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July 02

A minor annoyance as my expression of faith was removed...

 
You may have seen the commercial for Capital Ones Image CardSM .. the one where you down load a photo or picture and they personalize your credit-card.. sound neat eh? Well it was till I got an e-mail stating: "Sorry, we were unable to use the image you submitted" why was it rejected... Because it had a small cross in the corner of the picture that expressed an aspect of who I am... this was seen as offensive to them and was rejected.  Below was my e-mail to them, which they have chosen not top reply back to:
 
Your statement about the image I submitted for my Capital One Image Card, "Each time you use your new card, you’ll be expressing a bit of your individuality. We hope you enjoy your new personalized card."
 
I respond to that by making mention that you denied me a direct expression of who I am in regards to my faith.  I submitted the same photo twice, the only difference is one had a cross in the corner and the other did not. You rejected the the one with the cross and accepted the other. So you denied a major expression of who I am based solely upon a symbol of my faith.. that is ridiculous and wrong. In a country that used to be free to express ones faith, its sad that you have joined the politically correct masses and denied freedom  of expression and speech of my religious heritage. It grieves me to see you take a stand against the free expression of my faith and my freedom to express who I am. In essence you partake in a denial of all this country once stood for.
 
Dramatic... maybe but I was annoyed hahaha
Whelp I just did what Capital One wanted me to do... and Expressed myself haha
June 17

The Science of Sex

 
The Science of Sex

Check out Marcia Segelstein's latest video blog here.

      

 

The chemical bonding the women from the video made mention of is Oxytocin which is released during sexual activity in both men & women.  Likewise, it is also released during childbirth and breast-feeding.  This is more than just an emotional bonding its chemical and when one engages in casual sex what happens is less and less of the Oxytocin is released, thus hindering long-term chemical bonding.  Science for the most part has established that long-term monogamous relationship are what make couples that most satisfied and happy over the long haul.  So this is why it’s important not to have causal pre-marital sex, because it disrupts this chemical bonding of the couple, making it harder to form long-lasting bonds in the future that would ultimately make them happier and healthier.

 

At this point it is believed that the lessening of the hormone (I.e., Oxytocin) may be due to the perceptions of the temporariness of relational aspects after each new partner.  It doesn't seem to be caused by more sexual activity itself, in that committed couples still release this bonding agent.  Whether or not an altered mind-set can reverse this dimension of bonding is still unclear. But in Prov. 23:7 we read "For as he thinks within himself, so he is..." One can see that power of both thoughts and actions can have lasting impact upon an individual, a man/woman reaps what he/she sows.  God's ways are gaining in scientific backing every day.

 

As yet, I haven't found, nor I'm I aware of any research done on the chemical bonding during masturbation, though with further research, it may be found to have a chemical bonding effect that may play a part in all sorts of fetishes or sexual arousal by various objects or dress, etc....  which could help explain many current trends in our society today...

 

The following is the book also mentioned in the video:

June 16

TAKE ACTION!!! Sign an online "Free Our Health Care NOW!" petition.

Obama to AMA: You're the problem
Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 6/16/2009 8:50:00 AM

A leading health economist says President Obama delivered a subtle and unpleasant message to the American Medical Association yesterday, implying that doctors are the main problem behind rising healthcare costs.

 

related article buttonBarack Obama cited in his AMA speech what he argues are radical differences in the practice of medicine across the country -- some doctors are practicing medicine conservatively, while others are ordering unnecessary tests and prescribing "treatments that, in some cases, can actually do people harm by raising the risk of infection or medical error." (Full text of speech)
 
Dr. John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, believes President Obama wants the federal government to force doctors to change the way they practice medicine.
 
"They are talking about a system parallel to the employer-based health insurance system," he explains. "So if you don't get insurance from an employer, you go into this artificial market that would be regulated and controlled by the government.
 
"You would have choices in this market," he continues, "and the left-wing of the Democratic Party wants one of the choices to be a government-run health insurance plan -- by which they generally mean Medicare for young people."
 
John GoodmanGoodman says Obama's plan would push doctor and hospital fees and premiums so low that an estimated 120 million Americans would drop their private health insurance plan for the government program.
 
As to the president's implication that physicians themselves are part of the problem, Goodman argues that both doctors and patients are victims of the system.
 
"Doctors are not the problem," he states. "It's a lack of a competitive marketplace that's the problem. Doctors are just as much a victim as patients. We are all trapped in a dysfunctional healthcare system [that is] shaped and molded by bad government policy." Goodman's blog on health policy encourages individuals to sign an online "Free Our Health Care NOW!" petition.
 
Many in the AMA audience booed President Obama when he said is against limiting malpractice awards, which is the group's highest legislative priority.

 

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June 15

I Will Do Battle With Whom I’m Not

For The Rest Of My Natural Life.

June 14

Homosexual protest in Rome just one of many...

