEDAW calls for an absolute leveling of every kind of distinction between men and women at every level of society. 61% - Belong to one of 250 religious This is not about opportunities for women. It is about denigrating motherhood and under- orders or denominations mining the family. Following are a few examples of what the “expert” committee respon- sible for implementing CEDAW found problematic in signatory nations: 84% - Say that religion is an important — Denmark: The Committee noted with concern that stereotypical perceptions of gender role continued to exist in society [that] kept men from assuming an equal share of family influence in their life responsibilities.

— Belarus: The Committee complained that “Mother’s Day” and the “Mother’s Award” 40% - Say that they attend a church or encourage women’s traditional roles. synagogue at least once a week — Luxembourg: The Committee complained about its “stereotypical attitudes that tend to portray men as heads of households and breadwinners, and women primarily as mothers and homemakers.” 38% - Believe the Bible is to be taken — Ireland: The Committee complained that the influence of the Church is still strongly felt literally, word for word. and that because of this, “with very limited exceptions, abortion remains illegal in Ireland,” and women do not have sufficient access to reproductive health services.

— Slovenia: The Committee derided the fact that only 30 percent of children under age three were in daycare, claiming the other 70 percent would miss out on education and social opportunities offered in daycare.

— Romania: The Committee encouraged “the Government to include sex education systematically in schools...” and to “place priority on the review and revision of teaching materials.”

— Kyrgyzstan: The Committee ordered that “lesbianism be reconceptualized as a sexual orientation and that penalties for its practice be abolished.”

— China: The Committee called upon them to “decriminalize prostitution.”

EDITOR’s NOTE: Please call your Senator!

Idaho’s Parental Consent Law upheld Legal Facts On Dec. 20, a federal magistrate upheld Idaho’s parental consent law, but ruled two elements of the law are unconstitutional. Planned Parenthood filed suit after Idaho passed the law in 2000 requiring minors to obtain consent from a parent or authorization through a judicial bypass provision before undergoing an abortion. Magistrate Mikel Williams held that the law is constitutional but struck down a provision requiring abortionists to notify parents within 24 hours of performing an abortion on a minor in a “medical emergency.” Williams also held unconstitutional the state’s requirement Who goes to church: that minors seeking a judicial bypass do so in their home district or the county in which the abortion is to be performed. The court upheld the state’s definition of Catholics - 56% ”medical emergency,” which Planned Parenthood had argued was too restrictive. The court also upheld a provision allowing the state to file criminal charges against Protestants - 37% abortionists who perform the operation without parental consent or judicial bypass. The law allows penalties of two to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000 for violations. Jews - 19% Women - 43% Pro-lifers defeat Loitering Statute Men - 35% Legal Facts On Dec. 17, U.S. District Court Judge Jerome B. Friedman struck down a Virginia Southerners - 43% law prohibiting loitering on certain bridges. Three pro-life protestors, who were threatened with arrest under the statute, sued the state in 1999 claiming the law is Midwesterners - 43% unconstitutionally vague. Lytle v. Doyle, no. 2:99cv1366, began in July of 1999, when a Norfolk, Va., Easterners - 28% police officer threatened to arrest a group of pro-life protestors who were demon- strating on an overpass in the city. The officer cited Virginia Code Sec. 46.2-930, Westerners - 29% which states: “Pedestrians shall not loiter on any bridge on which the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner has posted signs prohibiting such action.” When the Men and women older than 50 - 46% protestors refused to leave, the officer arrested two of them. The remaining protest- ors, David Lytle, Jeanette Lytle and Joan Maguire, left the bridge and, with the assistance of the Eighteen to 29 years old - 23% American Family Association’s Center for Law and Policy, filed suit against the state in August 1999. A preliminary injunction against enforcement of the statute was granted in November 1999. Judge Friedman held that the statute is unconstitutionally vague because loitering is not defined. “Although persons of ordinary intelligence may maintain a common and accepted meaning of the word ‘loiter,’ such a term by itself is inadequate to inform a citizen of its criminal implications. For example, if a person stopped briefly on the bridge to admire the sunset, he could be in violation of the statute. Because their idleness was for purely innocent purposes, the vast majority of individuals would not realize that their action was criminal, even with ‘no loitering’ signs posted nearby. The statute thus fails to give adequate notice of what is prohibited.” The court also held that the statute is defective because no criminal intent or mens rea is required, and because it gives officers too much discretion in defining what constitutes loitering. October 12, 2005 More Than Just The News Page 9 Dr. James Dobson The Rutherford Report with John Whitehead* Answers Your Questions: The Prophetic Voice of George Orwell

