Good Morning,
Praise the Lord for this Friday. It is going to be bright and beautiful. We are excited for this weekend. Sunita and Andy are coming home and their dear friend Meredith is also coming with them. Jessica and Tom are coming home for the weekend. Our niece Jovita ,who lives and works in Philadelphia, is also coming home. Jessica and Jovita are more than cousins. They are good friends. They went to Grove City College together and are now sharing an apartment together. All are coming for the birthday gathering tomorrow afternoon from 4-7 at the Union Center UMC Fellowship Hall, 128 Maple Drive. They are preparing much food, including many authentic Indian foods. Those of you live in the area please stop by.
Join us this evening for our Television outreach at 7 p.m. on Channel 4. As Christians we are in a battle everyday! Upon this battle depends our joy, as we engage in overcoming sin. The problem is that most Christians don’t realize that battle is a fact of life; Too many of us are asleep in the barracks rather than being active on the battlefield! C. S. Lewis wrote, “There’s no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every minute of every hour is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan.” Growing up in India I have seen many diverse and dangerous snakes. I killed a few cobras in my youthful and fearless days. My dad had shot and killed some of the very deadly snakes. It is a known fact that snakes are born with a reflex action that allows them to bite and shoot venom into a human body even after they are killed. A rattlesnake can still bite and kill a human an hour after its dead! I am reminded that Satan was dealt a deadly blow on the cross, but he still is very dangerous! That’s why it takes special weapons for this supernatural warfare! 2 Corinthians 10:4 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.” The devil doesn’t fear bombs, bullets, missiles and torpedoes – he only fears the supernatural weaponry given to every believer!
I came across the following story sometime ago: It was in 1854 that Pastor Dudley Tyng, at only 29 years old, was voted as the new pastor of a Philadelphia church. At first the work went well until he started to preach against the sin of slavery – at that point to church did not want to make anyone mad so they told him to shut down such silly preaching. Pastor Dudley lasted only 2 years at that large church in Philadelphia. So it was that Pastor Dudley started Bible studies at the YMCA and he began rallying husbands to come to Christ. On March 30, 1858, 5000 men gathered in the streets of Philadelphia and the first thing he said to the sea of faces before him, “I would rather this right arm were amputated close to the shoulder than to come up short of my duty to you in delivering God’s message.” It was reported in the paper the next day that over 1000 people got saved. Two weeks later Pastor Dudley was visiting a farmer as he was thrashing corn in the barn and all of the sudden Pastor Dudley’s sleeve got caught in the thrasher, which ripped his arm out of his shoulder and the main artery was severed. Four days later Pastor was just about to die and he lifted his head and said to everyone around the bed, “Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross, lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss.” This birthed the hymn, “Onward Christian Soldiers”! The rest of the song was written by a Presbyterian Pastor who was so touched by Dudley’s conviction for Christ. He wrote… “Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss From victory unto victory, His army shall He lead Till every foe is vanquished and Christ is Lord indeed!” Let us take this thought with us today: from our armor comes our position, power, privileges and our praise!In and through Christ,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONPlqLTRBI0
p.s. Please note that we will be hosting the Continental Singers and Orchestra on Friday, November 14 at 7 p.m. The Continentals will be presenting DREAMER, the story of Joseph. Our oldest daughter, Janice, traveled with the Continentals in 1994, the last time that the Continentals presented DREAMER.
We will also be hosting the St. Petersburg Men's Ensemble, from Russia, on Friday, December 13 at 7 p.m.
We have chartered a bus for our annual trip to Radio City Music Hall in NYC for the Christmas Spectacular. The trip will be on Monday, December 8. We currently have a few seats left at a cost of $75 per person. This includes both transportation and the ticket to the show.
Fri, 24/10/2008 - 11:00am Malegaon blasts: Former VHP members detained
Zeenews Bureau
Mumbai, Oct 24: In another development in Malegaon blasts case, police have taken three suspects into custody from Indore, one of whom is a young woman. All the three have been brought to Mumbai for further questioning.
Involvement of a woman totally came as a shock to the officials. Pragya Jain, who has been detained, is said to be a former member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). The details of other two detainees have not been disclosed yet.
