No Freedom For Christians

As i was thinking what to blog about, I came across the following articals from “Christian Examiner” october issue Vol.20, No 10
Titeled “Show-and-tell Bible-reading case goes to Supreme Court”

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to hear the case of a Pennsylvania mother who was forbidden from reading a passage from Psalms as part of “All About Me” Kindergarden program intended to spotlight her son and his favorite book, the Bible. In challenging a rulling by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Rutherford Institute attorneys argue that the decision gives school officials too much discretion to discriminate against expression on the basis of its religious nature in violation of the First Amendment. “By excluding religious expression, and Christion expression and symbols in particular, from classroom, school officials have exhibited the kind of hostility toward religion that should never be found in American public School,” said John W. Whitehead, Rutherford’s president. “If these acts of censership and discrimination are allowed to countine, there will be absolutely no freedom for religious people in public schools in this country.”

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What do you think?

October!

Month number 10 is here, two more months and this year is over. Wow,  where did this month go? This year is over, well almost, and now yes now I have to start my Christmas shopping. Boy I can’t stand the shopping part of Christmas shopping. Going to the list of whom I’M buying for and what im buying them and how much i have to spend and who gets the most expensive gift. I have to look at the “gift list”; well i keep a record of gifts i get from friends and family, this way i know what to get if any for that person. I mean lets face it : I will not get some expensive gift or any gift in that matter if that person has gotten me a cheep gift or no gift! revenge is best served around Holidays.

  Well, the above statement is not true and i dont have a”gift list”, some times though i wish i did, just to let some know how angry i became by choice of gift. And right about the time im about to compile the list, I remember that God does not operate this way, so i repent and go by the love i have for my friends and family(according to my Holiday budget); well there we go again October is here…….

When would the people of Iran wake up?

lately every were I look i see sympathy and words of encouragement, heart filled words that would make dead come alive, and all for Moosavie!

Well, that’s what it all boils  down to, isn’t?

moosavie was and is part of the regime. He was  at the American embassy back in 1979, and was part of the people that kept our people for hostages.

Now he is a HERO? About 29 years ago he was  a HOSTAGE taker, and a terrorist; and Iam suppose to take him as whom he claims to be? Look at yser Arrafat, Terrorist to the time he was dead. Ahmadienejad is the same as this moosavie guy, but he has to go for the shame he has bought on the Khtemie.

A) moosavie is for atomic bomb.

B) Musavie is for Israel’s destruction.

He might look and act as a great liberator, but he stinks of Islamic regime.

I further think that he is theAli Khamenei” A’s” in the whole.

I was there when the so called Revelation took place, back in 1979. I’ve seen the so called revaluation, and now all i see is the Iranians being used again.

My thoughts and prayer is with the misguided Iranians that put themselves in harms way to make their voices heard. We,  in America take our freedom for granted. As the saying goes” POWER TO THE PEOPLE”.

May the Iranians wake up in time………….

Misguided effort?

Shah was dethrone and kicked out, his cabinet the one that thought they can trust the so called Islamic Justice were murdered by the Mullahs. People thought by ousting the King they were free. How wrong they were.

For the past 29 years people of Iran are paying for their misguided attempt to gain their freedom. Now after all these years the pot of freedom is boiling again and people are screaming from the roof tops crying out to the world :” We will not take it any more”, will they prevail or not is yet to be determine, but regardless of the out come the massage has been send to all the evil forces that their time is running out.

I pray for my former country man that God give them strength and help them reach the victory that is long over due.

 misguided effort? Only the time will tell!

Iranian Word press Bloger arrested in Tehran?

Rumor Has it that the Fellow blogger, which blog’s from Iran and posts at” theran24. Word Press.com”, was arrested Friday night. the  report is not yet verified either way. So the faith of this brave young man is not yet known.

His name is Amir sadeghi, a  Photojournalist from Tehran. He maintains a Photo Blog at ” Word Press” Blog site, and when the out cry of Iranian people broke out last week after the Iran  Presidential election, Mr. sadeghi started posting photos of city under siege. I came across the site by accident and got hooked. Excellent format and great photos. I received the following e-mail from his site comment area. My thought and prayers are with him and his family. And praying that God return him home soon. Please spread the news out in Internet. Go to his site and ck out the pictures, they speak volume about kindness of this so called regime.

Well here is the e-mail:

There is a new comment on the post “About Tehran 24″.
http://tehranlive.org/?page_id=2/
Author: Ian
Comment:
Hello freedom fighters

I got an email from one of his loved ones, Amir and some friends did not return last night and were arrested.  I have spoken with the Iranian television station people and we ARE going to get the word out today on their TV station about his disappearance.   Please stay strong.

ian

The Following was posted on “Tehran 24″ announcing the release of Amir Sadeghi the photo bloger from Iranian prison.

I gotback home.
I am Amir…
I am FREE.

Thank you All friends around the world for your prayers, activities and helps. LOVE you ALL.

2009/6/29 – TEHRAN

In Memory of Neda!

 As best as news casters can report she was about 27 years old,

 Young and full of ideas of how make her country a better one to

 live and co excised withe rest of the world. Her life was cut short,

 but not her  dreams and most definitely not her memory.

Neda was murdered by the same regime that her fathers help to

 establish.  May those that come after her never forget the

 sacrifice NEDA gave to pave the road of freedom for them.

I did not know her nor ever met her, but I know of her through

 out the history. For the history is full of brave hearted heros like

 ” NEDA”.

(I was going to post a link to her video, but did not.

insted post the following)

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Exiled King of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi speaks on the events in Iran

 

The followingds were aired by c-span

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The Islamic revolution of Iran

I found this video at Youtube, Nicly done!

It was posted by” ComeonMan123abc”

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Prodigalz riders for Christ

When you meet them for the first time you probably would do one of three things; You either would run the opposite direction, or you will hide the silverware , Or you will shake their hand and be amaze of the blessing they are….

   They are called “Prodigalz”!

Prodigalz love Christ and riding. founded on 2003 by Pastor Dan Maynard and his wife Debbie Maynard  and few friends. Prodigalz are those you would want to take home and introduce to your family. They ride with love of Christ in their heart and mind.They ride to share the love of Christ with others. Here is some excerpt from their Website:

“Prodigalz is a Christian motorcycle club made up of bikers who share two loves – First, our love for Jesus Christ and second, our love for riding! Our mission is to promote fellowship and spiritual growth among our members and their families. We strive to be non-judgmental and show God’s love and grace to the biker community. We have recently adopted a Romanian Orphanage for a service project.”

I am bless to know them, here is their website address drop in and say hello.

http://www.prodigalz.com

Michael Jackson Dead at age 50

Ahmadinejad Could not have done it better himself even if he wanted to. As the storm continues to grow and escalate to a higher and more massive category, and  political forecasters had issued political warning for the evil regime to embrace a possible power shift, major news event from the west had (at least for now) put a damping pressure on the events in Iran and have pushed it to page 3 of any major news organization, and has taken over the first page. It has  been said that death brings more death. Well, Neda was murdered in the streets of Tehran, first page news. Not long after, Michael Jackson, the American Pop Icon, has replaced Neda and has taken center stage in the world’s most important story to read about. Jackson has done it not by being shot in the streets of America, or picketing the evil music studios of America, nor has he done it by standing up for the right of the oppressed, no, nothing like that.   Jackson (may he rest in peace) simply had a cardiac arrest and died.

The world is mourning Jackson’s passing. However, there is no reason to  mourn for Iranian’s evil government, for they are rejoicing, this has taken the world’s eye and focus off of them and has left them to continue their oppression of their citizens.

The followings head line is from NewsMax…….

Iranian Police Clash With Thousands of Protesters

Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:57 PM

EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

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Several thousand protesters — some chanting “Where is my vote?” — clashed with riot police in Tehran on Sunday as Iran detained local employees of the British Embassy, escalating the regime’s standoff with the West and earning it a stinging rebuke from the European Union.

Witnesses said riot police used tear gas and clubs to break up a crowd of up to 3,000 protesters who had gathered near north Tehran’s Ghoba Mosque in the country’s first major post-election unrest in four days.

Some described scenes of brutality, telling The Associated Press that some protesters suffered broken bones and alleging that police beat an elderly woman, prompting a screaming match with young demonstrators who then fought back.

The reports could not be independently verified because of tight restrictions imposed on journalists in Iran.

North Tehran is a base of support for opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has alleged massive fraud in Iran’s disputed June 12 presidential election and insists he — not President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — is the rightful winner.

Sunday’s clashes erupted at a rally that had been planned to coincide with a memorial held each year for Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, who came to be considered a martyr in the Islamic Republic after he was killed in a major anti-regime bombing in 1981.

Witnesses said the protesters also chanted, “Ya Hussein, Mir Hossein,” linking Mousavi’s first name with a highly revered Shiite saint, Imam Hussein — the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and a symbol of personal sacrifice for a cause. Later, after the situation calmed, police set up patrols and cordons.

It was Iran’s first election-related unrest since Wednesday, when a small group of rock-throwing protesters who had gathered near parliament was quickly overwhelmed by police forces using tear gas and clubs.

Iranian authorities say 17 protesters and eight members of the volunteer Basij militia have been killed in two weeks of unrest, and that hundreds of people have been arrested.

The Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights said its information suggests at least 2,000 arrests have been made — “not just (people) arrested and later released, but who are locked up in prison,” the group’s vice president, Abdol Karim Lahidji, told the AP.

He said his information came from members of human rights groups in Iran and other contacts inside the country.

Iran’s diplomatic battles also intensified Sunday after authorities detained several local employees of the British Embassy in Tehran — a move that Britain’s foreign secretary called “harassment and intimidation.” The EU condemned the arrests.

Iranian media said eight local embassy staff were detained for alleged roles in post-election protests, but gave no further details. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said “about nine” employees were detained Saturday and that four had been released.

EU foreign ministers meeting in Corfu, Greece, issued a statement condemning the arrests and calling for the immediate release of all those still detained. The 27-nation bloc also denounced Iran’s continuing restrictions on journalists.

“They make clear to the Iranian authorities that harassment or intimidation of foreign or Iranian staff working in embassies will be met with a strong and collective EU response,” the statement said.

Iran has accused the West of stoking unrest, singling out Britain and the U.S. for alleged meddling and for expressing concern about the ferocity of the regime’s crackdown on protesters. Last week, Iran expelled two British diplomats, and Britain responded in kind. Iran has also said it’s considering downgrading diplomatic ties with Britain.

On Sunday, Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseini Ejehi accused some British embassy staff of mingling with protest crowds to encourage unrest.

The British Foreign Office says the embassy has a staff of more than 100, including at least 70 locally hired Iranians. Last week, Britain sent home 12 dependents of embassy staff because the protests had disrupted their lives.

Miliband, in Corfu for the EU meeting, said Britain lodged a protest with the Iranian authorities over the detentions, which he called “quite unacceptable.”

“The idea that the British Embassy is somehow behind the demonstrations and protests that have been taking place in Tehran. … is wholly without foundation,” he said.

A senior Iranian cleric, Ahmed Khatami, had lashed out at Britain on Friday in a nationally televised sermon. “In this unrest, Britons have behaved very mischievously and it is fair to add the slogan of ‘Down with England’ to the slogan of ‘Down with USA,’” he said.

Iran’s sharpening anti-Western rhetoric threatened to dash hopes for the new dialogue President Barack Obama initially envisioned when he took office.

Obama wants to engage Iranian leaders in talks over the country’s suspect nuclear program which the U.S. and other western countries worry is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. Iran defends its nuclear program as civilian in nature. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Sunday the bloc would “like very much” to restart nuclear talks with Tehran despite the rising tensions.

Senior White House adviser David Axelrod played down Ahmadinejad’s accusations against the U.S., saying they aren’t credible and are meant for domestic consumption. “This is political theater,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for national unity, appealing to both sides in the dispute, even though he has come down firmly on the side of Ahmadinejad.

“I admonish both sides not to stoke the emotions of the young or pit the people against each other,” he said Sunday. “Our people are made of one fabric.”

Mousavi, meanwhile, signaled anew he won’t drop his political challenge.

In a new statement, he insisted on a repeat of the election and rejected a partial recount being proposed by the government. However, Mousavi’s challenge seemed largely aimed at maintaining some role as an opposition figure.

The latest statement by Mousavi, who has been increasingly isolated, appeared Sunday on Ghalamnews, a Web site run by supporters. Mousavi-related Web sites have frequently been blocked by the government, and one was shut down by hackers last week.

For the first time since the election, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani spoke publicly about the unrest, claiming that “suspicious hands” were trying to open rifts between the people and the Islamic system.

He also praised Khamenei for giving the Guardian Council, Iran’s top electoral body, more time to evaluate charges of vote-rigging. That was significant because there had been growing speculation that Rafsanjani could be at odds with the supreme leader — setting the stage for a possible high-level power struggle.

© 2009 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

Iranian Prince: ‘My Moment Will Come’

The Media Line
Benjamin Joffe-Walt
Sunday, June 28th, 2009

The heir to the throne of the deposed Shah of Iran says he is willing to die for his country and is ready to return and “play a prominent role” in Iranian affairs.

“My moment for the return to my country will come, I assure you,” Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, told The Media Line in an exclusive interview from his home in Washington, DC. “I want to be in my homeland. I have been forced into a scenario of exile,” he said. “I believe that any Iranian like myself should have the right to live in his own country and contribute the best that one can as an Iranian to the betterment of our country.”

Pahlavi’s father died in exile after being ousted during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

To many, the likelihood that the Shah’s son could become the next leader of Iran is slim, but in the turmoil following the recent elections, the possible resurrection of the Iranian monarchy is once again being discussed.

“I’m not running for office right now,” he continued. “My job is to help my compatriots achieve liberty and get rid of this system… if at that time my fellow compatriots want me to play a prominent role in the political scene, they will have to decide that then.”

Over the weekend it was revealed that Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards are hunting for the protesters captured in widely distributed photographs of the demonstrations, and Amnesty International accused the Basij, a volunteer paramilitary group, of going into hospitals to arrest activists injured in street protests. The news came days after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said leaders of the demonstrations may face execution.

Given the recent unrest, the 48-year-old former crown prince said the timing of his return to Iran was a question of tactics, not safety. “I’ve always said that I’m willing to die for my country,” he said. “But the circumstances have to be ripe.”

Pahlavi’s father, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, was installed as Shah in a 1953 CIA-led coup, replacing the country’s democratically elected government. U.S. President Barack Obama referred to the episode in his speech to the Muslim world earlier this month. “In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically-elected Iranian government,” Obama said, the first U.S. president to admit the U.S. role in the coup, in a clear overture to Iran.

The Shah ruled for over 25 years and was ousted by Ayatollah Khomenei in the 1979 Islamic revolution, after a year of massive street demonstrations. The crown prince was a teenager taking flight training lessons in Texas at the time.

Many Iranians say they enjoyed more social freedoms under the Shah’s rule, such as the freedom for men and women to associate publicly, but poverty, illiteracy, torture and violent suppression of civilian dissent were all widespread.

Supporters of Pahlavi, most of them Iranians in exile, advocate for a democratic parliamentary system with a monarch whose role is to unite Iranian ethnic groups.

“Iran can have a parliamentary democracy, a secular system where there is a clear separation between religion and government,” Pahlavi told The Media Line. “This is the moment for Iran. What you see now is 30 years’ worth of pent-up frustration that is literally exploding,” he said. “Such a regime, no matter how repressive, cannot fight everybody all over the place at the same time, which is why it is important that this broad based resistance keeps going.”

Pahlavi said the relative lull in protests over the past few days was not a sign that Iranians had accepted the status quo. “There is a degree of repression that may force a temporary retreat simply to preserve and protect people’s lives,” he said. “The substance of the demands is not going to die down.”