 
Homosexual protest in Rome
  Tens of thousands of gay rights activists demanding rights for same-sex couples marched through the streets of Rome on Saturday in a gay pride parade. (June 14)
 

There seems to be a biblical pattern of perversion, as a society turns away from and outright rejects God and His ways.  We see this in the current gay-activism of our day unlike any other time in history really, in which a worldwide movement for gay-marriage and other aspects of their agenda are prevalent.  This marks a level of rejection of God on a worldwide scale unified in going against morality.  They not only reject God, but God’s very design for their bodies, the ultimate rejection of who they we’re created to be.  One can see how this relates to the end times as well, we see an increase of the publicity and political correctness to abandon Gods ways and design and burn in their desire towards one another as mention in the first chapter of Romans.  One should consider the chapters in light of the end-times as social moment in which they publically reject God and give hearty approval towards those go against the designs of their very bodies.  It’s really only a matter of time till the wrath against such can no longer be contained or held back by Gods goodness any longer.

 

Romans 1:18-32 Unbelief and Its Consequences:

18.For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19.because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20.For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21.For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22. Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23.and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. 24. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25. For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27.and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. 28.And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge  God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29.being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil ; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice ; they are gossips, 30.slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31.without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful ; 32.and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

June 12

Romance the feminine version of porn...


 
You know you've been studying psychology too long when you listen to an old romantic love song and start to pick out all unhealthy cognitive patterns that the singer in projecting unto someone who doesn't even know their first name... hmmm.. haha
 
Has romance been ruined? naaa but as Christians we need to be more reality based.. its been said that romance novels are the feminine version of porn... To a degree this false emotional engagement can actually take away from real relationships.  It can even destroy them by forcing expectation upon a mate in the emotional realm in much the same way as porn does at times to the physiological realm... each has a distortion of reality with false, usually unrealistic, unhealthy and sometimes selfish motivations.
 
It can (i.e., fantasy life) create an emotional bond to someone who may know nothing about you... or even care to for that matter.  Living in a fantasy realm can cause one to enter into a relationship with either false expectations or blind them to very real charter flaws that the other posses.  Its not a real relationship if the other is not present and knowing your thoughts, fantasy is cognitive pattern of creating something out of nothing...
 
Being overly consumed by romantic ideation's will place much strain upon a relationship...  We have Christ as the ultimate Romantic, but One that is reality based... He doesn't pretend we're perfect, but loves us in spite of all our short comings and demand more of us... while giving even more of himself.. He seeks us out in a holy passion.. and demands we have no other lovers beside Him... 
 
Romance novel can take away our focus after lovers not our own.. they can even lead to a lifestyle of distorted romance in which one is lead about by emotionalism that is far removed from truth of relational conduct of Gods word... some will fall victim towards seeking out emotionally arousing situations one after another to gain the highs of a first kiss over and over again... ultimately what they seek out in this way they will never find the satisfaction of their heart... This can only be found as two come together in God honoring way..
 
As the Samaritan women (John 4) by the well ran to one relationship after another she thirsted again and again never fully having her desires met... Christ told her its only in Him the spring of living life and stratification of her soul can be found...  Only in this Relationship can we have a true and pure love that will be more satisfying then any other...
 
June 08

 
I'm Changing               
Love can't always be spoken,
Tears are not always true,
My footsteps stand no more than six feet high,
But my soul rises higher than the noonday sun,
I'm changing, dancing, leaping upon the moon,
Singing to the star-light, bathing in the milky-way,
Delighting in the breath of life,
Starting with a little mustard seed,
Now blossoming into who I was meant to be,
Come along and see, who you will be,
With a child-like faith,
You too can say,
I'm changing.
May 21

buh-bye hehe...

Getting ready to head out of town for a few weeks...
 
Gods Blessings!!
May 15

Take Action!! Sign the Petition & Contact Your Congressman

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Dear HSLDA Members and Friends:

You have received this special e-lert because you live in one of 10 crucial districts:

On May 7, Rep. John Lewis (GA-5) introduced House Resolution 416 calling on the U.S. Senate to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and several other U.N. treaties. At its introduction, the bill had 9 cosponsors from the urban centers of Oakland, San Jose, and Sacramento, California, New York City, Houston, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, and the suburbs of D.C. (Virginia’s 8th District). The non-voting delegate from Guam is also signed on.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, if ratified by the U.S. Senate and President Obama, would become part of “the supreme law of the land” under Article VI of our Constitution. The Supreme Court confirmed in Reid v. Covert (1957) that treaties override any conflicting state law, which in this case would include nearly all family law in America. The right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children would be very much at risk. For this and many other reasons (visit ParentalRights.org) we want to see H.R. 416 soundly defeated.

The sponsors of H. Res. 416 include John Lewis (GA-5), Ed Markey (MA-7), Madeleine Bordallo (Guam), Charles Rangel (NY-15), Barbara Lee (CA-9), Mike Honda (CA-15), Doris Matsui (CA-5), Danny Davis (IL-7), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Jim Moran (VA-8), and Raul Grijalva (AZ-7).

