Anti-government protests sweep Kyrgyzstan,100 said dead

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan-The main opposition leader in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has said on national television that 100 protesters have been killed in clashes with police trying to quell an anti-government uprising. The government issued no immediate comment on the claim. The unrest is rocking this mountainous former Soviet nation, which houses a U.S. military base that is a key supply center in the fight against the Taliban in nearby Afghanistan. Thousands of protesters have stormed the main government building, set fire to the prosecutor's office and looted state TV headquarters. The government has said at least 17 people were killed and at least 180 wounded in clashes....
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Priest accused of abuse still working in India...

Top officials at the Vatican were warned more than 4 years ago about a Catholic priest later charged with sexually assaulting a girl in Minnesota, according to newly released documents, but to this day he continues to work in his home diocese....

Church: Norway bishop resigned in '09 over abuse

OSLO – A Catholic bishop in Norway who resigned last year did so after admitting he had molested a child about 20 years earlier, when he was a priest, church officials said Wednesday. The announcement came after a Norwegian newspaper pressed for an explanation for why Georg Mueller, a 58-year-old German, had stepped down unexpectedly as bishop in the western city of Trondheim in June 2009. At the time, Vatican and Norwegian church officials gave only vague reasons for Mueller's departure.It was the first case in the current wave of sexual abuse allegations — and accusations of cover-ups — against Catholic clergy in which a bishop stepped down after admitting to having molested minors. The revelation rocked the small Catholic community in Norway, a predominantly Lutheran country, and follows scandals in Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark that are erupting after decades of abuse cases in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland and other countries....
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Picture Left:In this Jan 15 2005 photo made available Wednesday April 7 2010, Trondheim Bishop Georg Muller addresses a congregation in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim which included King Harald and Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, (lower right).(AP Photo/ Gorm Kallestad / Scanpix)

Vatican blasts anti-Catholic "hate" campaign

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican heatedly defended Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, claiming accusations that he helped cover up the actions of pedophile priests are part of an anti-Catholic "hate" campaign targeting the pope for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage.
Vatican Radio broadcast comments by two senior cardinals explaining "the motive for these attacks" on the pope and the Vatican newspaper chipped in with spirited comments from another top cardinal."The pope defends life and the family, based on marriage between a man and a woman, in a world in which powerful lobbies would like to impose a completely different" agenda, Spanish Cardinal Julian Herranz, head of the disciplinary commission for Holy See officials, said on the radio.Herranz didn't identify the lobbies but "defense of life" is Vatican shorthand for anti-abortion efforts....

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PS:This is plain hilarious.IF the pope would defend life and the family,would step up,strip all those pedophile priests out of their posts and turn them to the law...

It is nothing new that the RCC has this sick element INSIDE of it and what is sickest is the COVER UP....!Now all is "hate",did you notice...?Blind pagans guiding the blind....!

As in the days of Noah...

Ahmadinejad ridicules Obama's strategy:"Wait until your sweat dries and get some experience"..."He is an amateur"...

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's hard-line president on Wednesday ridiculed President Barack Obama's new nuclear strategy, which turns the U.S. focus away from the Cold War threats and instead aims to stop the spread of atomic weapons to rogue states or terrorists.Obama on Tuesday announced the new strategy, including a vow not to use nuclear weapons against countries that do not have them. Iran, however, was pointedly excepted from that pledge, along with North Korea, because Washington accuses them of not cooperating with the international community on nonproliferation standards....
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Picture Left:Next to a portrait of the late Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a public gathering at the city of Oroumiyeh 540 miles (900 kilometers) northwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 7, 2010.(AP Photo/ISNA, Ruhollah Vahdati)

Good Friday Passion play held in center of British capital draws thousands of onlookers