The former crown prince said there were numerous signs that the regime was slowly imploding from within.

“I have spoken to a number of highly-placed, responsible commanders of the security forces and the Revolutionary Guards who, being totally disillusioned, have now said that it’s no longer tenable for us to continue serving such a regime that is so blatantly killing our own compatriots,” he said.

“Some of these people, they were my age at the time of the revolution,” he continued. “They sacrificed their lives in defense of our homeland and for the sake of their citizens. Could they today turn their guns against the children of those they were protecting?”

“I don’t believe so, and that’s why I’m telling you I have absolute faith that we will succeed, but the question is, how soon and at what cost?” he added.

Pahlavi, whose father was a close U.S. ally, has been increasingly critical of the Obama administration’s approach to Iran. “While I applaud the President’s strong stance in support for human rights in Iran,” he said, “there is also a dilemma in his policy of engagement… I believe it ought to be suspended until there is a stable government that is indeed supported by the Iranian people. If you continue to engage now, not only will it be a slap in the face of Iranians who are in a quest for democracy, but it will also not work.”

The former crown prince says Western governments should consider a dual approach. “There has been a monopoly by the regime and its representatives on communication with the outside world,” he said. “I’ve always suggested that there should be a dual track approach, in the spirit of those who want to engage the regime to also engage with the democratic opposition.”

“Why do you think most of the slogans written on the streets of Iran are in English?” he asked. “Do they want to talk to each other in the foreign language? That should be a significant signal to the outside world that this is not just an internal debate – we want the outside to show solidarity with us… I always found it a little bit awkward that such a relationship was not created.

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Reza Pahlavi: ‘Beginning of the end’ of Iran regime

Iran is in flame. The streets of Tehran are on fire with the flame of liberty. This flame was not ignited  by foreign influence or secret play to take control of Iran, but was ignited by the law of physics.

“For every action there is a reaction”.

People of Iran have been under the back breaking Islamic regime for 30 years. For thirty years the have endure dictator ship enforced by fear and intimidation. For thirty years they have been forced to be silence. (Action)

No more, volcano of freedom has been erapted, horn of freedom has been blown. “We will not take it any more”(reaction)”

The following interview with French daily Le Figaro may shed some light….

Michael Cosgrove
Friday, July 3rd, 2009

In a scathing criticism of the Iranian regime delivered in the form of an exclusive video interview for French daily Le Figaro today, Reza Pahlavi also predicted that civil resistance, strikes and the underground movement will continue the fight.

Relaxed and smartly-dressed, and in excellent French except for his accent, the Shah’s son delivered one of his most candid interviews to date on the current situation in Iran.

Asked if the repressive tactics used by the Iranian government had worked, he replied “The repression led to the movement being a uniting factor for everyone, united for freedom and against the kind of violence that was committed.”

He estimates that the protest movement has now entered a second phase, that of civil disobedience and resistance, defiance and strikes in order that the regime cannot continue to survive.

In a historical approach to the situation, he claimed that since the 1979 revolution that overthrew his father, and was instigated by religious leader Ruhollah Khomeini, the country has been “A totalitarian state based on extremist ideology.”

After characterising the general situation by saying “This is the beginning of the end. The masks have dropped” he insisted that recent events signify “The last nail in the coffin.”

He was also questioned on the “outstretched hand” offer by Obama to Iran, and if that offer was still viable, answering that that policy now appeared to be difficult to sustain.

He also thanked Western countries for “not having interfered in Iranian affairs.”

Concerning the possibility of his being the “providential man” now needed in Iran by the protest movement, he replied “You can’t say that there is anyone who incarnates everything right now. The movement is everyone’s. This is a premature debate. I want this movement to succeed, and my countrymen shall decide afterwards if they want me to play a role in the future or not.”

War of the Roses

Well, well, well…

It is all about power and control and who have more “JUICE” in this country of ours. As it appears democrats are not as united as they trying to show. Don’t believe me, read the followings………

Fox News reporting

Tensions Simmer Between White House, Democrats Over New York Senate Primary

Former President Bill Clinton is headlining a fundraiser for the opponent of White House-backed Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and New York Rep. Charles Rangel rebuked President Obama for meddling into the primary as he defended Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s right to run.

She hasn’t even announced her Senate candidacy yet, but New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s likely challenge of Sen. Kristen Gillibrand in the state’s Democratic primary already is stirring dissension among party leaders.

The White House has played an active role in clearing the primary field for Gillibrand, who was appointed by Gov. David Paterson earlier this year to fill the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton when President Obama tapped Clinton to be his secretary of state.

But former President Bill Clinton is headlining a fundraiser for Maloney in what could be seen as a snub to the Obama White House. And New York Rep. Charles Rangel rebuked Obama for meddling into the primary as Rangel defended Maloney’s right to run.

“I really don’t understand why President Obama got involved in our primary,” Rangel told the New York Daily News. “I don’t want to use the word wrong, but it doesn’t seem like the astute political thing to do.”

Just days ago, Vice President Biden called Maloney to discuss the race, a sign that the White House didn’t want a primary fight next year. Obama already has asked Rep. Steve Israel not to challenge Gillibrand, a request he honored. And White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told reporters last week that the White House would help Gillibrand’s re-election bid.

Rangel said he hasn’t yet decided who he will endorse, but he offered a glowing review of Maloney.

“I really cannot say anything negative about a senior member who wants to run and whose polls, at this point in time, appear to be in her favor,” Rangel told the New York Daily News.

“Nobody can challenge that she’s not a hardworking member of Congress,” he said, citing her work on behalf of Sept. 11 victims and her landmark legislation protecting credit card holders. “She is certainly one of our most active members.”

Maloney’s record has won her the support of one prominent Democrat. Matt McKenna, a spokesman for Bill Clinton, said the former president will be attending a July 20 fundraiser in New York for the congresswoman.

McKenna disputed any suggestions that Clinton is taking sides in the race, saying Clinton’s attendance at past or future fundraisers should not be perceived as an endorsement.

“We agreed to this event some time ago as a way of saying ‘thank you’ to Congresswoman Maloney for her efforts on his wife’s behalf last year,” McKenna said.

Bill Clinton also did a fundraising event for Gillibrand, but word of the Maloney event comes as the congresswoman moves toward formally announcing her candidacy. An adviser said this week she is running.

Both Maloney and Gillibrand supported Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid, and Bill Clinton had made a point of thanking her supporters.

During the Democratic primaries last year, Bill Clinton publicly criticized Obama as untested and unready for the job of president. Hillary Clinton engaged in a grueling and ultimately losing battle with Obama for the party’s nomination. Bill Clinton and Obama made amends and the former president campaigned for the Democratic nominee.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Many have died and dieing in Iran since the uprising, including “Neda and Omid”

America is busy with Its  own deaths, Michael’s… and few others. We are

 busy with failing economy, lack of jobs, failing housing market and any

 other market,(supper markets ) the world around us is falling apart, and

 we need to take a stand, for ourselves and our Children. As Americans

 we have a responsibility to the world to stand against injustice. Lets

  Put  ”M.J” to rest and focus on the important stuff that Will have

 impact in our lives, such as Iran going nuclear… well that is a scary

 thought,(at least for me)…..Lets not forget “Omid (which means Hope)

 and Neda (which means whisper)”to fade away, lets not forget………….”

 

 Omid Reza Misayafi Has Died in Prison

By Curt on Mar 18, 2009 in Killed bloggers, Omid Reza Misayafi, Iran,

Our friend Hamid Tehrani has told usthat Omid Reza Misayafi has died in prison in Iran. Omid was sentenced in December to two and a half years in prison for “insulting” Iranian religious leaders.

“(T)he reason for his death,” says Hamid, “has not been announced but he was in very bad psychological condition.”

Considering torture and other types of mistreatment are par for the course for free speech prisoners in Iranian prisons, Omid’s death may well have been a direct result of Iranian government actions. Considering the government usually places bloggers in prison with the most dangerous criminals, his death may only have been an indirect result. Either way, the men of the government of Iran and its prisons have a lot to answer for.

In the meantime, for what it’s worth, our heartfelt condolences go out to Omid’s family. They’ve killed one of us.

Shansha

I came across this video on youtube; It speak for it self…

It is named: “Pahlavi Dynasty 1925 — 1979″, it is posted by “Eleusha“

Group Seeks to Block ‘In God We Trust’ Engraving – Political News – FOXNews.com

The following is not a Joke, God is being attack by ? wake up America!

Group Seeks to Block ‘In God We Trust’ Engraving – Political News – FOXNews.com

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How to survive on $20 a week

              As I was looking at my last $20 this past Monday morning, and was wondering how on earth I’m going to eat, and go to work and do the things I do . It dawned on me how to live on $20 a week.  Any way I survived the week, and  with only $20,  and now im going to tell you how to survive with $20 A WEEK.

First of all, I am assuming that you have the $20.

(If you don’t have the $20 do not worry, I will teach you how to get it later, for now lets say you have it).

 Ok, now that is out of the way lets think about your needs for this coming week: A)Food

 B)Gas for the car or buss pass, if you don’t have a car.

 C) Entertainment

 Ok, Lets get away from the inventory list for it is very boring. Eating is your number one priority, therefore take out your black phone book, its time to call friends and family you have not seen or heard a while. Don’t worry they are dying to hear from you. Call and tell them (whom ever they are), that you are in town and would like to invite them to dinner, than go to the place and eat your heart out. Now, you , yes you ask for the Ck; don’t worry your relative or friend will grab the CK, trust me on this. And you are fed. You can use the same tactic for the remaining days. Next important item is how to go places and not use any Gas,(auto industry have been after this secret solution for a long time), Ok again back to your phone book. Call any one on the list and ask them for a favor. it is as simple as that. Just call and ask for a ride. Pending on your list of friends and family members you can ride gas free all week. Entertainment is the next important thing, so there are lots of options here, you can crash weddings,(I’ve seen the movie), you can crash funeral or you can throw a party at your home and upon inviting people ask to bring all you need for the coming week. I know this tactics might sound lame, but don’t knock it till you try it, You will be thanking me. Your freeloading is as big as your imagination.

“God we don’t need you”, Is this America today?

“The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in western Wisconsin, claims the taxpayer-funded engravings would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.”

 

It is  not a joke, God is under attack in America and it seems no one cares. According to Foxnews “TheIn God we trust” engraving “which has been America’s motto since 1950’s is unconstitutional, now if there is a bigger bull than this  some one please tell me. But than what should we expect, when our president declares that we are not a Christian Nation, all the worms will come out from under any rock. this one is from a rock from western Wisconsin. I do not know what the outcome of this lawsuit would, but I do know that if we keep allowing the ungodly to attack God and say noting we are as guilty as they are.

All Dogs go to heaven

 

 

           Emma is 15 years old.  she is sick and in lots of pain these days. On her good days she is able to get out of her bed and eat. any other time she is to weak and in so much pain to do anything.

 

 

       Sometimes as she is laying in her bed and  she day dreams about the past.  The past far gone and swept under the rug of her subconscious, a time gone by. She day dreams about “Sam”, her late husband.  Gone over a year now. A tear rolls down her face, not of sadness but of joy. She remembers when they were together, and together they would run around the hallway and terrorize the birds by the water fountain in the back yard. As the tears roll further down her face they land on the newly formed smile for remembering when they used to tease ”Spaz” the other one. Steal her toys and hide them under the couch and watch ”Spaz” go crazy looking for them. Or the time all three of them would gang up on the cat called “prince”. Boy, those were the times. Best was when her Owner “Pastor Dan” would scratch her behind the ear, or rub her belly, what a good master. As she submerges deeper in to memory lane a jolt of pain in her back legs blows the memories away as the Autumn wind blows the dead leaves off of the trees. And she is back to reality.

   She is tiered . She have had a great life a full life. It is time to go.  “Pastor Dan & Debbie ” do not know that she knows , yes she knows and she is happy and content about it. It is time to go home. It is time to see “Sam”,  oh “Sam”, how much she have missed him.

        You see, today is “Emma’s” last day for tomorrow she will be free of pain. It is time to die. As “Emma ” is getting  ready for her big day tomorrow she prays that God would comfort her owners. These two humans have given her the best life anyone could wish for. She is ready, and best of all she is spending the whole day with “Pastor Dan”. Yes she is ready………

                   You might not know “Emma” or her owners”pastor Dan & Debbie”, but some where in the time vortex of your life you have come across many “Emma” and many ” Dan & Debbie”, or even you were “Dan & Debbie”, I ask you to join me in prayer that “Jesus” Comfort and fill the emptiness they will encounter with “Emma” passing. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Here are some pictures  of “Emma” in her stroller.

 

 

 

Wake up America

As I am writing  Three American are in the cloches of evil government of Iran.  And this government is the same government president Obama want to invite to the White House and have a friendly chat with.

How long would America be a door mat for this kind of government? When are we going to wake up and realize whom we dealing with? what would it take for us to say enough is enough? The following was posted in News max.com I did not hear nor saw anything about this,,,, I wonder why the media is silence about hot news like this?

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Iran State TV Confirms Arrest of 3 Americans

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SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Iranian state TV confirmed Saturday that Tehran has detained three Americans after they crossed the border from northern Iraq. The Kurdish regional government’s envoy to Washington, Qubad Talabani, told The Associated Press the three were tourists and had mistakenly crossed into Iranian territory Friday while hiking in a mountainous area near the town of Ahmed Awaa. “The Iranians said they have arrested them because they entered their land without legal permission,” he said. Iran’s state owned Arabic-language al-Alam TV station cited a “well-informed source” in the Interior Ministry that the three Americans were detained Friday after crossing into Iran’s Kurdistan province. The report said the Americans were arrested after they failed to heed warnings from Iranian border guards. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Friday the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad “is investigating. We are using all available means to determine the facts in this case.” The U.S. Embassy said Saturday it was still unable to confirm any details. Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish region has been relatively free of the violence that plagues the rest of Iraq. Foreigners often feel freer to move around without security guards in the area, and tourists have been known to visit the scenic area. It is relatively easy for tourists to get into the region, particularly if they arrive by airplane. The Kurdish government generally grants visitors visas valid for one week when they arrive at the airport. A senior security official in Sulaimaniyah, near the Iranian border, said that the three were last heard from after they contacted a friend saying they had entered Iran by mistake and troops surrounded them. There has been no contact with them since, he said. The official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the friend they had contacted, the fourth member of their group, was feeling sick and had stayed behind in Sulaimaniyah. No other details were available. The Iranian state TV report claimed the four Americans were together when they crossed the border, but “only one returned (to Iraq), while the three were arrested.” The discrepancy could not immediately be reconciled. According to the security official, the missing Americans were tourists hiking near Halabja and Ahmed Awaa. The four had traveled to Turkey, then entered the Kurdish region Tuesday through the Ibrahim Al-Khalil border point in Zakho, the official said. They visited the Kurdish cities of Irbil and Sulaimaniyah on Wednesday. The next day, three of them took a taxi to Ahmed Awaa where they told their companion that they planned to stay at a nearby resort, the official said. The mountainous border area is a popular hiking destination and well-known for its thick growth of pistachio trees. U.S. helicopters were buzzing overhead and many U.S. Humvees had moved into the Kurdish city of Halabja to search for the Americans, said a Kurdish border force official. Halabja, 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, was the site of a chemical weapons attack ordered by Saddam Hussein in 1988 as part of a scorched-earth campaign to crush a Kurdish rebellion. An estimated 5,600 people were killed in the nerve and mustard gas attacks _ the vast majority Kurds _ and many still suffer the aftereffects. ___ Associated Press Writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report

America, is she Lost?

