Weblog: Motive Still Unclear in Deadly Mo. Church Shooting
Plus: What's next after Taliban release of two Korean hostages, Catholic bishop suggests calling God Allah, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 8/15/2007 03:59PM
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Dead Sea on life support | More than 90 percent of the 1.3 billion cubic meters of water that would have flowed into the Dead Sea annually has been diverted by Israel, Jordan, and Syria (The Washington Times)
Hebe will soon be unveiled | Nearly a century will have passed since the goddess of hospitality was first erected in downtown Roseburg and a controversial new statuette is raised in her place (News-Review, Roseburg, Ore.)
Evanston commune hits 50 | Despite turmoil, Reba Place Fellowship has maintained its mission of helping others (Chicago Tribune)
Weighty sermons | More pastors are preaching healthy lifestyles … and starting with themselves (The Sacramento Bee, Ca.)
Zimbabwe's horrors | No one is surprised when a Roman Catholic bishop condemns the violence of war. But when was the last time you heard of one pleading for a military invasion? (Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe)
Masterpiece in a country church | It is a great surprise to find in a little Suffolk church the most remarkable surviving English painting from the 14th century (Christopher Howse, The Telegraph, London)
Richard Dawkins, TV evangelist | Atheism has never held much interest for sociologists of religion - until now (Gordon Lynch, The Guardian, London)
Christians for extending the gulag | The international religious Left backs Korean "reunification." (Mark D. Tooley, FrontPageMagazine.com)
Taliban, South Korea Start Direct Talks | Also: U.S. missionary killed in Honduras, WEA announces Iraq branch, a commercial cross fight, and links to many other articles (August 10)
Zimbabwe's Mugabe Accuses Priest Critic of Adultery | Plus: Whether evangelicals can recover from a Catholic's fall, the escalating cost of abuse, and many other stories from online sources around the world (July 19)
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I totally support Tony Jordan. It seems that we've lost our purpose. There are somethings that we should not just discuss. Muslims are busy killing our brethrens around the world. These people are not concerned about what is true but we Christians have been given power but we do not know this thing cos Christ said "We do err not knowing the Scriptures nor the Power of God". Where are the days of Elijah, Elisha, Paul and others who naturally moved in Power. We have grown too cold. Am not saying that we should kill them cos they are God's creation but the Bible said "In the day of His Power His people shall be willing". These people need to see Signs and Wonders b4 they can beleive Christ. Allah is not just a name that they call God, there is more to this name than the eyes can see. Catholic church is owned by the devil, they have lead millions into DECEPTION and the devil will still do more. The stature of mary started cryin blood as if to tell us dat it is real. lets get real.
Tony Jordan
Posted: August 17, 2007 7:36 PM
Nothing that any Roman Catholic Bishop, or for that matter Pope or priest says, that's inconsistant with the Word of God, surprises me! Allah IS NOT just another name for the Almighty God of historic divine revelation, as revealed in His Word, the Bible! "The historical background concerning the origin and meaning of the Arabian "Allah" reveals that Allah cannot be the God of the biblical Patriarchs, the Jews, or the Christians. Allah is merely a revamped and magnified Arabian moon deity" (Islam Unveiled, The True Desert Storm, by Dr. Robert A. Morey, p.56). To put bluntly, 'Allah' is Satan masquerading as 'god' deceiving multitudes in the process.
As Morey states, " Neither is 'Allah' a Hebrew or Greek word for God as found in the Bible. Allah is an Arabic term used in reference to an Arabian deity." (Ibid., p.46). The Jesus of Catholicism is another (hereron) Jesus, the spirit of Catholicism is another (hereron) spirit, and the gospel of Catholicism is another (heteron) word
Ian Stuart
Posted: August 17, 2007 12:06 PM
Allah should be written Al'lah (two separate words) because it means "The God" and refers to the one and only God that Muslims believe is the same God as the God of the Jews and Christians. It is not however, a personal Name like Yahweh which was the Name God revealed to Moses. So when saying Allah once is merely saying The God in Arabic. The phrase does not refer to a different God but does entail a different understanding of the nature of that One God.
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