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Author of Israel-Hamas Goldstone Report Now Admits: Israel Did Not Intentionally Target Civilians

04/03/2011 Leave a comment

“(CNN) — The chairman of a U.N. mission whose report accused Israel of ‘actions amounting to war crimes’ during its fight against Hamas says he would have reached different conclusions if the Israeli military had been more forthcoming and if he had known the results of subsequent investigations.

‘If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document,’ wrote Richard Goldstone, a former South African jurist, in a Washington Post op-ed column Friday.

Israel, which has long been critical of the conclusions presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council on its war against Hamas forces in Gaza in 2008-09, on Saturday called for the body to cancel the findings.

‘Everything we said has proven to be true,’ said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ‘Israel did not intentionally harm civilians, its institutions and investigative bodies are worthy, while the Hamas intentionally fired upon innocent civilians and did not examine anything. The fact that Goldstone backtracked must lead to the shelving of this report once and for all.’

There was no immediate reaction from Hamas.”  Read more.

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Life Threatened, Iranian Christian Finds Refuge in U.S.

03/29/2011 Leave a comment

“COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP)–Babak Bighash was an electrical engineer for a major government agency in Iran, commuting more than 800 miles every two weeks between his home and workplace. He was a fairly devout Muslim yet he had unanswered questions about Islam.

About 10 years ago, he managed to pick up a Christian radio broadcast in Iran, and he heard the story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery.

‘After I heard the answer of Jesus and how He could pardon her, it was like a light of faith in my heart,’ Bighash told Baptist Press in an interview from Colorado Springs, Colo., where he has found fellowship and support at Vista Grande Baptist Church.

‘Before I heard about Jesus, what I heard was violence, kill, kill. More than 300 times in the Quran you can read that Allah says kill people by this specification.'”  Read more.

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Dr. John MacArthur Now Teaches the ‘Islamic End-Time Paradigm’, not the ‘Revived Roman Empire’

03/27/2011 15 comments

Daniel 12:4, “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

Some teachers of Bible prophecy still stubbornly insist that the number one persecutor of Christians will suddenly become a “Revived Roman Empire”. Does it stand to reason that the immense rising tide of Christian persecution we are seeing perpetrated by Islamic extremism today — an anti-Semitic and anti-Christian ideology and set of religious laws that has taken nearly 1400 years to expand to where it has today — will one day and without warning be eclipsed by the rule of some adored, charismatic leader of a yet-to-be-seen new-and-improved European Union virtually overnight?

Though I would argue against the idea of a ‘7 year tribulation’ that some teachers still ascribe to, it is good to see more and more pastors such as John MacArthur beginning to teach the “Islamic End-Time Paradigm” and not the traditional “Revived Roman Empire” position.  Eyes are being opened, and prophetic knowledge is increasing indeed …

Excerpt: “As you get to the end of human history and you get into the period of time of the tribulation, there is a specific fulfillment of this prophecy that I want you to understand, and it has to do with Islam.  Most people think of Islam as an utterly distinct religion from Christianity with no connection to Christianity … there are many religions that have no connections to Christianity … The Muslim ‘Jesus’ plays a crucial role in Islamic eschatology … the Muslims have an eschatology, in other words they have a ‘theology of the end’ [and] they know where they’re going according to their writings … let me describe the Muslim ‘Jesus’ to you …”

Update:  Looks like YouTube now believes that the truth about radical Islam should be called “hate speech.” Feel free to download the MP3 here and listen to Dr. John MacArthur’s full sermon.  The truth may set you free, even if it offends YouTube.

For those interested in this topic, you may also be interested in some of the articles listed on the Theology and Eschatology page, particularly:

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Christian Woman Freed from Muslim Kidnappers in Pakistan Refused To Convert To Islam

03/13/2011 Leave a comment

Matthew 10:33, “But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.” Even in the face of death she could not be forced to deny SALVATION.

“LAHORE, Pakistan – A Christian mother of seven here who last August was kidnapped, raped, sold into marriage and threatened with death if she did not convert to Islam was freed this week.

After she refused to convert and accept the marriage, human traffickers had threatened to kill Shaheen Bibi, 40, and throw her body into the Sindh River if her father, Manna Masih, did not pay a ransom of 100,000 rupees (US$1,170) by Saturday (March 5), the released woman told Compass…

‘I asked them who they were,’ she said. ‘They said that they were Muslims, to which I told them that I was a married Christian woman with seven children, so it was impossible for me to marry someone, especially a Muslim.’

Giving her a prayer rug (musalla), her captors – Ahmed Baksh, Muhammad Amin and Jaam Ijaz – tried to force her to convert to Islam and told her to recite a Muslim prayer, she said.

‘I took the musalla but prayed to Jesus Christ for help,’ she said. ‘They realized that I should be returned to my family.'”  Read more.

Categories: Good News, Radical Islam

Korn Guitarist Brian Welch: From Korn to Jesus

03/10/2011 Leave a comment

Matthew 11:28, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Former guitarist and co-founder of heavy rock group Korn, Brian Welch talks about the amazing turn his life took when he accepted God for who He is. Saved from drugs and addiction, Welch tells his amazing testimony of Jesus’ love and salvation.

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Dark Rock Star Alice Cooper Reverts to Christianity

03/10/2011 Leave a comment

Ephesians 2:8, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God”

“I love the bible story of the prodigal son because it reminds us that we never know who is going to return to the fold. Watch and listen as villain rocker Alice Cooper expresses his Christian belief. If a friend or loved one in your life is straying from the path, just remember like Alice, they can too return to the Gospel.”  Watch video.

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Message from God to a Child

03/06/2011 Leave a comment
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CAIR Confronts Allen West Confronts CAIR

02/23/2011 Leave a comment

One of the members of the Class of 2010 in the U.S. House of Representatives has revealed he has little patience for the politically correct arguments that Islam is, in fact, a religion of peace and nonaggression. “Don’t try to blow sunshine up my butt,” U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., warned a member of CAIR …

Categories: Good News, Radical Islam

IDF deputy chief: Israel’s army needs faith in God more than tanks

02/21/2011 Leave a comment

Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Naveh said the events currently shaking the Arab world ‘were ordained from above’ by a guiding hand. ‘We don’t know where it will lead, but it’s clear to us that there is a hand from above.’  Read more.

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