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Vol 12 No 2: March - April, 2009	      	       Promoting a Christian Agenda for the End Times

ISLAMIC KILLERS STRIKE AGAIN – AT BAUCHI
"We knew that it was a matter of time before the Islamic fundamentalists would strike”.  That was Jeremiah Shirnyi, an indigene of Benue state resident in Bauchi, voicing out what is common knowledge in Northern Nigeria.  He was interviewed by the Guardian newspaper after he managed to escape Bauchi, back to Benue state after yet another series of religious killings.  Yes, the ubiquitous, faceless, untouchable Islamic killers have been at work again.
 This time, the murder spree was at Bauchi, adjacent to Jos (Plateau state) where the last mini-pogrom had taken place.  In what has been described as a well-planned and coordinated operation, Moslem youths embarked on systematic killings and lootings of innocent Christians – at around 2.00 am on Saturday February 21, and despite the imposition of a curfew and somewhat prompt deployment of security forces (long after the initial irreversible damages have been done), the killings managed to continue for some three days.
The excuse for the attacks this time, is a clearly false accusation that Christians had participated in the burning of a mosque, being shared by two feuding Islamic factions.  An Islamic leader in Bauchi told the Guardian that two factions of an Islamic sect (known as the Izala) had earlier agreed to be using the same Fantanmi mosque for the Friday worship in alternate turns.  According to him, one faction agreed to begin its prayers at noon and end by 1.00 p.m. for the second group to take off. This pact was however breached by one of the leaders of the factions, who opted to use the whole day for prayers that fateful Friday.   p2

The Vacant Seat Number 666 in the European Parliament 
      In an article written 10 years ago by Ian Paisley at the opening of the Fifty Elected parliament of Europe reported that in the assignment of names to the 679 seats in the Hall, one particular seat, seat 666, has no name indicated against it.  Reserved for who?  You guessed it!
See Paisley’s article at <http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=666>

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last” 
 Rev 22:13

ICC Hall of Shame Awards:  North Korea Tops ignoble list again
              The International Christian Concern is a US-based organization that has faithfully over the years kept the world comprehensively informed about the persecution of Christians around the globe. Annually, after analyzing the various reports compiled from different countries for the year, the ICC makes what it calls the Hall of Shame Awards – for the World’s top ten persecutors of Christians. For the year 2008, the ICC has ranked the world's worst persecutors as: North Korea, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, India, China, Pakistan, Iran, Eritrea, and Vietnam.
         Highlights of the report released on Feb. 4, are the “high level of Christian persecution in many Islamic countries”, and “the massive effort undertaken by the Chinese government to silence underground church activities during the 2008 Olympics”.  However, the worst anti-Christian violence for the year 2008 (still on-going) is the systematic, brutal attacks on Christians which began in Orissa, India in August.  In the last edition, we reported that $500 was being offered to anyone who would kill a Christian pastor!  p 2

US Church kicked out of School Hall – for being too obscene!
      Still on awards, respected Christian commentator, Ingrid Schlueter also dishes out from time to time, what she dubbed “Hall of Shame BONUS”.  This award is for Christian people or organizations who engage in outrageous and shameful activities.  One such BONUS was recently awarded to the Great Lakes Church in Kenosha, US.  The ‘church’ was booted out from its rented public school hall for being “obscene” and “disruptive”.  Yes, the local community determined that actions at the Church are too obscene to be allowed to continue in a public school building!  Talk about the tail wagging the dog!
     Somehow desiring to attract the whole community to their meetings, The Great Lakes Church had sent out flyers to every mailbox in the entire community, promising fun and sex talk.  In the flyer titled “ Thank God for Sex”,  the Church listed for the weeks ahead, topics such as - Sexy and Single (Why God Doesn't Care About Your Virginity),  Sex Secrets (Porn, Homosexuality and Stuff Like That)”, etc. The local community decided it has had enough of lack of decency coming from the ‘Church” and gave the boots – lest the Church corrupts the young  p2
children!  Citing the story of God using a dumb ass to correct the prophet Balaam, Ingrid concludes: “ It appears that the unsaved and unregenerate sometimes have a sense of moral decency apparently missing in those claiming to be Christians”. Please read, 
<www.greatlakeschurch.com/_media/docs/GLCNashArticle1.pdf> 
<www.sliceoflaodicea.com/true-church/hall-of-shame-bonus-award-granted-to-great-lakes-church/>

