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“Oh disbelievers, As you are preparing for Christmas celebrations, we advise you to prepare your coffins as well.”
Disbelievers: the Islamic State (ISIS) is fighting against us, as it
has told us, only on the basis of Islam. If the U.S. were an Islamic
state, ISIS would not be fighting us.
“Your celebrations have become a battlefield and a fighting area. So, wait for us.”
Why are our celebrations a battlefield? Whose fault is that? The
fault lies with Western politicians who have enabled this by means of
their immigration policies, coupled with their determination to ignore
and deny, and hence not fight in any way, the ideological roots of the
jihad threat.
“ISIS-linked group calls for New Year’s Eve attacks using horrific images,” by Lisa Daftari, The Foreign Desk, December 28, 2016:
Islamic State supporters are calling upon jihadis in the
West to launch more holiday attacks in an effort to seize momentum after
last week’s truck attack in Berlin.In a series of graphical images posted to an encrypted Telegram
channel seen by The Foreign Desk, the Nashir Media Foundation, a
pro-ISIS media group, urges potential ‘lone wolf’ attacks in public
venues including cinemas, malls and even hospitals.The posts, however, make a point to warn Muslims to stay safe, away from New Years’ celebrations.
One brutal image showing a knife-wielding jihadi chasing a ‘Santa on
the run’ is captioned, “You disbelieving dogs which prepared for
Christmas celebrations, be ready for shedding the blood scattering the
shreds and funerals, for the eyes of caliphate lions are looking
straight towards you and promise you with bitter deaths.”In another image a jihadi stands next to a burning image of a
numerical 2017 with an inscription that reads, “We will make your New
Year mayhem with bombings and trampling attacks.”Another poster reads “Oh disbelievers, As you are preparing for
Christmas celebrations, we advise you to prepare your coffins as well.
Your celebrations have become a battlefield and a fighting area. So,
wait for us.”…
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The
establishment continues to push the false narrative that Russia is
running our elections and the hearts and minds of Americans despite no
proof and being completely repudiated by the entire planet.
TRUMP INAUGURATION TO FEATURE PRAYER OF PROSPERITY PREACHER PAULA WHITE,
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WASHINGTON — Prominent Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Franklin Graham, and prosperity preacher Paula White will be among the ecumenical selection of faith leaders who will present prayers and readings at Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony next month, the inaugural committee announced on Wednesday.
“Since the first inaugural ceremony, our leaders have paid tribute to
the blessings of liberty that have been bestowed upon our country and
its people,” Committee Chairman Tom Barrack said in a statement. “I am
pleased to announce that a diverse set of faith leaders will offer
readings and prayers at the swearing-in of President-elect Trump and
honor the vital role religious faith plays in our multicultural, vibrant
nation.”
In addition to Dolan, Graham and White, Jewish rabbi Marvin Hier of
the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic
Christian Leadership Conference and Wayne Jackson of Great Faith
Ministries International will also participate.
“I am honored to have been asked to offer a reading from Scripture at
the upcoming presidential inauguration, and look forward to asking
Almighty God to inspire and guide our new president and to continue to
bless our great nation,” Dolan said in a statement.
“In American history Inauguration Day is one of the most sacred and
important celebrations we have as a people, not only because it
signifies the peaceful transition of power but also because on this day
‘We The People’ appeal to the favor, blessing and guidance of God on our
country, on our people and on our new leadership,” White also remarked.
As previously reported,
in September 2015, White was among a number of spiritual leaders,
including televangelists Kenneth Copeland and Jan Crouch, who laid hands
on and prayed for Trump at Trump Tower in New York. She specifically
made a “faith declaration” that she was securing Trump’s “calling and
his mantle.”
“Father, we just secure him right now by the blood of Jesus. We thank
you that no weapon formed against him will be able to prosper and any
tongue that rises against him will be condemned according to the word of
God,” White, who leads New Destiny Christian Center in Florida, prayed
as she touched his arm.