LONDON,UK-(ANS) -Roman soldiers dressed in authentic-styled armor of the 12th Legion, tramped through Trafalgar Square in the center of London on Good Friday afternoon, as the story of the Passion of Jesus was re-enacted by a cast of more than 100.
According to http://www.indcatholicnews.com/ , The Good Friday production by the Wintershall Estate theatre company, drew an estimated audience of up to 20,000 people, among them families, church groups and tourists, who, in spite of showery weather, crammed onto steps around the Square and the front of the National Gallery for both the dress rehearsal and main performance.
The Catholic website says some members of the audience were recruited in the crowd scenes.The drama, accompanied by a beautiful musical score, depicted some of the key events in the life of Jesus (played by actor Simon Hemingway)scenes of miracles, his entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, driving the shopkeepers from the Temple, the Last Supper, his betrayal and trial, death and Resurrection...
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Picture Left:The Passion of Christ event poster(Photo from Wintershall Estate website)

BIG BROTHER WATCH:"More Surveillance:Planes,Trains,Automobiles and Buses..."

Senator Joe Lieberman, in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, says that he is worried about the threat of domestic terrorism on public transportation systems:“Our government is working with state and local officials … both in ways that are visible and ways that are not visible, to raise our defenses on trains and subways and buses. But … non-aviation is the vulnerable part of our transportation system and we, frankly, need to give it more than we’re giving it now to protect the American people. I worry about this,” Lieberman said. We’ve already seen and experienced the effects of government intervention at airports, with many Americans opting out of flying altogether in order to avoid the hassles of TSA full body scans and gestapo-like interrogations. Whether the the security procedures at airports have made us safer is an oft debated topic, with those who oppose the stringent screening policies pointing to the recent Christmas Day bombing plot and senseless acts of humiliation and demoralization regularly carried out by TSA employees as failures of the current system....

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‘Easter Bunny’ targets photo radar camera in Tempe

TEMPE, AZ — The Easter bunny put in a lot of hard work here in the Valley over the past 24 hours.

In addition to his usual duties, he targeted photo radar cameras in Tempe.
The person behind the bunny costume managed to shut one of the cameras down for hours.
“I think it’s funny, the cameras are annoying,” said John Leonard of Tempe.
Jay Shelton of Bonner Springs, Kansas videotaped the prank and then uploaded it to YouTube.
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Full-Body Airport Scanners May Not Have Thwarted Alleged Christmas Day Bomber, GAO Says

The Transportation Safety Administration has started installing full-body scanners purchased with stimulus funds in airports around the country, but the Government Accountability Office says those scanners might not have detected the underwear bomb that made it onto a flight to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.
“While officials said AITs (Advanced Imaging Technology devices) performed as well as physical pat down in operational tests, it remains unclear whether the AIT would have detected the weapon used in the December 2009 incident based on the preliminary information GAO has received,” theGAO said in a recent report.That assessment from GAO’s March 17 report on the scanners seems to directly contradict one made by TSA Acting Administrator Gale Rossides last week. She suggested in comments made to CNN that the technology could thwart others like 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted to detonate a bomb sewn into his underpants on board Northwest Flight 253 in Detroit....

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HHS Napolitano says airport full-body scanners 'do not see everything'

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Privacy concerns shouldn’t hinder the rapid deployment of controversial full-body scanners at American airports, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday.“Some have expressed concerns about these [advanced imaging technology] machines – that they infringe upon privacy,” Napolitano told students and faculty at Arizona State University. “But suffice it to say, many of those worries have been spurred by the continued publication of photos that were taken using older versions of the technology, not the technology that’s actually being deployed today”...

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Sarkozy Calls For World Economic Regulation

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is in the United States this week to meet with President Obama to discuss Afghanistan and pressing global financial issues. His first stop this morning was at Columbia University’s World Leaders Forum. Participants in the Forum meet with academia and students to spark international debate on the world’s most sensitive concerns. The Forum also boasts free expression and an end to censorship.President Sarkozy previously served as the Minister of Interior and Finance for the government of France....

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It’s Always “Earth Hour” in North Korea...!!!

