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Worldview News
June 30, 2009, 6:41 am
Filed under: Action alerts, American Government, Articles, Current Events, Historical, In Freedom's Cause, Ministry links, Political, Pro-life, Radio Ministries, Standing for Truth, biblical authority, patriotism | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Item #1

A Revolution Needs Two Things: A Financial Crisis and the Youth of the Middle Class   By Brannon Howse

To read these stories look under our national and international news section at:
http://www.worldviewtimes.com/news

Can you Say Corporate Fascism?
Rothschild and Freshfields founders linked to slavery
Global warming bill could cost $6,800 per family
Known terrorists were allowed to keep aviation licenses
Buchanan: Climate Bill Will Lead to Transfer of Wealth and Power to World Government

Item #2

The Doctrine Debate: Why doctrine matters more than ever
By Sean McDowell
Doctrine is under attack. You initial response might be, “Of course it is, heretics have been challenging the foundations of the church since its inception!” But there is a powerful difference regarding the challenges of today: not only are particular doctrines under attack (e.g. the Trinity, the incarnation, Hell, the inerrancy of Scriptures), but the idea of doctrine itself is increasingly being considered antiquated, irrelevant, and downright divisive. And these challenges are not only from outside the church, but from inside as well.

Item #3

Obama Sides With Marxists Over Honduras
By Cliff Kincaid
Claims of a “military coup” have appeared in the press because that is the way far-left officials of the Obama Administration have described it.

Item #4

Worldview Matters with Brannon Howse
Brannon’s guest is John McTeran who wrote the book, As America Has Done to Israel. John details the direct connection between the alarming number of massive disasters striking America and her leaders pressuring Israel to surrender her land for “peace”. Costing hundreds of lives and causing hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of damage, dozens of disasters, including devastating earthquakes, raging fires, hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, and tornadoes, have hit America-and always within twenty-four hours of putting pressure on Israel. John also shows the connection between America turning on Israel and our current financial crisis.

Item #5

Obama Is Running A “Gangster” Government
Item #6

Let’s Take America Back?
By Ingrid Schlueter
The moral bankruptcy of America’s supposedly “conservative” party was made plain once again in the last few days as the lurid story of South Carolina’’s, governor, Mark Sanford, played out in the media. Mark Sanford has long portrayed himself as a born-again Christian and family values conservative. He has a beautiful wife and four young sons. That didn’t stop him, however, from having a steamy affair with a woman in Argentina, the emails from which are now being published in the media. Once viewed as potential Presidential candidate material, the GOP now says his adultery is a “gamechanger.”

Item #7

Obama’s Health Care Reform in Trouble
By Phyllis Schlafly
Barack Obama’s high-speed train to Socialism was knocked off track by a surprising source: the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Just as the Senate HELP Committee (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) was about to begin voting on Chairman Ted Kennedy’s (D-MA) health care plan (which Obama had let be known was his favorite), CBO released a report that this plan would cost at least a trillion dollars and still leave 36 million people uninsured through 2017.

Item #8

Understanding The Times with Jan Markell
Loving These “End-Times” Jim Fletcher joins Jan to talk about the Obama Cairo speech, the Leftist Churches for Middle East Peace created to bash Israel (and their evangelical partners, Bill Hybels and the National Association of Evangelicals,) and his book, It’s the End of the World as We Know it (and I Feel Fine:) How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love These End-Times.

David Barton Live
Keeping Traditional American Values in Texas Schools Guest: Brooke Terry, Texas Public Policy Foundation

Item #10

Chris Rosebrough
• Brand New Marty Python • Does God Rejoice Over Abortion? • Britain is No Longer a Christian Nation • Rick Warren Speaking at Islamic Convention

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A Psalm~
June 28, 2009, 6:43 am
Filed under: Prayer & Supplication, Standing for Truth, The Holy Scriptures | Tags: , , ,

1 To you, O Lord, I call;
 my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you be silent to me,
 I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
 when I cry to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
 toward your most holy sanctuary.  

3 Do not drag me off with the wicked,
 with the workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.
4 Give to them according to their work
and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
render them their due reward.
5 Because they do not regard the works of the Lord
or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more. 