Butchering Christians at Bauchi (from p 1)
Writing further, based on the story of the same Islamic cleric, the highly respected Guardian newspaper (confirmed by other national dailies) wrote that the protracted argument and the subsequent congestion of two groups converging on the inadequate Mosque space for prayer, compelled some of them to park their cars at a nearby church premises.  The “audacity” of the Christians at this COCIN Church to challenge Moslems from taking over their premises as “parking lot” was then the identified direct cause of the event that resulted in the loss of several innocent lives - even according to government’s official record.  An initial attack on the COCIN church which left many badly bruised and wounded on Friday evening was quickly contained by security forces.  However, the Fantanmi mosque at the centre of this dispute felt the arsonist flame later that evening, and like the situation in Nero’s time, words went round that the audacious Christians must have been responsible.  So, at 2.00 am, in the middle of the night, Christian homes, businesses, and Churches began to receive the tactically deployed rampaging Islamic killer-mobs!
 	It was evident that planning for the riot had been in the works for a while; and many people blamed the state security apparatus for not being proactive enough. Indeed many commentators have expressed the belief that the incident was planned to avenge the losses suffered by the Islamic  killers during the Jos crisis, further confirming the well-known fact that the main squad of Islamic killers at the Jos mayhem were mercenaries from Bauchi.
In all probability, this case will soon go the way of the dozens before it – the victims would be asked to count their losses and take heart, while business will return to usual … till, quite unfortunately, the next incident .  However at least, one thing seems to be changing.  The Christian Association of Nigeria (well, a few officials really, not a full-house meeting) seems to be finding its voice to speak frankly to government (again, if only on the pages of the newspapers!) and make demands as free citizens. 
Addressing journalists in Abuja, CAN General Secretary, Samuel Salifu, decried the silence of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and his deputy, Goodluck Jonathan, over the conflict.  He was quoted as saying: "I can't remember at any time the President said anything about the crisis. The perception of CAN is that maybe they are weak to address this ugly incidence unlike what is obtainable in other countries where the government will go publicly to address the people over such matters.  Further talking bold, the CAN spokesperson said: " Lives of Nigerians cannot continually be sacrificed on the altar of their weakness because they campaigned to get the election from the same people. Any President or government that cannot guarantee the protection of the people is not worthy to govern them," The Association then said it would soon be promoting in the National Assembly a bill pressing for Nigerians from 21 years to legally obtain weapons for defence against violent attack by miscreants.
At the state level, CAN chairman Bishop Musa Tula accused the state government and security agencies of not taking adequate measures to protect Christians and their property.  Apparently governor Isa Yuguda could not spare the time to visit the Christians languishing in refugee camps in army barracks, but managed to get them food and water on Day 4.  According to Bishop Tula, "To our greatest dismay, the governor left for Borno for the burial of the Emir of Borno when his state was in turmoil, which clearly shows his non-interest in the plight of the Christian community in the state."
Also seemingly finding its voice for the first time, is the so-called majority moderate muslim ummah.  According to the Guardian, a group called the Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) has condemned the mayhem and called on the government to investigate the cause and prosecute perpetrators.  According to the Director of Media and Communications for MPAC, Disu Kamor, "The perpetrators of these merciless crimes must be swiftly brought to book and they must not be allowed to justify their irrational actions by unjustly using religion as a weapon in their political belligerence." 
www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article04/indexn2_html?pdate=240209&ptitle=Volence%20escalates%20in%20Bauchi,%20CAN%20seeks%20emergency%20rule