           I don’t know what is worse, not knowing or knowing about tomorrow? As the world turns and the news of destruction and mayhem pours all over media, one have to be insane not to worry about tomorrow and what is going to happen to the world. In America, as great as America is every thing is sort of upside down. Economy is in the tank. Politician are going crazy to stay in office, jobs are lost and families broken. Crime is in the uprising. America is in a spiral downward and it seems hope is all that is left. But hope in what and in whom? Were should America go and ask for help? Is it? the Government? Can I , an American call up congress or the white House and and ask for some help, bail me out please! were do i go and ask for help. Ok I have 3 jobs and still can’t feed my family and pay all my bills? why are we in this mess? Here is your answer:

 Jeremiah 33:2-3 This is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it—the LORD is his name: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

What is going on in America?

First thing we did as a nation was kicking God out of our government. Next was kicking God out of our schools. Than we went ahead and cling to any thing that would fill our empty lives with  such as sex, money, drugs or self made power. Yes power; power to control every thing and every one, and as a result we start killing ourselves and more importantly our kids. We surrender our kids to the 20 inch prophet , or if you may 20 inch baby sitter. Than the the result of our surrendering came about. Our children took control of their lives. they became aware of SEX< DRUGS < AND ROCK AND ROLL, and with Hollywood’s influence and MTV help and video gaming we lost our children. Columbine shooting and few others, young adults in America being recruited to terrorist groups to blow up Americans are the valid proofs that we made a wrong decision by kicking God out!

The following wes E-mailed to me as introductry and i after reading it was beside myself. What is going on in America people? 

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HAVE YOU EVER CROSSED PATHS with someone momentarily, exchanged a few words, and then discovered you can’t forget their face, or something they said? That’s what I’m going through now. Several months ago, I gave a talk about sexual health to college students, and a girl in the audience made an astonishing comment. Her words, and her eyes, haunt me to this day. I’d been invited to speak at a small private college outside Philadelphia. The auditorium was filled to capacity, with students sitting in the aisles and leaning against the walls. It was a lively crowd, but when I stepped up to the podium it fell silent. They knew I wasn’t there with another “safer sex” talk.Why fly me in from across the country to tell them things they can recite in their sleep? They invited me because I’m the doctor bringing the science they’d never heard. The biochemistry of trust and attachment. How ovulation is affected by a man’s scent. Why a young cervix is easily infected. They’d learn that evening that with or without protection, sex is a serious matter—especially for girls. That a single encounter can have profound, life-long consequences. I was there to teach the biology that was omitted from their “safer sex” training. It was a no-nonsense, politically incorrect approach to a subject close to their hearts, and they hung on to each word from start to finish. Afterwards I asked for questions, and a number of hands shot up. “What about the HPV vaccine?” “There’s reason to hope it will prevent a great deal of disease,” I said, “but it’s not a cure-all. Girls,” I told them, “you should be vaccinated even if you’ve already been sexually active.” Next came a complaint: “You assume everyone is heterosexual. You should be less heteronormative.” This was not the right time for a discussion about the politically correct notion of “heteronormality,” so I just thanked the student for his comment and added that the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections are found in gay men and bisexuals, and the lowest in lesbians. 1 Then a dark-haired girl in the front row raised her hand. “I’m a perfect example of what you talked about. I always used condoms, but I got HPV anyway, and it’s one of the high-risk types. I had an abnormal Pap test, and next week I’m going to have a culposcopy.” She sounded mellow, but there was panic in her eyes. I felt a wave of sorrow. This young woman was going in for a biopsy of her cervix because atypical cells were present—a result of infection with a high risk strain of HPV. I knew what that meant: she probably had HPV-16, the type that’s most difficult for her body to clear,2 and most likely to cause malignancy. If the infection persisted, her risk of developing cervical cancer was at least 40 percent.3 “But I thought it over,” she continued, “and I decided that the pleasure I had with my partners was worth it.”

 2 YOU’RE TEACHING MY CHILD WHAT? The audience was silent. How does one react to such a declaration? With applause? High fives? “I hope all goes well next week,” I said, “and that you’ll never have to worry about this again.” But I knew it wasn’t so simple. In a few days she’ll lie on a table with her feet in stirrups, a large electronic microscopic inches from her vagina. With a bright light illuminating the site, the gynecologist will examine her cervix. He’ll say something like “this might be uncomfortable,” then excise abnormal areas with a scalpel. It will hurt. She might have pain and discharge afterwards. Then she’ll wait for a call with the results: is she okay, or not? The way I saw it, her story was a double catastrophe. For a young woman—she couldn’t have been over 20—to even worry about having cancer was the first catastrophe. At this time in her life, she shouldn’t be concerned about anything more serious than finals. The second catastrophe was her sentiment: “The pleasure I had was worth it.” Worth it? What’s she talking about? Didn’t she have the concerns I always hear: When was I infected, last week or last year? and Who was it, Kenny or Ron? Should I tell my current partner, or my future ones? What about Mom and Dad? What does dysplasia mean, anyhow? Could I really get . . . cancer? Was this young woman aware, I wondered, of all the possible ramifications? While it’s true that most HPV seems to clear, she’ll never know—is the virus gone, or just dormant? Had anyone told her that having one sexually transmitted disease (STD) makes her more vulnerable to others, including HIV? That being on the pill could increase her risk, and that pregnancy can re-activate the virus? All this, yet “the pleasure was worth it”? I guess she felt that sex trumps everything, even health. It was all about pleasure, even if it ends in disease. Where did this thinking come from? Shocked 3 Back to the Source According to a 2008 report from the federal Centers for Disease Control, she has plenty of company: one in four adolescent girls in the United States has a sexually transmitted infection.4When that fact hit the news, parents were horrified, health experts were shocked, and the CDC called it “a wake-up call.5 A statement was issued by the president of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). The figures, it said, were “staggering” and “disturbing”; they represented an “inexcusable failure.”6 Their reaction reminded me of a scene in the classic film Casablanca. You know, that famous line in which Captain Renault tells Rick he is “shocked—shocked!—to find that gambling is going on in here,” and then quietly collects his winnings. That 3.27 million American girls have a sexually transmitted infection should come as no shock, especially to SIECUS and its main cohorts, Advocates For Youth (AFY) and Planned Parenthood. This pandemic is a direct consequence of their vision and ideals. These groups claim to provide “comprehensive access” to “accurate” sex education. Take a look, though, at their curricula, their guides for teachers and parents, and—most disturbing—the websites to which they direct your kids: you’ll see how young people are infused with a grotesque exaggeration of the place of sexuality. Promiscuity, experimentation, and fringe behaviors are encouraged. For them, these are personal choices, and judgments are prohibited. At all ages, sexual freedom is a “right,” an issue of social justice. In short, they are dedicated to promoting radical social ideologies, not preventing disease. That one in four teens has a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is deeply troubling, yes, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise. What’s One in two sexually active youth will contract an STD by age 25.29 4 YOU’RE TEACHING MY CHILD WHAT? astonishing is the madness called “sexuality education.” Until these programs are recognized as irresponsible and dishonest, young people, especially girls, will continue to pay an awful price. Madness is a strong word, but the more I learn what our children are taught, and when, the more I stand by that choice. Parents, have you heard what our kids are told? Have you seen what’s put in front of them? I thought it was illegal to make indecent material available to minors. You think MTV is vulgar? I suggest you explore the material sex educators have created for kids. Take a look at Planned Parenthood’s revolting “Take Care Down There,” and “How Babies are Made.”8 Check out gURL.com, a site recommended to teens by SIECUS, Planned Parenthood, and similar groups that claims to be “the largest community of teenage girls on the web.” Their “experts” want your daughter to know about sadomasochism—“ being tortured, bound, tickled or having hot wax poured on the body.” “Though it may seem painful,” your daughter will learn, “those involved find the pleasure outweighs the pain.”9 gURL.com’s best selling book for teens, Deal With It!, lauded as “a superb reference for young women” by a former president of Planned Parenthood, provides your daughter with instructions on “giving a blow job,” “going down on a girl,” and features stick figure illustrations of “the three most popular positions” for intercourse.10 Are you troubled by your teen’s language? I direct you to www.positive.org, recommended by both SIECUS and AFY. You’ll be horrified. This offensive material is foisted on our kids under the pretence of safeguarding their health and well-being. Sex education is comprised of a vast network of programs with Planned Parenthood, Advocates for Youth, and SIECUS at its center. Consequently, every parent should check their child’s school curricula for the full picture. Shocked 5 When I think of someone exposing my kids to this smut, my eyes narrow and the claws come out. I see red. But what of the many young people who’ve been raised on this stuff?What effect has it had on their attitudes and behavior? As a physician and a mother, I weep for them. Hicks vs. Harvard Objections to today’s sex education are hardly new. Some parents have been active in their opposition, taking legal action, even going to jail.11 But organizations such as SIECUS and Planned Parenthood claim neutrality and successfully portray the conflict as religious right versus medical facts, hicks versus Harvard. Those hicks must be on to something, because recent discoveries in neurobiology, endocrinology, and histology indicate science is in their corner. I contend that it’s “comprehensive sexuality education” that’s animated by pseudoscience and crackpot ideology. Sexuality educators charge their opposition with censoring medically accurate, up to date science, and argue that kids need more than a “plumbing lesson.” Yet the sex ed industry is no less guilty of using science selectively and omitting facts that contradict their agendas. It’s time to call foul. SIECUS and Planned Parenthood have yet to recognize some of the most compelling research of recent years. These organizations are still animated by the philosophies of the infamous sexologist Alfred Kinsey—whose work has been debunked—the birth control and eugenics advocate Margaret Sanger, the feminist Gloria Steinem, and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. These twentieth-century crusaders were passionate about social change, not health. Their goal was a cultural revolution, not the eradication of disease. And the same is true for the sex ed industry. That’s why their premises haven’t changed in fifty years, even as journals like Neuropsychiatry and The New England Journal of Medicine have filled with research contradicting them. 6 YOU’RE TEACHING MY CHILD WHAT? Bizarro World While SIECUS informs kids that culture teaches what it means to be a man or a woman, neuroscientists identify distinct “male brains” or “female brains” while a child is still in the womb. According to the “experts,” a girl is a “young woman,” ready for “sex play,” but gynecologists know the question is not whether a sexually active “young woman” will get herpes, HPV, or Chlamydia, it’s which one. “Respect your teens’ decisions,” parents are advised; “step aside, and don’t judge.” But studies show kids do best when parents convey their expectations and stand firm. Give adolescents information, they promise, provide them with condoms and pills, and they’ll make smart decisions. But MRIs show that during highly charged moments, teen brains rely on gut feelings, not reason. In other words, it’s not ignorance causing all those pregnancies and infections; it’s the unfinished wiring between brain cells. These findings, and more, are excluded from modern sex education. Why? Because they contradict Kinsey, Hefner, and Steinem. They testify against the anything goes, women-are-just-like-men ideology. They announce to the world: Hicks – 1, Harvard – 0. What Sex Ed Is Really All About Parents, if you believe that the goals of sexuality education are to prevent pregnancy and disease, you are being hoodwinked. You must understand that these curricula are rooted in an ideology that you probably don’t share. This ideology values, above all—health, science, or parental authority—sexual freedom. According to this philosophy, a successful curriculum encourages students to develop their own values, not blindly accept those of their community. It emphasizes the wisdom they’ll gain through openmindedness and tolerance. “Students . . . become more ‘wide awake’ and open to multiple perspectives that make the familiar strange and the strange familiar,” according to one sex education manual.12 Shocked 7 If the subject is marine biology or entomology, you might not mind if the “strange” becomes the “familiar” to your child. But when it comes to issues of sexuality, it might be another matter entirely. Do you want instructors, whose personal values might be at odds with yours, to encourage your kids to question what they’ve been taught at home and at church,13 and to come up with their own worldview based on taking sexual risks that endanger their health and wellbeing? It seems reasonable to question the ethics of this practice. What these “experts” are hiding is their goal of bringing about radical social change, one child at a time. Their mission is to mold each student into what is considered “a sexually healthy” adult—as if there was universal agreement on what that is.14 From a review of many of today’s sex ed curricula and websites, it would appear that a “sexually healthy” individual is one who has been “desensitized,” who is without any sense of embarrassment or shame (what some might consider “modesty”), whose sexuality is always “positive” and “open,” who respects and accepts “diverse” lifestyles, and who practices “safer sex” with every “partner.” This is not about health, folks. This is about indoctrination. The Madness of “Comprehensive Sex Ed” Don’t wait until children ask questions, parents are told by sex education “experts”; to ensure their healthy future, they need information early. Teach preschoolers that each of us is sexual, from cradle to grave, and that “sexual expression” is one of our basic human needs, like food, water, and shelter. Encourage their “positive body concept,” by expanding games such as “Simon Says” to include private parts (Simon says point to your ear, ankle, penis).15 Explain intercourse to preschoolers16; tell them they have “body parts that feel good when touched.”17 Inform five-year-olds that “everyone has sexual thoughts and fantasies” 8 YOU’RE TEACHING MY CHILD WHAT? and that “people experience sexual pleasure in a number of different ways.”18 Teach kids about HIV before they know their ABCs.19 The potential for harm is even greater a few years later when our kids must learn more, we’re told, for their own good. Planned Parenthood says 3rd grade is the time to find out about wet dreams, masturbation, rape, and “sex work.”20 Nine- to twelve-year-olds should understand that male and female are not defined solely by chromosomes or genitalia; everyone has an “internal sense” of his or her identity, and that “sense” might not jibe with what they see in the mirror. As you can imagine, sex educators believe that the “information” teens “need” to know is more explicit and disturbing. But by then, of course, if not earlier, they can go online themselves and check out the sites sexuality educators recommend, like Columbia University’s “Go Ask Alice.” I urge every adult whose life includes a young person to check out this award-winning site, one that gets over two thousand questions a week, and many more hits. On “Alice,” teens find excellent information about drugs, alcohol, diet, depression, and other health issues. But they also learn how to purchase “adult products” by phone,21 arrange a threesome,22 and stay “safe” during sadomasochistic “sex play.”23 Yes, madness—that’s the right word. With messages like this coming from websites recommended to our kids, it should come as no surprise that 34 percent of girls are sexually active by age fifteen. The figure goes up to nearly 80 percent four years later, with more than one-fifth of all fifteen- to nineteen-yearolds reporting two or more partners in the past year. Hey, they are exploring their sexuality; it’s only “natural.” But in these times, anyone “exploring” sexuality is at risk for some two dozen different bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi; and infection is likely to happen soon after sexual debut. Who suffers the most? Girls. One of the many facts withheld by “sex educators” is that teen girls are anatomically more vulnerable to sexually transmitted Shocked 9 diseases than boys. They also gloss over the fact that decades of sex education have taken our society from having essentially two sexually transmitted diseases to worry about (syphilis and gonorrhea) to having more than two dozen, including some incurable viruses, and one that’s often fatal: HIV. They deem it vital for kids to know there are not one, but three types of intercourse; apparently they don’t need to know that one of these is so dangerous that a surgeon general warned against it, even with a condom. And this question is never, ever raised: what new bug is out there, spreading undetected, an epidemic in the making? There are some things you need to know about condoms— what sex educators call “protection.” Most teens do not use them correctly and consistently. Even with proper use, both pregnancy and infection can occur. That’s why so many health providers have given unwelcome news to young patients who insist, “But we used a condom, every time!” These young victims are angry, because even after following the rules, after being responsible, they’re in trouble: using a condom gave them a false sense of security.24 And need I mention that latex provides no protection against the emotional distress that often follows teen sexual behavior? As many have observed, condoms do not protect the heart, in particular the female heart.25 That’s another thing SIECUS, Planned Parenthood, and Columbia’s “Alice” never tell your daughter. Again, the priority of our nation’s sex educators is to promote sexual freedom, not prevent infections and emotional distress. In fact, as the numbers of infections reach ever more mind-numbing levels, these educators argue for more of last century’s methods. The solution to the epidemic is to teach more kids they are “sexual from womb to tomb,” encourage more teens to question their families’ values, and An anonymous survey of 10,000 teen girls found they began having sexual intercourse on average at age 15.30 10 YOU’RE TEACHING MY CHILD WHAT? to send trucks with even larger loads of contraceptives to middle schools—to be distributed without parental knowledge. Have they lost their minds? Wake Up, America! You might think I’m bashing sex ed because I’m on the other side of the battle. Not exactly. Abstinence education tells kids to wait for marriage, and for many that message rests on moral foundations. As an Orthodox Jew, I share those values—but you won’t find me quoting Leviticus in these pages. I’ll leave that to parents and pastors. I write as a physician, and my approach is anchored in hard science. I wrote this book to tell parents they’re being conned by the sex education industry. These powerful organizations present themselves as guardians of our children’s health and well-being; they claim to provide kids with all the information and skills they need to make healthy choices. They assert they give your child the same message she hears at home: you’re too young—wait until you’re older. They claim their curricula are “science-based,” age-appropriate, non-judgmental, up-to-date, and medically accurate. And they believe they know better than you do what’s best for your kids, so you should trust them, the “experts,” and ignore your gut feelings. Wake up, America: this is one giant hoax. I know these groups, their values, and curricula. They are steeped in ideology, permeated with extremism. Non-judgmental? Sure, until they’re challenged with scientific facts. Point to the science that discredits their beliefs, and, well, you know the names you’ll be called. They do not give young people the same message as parents. Children are inundated from a tender age with a “sex-positive” message; they’re taught that sexuality is a life-long adventure, “who they are” from cradle to grave, and that the freedom to explore and express their sexuality is a sacred “right.” While teens are told that delaying sexual behavior is an option—and sure, it’s the only 100 percent certain way Shocked 11 to avoid infections and pregnancy—it is not presented as the healthiest choice, the one recommended by experts. Consider the views of Debra Haffner, a recent SIECUS president who is now a minister. Premarital sex is so essential, the Reverend Haffner appears to believe, that she’d “refuse to marry a couple who told me that they had shared no sexual behaviors at all.”26 The experts do not provide teens with all they need to know to make informed decisions, nor is their information medically accurate. They dismiss fundamentals of child development, and omit critical findings of neurobiology, gynecology, and infectious disease. HIV information is distorted. The psychological distress associated with teen sex, especially when followed by a genital infection, is whitewashed. The “experts” are wrong, and parents are right. Boys and girls have vast differences, sexual behavior is profound and consequential, and we reap immense benefits from self-restraint. Mom and Dad should trust their common sense, gut feelings, and traditional values. Children raised by parents who are moderately strict and voice clear expectations about delaying sexual activity, are the kids least likely to engage in harmful behaviors. Yes, that throwback excuse works: “I can’t—my parents would kill me!” A 911 Emergency In the course of my practice, your sons and daughters have shared with me what life has brought them—what cards they’ve been dealt. They reveal their secrets: I lied to my parents. My girlfriend gave me herpes. My stepfather raped me. I want die. The worst part? When something awful happened that was 100 percent preventable. This category includes, but is not limited to, blisters or warts in private places, meaningless, regrettable sex, pre-cancerous conditions, age-related infertility. If only I’d known . . . , patients say. If only someone had told me. 12 YOU’RE TEACHING MY CHILD WHAT? Parents, there are so many things your children don’t know. There are so many things they are not being told. Here’s the bottom line. We have an emergency here, a 911 emergency. Parents, educators, and health providers must convey the same message to kids: Right now, sexually transmitted diseases are out of control. We’ve never had a crisis like this. These infections are painful and nasty, they can even be life-threatening, so you want to avoid them at all costs. Girls are particularly vulnerable. Your health and future are precious; don’t take a chance of becoming one of the many people who regret putting their entire trust in a vaccine,27 or a piece of latex. Be smart, delay sex until you’re an adult, then try to find someone who also waited. The closer you get to that ideal, the better your chances of enjoying a life free of these worries. This book will help you do that. I’ve combed through current medical research, and collected what you need to know when you sit down with your child. If you’ve got religious values backing you up, you’re in even better shape. Make no mistake: this is a battle, and the battleground is our kids’ minds and values. It’s time for sweeping changes in the way we teach them about intimacy; with one in four teen girls carrying a sexually transmitted infection, we’ve paid the price for telling them “exploration” is beneficial, and a Sex and the City lifestyle can be “safe,” or even “safer.” In providing that message, we have failed our kids. The sex ed industry cannot be like Casablana’s Captain Renault, “shocked” about soaring rates of genital infections while crusading for “sexual freedom.” It’s one or the other. If their priority is our children’s health, they must focus on fighting herpes and syphilis, not sexism and Almost half of high school students nationwide and about 62 percent of students in the twelfth grade have had sexual intercourse. 31 Shocked 13 homophobia. They must grow up, shed their 1960s mentality, and enter the twenty-first century. Then they must respond to this catastrophe by declaring war on teen sexual behavior. Yes, war—just as we’ve declared war on smoking, drinking, and transfats. Stop foisting the ill-conceived notion that sexual openness and exploration is healthy. That was never true, and it’s surely not true now, with genital bacteria and viruses infecting another young person every 3.5 seconds.28 How much worse can it get? It’s time to trash the SIECUS and Planned Parenthood curricula, along with the sites they recommend, and start over, from scratch. Sex education in the twenty-first century should have one agenda: to keep kids free of unnecessary physical and emotional distress. It will require straight talk with all the sobering facts. There’s much to look forward to, kids will be told, but you’ve got to play it smart. It will remind them: you are responsible for yourselves; you alone will determine your sexual health; it will convince them that momentary pleasures are definitely not “worth it.” And it will give them our vote of confidence—we know you can do it. This book is a tool for parents, health care providers, and teachers to counter the destructive messages that kids are getting—not only from MTV, but from national organizations supported by their tax dollars. It sounds an alarm, delineates the issues, and provides practical solutions. If only I’d known . . . , patients tell me. If only someone had told me. My hope is that the information in these pages will help spare parents, teachers, health providers—anyone involved in the lives of young people—from hearing that plea in the future. 14 YOU’RE TEACHING MY CHILD WHAT?