QUESTION: I am acquainted with a woman QUESTION: Is it possible to prevent George Orwell was one of the great prophetic voices of CIA and other clandestine agencies into a domestic and who needs people badly, but she unintention- all feelings of anger? the twentieth century. As he gazed into the future, he international secret police equipped with paramilitary ally drives them away. She talks too much imagined a time very much like our present day and a forces. The power and authority now possessed by the and constantly complains. I know she has a DR.DOBSON: No. It’s important to government with eerie similarities to our own-constantly U.S. government to investigate the average citizen is remember that anger is not only a preparing for war, constantly afraid of attack and unparalleled in history. terrible inferiority complex. How can I tell perpetually preparing to annihilate its alleged opponents. her about these irritating faults without normal emotional response, it has a Add to this the fact that surveillance cameras have making her feel even worse about herself? biochemical foundation, as well. The Orwell, however, might be surprised to learn how sprung up virtually everywhere. The plain and simple human body is equipped with an relevant and widely read his writings are at the dawn of truth is that we are all being watched. Government DR.DOBSON: You do it the way a automatic defensive system, called the the Third Millennium. At the time of his death in England cameras stare at us from stoplights; they spy on our porcupine mates: very, very carefully. “flight or fight” mechanism, which in 1950, 46-year-old Orwell had been a writer for less children at school and peer at us on street corners, in than twenty years. For roughly half of that period, he public parks and in public buildings. Many private Let me offer a general principle that prepares the entire organism for action. has thousands of applications in lived in obscurity and poverty. companies also use these systems (which can be accessed by the government) to keep an eye on their dealing with people, including the Adrenalin is pumped into the blood- It was only with the publication of Animal Farm in 1946 employees and property. The surveillance cameras are situation you have posed. The right to stream, which sets off a series of that Orwell’s work began to surface as a universal often so tiny that they fit into the smallest openings. criticize must be earned, even if the physiological responses within the anthem against totalitarianism. By 1949, with the advice is constructive in nature. publication of 1984, Orwell cemented his name in Most of Orwell’s insights on how authoritarianism body. Blood pressure is increased in history. develops stem from his incisive observations on war. accordance with an acceleration in Before you are entitled to tinker with First, he shows the economic significance of continuous heartbeats; the eyes are dilated for Yet more than 50 years after its publication, Orwell’s arms production and the building of a war machine- another person’s self-esteem, you are better peripheral vision; the hands get body of work-1984, in particular-is more relevant than something without which the economic system cannot obliged first to demonstrate your own sweaty and the mouth becomes dry; and ever before. The story of one man’s nightmare odyssey function. For example, the American military budget for through a world ruled by warring states and an authority 2003 is approaching a staggering $400 billion. This, of respect for him as a person. This is the muscles are supplied with a sudden accomplished through an atmosphere structure that controls not only information but also course, leads to an inordinate influence of the military on burst of energy. individual thoughts and memories, 1984 is perhaps the an otherwise democratic society-a danger Dwight D. of love, kindness and human warmth. only English contribution to the literature of twentieth- Eisenhower warned of as early as 1961 in his now Then when a relationship of confidence In a matter of seconds, the individual is century totalitarianism that can stand with the writings of infamous farewell address to the nation. has been carefully constructed, you will transformed from a quiet condition to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Arthur Koestler and others. have earned the right to discuss a Furthermore, Orwell understood that the authority of a an “alarm reaction state.” Most With stunning clarity, 1984 uncovers the living roots of government over its citizens rests in its ability to wage potentially threatening topic. Your important, this is an involuntary totalitarianism in contemporary thought and speech. “If war. And in 1984 he gives us an oppressive picture of a motives have thereby been clarified. response that occurs whether or not we you want a picture of the future,” one of Orwell’s society that is constantly preparing for war, constantly will it. characters prophesies, “imagine a boot