6 Blessed be the Lord!
For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him. 

8 The Lord is the strength of his people; 
he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
9 Oh, save your people and bless your heritage!
Be their shepherd and carry them forever. Psalm 28:1-9 ESV  Shabbit Shalom!

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House passes Cap & Tax bill narrowly
June 26, 2009, 5:43 pm
Filed under: American Government, Current Events, News and media, Political | Tags: , , ,

The bill would reduce nationwide greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050 through a so-called “cap-and-trade” program under which companies would buy and sell emissions credits.

The bill passed 219-212, with virtually no Republican support.

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Worldview news
June 26, 2009, 9:32 am
Filed under: Action alerts, American Government, Articles, Constitutional Rights, Current Events, In Freedom's Cause, Ministry links, News and media, Political, Standing for Truth, biblical authority | Tags: , , , , ,

Item #1

Iran, Israel and the Nuclear Crisis: An Evangelical Christian Perspective
By Joel Rosenberg
Iran, Israel and the Nuclear Crisis: An Evangelical Christian Perspective

To read these stories look under our national and international news section at:
http://www.worldviewtimes.com/news
CAIR and the FBI
Obama’s Financial Reform Proposal: A Stealth Scheme for Global Monetary Control
Cashless society by 2012, says Visa chief
Obama Set for First Step on Immigration Reform
Warren Buffett to CNBC: U.S. Economy In “Shambles” .. No Signs of Recovery Yet
Item #2

The top-performing letter that predicted the Crash of 2008 now predicts a confiscatory Franklin D. Roosevelt-style “bank holiday.”
The top-performing letter that predicted the Crash of 2008 now predicts a confiscatory Franklin D. Roosevelt-style “bank holiday.” But it’s surprisingly sanguine about stocks — in the (very) short term.

Item #3

Worldview Matters with Brannon Howse
Topic One: Market Watch, the website of the Wall Street Journal, has an article by Peter Brimelow in which is sites the Harry Schultz Letter. Brimelow named the HSL his letter of the year for 2008 which means the Harry Schultz Letter is well respected in the financial world. The HSL letter has reported that “Some U.S. embassies worldwide are being advised to purchase massive amounts of local currencies; enough to last them a year. Some embassies are being sent enormous amounts of U.S. cash to purchase currencies from those governments, quietly. But not pound sterling. Inside the State Dept., there is a sense of sadness and foreboding that ’something’ is about to happen … within 180 days, but could be 120-150 days.”  John Loeffler of Steel on Steel joins Brannon to discuss this report.  Topic Two: Brannon is a guest of Ron Meyers to discuss what is happening in Iran.  Topic Three:  Here comes Koh to the Justice Department.  Topic Four: A United Nations conference is being held from June 24-26 in New York and on the agenda is a global IRS with a global tax. The UN, with the help of Obama’s unofficial point man at the UN is Joseph Stiglitz who is an admitted socialist that wants to nationalize the banks. Listen as Brannon explains how Stiglitz is working with the U.N. General Assembly President Miguel D’ Escoto who is the former foreign minister of Communist Sandinista Nicaragua and is a former Catholic priest that is committed to the Marxist liberation theology. Topic Five: WSJ op-ed says we need greater global governance.  Topic Six: Rick Warren to speak at Islamic conference with flag burning Islamic radical. Do you think Rick will give the gospel?  Think again. Topic Seven: International Convention for the Church of the Nazarene is being challenged by a group of faithful believers to reject the Emergent Church that has sweeping through their denomination like every other major church denomination in America. Topic Eight: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said on June 23 that the Obama Administration is looking to how and when to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Why does this matter and what should you do? Topic Nine: New initiative would build temple next to Dome of the Rock. Topic Ten: Dogs and cats can pass superbug MRSA. Brannon concludes by putting all these news stories into a Biblical perspective and how Christians should respond. 

Item #4

Conservatism Won’t Save America
By Jan Markell
Can we take our government back in 2010 or 2012 and in like manner then take America back? That is what the majority of conservative talk show hosts keep proclaiming. I enjoy and learn a great deal from them but they are missing the mark. Their interpretation of “saving America” is most often turning more blue states into red states! They don’t understand that changing America’s political parties is not enough to turn the nasty tide. They are missing the root of the problem.

