Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13

Uk Schools Ban Girls Skirts to Become More Inclusive for Trans People
Sep 13th, 2019
CommentaryJONATHON VAN MAREN/BRIDGEHEAD.CA
Categories: Contemporary Issues

It is a curious characteristic of progressive movements that they often begin by singing praises to a rainbow of diversity, and end by enforcing dull, grey conformism. 

Gender fluidity is in the process of being sold to the public as a joyful experience in which the shackles of heteronormative binarism are flung off and each person can define his or her (or ze or zir etc.) own reality, regardless of seemingly immutable physical truths. 

Those biological truths have now become transphobic, and are banished from schools that once specialized in teaching things like biology. (I'm waiting--and just watch, it will happen--for the first high school textbooks describing the male and female anatomy to be tossed out, re-written, or labeled "offensive" and "outdated.")

It is an inescapable but almost universally ignored fact that in order for the ideology of gender fluidity to win the day, our previous understandings of the world will have to be trashed. School staff cannot simultaneously recognize biological reality while also allowing Joe to call himself Lucy and play on the girls' sports teams and change in the girls' locker room. 

As transgenderism lurches from a fringe ideology to a fad, schools are grappling with how to deal with this strange new reality--and some have now decided to respond by banning certain distinctive differences in dress between girls and boys in order to level the playing field. From the Independent:

At least 40 secondary schools in England have banned girls from wearing skirts, an analysis of uniform policies across the country reveals. Further schools are also considering the move to gender-neutral uniforms, which are more inclusive of transgender pupils.

One of the schools to have made the change is Priory School in Lewes, East Sussex, after pupils questioned why boys and girls should have to wear different clothing and stressed the importance of ensuring transgender students feel comfortable. However not all students and parents were happy with the changes and over 150 showed up to protest on the first day of classes.

In response the school called police who stood guard at the entrance checking uniforms for compliance, eventually closing the gate and locking out students

One mom, who has two daughters aged 12 and 15, at the school, told reporters she was upset ‘that the emphasis at this school seems to be on uniform and not on education’. One of her daughters was wearing trousers and the other was wearing a skirt – both said they were locked outside and couldn’t go to class. 

MP for Lewes, Maria Caulfield, wrote on Twitter that she was ‘very disturbed’ to see the school turning away girls for wearing a skirt, adding: ‘This is not how we should be treating the young women of Lewes.’

At Copleston High School in Ipswich, skirts feature on a list of unacceptable items of clothing alongside "skinny jeans and facial piercings," the Sunday Times reports. All pupils at the school must wear "plain grey trousers."

In order to implement the ideology of gender fluidity into the school system, a few other practices must first be abandoned. Distinctions between girls and boys have to be banned entirely, and if girls want to look feminine ( a word that gender ideology is in the process of rendering meaningless), that's too bad--it's forbidden now. 

Nothing quite highlights the ridiculousness of transgender ideology like seeing a male attempt to pose as a female (they are truly fooling nobody)--and nothing exposes that farce as effectively as a girl who appears and dresses in a lovely and feminine fashion. In contrast, those males who are attempting to pose as females (or even become female) look like the clumsy parodies that they are.

One high school even managed to up the ante, telling boys that they couldn't wear shorts--but that if they wanted to cross-dress, they should feel free:

Last month, Chiltern Edge School in Oxfordshire banned boys from wearing shorts in summer but said they were free to wear skirts instead, and earlier this year the headteacher of leading boarding school Uppingham School in Rutland revealed boys were allowed to wear skirts. 

There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. "Gender fluidity" might be pitched as a more inclusive way to see the world, but for the new ideologies to take hold, the old way of seeing the world--boys being boys and girls being girls and boys and girls being different from one another--will have to be bulldozed. And for some schools, that means eliminating femininity--girls must wear grey trousers--and attacking masculinity--boys can wear skirts.

One day, this generation is going to truly despise the ideologues who forced their twisted projects into their places of learning--and will feel nothing but contempt for the spineless masses who let it happen.

Of Him, and Through Him, and to Him, are All Things - Romans 11:36
Sep 13th, 2019
Morning MeditationF. B. Meyer
Categories: Commentary;Inspirational;Book Study

This verse reminds us of those lagoons of perfectly still clear water, of which travellers tell. So clear, that it is easily possible to look into their translucent depths to where the submarine foliage waves! So deep, that the ordinary measuring line fails to plumb them! All these words are monosyllables. A child just learning to read could easily spell them out. But who shall exhaust their meaning?