stamping on a afraid of attack (for example, by terrorists) and perpetu- In response to your specific question, I human face-forever.” Of course, with advances in ally strategizing to completely annihilate alleged technology and ever-increasing government surveil- would suggest that you invest some Once the flight or fight hormones are opponents. Orwell argues persuasively that we cannot effort in building a healthy relationship lance, the situation has worsened since Orwell’s retain any semblance of freedom and democracy under released, it is impossible to ignore the imaginings of the future. Certainly Newspeak and such circumstances. In the end, the military will become with your verbose friend, and then feed intense feelings they precipitate. It Doublethink-two terms Orwell placed into the English (in fact, if not in law) the dominant force in society. her your suggestions in very small would be like denying the existence of language-describe the current wall-to-wall propaganda of doses. And remember all the while that a toothache or any other tumultuous the military-industrial-entertainment complex where Orwell also confronted the most pressing issue we someone, somewhere, would like to reality and truth are produced by a managerial elite and presently face, one that raises important philosophical physical occurrence. broadcast to us 24 hours a day. and religious issues. That is, can human nature be straighten out a few of your flaws, too. altered in such a way that people will forget the longing We all have them. On the other hand, our reaction to the Orwell had the uncanny foresight to realize that although for freedom, dignity, integrity and love (longings that feeling of anger is more deliberate and we present our society as one of freedom, individualism often consumed those of past generations)? Can we QUESTION: My 10-year-old daugh- responsive to voluntary control. When and idealism, these are, in reality, mostly words. Indeed, forget that we are human? Can humanity be obliterated? all it took was a tragedy such as the Sept. 11, 2001 ter hates pigtails because her friends we suddenly “replay” the agitating Or does human nature have an innate dynamism that don’t wear their hair that way. I have terrorist attack to shake the foundations of democracy. will react against our basic human needs and attempt to event over and over in our minds, Within hours of the attacks, as society began to implode, change an inhuman society into a human one? always loved pigtails. Am I wrong to grinding our teeth in hostility and Americans were willing to sacrifice their most sacred make her wear her hair the way I seeking opportunities for revenge, or freedoms for a promise of security-amazingly from the Orwell was always controversial, and his work remains want? lash out in some overt act of violence, very government that had failed to protect them. so. According to the American Library Association, 1984 is one of the most targeted books for banning. Neverthe- then it is logical to assume that we DR.DOBSON: Yes, particularly if your In reaction, the U.S. government passed invasive and less, Orwell’s ideas have been vindicated by time-and cross over the line into something we overreaching legislation that invites intrusion into the chillingly so. What Orwell illustrates “by his commitment daughter feels unnecessarily different ought not to do. everyday lives of American citizens. For instance, the to language as the partner of truth,” writes Christopher and foolish around her friends. Social massive USA Patriot Act allows, among many other Hitchens in Why Orwell Matters (Basic Books, 2002), pressure on the nonconformist is These questions and answers are excerpted things, clandestine “black bag” searches of medical and “is that ‘views’ do not really count; that it matters not severe, and you should not place your from the book, Dr. Dobson Answers Your financial records, computer, Internet and telephone what you think, but how you think; and that politics are daughter in this uncomfortable posi- Questions. Dr. Dobson is a psychologist, communications and even a list of books Americans relatively unimportant, while principles have a way of borrow from the library. The Act also merged the FBI, enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who tion. Closeness between generations author and president of Focus on the Family, maintain allegiance to them.” comes from the child’s knowledge that a nonprofit organization dedicated to the his parent understands and appreciates preservation of the home. Send your questions his feelings. Your inflexibility on this to Dr. Dobson c/o Focus on the Family, P.O. * Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of point reveals a lack of empathy and Box 444, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (c) The Rutherford Institute and author of Grasping for the Wind (Zondervan Publishing may bring later resentment. 1982 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. House, Oct. 2005).

