Episcopal Priest: LGBTQ People Will ‘Revitalize Christianity’

lgbt-640x480In a recent essay in Salon Magazine, the Reverend Elizabeth M. Edman argues for the power of “queer virtue” to combat “heteronormativity” and revitalize a Christianity that is too wedded to traditional ideas of human sexuality and marriage.

An Episcopal priest and a political strategist, Edman attempts to redeem the concept of “Pride” as central to the LGBT movement and integral to an authentically Christian life.  Continue reading…

Bang Bang! US Sees 13 Months of Breaking Gun Sales Records

1035984062America is in a national arms race with itself, with May 2016 the 13th month in a row to break guns sale records, according to FBI statistics.

Some 1,870,000 firearms-related background checks are estimated to have been completed in the US last month, setting a record for the month of May. In comparison, May 2015 saw 300,000 less checks. In 2008, the number of background gun checks in May was half that of this year.  Continue reading…

Hate-speech attack plan draws serious fire

free-speech-2“Religious and secular activists both are taking aim at a new plan by the European Union to require tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter to attack “hate” speech online. And for the same reason: The vague definitions could give people with nefarious agendas the power to censor speech. WND recently reported the agreement tech giants Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others reached with the European Union to crack down on what some regard as “hate speech.” The Associated Press reported the newly approved “code of conduct” will have the tech companies “quickly” remove “illegal hate speech directed against anyone over issues of race, color, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin.”

This is actually why I created my video portal website at www.John1429.org. Yes, I understand it’s a bit archaic in design and I am looking for a way to streamline it so as to make searching the videos easier. (ideas?) But it has to be done because soon I will be removed from YouTube for preaching present truth. As many of you already know, they have been censoring my emails for years and have deleted three of them outright so far. No, I do not preach hate, but as we know the truth as we know it now called hate speech. (See the following Newsletters… TPNL 03-02-00 “Is Preaching Gospel now Hate Crime?TPNL 09-30-03 “Bible = HATE CRIME in Canada!”Continue reading…

Complaint about prayer at graduation causes controversy in Pottsgrove School District

LOWER POTTSGROVE >> Internal emails provided to The Mercury reveal that the person who complained about prayer in the invocation and benediction at last year’s Pottsgrove High School graduation was Rick Rabinowitz, then a board member and currently the board president.

The revelation comes as the district moves closer to a June 7 public meeting on the issue and as differences of opinion in the community are rampant, along with divisions among board members, past and present.

Perhaps the most notable of these was board member Bill Parker remarking that the words “bigot” and “racist” could be associated with comments Rabinowitz has posted as the debate unfolded on Facebook.  Continue reading…

Church-State Separation Groups Take Issue With Iowa Governor’s Bible Reading Proclamation

born-again-bible-pd-701x381DES MOINES, Iowa — Three church-state separation groups are expressing objection to a proclamation issued by the governor of Iowa that urges residents to participate in a statewide Bible reading marathon.

In April, Gov. Terry Branstad signed a proclamation at the state capitol urging participation in a 99 county Bible reading marathon scheduled for June 30 through July 3. The Iowa Prayer Caucus, the National Governor’s Prayer Team and the United States Prayer Council organized the event.

“Whereas all Scripture is essential to prepare us to be the people God wants us to be and to accomplish the purpose for which he created us,” the proclamation reads in part, “and whereas, America, being founded upon biblical principles and Judeo-Christian ethics, as taught in the Bible, paid tribute to the Bible for its important influence upon the development of our nation by many of our great national leaders such as President Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, Wilson…”  Continue reading…

Church official says Vatican took years to act on abuse charges

figari-1A document obtained by Crux, related to accusations of sexual and other forms of abuse against the founder of a powerful Catholic lay movement in Peru, suggests that the Vatican was informed of the charges as early as May 2011 but essentially took no action for four years.

A May 17, 2016, letter addressed to Peru’s bishops by the head of the country’s main ecclesiastical court lists multiple steps taken to inform Rome of allegations against Luis Fernando Figari, founder of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), and expresses mounting frustration at the lack of response.  Continue reading…

The European Commission Wants You to Log into Social Media Accounts With Govt Issued ID Cards

eussr-cc-cc-1The EU is out of control. Americans, read up on what is going on in the European Union. I implore you. We can only pray that the UK turns its back on this system of hyper-cronyism.

(From Breitbart)

The European Commission plans to attack citizens’ right to online privacy, insisting that state-issued ID cards should be used to log into platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and even Uber.

The Vice President for the Digital Single Market on the European Commission, former Communist Andrus Ansip, is behind the next European Union (EU) raid on personal freedoms, promoting the idea of using national ID cards to log in to online services.

Leaked documents from within the European Commission revealed a call for the roll out of a more extensive use of national ID cards across the EU. The documents have since beenuploaded to the Commission’s own website…

“Calling on us to log onto YouTube with national IDs etc shows a direction of travel which should worry anybody who believes in personal liberty,” said Ms. James, adding: “Voting Leave in this Brexit Referendum is our way to shout “Stop” and put an end to this madness.”

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“We’re Hungry And Tired” – Protesters In Venezuela March Toward Presidential Palace Demanding Food

20160603_venezuelasupermarket_0Last month we showed just how severe the collapse in Venezuela had become, as starving Venezuelans took to looting supermarkets and other food dispensaries in search of whatever food could be found.

Despite having the world’s biggest oil reserves, Venezuelans are suffering from severe shortages of food and electricity, on top of inflation that makes it difficult to buy anything to begin with. Angry citizens have had enough, and again took to the streets yesterday to march on the presidential palace, ChantingNo more talk. We want food!“.  Once protesters were within about a half dozen blocks of the palace, police in riot gear blocked the road and began firing tear gas.  Continue reading…

VIDEO: Tiny Christian church in holy war with Islam

belmont-drive-missionary-baptist-sign“The church is so small it doesn’t even have a website. It’s main method of communicating with the outside world is its outdoor marquee sitting out front of its building along a highway that few travel. Harrington posted messages last month on the board that read: “Wake up Christians. Allah is not our God. Muhammad not greater than Jesus.” The other side of the marque stated “Only the Bible is God’s Word. Koran is just another book.” In a matter of days word spread to Muslim groups and their left-leaning supporters well beyond Hood River. About a dozen protesters descended on the small church with signs saying “take down this sign.” This church is so small it often can’t muster more than a dozen members for a Sunday service.” –Source

Amazing how a small town preacher with a handful of church goers can see the truth in this, but the main stream millionaires dressed up as wolves in sheep’s clothing can’t seem to realize Allah is not God and Jesus is much more powerful than a pedophile; but then this is the norm in these last days wherein if you have enough political pundits willing to spread the lie for Rome who not only has to make pedophilia the norm, they also seek to make it appear as a wise choice for those looking on who can be indoctrinated to think since learned and powerful men are pedophiles it must mean it’s the right thing to do. Don’t believe people can’t be indoctrinated into thinking child rape is the norm? Perhaps you would have laughed 40 years ago as well if told abortion and homosexual marriage would be legalized in the future?  Continue reading…