 |  | | ...It has been the want of faith, my brethren, that has been at the root of all the blight and barrenness of our past years. And if God is to make His promise in the text good to you and me for this New Year, and for all our own future years, it will be by strengthening and fertilising our faith! When the root is weak or diseased, or when it has no deepness of earth, then any passing locust will soon kill the tree. But when the root is sound and strong and deep-seated and well-watered, the tree will blossom and bear fruit and will survive all the locusts that you can send up against it. Let us have faith, then, my brethren. Let us have, and in all things let us exercise, faith in God.Let us believe that He is, as we have never up to this year believed. Let us believe His Word. Let us read and meditate on His Word in a way we have never yet done. Our spiritual life and its fruitfulness comes and goes just as we read God's Word, and meditate on it in secret... MORE | | |
| Headlines for Thursday, January 13th, 2011 | Glenn Beck's New Book Reveals He Embraces New Age, Is a Knowledgeable Mormon, and a Universalist
In August of 2010, I predicted on my national radio program that it was only a matter of time before Glenn Beck would release a distinctively religious book that would promote his New Age Mormonism and universalism. I sensed that Glenn was setting himself up to be the politically conservative alternative to Oprah. Many self-professing Christians cannot see what Beck is up to but there are those in the unsaved world that seem to be exhibiting more worldview understanding than some in the Christian community. The Business Insider published an article on January 4, 2011 entitled, Glenn Beck's New Year's Plan Sounds A Lot Like Oprah's New Network. Last week, Beck released his latest book entitled The Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life. The book is co-authored by psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow. Beck's new book is nothing less than the promotion of universalism, postmodernism, and pagan spirituality, and the New Age Movement. MORE | | CHUCK MISSLER:Aflockalypse Now ... or Not
End-of-the-world fever seems to have hit the masses. It's as epidemic as whatever killed thousands of drum fish in the Arkansas River. First it was 2012 and the end of the Mayan calendar. Now animals are dying by the hundreds and thousands in a wide variety of places around the globe. Plus, a group of date setters are looking for the rapture to occur in just five months on May 21. Whether it's due to boredom, or fear, or a desire to rouse folks from their spiritual slumber, humans are fascinated with the apocalyptic. Yet, so far, efforts to set a date for the Rapture or Judgment Day have been incorrect and … plain anticlimactic. MORE | WORLD NET DAILY: Sorting Fact From Fiction About Jared Loughner
It's all over the place if you want to believe it: Jared Loughner, the suspect in the attempted assassination of Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Ariz., over the weekend, was Jewish, was linked to Giffords, was "gay" and was a former Republican. But what's actually true and what isn't? WND sorted through the evidence that exists to determine some answers, but instead of clearing up questions about the suspect, the research ended up raising new questions. The crux of what WND found is that Loughner may well be Jewish, as is Giffords. MORE | Few Millenials Interested in Religion, Study Finds
Millenials, those born between 1980 and 2000, are not anti-Christian or anti-religion, but they are, in general, just not interested in religion, says a new book based on a survey of members of this generation. An apathetic attitude toward religious and spiritual matters is common among members of this generation, according to The Millennials by Thom Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Research, and his son Jess, a Millenial born in 1985. Members of this generation are likely to care less about... MORE | New Move to Make Yuan Global Currency
The Bank of China has opened trading in the Chinese currency to customers in the U.S., representing a symbolic endorsement by Beijing of foreign trading in the yuan. | Christians Urged to Model Civility amid Vitriol on Captiol Hill
In the wake of the tragic Arizona shooting, Christian leaders acknowledge the harsh tone permeating through the political sphere and urge... | Tea Partier's Dream: 'No More United Methodist Church'
A leading tea party group activist's call for a mainline Christian denomination to close down has provoked response from liberal blogs. | NATO Called a 'Corpse Decomposing'
Military officers say that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a "corpse" in Afghanistan, and its involvement there was because of worry over the future of the Western alliance, not because of any concern... | One Year Later: Homes for Some Haiti Quake Victims
It is one year later, but most of the 1.5 million people displaced by the devas- tating 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti are still living in tents in squalid conditions. But for a fortunate few, a new home funded or partially.... | Advocacy Groups Urge Sustained Attention on Sudan Vote
Halfway into the tightly watched weeklong independence vote, Southern Sudan has the 60 percent of votes needed to validate the referendum. | Missionary: Haitians Still Searching for Answers
One year after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck close to Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, people are still searching for answers, said a long-time Haiti missionary. | Group Documents Liberal Death Wishes Against Conservatives
The Media Research Center released today a list of comments made by members of the media in recent years that call for the death or suffering of conservative leaders. | | EPISCOPAL BISHOP: The Church Is
Haiti's Best Hope
Why bother with Haiti? There has been a lot of exasperation expressed that "nothing has changed in Haiti" since the earthquake a year ago. There is talk of God's punishment for "devil worship," of the bitter fruits of failed socialism, of the inability of former slaves to govern themselves effectively. Money given for Haiti is just "poured down a rat hole." In other words, let's blame the victims for their predicament and leave them in it. They brought it on themselves. What's it got to do with us? MORE | MOHLER: Where Did I Come From? It’s No Longer a Simple Question
At some point, anticipated and even feared by some parents, every child asks the inevitable question: “Where did I come from?” That question is endemic to humanity. The question of our own biological origins is eventually inescapable. Our existence requires an explanation, and the question takes bold form. The answer used to be easy. That is, the answer was easy in terms of biology. MORE |  | | Nursing Student Fights School Policy Requiring Abortion Pledge
A nursing student has partnered with a Christian legal defense group in filing a complaint against a Nashville, Tenn., university policy that requires participation in abortion procedures in order to enter its nurse residency program. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed the complaint Tuesday against Vanderbilt University with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A fourth-year nursing student, whose name was not revealed, is currently at another university but wishes to apply to Vanderbilt’s nurse residency program. The female student, however, is unable to do so because admission forms require her to promise to participate in abortions. MORE | Baby Boomers Could Force Economic Catastrophe
More people will be collecting Social Security and Medicare as the first group of the baby boomers turns 65 — an event that could spell disaster for the federal government as it loses a key source of tax revenue | Sarah Palin: Journalists Incite Hatred after Arizona Shooting
Sarah Palin posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page early Wednesday, accusing journalists and pundits of inciting hatred and violence in the wake of a deadly Arizona shooting that gravely wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. | JAN MARKELL: When Technology Turns Against Us
We all know we are heading into a full-blown surveillance society. The U.K. probably heads the world in this effort, but the U.S. is nipping at its heels. The Obama administration is assuring that. | Church Sees Impact of Lesbian Clergy 'Marriage'
The Episcopal Church is bearing the brunt of the controversy stemming from the "wedding" of two clergy in Massachusetts. | Legal Group Seeks Injunction to Halt Mosque Near Ground Zero
A conservative legal group asked the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt construction of the Islamic cultural center near ground zero. | Protection from funeral protesters
Arizona lawmakers have passed emergency legislation to outlaw picketing by an anti-"gay" church near the funeral for the nine-year-old girl who was killed during Saturday's shooting in Tucson. | Christian Clothing Company Invited to Oscars Event
Faith Baby is honored to be the first Christian company to be invited to the Golden Globes and Oscars gifting suite. | | |