Ignoble Awards for Church Persecutors (from p 1)
     The report can be found on the ICC website www.persecution.org, or it can be accessed directly at Hall of Shame 2009 (http://persecution.org/suffering/pdfs/ICC_Hall_of_Shame_2009.pdf).
       In the same vein, Open Doors USA is another influential international watchdog organization that reports on Christian persecution worldwide. In its own 2009 World Watch List (released about the same time as ICC’s award), North Korea also topped the list of violent Christian persecutors – for the seventh straight year!  Somalia rose from 12th position in 2008 to 5th this year because of the growing level of attacks there.  Not less than 10 Christians were abducted and killed for their faith – often by beheading – last year in Somalia.  With incidents at Kano, Bauchi, and lately Jos, “Northern Nigeria” also got a mention on the ignoble list, ranking 26.  Report from <http://www.opendoorsusa.org/>

Google Offers "Latitude" To Track People
Google has announced the release on Feb 4, of a free software that enables people to keep track of each other using their cell phones.  Called “Latitude”, the product combines GPS systems and cell tower triangulation (based on the closest three cell towers) to determine the location of any particular telephone, whether switched on or off (as long as the battery is functional).
     According to the product manager for Google Latitude: "What Google Latitude does is allow you to share [your] location with friends and family members, and likewise be able to see friends and family members' locations," Continuing, he said  "For example, a girlfriend could use it to see if her boyfriend has arrived at a restaurant and, if not, how far away he is." Obviously, there could be positive as well as negative aspects to such a product!  
Details at <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10155946-94.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0>
Although each person has to determine whether he or she wants to be “listed” or not, so that other people can determine their location, the hard fact is that the information about every mobile phone user is now always available – for example to the government, or other people who have enough clout to get it.   And it has not been explained how come Google has access to the triangulation data for all networks in the US in the first instance.  Many in Nigeria will remember the celebrated case involving Osun state’s governorship tussle, where  details of extensive communication between a judge and a lawyer having a case with him was posted on the front pages of national dailies.
 What this new development means is that you don’t even have to make those calls before your location could be determined.  Moreover what is available is not just your current location, but the history of your locations and re-locations, all over the years!  According to Scriptures prediction for the end times, the unprecedented surveillance capabilities that is being gradually acknowledged here, relative to what is in the offing, is only the tip of the iceberg.  Stay tuned!