We will monitor the resolution’s progress and do everything in our power to hinder its passage. Since you live in one of the above districts, please contact your representative and let them know that you have serious concerns about the UNCRC, and believe strongly that they should pull their support of this resolution. If you have friends or family members in any of these districts, have them contact their representative as well. Remember to be respectful and courteous when you call, as congressional staff will be more likely to pay attention to what you have to say if you do not sound angry or rude.

(2) Please, take a moment to call right now, before you close this email. It will only take you a minute, and our whole organization is counting on you, the few who live in these particular districts!

Sincerely,

Michael P. Farris
HSLDA Chairman

ParentalRights.org exists to protect children by empowering parents through the passage of the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and by defeating U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.

May 12

Prejean will retain crown/ Donald Trump ousts Prejean as Miss California

 
Though I strongly disagree with her moral standing on issues of modesty... I applaud her stance on marriage between a one man and one woman... she took a major stand in this area of her faith and paid a price...  our right to have and hold, even to proclaim truth in this day and age is under attack.. hate crime bills are already in the works and may soon pass, making this stand she took maybe illegal in the near future.. so with that said its good to see an alternative politically incorrect voice out there...
 
Prejean will retain crown
Associated Press - 5/12/2009 10:15:00 AM

Carrie Prejean (1st runner-up, Miss USA 2009)NEW YORK - Donald Trump says Carrie Prejean can retain her crown as Miss California USA.

Trump, who owns the Miss USA pageant, made the announcement Tuesday at Trump Tower in New York City.


Prejean failed to reveal before last month's Miss USA pageant that she had posed in her underwear as a teenager. She said her friend took the controversial photos when she first entered the modeling industry. They were "intended for application rather than publication," she explained. Trump says the pageant has determined the photos are "fine."

The 21-year-old San Diego native created controversy during the Miss USA pageant when she said she believes marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

Prejean spoke today following Trump's announcement.

"On April 19, on that stage, I exercised my freedom of speech -- and I was punished for doing so," she said. "This should not happen in America. It undermines the constitutional rights for which my grandfather fought for [sic]."

"My faith commands us to forgive one another. This means anyone who has made malicious, slanderous, or untrue allegations about me," she added. "And I willingly forgive them before all of you today."

With Prejean at his side, Trump also defended the answer she gave at last month's Miss USA pageant when asked for her views on same-sex "marriage." Prejean said she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman. Trump says that's "the same answer the president of the United States gave" and reflects the views of "many people." He says Prejean "gave an honorable answer" that came "from her heart."

For her part, Prejean accused judge and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton of asking a "politically charged question with a hidden personal agenda." She says she stated her "honest belief."

 

VideoCarrie Prejean speaks

 

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=526394

Carrie Prejean
© Mark Humphrey/AP
Carrie Prejean
Donald Trump ousts Prejean as Miss California
June 10, 2009, 2:39 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, who stirred up trouble for herself when she said gays shouldn't be allowed to marry, got the word from pageant poobah Donald Trump on Wednesday: "You're fired."

Trump and other pageant leaders said Prejean was being sacked not because of the remarks but because she hadn't been holding up her end of the agreement she signed when she entered the pageant.

"This was a decision based solely on contract violations, including Ms. Prejean's unwillingness to make appearances on behalf of the Miss California USA organization," the California pageant's executive director, Keith Lewis, said in a statement.

He had complained at a news conference last month that Prejean was skipping Miss California USA events while speaking out against gay marriage at unsanctioned appearances.

After the complaints reached Trump, who owns Miss California USA's parent organization, the mogul decided to give her a second chance and keep her on. On Thursday, he changed his mind.

"I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her contract with the Miss California USA Organization and I gave her the opportunity to do so," Trump said in a statement. "Unfortunately it just doesn't look like it is going to happen."

Pageant officials said Prejean would be replaced by the Miss California pageant's first runner-up, Tami Farrell, 24.

"Carrie is a beautiful young woman and I wish her well as she pursues her other interests," Trump said.

A representative for Prejean, 22, did not immediately return a call for comment.

During the Miss USA competition, Prejean was first runner-up after answering a judge's question about gay marriage by saying wedding vows should be reserved for men and women.

"No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised," she said.

After the response drew heavy criticism she began speaking to crowds opposed to gay marriage, violating a section of her contract that required she clear unsanctioned appearances with pageant officials. About the same time, seminude photos of her began to surface on the Internet.

Although the photos were mild, pageant officials said she also violated her contract by not disclosing their existence to them.

When Trump initially decided to keep Prejean on, Lewis' co-executive director, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler resigned in protest.

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=413756&GT1=28103

 

May 10

上帝是爱

Hi Kim, your site sounds very familiar.. its good to see ya again... I tried to respond back to you but you have all your settings on private so this was the only way... hope all is well your way? stop in again :D Gods Blessings upon you!!
April 24

Baptist pastor beaten + tazed by Border patrol - 11 stitches

   
   
 
  
April 22

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No such thing as self-sufficiency,
Not even in the God-head.
April 20

L.B. my prayers are with you.. stay in touch eh?
Father God I just ask You hand be with her, that You would be a shield around her, that You would bless her Father God, I'm not sure what to ask in her behalf, but You know all that going on in her life, be her everything Lord God, be her her joy and strength, continue also to be with the family and the mother that You be with her , give her Your joy, Your peace, in all things so be it in Jesus name!!
 
