Obama’s breathtaking naivete at the United Nations

Obama’s breathtaking naivete at the United Nations
President Obama on Wednesday delivered a speech at the United Nations filled with his usual soaring rhetoric of global collectivism and the importance of “international norms.” But the president also displayed a shocking naivete about global affairs, religion, Islam — a Pollyannaish interpretation on the state of the world and America’s role in it. 

Red Cross team attacked while burying Ebola dead

Red Cross team attacked while burying Ebola dead
A Red Cross team was attacked while collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola in southeastern Guinea, the latest in a string of assaults that are hindering efforts to control West Africa's current outbreak.

Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car

Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car
The thermometer showed a 103.5-degree fever, and her 10-year-old’s asthma was flaring up. Mary Bolender, who lives in Las Vegas, needed to get her daughter to an emergency room, but her 2005 Chrysler van would not start. The cause was not a mechanical problem — it was her lender. 

Sheriff's comments criticizing Md. gun laws go viral

Sheriff's comments criticizing Md. gun laws go viral
"As long as I'm the sheriff in this county," he says in the video, "I will not allow the federal government to come in here and strip my citizens of their right to bear arms. I can tell you this, if they attempt to do that, it would be an all-out civil war, no question about it."

ISIS, Al Qaeda Seek a Cyber Caliphate to Launch Attacks on US

Digital jihad: ISIS, Al Qaeda Seek a Cyber Caliphate to Launch Attacks on US
Jihadists in the Middle East are ramping up efforts to mount a massive cyber attack on the U.S., with leaders from both Islamic State and Al Qaeda – including a hacker who once broke into former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Gmail account – recruiting web savvy radicals, FoxNews.com has learned.  

Iraqi woman activist killed by Islamic State
According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq, al-Nuaimi was tried in a so-called "Sharia court" for apostasy, after which she was tortured for five days before the militants sentenced her to public execution.

Jesus on Trial -- A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel

David Limbaugh on His New Book: Jesus on Trial -- A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel

September 15, 2014

Windows Media

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: We welcome back to the program my brother, David, well-known author and agent for many highfalutin personalities and celebrities, as well as lawyer, and he's the author of... This is probably the book that he was intended to write his whole life. This is the one he's been building up to. Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel. This is a pretty risky subject. You're dealing with people's faith here, and, in many cases, faith is all people have to sustain them. And you know, one of the refrains is that it can't be proved. That's the test. So why'd you decide to do it? Why'd you decide to write the book?

DAVID: Well, thanks for having me on. It's a big honor. I have been studying the Bible, theology, and Christian apologetics -- which means the defense of the Christian faith -- on and off for years. And it just so happens that two of my grade school friends (you know their names, I can't mention them on the air) and they also were high school friends, of course, and I were having dinner, our annual dinner.

And one of these two made a provocative statement to me. He knows I'm a Christian, and I don't know if he was testing his faith by challenging mine or just being playful and provocative. But he made the statement that he didn't believe a rational person could believe in Christianity. And I've studied this stuff a lot, and I tried to respond to him in a brief time. This wasn't the purpose of our meeting.

And, in the end, I think I failed to even marshal much evidence at all. It wasn't at the top of my mind. I wasn't prepared to do it. So I resolved after that that I'd do a better job. I'd study this stuff, get it on my mind. And then within a few days I got a call from Regnery publishing, Harry Crocker, who is a converted Catholic, and he and I have had discussions over the years.

He's a strong believer, and he invited me to write a book on this very subject -- a lawyer looks at the truth of Christianity -- and just do a book on it. And I said, "Well, Harry, I'm really not equipped. I'm not a trained theologian." So I balked at first, and I finally agreed to do it for two reasons. One, I thought I might be getting providential promptings with those two events occurring in such close proximity.

I don't know that to be true, but I'm open to the possibility.

And the second thing is, I think coming to this as a skeptic, as a former skeptic I can relate to those who are currently skeptics perhaps better than a pastor or a trained theologian. I might be able to reach some of these people. Also, I have a secular platform. Not as vast as yours, admittedly, but somewhat of a platform. So that if I can reach people, maybe I can reach people in the secular world and produce some of this evidence to them and make a slight bit of a difference in their lives.