For all those Green morons calling on us to turn off our lights Saturday evening from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM to celebrate “Earth Hour”, this is what it looks like every night in North and South Korea. The North is in the grip of a Stalinist dictator and the South is a thriving democracy.Like fire, electricity is truly a gift of the gods. It is the difference between the Dark Age and the present age…but not for everyone. Much of Africa is in darkness. too. People who hate civilization and the humans who created it are welcome to live out in the wilderness or in some primitive backward country where they burn dung to cook their meals.If America doesn’t start building more coal-fired plants, nuclear plants, and other generators of electricity, we too shall live in darkness when the sun goes down. Be warned, the present administration is doing everything possible to make that future happen....
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Michelle Obama: Kenya is Obama’s Home Country

Obama’s wife admits what many have long suspected — her husband’s home country is Kenya. Does this mean Obama was born in the African country as many have long suggested? Maybe. It should be enough to re-open the “birther” case against Obama. It won’t be, of course, because the establishment media controls the debate over the issue. Even so, the video clip below should be added to the case — that is so long as it remains posted on YouTube.

RCC WATCH:Child Sex Abuse Scandal...

--Vatican deputy led cover-up in US abuse case: report
--Satan behind media attacks on the Pope, asserts Italian exorcist
-- Pope's immunity could be challenged in Britain
--Pope's Preacher Apologizes for 'Anti-Semitism' Abuse Remark
--Pope has immunity in abuse trials: Vatican

RCC WATCH:Abuse hotline set up by Catholic Church in Germany melts down on first day as 4,000 people phone in

An abuse hotline set up by the Catholic Church in Germany melted down on its first day of operation as more than 4,000 alleged victims of paedophile and violent priests called in to seek counselling and advice.The numbers were far more than the handful of therapists assigned to deal with them could cope with.In the end only 162 out of 4,459 callers were given advice before the system was shut down.Andreas Zimmer, head of the project in the Bishopric of Trier, admitted that he wasn't prepared for "that kind of an onslaught'.The hotline is the Church's attempt to win back trust in the face of an escalating abuse scandal that threatens the papacy of German-born Pontiff Benedict XVI in Rome.Earlier this week it was alleged that an ally of the Pope, Bishop Mixa, beat children - a charge he has subsequently denied...
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Obamas Attend Easter Service in DC....

Pope Hailed As 'unfailing' Leader at Easter Mass

Parishioners, Clergy Back Pope at Easter Service

Texas Church Gives Away Cars for Easter

Obamas Host Easter Egg Roll....

Vatican's Easter Mass infused with defense of pope

VATICAN CITY – It was the Catholic calendar's holiest moment -- the Mass celebrating the resurrection of Christ. But with Pope Benedict XVI accused of failing to protect children from abusive priests, Easter Sunday also was a high-profile opportunity to play defense."Holy Father, on your side are the people of God," Cardinal Angelo Sodano told the pontiff, whom victims of clergy sexual abuse accuse of helping to shape and perpetuate a climate of cover-up. Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, dismissed those claims as "petty gossip."
The ringing tribute at the start of a Mass attended by tens of thousands in St. Peter's Square marked an unusual departure from the Vatican's Easter rituals, infusing the tradition-steeped religious ceremony with an air of a papal pep rally....
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Picture Left:Pope Benedict XVI, right, is greeted by Cardinal Angelo Sodano during an Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 4, 2010.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

PS:Millions of deceived people that still sit in darkness believing that they are part of the TRUE ONE CHURCH....!Get out of there asap....!!!!Run to JESUS!
As in the days of Noah...

RCC WATCH:'Sin and Shame': Catholic Church Offers Easter Apologies

Easter became a festival of apology across the Christian world Sunday as church leaders issued mea culpas for grievous sins committed against children and God, The London Times reported.
The pope was one of the few who failed to refer at all to the crisis that is tarnishing the image of the Church worldwide -- and that has even embroiled the leader of the Anglican Communion, Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.In Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledged his own role in putting the reputation of the Church before justice for abused children, apologizing "with all my heart" but stopped short of the resignation that many believe is inevitable....