Let us hold hand and not offend any one!

As read through the following article i could not but wonder why the so called moderate, peace full  Moslem’s quiet? why there is no outcry from Muslim community’s in AAmerica? Well after reading the article you might say it is not Americans that are being killed or it is not our business. For those of you that might say that i have only 2 words WAKE UP!

The following was reported in NewsMax,

 

Thursday, August 6, 2009 1:40 PM

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister pledged on Thursday to review laws that may be sharpening tension among Pakistan’s religious communities, days after a Muslim mob burned homes in rioting that left eight Christians dead.

The killings Saturday in the eastern city of Gojra came amid concerns that rising extremist Islam has deepened the vulnerability of Pakistan’s minorities.

“A committee … will discuss the laws detrimental to religious harmony to sort out how they could be improved,” Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told a gathering in Gojra.

He did not specify which ones, but his announcement suggests the government may seek to change Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which can carry the death penalty for those convicted of insulting Islam, the Prophet Muhammad or the Muslim holy book.

Nobody has been executed under the blasphemy laws, which were brought in during the rule of Gen. Zia ul-Haq, who implemented Islamic reforms during his decade-long rule that ended with his death in 1988. But those prosecuted tend to be non-Muslim minorities. Anyone can make an accusation under the laws, and they are often misused to settle personal scores.

Gilani did not give a timeframe for the review _ which is likely to run into tough resistance from religious conservatives _ and his spokesman could not immediately provide further information.

Asma Jahangir, chairwoman of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, welcomed Gilani’s statement.

“It is good to hear Prime Minister Gilani saying this … In my view the blasphemy law should be repealed forthwith,” she said.

Besides blasphemy laws, there are other legal measures that discriminate against certain religious groups in Pakistan, where about 95 percent of the 175 million people are Muslim. Only a Muslim, for example, can become prime minister or president.

Another minority, the Ahmadis, who consider themselves a Muslim sect, are forbidden from calling themselves Muslims or engaging in Muslim practices such as reciting Islamic prayers, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2008 Human Rights Report.

The government has declared the Ahmadis a non-Muslim minority because the group’s founder declared himself a prophet centuries after Muhammad, who Muslims believe was the final prophet.

Pakistan’s Constitution also requires that laws be consistent with Islam, which is the state religion.

Gilani is one of a series of government officials who have visited Gojra over the past few days in an attempt to calm the community and assure them of financial aid and other assistance in the wake of the violence, which was sparked by an apparently false rumor that a Quran had been desecrated.

Officials have said Sunni Muslim extremist groups in the area spearheaded the attacks. In the past, such groups have often launched sectarian attacks on Shiite Muslims, the second largest Islamic sect in Pakistan.

Punjab police chief Tariq Salim Dogar said about 100 people had been arrested in connection with the Gojra riots.

“The case was registered against 800 attackers … so far police arrested about 100 suspects after investigation and efforts are on to nab others,” Dogar said.

Gilani said the government would provide $1.2 million to help reconstruct the areas damaged by the rioting, and designated Aug. 11 as “a day for minorities.”

“All those who were found responsible for the gory acts will get exemplary punishment to prove that all citizens are equal and no one is above law,” Gilani said.

The riots against Christians added to Pakistan’s troubles as authorities battle a Taliban insurgency in the northwest of the country.

Although the military has been winding down a three-month offensive in and around the Swat Valley, violence has continued.

The army said on Thursday that security forces killed seven militants and arrested another 21 in separate operations in the Swat area in the previous 24 hours.

A new local militia, known as a lashkar, was helping security forces.

Its chief, Sayed Bacha, said some 300 armed volunteers clashed with Taliban fighters near the main Swat town of Mingora late Wednesday, killing three militants.

Bacha said there were about 6,000 volunteers were prepared to fight but need weapons and ammunition.

“This is our country our land and we will fight to defend it until the last drop of our blood,” he said.

Authorities have been encouraging the creation of lashkars to help secure areas they have cleared.

 

© 2009 Associated Press

Let us Pray

Now i have heard it all, and nothing can surprise me any more. No i am not talking about what President Obama has done or doing; and no i am not talking about recession or market being in the toilet, nor i am surprised by American citizens are still in prison in Iran. Nope i am not talking about any of these. i just read the following  article in Newsmax.com and i am still smiling read it for yourselves and have smile on me!

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Flying Rabbis Pray to Save Israel From Swine Flu

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:25 PM

JERUSALEM — A planeload of Israeli rabbis and Jewish mystics held an airborne prayer meeting in the belief that it could help check the spread of swine flu in Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday.The Yediot Ahronot daily said a plane with 50 people on board circled over Israel on Monday, with the passengers chanting prayers and sounding the ritual ram’s horn. The newspaper report carried a photo showing bearded and black-clad Orthodox Jewish men standing on the steps of an aircraft of Israeli short-haul airline Arkia. Airline officials could not be reached for comment. “The purpose of the flight was to stop the (swine flu) epidemic so that people will not keeping dying from it,” Rabbi Yitzhak Basri, one of the participants, told the newspaper. Israel’s Health Ministry has confirmed more than 2,000 cases of swine flu, with five fatalities in the country so far. Warnings have been issued of widespread infections in Israel in the fall and winter, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to obtain enough vaccine to protect every Israeli citizen from swine flu. © 2009 Associated Press.

I will Publish it weather You like it or NOT!

I will post it weather you like it or not. Yes I am going and will put it in my Blog till all of it is Published. The followings Is The Holy Bible, translateded directly from the original Text” Aramaic” The language That “Jesus Christ” spoke.

This is Dr. George Lamsa’s famous Peshitta New Testament English translation. I believe it is the best complete translation of the Peshitta. From “The Deluxe Study Edition of the Modern New Testament from the Aramaic”, by Dr. George M. Lamsa.

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 1

 THE book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

 

2 Abraham begot Isaac; Isaac begot Jacob; Jacob begot Judah and his brothers;

 

3 Judah begot Perez and Zerah of his wife Tamar; Perez begot Hezron; Hezron begot Aram;

 

4 Aram begot Aminadab; Aminadab begot Nahson; Nahson begot Salmon;

 

5 Salmon begot Boaz of his wife Rahab; Boaz begot Obed of his wife Ruth; Obed begot Jesse;

 

6 Jesse begot David the king; David the king begot Solomon of the wife of Uriah;

 

7 Solomon begot Rehoboam; Rehoboam begot Abijah; Abijah begot Asa;

 

8 Asa begot Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat begot Joram; Joram begot Uzziah;

 

9 Uzziah begot Jotham; Jotham begot Ahaz; Ahaz begot Hezekiah;

 

10 Hezekiah begot Manasseh; Manasseh begot Amon; Amon begot Josiah;

 

11 Josiah begot Jechoniah and his brothers, about the captivity of Babylon.

 

12 And after the captivity of Babylon, Jechoniah begot Shealtiel; Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel;

 

13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud; Abiud begot Eliakim; Eliakim begot Azor;

 

14 Azor begot Sadoc; Sadoc begot Achim; Achim begot Eliud;

 

15 Eliud begot Eleazar; Eleazar begot Matthan; Matthan begot Jacob;

 

16 Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

 

17 ¶ Therefore all the generations, from Abraham down to David, are fourteen generations; and from David down to the Babylonian captivity, fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian captivity down to Christ, fourteen generations.

 

18 ¶ The birth of Jesus Christ was in this manner. While Mary his mother was acquired for a price for Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

 

19 But Joseph her husband was a pious man, and did not wish to make it public; so he was thinking of divorcing her secretly.

 

20 While he was considering this, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said to him, O, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take your wife Mary, because he that is to be born of her is of the Holy Spirit.

 

21 She will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.

 

22 ¶ All this happened, that what was spoken from the Lord by the prophet might be fulfilled,

 

23 Behold, a virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which is interpreted, Our God is with us.

 

24 When Joseph rose up from his sleep, he did just as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and he took his wife.

 

25 And he did not know her until she gave birth to her first-born son; and she called his name Jesus.

 

 

Matthew Chapter 2

 There were lots of things to talk about today from health-care to global warming from Gaza to Tehran, oh one could write a book. Therefore I decided not to! Instead I decided to continue posting the Bible, Since I’ve already started yesterday, Will post the whole bible One Chapter a day till it is done. You are welcome NOT to visit my blog, but i would really wish you would come and read a chapter. Started from the book of Matthew, and today Chapter 2!

 

 

 Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 2

 WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judah, in the days of Herod the king, there came Magi from the East to Jerusalem.

 2 And they were saying, Where is the King of the Jews, who has been born? For we have seen his star in the East, so we have come to worship him.

 3 But when Herod the king heard it, he trembled, and all Jerusalem with him.

 4 So he gathered together all the high priests and the scribes of the people, and he kept asking them, where the Christ would be born?

 5 They said, In Bethlehem of Judah, for thus it is written in the book of the prophet:

 6 Even you, Bethlehem of Judah, you are not insignificant in the eyes of the kings of Judah, for from you shall come out a king, who will shepherd my people Israel.

 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly, and he learned from them at what time the star appeared to them.

 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them, Go and enquire very carefully concerning the boy, and when you have found him, come back and let me know, so that I also may go and worship him.

9 When they had heard from the king, they went away; and behold, the same star that they had seen in the east was going before them, until it came and stood just above the place where the infant boy was.