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1/2 page of ads for every 1/2 page of news. Page 10 More Than Just The News October 12, 2005 What it means to be Born Again

1. "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23) Everyone is a sinner - there are no exceptions.

2. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23) Death means separation forever from God. Eternal life comes by trusting Jesus Christ.

3. "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ Birthday Party Creations died for us." (Romans 5:8) God loved us sinners so much that He gave His son to die for our sins on the cross. Mom, are you stressed about what to do for your child’s next birthday? Relax! Welcome to MOMSense. I’m Elisa Morgan. 4. "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." (Romans 10:9) As moms, we are “Creators of Birthday Parties.” From a child’s first birthday until To be born again, you must believe that Jesus died for your sins and declare that you that child leaves home, we are in charge of these annual celebrations, and we love accept Him as Lord of your life and your personal Savior. to create them in memorable ways.

5. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans Shelly Radic, mother of four and an author, has written The Birthday Book, which 10:13) provides parents with meaningful ways to celebrate the unique God-given life of This is God's promise to you that if you accept Jesus as Lord, He will accept their child. Shelly clarifies that a successful celebration does not mean bringing out you. all the bells and whistles of our consumer-oriented society. Instead, Shelly identifies a variety of ways to shower love on a birthday child. She writes: Call upon the Lord now as you pray this prayer: Dear God, I know that I sinned by breaking Your laws, and I ask Your forgiveness. I believe “Busy mothers will be happy to know the list of required foods for a suc- that Jesus died for my sins. I want to be born again and receive new life in Him. I will cessful birthday party is actually rather short: a great cake, frosty-cold ice follow Jesus as my Lord and obey Him in all that I do. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. cream, and a plentiful supply of drinks. Any thing else served is, well, icing on the cake!” Christianity snubbed And speaking of cake, it’s important to ask the child what he or she wants. Again, Postal Service orders Shelly writes: atU.N. meeting “Children usually want a cake to go along with the party theme, but not always. Last year, my son wanted to go bowling for his birthday, but asked From page 1. “In God We Trust” for a skateboard ramp birthday cake! Do your best to accommodate the Controversy started before the meeting poster removed child’s wishes. Ask your child about his favorite cake flavor, frosting flavor, began, mainly due to the absence of the colors, and decorating ideas.” Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists and winner of the Nobel Peace These are some of the ways to honor the child’s unique personality in creating a HOUSTON (EP) - A Texas postmistress birthday party. Prize. Organizers of the summit report- has steadfastly refused to remove an “In edly did not initially invite the Dalai God We Trust” poster displayed in her We’ve placed an excerpt from Shelly’s book on birthdays on our MOPS Interna- Lama because of a request from U.N. post office. U.S. Postal Service officials tional web-site. You’re sure to appreciate her fun and unique ideas for making your advisors and pressure from Chinese had ordered her to take it down because child’s next birthday a success. To read more of Shelly’s great celebration ideas, delegates. After public outcry, the Lama it was in violation of postal regulations. visit us at MOPS.org. was invited to attend the final two days But according to the Houston Chronicle, of the summit; he declined that offer. Talk to moms like you, about issues that matter to you! Ida Miera declared that the poster, which When Tibetan representatives read a Visit our web site: http://www.gospelcom.net/mops still hangs in her post office as well as prepared statement to the assembly on two others in Montgomery County, Next week: his behalf, delegates from China walked Texas, would only come down “over my or out of the room. dead body.”

We can justify our every deed but God looks at our motives. Proverbs 21:2

“...For Such a Time as This!”

How are you going to know just what “Such a Time” this is if you are getting your information from news sources that don’t report the news that your need or distort the news that you do get ? October 12, 2005 More Than Just The News Page 11 Foundation For Traditional Values Ministry of Creation P.O. Box 26095 Lansing, MI 48909-6095 Science Evangelism

The following is the paraphrased essence of one of the critical junctures in American history. The scene is the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial and defense attorney Clarence Darrow had goaded prosecuting attorney Williams Jennings Bryan to take the stand in defense of the Bible. “Mr. Bryan, the defense has one final question, ‘Where did Cain find a wife?’ “

“I don’t know.”