Connie & her Beloved
Father just continue to grow them both up in Your love and wisdom Father God, that You would raise her husband up as a Godly leader in there household, that you would bless them financially Lord God, open door for ministry, and Lord just be their with them, unite them together, that in You they would build one another up & encourage and disciple one another in Your ways Lord God, keep the faithful in all things, just let Your Spirit rest upon them Lord God, fill them to overflowing, in Jesus name so be it!!
 
Shulimmite
Father God just be with, give her the strength and energy and mental fortitude to complete the tasks at hand Lord God, bring to her remembrance all she needs to know, let your hand and blessings shower down upon her, refresh her Lord God, guild her, open her mind to understanding, let her  rest and slumber rejuvenate her body and soul, be her joy, her peace, be with her mightily Lord God!! in Jesus name so be it!!
 
To the One Who Is Like A Son
Father God open Your word to him, let him have wisdom beyond his years, let his mind dwell upon Your word and Your ways, let him delight in Your presence, teach him to test the spirits Lord God, protect him from those dark spirit that visit him, Your presence set to flight the enemies shadows Lord God, teach and train his hands for battle, prepare him for the days ahead, be a shield around him, draw his heart after you!! in Jesus name so be it!!
 
Jan
My brother in Christ may You stand as spiritual warrior for him, may He lift your head high to redeem the days of your life, let him know the battle is not over, give him strength to stand tall and mightily in You lord God, that he would see a bright future in You Lord god, that joy would be his, Just brake off his depression Lord God, transform his mindset, let him feel Your love again, in Jesus name so be it!!
 
Visitors
Father God bless those who stop in here to visit, that they would feel Your presence powerfully, that they would find food for their souls, and freedom in You, Lord God let them not walk away without Your touch and Your Spirit following after them, in Jesus name so be it!!
 
President
Father God be with Obama That he would come to truly know You and Your ways, that You would shield him from the power of the enemy, open his eyes to Your wisdom Lord God, impress upon the protection of Your people, remind him he is accountable to You Lord God, give him godly wisdom, keep him from deception Lord God, prevent his hand from evil, in Jesus name so be it!!
 
Father God give me wisdom to walk in Your ways, help me to stay in them and delight in them, to find favor in Your eyes, to rejoice in Your, Lord strengthen me for what lays ahead, fill me with Your Spirit Lord God!! Help me to stand and walk in integrity!! that evil ones plans be thwarted, that I can find my way in you, that who I am is defined by You, that I will be empowered to bless many Lord God, that I will speak Your words that You place in my mouth, that I will not bake down, that Your peace be with me Lord God, that what is coming soon I will overcome, that no one touches me apart for Your ok, that in life as well as death I will honor You, that You will in power me to do those things, that I will walk in those days without fear, that You would watch over my loved ones, So be it in Jesus name!!
 
Jess
Father God be with Jessica, bless her time of courtship, they You lead her and guild them both, that You would draw them closer to You, that You hand would be with them, just fill the both with Your Spirit and continue to build them  and mold them into who You desire them to be, both together and as individuals, in Jesus name so be it!!
 
 
Let Your Spirit fall upon Your peoples...
The remnant of your heart...
So let it be!!

Take Action! Don't allow President Obama to remove America's most basic freedoms

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Contact Congress today about proposed "hate crimes" legislation - before it's too late!

April 20, 2009

Dear Friend,

America's most basic freedoms of speech, conscience and the free exercise of religion are under attack and the time to act is now. If President Obama succeeds with his priority of passing the Hate Crimes law, H.R. 1913 - the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, it could lead to the criminalization of the Biblical view of homosexuality in sermons and elsewhere. An offended homosexual could accuse a pastor, Sunday School teacher of broadcaster of causing emotional injury simply by expressing the Biblical view that homosexuality is sinful.

H.R. 1913 is one more step in the campaign to legitimize homosexuality in our culture by treating it as a protected class along with race, gender, and religion. The long term goal is to create one more platform from which to eradicate wrong thinking about homosexuality. H.R. 1913 will undoubtedly pave the way to legislation that will make thinking Biblically about homosexuality a "hate crime."

We believe prosecutors and anti-Christian groups will use loop holes in the proposed legislation to muzzle the church from speaking out on Biblical standards of morality which are shared by most Americans. Unnecessary lawsuits will bring a chilling effect to the free speech and religious liberty of our churches and of our members.

Laws already exist in all 50 states to punish violent crime, making this legislation unnecessary, unfair, indefinable, un-American and constitutionally suspect.

Laws in civilized nations have always been designed to punish conduct, not thought. H.R. 1913 is not designed to aid in crime fighting. Punishing wrong beliefs about homosexuality is the sole aim of H.R. 1913 - the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

Take Action!

Contact your members of Congress today. Ask him or her to oppose H.R. 1913 - the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, or any other federal "hate crimes" bill that could lay the groundwork for censorship of America's most basic freedoms of speech, conscience and religion.