 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly.

 11 And they entered the house, and they saw the infant boy with Mary, his mother; and they threw themselves down and worshipped him; and they opened their treasures and offered to him gifts – gold and frankincense, and myrrh.

 12 And they saw in a dream not to return to Herod, so they departed to their own country by another way.

 13 When they had gone, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said to him, Arise, take the infant boy and his mother, and escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is ready to demand the child so as to destroy him.

 14 Then Joseph rose up, took the infant boy and his mother in the night, and escaped to Egypt.

 15 And he remained there until the death of Herod, so that what was said from the Lord by the prophet, might be fulfilled, I have called my son from Egypt.

 16 ¶ When Herod saw that he was insulted by the Magi, he was greatly enraged, so he sent forth and had all the infant boys in Bethlehem and in its suburbs killed, from two years old and down, according to the time that he had enquired from the Magi.

 17 Then was fulfilled what was said by the prophet Jeremiah who said,

 18 A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and wailing exceedingly, Rachel weeping for

her sons, and she would not be comforted, because they could not be brought back.

 19 ¶ When King Herod died, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

 20 And he said to him, Arise, take the boy and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the boy’s life are dead.

 21 So Joseph rose up, took the boy and his mother, and he came to the land of Israel.

 22 But when he heard that Archelaus had become king over Judaea, in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and it was revealed to him in a dream to go to the land of Galilee.

 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, so that what was said by the prophet, might be fulfilled, He shall be called a Nazarene.

 
 

Matthew Chapter 3

Here it is Matthew Chapter 3, fascinating Chapter, to start with God add a New prophet to the seen, and renews the message that has been Gods words to us from the beginning of time after the fall of man. I will not even try to interpret it for you for this is not a forum that forces its believes on you. You have a choice,  read the Chapter and decide for your self, than if you have any questions , pray and God will direct your path. Either by reveling it to you Himself, or sending you to your Pastor or directing you to make a comments and ask a question in this post. As you are reading this may god bless you.

 

 

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 3

 IN those days came John the Baptist; and he was preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

 2 Saying, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

 3 For it was he of whom it was said by the prophet Isaiah, The voice which cries in the

wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, and straighten his highways.

 4 Now the same John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had leathern belts around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

 5 Then there went out to him, Jerusalem and all of Judaea, and the whole country around Jordan.

 6 And they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, as they confessed their sins.

 7 But when he saw a great many of the Pharisees and Sadducees who were coming to be baptized, he said to them, O offspring of scorpions, who has warned you to escape from the anger which is to come?

 8 Bring forth therefore fruits which are worthy of repentance;

 9 And do not think and say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I say to you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

 10 Behold, the axe is already placed at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree which bears not good fruits shall be cut down and dropped in the fire.

 11 I am just baptizing you with water for repentance; but he who is coming after me is greater than I, the one even whose shoes I am not worthy to remove; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

 12 Whose shovel is in his hand, and he purifies his threshings; the wheat he gathers into his barns, and the straw he burns up in the unquenchable fire.

 13 ¶ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

 14 But John tried to stop him, and said, I need to be baptized by you, and yet have you come to me?

 15 But Jesus answered and said to him, Permit now, for this is necessary for us so that all righteousness may be fulfilled; and then he permitted him.

 16 ¶ When Jesus was baptized, he immediately came out of the water; and the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him;

 17 And behold, a voice from heaven, which said, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am pleased.

 

Matthew Chapter 4

I wont even give you intro to this post , just read and pray and be bless…

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 4

 THEN Jesus was carried away by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the adversary.

 2 So he fasted forty days and forty nights; but at last he was hungry.

 3 And the tempter drew near and said to him, If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.

 4 But he answered and said, It is written, that it is not by bread alone that man can live, but by every word which comes from the mouth of God.

 5 Then the adversary took him to the holy city, and he made him to stand up on the pinnacle of the temple.

 6 And he said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, that he will command his angels concerning you, and they will bear you up on their hands, so that even your foot may not strike a stone.

 7 Jesus said to him, Again it is written, that you shall not try out the Lord your God.

 8 Again the adversary took him to a very high mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

 9 And he said to him, All of these I will give to you, if you will fall down and worship me.

 10 Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

 11 Then the adversary left him alone; and behold the angels drew near and ministered unto him.

 12 ¶ Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he departed to Galilee.

 13 And he left Nazareth, and came and settled in Capernaum, by the seaside, within the borders of Zabulon and of Napthali.

 14 So that it might be fulfilled, which was said by the prophet Isaiah, who said,

 15 O land of Zabulon, O land of Napthali, the way to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!

 16 The people who dwelt in darkness saw a great light, and those who settled in the country and in the midst of the shadows of death, light shone on them.

 17 ¶ From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is coming near.

 18 And while he was walking by the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter and his brother Andrew, who were casting nets into the sea, for they were fishermen.

 19 And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

 20 So they immediately left their nets and went after him.

 21 And when he left that place he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in a ship with Zebedee their father, repairing their nets; and Jesus called them.

 22 So they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

 23 ¶ And Jesus travelled throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.

 24 And his fame was heard throughout Syria; so they brought to him all who were badly afflicted with divers sickness, and those who were tormented with pains, and the insane, and the epileptics, and the cripples; and he healed them.

 25 So large crowds followed him from Galilee, and from the ten cities, and from Jerusalem and from Judaea, and from across the Jordan.

Help us stop this EVIL law!

I recived this E_MAIL, And I think you should read it also,

Dear Conservative Friend,

In July 2007, Barack Obama promised a group of his supporters that, if elected president, he would sign perhaps the most evil piece of legislation in the history of our republic.

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Eliminate every restriction on abortion nationwide — including 44 states’ laws concerning parental involvement, 40 states’ laws on restricting later-term abortions, 46 states’ conscience protection laws for individual health care providers, 27 states’ conscience protection laws for institutions, 38 states’ bans on partial-birth abortions, 33 states’ laws on requiring counseling before an abortion, and 16 states’ laws concerning ultrasounds before an abortion
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Creating and distributing “The Facts About FOCA” on a massive, nationwide scale will not come cheap. But it will be worth every penny if it helps defeat this deadly and freedom-destroying legislation.

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Matthew Chapters 5 & 6

Today being Sunday I decided to treat you with not One but Two chapters of the book of Matthew, and I realy don’t care what is going on around the World, what ever it is have to wait!

 

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 5

 WHEN Jesus saw the crowds, he went up to the mountain; and as he sat down, his disciples drew near to him.

 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, and he said,

 3 Blessed are the poor in pride, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 4 Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

 5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be well satisfied.

 7 Blessed are the merciful, for to them shall be mercy.

 8 Blessed are those who are pure in their hearts, for they shall see God.

 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 11 ¶ Blessed are you, when they reproach you and persecute you, and speak against you every kind of bad word, falsely, for my sake,

 12 Then be glad and rejoice, for your reward is increased in heaven; for in this very manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

 13 ¶ You are indeed the salt of the earth; but if the salt should lose its savor, with what could it be salted? It would not be worth anything, but to be thrown outside and to be trodden down by men.

 14 You are indeed the light of the world; a city that is built upon a mountain cannot be hidden.

 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp holder, so it gives light to all who are in the house.

 16 Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

 17 ¶ Do not expect that I have come to weaken the law or the prophets; I have not come to weaken, but to fulfil.

 18 For truly I tell you, Until heaven and earth pass away, not even one yoth * or a dash shall pass away from the law until all of it is fulfilled.

 19 Whoever therefore tries to weaken even one of these smallest commandments, and teaches men so, he shall be regarded as small in the kingdom of heaven; but anyone who observes and teaches them, he shall be regarded as great in the kingdom of heaven.

 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.

 21 ¶ You have heard that it was said to those who were before you, You shall not kill, and whoever kills is guilty before the court.

 22 But I say to you, that whoever becomes angry with his brother for no reason, is guilty before the court: and whoever should say to his brother, Raca (which means, I spit on you) is guilty before the congregation; and whoever says to his brother, you are a nurse maid, is condemned to hell fire.

 23 If it should happen therefore that while you are presenting your offering upon the altar, and right there you remember that your brother has any grievance against you,

 24 Leave your offering there upon the altar, and first go and make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your offering.

 25 Try to get reconciled with your accuser promptly, while you are going on the road with him; for your accuser might surrender you to the judge, and the judge would commit you to the jailer, and you will be cast into prison.

 26 Truly I say to you, that you would never come out thence until you had paid the last cent.

 27 ¶ You have heard that it is said, You shall not commit adultery.

 28 But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman with the desire to covet her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

 29 If your right eye should cause you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of your members, and not all your body fall into hell.

 30 And if your right hand should cause you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of your members, and not all your body fall into hell.

 31 It has been said that whoever divorces his wife, must give her the divorce papers.

 32 But I say to you, that whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is separated but not divorced, commits adultery.

 33 ¶ Again you have heard it was said to them who were before you, that you shall not lie in your oaths, but entrust your oaths to the Lord.

 34 But I say to you, never swear; neither by heaven, because it is God’s throne;

 35 Nor by the earth, for it is a stool under his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of a great king.

 36 Neither shall you swear by your own head, because you cannot create in it a single black or white hair.

 37 But let your words be yes, yes, and no, no; for anything which adds to these is a deception.

 38 ¶ You have heard that it is said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

 39 But I say to you, that you should not resist evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

 40 And if anyone wishes to sue you at the court and take away your shirt, let him have your robe also.

 41 Whoever compels you to carry a burden for a mile, go with him two.

 42 Whoever asks from you, give him; and whoever wishes to borrow from you, do not refuse him.

 43 ¶ You have heard that it is said, Be kind to your friend, and hate your enemy.

 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies, and bless anyone who curses you, and do good to anyone who hates you, and pray for them who carry you away by force and persecute you,

 45 So that you may become sons of your Father who is in heaven, who causes his sun to shine upon the good and upon the bad, and who pours down his rain upon the just and upon the unjust.

 46 For if you love only those who love you, what reward will you have? Do not even the publicans do the same thing?

 47 And if you salute only your brothers, what is it more that you do? Do not even the publicans do the same thing?

 48 Therefore, you become perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

 

Lamsa Translation - Matthew Chapter 6

 BE careful concerning your alms, not to do them in the presence of men, merely that they may see them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

 2 Therefore when you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, just as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the market places, so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

 3 But when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing;

 4 So that your alms may be done secretly, and your Father who sees in secret, shall himself reward you openly.

 5 ¶ And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who like to pray, standing in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

 6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and lock your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret he himself shall reward you openly.

 7 And when you pray, do not repeat your words like the pagans, for they think that because of much talking they will be heard.

 8 Therefore, do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need, before you ask him.

 9 ¶ Therefore pray in this manner: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so on earth.

 11 Give us bread for our needs from day to day.

 12 And forgive us our offences, as we have forgiven our offenders;

 13 And do not let us enter into temptation, but deliver us from error. Because thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

 14 For if you forgive men their faults, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.

 15 But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive even your faults.

 16 ¶ When you fast, do not look sad like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear to men that they are fasting. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

 17 But you, when you fast, wash your face and anoint your head;

 18 So that it may not appear to men that you are fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret, he will reward you.

 19 ¶ Do not lay up for yourselves treasures buried in the ground, a place where rust and moth destroy, and where thieves break through and steal.

 20 But lay up for yourselves a treasure in heaven, where neither rust nor moth destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal.

 21 For where your treasure is, there also is your heart.

 22 The eye is the lamp of the body; if therefore your eye be clear, your whole body is also lighted.

 

23 But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how much more will be your darkness.

 

24 ¶ No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and like the other; or he will honor one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (wealth).

 

25 For this reason, I say to you, Do not worry for your life, what you will eat, and what you will drink, nor for your body, what you will wear. Behold, is not life much more important than food, and the body than clothing?

 

26 Watch the birds of the sky, for they do not sow, neither do they harvest, nor gather into barns, and yet your Father in heaven feeds them. Are you not much more important than they?

 

27 Who is among you who by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

 

28 Why do you worry about clothing? Observe the wild flowers, how they grow; they do not get tired out, nor do they spin.

 

29 But I say to you, that not even Solomon with all of his glory was covered like one of them.

 

30 Now if God clothes in such fashion the grass of the field, which today is and tomorrow falls into the fireplace, is he not much more to you, O you of little faith?

 

31 Therefore do not worry or say, What will we eat, or what will we drink, or with what will we be clothed?

 

32 For worldly people seek after all these things. Your Father in heaven knows that all of these things are also necessary for you.

 

33 But you seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all of these things shall be added to you.

 

34 Therefore do not worry for tomorrow; for tomorrow will look after its own. Sufficient for each day, is its own trouble.

Matthew Chapter 7

Another day has begun and life for some continues and for some stops. None the less the word of God lives forever.

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 7

 JUDGE not, that you may not be judged.

 2 For with the same judgment that you judge, you will be judged, and with the same measure with which you measure, it will be measured to you.

 3 Why do you see the splinter which is in your brother’s eye, and do not feel the beam which is in your own eye?

 4 Or how can you say to your brother, let me take out the splinter from your eye, and behold there is a cross beam in your own eye?

 5 O hypocrites, first take out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to get out the splinter from your brother’s eye.

 6 ¶Do not give holy things to the dogs; and do not throw your pearls before the swine, for they might tread them with their feet, and then turn and rend you.

 7 ¶ Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.

 8 For whoever asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door is opened.

 9 Or who is the man among you, who when his son asks him for bread, why, will he hand him a stone?

 10 Or if he should ask him for fish, why, will he hand him a snake?

 11 If therefore you who err, know how to give good gifts to your sons, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

 12 Whatever you wish men to do for you, do likewise also for them; for this is the law and the prophets.

 13 Enter in through the narrow door, for wide is the door, and broad is the road which carries to destruction, and many are those who travel on it.

 14 O how narrow is the door, and how difficult is the road which carries to life, and few are those who are found on it.

 15 ¶ Be careful of false prophets who come to you in lamb’s clothing, but within they are ravening wolves.

 16 You will know them by their fruits. Why, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

 17 So every good tree bears good fruits; but a bad tree bears bad fruits.

 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruits, neither can a bad tree bear good fruits.

 19 Any tree which does not bear good fruits will be cut down and cast into the fire.

 20 Thus by their fruits you will know them.

 21 ¶ It is not everyone who merely says to me, My Lord, my Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

 22 A great many will say to me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out devils, and in your name do many wonders?

 23 Then I will declare to them, I have never known you; keep away from me, O you that work iniquity.

 24 ¶ Therefore whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, he is like a wise man, who built his house upon a rock.

 25 And the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house; but it did not fall down, because its foundations were laid upon a rock.

 26 And whoever hears these words of mine, and does them not, is like a foolish man, who built his house upon sand.

 27 And the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house; and it fell down, and its fall was very great.

 28 ¶And it happened when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were stunned at his teaching.

 29 For he taught them as one who had the power, and not like their own scribes and Pharisees.

Matthew Chapter 8

Lets see what is going on in the world, 6.8 earth quake in Japan, war all over the world, Hurricane category 5 in Atlantic on its way to US coastal, and the wonderful news countinues; All that aside lets read the word of God….

 

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 8

 WHEN he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

 2 And behold a leper came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, if you wish, you can cleanse me.

 3 And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and he said, I do wish, be cleansed. And in that hour his leprosy was cleansed.

 4 Jesus then said to him, Look here, why are you telling it to men? go first and show yourself to the priests, and offer an offering as Moses has commanded, for a testimonial to them.

 5 ¶ When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, and appealed to him,

 6 Saying, My Lord, my boy is lying in the house, paralyzed, and suffering greatly.

 7 Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him.