“Could you repeat your answer Mr. Bryan? The entire nation is listening via radio broadcast and perfect, without flaws. It was only after man’s this is a pretty basic and simple question. Let me disobedience that imperfection entered God’s rephrase it. If, as the Bible claims, Adam and creation. Thus mankind, as originally created, Eve were the first man and women, and no other would not have had the myriad of genetic people existed, who did their son Cain find to mistakes now present on our DNA. In opposi- marry?” tion to what evolution teaches, mutations or mistakes on our DNA, do not lead to better and “I don’t know.” improved humans. These mistakes cause hundreds of debilitating illnesses and birth Darrow made Bryan appear foolish because he defects. The reason all of us are not born with did not know scripture well enough to defend enormous numbers of medical problems is the most basic of questions: because our genes are a combination of the characteristics of both our parents. It is only This trial marked a turning point in American when both parents have the same mistake in education because for the first time the Bible their genes that their children manifest the was openly ridiculed. Bryan’s inability to answer resulting genetic problem. simple and logical questions was one factor Furthermore, these genetic mistakes accumu- allowing the American educational establish- late and increase with time. In other words, the ment to accept evolution hook, line, and sinker information on our DNA gets more garbled - it while rejecting the historical creation account of never increases in clarity. Since mistakes are the Bible. accumulating on our DNA, it is logical to Even today most Christians do not know the assume that as we go back in time there would answer to questions as basic as “Where did Cain be less mistakes. The reason brothers and sisters find a wife?” The problem with not having cannot marry today is because they are likely to reasonable answers to basic questions is that it have similar DNA errors leading to children brings all of Christianity into question. Why with birth defects. should people believe in a God whom they However, there were no moral laws against cannot see, if believers in that God cannot children intermarrying until after the time of answers life’s simplest questions about the past Moses (approximately 4000 years ago). Before and our origin? that time it was quite common.

The reason that the answer to this question is The Bible states that Adam and Eve had ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ not immediately apparent is that we have all MANY sons and daughters. Cain merely been trained to think like evolutionists. married his sister. The reason we don’t realize The Student Bill of Rights Evolution was founded on a principle of this obvious answer is because we have been It was March of this year that the Principal take a stand. modern geology called uniformitarianism. This trained to believe things have always been the of Northville High School told members of the Dick Thompson, of the Thomas More Center is the belief that small changes over vast periods way they are today. The current world becomes Connect for Christ Bible Study Club that they said, “Either the Connect for Christ Club will be of time caused the massive geologic (and later far more understandable as we view it through a could no longer meet on Campus. Nicole Pearce, given all the rights and privileges of all the Darwin added biological) changes we see Biblical perspective, which acknowledges that a senior member of that group, contacted FTV other non-curricular clubs or we will file a suit around us. In essence, we are trained to believe the past, has at times, been very different than for help after someone gave her a copy of our by the end of August.” that everything has always pretty much operated the present. Student Bill of Rights. After much prayer and To order bulk copies FREE OF CHARGE! as we see it today. However, this is not what the This Article is from Bruce Malone’s book now with the full legal support of The Thomas of The Student Bill of Rights Call (877) 464- Bible teaches. Search for the Truth More Center for Law and Justice, she decided to 6388 or email us at [email protected]. The Bible teaches that mankind was created .

West Bank fighting, from page 1. These two ministries will be rotated Year celebration, was a statement of that all Jews each week with a 1/4 page of news. should be able to visit the sacred site peacefully, reports the Washington Post. Muslims at the site however took offense at Sharon’s presence and threw stones at the large group of Israeli riot police patrolling the site. The violence has escalated since then and spread across Jerusalem and the West Bank with 206 dead and an estimated 1,300 injured.

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3. Financial freedom is recognizing and 13. Financial freedom is refusing to lend rejecting false financial concepts. or co-sign.

4. Financial freedom is responding to 14. Financial freedom is developing the God’s reproofs for wrong financial full potential of the home. decisions. 15. Financial freedom is choosing a good 5. Financial freedom is choosing to serve name rather than great riches. God rather than money. 16. Financial freedom is knowing how to 6. Financial freedom is giving God tithes receive funds through prayer. and offerings. 17. Financial freedom is having the 7. Financial freedom is keeping out of courage to avoid partnerships. debt. 18. Financial freedom is detecting and 8. Financial freedom is learning how to conquering slothfulness. abound and how to suffer need. 19. Financial freedom is listening to the 9. Financial freedom is having sales cautions of your wife. resistance. 20. Financial freedom is knowing how to 10. Financial freedom is recognizing and pass on an inheritance which insures a rejecting swindlers. Godly and responsible heritage.