Item #5

Call Now to Stop UN Children’s Treaty
Monday in a Harlem middle school, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told a group of 120 students that administration officials are actively discussing “when and how it might be possible to join” (that is, ratify) the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). As before, she also communicated what a disgrace it is that the U.S. would stand with only Somalia against such a widely accepted treaty.  The Whitehouse Comments line is: (202) – 456 - 4000 or you can check out this website for more information.  You can contact Ambassador Rice at: (212) – 415 – 4000.  Your Senators should also be contacted! 

Item #6

Understanding The Times with Jan Markell
What’s with Muslim-Christian “Dialogue”? What’s with popular Muslim – Christian “interfaith dialogue”? John Marion and Richard Braun from “Truth for Muslims” explain that Christians don’t understand the trap the Islamic world is laying for Christians in this effort. Heavily targeted are evangelicals and the NAE and Evangelical World Alliance have signed on to the worst: “A Common Word.” Each side has also pledged one week a year to talk about “the good aspects of both faiths.” Christian leaders have been deceived to believe this will happen in a Mosque and praise of Islam may be coming to your pulpit soon. Once again, the lack of discernment from the Christian world puts all Christians and America at risk.

Item #7

Wealth and A Biblical Worldview
By Craig Smith
According to Scripture, true wealth is a tool to advance the Kingdom of God created by our hard work and good stewardship, not only for our own benefit, but to help others (I Corinthians 10:24). But knowing what true wealth is and understanding it are two very different things.

Item #8

An Exposition and Evaluation of the McGowen View on the Inspiration of Scripture
By Norm Geisler
In His book The Divine Spiration of Scripture: Challenging Evangelical Perspectives (Inter Varsity Press, 2007) Scottish Reformed theologian A. T. B. McGowen provides a thought-provoking evaluation of the ongoing debate between the infalliblist and the inerrantist positions. A careful reading of his proposal reveals many positive contributions.

Item #9

David Barton Live
Freedom Requires a Conservative Economic Paradigm – Part 2 Guest: Former Congressman Bob McEwen (OH)

Item #10

A resolution on freemasonry has been submitted to the Resolution Committee of the Southern Baptist for consideration
The following resolution on freemasonry has been submitted to the Resolution Committee of the Southern Baptist for consideration. The last time such a resolution made it to the floor of the convention they dodged the issue by saying they don’t dictate to the churches.

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Cap & Trade: The Hidden Tax
June 25, 2009, 6:28 am
Filed under: Action alerts, American Government, Articles, C4L, Constitutional Rights, Current Events, Facts, In Freedom's Cause, Links, News and media, Political, Ron Paul | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

The House of Representatives is slated to vote on the Cap and Trade bill this Friday (6-26-2009) according to the Washington Post.  

The House Rules Committee unveiled the latest version of the bill, which weighs in at 1,201 pages. It features new items such as $7.5 billion in “green bonds” for a new federal financing agency called the Clean Energy Deployment Administration, extra emission allowances for politically powerful rural electric cooperatives, greater flexibility for states that want to use free allowances for mass transit, and tweaks benefiting a range of companies, including algae-based biofuel producers and major petroleum refiners.  (emphasis added)

This piece of legislation seems to be a top priority of the Obama administration – but will it help or hurt our flailing economy?   How much would this hidden tax cost the average American household?

The New York Times and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have helpful information regarding the cost of such a bill.    

Campaign for Liberty provides a break down of the facts:

You see, energy companies just pass the costs of these draconian regulations through to the consumer in the form of huge price increases.

As a result, you will pay higher gas prices, higher electric prices, and higher costs for goods.

Barack Obama has estimated the costs of this legislation to American taxpayers to be over 650 BILLION dollars over the next eight years, and that figure is no doubt just a fraction of the real cost.

But even that modest estimate amounts to hundreds of dollars a year in increased living expenses for every family — and will more likely cost thousands a year.

And according to the Heritage Foundation, between 1.2 and 2.3 million jobs could be lost over the next ten-years due to the bill’s stifling regulations.

