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The connection between fear and forgiveness

Are fear and forgiveness opposing concepts? Forgiveness includes acceptance, freedom, love, and understanding. Fear involves dread, terror, and rejection; so how can fear and forgiveness be connected? There is another meaning associated with fear. The American Heritage Dictionary’s third listing for fear is this: “Extreme reverence or awe, as toward a supreme power.” The third sense of the word is one of being overwhelmed by greatness. In the Bible, God is described as so good, so great, and so powerful that fear of Him is an automatic response. Isaiah experiences this when he encounters the living God: “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.” Isaiah 6:5 Isaiah is not just overwhelmed, he is undone! The character and holiness of God is more than he can endure. Isaiah directly encountered the Living God. He is blown away at the majestic holiness and wonder of God. This is what it means to fear God and why that fear is a good thing. …

Kerry: Blasphemy, Apostasy, Anti-Semitism Troubling Trends in Int'l Religious Freedom Report

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday introduced the release of the 2012 International Religious Freedom report, which is compiled by State Department employees annually to reveal the status of the advancement of religious freedom abroad. "This report shines light on the challenges people face as they seek nothing more than basic religious freedom and…

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When Freedom Rings (Song/Video for Troops/Vets)

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, honors the sacrifice of those Armed Forces men and women who paid the “last full measure of devotion.” Singer/songwriter, Perry Nunley, wrote “When Freedom Rings” as a musical homage to our fallen, as well as to honor those Vets who have served and Troops who are…

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Womb for Improvement in U.S. Abortion Law

Americans love their reality TV, but when it comes to the reality of what happens in the country's abortion clinics, they tune out. While the clinics may not all be as filthy as Kermit Gosnell's, the reality of what happens there is still the same: babies born alive die painful and violent deaths. No one really knows…

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20th Century Lies Of Islam Make Us Complacent In The Face Of Jihad

Sugar-coating harsh realities and pretending that unpleasant facts don’t exist opens doors and gets you accolades – but is it worth it at the price of the truth? According to an article about a speech he gave last week in Toronto, scholar Daniel Pipes “suggested it is Islamism, a political ideology, that inspires hatred of ‘the…

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When Christians become a 'hated minority'

(CNN) - When Peter Sprigg speaks publicly about his opposition to homosexuality, something odd often happens. During his speeches, people raise their hands to challenge his assertions that the Bible condemns homosexuality, but no Christians speak out to defend him. “But after it is over, they will come over to talk to me and whisper in…

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Why is Arabic on my Makeup?!

Al Jazeera is in my living room, on my TV. I did not order it or ask for it. Arabic is on my makeup, all of a sudden. I don’t know what it says. It could say “Death to the Infidel” for all I know, like, the Imam’s Muslim prayer that covertly damned our soldiers at the…

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DOJ: Show Your Gay Pride, or Else …

Even beyond the moral objections to homosexuality and gay “marriage,” there has always been an important tactical reason to oppose the gay rights agenda, and that is because of the prediction that the more entrenched the idea of “gay rights” becomes in government, the more government would come after anyone opposing the gay agenda. The…

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IRS: Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been a Christian?

The IRS abused its power in targeting conservatives for harassment and probably leaking information to liberal groups during the presidential election cycle. But the IRS’s actions crossed a line from merely corrupt into sinister when it grilled an Iowa pro-life group about its religious views. During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Friday,…

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Spontaneous Pledge Of Allegiance Interrupts NJ Gun Control Hearing

James Kaleda, who was removed from a “Senate Law and Public Safety Committee” meeting held in Trenton, NJ, posted an unbelievable video to Facebook on Saturday. The video not only shows Kaleda’s removal by New Jersey State Troopers, it also shows an amazing Patriotic moment as members of the audience spontaneously interrupt the proceedings by standing…

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Liberal Myth of Separating God From the State

Virtually every week there is some outrageous story of an alleged violation of the separation of church and state. They’re becoming so frequent that they are often met with a collective yawn. The crazy thing about all this is how removed these actions are from the clear intent of the founders — as seen in…

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Global Warming From A Christian Perspective

“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” So proclaimed God in the Book of Genesis, but what does He know? He hasn’t got anything on Gaia. Of course one can’t use biblical arguments when trying to persuade those of a different…

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