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CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA Mrs. Beverly LaHaye Beverly LaHaye Institute Founder and Chairman, CWA 1015 15th St. NW Suite 1103 Washington, DC 20005 202-289-4182 Miss America Unplugged http://beverlylahayeinstitute.org/ Why The Democrats Are The Way They Are By Angie Vineyard, Research Fellow By Phyllis Schlafly "I would hate for an organization to try to latch "Initially, I thought the kids were going to onto my visibility to promote their own agenda, boo. I expected they were going to just laugh me If you wonder why the Democratic Party has regressed NOW, spilled the beans about how Bill Clinton bought especially if it's something that I wouldn't agree right on out," she said of her many chastity into sycophantic cheerleading for radical feminist NOW’s support with taxpayer grants for “tobacco with." talks. "But I will candidates (such as the Hillary Clinton clones running control” from the Department of Health and Human tell you, the kids came up after me and said, this year), the explanation is in a new book called “Guide Services: “California NOW and National NOW received So said Miss America Erika Harold to a to Feminist Organizations.” As Midge Decter says in her three-quarters of a million dollars ($767,099) during the Washington Times reporter last week when 'You know what, I'm glad that you came to tell foreword, this book is long overdue, and we thank [Paula] Jones and [Monica] Lewinsky scandals.” asked about her partnership with the Anti- me this because you made me realize that I have Capital Research Center and author Kimberly Schuld Defamation League. Harold was speaking about hope, that even if I've made decisions that I for providing such a useful tool. The League of Women Voters abandoned its former credibility and became a federally funded lobby to her collaboration with ADL on her youth wasn't proud of, that I don't have to be confined by them. I can still make a positive decision in By setting forth the facts about 35 feminist groups, this expand the size of government so that it can accommo- violence prevention platform, clearly distancing guide clarifies how the radical feminists built their date expensive feminist programs. The League, which herself from ADL's recently launched campaign the future.'" political power so that they are falsely touted by the spent $4,620,246 in 2000, supports gun control, advocating gay rights. How unfortunate, and telling, that Harold media as “the voice of women,” even though all polls abortion access, universal health care, more environ- "One of the things that I make very clear can garner more respect from teenagers than show that the big majority of women reject the label mental regulation, and increased power for the United from the Miss America Organization, the very “feminist.” The feminists did it by organization, network- Nations. when an organization wants me to work on their ing and lots of money, much of which came from leftwing behalf is they support me in my platform. It group that seeks to promote role models for foundations, corporations headed by weak-kneed The American Association of University Women turned doesn't mean I support today's youth. After all, this is their beauty executives, and grants of taxpayers’ funds. itself into a vehicle to clamor for claims of feminists them in their agenda in every other social queen, their shining star, their go-getter! whose off-the-wall hypotheses aren’t taken seriously in the academic world. AAUW spent $9,512,044 in 2000. issue," said Harold. "I don't know that they What does the Miss America Organization The feminist groups detailed in the guide include the expect from an intelligent woman headed for noisy activist organizations, the decades-old women’s would support my views on abstinence. We groups that had respectable reputations until they were The feminists use the YWCA to teach radical feminism haven't had that discussion Harvard Law School and a career in public captured by the feminists, the think tanks that grind out to the next generation. The Girl Scouts went feminist because we're focused in that capacity on youth policy? Do they really think they can herald dubious data to fortify feminist follies, and the abortion- after they took Betty Friedan on their board; they violence prevention." But for all intensive themselves as the world's leading provider of propaganda groups masquerading under the euphe- dropped “loyalty” from the oath, began a condom-friendly scholarships for young women while simulta- mism “women’s health.” Networking keeps them sex-ed program, and made belief in God optional. purposes, Harold could very well have been interconnected and well- funded. referring to her battle with the Miss America neously silence the very woman they chose for Most of the activist feminist organizations have Organization, who not only shirked her views her intelligence, charm and impassioned beliefs? These groups may appear to have different missions, 501(c)(3) sister groups with interlocking directors and on abstinence but downright prohibited the Kate Shindle never had this problem. But but they have a common ideology: Women are victims offices, such as NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, which had income of $7,318,269 in 2000. They former Miss Illinois from speaking then again, Kate Shindle never talked about of an oppressive patriarchal