“All the days of his life, let him live well,” she continued. “I
secure him. I secure his children. I secure his calling and his mantle.”
James Dobson of Focus on the Family also told reporters in June that “Paula White has known Trump for years and that she personally led him to Christ.”
In addition to prayers and readings from Catholic, Jewish and
evangelical leaders, music will also be provided by the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir.
“The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has a great tradition of performing at
the inaugurals of U. S. presidents,” Ron Jarrett, president of the
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, said in a statement. “Singing the music of
America is one of the things we do best. We are honored to be able to
serve our country by providing music for the inauguration of our next
president.”
As previously reported,
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has performed at inaugural events for
Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W.
Bush and George W. Bush.
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I am pleased to announce that a diverse set of faith
leaders will offer readings and prayers at the swearing-in of
President-elect Trump and honor the vital role religious faith plays in
our multicultural, vibrant nation.
Diverse, indeed it will be. While Paula White denies the Trinity and denies that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God while prominent patriotic-gospel evangelicals like James Dobson are spewing the inanity
that this charlatan actually had something to do with Trump’s
fruitless, repentance-less conversion to Christianity. “I don’t know
when it was, but it has not been long, and I believe [Donald Trump]
really made a commitment, but he’s a baby Christian,” Dobson says, “I
also hear that Paula White has known Trump for years and that she
personally led him to Christ.”
You might be asking, “why does this really matter?” The problem isn’t
that any earnest Christian might actually believe that Donald Trump
takes his new-found “faith” seriously. But some might actually believe
Paula White is a Christian. Why? Because she will be sharing the stage with the well-known evangelical hero, Franklin Graham. This partnership, strictly forbidden in the Scriptures (2 Corinthians 6:14),
lends credibility to those who preach a false Gospel, proclaim a false
Jesus and make false disciples. It obscures the clear lines between
biblical truth and damning spiritual error.
Other questionable spiritual figures participating in the burlesque
will be the Catholic archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Michael
Dolan and Reverend Dr. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National
Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. Rodriguez is a regular
appearance at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious
Liberties Commission (ERLC) conferences and is associated with the New
Apostolic Reformation.
What’s the point? These religious “leaders” aren’t genuinely
coalescing for the bona fide purpose of coming together before our
Creator to petition His blessing upon our nation. That isn’t even
possible–they all worship a different God. It’s merely an amalgamation
of multiple versions of American-made religiosity to appease those who
propelled him into office. Of course, in today’s American version of
watered-down gospel-less Christianity, patriotic fidelity rises far
above doctrinal integrity. As long as you stand for “conservative
values” and throw your support behind the candidate that promises to
protect them, you can be a Christian.
Beware of who you bow your head and pray with.
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WASHINGTON — Well-known attorney Jay Sekulow, who serves as chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, which takes up cases for conservative, pro-life and pro-family causes, expressed his support on national television this week for two of the picks on President-elect Donald Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist—Judges Diane Sykes and Bill Pryor—stating that they have a “proven track record.”
However, others have voiced concern about the judges precisely
because of their track record, which includes Sykes’ favorable Planned
Parenthood ruling calling abortion “a right” and Pryor’s prosecution of
“Ten Commandments Judge” Roy Moore. Reports state that both Sykes and
Pryor are “top contenders” on Trump’s Supreme Court list.
Sekulow had been interviewed on Tuesday’s Fox & Friends regarding
the more than 100 court vacancies Trump currently will have to fill as
president, as well as whether he agrees that Trump should not compromise
in his Supreme Court pick, but choose someone who is “hard right.”
“I look at some of the potential nominees like Bill Pryor from the
11th Circuit, Diane Sykes and others—these are judges that have a proven
track record, they have a proven judicial philosophy, and there’s no
reason not to select a nominee,” Sekulow, who works out of Pat
Robertson’s Regent University and in Washington, said on Tuesday’s “Fox
& Friends.”