UK slides deeper into godlessness, and Islamic domination
The slide of the United Kingdom, one-time the major missionary-sending nation in the world, into godlessness and Christian-bashing in particular, becomes more pronounced with each passing day.  In the few weeks since 2009 started alone, various saddening incidents have been recorded as the UK seems desperate to erase every trace of her Christian heritage.
    For instance there was the case of a primary school receptionist, Jennie Cain (featured in the LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH of February 12, 2009) who is currently being investigated because she sought prayer support from her close friends for her daughter Jasminine who apparently ran into trouble with the school authority, where mum Jennie works as a janitor.  A teacher had overheard five year old Jasmine discussing with her friend, about “heaven and God”.  That apparently was a most horrible thing to discuss and she was promptly reprimanded by the teacher.  Jennie thought she could request her close friends to support her with prayer for her daughter; but the school got wind of it and interpreted it as a disloyal activity from a staff member!
   Earlier in the month, a diligent Christian nurse, Mrs Caroline Petrie, had been threatened with dismissal for offering to pray for her patients’ recovery – as recounted to the hospital by a fellow nurse who heard about the case from the elderly patient involved. Thankfully, the threat of dismissal has now been quashed.   According to the Christian Legal Centre who had stepped in to defend Mrs Petrie, the "dramatic turnaround" came "days after extensive media coverage and news reports" on the case. 
A week before Petrie’s case, another Christian woman in the UK actually lost her position as a registered Foster parent because a Muslim girl in her care decided to become a Christian.  It would be the first such incidence in her 10 years acting as Foster parent to over 80 children.  All explanations by the lady that she had put no pressure on the Muslim girl, who was 16 at the time, to be baptized fell on deaf ears.' I offered her alternatives. I offered to find places for her to practise her own religion. I offered to take her to friends or family. But she said to me from the word go, "I am interested and I want to come." She sort of burst in.' The 50 year-old  ex-Foster parent apparently has not been reading well the clear handwriting of her nation’s slide into the new world order’s zero tolerance for religious proselytization.  'It never occurred to me that they would go that far’ she lamented, rather naively. 'I was concerned that the council seemed to view Christianity in such a negative light. I wonder whether if it had gone the other way - if one of my Christian young people had decided to embrace another faith - there would have been this level of fuss.'   <www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/024762.php>
         Still in the UK in the first 2 months of 2009, a radio presenter (who also happens to be a Church minister) has been sacked for 'supporting the Bible's teachings' on radio.   The Rev Mahboob Masih, had been host of a regular Saturday morning show on Awaz FM, a community radio show in Glasgow, for six years before the row with the station's management blew up.  According to news reports, “After a lively religious debate, the radio station management (without detailing anything specific Rev Mashih had said wrongly), accused him of not being balanced enough on air.”  Apparently he had allowed his co-presenter and their Christian on-air guest to dispute a claim by a popular Islamic cleric in Glasgow that Jesus Christ was not the only prophet to be "the way, the truth and the life". 
It was clear to discerning people that the NWO’s agents in the UK mean business this year when in the last few days of last year, the Brighton and Hove Council decided to withdraw their supporting grant for a Christian Home for retired missionaries.  This follows the insistence of the Home that it was not only unnecessary but potentially disturbing to ask, every 3 months, that residents of the Home state their sexual orientation – whether heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or ‘unsure’!  We are here talking about retired missionaries, most in their 80s and 90s!  Furthermore, the 200 year-old Pilgrim Homes was required to use images of homosexuals in its promotional literature and show staff a Stonewall presentation on ‘gay rights’.  For failing to see eye-to-eye with the Brighton and Hove Council on this matter, the council accused the Pilgrim Homes of '“institutionalised homophobia” and withdrew a £13,000  funding, which was being used to pay for warden services in sheltered housing.
	The armed forces are not left out in the anti-Christianity bashing gaining momentum in the UK.  The London Daily Mail (Jan 30) reported that worshippers were outraged when the new Senior chaplain at the Sandhurst military academy concluded a Sunday service without including the recitation of the church of England Creed.  Rev Jonathan Gough later explained that he dropped the Christian declaration of faith in God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in order to avoid offending non-believers! The Ministry of Defence quickly rose in support of Rev Gough’s withdrawal of the Creed.  
        Meanwhile, at the same time as the chaplains are trying not to offend non-believers with what the Church decides to believe and proclaim, the Leicestershire police has decided to incorporate the Islamic hijab into its uniform – in order to encourage more female moslems to join the force! This development follows similar ones in other regions of the UK including Thames Valley and the Metropolitan police.  Early in February, the Norwegian Police also adopted a similar measure incorporating the hijab into police uniform! 

United Nations bans criticism of Islam
Meanwhile, in an ironic surprise, the liberal staunch UN supporting newspaper, the New York Daily news, has written to criticize  the UN’s latest move to silence any effort to call attention to the ways in which Islamic jihadists use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify their actions and make recruits .  In a January 14 article titled "UN-acceptable censorship: The United Nations tries to outlaw criticism of Islam," Floyd Abrams of the Daily News, wrote that:
     It is one thing to urge that all Muslims should not be criticized because of [terrorist acts like 9/11 and Mumbai killing sprees and repeated human rights violation including female genital mutilation]. But the notion that it may or should be made a crime even to "associate" Islam with crimes too often committed in its name is inconsistent with any notion that both freedom of speech and religion should be protected”.  That UN resolution, by the way, has now been adopted!