Please forward this alert to all of your friends and family members.

 

 

 

'Hate crimes' bill - bad news for believers
Jim Brown and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 4/20/2009 6:00:00 AM

crime scene smallA vote is looming this week in Congress on a bill that one conservative activist warns would not only silence Christian opposition to homosexuality, but also would legitimize deviant forms of "sexual orientation."

 

A markup vote is expected Wednesday in the House Judiciary Committee on the Local Law Enforcement and Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.  House Democrats only have to give 24 hours' notice before the vote.  The measure (H.R. 1913) sponsored by Representatives John Conyers (D-Michigan) and Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) would add homosexuals and transgender people to the list of classes federally protected from so-called "hate crimes."

 

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Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the Traditional Values Coalition, says the bill is a serious threat to religious freedom.
 
"Your pastor could be prosecuted for conspiracy to commit a hate crime if it passes and become law," she warns. "This so-called 'hate crimes' bill will be used to lay the legal foundation and framework to investigate, prosecute, and persecute pastors, business owners, Bible teachers, Sunday School teachers, youth pastors -- you name it -- or anyone else whose actions are based upon and reflect the truth found in the Bible."
 
Andrea Lafferty TVCTVC says H.R. 1913 broadly defines "intimidation" -- and offers up this example: "A pastor's sermon could be considered 'hate speech' under this legislation if heard by an individual who then acts aggressively against persons based on 'sexual orientation.'" Under those circumstances, says the group, the pastor could be prosecuted for "conspiracy to commit a hate crime."
 
The legislation has another "serious problem," the pro-family group says, because Congress has failed to define the term "sexual orientation." Consequently, says TVC, 30 sexual orientations (as defined by the American Psychiatric Association) will "arguably be protected" under the legislation. "Those 30 sexual orientations include behaviors that are felonies or misdemeanors in most states or can result in death," notes the group's website.
 
In addition, TVC argues the bill is based on a fraudulent premise: that there is an epidemic of so-called "hate crimes" against "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" persons that needs federal involvement for local law enforcement officials.
 
Lafferty says unless Christians in America act, the hate crimes bill could be on President Obama's desk in three to four weeks at the most.

April 14

‘I won’t’ before ‘I do’

Here's another good one for teachers and educators who want to make a godly impact in the public school systems teaching abstinence, one which is developing more effective means of relaying the message to students... Below are some detail and contact information for those of you interesting in getting involved, being trained, or needing the materials.
'I Won't' before 'I Do'‘I won’t’ before ‘I do’
Unique programs make critical connection between abstinence and healthy marriages

 By Rebecca Grace - AFA Journal, April 2009

   Whoever thought of teaching abstinence as the positive means to a desired end? Scott Phelps, executive director of the Abstinence and Marriage Education Partnership (A&M Partnership) did.
  That’s why he leads an organization that “exists to ensure that every teenager in the country has the opportunity to hear a clearly reasoned, positive presentation on the benefits of abstinence until marriage and practical instruction on preparing for a healthy future marriage.”
  Research concludes that 9 in 10 high school students believe it’s important to have a good marriage and family life, but they are skeptical of marriage due to the culture’s negative view of this sacred institution and the absence of healthy marriage models.
  According to a study by Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox titled “A Scientific Review of Abstinence and Abstinence Programs,” “ … the erosion of the norm of premarital sexual abstinence, both in belief and behavior, appears to have played an important role in the weakening of American family life and, in turn, some of the nation’s most pressing social problems.”  
  Therefore, A&M Partnership functions to teach abstinence in tandem with marriage.
  “Restoring the institution of marriage begins by intentionally teaching teens that abstinence is one of the best ways to prepare for a healthy future marriage,” as stated in the partnership’s brochure.
  Below, Phelps talks more about A&M Partnership.

AFA Journal: Tell me about Project Reality and A&M Partnership.
Scott Phelps: Project Reality started in 1985 and was one of the first national abstinence movements to start providing abstinence education programs for public schools. I worked for Project Reality for five years, from 1999 to 2004. Then in 2004, I started A&M Partnership. In January 2009, Project Reality merged with A&M Partnership. Now we provide curricula to schools all around the country in all 50 states, and we’re one of the leading providers of abstinence education program materials.

AFAJ: Tell me about the curricula.
SP: The first curriculum project I worked on was authoring the book titled A.C. Green’s Game Plan. Then I followed with another book called Navigator; then we did the Excel program, the Aspire program, and now coming out in March is the Quest program. Excel is for churches and Christian schools. The others are for public schools.

AFAJ: So most of your work is in public schools?
SP: Yes. A lot of public schools are teaching kids things that are contrary to many parents’ values and beliefs. We offer schools an alternative program to teaching contraception. We teach kids the benefits of waiting until they’re married to have sex. Teaching kids about abstinence and marriage needs to be taught in tandem. It’s not enough just to talk to them about abstinence. So our goal is to give them good scientific objective information on the tangible benefits of marriage.