RUSH: How is your book different from other books on, if not this specific subject, Christian apologetics? I mean, this is quite an undertaking. I mean, God... Another question would be, "Why...?" People ask this all the time in their own way. Pascal, the Pensées, he was driven nuts trying to find proof. "Why does God make it so hard?"

DAVID: Well, the reason I decided to -- or the reason my book is different is the normal classical Christian apologetics approach looks at Christianity through its claims. It looks at the reliability of the Bible, biblical prophecy, the various philosophical proofs of God, the arguments for the possibility of miracles and all that stuff.

And I did all that, but I also added my own unique take to it, which is my own spiritual journey. Because I was a skeptic and I wanted to trace how I evolved from doubter to believer, and I also structured the book that way. I didn't just structure it as a lawyer looks analytically at the evidence, but as an experiential book, relating my experiences and saying how the Bible itself worked as its own apologetic to me.

Studying theology fascinated me so much and contains so much truth, self-evident truth that I believe that the Bible itself affirms the truth of the Gospel, and it's self-evidently true when you start studying it. So I hadn't ever opened my mind to it and opened my eyes to it, and I wanted to share some of these stories. I call 'em "a-ha moments," things that drew me into Christianity.

Some of the attractive teachings, Jesus' teachings and biblical teachings. I call them "the paradoxical teachings." They seem counterintuitive but they are so true once you study them and dig down deeper. I wanted to share these teachings to people because I think the Bible serves as its own apologetic -- that if you'll just give the Bible and theology a chance, you won't even need these other formal methods in classical apologetics, which I am supporting. I included a bunch of that in my book comprehensively. But I also believe that we need to give the Bible a chance. It tells us that we can become believers by reading and studying it. That's its promise.

RUSH: You keep using the word "apologetics." Would you clarify that? Because it sounds like people apologizing for their belief.

DAVID: Right. It's from the Greek root. It means to defend. So we're offering the reasons in support of our faith, defending the faith against those who would attack it, and there are plenty of those as you know.

RUSH: All right. And what was your biggest doubt? You know, do you remember a guy who used to be on the radio named Larry King? You remember him?

DAVID: Oh, yeah. (chuckling)

RUSH: Way, way back, a long time ago, I remember I was working for the Royals. I was driving home late one night, and I found this guy, Larry King, on the radio, and he was talking to somebody that worked for the pope. So this would be back in the seventies, and he asked this emissary, the PR person or spokesman, "Does the pope have doubts?" And this guy said, "Yeah, all the time," which I found stunning for that to be admitted. What were some of your biggest doubts about the truth of Christianity?

DAVID: Well, some of my doubts were the problem of evil and suffering in the world. Why would an all-loving and all-powerful God -- a God who presumably could prevent it, why would He -- allow the kind of suffering we witness in the world? And why would this God...? We are told, Christians are told, the Bible tells us that we have to believe in Jesus Christ in order to attain eternal salvation. Why would God base his judgment on our very salvation on whether we believe something to be true? Can we really control what we believe? And I also... By the way, there's great answers for all of these.

RUSH: Does your book do that? Does your book give the answers here?

DAVID: Absolutely.

RUSH: All right.

DAVID: Absolutely. Very thoroughly, in my humble opinion. And is Christ really God? I had difficulty with the deity of Jesus Christ, until I studied the Book of John where He unequivocally claimed that He was the great "I am," the name for Jehovah. Before Abraham was born, "I am." Not I was. Not I existed in the past 2,000 years ago. Before Abraham was born 2,000 years ago, I was, "I am," meaning eternal existence.

Clearly He was claiming to be God using that term, the term that Jehovah, the Old Testament Jehovah used and self-identified Himself, and He was stoned, or attempted to be stoned as a result. So there was no doubt that he claimed to be God. But coming to study these things and overcoming these doubts really did a great deal toward tipping me toward the faith.