This current economic crisis is no time for Congress to consider both raising prices on hard-working Americans AND costing them jobs.

That’s why we must act now to send a message to Congress to reject this disastrous Cap-and-Tax Scheme….

Supporters of the legislation are of course trying to downplay the cost of this scheme to the American people.

But if the bill does not directly and massively increase energy costs to consumers, how would it possibly achieve its stated aims?

It is only through these massive cost increases — mandated and enforced by the federal government — that the dubious goal of reducing carbon emissions could possibly be reached….  (emphasis added)

The Partnership for America’s Energy Security has provided some useful stats on the cost each state would absorb.  

So what should we do?  Call your congressperson and express your dismay at this bill.  Let them know that it will cost them in the next election should this pass!    Please join me in this fight to save our country from those who would turn us awry.  

For Liberty,

Abby – editor Imprimis

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These days
June 24, 2009, 9:00 am
Filed under: Family & Friends, Fun together, Gardening, Happenings, Homemaking, personal, My dearest family, My simple life, Pictures, a lovely home | Tags: , , , , , , ,

It seems like the last few weeks have been so very busy, with lots of guests and visits from friends and acquaintances.   People drop by, or call and then come over.  Unexpected and expected visitors to chat with and enjoy their company. 

That is one thing that I admire in my parents.  They have always been hospitable, to everyone.  We’ve had complete strangers over for meals, to stay with us for a night or just given them a glass of cold water as they were trying to sell us a product.   That is the way every Christian home should be, a revolving door of company.   It is certainly a high motivation to keep the house clean. :)

Yesterday was no exception.  In the morning Joel, Caleb and I went to the other garden to weed, and pick veggies (the Mom is out of town for a little bit and asked us to do some extra work while she’s away).  After the hot work was complete, we came home and ate breakfast.   It wasn’t long before the W.’s arrived.  Caleb and Nathaniel have been working together to get all of Caleb’s lawnmowers up and running and so they were delivering one of the fixed ones here.   It was a wonderful visit, though short.  SDC17691

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Later in the afternoon,  we got a call from our friend Neal that he was selling the Jeep (Joel’s old car) to a man and needed to come by to pick up some paperwork.  He was here for a couple of hours after the transaction talking with Dad about theology and other things.  Mom was out in the front speaking with our neighbor Jana about life and whatnot, while Caleb worked across the street at one of his customer’s making a patio.  Phoebe, Jaden, Johanna and I played with Dillon (Jana’s son) in the front.  

At dinner, Joel told us that Uncle Greg was going to come over for a few minutes so he could pick up something Joel had purchased on his behalf.  So, a few minutes later, he arrived and it was wonderful to see him again! :)    He stayed for 25 minutes and we chatted about everyday things.  SDC17697

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mom was talking with Aunt Jill (her sister) on the phone, and they are coming over on Friday.   I can’t wait to see them! :)

 After Uncle Greg departed, and dinner was done, we kids surprised Dad with a late Father’s Day present.  A 2 volume Dictionary of Evangelical Biographies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               SDC17700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After dinner, I read to Jaden from Kirk Cameron’s autobiography Still Growing.  What a fun read!  And Jaden was listening and asked if I could read anotherchapter.  Too bad it was 10:00. :)    Then at bedtime (a few minutes after reading to Jaden) I read some more from The Princess Adelinato Johanna.  We are enjoying reading this wonderful historical narrative together.  It is a bit difficult to understand, since it is from 700 A.D. but what a wonderful story it presents!  SDC17701

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow is going to be another BUSY day – Some of us will go up to the garden to work in it for a while, Mom has her Dr’s appointment, then we are going to have lunch with the M.’s in Rockwall, and then who knows what else we’ll do for the rest of the day.  One never knows at the Kautt house. ;)  

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Worldview News
June 23, 2009, 2:24 pm
Filed under: Articles, Current Events, Ministry links, Standing for Truth, The Holy Scriptures | Tags: , , , , , ,

Item #1 Worldview Matters with Brannon Howse: Five Reasons Not To Invite Jesus into Your Heart Topic One: Brannon asks for two favors from you, the listening audience. Topic Two: Todd Friel on Five Reasons not to Invite Jesus into Your Heart. Todd looks at how man-made terminology and lack of theology and doctrine has produced false converts. Todd also explains the emergent church and the seeker friendly church and hears clips of Todd debating an atheist.