AFAJ: Is your message welcomed in public schools?
SP: There are some schools that don’t want us in, and they don’t have us. The schools that we are in are schools that want to have us. There are schools all over the country that are very eager to teach programs like this. But because we’re in public schools, we can’t go in with a Christian message. We can go in with a clear health message that abstinence from all sexual activity outside of marriage is the safest, healthiest choice they can make and the best way to reach their future goals and dreams. But all truth is God’s truth.

AFAJ: Highlight some of the main points from the curricula.
SP: We start off with goal setting. Then we talk about media influences, relationship skills and marriage.

AFAJ: What makes up the curricula?
SP: An 88-page workbook with different classroom activities, illustrations and role plays. Some have some PowerPoints, and some video material. They vary, but the whole point of each curriculum is to engage the kids and give teachers a tool that will allow for a really healthy interactive discussion that’s objectively based.

AFAJ: What is the target age?
SP:  Middle school and high school.

AFAJ: About how long does it take to complete a program?
SP: A typical abstinence course is going to be delivered as part of a health education curriculum. A 9th- or 10th-grader is going to have a health class for one semester, and part of that health class might be 5, 10, or 15 class periods dedicated to the subject of abstinence. All of our curricula are eight chapters long, so our programs are designed to be 8 to 16 days – one or two classes per chapter.

AFAJ: What is your response to studies that claim abstinence programs don’t work and should not be funded?
SP: If something isn’t working well, you don’t stop doing it; you do more of it, and you try to do it better. For example, if students aren’t getting good reading scores, you don’t stop teaching reading in schools. You do more. So when people say that abstinence programs don’t work – even if it were true, which it is not – the conclusion wouldn’t be to stop teaching abstinence. You need to teach more of it, and you need to do it better.

AFAJ: Do you see more genuine commitments to abstinence the longer students are exposed to the material?
SP:  What we do see is the more access we have to the kids, the more time we have to communicate the message to them, the more likely they are to embrace it. But I’m not taking anything away from one-time abstinence events because those are valuable in and of themselves. Our kids are living in a world filled with lies. When they hear a good speaker who gives a very clear, crisp message on the benefits of waiting until marriage it can really make a difference in their lives because it’s such a sharp contrast to what they’re normally hearing. But if you’re going to give me 8 or 10 more weeks to help them understand not only the “why” but the “how” behind it, that can only improve their receptivity to the message.

AFAJ: So how do you teach abstinence?
SP: Abstinence needs to be communicated as the positive message that it is. Abstinence tends to have a negative connotation, but it’s not a negative message. It’s a positive message about protecting your future goals and dreams. So if it’s presented in that way, kids will embrace it.

AFAJ: How can someone be trained to use your material?
SP:  We provide one- and two-day training seminars all over the country on what the abstinence message is and how to teach it effectively by walking participants through the materials and giving them ways to actively engage the students. We also have a series of “Restoring the Dream” conferences led by speakers such as Glenn Stanton, Maggie Gallagher and Rozario Slack. We’ve done these day-long seminars in nine different large cities on the importance of teaching marriage to teenagers

abstinenceAFAJ: Who attends training seminars?
SP:  Schoolteachers – we have a lot of health teachers, physical education teachers, family and consumer sciences teachers. We have representatives from pregnancy care centers who come to learn how to counsel toward abstinence in their center as well as how to go into their local public middle schools and high schools and teach it. Then sometimes we’ll have youth pastors and parents come. But mainly our audience is schoolteachers and speakers who go into schools.

AFAJ: What immediate goals does A&M Partnership have?
SP:  Our greatest challenge right now is to get our programs to be more widely used in churches and Christian schools. We have more acceptance and much wider distribution in public schools than we do in Christian schools. Part of it is they don’t know about us. But part of it is they feel, in some cases, they are already covering abstinence. And a lot of abstinence programs that have been designed for public school use aren’t always appropriate for a church or Christian school. So what we’ve tried to do with our Excel program is specifically tailor a program to the church and Christian school. It’s a Bible study based on the life of Joseph.

AFAJ: How can our readers help?
SP: We’re a non-profit organization, so donations are very much a need of ours. But having your readers become aware of our programs and telling their local Christian schools, public schools and churches about our programs would be really helpful. For more information, they can go to our Web site, www.ampartnership.org, or call 877-290-9248.  

HELPFUL RESOURCES
www.parentsfortruth.org

www.abstinenceassociation.org

   202-248-5420

April 13

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People invent their unique reality based upon limited knowledge and understanding, largely from distorted sources, when absolute truth is introduced and wed to the individual, one begins the process of discovery of ultimate reality... with distortion of reality abounding its no wonder our society is lost in subjectivity, today we may call them out of their caves of darkness and into enlightenment in both cognitive and experiential ways, we must lead the heart and mind out of captivity...
April 12

Iowa court: Ban on same-sex 'marriage' unconstitutional

Iowa court: Ban on same-sex 'marriage' unconstitutional
Associated Press and Charlie Butts - 4/3/2009 9:00:00 AM

Updated 4/3/2009 12:45 PM

 

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Supreme Court says the state's same-sex "marriage" ban violates the constitutional rights of homosexual couples, making it the third state where same-sex marriage is legal.

