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1. Rise Up, O Men of God! Your Women Are Fighting the Battle<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Ingrid Schlueter (Slice of Laodicea)<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>There are \u2018mothers in Israel\u2019 who are rising up to confront Mark Driscoll and his filthy mouth and materials. Why? Because the men in spiritual leadership today not only refuse to, but legitimize and endorse Driscoll\u2019s \u201cministry.\u201d (January 12, 2009)<\/p>\n

\u00a02. Faith-Based Partnerships: Selling our souls in the name of service?<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Berit Kjos (Kjos Ministries): <\/strong>Last summer, Obama gave us a specific outline of his planned \u201cpartnerships between government and faith-based and other nonprofit community groups.\u201d Much of it was based on the new interpretation of the First Amendment. ( February 2009)<\/p>\n

3. Silencing the Watchmen<\/a> by Jan Markell (Olive Tree News):<\/strong>\u00a0America is changing at break-neck speed and many of the changes are not helpful!\u00a0 While Americans were eager for “change,” it is doubtful they anticipated the loss of free speech.\u00a0\u00a0So let me explain the unfair “Fairness Doctrine<\/strong>.” My radio program, Understanding the Times<\/a>, is in the target range.<\/span>\u00a0(February 2009)<\/span><\/span>4. ARE CHRISTIANS DRIVING CHURCH NUMBERS DOWN<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Paul Proctor (News with Views):<\/strong>The reports are everywhere now about the declining numbers of church members and baptisms \u2013 especially among Southern Baptists; so much so that church leaders address it at almost every opportunity as if attempting to somehow spark a zeal in remaining members like a coach might do in the locker room of a losing team at halftime.<\/p>\n

Everyone is trying to figure out what\u2019s wrong. This might come as a shock to many, but I would suggest that the answer here might just be nothing is wrong<\/em> \u2013 that those declining numbers that are troubling the pulpits of American churches right now may well be God\u2019s will<\/em> being carried out by His own being called out<\/em> of a growing apostasy flourishing within them. In no way am I condemning all established churches and religious institutions. (April 2009)<\/p>\n

5. Richard Foster\u2019s Celebration of Deception<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Bob DeWaay :\u00a0<\/strong>In February 2008, Christianity Today<\/em> ran a glowing cover story about Evangelicalism\u2019s recent embrace of medieval Roman Catholic mysticism entitled The Future lies in the Past.1 The article traced the beginning of the movement as follows: \u201cThe movement seems to have exploded in a 24-month period in 1977-1978, which saw the publication of Richard Foster\u2019s bestselling Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth and Robert Webber\u2019s Common Roots: A Call to Evangelical Maturity.\u201d (June 23, 2009)<\/p>\n

6. Do Christian Leaders Understand The Contemplative Prayer Movement?<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Chris Lawson (Spiritual Research Network):<\/strong> The concern that has motivated the writing of this article stems from the fact that many Christian leaders are ignorantly engaging in and outright promoting this dangerous spiritual method. The core of this methodology, which can lead to extreme spiritual hazards, is meditative, contemplative\u2013centering prayer. In light of this, vast volumes of contemplative promoting literature is being gobbled up by undiscerning Christians. This fact alone shouts forth with clarity that the missing jewel in the 21st Century Church is biblical discernment. (July 27, 2009)<\/p>\n

7. Why the Heathen Rage in a World Gone Amiss<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Bill Randles (Pastor Believers in Grace Fellowship, IA):<\/strong> The love of death is now in vogue, this generation loves death. Abortion (fifty million in the USA since 1971!) birth control, homosexual marriage, gender confusion, and much more, are all forms of the love of death. Most of the western European societies that bought into the Utopian vision do not even replace themselves demographically! All those who hate the God of the Bible love death! What will the outcome be? The nations will rage at each other. (September 28, 2009)<\/p>\n

8. Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Larry DeBruyn (Guarding His Flock Ministries):<\/strong> Some Christians naively and mistakenly equate\u00a0that because Christianity and Islam are\u00a0monotheistic faiths (belief in one God),\u00a0Christians and Muslims\u00a0worship the same God. Any\u00a0differences between the two religions are viewed to be only apparent, not actual. Only the names are different. Muslims call Him Allah, while Christians address Him as\u00a0Lord. The singleness of God\u00a0is thought to be an ecumenical rallying point, a\u00a0basis\u00a0for mutual understanding, if not\u00a0spiritual unity, between the two religions. (November 30, 2009)<\/p>\n

9. Today is World AIDS Day \u2013 I Am Free From Homosexuality While Homosexual Activists Continue To Glorify The Sin That is Leading Cause of AIDS in U. S.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James Hartline (Hartline Report):<\/strong>\u00a0Today is World AIDS Day \u2013 I have been fighting a twelve year battle with the AIDS virus, a disease that I acquired in my former life of promiscuity, drug abuse and homosexuality. For ten years now, I have been making my stand for the Lord Jesus Christ to declare to America that there is a way out of the destruction of homosexuality and its many diabolical consequences. (December 1, 2009)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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