RUSH: So how did you come to accept this challenge of a loving God, who -- and I say this in quotes -- "permits" such suffering?

CALLER: Well, I think that the God of the Bible, the triune God of the Bible, we know because the Bible tells us that He created us in His image. That means to me that He created us as intelligent beings, as distinct from all other creatures. He gave us, I believe, free will. Some of the hardcore Calvinists out there might disagree, but I'm fully acknowledging God's sovereignty and His control of the universe.

But I believe that He created us to have a special, intimate relationship, a spiritual relationship with Him, and that would not have been possible had He created us as automatons, as robots. We have to have some free will in order to be capable of having love. You can't command someone to have love in the genuine sense. So He created us with free will, and with that, creating us that way opened up the possibility that we would sin. And when you enter...

And actually the inevitability that we would sin because when you sin, it ushers in evil in the world, and so for God to have denied the possibility of evil, He would have not been able to make us in His image. But ultimately you have to look at a few things. One is -- and this is not to diminish the suffering that people go through. You can't just cite some glib passage of scripture and make people feel better.

No, but you do, in the abstract look at the problem, the temporal nature of suffering, compared to the eternal existence in heaven with God, you do that, you look at that. But the more important and more compelling reason, the answer for evil in the world is that God created us knowing we would sin, knowing that in order for us to be redeemed, satisfying His perfect holiness, His perfect justice, He would have to send his son, who would experience the very same types of suffering that we did.

The excruciating pain on the cross, and more important than the excruciating pain on the cross, was his spiritual separation from the Father with whom he lived in the Holy Trinity in eternity past in complete bliss, he decided, knowing that we would sin, that he would come down and suffer all these indignities, the separation from the Father, which is unbearable, causing him to sweat blood in the garden of Gethsemane and then take and accept the full force of God's wrath for all of our past, present, and future sins. And he did that just so we could live.

So as John, the theologian or evangelist said, some people envision our God as sitting indifferently, apathetic to sin on a celestial deck chair, but the God of the Bible is the God of the cross who became incarnate, to come down and suffer every bit as much as we did, experience every kind of suffering that we have ever experienced and way more than we could ever imagine, just so that we could live. And the ultimate answer, then, for suffering from the Christian perspective is the cross of Jesus Christ. And that's what it's all about.

RUSH: We're talking to my brother, David, regarding his new book, Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel. I was in Israel in 1993, and it was basically a political trip. But I took some time, 'cause I wanted to visit the Christian sites. I have never been more shocked than when I was taken to Golgotha, where they think Golgotha -- now, my point in bringing this up to you is, here is something, Christianity, and of course the resurrection of Christ, the bodily resurrection of Christ is essential to the Christian faith. If that didn't happen, then everybody's in trouble, right?

DAVID: Yes.

RUSH: So you would think that where that happened would have been noted, would have been marked, would have been a tourist spot, people could visit it and see it. You know what it is? It's the Jerusalem mass transit parking lot. I go into this place, and there's some Christians there from the UK that day, and I walk in and I'm eager to see where Christ died on the cross. They said, "It's right there." I'm looking at a parking lot with mass transit buses spewing their global warming emissions. I said, "No, no, no, where?" They said, "No, right there. That's where we think it was."

I was just stunned that you can't find evidence in a physical sense. It's made really hard. That's why faith enters into this, because, you know, people have gone crazy trying to find proof. It's amazing that you've been able to do it for yourself, and it's why I think your book is gonna be overwhelmingly valuable to millions of people who are looking to find evidence because they want more than their faith, and if you've done that in a persuasive way for people, it's gonna be great.

I've gotta take a break. We'll continue this right after we get back.

BREAK TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Welcome back, and we're talking to my brother, David, about his latest book, Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel. If I may say, folks, this book is rewarding, it is confidence inspiring, it's heartwarming, and it's impossible to explain it in a half hour on the radio. It's an amazing piece of work. It comes across as a skeptic overcoming skepticism and proving to himself that what he believes is true and that it can be proven, and that's something that so many people are looking for. If that's you, folks, this book is right up your alley. Why are you, after all of this, so confident that you can trust, that all of us can trust, the Bible? Because you know it's a source of great controversy for everybody.