Special Alert: The New World Order wants your child
New World Order strategists are not really much bothered about the adults of today.  Adults are people to be cowed, coerced, blackmailed, boxed and if necessary brutalized into submission into the NWO objectives.  The real target, that must be won and made ready for the new Order are the children of today.   Hence the NWO places so much premium on indoctrinating the children and youth.
     So the next time you hear about things like mandatory government-supervised education for all kids, new sexuality with emphasis on advocating for homosexuality, abortion and contraceptives; or on another note, global citizenship, “interconnectedness” of all living in the world with the “ancient ascended masters” and all that stuff, you know what the game is all about.
    Now let’s look at current advances of this agenda.
    First we have the not surprising news of Al Gore, former US Vice President and noted advocate for global warming, being caught on tape telling kids not to listen to their supposedly ignorant parents – particularly on environmental issues such as the dubious claim that man is the principal agent causing global warming.    
     Andy and Glenn Beck were proud that their daughter, Caitlin was among those invited to a Conference featuring Al Gore as speaker; and wanting the meeting recorded for posterity, fitted their ward with a recording device.  They were however disappointed to hear Al Gore telling the kids, things like: “There are some things about our world that you know that older people don't know. Why would that be? Well in a period of rapid change, the old assumptions sometimes just don't work anymore because they're out of date," (see <http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88112> for details).  Of course, it is standard practice now  for NWO advocates to require secrecy from children concerning what they are teaching them at School.  We’ve reported a few such incidents in the past.
        In Quebec, Canada, students are now required to attend a mandatory class where they are specifically taught that  all religions are equally true.  The course, requiring about two hours per week is also mandatory in private schools.  Several parents are currently in court trying to get their wards exempted from the course, but not only are they having a hard time at the court, some of the students have been “suspended and threatened with expulsion” for being absent from the course.  (see details at http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29813)  The same principle has long been established in the US since the Clinton era when it was determined that  "Public schools may not provide religious instruction, but they may teach about religion…" and that "…students generally do not have a Federal right to be excused from lessons that may be inconsistent with their religious beliefs or practices."  See a related article at  <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024750.php>
       Even core Obama fans in the US are expressing concern with the  bewildering speed and the amount of money being pushed into promoting the new sexuality agenda.  For instance among the very first orders Obama signed was the one removing the ban on the use of America’s money for abortion in foreign lands.  Why would that be so important?
       In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Speaker of the US House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., defended huge sums of money for "family planning services"  tucked into President Obama's proposed economic stimulus package. George Stephanopoulos had touched a question on the mind of many when he asked: "Hundreds of millions of dollars to expand family planning services, how is that stimulus?" 
"Well, the family planning services reduce cost," was Pelosi’s prompt answer.  When prompted, she further explained why it was much better for the economy to get rid of babies at conception rather than burden the state with the cost of their education, health, etc in the future. 
<http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87161> 
       At least, the truth is now being told.  There are better things to do with state money than endlessly pay for education and other social needs of human babies which are better off aborted.  Of course, whether such simplistic analyses  is actually correct or not is another issue entirely.  Pelosi herself has five children and seven grandchildren. 
<http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87161> 
         This next item hardly qualifies as news again these days, but we mention it anyway. When the media wants to sell a position, such as non-therapeutic abortion, it gets front-page cover, even when it is only a handful of people that are really pressing the issue. Contrast that with the situation where an incredible 300,000 people came out in a rally in the United States, and it never got a mention in a big newspaper like the New York Times!  Of course, the blank-out has everything to do with the fact that the rally was pressing for giving the human fetus some fighting chance; rather than making abortion the first option promoted by the government when an unprepared for pregnancy appears
<http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87161> 
In Nigeria, abortion and the new sexuality are actively promoted under the so-called “reproductive health” umbrella.  For instance, early February, the NTA (3/2/09) reported on the huge financial donation of Mr Bill Gates to support the “prevention of the spread of HIV” in Nigeria.  What most people don’t know is that a substantial part of the money goes into providing cheap or free condoms, high advocacy in promoting the use of condoms, abortion and diversity, i.e. homosexuality, among others.  At the end of the day, what this “support” amount to is nothing but a new war against those traditional ways of “preventing the spread of HIV”  such as abstention and “responsible sex”, (rather than “safe sex”).  Imagine what Mr Gates  millions could do if used for instance in the war against malaria – say in providing mosquito-repelling nets?  For instance at the on-going national Festival, KADA 2009, 1 million condoms were reportedly provided, at the give-away price of  N10 each. It used to be that competing sportsmen, even those married, were encouraged to stay off strength-draining activities like sex during the time of competition!
	The impact of the big budget of the new sexuality people is no doubt being felt within the establishment in Nigeria.  For instance, the  law against advocacy for homosexuality, promised by then president Obasanjo, is still in the doldrums. ( A weaker version, dealing with gay marriage, is still undergoing endless public hearings as the powerful homosexuality lobby works silently underneath - just like we warned).  However, these new sexuality people are really facing an uphill task as they confront the Nigerian spirit which adamantly refuses to be bought over by these ungodly agenda.  For instance, much outrage was expressed both by the public and the police at the discovery of an abortion clinic in Orile, Lagos on January 14.  Records retrieved by the police indicated that the resident doctor, now arrested, was carrying out up to 70 abortions each day and has developed a clientele even from the West African subregion.  Details at  www.vanguardngr.com/content/view/28191/41/
        Meanwhile, the U.N.'s Economic and Social Council has voted 8-6  to deny official non-governmental (NGO) status to Brazil's Association of Gays, Lesbians and Transgenders.  According to Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council (FRC),  the Brazilian group are also active in promoting sex between adults and children.  With openly gay people now holding very top positions in the Obama administration, it was not surprising to learn that the US was among the 6 nations that voted in support of the group.  Details at www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=422984.  