“First of all, we’re replacing the late great Justice Antonin Scalia,
so this is Scalia’s seat; it needs to be someone in that judicial
mold,” he continued. “There’s no need to compromise. I think this is you
got to go full bore. The list is very strong that President-elect Trump
put forward, and we should not hesitate in working these nominations
through, period. I don’t there should be any discussion about that … It
should be non-negotiable.”
View Sekulow’s comments in full here.
But conversely, Andrew Schlafly, the son of the late Phyllis Schlafly
of Eagle Forum and likewise an attorney, has been working to create a
coalition of 70+ groups to urge Trump to take Sykes off his list of
Supreme Court picks.
“Diane Sykes has a pro-choice record,” Schlafly contended during a
strategy call earlier this month. “I don’t know why she’s even on the
list.”
He recently sent a letter to Trump over the matter, which included
dozens of co-signers, including Ambassador Faith Whittlesey of the Trump
Advisory Committee, Michelle Cretella of the American College of
Pediatricians, Michael Robb of the Association of American Physicians
& Surgeons, Bobby Schindler of the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope
Network, Janet Porter of Faith2Action, Mark Harrington of Created Equal
and many others.
“Several of these judges on [your] list have even written or spoken
in ways that are at odds with the pro-life position,” it read in part.
“Candidates who lack a pro-life record include, for example, Judges
Diane Sykes, Steven Colloton, Raymond Kethledge, and Neil Gorsuch, and
Justices Allison Eid and Joan Larsen. In addition, each of these judges
has either ruled against the pro-life position or has otherwise shown an
unwillingness to be publicly pro-life.”
Read the letter in full here.
As previously reported, Trump had mentioned both Sykes and Pryor in February as potential nominees following the sudden death of Antonin Scalia.
“We could have a Diane Sykes or a Bill Pryor,” he said. “We have some fantastic people.”
7TH CIRCUIT JUDGE DIANE SYKES
SykesSykes was nominated to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals by then-President George W. Bush. In 2013, she wrote the majority opinion in a case that barred the state of Indiana from defunding Planned Parenthood.
“[The Supreme] Court has explained that the constitutional right to
obtain an abortion is a right against coercive governmental burdens; the
government may not ‘prohibit any woman from making the ultimate
decision to terminate her pregnancy’ before fetal viability or impose an
‘undue burden on a woman’s ability to make this decision,’” she noted
in her writings.
“As long as the difference in treatment does not unduly burden a
woman’s right to obtain an abortion, the government is free to treat
abortion providers differently,” she said.
While Sykes and her colleagues did not find the Indiana law to be a
“burden” on the “right” to abortion, she still concluded that Indiana
should not be permitted to defund Planned Parenthood because it would
interfere with a woman’s choice to select the organization as her
provider.
“The defunding law excludes Planned Parenthood from Medicaid for a
reason unrelated to its fitness to provide medical services, violating
its patients’ statutory right to obtain medical care from the qualified
provider of their choice,” she wrote.
In 1993, while serving as a trial judge, Sykes also sentenced two
abortion protestors to 60 days in jail for seeking to shut down an
abortion facility, while also reportedly telling them, “I do respect you
a great deal for having the courage of your convictions and for the
ultimate goals that you sought to achieve by this conduct.”
11TH CIRCUIT JUDGE BILL PRYOR
Pryor and MooreBill
Pryor, the former attorney general of Alabama, is most known for his
prosecution of Roy Moore in 2003 over his refusal to remove a Ten
Commandments monument from the rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court.
Pryor’s comments to Moore during his trial focused more on Moore’s
refusal to stop acknowledging God as chief justice.
“[Y]our understanding is that the federal court ordered that you
could not acknowledge God; isn’t that right?” Pryor asked. “And if you
resume your duties as chief justice after this proceeding, you will
continue to acknowledge God as you have testified that you would today?”
“That’s right,” Moore replied.
“No matter what any other official says?” Pryor asked.