DAVID: Do you mind if I hit that resurrection of Christ that you asked me about before the break?

RUSH: No, go ahead.

DAVID: Because that's so pivotal. The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ is so essential to the Christian faith, and Christianity is grounded in the historical fact of Jesus' bodily resurrection. I want to be clear of that. So we Christians don't deny history. In fact, the apostle Paul said if the resurrection didn't happen, then we Christians are more to be pitied than any other people because we're gonna die in our sins, and we have no faith, we have no hope. He fully admitted he was basing his claim on the true historical resurrection of Christ.

So when Jesus died, his apostles and disciples were dejected and dispirited. They were cowards; they had denied him. They didn't really believe. His own brother James didn't believe in him. But then they appeared over a period of 40 days. And there's no reputable scholar that denies the tomb was empty, by the way, or that he died a medical, actual death. He appeared to different ones of them at different times, seven, nine, 11, at one time 500 witnesses. They saw him. They touched him. They ate with him over a period of 40 days. And then they were transformed -- this is critical -- from cowardly deniers to bold proclaimers of Christianity.

And you say, "Well, what's the difference in them and those people, the adherents of other faiths or ideologies? They died for their faith. What's the difference? Some still do." The New Testament scholar Gary Habermas says, like all other religions, of course the followers believed in the teachings of their leader. But, unlike all others, they had seen the resurrected Jesus. So which is more likely: that an ideology we believe in is true, or that we and a number of others saw a friend several times during the last month, would you rather believe in an abstract idea or our own eyes?

So if they had not seen Jesus after he died, if his tomb was not empty, would they have died for something they absolutely knew wasn't true? It's inconceivable that they would have done it. Christianity is based on the physical facts of the resurrection. And, by the way, it's not just that they say this in the Bible reliably; we have proof of that. When the Bible stands up, when subjected to the textual criticism, compared to any other ancient book, that it is more accurate, that it comes down to us exactly as it was written. Any scrivener's errors over the 2,000 years or over the years we see do not affect the substance. So we have more copies, more New Testament copies, 5,800 copies, existing copies and some 19,300 in other languages of the New Testament, not as many for the Old Testament. But after the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery, an amazing amount. We don't have anything like that for the other ancient Greek and Roman documents. Most of them there's only 10 or 20 copies. The Iliad, you have 1,800 which is less than 10%, and yet everybody accepts those as accurate. And they have been subjected to textual criticism. The reason the number of --

RUSH: Well, look, you know why this is fought against so hard, because people assume Christianity is judgmental, and if it can proven to be true, well, that's a problem for a whole lot of nonbelievers who don't want to think of themselves in sinful ways or what have you. Look, I've got one minute here.

DAVID: Okay.

RUSH: Who are you really trying to reach with this book?

DAVID: I'm trying to reach fellow skeptics who haven't really given this a chance. The Bible claims it has the power of converting people if they'll just give it a chance. If you study the Bible and open your heart and mind to the Bible, I think you will see, like I did, that it is the true, inspired, inerrant Word of God. So I'm writing for those people, but I'm also writing to believers, believers who need their faith reinforced from time to time. I'm also writing for young, early Christians who just became Christians. I put a primer on theology in here, kind of two chapters on paradoxical teachings of Christianity, because I think theology is its own apologetic.

It is so fascinating, if you study theology, your faith will be enhanced. You may even become transformed from a nonbeliever to a believer. The Bible's the Word of God, give it a chance, it will shock your socks off. It will knock your pants off. I'm so excited about the Bible. I know I sound like a nerd. I'm not one of these charismatic type of Christians, but I firmly believe the Bible is the Word of God, and I'm excited about it and I want to be contagious in my enthusiasm for the Bible to inspire a like interest in other people so that they can explore it and receive the life-changing benefits that I have received.