Of Him.--The entire scheme of redemption; the marvellous history of the chosen people, with which this chapter is occupied; the universe of matter, all are included in the all things that have emanated out of God. No one has been His counsellor, or given aught to Him. from all created things, which are as the stream, let us climb to Him, who is their fountain, source, and origin; and in Him let us learn to fill our own souls to the very brim.

Through Him.--Through Jesus Christ, the Mediator, God has poured the entire grace and wealth of His nature to bless and help us. There is no good thing that does not come to us through the mediation of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. Through Him He made the worlds. Through Him we have received the reconciliation. Through Him, also, all grace is made to abound toward us. Never forget to magnify the Lord Jesus as the source of all your supply.

To Him.--Creation, Providence, Redemption, are all tending back to God. The tide is setting in toward the throne. A revenue of glory shall yet accrue from all that has happened within the parenthesis of time. Every whit in the great temple shall one day say "Glory!"

Let the Headlines Speak
Sep 13th, 2019
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines

New Zealand rocked by strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake as a ‘powerful tremor’ strikes Wellington
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‘No choice but to bring down Hamas’
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Did Humans Walk the Earth with Dinosaurs? Triceratops Horn Dated to 33,500 Years
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Trump was right: Feds arrest former top FEMA officials, contractor for corruption tied to Puerto Rico relief effort
Former deputy regional administrator Ahsha Nateef Tribble; Jovanda Patterson, Tribble’s chief of staff; and Donald Keith Ellison, former President of Cobra Acquisitions, LLC, were arrested on charges including “conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services wire fraud and disaster fraud,” according to CBS News. The arrests come following two years’ worth of complaints and blame game politics by Democrats who accused President Donald Trump of inadequately responding to damage caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017 when the storm devastated a large portion of the Caribbean island, which is a U.S. territory. The arrests this week appear to vindicate him, not his critics.

Pope Francis shrugs off critics, calling schism part of church’s history
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Russian nuclear missile with ‘unlimited’ range to be ready by 2025, US intelligence says
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Congressman John Ratcliffe Says DOJ ‘Is Going To Have To Indict’ McCabe
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Evangelical Delegation meets with Saudi Crown Prince on eve of 9/11 anniversary. Here’s why.
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Novel AI system proves 100% accurate at detecting heart failure from a single heartbeat
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Fully-formed, tiny heart is 3D bioprinted from human donor’s cells
According to BIOLIFE4D, the bioprinted heart contains four internal chambers – just like the real thing – and “is replicating partial functional metrics compared to a full-sized heart.” We’re still waiting to hear back from the company, as to whether or not that means it actually beats. It is now hoped that once the technology is developed further, it could be used to print full-sized hearts for transplant. Because the organs had been “grown” from the patient’s own cells, rejection by the immune system likely wouldn’t be an issue.

Netanyahu: We will have no choice but to start an operation in Gaza
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Netanyahu: “I don’t think Russia and Iran are getting closer”
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IDF attacks Gaza, terrorists try and down military aircraft
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Trump delays tariff hikes on Chinese goods ahead of talks
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Al-Qaeda leader urges attacks on the West on 9/11 anniversary
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Trump says Fed ‘boneheads’ should cut interest rates to zero ‘or less,’ US should refinance debt
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Study: More than Half of Americans Trust Law Enforcement to Use Facial Recognition Responsibly
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Russia carries out mass raids on Kremlin critic Navalny’s supporters
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Russia warns against annexing Jordan Valley on eve of Netanyahu-Putin meet
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Chinese Pastors Ordered to Preach about Confucius: It’s the ‘Erosion of Christianity’
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BBC Video Tells Children: There Are More Than 100 ‘Gender Identities’
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2500 people missing after destruction brought by Hurricane “Dorian”
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Austin City Council Votes to Use $150,000 of Taxpayer Money to Fund ‘Abortion Support Services’
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The State Of Michigan Approves Superbia Credit Union, America’s First-Ever ‘Gay Bank’ Catering Exclusively To The LGBTQ+P For Pedophile Movement
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Illinois Hospital Set Up Comfort Room for Babies Born Alive after Botched Abortions — Parents Welcome to Take Photos of Dying Baby
Nurse and Human Rights activist Jill Stanek gives a voice to the unborn.
She has done this for several years.