“Absolutely,” Moore stated. “Let me clarify that. Without an
acknowledgment of God, I cannot do my duties. I must acknowledge God. It
says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First
Amendment to the United States Constitution. It says so in everything I
have read.”
As Moore continued to stand his ground, he was ordered by Pryor to be
“removed from his position of Supreme Court justice of Alabama.”
The same year, Pryor was nominated by then-President George W. Bush
to serve on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. During his confirmation
hearing, he advised that although he personally believes that abortion
is “morally wrong,” he would not seek to overturn Roe v. Wade as a
federal judge.
“[M]y record as attorney general shows that I am able to put aside my
personal beliefs and follow the law, even when I strongly disagree with
it, to look carefully at precedents and to do my duty,” he advised.
“So even though you disagree with Roe v. Wade, you would act in
accordance with Roe v. Wade on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals?”
asked Sen. Orrin Hatch.
“Even though I strongly disagree with Roe v. Wade, I have acted in
accordance with it as attorney general and would continue to do so as a
court of appeals judge,” he said.
When questioned further by a skeptical Sen. Chuck Schumer about the
matter, Pryor outlined that he had urged a colleague to refrain from
seeking to overturn Roe, advising him not to “present that question to
the [Supreme] Court.”
Pryor was also a part of an appeals court opinion in 2011 that refused relief to a Christian woman who had been forced out of her counseling studies at
Augusta State University after she declined to go through a
“remediation program” that included sensitivity training and attending
homosexual pride events.
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WASHINGTON — The Museum of the Bible, a project of Hobby Lobby President Steve Green, has officially announced that its doors are scheduled to open in the nation’s capital in November 2017.
“The grand opening of Museum of the Bible is sure to be one of the
most memorable events held in our nation’s capital in 2017,” said museum
President Cary Summers in a statement on Friday.
The 430,000-square-foot museum is being constructed just three blocks
from the U.S. Capitol, and plans to house one of the world’s largest
collections of ancient biblical scrolls, codices, papyrus fragments and
other historical artifacts.
The eight-floor facility with 40-foot bronze doors will feature over
40,000 biblical manuscripts owned by the Green family. It will also
house a 500-seat theater, a 100-seat lecture hall, a restaurant,
gardens, and a Nazareth village. Floors will serve various themes, such
as “The Impact of the Bible,” “The Narratives of the Bible,” and “The
History of the Bible.”
“The History Floor will feature more than 500 world-class artifacts
that document the Bible’s preservation, translation, and transmission
across centuries and cultures,” the website for the project outlines.
“This floor features many of the greatest biblical discoveries,
including writings dating to the time of Abraham, fragments of the Dead
Sea Scrolls, early New Testament writings, and more.”
“The Impact Floor will explore the Bible’s impact over time on
cultures, civilization, and daily life, including its profound influence
on fine arts, science, government, and more,” it explains, noting that
the experience will be visually stimulating and interactive.
Summers says that the museum will be on the cutting-edge of modern technology.
“Museum of the Bible’s team of innovators, in concert with some of
the world’s leading creative and technical minds, has dedicated itself
to building the most technologically advanced museum in the world,” he
said in a press release. “This team brought together the most impressive
electronic systems in the world, dreamed up how to create the best
museum experience and then invented the rest of the tools they needed to
bring our guests the most interactive, memorable experience possible.”
The performance hall will feature 7 state-of-the-art 4K projectors,
which can project a 30,000-lumen image. Commentary at various exhibits
will be available in 10 different languages, and some presentations will
have 3D interactive virtual and augmented reality capability.
But most of all, the museum is meant to be a teaching tool in a world that doesn’t really understand the Scriptures.
“We have probably the most ignorant population we’ve ever had in our
society [about the Bible] because it’s been taken out of our schools,”
Green told Baptist Press in 2014 prior to the construction of the site.
“We want to be able to, in a simple way, explain to them, ‘Here’s what
the Bible is.’ Ultimately, it’s about the fact that we are sinners, we
need a Savior and Christ was that. And He came to die for us that we
might have life.”
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