 8 The centurion then answered and said, My Lord, I am not good enough that you should enter under the shadow of my roof; but just say a word, and my boy will be healed.

 9 For I am also a man in government service, and there are soldiers under my command; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to the other, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

 10 When Jesus heard it, he was amazed, and he said to those who accompanied him, Truly I say to you, that not even in Israel have I found such faith as this.

 11 And I say to you, that a great many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be put out in the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

 13 So Jesus said to the centurion, Go, let it be done to you according to your belief. And his boy was healed in that very hour.

 14 ¶ And Jesus came to the Simon’s house, and he saw his mother-in-law laid up and sick with fever.

 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and waited on them.

 16 ¶ Now when evening came, they brought to him a great many lunatics, and he cured them just by a word; and he healed all who were badly afflicted.

 17 So that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, might be fulfilled, who said, He will take our afflictions and bear our sickness.

 18 ¶ When Jesus saw large crowds surrounding him, he gave orders to go to the crossing place.

 19 And a scribe drew near and said to him, O my teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.

 20 Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the sky a sheltering place, but the Son of man has no place even to lay his head.

 21 Another of his disciples said to him, My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

 22 But Jesus said to him, Come after me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

 23 ¶ And when Jesus went up into the boat, his disciples went with him.

 24 And behold the sea became very rough, so that the boat was almost covered by the waves; but Jesus was asleep.

 25 And his disciples came near and woke him up, and said to him, Our Lord, save us, we are perishing.

 26 Jesus said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he got up and rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

 27 But the men were surprised, saying, Who is this man, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

 28 ¶ And when Jesus came to the port on the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two lunatics,* who were just coming out of the cemetery. They were exceedingly vicious so that no man would dare to pass by that road.

 29 And they cried aloud saying, What business have we together, Jesus, “son of God”? Have you come here to torment us before the time?

 30 Now there was near by them a large herd of swine feeding.

 31 And the lunatics kept asking him, saying, If you are going to heal us, permit us to attack # the herd of swine.

 32 Jesus said to them, Go. And immediately they left and attacked the swine, and the whole herd went straight over the cliff, and fell into the sea, and were drowned in the water.

 33 And they who fed them ran away and went to the city, and reported everything that happened, and about the lunatics.

 34 So all the city went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they urged him to depart from their borders.

 

Another E-Mail, Read it or do not read it; that is the question

As a conservative ( and proud of it), I receive Conservative E-mails from conservative sources, I normally do not advertise for others(normally), however the following have some merit, read it for your self and decide, As always the choice is yours, please do not surrender it!

A Personal Message from Michelle Malkin
Dear Reader,
I’m so proud to announce that my new book, Culture of Corruption, is #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for the second consecutive week!
If you haven’t read it yet, let me give you just a little taste:
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I wrote this book to give you the exhaustive answer that President Obama’s gyrating media harem doesn’t want you to read.
Obama’s team is a dysfunctional and dangerous group of business-as-usual cronies. The corruption stretches from wealthy power brokers Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett, to pay-to-play-tainted Michelle Obama and Joe Biden, to ethically challenged, bailout-bungling money men Larry Summers and Tim Geithner at Treasury, crime-coddling corporate lawyer Eric Holder at DOJ, to the crooked Service Employees International Union, and the ever-expanding swamp of Washington lobbyists.
This book pulls together the familiar and not-so-familiar pieces to force Obama hagiographers to confront an alternate narrative. A reality-based narrative. A narrative of incompetence, nepotism, influence-peddling, and self-dealing that defies the stubborn myth that Barack Obama is the One True Agent of Hope and Change.
In short: This is a government of the crony, by the lobbyist, and for all the well-heeled, well-connected people Barack Obama spent his entire campaign demonizing.
In the era of “new politics,” judge him as you would judge other mere mortals. Judge him not by the company that preceded him. Judge him by the company he keeps.
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Michelle Malkin

Matthew Chapter 9

New day and new Word…..

Even if you are not Christian you have to admit and admire the wisdom that Bible carry’s, come on admit it, at least be true to your self. You can not deny the truth! Lets read some more from the words of God!

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 9

SO he went up into the boat, and crossed over and came to his own city.

2 And they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a quilt-bed; and Jesus saw their faith, and he said to the paralytic, Have courage, my son; your sins have been forgiven.

3 Some of the scribes said among themselves, This man blasphemes.

4 But Jesus knew their thoughts; so he said to them, Why do you think evil in your hearts?

5 For which is easier to say, Your sins have been forgiven, or to say, Arise and walk?

6 But that you might know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins, then he said to the paralytic, Arise, take up your quilt-bed, and go to your home.

7 And he rose up and went to his home.

8 But when the crowds saw it, they were frightened, and they glorified God, because he had given such power as this to men.

9 ¶ And as Jesus passed from that place, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, sitting in the custom house, and he said to him, Follow me; and he got up and went after him.

10 And while they were guests in the house, a great many publicans and sinners came, and they sat as guests with Jesus and with his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your master eat with publicans and sinners?

12 But when Jesus heard it, he said to them, Those who are well need no doctor, but those who are seriously sick.

13 Go and learn what this means, I want mercy and not sacrifice; for I came not to invite righteous men, but sinners.

14 ¶ Then the disciples of John came up to him, and said, Why do we and the Pharisees fast a great deal, and your disciples never fast?

15 Jesus said to them, Is it possible for those at the wedding feast to fast as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days are coming, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

16 No man puts a new patch on an old garment, so as not to weaken that garment, and make the hole larger.

17 Neither do they pour new wine into worn out skins, so as not to rend the skins, and spill the wine, and the wine runs out, and the skins are ruined; but they pour new wine into new skins, and both of them are well preserved.

18 ¶ While he was speaking these things with them, a leader of the synagogue came near and worshipped him; and he said, My daughter has just died, but come and put your hand on her and she will live.

19 And Jesus and his disciples rose up and went with him.

20 ¶ And behold a woman who had had the hemorrhage for twelve years, came up from behind him, and she touched the edge of his cloak;

21 For she was saying to herself, If I can only touch his garment, I will be healed.

22 And Jesus turned around and saw her and said to her, Have courage, my daughter,

your faith has healed you; and the woman was healed in that very hour.

23 ¶ So Jesus arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, and saw the singers and the excited crowds.

24 And he said to them, That is enough; for the little girl is not dead, but she is asleep; and they laughed at him.

25 But when he had put the people out, he went in and held her by her hand, and the little girl got up.

26 And this news spread all over that country.

27 ¶ And as Jesus passed from there, he was delayed by two blind men, who were crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O son of David.

28 And when he came into the house, the same blind men came up to him. Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I can do this? They said to him, Yes, our Lord.

29 Then he touched their eyes and said, Let it be to you according to your faith.

30 And immediately their eyes were opened; and Jesus charged them and said, See that no one knows it.

31 But they went out and spread the news all over that country.

32 ¶ And when Jesus went out, they brought to him a dumb man who was demented.

33 And as soon as he was restored, the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed and said, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said, He is casting out devils by the help of the prince of devils.

35 And Jesus travelled in all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of sickness and disease.

36 ¶ When Jesus saw the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were tired out and scattered, like sheep which have no shepherd.

37 So he said to his disciples, The harvest is great, and the laborers are few;

38 Therefore urge the owner of the harvest to bring more laborers to his harvest.

Don’t Let The hard times Derail You!

If God is for us, hwo can be aginst

us?-Romans 8:31

No one escapes trials in life. When pursuing your God-given dreams, you are on a collision course with challenges and disappointments. But these don’t have to derial your destainy!

Here are few things to remember when going through hard times.

1) Remember God is in control. So don’t demand to undrestand all the challenges in life. Just trust God’s plan.

2) Remain faithful no matter what the coast. Don’t give up and quit on your dream no matter what you face. Ask God to give you the strenght to stay faithful to He’s called you to do.

3) Reject bitterness. Refuse to allow dissopintment to caouse a root of bitterness to spring forht in your life. There’s nothing Satan would like more than to let unforgiveness distract you from God’s plan for your life.

4) Rest in the providence of God. Be assured thaat His invisible hand ids working in you and in your life. Don’t try to push and manipulate God’s will for your life.

Finally,  waite for God’s timing, and in due season, you will get abetteer picture of why God allowed you to go through your trials and failures.

*Taken from weekly bulletin board of Librety Temple Church of God in arleta California.*

Matthew Chapters 10 & 11

It is Sunday so you will be bless by two chapters of the book of Matthew, enjoy:)

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 10

AND he called his twelve disciples, and gave them power over the unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and sickness.

2 The names of the twelve apostles are these: The first of them Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus surnamed Thaddaeus;

4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas of Iscariot, who betrayed him.

5 These twelve Jesus sent out, and charged them and said, Keep away from pagan practices, and do not enter a Samaritan city;

6 But above all, go to the sheep which are lost from the house of Israel.

7 And as you go, preach and say, that the kingdom of heaven is near.

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons; freely you have received, freely give.

9 Do not accumulate gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;

10 Nor a bag for the journey, nor two shirts and shoes, nor a staff; for a laborer is at least worthy of his food.

11 Whatever city or town you enter, ask who is trustworthy in it, and remain there until you leave.

12 And when you enter into the house, salute the family.

13 And if the family is trustworthy, your salutation of peace shall come upon it; but if it is not trustworthy, your salutation shall return to you.

14 Whoever will not welcome you, and will not listen to your words, when you leave the house or the village, shake off the sand from your feet.

15 Truly I say to you, that it will be easier for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city.

16 ¶ Behold, I am sending you like lambs among the wolves; therefore be wise as serpents, and pure as doves.

17 But be careful of men; for they will deliver you up to the courts, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

18 And they will bring you before the presence of governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry as to how or what you will speak; for it will be given to you in that very hour what you are to speak.

20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaks through you.

21 Brother will deliver up his own brother to death, and father his son; and children will rise up against their parents and put them to death.

22 And you will be hated by everybody because of my name; but he who endures until the end shall live.

23 When they persecute you in this city, escape to another; for truly I say to you, that you shall not finish converting all the cities of the house of Israel, until the Son of man returns.

24 No disciple is more important than his teacher, and no servant than his master.

25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and for a servant to be like his master. If then, they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

26 Therefore do not be afraid of them; for there is nothing covered that will not be uncovered, and hidden that will not be known.

27 What I tell you in the dark, tell it in the daylight; and what you hear with your ears, preach on the house tops.

28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but who cannot kill the soul; but above all, be afraid of him who can destroy both the soul and the body in hell.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall on the ground without your Father’s will.

30 But so far as you are concerned, even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Therefore fear not; you are much more important than many sparrows.

32 Everyone therefore who will acknowledge me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

33 But whoever will deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father in heaven.

34 ¶ Do not expect that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36 And a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.

37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38 And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39 He who is concerned about his life shall lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake shall find it.

40 Whoever receives you, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.

41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

42 Anyone who gives a drink to one of these little ones, if only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall never lose his reward.

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 11

WHEN Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed from that place to teach and to preach in their cities.

2 But when John heard in prison of the works of Christ, he sent by his disciples,

3 And said to him, Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect another?

4 Jesus answered and said, Go and describe to John the things which you see and hear.

5 The blind see, and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear , and the dead rise up, and the poor are given hope.

6 And blessed is he who does not stumble on account of me.

7 ¶ When they went away, Jesus began to speak to the people concerning John, What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A reed which is shaken by the wind?

8 If not so, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Behold those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ houses.

9 And if not so, What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

10 For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, to prepare the way before you.

11 ¶ Truly I say to you, that among those who are born of women, there has never risen one who is greater than John the Baptist; and yet even the least person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been administered by force, and only those in power control it.

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

14 And if you wish, accept it, that he is Elijah who was to come.

15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

16 ¶ But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like boys who sit in the street and call to their friends.

17 And say, We have sung to you, but you would not dance; and we have wailed to you but you did not mourn.

18 For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they said he is crazy.

19 The Son of man came, eating and drinking, and they said, Behold, a glutton and a wine-bibber, and a friend of publicans and sinners. And yet wisdom is justified by its works.

20 ¶ Then Jesus began to reproach the cities in which his many works were done, and which did not repent. And he said,

21 Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the works which were done in you, they might have repented in sackcloth and ashes.

22 But I say to you, It will be easier for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

23 And you, Capernaum, which have exalted yourself up to heaven, shall be brought down to Sheol; for if in Sodom had been done the works which were done in you, it would be standing to this day.

24 But I say to you, It will be easier for the land of Sodom in the judgment day, than for you.

25 ¶ At that time, Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the men of understanding, and you have revealed them to children.

26 O yes, my Father, for such was your will.

27 Everything has been delivered to me by my Father, and no man knows the Son except the Father, nor does any man know the Father but the Son, and he to whomever the Son wishes to reveal.

28 ¶ Come to me, all y

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 10

AND he called his twelve disciples, and gave them power over the unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and sickness.

2 The names of the twelve apostles are these: The first of them Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus surnamed Thaddaeus;

4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas of Iscariot, who betrayed him.

5 These twelve Jesus sent out, and charged them and said, Keep away from pagan practices, and do not enter a Samaritan city;

6 But above all, go to the sheep which are lost from the house of Israel.

7 And as you go, preach and say, that the kingdom of heaven is near.

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons; freely you have received, freely give.

9 Do not accumulate gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;

10 Nor a bag for the journey, nor two shirts and shoes, nor a staff; for a laborer is at least worthy of his food.

11 Whatever city or town you enter, ask who is trustworthy in it, and remain there until you leave.

12 And when you enter into the house, salute the family.

13 And if the family is trustworthy, your salutation of peace shall come upon it; but if it is not trustworthy, your salutation shall return to you.

14 Whoever will not welcome you, and will not listen to your words, when you leave the house or the village, shake off the sand from your feet.

15 Truly I say to you, that it will be easier for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city.

16 ¶ Behold, I am sending you like lambs among the wolves; therefore be wise as serpents, and pure as doves.

17 But be careful of men; for they will deliver you up to the courts, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

18 And they will bring you before the presence of governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry as to how or what you will speak; for it will be given to you in that very hour what you are to speak.

20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaks through you.

21 Brother will deliver up his own brother to death, and father his son; and children will rise up against their parents and put them to death.

22 And you will be hated by everybody because of my name; but he who endures until the end shall live.

23 When they persecute you in this city, escape to another; for truly I say to you, that you shall not finish converting all the cities of the house of Israel, until the Son of man returns.

24 No disciple is more important than his teacher, and no servant than his master.

25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and for a servant to be like his master. If then, they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

26 Therefore do not be afraid of them; for there is nothing covered that will not be uncovered, and hidden that will not be known.

27 What I tell you in the dark, tell it in the daylight; and what you hear with your ears, preach on the house tops.

28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but who cannot kill the soul; but above all, be afraid of him who can destroy both the soul and the body in hell.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall on the ground without your Father’s will.

30 But so far as you are concerned, even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Therefore fear not; you are much more important than many sparrows.

32 Everyone therefore who will acknowledge me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

33 But whoever will deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father in heaven.

34 ¶ Do not expect that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36 And a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.

37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38 And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39 He who is concerned about his life shall lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake shall find it.

40 Whoever receives you, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.

41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

42 Anyone who gives a drink to one of these little ones, if only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall never lose his reward.

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 11

WHEN Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed from that place to teach and to preach in their cities.

2 But when John heard in prison of the works of Christ, he sent by his disciples,

3 And said to him, Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect another?

4 Jesus answered and said, Go and describe to John the things which you see and hear.

5 The blind see, and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear , and the dead rise up, and the poor are given hope.

6 And blessed is he who does not stumble on account of me.

7 ¶ When they went away, Jesus began to speak to the people concerning John, What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A reed which is shaken by the wind?