RUSH: All of that is true, folks. I've grown up with my brother, obviously, and I'm familiar with this quest of his. He can barely contain his excitement over all this, and he just wants to share it. Jesus on Trial by David Limbaugh.

END TRANSCRIPT

Obama Declines Invitation to Attend Memorial Dedication for Disabled Veterans

Obama Declines Invitation to Attend Memorial Dedication for Disabled Veterans
Obama declined the invitation, making him the first president in recent history not to formally accept a new national memorial. Organizers of the event were caught off guard when informed by the White House of the president’s decision this week and are hoping to receive an explanation from the White House as to why Obama will not be attending the ceremony..The 5th of October falls on a Sunday - which is typically a day this president likes to golf. 

iPhone6, iWatch, iMark of the Beast

Apple's NFC plans go way beyond payments, analysts say

Apple's plans for mobile payments may signal ambitions that go well beyond merely having your phone replace your wallet, analysts say.

But the technology could also play a role in authenticating your identification, especially if Apple includes it in its rumored smartwatch.

"There is a lot of potential here. It's not just them building a gadget, but building an ecosystem of value. You could make payments, check in for your doctor's appointment and possibly even use it in an airport to verify your identity with TSA," Gowden said.

"I think there's a high probability that they are going to launch the iWatch and I think that watch will be part of Apple's payment solution," Haro said."Think about it, if your smartwatch and smartphone are tethered together, you may just be tapping your wrist or swiping your wrist over a payment terminal."

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101968542

Satanic black mass seeks to free people from influence of God

http://m.tulsaworld.com/news/religion/satanic-black-mass-seeks-to-free-people-from-influence-of/article_2beb9164-bb1f-5f9c-91cd-23b335a6f73f.html?mode=jqm

ISIS uses macho sodomy to control recruits

http://madworldnews.com/isis-leader-sodomizing-recruits/

Common core 6th grade perverse ed

http://tomfernandez28.com/2014/09/15/common-core-6th-graders-taught-how-to-use-strap-on-dildo/

Beheaded do-gooder thought his work for Muslim charity would save him from ISIS

Beheaded do-gooder thought his work for Muslim charity would save him from ISIS
The Briton threatened with execution next by militants from Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham is a Manchester taxi driver who drove a van full of aid to Syria to help children in the war-torn country. 

Israelis Warned of Heightened Terror Threat Abroad
The Israeli National Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Bureau has warned of the increased likelihood of terror attacks targeting Israeli and Jewish targets in the run up to the High Holy Days, highlighting western Europe as an area of particular concern. 

ISIS may target Israelis, Jews abroad, Counter-Terrorism Bureau warns
The National Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Bureau released a biannual travel advisory on Monday, ahead of the High Holy Days, warning that Western Europe may become the scene of Islamic State terror attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets. "During this period, the potential threat has grown," the Counter-Terrorism Bureau warned.  

Islamic State 101: Why are Arab countries so reluctant to help?
The past few days have offered compelling evidence for why President Obama has been so loath to militarily insert America into the fight against the brutal Islamic State

Islamic State group's war chest is growing daily
Islamic State militants, who once relied on wealthy Persian Gulf donors for money, have become a self-sustaining financial juggernaut, earning more than $3 million a day from oil smuggling, human trafficking, theft and extortion, according to U.S. intelligence officials and private experts.  

Ted Cruz Booed Off the Stage for Pro-Israel Remarks
"Those who hate Israel hate America," Cruz continued as the booing and calls for him to leave the stage grew louder. "Those who hate Jews hate Christians." "If you will not stand with Israel and the Jews, then I will not stand with you," he said. "Good night, and God bless." With that, Cruz walked off the stage, The Daily Caller disclosed.  

Netanyahu: ISIS, Hamas, al-Qaida all branches of the same poison tree
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned against the rising tide of extremism in the world on Sunday, asserting that the Islamic State, Hamas, al-Qaida, the Nusra Fronta, Boko Haram and Hezbollah are all "branches of the same poison tree." Speaking during a meeting with a visiting Israel Bonds leadership delegation, Netanyahu said that all of the groups in question share the same ideology.  