 

In a unanimous ruling issued Friday, the court upheld a 2007 Polk County District Court judge's ruling that the law was unconstitutional.


The case stems from a 2005 lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, a New York-based homosexula rights organization. The group filed a lawsuit on behalf of six homosexual Iowa couples who were denied marriage licenses. The suit named then-Polk County recorder and registrar Timothy Brien.


The Polk County attorney's office claimed that Hanson's ruling violated the separation of powers and the issue should be left to the Legislature.

 

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Iowa judges 'crossed the line' 

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Douglas Napier, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, explains to OneNewsNow that the court overturned the state's Defense of Marriage Act. "The Iowa marriage law was simple, settled, and overwhelming supported by Iowans for 170 years in the history of Iowa," he notes. "There was simply no legitimate reason for this court to redefine marriage."

 

Napier asserts that the justices stepped out of their proper role of interpreting the law and have instead created new law. A recent poll, which compares to others, indicates 62 percent of Iowans are against homosexual marriage.

 

"And it's astounding the Supreme Court would usurp the role of the legislature, put a choke hold on the democratic process, and take that from the people of Iowa and claim to know better," the attorney exclaims. "They don't know better -- and the people of Iowa need to vote on a marriage amendment and put it in place and let the Supreme Court know that they can't speak for them."

 

Matt StaverMat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel and dean of Liberty University's Law School, had this reaction. "These activist judges are no more than proselytizing engines of social change," he offers. "That's not the role of a judge. They are to be umpires merely calling the balls or strikes. They don't rewrite the definition of marriage." And they do not go against the will of the people, he adds. (Listen to audio report)

 

Staver believes the legislature ought to vote to put the issue on a future ballot. "There is no question in my mind [they wil do that]," he states. "They will move forward with a constitutional amendment to overrule this ridiculous decision -- which frankly, in my view, is no law at all," the Christian attorney comments. "The judges in this case crossed the line. This is an example of the kind of judge that should never be on the bench."

At present, the staff of the Iowa Family Policy Council is lobbying state lawmakers to put the issue on a future ballot.

April 06

How one can legally teach the Bible in public schools...

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I post the following in hope really of reaching one teacher who desire's to teach the Bible in public schools...  the follow is how its done, and information on how to make it happen and where to find the curriculum...

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Bible as literature, history expands in public schools

 BY MARY FAULDS - AFA Journal, February 2009

   The United States Supreme Court outlawed devotional Bible reading in public schools in 1963, and in 1980 they barred the Ten Commandments.
  But did the founding fathers really intend for the Bible to be removed from our schools? Likely not, for according to a study done by the American Political Science Review, 94% of all the political documents of the Founding Era of our nation were based on the Bible, and of that, 34% of the contents were direct quotations from the Bible.
  With this inconsistency in mind, in 1993 a group of educators decided to attempt to bring the Bible back as a textbook for North Carolina public high school students. Elizabeth Ridenour, president and founder of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (NCBCPS), said the effort resulted in such a significant response from school districts outside the state that the NCBCPS was formed.
  Today, the NCBCPS Bible curriculum is being used in 475 school districts in 38 states across the country. That amounts to about 1,950 high schools and junior high schools and about 210,000 students have taken the elective Bible course at their school.
bible  Ridenour said the NCBCPS doesn’t approach school districts, but rather works with interested parents, teachers and others to promote the use of the Bible course for their local schools. Recently, television commercials featuring well-known figures such as actors Chuck Norris, Stephen Baldwin, and the late evangelist D. James Kennedy have resulted in an increase in the number of people visiting the NCBCPS website, www.bibleinschools.net.
  “So when our commercials air on TV or in print media or on radio,” Ridenour said, “the local citizens from their district call, if they’d like to get the curriculum. And we send them a package of information that offers a step-by-step guide on how to do that.” She said NCBCPS then helps with the official processes of bringing the curriculum to their schools. The strategy has been highly successful with 94% of school boards accepting the proposal.
  That’s not to say that obstacles aren’t encountered. Ridenour said occasionally a school board has had a decided bias against the curriculum. She said the ACLU has always been a detractor to putting the Bible course in schools. “The ACLU is always going to say boo,” she said. “They don’t like anything in the public arena that has to do with God, but they have not been able to slow it down at all.”
  Recently, the Alabama State Board of Education accepted the NCBCPS as the state’s official Bible curriculum. That means the state will pay for the materials for any school district that wants to teach an elective Bible course.
  According to Scott Beason, Alabama state senator, “Reports and studies released over the last few years indicate that leading high school English teachers, as well as university level literature professors, believe that students should possess a strong familiarity with the Bible in order to attain a well-rounded education. It is extremely difficult to understand Western thought including history, politics and social interaction without an understanding of the content of the Bible.”
  Ridenour agrees,  saying those who have taken the Bible course often come to realize the previous gap in their education. Parents have been so impressed by what their students are learning from the course, Ridenour said, that they find themselves engaged in the curriculum through homework.
  The course itself is a year-long study of the Bible and its ties to history. The first semester covers the Old Testament, including the patriarchs such as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; the Levitical law; Moses and the Ten Commandments; the Psalms and Proverbs as literature.
  The second half of the year covers the New Testament. During that segment, the life of Christ is studied as well as the spread of the early church. Then the importance of the Bible in American history is explored along with the Bible’s impact on art.
  Ridenour said the interest in teaching the historical relevance of the Bible in public schools is increasing. Along with Alabama, Georgia has added the Bible curriculum to 46 school districts. To help expedite the availability of the teaching materials, NCBCPS will be offering an online curriculum in early spring.
  Ridenour summed up their goal: “We have seen what has happened since the Bible was removed from our schools in 1963. The Supreme Court and the national secretary of education have said that Bible curriculum in the public schools is legal. We need to move while the door is open.”

