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Graduation = No Prayer

May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Graduation-No Prayer

It’s that time of year again as students who have spent the last 12 years of their life prepare to transition from high school into “the real world”.   Caps, gowns, graduation practice and rehearsals…the official banning of anything Christian…wait what?  It seems every year during the graduation season, organizations such as Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) seek-out schools, that are struggling financially, and threaten to take them to court if they allow prayer or religious songs during the high school graduation ceremony.

In fact, a Georgia school district has fallen victim to the efforts of FFRF.  The school district will no longer allow prayers or songs with religious references at graduation ceremonies after a Wisconsin group threatened to file a lawsuit and suggested that forcing non-Christian students to listen to religious music was a form of bullying.

“Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, ‘Teacher, rebuke Your disciples. But Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!’” (Luke 19:39-40)

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/school-bans-religious-graduation-songs.html

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Texas: One State Under God

April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Texas-One State Under God

A Christian-themed specialized vehicle license plate program in Texas, which was approved in 2011, has sold hundreds of copies resulting in about $60,000 for the state’s General Revenue Fund and non-profit organizations.  The plate, which features the phrase “One State Under God,” is distributed by My Plates, a Texas-based company that was given a contract by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to create and sell specialized plates.

To compliment these state recognized plates, more and more Christians are adding their personal touch.  It’s called “plate language” and the State of Texas is capitalizing on this idea.  So don’t be surprised if you see Texas license plates framed in “One State Under God” and read:

  • GOD LVZ U
  • 4-FAITH
  • PMS24-7
  • JOHN316
  • 4-GIVEN

What would your Christian license plate say?

http://www.christianpost.com/news/one-state-under-god-license-plate-a-growing-success-in-texas-92861/

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Egypt’s Historical Repetition

March 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Historical Repetition

There is a saying, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”  Egypt may want to sit up and listen this time around.  Their biblical past is filled with losing battles against God and now it appears the current government may be moving down the same destructive path as their ancestors. 

The book of Exodus in the Bible provides the documentation of what occurred the last time Egypt took such a staunch stand against God.  Those events are now known as the “Ten Plagues of the Bible”.  Here is why I am concerned for the people of Egypt and the Christians among them:

  • A group of Christian priests from a local Coptic church in Egypt were told to convert to Islam or face death, according to an Arabic news site.
  • Extremists, a couple weekends ago, set fire to a Christian Church in the Province of Fayoum, the second such assault against the town’s Coptic population in a month. The attackers ripped down the church’s cross and hurled rocks at church members, injuring four people including the priest, according to a report by Morning Star News.
  • Two women in traditional Islamic headdress cut off the hair of two Christian women on the subway in Cairo in December, the Egypt Independent reported. It was the third such incident in two months.
  • A couple weeks back, an Egyptian court forced two Coptic Christian boys, ages 10 and 9, to face trial for “insulting the Koran,” according to reports. The boys were arrested after playing in a pile of trash, which authorities claimed included pages of the Koran.

Pray for the people of Egypt.  Pray they are willing to allow God to turn their hearts before He is forced to turn their land…again.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/21/islam-or-death-egypt-christians-targeted-by-new-terror-group/

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Should America Take A Global Stand for the Persecuted Christian?

February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Should America Take A Global Stand for the Persecuted Christian

Should America be the one to stand-up for the persecuted Christians in the Middle East?  The argument commonly heard is, “If not us, then who?”  I’m certain a Christian woman and her family in Egypt would like to see the U.S. take more of a stand abroad.

The Egyptian government zeroed in on Nadia Mohamed Ali, an Egyptian woman, and handed down an alarming 15 year prison sentence for converting back to Christianity after her Muslim husband passed away. 

Rep. Frank Wolf, (R-Va.), co-chairman of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus here in the U.S. says, “Too often we in the West have turned a blind eye to the suffering of persecuted people of faith.” 

This may be true but it may also be because we are now finding our country in an internal battle over Christian beliefs like never before.  The world may still see us as a Christian nation…but are we?

“…Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!’” (Luke 19:40)

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/22/us-urged-to-aid-egyptian-family-facing-prison-for-converting-to-christianity/

 

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Christianbook.com Blitz Day

November 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Today is the day!  If you are planning on giving my first book, Donovan’s Law, as a Christmas gift this year than I ask that you consider purchasing it today “Christianbook.com Blitz Day” in show of your support for their decision to lower the price of the book just before the holidays.

Christianbook.com has lowered the price of Donovan’s Law 41% by bringing the cost for the paperback from $16.95 to $9.99.  If you and your family have already read the book, perhaps consider giving it to “First Responders” or military personnel for their entertainment pleasure.  Donovan’s Law is a futuristic thriller based on today’s headlines but here is the secret (it has the salvation message of Jesus Christ tucked away neatly in the middle of the book).

Here is the bonus:  By purchasing Donovan’s Law today from Christianbook.com you will not only be giving the gospel message of salvation to the reader, but the royalties will be used to help send short-term missionaries to the farthest corners of the globe. Plus, you will be saving 41% off the retail price.

It’s easy to order.  Just click the picture of the book on my website and place the order or visit Christianbook.com and type in either my name or Donovan’s Law into the search window.  Thank you on behalf of everyone that will benefit from your kind gesture.