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PS:Only one word if you are part of the Roman Catholic Church:GET OUT OF THERE ASAP,and run to Jesus...HE died to pay for your sins...don't be part of the Babylonian Church anymore...!Repent of your sins and be saved today!!!!Ain;t no purgatory...!It's only heaven and hell!!!The decision is yours!!!

As in the days of Noah....

Obama Family Attends Easter Service at Washington, D.C., Church

WASHINGTON-President Obama and his family have attended Easter service at a historically black Methodist church in southeast Washington.
Obama took communion Sunday at the Allen Chapel AME Church. Joining him at the service were his wife, Michelle, daughters Sasha and Malia, and his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson...

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Resurrection Real,according to some scientists...

REDLANDS - Pastor Greg Wallace of First Lutheran Church will preach an Easter message Sunday with full faith that a man from Galilee rose from the dead 2,000 years ago.
"As far as the physicality of the resurrection, as Christians that's a non-negotiable," Wallace said. "If the resurrection isn't real, then the whole basis (of Christianity) is a sham and not worth much more than platitudes."He may hear hallelujahs from what some would consider unlikely sources: scientists.
Frank Tipler, professor of mathematical physics at Tulane University in New Orleans and author of the book "The Physics of Christianity," maintains that belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a matter of faith founded on scientific fact. "Believe in the laws of physics and they will tell you Jesus rose from the dead," he said Thursday....

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No room for Jesus at Easter Show...

The New South Wales Bible Society says its application to have a Jesus: All About Life stall at Sydney's Royal Easter Show has been knocked back for dubious reasons.The society's chief executive, Daniel Willis, says his staff were told in February there would be space available for the stall, and negotiations were under way about its size and location.But Mr Willis says the Royal Agricultural Society has now told him there is an unwritten policy to refuse exhibitions by religious or political groups at the show, which officially opens today.Mr Willis says he is disappointed that a stall focusing on the reason for Easter has been knocked back."It's run at a time when Christians across this country are reflecting on and remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus," he said."Here's one great event that's billed as a family event and something as significant as Christian input is excluded from that whole activity"...

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Would you take pal to Easter worship if Jonas Brothers sang..?:Rick Warren megachurch has 2 'sold out' services thanks to famous group

There's an unsettling theme in recent religion news. It's not that U.S. Christians no longer celebrate Easter but that the evangelical spirit -- defined as a drive to share this "good news" -- seems to be waning. Christians, it would appear, are slacking on the job and their friends' and families'' souls are on the line, church leaders say.
A Christian Research firm, The Barna Group, has identified two key problems: First, many Christians are hazy on Jesus' resurrection. Second, even those who know this is the core message of Easter, largely don't share this faith with others.
Barna's survey of 1,000 adults in February found just 42% tied the meaning of Easter to Jesus' resurrection and only 2% called this day "the most important holiday of their faith." Of those who identified themselves as active churchgoers, less than a third (31%) said they would invite guests to Easter worship services this year.
Maybe it would help if the Jonas Brothers were headlining the worship singing.
That's the idea Rev. Rick Warren had for his California megachurch Saddleback and now its Easter celebrations Saturday night and Sunday morning at Angels Stadium are "sold out"...
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Picture Left:By Michael Buckner, Getty Images

Churches add extra round of entertainment to Easter:"$400,000 renovation:Pirate-themed rooms,Wii video games to make worship "relevant"

A simple Easter egg hunt for the children on the front lawn after worship services isn't enough anymore.
Some churches across the region, hoping to attract more families on one of the busiest days of the year, have added an extra round of entertainment to this Sunday's Easter basket.
These enhancements range from technology-driven children's worship services to theme-oriented Sunday school rooms with video games. The churches seek to give children an experience they'll remember, one they want them to repeat.At Sunset Christian Center in Rocklin, church leaders began preparing for this Easter Sunday a year ago....
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Picture Left:Wearing her Sunday best, Lauren Fierro plays video game in the Cove for 1st-3rd graders at the Sunset Christian Christian Center. Hoping to attract families to their church for Easter, Sunset Christian Center in Rocklin hired the same decorator as Thunder Valley Casino and spent more than $300,000. (Jose Luis Villegas)
PS:Welcome to the Deceived Church in Rocklin...!!!Compliments of the Falling Away prophesied for this age....
We are witnessing the END OF IT...!!
JESUS IS COMING SOON....!!!
As in the days of Noah...

