On a Mission for Hope

Your letter-writing or phone calls, and intercession are again needed. This time for a little girl in need of a visa so she can come to the United States with her family. Without your help, it could be another two years before Hope can be united with all her family.

Here is the cool story in 3 minutes or less:




The YouTube page also has easy links for writing your representative and/or senator.

Helping out is easy. And senators and representatives are specifically there to help with getting visas. So write to them! After all, if you're an American citizen, you are their boss and they work for you.

Youcef Nadarkhani

For the first time in over two decades a judicial execution of an Iranian Christian charged with apostasy may take place in the imminent future...

Unless a miracle of God occurs or...

Someone intervenes. This is where common everyday people, like you and I, come in. Much can be accomplished in numbers. Much can also be accomplished by pressuring international political leaders. To hear the complete story of Youcef Nadarkhani click here.

Do anything. To help at this point can be done in the simplest of ways. I will start with the easiest thing and move on from there:

1. Pray




2. Write a short, 2-sentence e-mail to Iranian authorities, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the E.U. (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton at comm-spp-hrvp-ashton@ec.europa.eu), or the U.N. (inquiries@un.org)




3. Write a little longer e-mail and/or call your United States Senators and Representative, you are their boss




4. Tell your friends and family to do the same




5. If you want to go one step further, you can even write Youcef in prison while there is still time. This encourages persecuted Christians greatly and it sends a message to their captors.

If you are writing a government official. Here are some very good pointers to keep in mind courtesy of The Voice of the Martyrs:

• Write a short, clear message.



• Be Polite. Remember you are representing Jesus Christ.



• State your general concern for persecuted believers.



• Do NOT write about politics or the government.

Time is short. Inundate! As God leads.

Godspeed!

"I will set my throne in Elam
and destroy her king and officials,”
declares the LORD.

“Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in days to come,”
declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:38-39

One of the Best Articles I Have Ever Read

Does the Bible Matter in the 21st Century?
By: Vishal Mangalwadi

As published by Foxnews.com on April 13, 2011:

In his quest to change oppressive regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, President
George W. Bush argued, “Everyone desires freedom.” True. Everyone also desires a
happy marriage: can everyone therefore have one?

Afghanistan, Iraq, Ivory Coast, and Libya ought to teach secular ideologues that freedom does not flow from the barrel of a gun. Nor does it flourish in every culture.

Why do most American presidents place a hand on the Bible to take the
oath of office? Secular education has made that a meaningless tradition, but the
tradition exists because the Bible is the secret of America’s freedom. Forget
the Bible and America will go the way of the first Protestant nation – Nazi
Germany.

Plato saw Greek democracy first hand and condemned it as the
worst of all political systems. That’s why the spread of the Greek culture,
called "Hellenization," did not stir a struggle for democracy. In AD 798, the
English scholar Alcuin summed up the then European wisdom to Emperor
Charlemagne: “And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the
voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is
always very close to madness.” Indeed, the voice of a corrupt people is often
the devil’s voice.

The cancer at the heart of America’s political economy is cultural. This great nation was built by an ethic – a spirituality that taught citizens to work, earn, save, invest, and use their wealth to serve their neighbors. This biblical ethic has been replaced by secularism’s entitlement culture that teaches people that they have a right to this, that and the other without corresponding obligations to work, save, and serve. This new culture forces the state to take from productive citizens or borrow from other
nations and spend it on man-made rights. This corruption of character is
destroying the world’s greatest economy, but can democracy allow leaders to go
against the voters’ voice?

The people’s voice began to be honored as God’s voice only because the sixteenth century biblical Reformation began saturating the hearts and minds of the people with the Word of God. Those who prayed, “Your kingdom come, your will be done in Scotland (or England, or Holland)” found the grace to free themselves from the tyranny of men. Not just Islamic, but every culture that rejects the kingdom of God condemns itself to be ruled exclusively by sinful men.

Almost everyone desires a happy marriage, but without the Bible, America cannot even define, let alone sustain marriage as one man–one woman, exclusive, and life-long relationship. The West became great because biblical monogamy harnessed sexual energy to build strong families, women, children, and men.

Human history knows no force other than the Bible that has the capacity to dam sexual energy to build powerful families and nations. Indeed, no non-biblical culture has ever been able to require husbands to “love your wives” and give them the spiritual resources to do so.

Vishal Mangalwadi has a new book coming out called "The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization."

Exposed: Subtle Message from Chinese Government

This is an exposé of a very subtle message from the Chinese government on English-language children's globes.

Watch the clip below for the earth-shattering report and analysis of this recently-discovered geopolitical issue.



Something to think about, indeed.

Coagulation of Cells

"Well -- uh, Mom, Dad, Grandma, the rest of you," Sandra nervously sputtered as she and Peter rose from the table. "We have some news," Sandra continued as the rest of the table gradually moved from bemusement to cautious expectation.

Clutching Peter's hands tightly, Sandra glanced around the table. "After nine years of trying, Peter and I..." she teasingly paused as the family waited on baited breath, sure of the words to come next. "... We're with coagulation of cells!" Sandra finally exclaimed as the family dining room went bonkers.

Late is much better than never -- especially in this regard. Pro Life Sunday was not this past Sunday but the one before, on January 23, 2011. It was in memoriam of the 38th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision.

I am all for women's rights as was Jesus Christ. But the abortion debate is not about that. In lieu of saying anything more, I dare you to watch these two videos:

And then watch this short clip (2 minutes) from Abort73.

As Sandra and the others jumped up and down, somewhere inside the darkness a tiny clump of tissue, [insert your name], sighed.

A Joke

We all need some mirth every now and then, so without further ado:

Q...........What's the difference between men and women?

A...........Women think farts came after the Fall.

Another "Christmas" Movie... You Must See

In addition to the aforesaid Christmas with a Capital C (see post dated 11-30-10), there is another movie also meriting the gaze of your pupils. A movie that strikes at the chord of moral uplift by inciting our imaginations to truth and what really matters. Like all C.S. Lewis masterpieces, it uses great fantasy to speak to deep reality. The movie is, of course, the much-hyped Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

The Voyage has received good press -- so far it has a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes -- and appears poised to reinvigorate the series with a portrayal consistent to Lewis and Biblical theology. Check out a good review from World magazine.



If you really want to see a film of the next book, The Silver Chair, you must support this movie.