 

 

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How To Double Your Investment

November 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Would you like to know how to double your investment?  By giving my first book, Donovan’s Law, as a Christmas gift this year you will not only be purchasing a futuristic thriller which includes the salvation message of Jesus Christ, but the royalties from the book go to help short-term mission teams spread the gospel to the farthest reaches of the globe.  Talk about a sure way to double your investment.

Here is the bonus.  Christainbook.com has reduced the price for Donovan’s Law by 41% just in time for Christmas.  The price for Donovan’s Law went from $16.95 to $9.99 at Christianbook.com.  So to honor their decision I am asking that we do a Christianbook.com “Blitz Day”.  Which day you may ask?  “BLACK FRIDAY!”   I cannot think of a better way to turn this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, from “Black Friday” to “Double Your Investment Friday” (Ok maybe it doesn’t have the same ring but it is for a good cause).  Plus, with the release of the sequel Soul Survivor just around the corner, now would be a great time to introduce someone to the series.

Please mark your calendars for this Friday November 23rd as “Double Your Investment” Friday and purchase Donovan’s Law from Christianbook.com.  Thank you in advance :)

 

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Contemplate, Deliberate, and Meditate: Part 4

October 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment

“We forget that God has not distributed His gifts with absolute equity.  Does that seem unfair?  No, He will judge in fairness.  Everyone is accountable for the resources he or she has been entrusted with.  No more, no less.  The distribution is determined by the wisdom of God.” – Chris Tiegreen

 Actions Speak Louder Than Words

In 1946 while on a train to the mountain town of Darjeeling, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu a.k.a. Mother Teresa, was recovering from tuberculosis.  At some point during that train ride, Mother Teresa receives a calling from God “to serve him among the poorest of the poor”…and the rest is history.

In the 1940’s while at Forest Home Christian Camp in Big Bear, California, William Franklin Graham Jr. a.k.a. Billy Graham, recognized the Bible as the “Perfect Word of God”…and the rest is history.

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Alice In Wonderland?

September 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Here is a weird twist to a common issue that deals with religious freedom.  The ACLU is defending a non-denominational Christian church.  I know this reads like a misprint, but it is true.  The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah is suing Brigham City, claiming the town is prohibiting a non-denominational Christian church’s free speech by limiting flier distribution near a Mormon temple.

Main Street Church wants to hand out fliers to those visiting the Mormon temple during the week when the temple is open for visitations.  The fliers would point out the differences between the LDS Church and the beliefs of the Main Street Church.  A spokesperson for the Christian church has stated that they are “… vehemently opposed to the hate speech and perverse actions that some groups have used to badger, mistreat and disrespect the Mormon people.”

Whether they get to hand out the fliers is not the reason for this blog.  The reason for this blog is the fact that the ACLU is actually defending a Christian church.  This has been a strange 12 years.  It began with the attacks on 9/11, then the global recession hit, after that we witness various governments being overthrown, now we are witnessing violent protests against the U.S. across the Middle East in countries like Yemen, Libya and Egypt, then this ACLU maneuver.   Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the world passed through Alice’s rabbit hole when we entered into the 21st Century?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/12/aclu-sues-city-over-claims-christian-church-being-banned-from-passing-out/

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New York Public School Dismisses Lawsuit Threat

August 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

New York public school officials are standing firm against the threat of a lawsuit regarding the use of the word “God” and Christian religious connotations in their songs.  An atheist organization known as Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) has threatened legal action against the Shenendehowa Central Schools, in Clifton Park, N.Y., if the songs aren’t removed from the curriculum.  Here is a sample of the songs listed in the potential litigation: “Thank You for the World So Sweet,” which says “Thank you God for everything,” “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep,” which says “I pray the Lord my soul to keep,” “Michael Row your Boat Ashore” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.”

It is a good thing FFRF did not hear about my public school teaching us the song “Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho”.  If they did, the walls might have come tumbling down.  Then again, it might not have mattered.  We were allowed to take a “moment of silence” and pray right after the flag salute before first period every day.  But that was “old school”.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/14/atheists-demand-schools-to-remove-songs-mentioning-god/

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Anne M. Baxter: A Pew Perspective

August 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I have been asked to be a guest blogger tomorrow, Tuesday August 21st on the website of Anne M. Baxter.  If that name sounds familiar it is because she is the American Christian Fiction Writer’s Northern California representative that interviewed me about Donovan’s Law back on May 11, 2012.  You can read the interview if you like, it is entitled “Why Did I Write A Book? The Anne M. Baxter Interview”.

Tomorrow, I will be blogging about the liquid concoction made with water and coffee beans that over 100 million people enjoy every day.  Let me just send this teaser your way; whether you like coffee or not, you may want to know that experts have found there are some health benefits to slurping down a “Cup o’ Joe” after all.

If you get the chance, check out my blog tomorrow at http://pewperspective.blogspot.com/ .  I would recommend you do so while drinking a cup of coffee.  Then after you read my blog, check out the attached website I will be placing at the bottom of the blog.  By the time you are done reading, that cup of coffee you have may be the best cup of coffee you will ever enjoy.

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