 For help with the process of winning the support of your school board for the NCBCPS curriculm, or to order the curriculum, call toll free 1-877-ONBIBLE (1-877-662-4253).

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Journal/editorial.aspx?id=401546

April 05

 
 
When governmental entities
Remove principles of the person of Christ
From law & education,
They remove those
Personal liberties, freedoms, and blessings,
That are brought forth from that very Truth
 

 

March 31

Time with dad means higher IQ for children

Time with dad means higher IQ for children

Story by AFA Journal Staff. Sources cited for News of Interest indicate source of basic information only.  January 2009

            A British study found that children with attentive fathers scored higher on IQ tests and were more socially adept than children with little fatherly interaction. Researchers at the University of Newcastle found strong fatherly involvement would also improve a child’s future career prospects. One point the researchers stressed was that it was not enough simply for parents to live together, but a father needed to be actively involved with his children in order for them to benefit.

             Dr. Daniel Nettle, who led the research, said, “What was surprising about this research was the real sizeable difference in the progress of children who benefitted from paternal interest and how 30 years later, people whose dads were involved are more upwardly mobile.” The study looked at more than 11,000 British men and women born in 1958. The differences were still detectable by the age of 42.

            Jon Davies, chief executive for Families Need Fathers, a British pro-family group, said, “We hope that research like this will lead the government to reconsider how poorly served separated families often are and how a child needs a father as well as mother.”


  www.telegraph.co.uk, 10/1/08

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Journal/editorial.aspx?id=358544

March 27

Public School strip search of teen was both methodical and humiliating

This story really makes me anger to hear that 13 year old girl was strip searched (with a possible cavity search, article wasn't specific) over aspirin...strip search in a public school system is bad enough, but to find out it was on hear-say? that's crazy to think that any kid could be the target of a strip/cavity search by the hear-say of other teens who may have alternative motives for reporting such....
 
Supreme Court to hear teen's strip-search case
Charlie Butts and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 3/27/2009 8:00:00 AM

U.S. Supreme Court smallA six-year-old case involving Arizona school officials accused of wrongfully strip-searching a 13-year-old girl goes to the U.S. Supreme Court next month.

 

The youngster was accused by another student of bringing to school prescription-strength ibuprofen, so two female school employees conducted the strip search and found absolutely nothing. Savannah Redding says the search was both methodical and humiliating, and remains a highly emotional memory for her today. An attorney for the now 19-year-old Redding describes the incident as "the worst nightmare for any parent" who expects their child to be in class, not being forced to expose themselves to school officials.
 
The New York Times says the case will require Supreme Court justices to consider the "thorny question" of just how much leeway school officials should have in policing zero-tolerance policies for drugs and violence. Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel tells OneNewsNow the schools ought to have some degree of leeway.
 
"But the fact is, whenever they do these strip searches -- in this case to a 13-year-old in the eighth grade -- and literally do a very humiliating body-cavity search, or something akin to that, it seems to cross the line to go into areas where school officials should be regulated by the Constitution," he states.

 
anonymous teen profileA lower court -- the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals -- ruled school officials had indeed violated the teenager's constitutional protection from unreasonable searches. Judge Kim Wardlaw, writing for the majority, stated: "It does not require a constitutional scholar to conclude that a nude search of a 13-year-old child is an invasion of constitutional rights."
 
Staver points out such rights apply even on the school campus. "You don't lose your constitutional rights when you walk [through] the schoolhouse gate," the attorney explains, "although some of those rights may not have as strong of an application in school because of the realities of having to run and operate a school and the necessity for school discipline."
 
The Liberty Counsel spokesman suggests other approaches be taken. One suggestion he makes is to conduct the search only in the presence of a parent or guardian.
 
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Safford Unified School District v. Redding on April 21.

 

 http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=466692

March 24

Somebody's Daughter (THe Movie): can be viewed online here!!

 
 
 
A powerful documentary that warns of the danger and harm of porn... from shame and guilt to changes in the brains of it's consumers... the removal of pleasure... and the destruction of intimacy and love...
 
 
March 17

Sharing your faith in postive ways...

 

I think as Christians we often describe our faith and who we are in negative terms... the world is so used to a long laundry list of "Tho