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AGAINST CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION

 

 

Against Christian Civilization (Click the pic!) Is Christianity really dying? The author of the article "Against Christian Civilization" paints a rather morose picture of Christianity on its last legs, but is it really Christianity that is dying? Or is it the mashup of "Judeo-Christian faith" and secular humanist democracy that is dying? The secularized, democratized version of Christianity that says you can reinterpret the faith to suit the latest liberal ideology certainly ought to die, and is. It has devolved into Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD), defined in Wikipedia as follows:

  1. A God exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth.
  2. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
  3. The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
  4. God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.
  5. Good people go to heaven when they die.

The idea of "religious freedom" has devolved into a vague belief that you should be nice to people because it's nice to be nice: it is a logical paradox, circular reasoning, It's like when a mother tells little child to be good and the child says – "Why?" So she answers – "Because I said so!" That appeal to mom's authority might hold until the child's teenage years, but then evaporates when the kids are introduced to "freedom of thought" and begin to feel their hormones and explore alternatives. The attraction of satisfying one's desires often wins out over the fuzzy moralism of "Because I said so!"

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A Personal Note: It's now just over a month since my wife Cheryl's spinal fusion surgery. She's gradually feeling less pain in her hips, thighs, and legs. Please continue praying for her speedy and complete recovery. Thanks!

 

 
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2. WHAT'S REALLY BEHIND ABORTION ADVOCATES' CONTINUED ATTACKS ON SAFE HAVEN LAWS
from: LiveAction

SYNOPSIS: Texas was the first state to enact a “Baby Moses” or infant Safe Haven law (signed in 1999 by then-Governor George W. Bush), allowing parents to anonymously and legally surrender an infant to designated authorities if they felt they could not care for that child. The Salon article's defense of killing unborn babies is – "I like my life how it is, with my ability to do what I want when I want without having to arrange for a babysitter…." Well, FQHCs and pregnancy centers can help with some of those things, but… we know how abortion supporters feel about pregnancy centers. It goes on and on with similar selfish and often crude, selfish, and vulgar arguments.

Sadly, this author offers the usual sentiments from abortion supporters: "Don’t you dare pass a law to attempt to save a child from death by abandonment (or abortion), unless you intend to solve every single societal problem, including domestic violence, unplanned pregnancy, poverty, unemployment, and child abuse first!" Those who promote death say pro-lifers aren't allowed to try to save children from prenatal homicide unless we fix everything else first (like all the things that abortion was supposed to fix, but didn't).

Pray for the pro-abortion people to see beyond their selfish desires and comprehend that killing the next generation is committing suicide of society.

 

3. AMERICA'S BATTLE OVER CHOICE IN EDUCATION
from: Mercator

SYNOPSIS: Universal eligibility programs for school choice are expanding. The stakes are getting higher, however, as the movement – national advocacy groups, wealthy donors, and grassroots Christian activists – wins legislative battles for “universal” programs designed to expand enrolment. Universal eligibility creates a bigger tent of beneficiaries. The victory of Hickland and the other 10 Republican candidates supported by Texas Gov. Abbott underscored the potency of school choice in a state where a recent poll shows 69 percent of voters support it.

For school choice to get a permanent foothold in blue states like Illinois, Mendoza says, advocates need to rally more blue-collar, Latino, and Jewish families that are troubled by public schools. As more children from wealthier families get scholarships, the theory goes, it will encourage higher-quality private schools to participate in the programs, lifting the performance of all students, including low-income kids. Facing uphill battles in blue states, the movement has a Plan B: With the new Congress this year, John Schilling at Invest in Education says advocates are cautiously optimistic about the chances of a federal tax credit bill to privately fund school choice scholarships for students nationwide.

Thank God that more and more parents are making use of opportunities to put their children in schools that don't indoctrinate them into secular materialism.

 

4. THE MOST PRO-LIFE MOVIE EVER MADE
from: American Life League

SYNOPSIS: “I wish I had never been born,” declared a despondent George Bailey to his guardian angel, Clarence. Although the author has seen this movie probably 20 times in her life, her jaw was on the floor this Christmas as she had the striking realization that Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life was not only the very first pro-life movie ever made, but probably the most pro-life movie ever made.

It's not just that George is gone. Furthermore, George's wife is alone, his kids don't exist, his former employer becomes a felon for accidentally killing someone, a friend's marriage breaks up, his uncle falters, the family business fails, and a whole section of town lives in poverty. Guardian angel Clarence wisely points out, “It's strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. Every person has a multitude of purposes he or she is put on this earth by God to fulfill."

