God “absolutely” approves of everyone — including homosexuals — declared one of America’s most well-known evangelical pastors The Houston megapastor and best-selling author Joel Osteen, whose followers include the likes of Cher and Oprah Winfrey, is hitting the talk-show circuit to promote his new book, LINK
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Catholic Identity Conference 2013: Fr’s Perez, Kramer lectures Censored
Catholic Identity Conference 2013: Fathers Perez, Kramer lectures get censored. I guess their talks were a little TOO Sede Vacantist? Well here you have it my friends. Both are furious and I hear Father Perez has scheduled a talk at his church on Oct. 20th. I warned Father Perez about the Rat-Ratzinger pack before joining, well the truth always hurts and will come out on the 20th. Yea Yea Yea — Joseph
It looks like Pope Francis is serious about cleaning up the Catholic Church
“This city is so bad I’ll just have to move the papacy to Jerusalem,” ha. Emphasis mine, Joseph
In some respects, the Catholic Church is like any giant multinational organization. It has some amount of corruption, bureaucratic dysfunction, even crime. But it’s also a religious institution, which we generally (and rightly) hold to higher ethical standards than, say, Coca-Cola or ExxonMobil.…LINK
(Pope) Frances:”This is a good occasion to invite the church to strip itself of worldliness,” (Don’t be surprised if he means ‘literally’)
“There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride,” said Francis in the richly frescoed room of the residence of the archbishop of Assisi. LINK
Age of child prostitutes in Israel dropping to 11 years old
Neither government agencies nor welfare organizations have accurate information regarding the scope of youth prostitution in Israel according to a report on prostitution involving minors, submitted recently to the Knesset. LINK
VIDEO: Without Saying a Word This 6 Minute Short Film Will Make You Speechless
CHRISTIAN FILM NO. 1 AT BOX OFFICE ‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ storms theaters across U.S.
Last weekend, “Alone Yet Not Alone,” an independent film with Christian themes from Enthuse Entertainment, took Hollywood by storm during its limited release debut, topping all films nationwide in per-theater ticket sales LINK
News In Two Minutes – Anti Military Protests – Israel Warns on Iran – Water Shortage – Shutdown
Americans held captives of the tea party
On Friday, 25 calls came into the two churches I serve from people — many with children — seeking emergency assistance such as food and shelter. Congress, which just voted to dramatically cut food assistance to veterans and children, is ready to make matters much worse for all Americans LINK
Pope Francis stirs debate yet again with interview with an atheist Italian journalist
The interview with atheist Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari set off another round of debate about what the pope meant: Was he saying that people can make up their own minds, even if they disagree with church teachings? Or was this self-described “son of the church” just using casual language to describe classic church teaching about how people need to come to Catholic doctrine of their free will? LINK
Nearly 200 Cities Pass Laws Discriminating Against Christians
In some areas like California, homosexuals can counsel and provide therapy for those confused about their sexual orientation, but Christians are not legally allowed to provide the same counseling and therapy to the same confused individuals.LINK
Pope Francis at the Vatican to revise the church’s constitution
“Now it is something different. We need to write something different,” he added, according to The Telegraph. … “He has been reaching out to atheists, gays and others. He wants dialogue. We want that too,” organizer Rene Reid said in a statement.LINK
Obama administration: Lawmakers, staff can get abortion coverage (WOE, WOE, WOE)
The Office of Personnel Management ruled Monday that members of Congress and their staffs will be able to buy health care plans that pay for abortions, even though the premiums are funded largely by taxpayer money — a move that conservatives say breaks federal law on abortion funding. LINK
Bill O’Reilly: ‘Killing Jesus’ Best Available Evidence on Crucifixion
(‘Son of God’ Who is Full God & Full Man – O’Reilly strips Christ of Divinity and brings Him down to creature status. Anathema?)
People have a right to take the Bible literally, he said, but in the case of “Killing Jesus,” he was trying to be historically accurate. He never says in the book that Jesus was the Son of God because his book is not intended to be religious. “So is this the Gospel according to Bill?” asked “60 Minutes” correspondent Norah O’Donnell. LINK
Pope in New Interview Vows to Change Vatican Mentality
In the long interview with the atheist editor of the left-leaning La Repubblica newspaper, he said too many previous Popes in the Church’s long history had been “”narcissists”” who let themselves been flattered by their “courtier” aides. The [papal] court is the leprosy of the papacy,” said Francis, who has brought a new style of openness, consultation and simplicity to the papacy. LINK