Easter Eggs face Doughnut Push...:"They're round like the stone rolled away from Jesus' tomb"

DOUGHNUTS are a better symbol for Easter than the traditional egg, says a leading Tasmanian churchman.
The Anglican Dean of Hobart, Richard Humphrey, said he preferred the idea of the Easter doughnut over the traditional Easter egg.
"Eggs don't really have anything to do with Easter but you can attach some rich symbolism to a doughnut," he said.
"They're round like the stone that was rolled away from Jesus's tomb, the tomb was empty, just like the hole in the doughnut, they're shaped like a halo and the circle represents eternal life"...

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Picture Left:Norman Townsend, middle, of Warrane, enjoys the Messy Easter event in St David's Cathedral with son Christopher, 4, and cousin Isabella Townsend, 5, of Midway Point.(Picture: KIM EISZELE)

PS:BLIND GUIDING THE BLIND....!!!Eggs have A LOT TO DO WITH EASTER...which BTW comes from the worship of Ishtar...and yes...Mr Humphrey--I'm sorry to break these news to you--but Eggs are related to offerings to the goddess of fertility Ishtar.

Ishtar....Easter...

A BLIND that doesn't even know World History...!!!???

Mr Humphrey...Eggs,Easter,Ishtar all come from ole' BABYLON...

Hello....???????????

And this thing with doughnuts is just IDIOTIC.

As in the days of Noah...

Orthodox, western faiths share Easter this year, next

The Easter bunny will be on double duty this year.On Sunday, both the Eastern Orthodox and western Christian faiths will celebrate Easter-referred to as "Pascha" in the Orthodox traditions.The last time it happened was in 2007, when both Easters fell on April 8. Next year, it'll happen again when both celebrate Easter on April 24.Eastern and Western traditions use a similar Easter equation to determine what day the holiday will fall on....
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Tens of thousands receive priestly blessing at Western Wall:Modern-day mass event in historic Jerusalem began during 1970 War of Attrition

Tens of thousands of people turned out this week for the Priestly Blessing (Birkat Hakohanim) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
The blessing, described in the sixth book of Numbers, is a regular part of morning prayers in Israel. Archaeological evidence suggests the ancient blessing was widely used for at least the past 2,500 years....

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DIVINE GRACE or FRAUD...?:Man bleeds every Easter

Holy Fire Miracle: Christians unite in Easter celebrations

Thousands of Orthodox celebrate holy fire ritual

JERUSALEM-The sound of drumbeats and hymns and light from thousands of candles and torches filled Christianity's most revered shrine Saturday as Orthodox faithful celebrated Easter Week's holy fire ritual.Orthodox Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried at the site where the Church of the Holy Sepulcher now stands, and that a flame appears spontaneously from his tomb on the day before Easter to show he has not forgotten his followers.
Worshippers carrying torches or bundles of 33 tapers signifying the years of Jesus' life waited in excited anticipation as the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in the Holy Land, Theofilos III, removed his embossed gold-and-white mitre and descended with Greek Orthodox, Armenian and other Eastern rite clergy into the tomb....
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Picture Left:Orthodox Christian pilgrims light candles at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during the Holy Fire ceremony, in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, April 3, 2010.The ceremony dates back to the 12th century.(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

SIGNS OF HIS COMING WATCH:"Israeli ad campaign calls for Third Temple"

Ad Campaign Calling for a Third Temple

Hundreds of public buses traveling the streets of Jerusalem this Passover are bearing an advertisement calling for the immediate construction of the Third Temple top the contested Temple Mount.
Paid for by Our Land of Israel (also known as SOS-Israel), the ad depicts a rebuilt Jewish temple on the Temple Mount in place of the two mosques that now dominate the compound. Below the image are the words, "May the Temple be built swiftly in our days," taken from the daily Jewish prayer book....