Ask the Lord to open people's eyes to see that every person's life has value and affects the lives of thousands of other people.

 

5. CULINARY PROGRAM EMPOWERS ADULTS WITH IDD
from: Disability Scoop

SYNOPSIS: With a list of ingredients and a whiteboard filled with assignments, instructor Rachel Randel announces today's recipe: gluten-free blueberry muffins. "We try to approach the curriculum from the basis of someone that maybe has never stepped foot in a kitchen before," Rendel said.

The program that is wrapping up its first year is a partnership between the college and the nonprofit Hugs Café Inc. that offers training and employment for adults with disabilities. Between giggles and laser-focused concentration to ensure perfect measurements, students not only develop food safety and cooking skills but also are empowered to find their own voice in and out of the kitchen. Neal's favorite recipe this semester is the chicken tortilla soup. A part-time student at Texas Woman's University studying sociology, Randel was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as an adult, and she wanted to work in the disability community.

Praise the Lord that adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities are getting trained in culinary arts so they can work, gain a sense of self-worth, and contribute to society.

 

6. HOW TO FIGHT AGEISM IN THE WORLD AROUND YOU – AND IN YOURSELF
from: National Public Radio

SYNOPSIS: Leanne Clark-Shirley has always loved to dance. She goes to nightclubs near her home in Durham, North Carolina, on a regular basis. She says if you go to a health care provider with, say, back pain and the provider shrugs and says, "Well, you are in your 70s, it's just what you can expect at this age," don't accept the response.

Leanne Clark-Shirley says people may think they're giving a compliment, but when they call an older adult 'cute' it's anything but. In 25 years, almost a quarter of Americans will be over the age of 65. "If people start to mingle with other people who are vastly different from their own age, that is where you start to get the lesson," Leardi says, that we are all human beings, not stereotypes.

Pray for younger people to respect older people and to treat them as individuals, not merely as a collection of semi-senile and broken-down leeches that are using up the public's resources.

 

7. AIR TRAVEL DEBATE: SHOULD PASSENGERS PAY BASED ON THEIR WEIGHT?
from: Disabled World

SYNOPSIS: Clic the pic! The holidays were in full swing and people were shopping, wrapping and packing to visit loved ones. Along with the extra fees for checked baggage and seat upgrades, some airlines are also considering weight-based pricing. This article presents a comprehensive study on the public's perception of weight-based airfare pricing as a potential strategy for reducing emissions in air travel.

The research, conducted by the University of New Hampshire, surveyed over 1,000 U.S. air travelers to gauge their views on three different fare policies, highlighting the ethical concerns, fairness issues, and demographic variations in acceptance of such policies. It reveals that while a majority prefer a standard uniform pricing policy, younger and higher-income travelers are more open to weight-based pricing.

Ask the Lord how to help the 60% of U.S. adults who are overweight understand its costly and debilitating effects, as well as how others should relate to them with consideration.

 

 

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Bear One Another's Burdens

Bear one another's burdensHow are we to "bear one another's burdens"? When Jesus Christ first started His ministry, He said: "The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed, and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord" (Luke 4:18-19).

Then He showed His disciples how to preach the Gospel and minister to the sick, handicapped and poor (Luke 5:12-15). Next, He sent them out two by two and they practiced what He taught (Luke 9:1-2): preach the Gospel, care for the needy and heal the sick. After that, He taught His followers to minister to the same audience: "the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind" (Luke 14:12-13 and 21), and He put it into practice: "Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people" (Matthew 9:35).

And in the Great Commission, Jesus commanded His disciples to make more disciples and teach their disciples to FULFILL ("observe" but not just spectate!) everything He had taught His disciples to DO (Mat. 28:18-20). What was it that He taught His disciples to DO? Proclaim the Good News and Minister to "the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind"!   P&M - Proclaim & Minister - that's Practical Ministry! It's not an "either-or" solution: either preach, evangelize, witness for Christ; or do social action things like feeding the poor, sheltering the homeless, helping the jobless find work. It's a "both-and" proposition: Do Both!.... [read more...]

 
 

Who Are We?   Please remember to pray for Christians in Secularized Countries, and for...

  Your fellow-servants,

  Bob & Cheryl

  p.s. Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. – Frank Zappa

 

 

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