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Fri, 24/10/2008 - 8:57am Whither India: Qualitative change in Polity
Last six months have been most disturbing on the Indian political scene. As far as the values of integration are concerned they are being attacked very severely by terrorist-communal forces. First, we saw the series of bomb blasts, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Malegaon. It was projected by the authorities that all these acts are due to Jehadi Muslim groups that police have succeeded in cracking the network. One outcome of this was the Batla house encounter in which police, bravely killed the terrorists. It put out a version that now the terror ring has been busted and kingpins have been arrested. It is another matter that later the relevant-uncomfortable questions were raised and satisfactory answers to these were not forthcoming. On the top of this the claim that Malegaon blasts were done by SIMI proved to be false as the investigation showed the possibility of ABVP/Bajrang Dal being involved in same.
posted in: Current Issue, Persecution, West India
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Fri, 24/10/2008 - 8:49am Report concludes that Bangalore church fire was not because of short-circuit
BANGALORE: It is now official. The fire at St. Anthony's Church at Yadavanahalli, near Attibele, was not due to short-circuit.An inquiry by the Chief Electricity Inspectorate to Government (CEIG) has revealed that there was no electrical short-circuit in the church.
The sources in the CEIG told The Hindu that the report was submitted to the State Government on October 18.
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Fri, 24/10/2008 - 7:08am Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2007/2008
http://www.acn.org.uk/shop/reports/BPAF08_Index.pdfIndex of Persecution2008 Aid to the Church in Need.Based on ACN’s Persecuted & Forgotten?:A Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2007/2008IntroductionHuman rights is a buzzword in international politics. Every country must respect them and promoting them is the first duty of every government.This year (2008) marks 60 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Yet little is said about religious liberty which the Declaration guarantees, and even less is said about the frequent infringement of rights which is suffered by Christians throughout the world.The state of Orissa in eastern India is a case in point. It has now erupted in a blaze of anti-Christian violence for the second time in twelve months. The litany of events is depressing: As of mid-October 2008 over a hundred people were reported either dead or missing (official Church figures put deaths at around 60) and 25,000 people were living in refugee camps, with a similar number are hiding in the jungle; impassioned mobs had destroyed more than 4,400 houses and 151 churches or chapels; and more than 18,000 people were injured. It is easy to be numbed by all these figures, but the stories that make up the statistics have the power to shock us out of our complacency, such as the attack on the pastoral centre in Kanjamindi.
posted in: Current Issue, Persecution, Other Countries
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Thu, 23/10/2008 - 10:06pm SISTER MINA WHO WAS RAPED AND PARADED NAKED IN THE ORISSA TO MEET THE PRESS
SISTER MINA WHO WAS RAPED AND PARADED NAKED IN THE ORISSA COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN AUGUST 2008IS TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON 24 OCTOBER 2008
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Thu, 23/10/2008 - 7:58pm 17 churches ,346 houses ,16 businesses destroyed and1100 children affected in Gajapathy
Date wise attacks in different villages carried out by radical Hindus in Gajapathy district, neighboring Kandhamal is given below1. 25.08.08 : Mukundipur - One Church and 40 houses2. 25.09.09 : Jeerango - One Church, 16 Shops and 11 houses.3. 25.08.08 : Podaguma - One Church and 32 houses4. 25.08.08 : Potar - One Church and 35 houses5. 25.08.08 : Lanjipadar - One Church and 12 houses6. 25.08.08 : Bangosahi - One Church and 25 houses7. 25.08.08 : Kamaladhio - One Church and 11 houses8. 25.08.08 : Lailai - One Church and 15 houses9. 25.08.08 : Tapongo - One Church and 25 houses10. 25.08.08 : Alajhar - One Church11. 25.08.08 : Khambarisahi - One Church12. 25.08.08 : Marloba - Two Churches and one house13. 26.08.08 : Boldaguma - One Church and 29 houses14. 26.08.08 : Naktiguma - One Church and 11 houses15. 27.08.08 : K.K. Singh - One Church and 76 houses16. 27.08.08 : Deudisahi - One Church and 23 houses
Total no. of the Churches are : 17Total nos. of Houses are : 346Total nos. of shops including one Rice mill are : 16Total Christian families attacked,injured and displaced:364Total nos of Men affected : 366Total nos of Women affected : 357Total nos of Children affected :1100(Boys-500, Girls-600)
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