Gun-toting Gaza imam: Weapons will help us build ‘Islamic State’
In a recent sermon, a Gaza imam brandished an assault rifle before worshipers and declared that such weapons would allow Palestinians to build a caliphate in the region, an “Islamic State. 

Islamic State crisis: Australia to send 600 troops to UAE
Australia says it is sending 600 troops to the Middle East ahead of possible combat operations against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the deployment, initially to the United Arab Emirates, was in response to a specific US request. 

Video shows slaying of British aid worker
Islamic State extremists released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker David Haines, who was abducted in Syria last year, and British Prime Minister David Cameron late Saturday condemned his slaying as "an act of pure evil."

Israeli official: Israel will fight IS if group reaches Jordan
Israel may play a frontline role in the international coalition forming against Islamic State – the jihadi group sweeping through Iraq and Syria in a bid to reinstate a new caliphate in the Middle East. As world powers unite around a US-led plan for military action to topple the militant group, Jerusalem is signaling that if Islamic State expands to Jordan – Israel will not hesitate to act.  

Analysis: US strikes unsettling for Damascus
Syrian President Bashar Assad's government is angry Washington has not taken it on as a partner in the international campaign to hit the Islamic State group, likely for a very significant reason: It is worried that once the United States has crossed the Rubicon of airstrikes in Syria, it could next turn its sights on Assad himself, aiming for his eventual downfall. 

Islamic State: John Kerry visits Egypt for coalition talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Egypt on Saturday amid US attempts to form a broad coalition to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants. Mr Kerry will meet Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi in Cairo on the latest leg of his Middle East tour. 

Kerry opposes Iran role in anti-Islamic State coalition
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it was "not appropriate" for Iran to join talks on confronting Islamic State militants, as he appeared to play down how fast countries can commit to force or other steps in an emerging coalition. 

US gives Lebanon Hellfire missiles, pledges aircraft
The United States has delivered Hellfire missiles to the Lebanese army and will also provide it with light aircraft including an armed Cessna, the US ambassador to Lebanon said Friday.  

Obama’s Iraq strategy unraveling ...didn't take long for that to happen
The Turkish government says it will not allow a US-led military coalition to use its air bases in order to launch attacks on IS terrorists’ hideouts in neighboring Iraq and Syria. A government official said Ankara can open the Incirlik Air Base in the south only for logistical and humanitarian operations, and not for any airstrikes. 

Islamic State fighter estimate triples - CIA
The CIA says the Islamic State (IS) militant group may have up to 31,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria - three times as many as previously feared. A spokesman said the new estimate was based on a review of intelligence reports from May to August. IS has seized vast swathes of Iraq and beheaded several hostages in recent months, leading to US airstrikes. 

How Long Will California Survive Life Without Water?

GLOBAL COOLING Antarctic sea ice hits all-time record high
Satellite imagery reveals an area of about 20 million square kilometres covered by sea ice around the Antarctic continent. 

Mystery streak of light across U.S. West
“I am used to seeing planes early in the morning with lights, but this was different,” one witness told Claycord.com. “This had something coming out of it, it wasn’t just the light. I could see it spraying something.”  

Seismologists predict another Icelandic volcano is about to blow
For the second time in four nail-biting years, seismologists in the land of fire and ice, Iceland, are bracing for a monumental volcanic eruption that, once again, threatens to disrupt European air traffic. 

Bardarbunga volcano update: Holuhraun eruption and subsidence of Bardarbunga caldera continue
Earthquake activity has been stable compared to recent days. Approx. 140 events were detected since midnight (until 18:50 local time). The quakes concentrate in the northernmost part of the dyke intrusion, from the eruption site to about 6 km into Dyngjujökull glacier.  