society; all men are guilty abstinence. both individually and collectively; and men who abuse pursue the same agenda, including government-funded publicly on the subject. That is, until the Times women are not anomalous but typical. daycare, paid entitlements for family leave, unrestricted printed a front page article detailing the As the 1998 Miss America, Shindle promoted access to abortion, comparable worth, affirmative action, censorship hidden away from the media spot- condom distribution in schools and needle They claim that women’s problems are not personal but universal health insurance, and anti-male implementa- light. exchange programs as part of her HIV and societal and require constitutional, legislative or litigious tion of Title IX. AIDS awareness platform. remedies. The liberation of women (from home, That article liberated Harold, who subse- husband, family and children) requires government to fill As the guide states, “It’s hard to see where NOW quently told reporters that Miss America Chief Incidentally, the Miss America the gap with tax-funded services, lawyers and daycare. political lobbying ends and NOW Foundation education Executive George Bauer lifted the restrictions Organization's website directs viewers to pick up activity begins.” and would enable a copy of Shindle's recently released CD at First among the activist and advocacy organizations is her to speak on abstinence. Virgin Records - perhaps their only comfortable the National Organization for Women (NOW), which Funding for feminist foundations comes from many association with the term. spent $5,292,025 in 2000. Loud and brassy, NOW sources that ought to know better. NOW Legal Defense "If I don't speak about it now as Miss lobbies for feminist legislation, organizes protest rallies, and Education Fund has raked in corporate donations America, I will be disappointing the thousands But now they have a different Miss America on initiates lawsuits, and always backs Democratic Party from a long list topped by ABC, AT&T, American of young people throughout Illinois who need their hands. Instead of swapping needles and candidates and proposals. Express, Chase Manhattan, Colgate-Palmolive, IBM, assurance that waiting passing out condoms, this one wants to promote Johnson & Johnson, New York Times Foundation, abstinence - the The NOW agenda supports all abortion rights including Revlon, Saks, and New York brokerage houses; from until marriage for sex is the right thing to do," partial- birth abortion, gay and lesbian rights, worldwide Ford, Rockefeller and other wealthy foundations; and she told reporters. Speaking to thousands of only full-proof way to prevent unwanted legalization of prostitution, and unrestricted access to $1,678,252 in government grants since 1996. young people is what Harold has been doing, pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. pornography in libraries. According to the guide, “NOW visiting classrooms, making appearances at fairs "One of the things that the CEO of the Miss revels in attacking Christianity and traditional values, We hope Capital Research will produce a follow-up and rallies and even a correctional facility to America Organization said to me is, 'Whatever conservative ideas and men,” with Rush Limbaugh, guide to detail the direct political expenditures of the you say, you own it and you have to take Jerry Falwell and Promise Keepers their favorite targets. feminist network. EMILY’s List, which contributes only to promote abstinence. She traveled more than Democratic pro-abortion feminist candidates, put $20 once to the nation's capitol to lobby legislators responsibility for it,'" Free speech? Forget it; no internal dissent is tolerated. million into political campaigns in 2000 and another $20 for an increase in abstinence-until-marriage Harold told reporters before she won her NOW demanded that its members give unquestioning million into campaigns this year. program funding and even submitted written right of free speech with pageant officials. support to Bill Clinton despite his shabby sexual But owning her words never had been a problem shenanigans. That’s twice as much as the second largest political testimony to the House Ways and Means action committee. Such a vast amount of money Committee this year. for Harold, at least not before being crowned Tammy Bruce, former president of the Los Angeles explains why Democratic Senators don’t dare to confirm Miss America. 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Sharon who want security for the Sharon supporters promised that as Prime citizens of Israel, I will deny that the leader's visit U.S. District Court pay the protestors outside the center, and Minister, he will act to bring it," Sharon said after to the Temple Mount was Judge Peter Dorsey, in $30,000 in damages and threatened to arrest any guarantee the security of the outcome of the elec- the cause of the violence. Vazquez v. Summit attorneys' fees. Also, the protestor who came Israel. Barak conceded tion was announced. "While the Sharon visit Women's Center, Inc., 301 city acknowledged in within 30 feet of the clinic. that evening after thanking However, Sharon's may have been an excuse CV 955, endorsed a writing that the activities The protestors settled his supporters and ac- military past is evidence for the violence, it was not settlement between the of pro-life advocates at with the clinic and the knowledging