University of Cincinnati organizes “sexploration”
Further indications of the new level  Universities in the US are sinking to is shown by the ‘sexploration” week recently held at the University of Cincinnati.  The event was organized to promote pornography and featured lectures by so-called sex experts, free sex kit giveaways, and a "Pizza and Porn" night.  “We're using this to showcase that porn is not necessarily a bad thing" gloated one of the organizers.  Mr David Miller, Vice-president of public policy with  Citizens for Community Values (CCV), an Ohio-based family advocacy group however takes issue with that  statement.   "The message of pornography is that women exist for the sexual gratification of men” he reasoned. “ And I think that is the wrong message that we need to be sending to our college students today."      Details at www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=412040

Court: Christian School Can Expel Lesbian Students 
Thankfully, despite the avalanche of depressing reports as highlighted above, oasis of encouraging news like this, reported by Newsmax still continues to bring hope and encouragement.  “ A California appeals court has ruled that a Christian high school can expel students because of an alleged lesbian relationship….Two girls sued claiming they were discriminated against after they were expelled from the Wildomar school in 2005. A lower court said the school isn't bound by the same anti-discrimination laws as a business establishment.”  Details at
www.newsmax.com/us/students_expelled/2009/01/27/175762.html
Robot Teacher debuts in Japanese Schools
       Another face of the New World Order was displayed with the recent incorporation of a robot to teach in Japanese schools.  In addition to their well-known presence in routine industrial lines, robots have been increasing their presence in high-hazard operations such as fire-fighting, bomb disposal, and lately for military applications on the battle field.  But the Israeli took the application of robotics to a new level when Saya the robot-receptionist resumed work at Ben-Guion University in Beersheba in  February 2007.  Now, in a principle that has been perfected by the New World Order people, steering scientific and technological developments to further their hidden agenda, Saya is  now being introduced as a teacher in elementary schools in Tokyo.
       The result of 15 years of research, Saya (built as a smart pretty young lady) “is multilingual, can organize set tasks for pupils, call the roll and get angry when the kids misbehave.”  She was originally developed for companies who want to cut costs by replacing office workers such as secretaries and receptionists with an android that had a range of human expressions. 
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508184,00.html.
       Fox news sees Saya as representing “Japan’s determination to put a robot in every home by 2015.”   At Church Arise! however, we see in Saya the impatience of New World Order buffs to turn teachers and educationists to robots – teaching their new curricula of evolution theory and new sexuality, etc.  Bringing in robot-teachers will certainly hasten the process – no questions, no conscience!

