Who cares about human rights? Not us, apparently.

My goodness, the government and media do love their double standards, don't they?

Critics Slam U.S. Government, Media for 'Weak' Response to Anti-Christian Attacks

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/15/critics-slam-government-media-weak-response-anti-christian-attacks/#ixzz1E4qeRchz

"Christians are a moderating force in the Middle East. When they are gone, religious diversity and pluralism goes with them,” she said. “…It ultimately means there will be a setback for our own national security interests and the ability of these countries to peacefully coexist with us.”

Islam in the News: Feb 2011

I'm so glad Islam means peace. If it meant "submission" rather than "peace" these stories might actually make sense.

1) "Hena, who was sentenced under Islamic Shariah law, was accused of having an affair with a 40-year-old married cousin, although her family and neighbors said the man had in fact raped her. The man's family beat up Hena and then publicly accused her of adultery, the girl's family said."

Story here: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/07/body-of-rape-victim-who-died-after-flogging-is-exhumed-for-new-a/

2) The founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station was convicted Monday of beheading his wife in 2009 in the studio the couple had opened to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/07/closing-arguments-begin-new-york-beheading-murder-trial/#ixzz1DL6L6Z4Y

Also see today's earlier post.

Egyptian Christians Fear Muslim Rule

“About 90 percent of the population here believes that slitting our throats is their way to heaven.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/07/amid-unrest-egyptian-christians-fear-future/#ixzz1DJnrjFuk

Planned Parenthood, A Friend of Sex Traffickers?

Remember the ACORN scandal? Well, it's 2011 now, which means MORE SCANDALS! This time the offender is Planned Pimphood--er, I mean--Planned Parenthood.



More video links HERE.

Too Religious to Home-School

A New Hampshire judge ordered a girl to public school because of her Christian faith.

“The judge,” explained Simmons, “said that Amanda reflected her mother’s rigidity in matters of Faith, and that because of that rigidity she needed to be ordered into government run schools."

Story here.

Stories like these are becoming more and more common.
Make a difference; join or donate to HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association).*

*As far as I know, HSLDA is not involved in this case. Nevertheless, they are frequently involved in home school and religious liberties cases across the country.

When God does not Deliver

I recently heard an idea which haunted me for days. It was one of those terrible truths of which I was already aware, but had never expressed, and had thus only seen peripherally. “God does not deliver his people for their temporal happiness.” Those were the offending words that appeared in the middle of a sermon. It was not meant to be a spectacular point, merely an observation, but it is shattering when one is accustomed to musing only on God’s provision and material blessing. It is an offensive thought, but one whose truth is impossible to deny. More Christians are being imprisoned and killed now than ever before.

Our culture is increasingly hostile to Christianity, and I like to be reassured that any future persecutions will be light; I can handle glares and minor inconveniences. I do not mind being purposefully offended for Jesus’ sake. Heck, if offending me was a crime, I could already file ten lawsuits every day. What makes me uncomfortable is any threat of imprisonment, torture, or death. If God is going to deliver me from anything, those are the situations I would like to be delivered from. My happiness and comfort depend much on being free, not-tortured, and alive. It scares me to think that God might not deliver me from oppression, but he often seems to not deliver his people. God even gave his Son over to be killed.

After a few days, I realized what the problem was. I am the problem. All of my concern revolves around my own comfort and what I think is right and best. God too, is concerned about my wellbeing, but I often define “wellbeing” differently than God does. I am not forgetting that the church is commanded to care for persons’ temporal needs, and I am not diminishing the reality and gravity of those needs. Rather, I mean to highlight the two realities: the spiritual and the physical. Both are equally real, but the spiritual reality is greater than the physical reality because bodies die; souls do not. Even if I never know starvation, I will one day be unable to eat. Even if God delivers me from imprisonment or a fatal beating, I am eventually going to die. The question is not if I will suffer and die, but rather, when will I die and to what degree will I suffer?

Furthermore, in requiring God to deliver me from an untimely death, I am guilty of a monstrous arrogance. God’s purposes are greater than my own. As the answer to the first catechism question states, man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. I exist to bring glory to God and I can never place my safety or comfort above that purpose. If God is most glorified in not delivering me from those who have declared themselves my enemies, so be it. I must seek the Kingdom of God more than I seek life.

God’s grace is sufficient (2 Cor 4, 5:1-10, 2 Cor 12:9-10).

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A Quote from Bonhoeffer

"In Jesus Christ the reality of God has entered into the reality of this world. The place where the questions about the reality of God and about the reality of the world are answered at the same time is characterized solely by the name: Jesus Christ. God and the world are enclosed in this name. . . we cannot speak rightly of either God or the world without speaking of Jesus Christ. All concepts of reality that ignore Jesus Christ are abstractions."

-Ethics, Dietrich Bonhoeffer