Item #2

Rick Warren to Speak at Islamic Society Convention
By Eric Barger
It shouldn’t shock us but this Sunday (June 21) the Indianapolis Star will run a feature story reporting that Rick Warren (author of The Purpose Driven Life and Pastor of Saddleback Church in southern. California) is going to be a featured speaker at the annual convention of The Islamic Society of North America, July 3-6 in Washington, DC. Warren’s picture currently appears on the groups website. (Click here for story.) I do wonder what sort of Purpose Driven church, er, ah, make that “mosque growth” tips Warren will share with the conference participants? Is peace at any cost worth it Rick?

Item #3

FEMINIST INGRATITUDE: A U.S. senator treated the world to a shocking display of rudeness toward a member of our armed services.
By Rebecca Hagelin
Last week a U.S. senator treated the world to a shocking display of rudeness toward a member of our armed services.

Item #4

David Barton Live
The Secrets of America’s Success Guest: Former Congressman Bob McEwen (OH)

Item #5

The Plan For Socialist World Government
By Cliff Kincaid
These proposals, the document says, include initiatives involving “taxation for global objectives.”

Item #6

Why Women Are Unhappy
By Phyllis Schlafly
The National Bureau of Economic Research released a study to be published soon in the American Economic Journal that shows women’s happiness has measurably declined since 1970. It’s no surprise that this has stimulated much comment.

Item #7

Jan Markell
Can You Really Find God in “The Shack”? Can you really find God in “The Shack” as most readers claim? Eric Barger and Jan weigh in negatively as well as sound bytes from Dr. Michael Youssef and Dr. Albert Mohler. The book needs a “buyer beware” label due to twisted theology, yet it remains number one or two on almost all charts including the New York Times. Is this just another sign of the death of discernment?

Item #8

We Told You It Was Not A Far Jump From The Government Calling You an Extremist to Calling You a Terrorist
A written exam administered by the Pentagon labels “protests” as a form of “low-level terrorism” – enraging civil liberties advocates and activist groups who say it shows blatant disregard of the First Amendment.

Item #9

Looking verses lusting and George and Jesus
By Ray Comfort
“Just where in the Bible does God say that it’s wrong to ’show half-naked teenagers lying on top of each other in sexually explicit positions?’ Didn’t God make us born naked? Comfort sounds like a loyal member of the Taliban.”
Item #10

Is Marriage a Religious or Civil Law Institution?
By Brannon Howse
Doug Kmiec, a prominent Catholic who backed Barack Obama’s presidential bid, has endorsed replacing marriage with a neutral “civil license,” a proposal law professor Robert P. George called a “terrible idea” that would make the government neglect a vital social institution.

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A psalm for the day~
June 23, 2009, 5:38 am
Filed under: The Holy Scriptures | Tags: ,

 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters. 
 3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness 
for his name’s sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever. 

Psalm 23:1-6

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S. 604 News
June 22, 2009, 1:01 pm
Filed under: Action alerts, Current Events, In Freedom's Cause, Links, Political | Tags: , ,

Shelly Rouche over at Bytestyle.tv has some great and helpful information about the Senate version of Ron Paul’s H.R. 1207 – Audit the Fed bill.   By-the-way, calling these Senators is really easy!  I called two in a matter of 30-45 seconds. 

Today’s target:

Bob Corker (R-TN)  202-224-3344 (member of Banking Committee) 

Thanks for calling!! :)

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Happy Father’s Day!
June 21, 2009, 7:10 am
Filed under: Current Events, Historical, My dearest family, simple things in life | Tags: , , , ,

Happy Father’s Day Dad & all the Dad’s in the world!  You have a very important role in the lives of your children.  Without you, this world would be empty, and so much worse. 

“Honor your father… that your days may be long upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Ex. 20:12 

I love you Dad!!!

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