8 If not so, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Behold those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ houses.

9 And if not so, What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

10 For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, to prepare the way before you.

11 ¶ Truly I say to you, that among those who are born of women, there has never risen one who is greater than John the Baptist; and yet even the least person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been administered by force, and only those in power control it.

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

14 And if you wish, accept it, that he is Elijah who was to come.

15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

16 ¶ But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like boys who sit in the street and call to their friends.

17 And say, We have sung to you, but you would not dance; and we have wailed to you but you did not mourn.

18 For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they said he is crazy.

19 The Son of man came, eating and drinking, and they said, Behold, a glutton and a wine-bibber, and a friend of publicans and sinners. And yet wisdom is justified by its works.

20 ¶ Then Jesus began to reproach the cities in which his many works were done, and which did not repent. And he said,

21 Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the works which were done in you, they might have repented in sackcloth and ashes.

22 But I say to you, It will be easier for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

23 And you, Capernaum, which have exalted yourself up to heaven, shall be brought down to Sheol; for if in Sodom had been done the works which were done in you, it would be standing to this day.

24 But I say to you, It will be easier for the land of Sodom in the judgment day, than for you.

25 ¶ At that time, Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the men of understanding, and you have revealed them to children.

26 O yes, my Father, for such was your will.

27 Everything has been delivered to me by my Father, and no man knows the Son except the Father, nor does any man know the Father but the Son, and he to whomever the Son wishes to reveal.

28 ¶ Come to me, all you who are tired out and carrying burdens, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am genial and meek in my heart, and you will find rest to your souls.

30 For my yoke is very pleasant, and my burden is light.ou who are tired out and carrying burdens, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am genial and meek in my heart, and you will find rest to your souls.

30 For my yoke is very pleasant, and my burden is light.

Matthew Chapter 12

It always make me feel great when I read the word of God. It doesn’t matter what mood I’ll be in, for when I read the words my spirit comes alive and I revive. Well of course that is me, any how here it is some more of the book of Matthew. may God bless you as you read His words…

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 12

 AT that time, Jesus walked on the sabbath through the wheat fields; and his disciples became hungry, and they began to pluck ears of wheat and eat.

 2 But when the Pharisees saw them, they said to him, Behold, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.

 3 But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he and those who were with him were hungry?

 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat bread that was on the table of the Lord, that which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

 5 Or, have you not read in the book of law, that the priests in the temple disregard the sabbath, and yet are blameless?

 6 But I say to you, that there is one here, who is greater than the temple.

 7 But if you only knew what it means, I want mercy and not sacrifice, you would not condemn those who are blameless.

 8 For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

 9 ¶ And Jesus departed from thence and came to their synagogue.

 10 And there was a man there whose hand was withered. And they questioned him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

 11 He said to them, Who is the man among you who has only one sheep, and if it should fall into a pit on the sabbath, would he not take hold of it and lift it up?

 12 How much more important is a man than a sheep? It is therefore lawful to do good on the sabbath.

 13 Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched out his hand, and it was restored like the other.

 14 ¶ And the Pharisees went out, and they took counsel concerning him, so as to do away with him.

 15 But Jesus knew of it, and departed from thence; and a great many people followed him, and he healed them all.

 16 And he charged them not to say where he was,

 17 So that what was said by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, who said,

 18 Behold my servant with whom I am pleased, my beloved one, in whom my soul rejoices; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will preach justice to the peoples.

 19 He will not argue, nor will he cry aloud; and no man will hear his voice in the street.

 20 He will not break even a bruised reed, and he will not extinguish a flickering lamp, until he brings justice to victory;

 21 And in his name will the peoples find hope.

 22 ¶ Then they brought near to him a lunatic, who was also dumb and blind; and he healed him, so that the dumb and blind man could speak and see.

 23 All the people were amazed and said, Perhaps this man is the son of David?

 24 But when the Pharisees heard of it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub, the prince of demons.

 25 But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom which is divided against itself, will be destroyed; and every house or city that is divided against itself, will not stand.

 26 And if Satan cast out Satan. he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

 27 So if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by what do your sons cast them out? for this reason they will be your judges.

 28 And if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come near to you.

 29 Or, how can a man enter into a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then he plunders his house?

 30 ¶ He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me, shall be dispersed.

 31 Therefore I say to you, that all sins and blasphemies will be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.

 33 Either produce like a good tree with good fruits, or produce like a bad tree with bad fruits; for a tree is known by its fruits.

 34 O generation of scorpions, how can you speak good things when you are bad? For the mouth speaks from the fullness of the heart.

 35 A good man brings out good things from good treasures, and a bad man brings out bad things from bad treasures.

 36 For I say to you, that for every foolish word which men speak, they will have to answer for it on the day of judgment.

 37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be found guilty.

 38 ¶ Then some of the men of the scribes and Pharisees answered and said to him, Teacher, we would like to see a sign from you.

 39 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation wants a sign; and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

 40 For as Jonah was in the whale’s belly three days and three nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth, three days and three nights.

 41 Even the men of Nineveh will rise up in judgment with this generation, and find it guilty; for they repented through the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

 42 The queen of the south will rise up in judgment with this generation, and find it guilty; for she came from the far ends of the earth that she might hear Solomon’s wisdom, and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

 43 When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it travels in places where there is no water, and seeks rest, and does not find it.

 44 Then it says, I will return to my own house from whence I came out; so it comes back and finds it empty, warm, and well furnished.

 45 Then it goes away and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter and live in it; and the end of that man becomes worse than at first. Such will happen to this evil generation.

 46 ¶ While he was speaking to the people, his mother and his brothers came and stood outside, and wanted to speak with him.

 47 Then a man said to him, Behold your mother and your brothers are standing outside, and they want to speak with you.

 48 But he answered and said to him who told him, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

 49 And he pointed his hand to his disciples and said, Behold my mother, and behold my brothers.

 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother and my sister and my mother.

Matthew Chapter 13

Another day and more of Gods words.

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 13

THAT same day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

2 And many people gathered around him, so that he had to go up and sit in a boat, and all the people stood on the seashore.

3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, and said, Behold the sower went out to sow;

4 And when he had sown, some seed fell on the roadside, and the fowls came and ate it.

5 Other fell upon the rock, where there was not sufficient soil; and it sprang up earlier because the ground was not deep enough;

6 But when the sun shone, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it dried up;

7 And other fell among thistles, and the thistles sprung up and choked it.

8 And other fell in good soil, and bore fruit, some one hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty.

9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

10 ¶ Then his disciples drew near to him and said, Why do you speak to them in parables?

11 He answered and said to them, Because to you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not granted to them.

12 For to him who has, shall be given and it shall increase to him; but to him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him.

13 This is the reason I speak to them in figures, because they see and yet cannot perceive; and they hear and yet do not listen, nor do they understand.

14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah who said, Hearing you will hear, but you will not understand; and seeing you will see, but you will not know.

15 For the heart of this people has become hardened, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are dull; so that they cannot see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts; let them return, and I will heal them.

16 But as for you, blessed are your eyes for they see; and your ears for they hear.

17 For truly I say to you, a great many prophets and righteous men have longed to see what you see, and did not see it; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

18 ¶ Now you listen to the parable of the seed.

19 Whoever hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away the word which has been sown in his heart. This is that which was sown on the roadside.

20 That which was sown upon the rock, this is he who hears the word, and immediately accepts it with joy;

21 But it has no root in him, except for a while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he immediately stumbles.

22 That which was sown among thistles, this is he who hears the word, but worldly thoughts and the deception caused by riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

23 That which was sown upon good soil, this is he who hears my word, and understands it, so he bears fruit and produces some one hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty.

24 ¶ He related another parable to them, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25 And when the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.

26 But when the blade sprang up and bore fruit, then the tares also appeared.

27 So the servants of the landowner came and said to him, Our lord, behold, did you not sow good seed in your field; whence did the tares come into it?

28 He said to them, An enemy did this; his servants then said to him, Do you want us to go and pick them out?

29 But he said to them, It might happen that while you were picking out the tares, you might uproot with them also the wheat.

30 Let them both grow together until the harvest; and at the harvest season, I will say to the reapers, Pick out first the tares, and bind them into bundles to be burned; but gather the wheat into my barns.

31 ¶ He related another parable to them, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.

32 It is the smallest of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is larger than all of the herbs; and it becomes a tree, so that the fowls of the sky come and nest in its branches.

33 ¶ He told them another parable. The kingdom of heaven is like the leaven, which a woman took and buried in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.

34 ¶ Jesus spoke all these things to the people in parables; and without parables he did not speak to them.

35 So that it might be fulfilled which was said by the prophet, who said, I will open my mouth in parables, and I will bring out secrets hidden before the foundation of the world.

36 Then Jesus left the multitudes and came into the house; and his disciples came up to him, and said, Explain to us the parable of the tares and the field.

37 He answered and said to them, He who sowed good seed is the Son of man.

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of evil.

39 The enemy who sowed them is Satan; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

40 Therefore, just as the tares are picked out and burned in the fire, so shall it be at the end of the world.

41 The Son of man will send his angels, and they will pick out from his kingdom all things which cause stumbling, and all workers of iniquity.

42 And they will throw them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous ones shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

44 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure which is hidden in the field, which a man discovered and hid, and because of his joy, he went and sold everything he had, and bought that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant, who was seeking good pearls.

46 And when he had found one costly pearl, he went and sold everything he had, and bought it.

47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea, and it gathered fish of every kind.

48 When it was filled, they drew it to the shore, and sat down and sorted them; the good ones they put into bags, and the bad they threw away.

49 So will it be at the end of the world; the angels will go out and separate the bad from among the righteous,

50 And they will throw them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51 ¶ Jesus said to them, Have you understood all of these things? They said to him, Yes, our Lord.

52 He said to them, Therefore every scribe who is converted to the kingdom of heaven, is like a man who is a householder, who brings out new and old things from his treasures.

53 ¶ When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

54 And he came to his own city; and he taught them in their synagogues, in such a way, that they were amazed and said, Where did he get this wisdom and these wonders?

55 Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judah?

56 Are not all his sisters with us? Where did he get all these things?

57 And they were perplexed about him. But Jesus said to them, No prophet is insulted, except in his own city and in his own house.

58 And he did not perform many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

Matthew Chapter 14

And here is chapter 14, read and be bless…..

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 14

AT that time Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus.

2 And he said to his servants, This man is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead; this is why great miracles are wrought by him.

3 ¶ For Herod had arrested John, and bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

4 For John had said to him, It is unlawful to have her as your wife.

5 So Herod wanted to kill him, but he was afraid of the people, because they accepted him as a prophet.

6 When Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests, and it pleased Herod.

7 He therefore swore to her with oaths, that he would give her anything that she asked.

8 And she, because she was instructed by her mother, said, Give me right here on a tray the head of John the Baptist.

9 And the king was very sorry; but because of the oaths and the guests, he commanded that it be given to her.

10 So he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

11 And his head was brought in on a tray, and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.

12 Then his disciples came and took up his body and buried it, and they came and informed Jesus.

13 ¶ When Jesus heard it, he departed thence by boat, alone to a desert place; and when the people heard of it, they followed him by land from the cities.

14 And Jesus went out and saw large crowds, and he had pity for them, and healed their sick.

15 ¶ When it was evening, his disciples came to him, and they said to him, This is a lonely place, and it is getting late; dismiss the people so that the men may go to the villages and buy food for themselves.

16 But he said to them, It is not necessary for them to go; you give them something to eat.

17 They said to him, We have nothing here, except five loaves of bread and two fish.

18 Jesus said to them, Bring them here to me.

19 And he ordered the people to sit down on the ground, and he took the five loaves of bread and the two fish, and he looked up to heaven and he blessed them, and he broke them, and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples placed them before the people.

20 So they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the fragments which were left over, twelve full baskets.

21 And the men who ate were five thousand, not counting the women and children.

22 ¶ And immediately he urged his disciples to go up into the boat, in advance of him to the crossing place, while he dismissed the people.

23 And when he had dismissed the people, he went up to the mountain alone to pray; and when darkness fell he was still there alone.

24 But the boat was many miles away from the land, tossed by the waves, for the wind was against it.

25 And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on * the water.

26 And his disciples saw him walking on the water, and they were scared, and they said, It is a false vision; and they cried out because of their fear.

27 But Jesus spoke to them at once and said, Have courage; it is I; do not be afraid.

28 And Peter answered and said to him, My Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.

29 Jesus said to him, Come. So Peter went down from the boat, and walked on the water, to come to Jesus.

30 But when he saw that the wind was severe, he was afraid, and began to sink, and he raised his voice and said, My Lord, save me.

31 And our Lord immediately stretched out his hand and grasped him; and he said to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?

32 And when they went up into the boat, the wind quieted down.

33 And they who were in the boat came and worshipped him; and they said, Truly you are the Son of God.

34 ¶ And they rowed and came to the land of Gennesaret.

35 And the men of that country recognized him, and they sent word to all the villages around them; so they brought to him all who were seriously sick.

36 And they besought him, that they might touch even the edge of his robe; and those who touched it were healed.

Latest from Iran

well here its the latest from Iran…   Ahmadinejad Rivals Rise Within Conservative Camp