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OBAMA'S "ONE-GLOBAL-EASTER-FITS-ALL":Obama Sends Out Inclusive Easter Greeting

President Obama sent an Easter greeting Saturday that focused heavily on what people of all faiths have in common.(((sigh....)))

The president made it clear that his family will be celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday,(((Sure...I believe it...!!!))) but made an effort to extend a Passover greeting to Jewish families and to address Hindus, Muslims and people of no faiths in his holiday message.(((talk about trying to be politically correct and try not to offend other faiths and make excuses for Jesus Resurrection...I guess...))))
Most of his weekly address was focused on the dreams and goals that Americans, regardless of their faith, have in common. The president spoke about the dignity and security that comes with the ability to wok and support a person’s family, the value of health and the importance of education.
“All of us are striving to make a way in this world; to build a purposeful and fulfilling life in the fleeting time we have here,” Obama said. “A dignified life. A healthy life. A life, true to its potential. And a life that serves other.”
“These are aspirations that stretch back through the ages – aspirations at the heart of Judaism, at the heart of Christianity, at the heart of all the world’s great religions,” the president added.

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PS:You talk about a "Passover or Resurrection Killer"...well..here it is again...by the words of BHO...

What does his address have to do with the Resurrection of Jesus Christ...?Could please somebody let me know...????

No wonder some people believe he is the antichrist...

As in the days of Noah...

Israel Lifts Travel Ban on Palestinian Christians for Easter

Palestinian Christians can now visit Christian holy sites in Jerusalem during the Easter holiday, reported Israel’s ambassador to the United States after a Christian leader and two rabbis took issue with the travel restrictions.The Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, said Ambassador Michael Oren called him Wednesday and said the travel ban had been lifted, allowing Palestinian Christians living in the West Bank access to Jerusalem.Oren reportedly said he had contacted Israeli officials about the travel restrictions and they assured him that Palestinian Christians can visit sacred sites for Easter. The ambassador also told NCC to notify him directly if there are incidents at check points with Palestinian Christians in which the orders are not followed.The call from Oren was in response to concerns conveyed by Kinnamon and two American rabbis over Israel’s increased security for Passover, which they said had inadvertently closed the border to Palestinian Christians who want to worship in the Holy City during Easter week.“I hope the Israeli government realizes that it is unacceptable to us that Christians be denied the right to worship in Jerusalem, especially Christians whose roots in the region go back to the time of Christ,” said Kinnamon on Tuesday....

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Fla. Church to Pay Light Bills for Guests on Easter

A Jacksonville, Fla., church has a message for the community: Come hear the message of hope this Easter and get your light bill paid!In the run-up to Easter, The Bridge Church is reaching out to neighbors through road side signs, billboards, radio and television to communicate to the city that they care.
"During such difficult times in our city, we wanted to take the opportunity to give back," said Lead Pastor Charlie Campbell. "We want people to know during this Easter season that the light of God is amazing and free."
The church is currently taking registrations of people who desire to experience worship on Easter and have the chance to get their April JEA – the eighth largest community-owned electric utility in America – bill paid. Dozens have signed up so far.Local businesses have also been contacting the church requesting to sponsor the effort."We hope that in our small way, we are making a difference in our city and changing the conversation during Easter to focus on people and what God wants to do for them," said Campbell...

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PS:It truly saddens me all the new"techniques"that churches have came up with to "bring people in".Mr.Campbell said in the statement above that "they want to change the conversation during Easter to focus on people and what God wants to do for them..."Well I think there lays the problem...the CHANGE part...but you know...we've been here in the US bombarded with the word CHANGE so much in these last years that I guess it got into some pastors heads too...