Sulfur Dioxide Pollution Spreads to Northeast Iceland

Sulfur dioxide (SO2) pollution from the eruption in Holuhraun spread to Northeast Iceland yesterday. The pollution measured 1,250 micrograms per cubic meter in Reykjahlíð near Lake Mývatn at 11 pm last night, which was much higher than the levels recorded during the day, ruv.is reports. The maximum safety limit for sulfur dioxide is 600 micrograms per cubic meter. 

How Long Will California Survive Life Without Water?
he old man knew of the $500-a-day fine for people caught wasting water. He heard the plea for conservation from Governor Jerry Brown. But the water police can’t scare a person whose water isn’t running in the first place. 

Ebola in the air? A nightmare that could happen

Ebola in the air? A nightmare that could happen
Today, the Ebola virus spreads only through direct contact with bodily fluids, such as blood and vomit. But some of the nation's top infectious disease experts worry that this deadly virus could mutate and be transmitted just by a cough or a sneeze. 

Ebola death toll hits 2,400: WHO
The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola fever has now killed more than 2,400 people and infected twice that number, according to a new toll released on Friday by the World Health Organization. “As of Sept. 12, we are at 4,784 cases and more than 2,400 deaths,” the head of the U.N. health agency, Margaret Chan, told a news conference on the spiraling West African health crisis.

U.S. scientists say Ebola epiodemic will rage for another 12 to 18 months
Epidemiologists have been creating computer models of the Ebola epidemic for the National Institutes of Health and the Defense Department. The model they have created is a far less optimistic estimate than that of the World Health Organization (WHO), which last month said it hoped to contain the outbreak within nine months and 20,000 total cases.  

Ebola: 'In decades of humanitarian work, I've never seen such suffering'
I wake up each morning – if I have managed to sleep – wondering if this is really happening, or if it is a horror movie. In decades of humanitarian work I have never witnessed such relentless suffering of fellow human beings or felt so completely paralysed and utterly overwhelmed at our inability to provide anything but the most basic, and sometimes less than adequate, care. 

‘Even If I Am Going to Hell’: Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy’ Defends Evolutionary Beliefs

‘Even If I Am Going to Hell’: Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy’ Defends Evolutionary Beliefs
Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy’ defiantly defends his evolutionary beliefs and says that even if he ends up ‘going to Hell,’ it still won’t prove that the earth is young.

NSA Mass Surveillance Wins Rubber Stamp

Despite Obama’s Pledge to Curb It, NSA Mass Surveillance Wins Rubber Stamp
In the face of congressional inaction, a federal court on Friday renewed an order allowing the government to collect phone records on virtually all calls within the United States. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved the Justice Department's request for another 90-day extension of the National Security Agency's controversial mass surveillance program, exposed publicly last summer by Edward Snowden and authorized under Section 215 of the post-9/11 Patriot Act. The spying authority is next set to expire on Dec. 5.

The Shocking Way the Government's Taking Benefits Away

Social Security: The Shocking Way the Government's Taking Benefits Away
For the tens of millions of retirees who depend on Social Security for a major part of their financial well-being, even the smallest increase in their monthly benefits can make a big different in their ability to support themselves in retirement. But alarmingly, an increasing number of Social Security recipients face a threat that has taken away some of those hard-fought benefits -- and that threat is coming directly from the federal government in the form of garnishments due to student loans.

School to fingerprint students to ‘monitor their diets’

School to fingerprint students to ‘monitor their diets’
A school is implementing a biometric system...students at Redhill School in Stourbridge, England will be fingerprinted in an attempt to reduce lunch lines and "monitor pupils’ diets." ..."We are aiming to have a cashless system throughout the school. The catering system is better for parents because they don’t have to provide...lunch money every morning. From our perspective it is far more efficient as it reduces waiting times.


see how the "nutrition angle" is being used as a way to infiltrate, indoctrinate, subjugate, condition, and tag our children in the government schools?