Remembering 9/11 and the criminal neocons who engineered it to destroy evidence of deep state criminality and the theft of trillions of dollars
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Were the Clintons and Ronald Reagan Talking About a Real or Fake Alien Invasion?
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Drag Queen Blames Children for ‘Inappropriate Contact’ During ‘Story Hour’ Event
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Three Thousand Americans Cry Out For Justice From Their Collective Graves
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New Sexual Fetish; Couples Getting Pregnant and Having Multiple Abortions
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WATCH: Ground Zero Mosque: Second Wave of 9/11 Attacks
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Canada: Orthodox Priest Fired for Praying for Israel
Sep 13th, 2019
CommentaryBREAKING ISRAEL NEWS
Categories: Antisemitism

A Christian Orthodox priest in Nova Scotia was forced to retire after delivering a sermon that honored Judaism and Israel reported the Canadian Jewish News.

The head priest of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Church in Halifax, Father Vladimir Tobin, got a letter from the Orthodox Church in America Archbishop Irénée, the archbishop of Ottawa and Canada, on Aug. 12, letting him know that he is being forcibly retired. The forced resignation was due to the "Jewish twist in your ministry."

The wording appears to be referencing a sermon Father Tobin gave in which he mentioned Israel and Judaism in favorable terms. He then requested that congregants pray for Israel and reminded the congregation that Jesus was a Jew.

"I've always been straightforward, have always spoken my mind," Father Tobin told CJN from his home in New Germany, about 75 miles south of Halifax.

He also said that over the last several years, his sermons have connected Christianity's roots and the Old Testament's Jewish background.

The 77-year-old cleric traveled to Israel in May for the first time in 30 years. In the late 1960s, he visited the Holy Land for two weeks and came back in 1985 to get a doctorate in Egyptology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

A native of Halifax, Father Tobin noted that his grandmother was Jewish. However, he was baptized a Christian. While studying the early Christian era at Dalhousie University, he says that he realized that early Christians were actually Jewish and their scripture was the Old Testament.

The cleric was ordained as an Anglican priest. But Father Tobin felt that something was lacking in the denomination and was compelled to go to the Orthodox side.

"I was happy in Orthodoxy but felt there was some anti-Jewishness there. I wrote a piece for publication, but was told by my superiors that it was 'too Jewish.' That increased my determination that Christianity grew from Judaism. My own theology recognized a faith that started with Abraham and grew through the centuries through Christ," he explained.

He initially received a letter from Archbishop Irénée in April, after a written complaint by the assistant priest, Father Alexander Treiger, who accused Father Tobin of including prayers for Israel in his services.

"After much thought and consideration, I have decided that effective this date, April 8th, 2019, you are officially retired as Rector of St. Vladimir Orthodox Church, Halifax, NS," the archbishop wrote.

Father Tobin didn't take it lying down. The priest replied writing: "It is true that I regularly pray for both Israel and United States, its armies and its president, and for 'the land of Israel and the armies which protect her.' What is to prevent us for praying for other countries that need it? The U.S. and Israel are our allies and need our support for peace in the Middle East. There are precedents of praying for other nations within our tradition. My prayers are mainly intended to advance peace in the Middle East ."

Archbishop Irénée reinstated Tobin as priest over St. Vladimir's Orthodox Church after facing outrage from The Parish Council. However, Archbishop Irénée ultimately decided to fire Father Tobin again last month.

On Aug. 12, the archbishop wrote to Father Tobin: "Now, I place you once more on retirement as of Monday, August 26, 2019. This will permit you to say your farewells to the Faithful of Saint Vladimir Parish and remove your personal possessions from the church premises."

Father Tobin was planning on retiring soon but was upset he was forced to leave the church due to his love for Christianity's Jewish roots.

Meanwhile, Christian and Jewish leaders are strongly condemning the archbishop's decision to fire Tobin. 

"To be clear, this is church sanctioned anti-Semitism and they ought to be absolutely ashamed of themselves," Rev. Johnnie Moore, President of The Congress of Christian Leaders, told CBN News in a statement. 

Mrs. Yael Eckstein, President of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, praised Tobin for standing up to Christian anti-Semitism. 

"God bless this courageous priest.  In case you've ever wondered whether the work of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is important, this is exhibit A.  Anti-Israel bigotry is unfortunately still alive and well in certain far corners of Christianity. The bridge between Christians and Jews that we have been building for thirty years is nearly built - mainly, because of hundreds of millions of evangelicals - but there is still more work to do."