Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13

Sensitive to religion - but living like the devil
Jul 21st, 2013
Thought For The WeekA. W. Tozer
Categories: Commentary;False Doctrine

In our day you can find plenty of men and women in all walks of life who live like the devil while insisting that they are "sensitive" to religion!

If an evangelist sweeps through and the excitement gets big enough, they will go to the meeting and swell the crowd and contribute to the offering - and it will look big.

But here's the catch: after it is all over, the moral standards of the community are right where they were before. I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard and consciousness of the church or community has not been a revival from God.

The "god" that men believe in now, and to whom they are "sensitive," is a kind of divine Pan with a pipe who plays lovely music while they dance, but he is not a God that makes any moral demands on them.

I still say that any revival that will come to a nation and leave people as much in love with money as they were before and as engrossed in human pleasures is a snare and a delusion!

True faith in God - not in any god, not in religion, but faith in the sovereign God who made heaven and earth and who will require men's deeds - that is the God we must believe in, my friends. Believing in Him, we will seek to crucify our flesh and put on the new man which is renewed in holiness.

That kind of faith in God is all but gone. When the Son of Man cometh, will He find faith on the earth?

"...Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Luke 18:8

Palestinian Official: No Decision Yet on Talks
Jul 21st, 2013
Daily Newsdebkafile
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Close Abbas aide Yasser Abd Rabbo said Sunday in Ramallah that the Palestinian leadership has not yet decided whether to go back to negotiations with Israel. It would depend on clarifications on certain issues, some of them on substance, offered at the meeting ahead of Israel and Palestinian teams in Washington at the end of the week. He said the Americans had promised answers by then.

Let the Headlines Speak
Jul 21st, 2013
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Move over NSA, here comes the Obamacare Big Brother database
Would you trust thousands of low-level Federal bureaucrats and contractors with one-touch access to your private financial and medical information? Under Obamacare you won’t have any choice. As the Obamacare train-wreck begins to gather steam, there is increasing concern in Congress over something called the Federal Data Services Hub.  

Egypt starts on new constitution
A 10-strong panel of legal experts, appointed by interim President Adly Mansour, is to start work on Sunday on amending Egypt's constitution. They have 30 days to draft changes paving the way for new parliamentary and presidential elections. The previous constitution framed by the government of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi has been suspended.  

Egypt army ready to commence Sinai operation amid more attacks by Islamists
The Egyptian army is strengthening its presence in the Sinai and trying to close off routes in and out of the region while it continues to destroy tunnels that connect with Gaza, according to a report by the Egyptian paper Al-Masry Al-Youm on Sunday. Naval forces and border guards have moved into the sea off the Sinai coast and are preventing fishermen from entering the sea.  

Wave of car bombs kills at least 30 in Baghdad
At least 30 people have been killed in a series of car bombings across the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say. The attacks targeted mainly commercial areas in the districts of Karrada, Baiyaa, Shurta, Tobchi and Zafaraniya, police said. They came at the end of fasting for the day. Muslims are observing the holy month of Ramadan.  

3,000-year-old palace in Israel linked to biblical King David
Israeli archaeologists say they have found the remains of a palace that they believe was a seat of power for the biblical King David — but other experts say that claim shouldn't be taken as the gospel truth.  

1967 lines not the basis for new talks, report says
Contrary to Palestinian claims, the terms for restarting long-dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace talks do not include a reference to the 1967 lines, according to a Western official quoted by The New York Times late Saturday.  

Monsoonal moisture helps give firefighters an edge in blazes
Firefighters made significant progress Saturday gaining control of two Southern California wildfires -- one near Palm Springs and the other near the Grapevine. Crews were helped by the arrival of monsoonal moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, lowering temperatures, increasing the humidity, and bringing light rain.  

Islamic extremists reportedly attacking Egypt's Christian community over Morsi ouster
The Muslim Brotherhood reportedly is attempting to blame Egypt’s Coptic Christian community for the recent ousting of President Mohammed Morsi and even resorting to violent tactics in an effort to gain back power. Reports have surfaced out of Egypt that sectarian attacks against Copts by Islamic extremists are on the rise since Morsi was ousted July 3. Copts, who make up about 9% of Egypt's population, have said they consistently have been targeted by Islamic radicals for campaigning against the Muslim Brotherhood-backed president.  

Tornado hits Ohio's Ursuline College
A tornado packing 110 mph winds hit Ursuline College in northeast Ohio early Saturday morning, collapsing a wall of the school's athletic center and damaging other buildings but causing no injuries, officials said.  

6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes off New Zealand coast
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter was about 35 miles (57 kilometers) south of Wellington, New Zealand, the USGS said. The quake struck at a depth of 6.3 miles (10.1 kilometers).  

Islamist rebels would gain sway in long Syrian war: U.S. official
Radical Islamist rebels will gain sway over the many disparate factions opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unless they are checked, and the country's civil war could last years, a top Pentagon intelligence official said on Saturday. 

The Politics of Race: “Perpetual Victimhood”
The highly sensationalized George Zimmerman case, which ended in his acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin in the Florida state court, is far from over and could end up in federal court. The NAACP has announced that it will pursue civil rights charges with the department of Justice. The Association’s President, Benjamin Jealous, said the group will not rest until racial profiling in all its forms is outlawed. The justice department is now evaluating whether it has enough evidence to support a prosecution of Zimmerman. Although racism and stereotypes exist in America and need to be opposed, the Zimmerman case is not the battleground for this cause, nor is Zimmerman’s acquittal a civil rights issue. Instead the emotions of the public have been riled up by the politicization of the case.

As ‘Tide Seems to Have Shifted’ in Assad’s Favour, U.S. Considering Military Action in Syria: Top Ge
Jul 21st, 2013
Daily NewsNational Post
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

The U.S. is considering the use of military force in Syria, the country’s top general said Thursday.

Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he has provided President Barack Obama with options for military strikes in Syria, where the civil war has cost at least 93,000 lives.

He told a Senate hearing that under current conditions, he believed President Bashar Assad would still be in power in a year’s time.

“Currently the tide seems to have shifted in his favour,” he said.

The Obama administration has said that it will supply small arms to Syrian rebels, but has so far resisted calls from some senators to intervene with U.S. military forces or implement a no-fly zone.

General Dempsey said that Mr Obama had asked him whether the U.S. “could”, but not whether it “should”, stage a military intervention. The “issue is under deliberation inside of our agencies of government,” the general said.