Mark of the Beast – Seductive American Church of Acceptance

from http://ephesians511blog.net/2013/12/01/2381/

Mark of the Beast – Seductive American Church of Acceptance

Ephesians 5:11 Blog / December 1, 2013

This article was originally posted 10/22/2013 at 9:40AM (PST), we changed the date to receive more coverage.

http://youtu.be/dvC9tDQwAfY

http://youtu.be/JG-DzK5-mHU

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When Ephesians 5:11 Blog first revealed John MacArthur stated that he believed one could receive the Mark of the Beast and still be saved, out came the John MacArthur defenders stating that this was an old position that John recanted from. Some cited a 1993 message John did where he stated that if you take the Mark of the Beast you will receive the wrath of God. However, we could not find an official recant of the other message.

So we scoured and scoured looking for the official recant of John MacArthur stating you can still be redeemed after taking the Mark of the Beast. Nothing.

Plus, if John MacArthur DID recant from that, why would he leave the “you can still be redeemed after taking the Mark of the Beast” audio & transcript still up?

One would think that if you recant from something, take it down or at least put some sort of a footnote in the transcript so people can see you recanted. However, that’s not there either and GTY still has the audio & transcript of the “you can still be redeemed after taking the Mark of the Beast” Q and A along with the audio and transcript of the “you take the Mark of the Beast you will receive the wrath of God” message.

How can they have both up there with NO official recant of the one potentially damning statement?

Then I realized what’s going on, John MacArthur believes both statements can mutually co-exist together and still be correct.

This is really what Brannon Howse, Jimmy DeYoung, and others must believe also.

The New Unbiblical “Gap Theory”

The idea is that there is a gap in time between receiving the Mark of the Beast and the wrath of God. In that gap of time between the two events, if one receives the Mark of the Beast you can still be saved. You can still repent of taking the Mark of the Beast. Once the wrath of God begins, it’s too late.

This is the only explanation we can figure as to why John MacArthur has both statements on the GTY website with no official recant and/or removal of the potentially damning statement. It’s his way of saying it without saying it in one message.

Of course it’s playing with fire in the truest sense, it’s erring on the side of danger, and it’s unbiblical.

Revelation 19:20 – “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.”

People that receive the Mark of the Beast are deceived. They were deceived BEFORE they took the Mark and they are deceived AFTER they took the Mark. There is no fear of God anywhere, before or after. Things won’t “get better” for them AFTER they take the Mark of the Beast, they get worse.

For those who know what the Bible says about the Mark of the Beast but still decide to take the Mark of the Beast, they are rejecting the Word of God. We know if one “takes away” from the Word of God, one is removed from the Book of Life. Is rejecting the Word of God on the Mark of the Beast the same as “taking away from the words of the book of this prophecy”?

Revelation 22:18-19 – “ For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”

The Word of God states “ANY MAN” in Revelation 14:9 -

Revelation 14:9-11 – “ And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice,If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God…”

Romans 1:23-25 – “And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”

Psalm 81:11-13 – “But My people would not hearken to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
13 Oh that My people had hearkened unto Me, and Israel had walked in My ways!”

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 – “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not (didn’t embrace the truth, make it their own) the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

Right now Satan is raising up his “ministers of righteousness” sending out his message that one can take the Mark of the Beast and still be saved before the wrath of God. This message has a “light” of truth that is actually darkness.

This message talks about God’s forgiveness, God’s wrath, and gives an escape to those who don’t want to exercise their faith to the end. This satanic message appeals directly to the flesh.

1 Timothy 4:1 – “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils”

Revelation 14:9-11 – “ And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice,If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”

BREAKING NEWS - We were informed today that GTY was going to issue a statement on this. Let’s see what they say. 

For us a statement could be this simple and Biblical – 

“We no longer believe one can be redeemed after taking the Mark of the Beast.”

Just 15 words. 

However, somehow a statement needs to be fashioned and well crafted, make sure your radar is turned on because a curve ball might be thrown.

While they are working on the “official statement” on the Mark of the Beast, maybe they can issue a statement why they partnered with the Roman Catholic Mormonism promoter, Arthur Brooks. Click on the link below for the documented evidence.

http://ephesians511blog.net/2013/12/01/john-macarthurthe-masters-college-partners-with-roman-catholic-mormonism-promoter/