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Living Legend Wade Taylor Shares His Heart, by Steve Eastman, OpenHeaven

“Dissatisfied satisfaction” means I’m satisfied. I rejoice in what I have, but there’s more. I’m dissatisfied because I’m seeking something beyond what I presently have. Paul said, “I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling. Paul saw the glory of God. He was apprehended in visible glory. He was blinded by it. I believe the prize was the restoration that he would come into the fulfillment of that glory, the latter day visitation of the Lord ...

Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe Resolves Euthanasia Must Always Be Prohibited, European Center for Law and Justice

This is the first time, in the past decades, that euthanasia is so clearly rejected by a European political institution. The ECLJ is an international affiliate of the American Center for Law and Justice, which focuses on constitutional law. This Resolution is a major victory for the protection of life and dignity. On January 25, 2012, the Parliamentary Assemble of the Council of Europe has adopted a resolution setting the following ...

Aborted Fetal Cells Used in Development of Flavor Enhancers for Food Products, Christian Newswire

An onslaught of articles reported by the mainstream media earlier this week ranged from utter disbelief to crass remarks denigrating Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey (R) over the bill he introduced banning food products developed using aborted fetal material in his state. Unfortunately for the media, the good Senator is correct. The focus is on San Diego based biotech company Senomyx ...

1970s Contemporary Christian Musician Barry McGuire Still Ministering at Age 76 by Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service

In a recent interview, McGuire shared with me how over a ten year period from '65 to '75, he lost 16 of his personal friends to drugs, alcohol and suicide. Some of them were world famous super stars such as Mama Cass Elliot, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison of The Doors. But it all changed when, back in 1971, he surrendered his life to Christ and then in 1973 married Mari McInnes, a beautiful young lady from New Zealand. McGuire, who was the lead singer with the New Christy Minstrels and played the male lead role in the classic Broadway hit “HAIR” opposite Diane Keaton, has been at the pinnacle of success… and has seen the depths of despair ...

Richard Roberts Charged with DUI, by Steve Eastman

It was the car’s speed that caught Trooper Jacob Smith’s attention. The officer reports clocking the 2006 Mercedes at 93 miles an hour in a 65 mile an hour zone. It happened early today just after midnight near Tulsa. Smith says he detected “the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage around Richard Roberts breath and person.” Roberts reportedly blew a .11 percent on a breathalyzer. Oklahoma’s legal limit is 0.08. The 63 year-old televangelist spent about three hours in jail. He was released on a $1,100 bond ...

TSA Directly Violated US Constitution by Detaining Senator Rand Paul, by Steve Watson, PrisonPlanet.com

In preventing Kentucky Senator Rand Paul from flying to Washington this morning, the TSA directly violated the law as written in the US Constitution. The Constitution specifically protects federal lawmakers from being detained while en route to Washington DC. Article I, Section 6 states: “The Senators and Representatives…shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same” ...

Congressman Lamar Smith Kills SOPA After Massive Internet Outrage, by Stephen Foster, Addicting Info

In an announcement on Friday, Congressman Lamar Smith, the author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) officially killed the bill after a day of massive protests that saw Wikipedia and Reddit go dark. Google announced that over 4 million people signed their petition against the bill and Wikipedia inspired millions more to search for their representatives and senators in Congress in order to contact them in protest of the bill. It appears that the Protect IP Act (PIPA), the Senate counterpart to SOPA, has been killed as well ...

Wisconsin School Censors One Side of Adoption Debate, Liberty Counsel

School officials at Shawano High School needlessly censored and apologized for a 15 year-old’s op-ed article supporting natural mother-father adoption. It was a part of an editorial page which presented both viewpoints, each articulated by students. After the school newspaper was published in the local town paper, a homosexual in the community complained to the school. School officials took immediate action and censored the article supporting natural adoption. In its statement, the school “sincerely apologized” -- not for allowing the topic to begin with, but rather, for the Biblical viewpoint presented by one student ...

Remembering R.W. Schambach, by Steve Eastman

Every weekday morning in the late 70s I pulled the lever on an Ampex recorder and the voice of R.W. Schambach thundered across the thousand watts of WBZQ in Greenville, North Carolina. I am saddened to hear of the famous evangelist’s passing this week of heart failure. Bob Schambach was 85 years old. He’s preached on every continent except Antarctica ...

Indiana Issues 1st 'Gay' License Plate, Christian Newswire

Homosexual activists are celebrating Indiana becoming the first state in the nation to approve a pro-homosexual specialty automotive license plate. The license plate advertises and helps fund a homosexual, bi-sexual, transgender teen recruitment and support center called the Indy Youth Group. $25 of every plate sold goes to the Indy Youth Group. The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles approved the specialty plate after previously expressing concerns about the organization's statewide service. Last year, the ACLU of Indiana sued the BMV over the rejection, but they lost their lawsuit ...

Sweden May Allow for Easier Government Abduction of Home-Schooled Children, Alliance Defense Fund

A leader of Sweden’s Liberal Party last week called for a change in the country’s social services law so that the government can take children away from home-schooling families more easily by allowing social workers to do so.

The call for the change comes amidst already stringent penalties in Sweden for home schooling. The Alliance Defense Fund and Home School Legal Defense Association have applied to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of one family whose child was abducted by the government in 2009 and have filed a brief in a Swedish appellate court on behalf of another family fined an amount equivalent to $26,000 ...

New Bill Would Allow Government to Strip Citizenship without Conviction, by Stephen Foster, Addicting Info

First, Congress considered the National Defense Authorization Act, sections of which gave the President the authority to use the military to arrest and indefinitely detain Americans without trial or charge. The language was revised because of strong condemnation from the American people. But now a new bill has emerged that poses yet another threat to the American citizenry. Congress is considering HR 3166 and S. 1698 also known as the Enemy Expatriation Act, sponsored by Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Charles Dent (R-PA). This bill would give the US government the power to strip Americans of their citizenship without being convicted of being “hostile” against the United States ...

Church Builds Playground Instead of Worship Center, Mission Network News

How would you respond if instead of building a worship center, your church wanted to install a playground? This was exactly the predicament of the church members of at Los Olivos Church in Guatemala. But in the end, Los Olivos favored the playground over the worship center as an extension of its outward focus on the community of Sumpango. So how did a playground trump a place to worship God? In a word: evangelism ...

Latter Rain Pioneer Warnock Looks to Future, by Steve Eastman, OpenHeaven.com

Before the revivals in Toronto, Pensacola and Smithton, even before the Charismatic movement, God sent an awakening to a tiny Canadian Bible college. Many of the names from Latter Rain days are forgotten, but people familiar with the movement always remember George Warnock. Most people assume he’s enjoyed a long public ministry, but the Saskatchewan native prefers to stay out of the spotlight and has spent most of his time up to retirement, working as a carpenter ...

After 60 Years, Burma Agrees to Ceasefire with Karen Rebels, Mission Network News

Yesterday, over six decades of conflict were concluded with the signing of one ceasefire between Burma's government and the Karen National Union (KNU). Peace talks have been held multiple times over the last 63 years between Burma and the Karen, a group made up mostly of Christians who have been at the wrong end of genocide for years. Peace between Burma's government and the KNU have been an ongoing demand of the West if ties are to strengthen ...

New Constitution in Hungary Decertifies Major Christian Denominations, InspireMagazine.org

More than 300 religious groups – including several Christian denominations – have lost official recognition in Hungary under the country’s controversial new constitution, reports Barnabas Aid. The code, which came into effect on January 1st, introduces a new law on religion that was deemed unconstitutional by the country’s Constitutional Court last month ...