 Rehabilitation of Ted Haggard as Homosexual Icon progresses
Many will well remember the sad story of Pastor Ted Haggard, the enormously popular and influential pastor of the New Life Church and the then President of the US National Association of Evangelicals.  Three years ago, he was full of remorse as he confessed his drug-fuelled homosexual activities with a male prostitute while actively preaching against the vice in public.  Knowing the great influence of the gay lobby on carnal man, we predicted then that Mr Haggard might as well turn out to become a major icon in promoting homosexuality in Bible-believing Churches.  Therefore, last edition we reported his first sermon, described as “part contrition, part defiance” in an attempt for him to be rrehabilitated back  into the society of faith
Since then, efforts to set up Ted Haggard in the world of advocacy is progressing at neck-breaking speed, and not so subtly anymore.  Not only has he being interviewed in quick succession by Oprah Winfrey and Larry King, a new documentary film called The Trials of Ted Haggard, has been made to give,  according to a Christian Post article, "a sympathetic portrait"  of Haggard.  The film was directed by Alexandria Pelosi, daughter of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Influence of New Age Teachings and Books

The highly influential, crack Christian research organization dealing with the New Age, Lighthouse (www.lighthousetrails.com), noted that several other cases of homosexual involvement of Mr Haggard, including many from his former Church, have further been exposed.  Lighthouse then warns that the foundation for Mr Haggard’s fall may actually be found in the many harmless-sounding books offered for sale at the New Life Church.  These new age books, found in many Christian bookstores today (and many of them being donated to Christian libraries, especially among the youths in developing countries, as previously mentioned by us) deal with such concepts as "sexual spirituality" or "conjugal spirituality," which is related to tantra sex (the mixture of sex and mysticism). Current popular titles in this category include:  Sex God (Rob Bell) and  Sacred Marriage (Gary Thomas). These and similar books lay the foundation to prepare many to first be sympathetic towards, and later to “taste,” homosexuality – a frontal rebellious assault at God’s Word and principles. 

Darwin’s Dangerous Doctrine (from page 8)
The Evolution theory stemming from Darwin’s book therefore continues to have fundamental impacts on society in these end times.  It is the “intellectual” pillar supporting various destructive ideas ranging from homosexuality to the New Age religion.  Simply put, it is the foundation of the entire New World Order.  This is why it has remained untouchable despite many glaring faults.  As one revered Darwinist, British zoologist Prof D.M. S.Watson  put it in 1929: “The theory of evolution itself [is] a theory universally accepted not because it can be proved by logically coherent evidence to be true but because the only alternative, special creation, is clearly incredible (Nature, vol 124 (1929), p.233.
       Another evolution die-hard, Harvard’s Nobel Laureate in Biology, Dr George Wald put it, even more bluntly: “One has only to contemplate the magnitude of this task to concede that the spontaneous generation of a living organism is impossible. Yet here we are – as a result, I believe of spontaneous generation” (Scientific American, August, 1954).
        CA! had dealt with the subject of Darwinism in several earlier editions (see our book, The Time is fulfilled, available free at www.churcharise.org).  Readers may also want to check ICR’s website www.icr.org for  current cutting edge scientific evidences that render the evolution theory totally untenable to any rational mind..  