To focus on people is alright...BUT to focus on what GOD wants to do for them....?

EXCUSE ME....GOD ALREADY DID SOMETHING FOR US,that is the most important thing HE could have ever done for us that is to send HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON to die for OUR SINS,TO REDEEM US,giving us FORGIVING OF SINS AND SALVATION and that happenned 2000 years ago....!HELLOOOO...!!!!

GOD HAS ALREADY DONE SOMETHING FOR US...and believe me...that is much better to me than paying my electricity bill.

But there's where the problem lays...the REFOCUS on something other than the cross.I don't hear much of the ole fashioned fastin' and prayin' and evangelizing for souls anymore.Did you notice...?It's all this or that other IDEA on how to bring them in.IN the state the church--in general--is here in America(And please spare me the hate mail tellin' me that you congregation is not like that and all that...)NO WONDER pastors try to come up with IDEAS to bring them in...otherwise people don't even wanna be told about church....

Sad but true the testimony of the church outside the 4 walls of it is pretty bad: lukewarm christians,that live like the world,preachers askin' for money all the time to sustain their lavish lifestyles that are up to any Hollywood star,no much fruit of repentance at all in "new believers",a flood of new "doctrines" and "movements" that are plain heretic...no more preachin' about sin and hell anymore,the total relaxin of standards,from the music they listen to, to the way they dress and behave...no much difference with the world at all.There are even so called "christian discos"cause you know our youth DESERVE TO HAVE SOME FUN....Therefore there is no more power in the church.His Presence has left long time ago in many places...and they don't even know it...

Sorry to be this cruel,but it's the truth.

People are DRAWN BY THE SPIRIT....They may come for the goodies to church fo a season and what is worse...they may get a diluted message like HEY SAY THIS PRAYER and YOU ARE INNN...or Jesus loves you the way you are...!(You know what I mean...)and dont even EVER get truly saved at all and think they are and keep coming to church without a true experience of repentance and salvation. God knows churches are filled with people like that....DECEIVED people.

You wanna show your community you care for them...?here is an idea:

What about preaching the TRUTH to them about their condition,their sin and tell them about hell and repentance and ole' fashioned salvation....That there is already a solution for our sin,that there is freedom in JESUS,that there is salvation, healing,restoration,deliverance in HIM today....?

IF you are really concerned about your neighbours wouldn't you just tell them the TRUTH,without any CATCH....????

Just a thought for the coming Resurrection Day...:)

As in the days of Noah....

SIGN of the TIMES:Texas Megachurch to Give Out Cars, TVs at Easter Services

Bay Area Fellowship Church in Corpus Christi, Texas, will give away more than $2 million worth of prizes, including cars and TVs, during its Easter services.

(Photo: Bay Area Fellowship Church)

Easter at a megachurch in Corpus Christi, Texas, will look like the popular TV game show "The Price Is Right."Sixteen cars, 15 flat-screen televisions, furniture sets and other prizes are lined up at Bay Area Fellowship Church and ready to be claimed by anyone who attends the church's Easter services on Sunday.Though the church of some 7,000 weekly attendees has regularly flexed its creative muscles to draw the unchurched, the upcoming "Ultimate Giveaway" is like no other outreach it has ever attempted.Pastor Bil Cornelius, who made the game show analogy, admits it's a bit "outrageous."But he sees it as "an opportunity to share Christ with people who may never go to a church for any reason," he told The Christian Post.The prizes are worth over $2 million and are all donated items or sponsored by members of the church. Pastor Cornelius asked the congregation to give and to get their businesses involved for the bold effort. Bay Area members signed up to give cars, bikes, laptops, gym memberships and other gifts....