the "voters that he will only bring the cause. As has already City of Bridgeport, Conn., Summit Women's Center escorts. Connecticut have spoken." more chaos, claim Pales- been suggested, the cause and 10 pro-life protestors. in Bridgeport ("Summit") Attorney General Richard "We have lost a battle, tinians, who blame Sharon is deeper-rooted and The city agreed that it are constitutionally pro- Blumenthal, however, but we will win the war," for massacres at two predates Mr. Sharon's visit would not enforce the city tected speech. sought to intervene in the Barak told the Associated Palestinian refugee camps by some time," said a loitering ordinance against The protestors filed suit on behalf of the police Press. "Our path is the one in Beirut in 1982. report from Israel's For- pro-life counselors, nor suit against the city, the department and the clinic. and only path, the path Sharon has already eign Ministry published in would it attempt to en- Summit Women's Clinic, Judge Dorsey rebuked that will lead Israel to stated he will not offer a the Jerusalem Post. force an injunction against and clinic escorts in May, Blumenthal for his efforts, peace and security." Barak peace deal to Palestinian Israel's Arab neighbors them that had been issued 2001, after Bridgeport and denied the state's also announced he will negotiators that concedes expressed uncertainty against another protestor. police imposed an arbi- motion to intervene. quit his position in the control of Jerusalem or about Sharon's recent The city also agreed to trary no-speech zone Israeli parliament. Palestinian-held territories. victory. "We will wait and Other Israeli leaders The last peace plan that see what Sharon will do," were not as optimistic Barak had placed on the said Egyptian President with the outcome of the table included handing Hosni Mubarak told national election. "It's a over the West Bank and CNSnews.com. "Will it be disaster for Israeli democ- Gaza Strip to form a a policy of peace or that racy and the Israeli Palestinian state, as well of suppression?" Newspaper Readership in America people, because they as control of Arab neigh- King Abdullah of totally want something borhoods in Jerusalem. Jordan dismissed the Sharon is unable to de- Sharon grabbed inter- Israeli elections as unim- liver," said parliament national headlines when he portant to his country's 69% - Men and Women read a member Yael Dayan. attempted to visit sites stability, reports Julie Sharon and his sup- considered holy to both Stahl in Jerusalem. newspaper once a day Church Fires are 80% - Read a newspaper at home anti-Christian, not anti-Black 40% - Read a newspaper with their from page 1. evening meal motivation for the girl’s property damage thresh- development arm of the 16% - Read a newspaper with or attack was “anti-Chris- old for church property CRC, adopted a resolution tian” not anti-black. One crimes, making it a federal expressing support for before breakfast Jewish man was arrested crime to damage a place churches victimized by for setting fires at Jewish of worship. fires, and committed itself 62% - Go through the entire newspaper, synagogues. Several The AFT has requested to provide volunteers as whites have been charged $12 million to intensify needed. The South- reading whatever is interesting with setting white federal efforts to resolve ern Baptist Convention churches on fire as have the church fires. Over 200 pledged many thousands 70% - Also watch TV news blacks been federal agents are report- of dollars and the services charged with burning edly on the case. The of more than 17,000 88% - Open the newspaper to the down black churches. In AFT has a toll free tip line volunteer construction 20 cases investigated, 32 for reporting imformation workers to help rebuild general news page first (Women people were arrested, about any church fire: 1- churches destroyed by none of them had a ra- 888-ATF-FIRE. fire. more so than men) cially driven motivation, A number of Christian Rev. Billy Graham said according to John agencies have taken steps he will help raise money to 75% - Read the Business and Robison, State Fire Mar- to rebuild churches victim- rebuild churches. shal of Alabama. ized by arson: Compas- The theme of this Finance page Some would argue that sion International has year’s Promise Keepers white churches outnumber created an emergency fund conferences is “Break 75% - Read the Sports Page black churches, so the to help churches which are Down the Walls,” focusing roughly equal number of attacked. To contribute, on crossing denomina- 87% - Read the Obituary Page arson attacks can be seen call 1-800-336-7676. tional and racial lines. as disproportionately Habitat for Humanity, The Christian Coalition 84% - Read the Comics affecting black churches. a non-profit organization (CC) held a summit with The government’s solution which builds low-income pastors and civil-rights 86% - Read the Editorial and is new laws and more housing will coordinate leaders in Atlanta. Earlier power for the government. volunteer laborers on this year CC offered a Columnist Page The Church Arson Preven- rebuilding projects. reward leading to the tion Act, now before The Christian Re- arrest and conviction of Congress, will eliminate formed World Relief any church arsonist. the $10,000 minimum Committee, the relief and The Vision of More Than Just The News

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