Meanwhile, further fruits of Charles Darwin’s doctrine on evolution continue to flood the market each day, with disastrous consequences.  For instance on the same day Tuesday March 10 came two reports of gunmen on shooting sprees, killing people in cold blood.  In Alabama, US, a 37 year old man killed 10 people (including members of his own family as well as apparent strangers), 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_re_us/south_alabama_shootings while in a German school, same day, a teen clad in black shot 15 dead before his life was wasted by the police in return to terminate the killings.  In previous editions of CA!, we have shown direct links between belief in evolution theory and these senseless killings.  For instance in the  high school-shooting in Finland on November 8, 2007,  in which 9 people died, the killer Pekka-Eric Auvinen,  posted a video on the youtube explaining that his action was to prove that Evolution theory is a fact and Creationism a lie! 
[www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/08/2084826.htm].
       Clearly the world has hedged in itself into a cul-de-sac.  Incidents like this are clear pointer to the unsustainability of the current world order.  The Bible has the clear answer out of the quagmire in 1 John 5:5.

Vatican, Church of England capitulates to Darwinism
The Vatican has admitted that Charles Darwin was on the right track when he claimed that Man descended from apes. To back up this recant, the “Holy See” is sponsoring a Conference in March at the Pontifical Gregorian University, to mark the 150^th anniversary of Darwin’s  On the Origin of Species. Intelligent Design which was originally planned to be banned at the Conference would now be allowed for discussion “at the fringes of the conference” but merely as a “cultural phenomenon”, rather than a scientific or theological issue.TimesOnLine (Feb. 11).
            On its own part, The Church of England is seeking to bring Darwin back into the fold with a page on its website paying tribute to his “forgotten” work in his local parish.  Several other pages celebrate Darwin’s “significant scientific progress” to mark his bicentenary and also the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species. 
      Many stunned observers could only conclude that “the Church has evolved” and “wonder when they will admit they were wrong about God existing”! 

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,”  Rom 1:22

EXHORTATION
FEAR NOT THE WORLD
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that  where I am, there ye may be also. …
      I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.   If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 
        Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.   Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.   And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 
         If ye love me, keep my commandments.  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;  Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.   I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 
       If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.  He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.  

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       These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.   But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.   Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 
      Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 
The Lord Jesus
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TOPICAL ISSUE   
Darwinism unvarnished – the stark facts
“To say that Charles Darwin influenced his world greatly cannot be disputed. To say that he was a great man is an unfortunate exaggeration.”  With these words from Lawrence Ford, Executive Editor of Acts and Facts magazine, the Institute for Creation Research opened a special edition of that magazine dedicated to covering several aspects of Charles Darwin’s life, as the world marked his 200^th birthday in February.  
              Although he never had a college science degree, Charles Darwin became a celebrity with the publication in 1859 of his book the Origin of Species.  The full title of the book is actually: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.  Without any shred of credible scientific evidence  tenable today, the book postulated that no supernatural entity or God is involved in originating biological life; and that races of human beings are at various stages of evolution providing a pseudo-scientific backing for the concept of racism which people like Hitler explored to horrific conclusions.
        The major impact of Darwins idea on society can be summarized by quotes from three of his latter-day disciples.   That:
1.Life is Godless - “Darwinism removed the whole idea of God as the creator of organisms from the sphere of rational discussion.” – Sir Julian Huxley.  
2.Life is Purposeless - “Life has no higher purpose than to perpetuate the survival of DNA … life has no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.” – Richard Dawkins.
3. Life is Meaningless - “there are no gods, no purposes, and no goal-directed forces of any kind.  There is no life after death…There is no ultimate
foundation for ethics, no ultimate meaning in life, and no free will for humans.” – William Provine p7