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DECEPTION WATCH:Christian Leaders Celebrate Easter But Promote Atonement Deniers - Makes No Sense

The contemplative prayer movement and the new emerging spirituality continue to wreak havoc on the body of Christ and on the preaching of the Gospel to the lost. For eight years, Lighthouse Trails has shown through one report after the next the teachings by many that outright or indirectly deny the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ (the basic essence of the salvation for the believer). And yet today many Christian leaders, professors, and pastors continue to promote atonement deniers or those who resonate with them. And we say again, it makes no sense to celebrate Easter while promoting those who deny the atonement.
A case in point. Calvary Chapel teacher, Gayle Erwin, has his endorsement of The Shack on the back cover of the book and on The Shack website. Yet, Erwin continues addressing Calvary Chapel pastors (e.g. recently at the SW Calvary Chapel Pastors Conference with Greg Laurie and other Calvary Chapel pastors). But William Paul Young, author of The Shack has denied the biblical substitutionary atonement as we showed in John Lanagan's 2009 article, The Shack Author Rejects Biblical Substitutionary Atonement. Lanagan states, after listening to a radio interview with Young:
[T]he author of this bestselling book does not believe Christ was punished on the Cross by the Father for our sins. This is a central doctrine of our faith–that Jesus willingly took our place of punishment and that through His sacrifice we can have eternal life. (click here to read the transcript of the interview with William Paul Young)
Another case in point. Alan Jones, the Reverend at Grace Cathedral in San Fransisco, wrote a book called Reimagining Christianity. The book is filled with theology that negates essentials of the Christian faith. In that book he states:
The Church's fixation on the death of Jesus as the universal saving act must end, and the place of the cross must be reimagined in Christian faith. Why? Because of the cult of suffering and the vindictive God behind it.--Alan Jones1
Of the atonement, Jones also says: "Jesus' sacrifice was to appease an angry God. Penal substitution was the name of this vile doctrine."--Alan Jones, (Reimagining Christianity , p. 168) No one can argue that Brian McLaren's name on the back cover is an endorsement by McLaren on Jones' beliefs expressed in that book. In fact, McLaren, in his own words, calls the doctrine of hell and the Cross "false advertising" for God. But also on the back cover of Jones' book is Walter Brueggemann, who says that Jones' "vision of faith" and "ministry for the time to come" will be a "gift" for readers. For those who are not familiar with his name, Walter Brueggemann is one of the main editors for Richard Foster's Spiritual Formation Study Bible. Foster, a contemplative New Age sympathizer, is admired and even heralded by countless Christian leaders, teachers, ministries, and pastors around the globe. Two of those are Focus on the Family and Rick Warren. And yet, clearly Foster resonates with Brueggemann, or he wouldn't have him contribute to a Bible of all things. To resonate with Brueggemann is to resonate with someone who accepts the denial of the atonement. This is not guilt by association - this is guilt by promotion!....

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Filipinos mark Good Friday with crucifixions

CUTUD, Philippines--More than a dozen Filipinos were nailed to crosses and others whipped their backs until they were bloody in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. The Catholic Church disapproves of the annual ritual of devotion but says it cannot stop people in Asia's largest Roman Catholic country from being voluntarily nailed to a cross or flagellating themselves, only educate them that it isn't necessary.In the 55th year of the festival, Christ was played by local Ruben Inaje, who said he was being nailed to a cross for the 24th time, as thousands of locals and foreign tourists watched."When they put the nails in my palm, that's very painful," said the 49-year-old before his crucifixion. Nails are also driven through his feet....
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Picture Left:Crowd take pictures of a penitent nailed to a wooden cross as part of a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in the town of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province, north of Manila April 2, 2010.(REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo)

Pilgrims fill St. Peter's Square for Good Friday service led by the pope

VATICAN CITY - Pilgrims and tourists flocked to the Vatican ahead of Good Friday ceremonies as the Catholic church defends itself against accusations that Pope Benedict XVI played a role in covering up sex abuse cases.The pope was scheduled to preside over a prayer service and listen to reflections from the papal household preacher in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday evening.Hours later, thousands of faithful Catholics, clutching candles and prayer books, were expected to gather at the Colosseum to see the pope at night during at the traditional Way of the Cross procession commemorating Christ's crucifixion....

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