Sunday, August 23, 2009 1:55 PM

CAIRO — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn’t have to look to the street protests or angry Web sites to get a sense of challenges ahead for his disputed second term. There’s enough potential heat coming from right inside the country’s leadership. And these days, that trouble has a name: the brothers Larijani. Ali Larijani is Iran’s urbane parliament speaker and has made no secret of his annoyance with Ahmadinejad’s gruff and populist style. Larijani’s younger brother, the cleric Sadeq, has been appointed justice chief by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all major affairs. Khamenei has publicly backed Ahmadinejad all during the violence and political upheavals since the June 12 presidential election. But his choice of Sadeq Larijani could indicate an attempt to rein in Ahmadinejad’s reach and cement the loyalty of the powerful Larijani clan to the theocracy. It’s also part of a larger narrative of growing splits between Ahmadinejad backers _ including the powerful Revolutionary Guard _ and other hard-line factions that question whether he is a potential liability for Iran as the country tries to regain its international standing. The internal rivalries could leave Iran less able to focus on looming matters such as Washington’s offer to open talks before a White House-imposed September deadline. In at least one way, Iran’s political system is not unlike America’s presidential chase. One election is barely over when the maneuvering for the next one is under way. The Larijanis appear to be gaining stature as favored sons of the Islamic leaders _ just as Ahmadinejad was elevated from relative obscurity in 2005 _ and possibly emerge as a rising political force in coming years, analysts say. In the meantime, they will have an open forum to either bolster or confront Ahmadinejad. So far, the signs have been toward friction. “Two branches of authority, the parliament and the judiciary, are now controlled by the Larijanis, this is quite a tenuous position for Ahmadinejad,” said Fariborz Ghadar, senior adviser at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. Ali Larijani’s past record with Ahmadinejad has been a tug of war. He was considered the conservatives’ strong candidate in 2005 presidential elections, but fell flat as Ahmadinejad won over poor Iranians with promises of government aid and spoils from the nation’s oil wealth. Later, as Iran’s nuclear negotiator, Larijani was the West’s pointman for talks until dispute with the president forced him to resign in 2007. Larijani claimed Ahmadinejad’s belligerent rhetoric would often unravel any perceived progress in nuclear talks. The Larijanis represent Iran’s elite conservatives with a power base among the hard-line clerics in Qom, the center of Islamic learning in Iran. There are five brothers, sons of the late Ayatollah Hashem Amoli, a respected Islamic scholar. Mohammad Javad Larijani studied physics at Berkeley and works in the judiciary; Baquer is a physician who heads the Tehran Medical University and the fifth, Fazel, was a cultural attache in Canada. Ali Larijani has been the most prominent of the siblings. A philosopher who studied Immanuel Kant, he became head of state television at the age of 22, just months after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In the crisis that rocked Iran following Ahmadinejad’s proclaimed victory in the June 12 election, Larijani upped the ante when he ordered a parliament committee to investigate claims of abuse and rape of protesters detained in the crackdown. But within days, Larijani announced the probe had proven the allegations were lies, drawing criticism from the opposition that claimed no serious investigation could’ve been completed that quickly. There was immediate speculation that Larijani did the politically safe thing _ bowing to hard-line forces seeking to squash the proposed investigations to avoid any further embarrassments. But then last week, Larijani suggested Ahmadinejad’s nominees for Cabinet lacked experience and political weight. “A ministry is not a place for tryouts,” Larijani was quoted by state radio. Parliament committees began debate on the Cabinet nominees Sunday and full discussions among lawmakers is expected next week. Larijani’s brother has also used stark words. As he was sworn in as judiciary chief, Sadeq Larijani said he would prosecute those accused of abusing detained protesters. The opposition says at least 69 people were killed in the crackdown, including some who died in prison of torture by the security forces. “Nobody should dare … to violate the right of the citizens,” Sadeq Larijani said. “Violators will be put on trial.” Ahmadinejad welcomed the statement. “I am so pleased that the new judiciary chief has announced that he knows no limits in dealing with wrongdoers,” he responded, according to state-owned Press TV. But a move to actually prosecute the security forces would be a slap to Ahmadinejad and the Revolutionary Guard, the elite force that led the crackdown on the opposition in the turbulent weeks after the election. Khamenei knows that a deepening rift between the government and parliament would only compound Iran’s problems at a time of out-of-control inflation, skyrocketing costs of living and international sanctions over Iran’s uranium enrichment, which the West fears masks nuclear arms ambitions. Iran claims it seeks only energy-producing reactors. “It’s too early to tell if Khamenei will sacrifice Ahmadinejad,” says Alireza Nader, an Iranian analyst with the RAND Corp. “Khamenei has to maintain some amount of unity within the conservative camp, he can’t see it fractured.” However, it’s useful for Khamenei to have competing centers of power, Nader said. The Larijanis can be used as a kind of check and balance on Ahmadinejad, he added. The difference between Ahmadinejad and Ali Larijani is more of style than substance. Karim Sadjadpour, an analyst with the Carnegie Endowment said that “10 years ago, the Larijanis would have been considered arch hard-liners themselves on the Iranian political spectrum. But the spectrum has moved so far rightward in recent years that, now vis a vis Ahmadinejad, they appear somewhat moderate.” Ahmadinejad for now is careful not to provoke the Supreme Leader. He tried to test his boundaries last month and appoint a relative to a high government post, but backed down after Khamenei disapproved the posting. Dubai-based analyst Frederic Tellier with the International Crisis Group predicts that Ahmadinejad’s conservative rivals will somewhat self-censor their criticism _ simply because their own future depends on the survival of the Islamic republic. “So it becomes a situation of criticism must be limited, even though some will be expressed,” said Tellier.   © 2009 Associated Press

Matthew Chapter 15

 

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 15

THEN Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came up to Jesus, saying,

2 Why do your disciples disregard the tradition of the elders, and they do not wash their hands when they eat food?

3 Jesus answered and said to them, Why do you also disregard the commandment of God on account of your tradition.

4 For God said, Honor your father and your mother, and whoever curses his father and his mother, let him be put to death.

5 But you say, Whoever says to a father or to a mother, Whatever you may be benefited from me is Corban (my offering), he need not honor his father or his mother.

6 So you have rendered useless the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

7 O you hypocrites, the prophet Isaiah well prophesied concerning you and said,

8 This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.

9 And they worship me in vain, when they teach the doctrines of the commandments of men.

10 ¶ Then he called the people and said to them, Listen and understand.

11 It is not what enters into the mouth which defiles man; but what goes out of the mouth, that is what defiles man.

12 Then his disciples came up and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees who heard this saying were offended?

13 But he answered and said to them, Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant, shall be uprooted.

14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind lead around the blind, both will fall into a pit.

15 And Simon Peter answered and said to him, My Lord, explain this parable to us.

16 And he said to them, Even yet do you not understand?

17 Do you not know that what enters into the mouth goes into the stomach, and thence, through the intestines, is cast out?

18 But what comes out of the mouth comes out from the heart; and that is what defiles man.

19 For from the heart come out evil thoughts, such as fornication, murder, adultery, theft, false witness, blasphemy.

20 It is these that defile man; but if a man should eat when his hands are unwashed, he will not be defiled.

21 ¶ And Jesus went out from thence, and he came to the border of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from these borders, came out crying aloud, and saying, Have mercy on me, O my Lord, son of David; my daughter is seriously afflicted with insanity.

23 But he did not answer her. And his disciples came up to him and urged him, saying, Dismiss her, for she keeps crying aloud after us.

24 And he answered and said to them, I am not sent, except to the sheep which went astray from the house of Israel.

25 But she came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me.

26 Jesus said to her, It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.

27 But she said Yes, my Lord, even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the master’s tray, and they live.

28 Then Jesus said to her, O woman, your faith is great; let it be to you as you wish; and her daughter was healed from that very hour.

29 ¶ And Jesus departed from thence, and he came toward the sea of Galilee; and he went up to a mountain and sat down there.

30 And a great many people came to him, who had with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them.

31 So that the people wondered, to see the dumb speaking, and the maimed healed, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they praised the God of Israel.

32 ¶ Jesus then called his disciples and said to them, I have compassion for this people, for they have remained with me three days, and they have nothing to eat; and if I dismiss them fasting, they might faint on the way; but this I do not wish to do.

33 His disciples said to him, Where can we get bread in this desolate place to feed all this people?

34 Jesus said to them, How many loaves of bread have you? They said to him, Seven, and a few small fish.

35 So he ordered the people to sit on the ground.

36 Then he took the seven loaves of bread and the fish, and gave thanks, and he broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

37 And all of them did eat and were satisfied; and they took up of the fragments that were left over, seven full baskets.

38 And those who did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.

39 And when he had dismissed the people, he went up to the boat and came to the border of Magadan.

 

Ted kennedy the prophet?!

As I was forced to watch(since all the TV channels were airing the same thing), what I saw baffled me to the point of unbelief.  I could not believe my eyes.  Is this America?  How lost are we?

Oh, yeah, I am talking about the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s viewing in Kennedy Library, and the sensationalism and the martyrdom that his passing  turned out to be. 

I am not here to debate or bad-mouth a dead Senator.  Senator Kennedy was who he was, did what he did, right or wrong,  he is gone.  Therefore, don’t twist this posting as a right wing  attack on Kennedy or his politics.  There are other groups and sites that are doing that.  What baffled me was what I saw Americans doing as they passed by the late Senator’s coffin. 

 Senator Ted Kennedy was a man, foremost, and nothing else.  He was not a prophet, nor a deity, nor a saint.  He was a MAN.  Sinful, at that.  As people were passing by the coffin, they would stop and bow, on there knees, and give tribute to a wooden box containing a dead, sinful man (regardless of who he was).

Is this the America that was founded on God and God’s principles?  Are we so lost and lonely and helpless that we idolize anyone that has a famous last name, or been on TV or in politics for a while?  Why are we making these people out to be gods? 

In conclusion, regardless of your political or religious belief, whether you are Republican or Democrat, Christian or not, bowing down to a box containing a dead man is not a kosher thing to do.  

What do you think?

Matthew Chapter 16

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 16

AND the Pharisees and Sadducees came up to him to tempt him; and they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

2 But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It is clear, for the sky is red.

3 And in the morning you say, It is a winter day, for the sky is red and cloudy. O hypocrites, you know how to judge the face of the sky, but the signs of the present time you are not able to distinguish.

4 A wicked and adulterous generation wants a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them and went away.

5 When his disciples came to the crossing place, they had forgotten to take bread with them.
6 He said to them, Look out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

7 And they were reasoning among themselves and saying, It is because we have not brought bread.

8 But Jesus knew it and said to them, What are you thinking among yourselves, O you of little faith; is it because you have not brought bread?

9 Do you not yet understand? Do you not remember the five loaves of bread of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

10 Neither the seven loaves of bread of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

11 How is it that you did not understand that I was not talking to you about the bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

12 Then they understood, that he did not say that they should beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.

13 ¶ When Jesus came to the country of Caesarea of Philippi, he asked his disciples saying, What do the men say concerning me, that I am merely a son of man?

14 They said, There are some who say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets:

15 He said to them, Who do you say that I am?

16 Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but my Father in heaven.

18 I tell you also that you are a stone, and upon this stone I will build my church; and the doors of Sheol shall not shut in on it.

19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth shall be released in heaven.

20 Then he charged his disciples not to tell any man that he is the Christ.

21 ¶ From that time Jesus began to make known to his disciples, that he will shortly have to go to Jerusalem, and suffer a great deal from the elders, and the high priests and scribes, and be killed, and rise up on the third day.

22 So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, and he said, Far be it from you, my Lord, that this should happen to you.

23 But he turned, and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan, you are a stumbling-block to me; for you are not thinking of the things of God, but of men.

24 ¶ Then Jesus said to his disciples, He who wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

25 For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it.

26 For how will a man be benefited, if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then he will reward each man according to his works.

28 Truly I say to you, There are men who stand here, who will not taste death, until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

 

 

Matthew Chapter 17

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 17

AND after six days Jesus took Peter and James and his brother John, and brought them up to a high mountain alone.

2 And Jesus was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes turned white like light.

3 And there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, as they were talking with him.

4 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, My Lord, it is better for us to remain here; and if you wish, we will make three shelters here, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

5 And while he was speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud saying, This is my beloved Son, I am pleased with him; hear him.

6 When the disciples heard it, they threw themselves on their faces, and they were greatly frightened.

7 And Jesus came near them and touched them, and said, Arise, do not be afraid.

8 And they raised up their eyes, and they saw no man, except Jesus alone.

9 And as they were going down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, and said to them, Do not speak of this vision in the presence of anyone, until the Son of man rises from the dead.

10 And his disciples asked him, and said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

11 Jesus answered and said to them, Elijah will come first, so that everything might be fulfilled.

12 But I say to you, Elijah has already come, and they did not know him, and they did to him whatever they pleased. Thus also the Son of man is bound to suffer from them.

13 Then the disciples understood that what he had told them was about John the Baptist.

14 ¶ And when they came to the people, a man approached him and knelt on his knees, and said to him,

15 My Lord, have mercy on me; my son is an epileptic and has become worse; he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.

16 And I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.

17 Jesus answered and said, O faithless and crooked generation, how long shall I be with you? and how long shall I preach to you? bring him here to me.

18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him; and the boy was healed from that very hour.

19 Then the disciples came up to Jesus when he was alone, and said to him, Why could we not heal him?

20 Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief; for truly I say to you, If there is faith in you even as a grain of mustard, you will say to this mountain, move away from here, and it will move away; and nothing would prevail over you.

21 Nevertheless this kind does not come out, except by fasting and prayer.

22 ¶ While they were returning through Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will shortly be delivered into the hands of men;

23 And they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise up. And they were very much grieved.

24 ¶ And when they came to Capernaum, those who collect two coins of silver as headtax came to Peter and said to him, Would not your master give his two coins?

25 He said to them, Yes. And when Peter entered the house, Jesus anticipated and said to him, What do you think, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth collect custom duties and head- tax? from their sons, or from strangers?

26 Simon said to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then the sons are free.

27 But so as not to offend them, go to the sea, and throw out a hook, and the first fish which comes up, open its mouth and you will find a coin; take it and give it for me and for you.

Matthew Chapter 18

Lamsa Translation – Matthew Chapter 18

AT that very hour the disciples came up to Jesus and said, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

2 So Jesus called a little boy, and made him to stand up in the midst of them,

3 And he said, Truly I say to you, Unless you change and become like little boys, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whoever therefore will humble himself like this little boy, shall be great in the kingdom of heaven.

5 And he who will welcome one like this little boy, in my name, welcomes me.

6 And whoever misleads one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that an ass’ millstone were hanged on his neck and he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

7 ¶ Woe to the world because of offences! Offences are bound to come; but woe to the man by whose hand the offences come!

8 If your hand or your foot offends you, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is much better for you to go through life lamed or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, and fall into the everlasting fire.

9 And if your eye offends you, remove it and throw it away from you; it is better for you to go through life with one eye, rather than having two eyes and fall into the gehenna of fire.

10 See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, their angels always see the face of my Father in heaven.

11 For the Son of man has come to save what was lost.

12 What do you think? If a man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them is lost, would he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountain, and go in search of the one which is lost?

13 And if he should find it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety and nine which were not lost.

14 Even so, your Father in heaven does not want one of these little ones to be lost.

15 ¶ Now then, if your brother is at fault with you, go and rebuke him alone; if he listens to you, then you have won your brother.

16 But if he will not listen to you, take one or two with you, because at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word is sustained.

17 And if he will not listen to them, tell the congregation; and if he will not listen to the congregation, then regard him as a publican and a heathen.

18 Truly I say to you, Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.

19 Again I say to you, that if two of you are worthy on earth, anything that they would ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

20 For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.

21 ¶ Then Peter came up and said to him, My Lord, if my brother is at fault with me, how many times should I forgive him? up to seven times?

22 Jesus said to him, I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

23 ¶ Therefore the kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who wanted to take an accounting from his servants.

24 And when he began to take the accounting, they brought to him one who owed ten thousand talents.

25 And as he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, together with his wife and children, and all that he had, so that he could pay.

26 The servant then fell down, worshipped him, and said, My lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.

27 Then the master of that servant had pity, so he released him, and cancelled his debt.

28 But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him one hundred cents; and he seized him, and tried to choke him, saying to him, Give me what you owe me.

29 So his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and begged him and said, Have patience with me, and I will pay you.

30 But he was not willing; and he went and had him put into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him.

31 When their fellow-servants saw what had happened, they were very sorry, and they came and informed their master of everything that had happened.

32 Then his master called him and said to him, O wicked servant, I cancelled all your debt because you begged me.

33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on your fellow-servant, just as I had mercy on you?

34 So his master was angry, and delivered him to the scourgers, until he should pay everything he owed him.

35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not forgive each man his brother’s fault from your heart.

 

California burning

As the fire is ravaging the southern California , i thought to post few pictures I took from the roof.

As the smoke goes....

Smok and smoke and more smoke

Over 3000 years ago

Israeli archaeologists find ancient fortification
AP – Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:09:05 AM By JEN THOMAS

Archaeologists digging in Jerusalem have uncovered a 3,700-year-old wall that is the oldest example of massive fortifications ever found in the city, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.

The 26-foot-high wall is believed to have been part of a protected passage built by ancient Canaanites from a hilltop fortress to a nearby spring that was the city’s only water source and vulnerable to marauders.

The discovery marks the first time archaeologists have found such massive construction from before the time of Herod, the ruler behind numerous monumental projects in the city 2,000 years ago, and shows that Jerusalem of the Middle Bronze Age had a powerful population capable of complex building projects, said Ronny Reich, director of the excavation and an archaeology professor at the University of Haifa.

The wall dates to the 17th century B.C., when Jerusalem was a small, fortified enclave controlled by the Canaanites, one of the peoples the Bible says lived in the Holy Land before the Hebrew conquest. The kingdom thought to have been ruled from Jerusalem by the biblical King David is usually dated to at least seven centuries later.

A small section of the wall was first discovered in 1909, but diggers have now exposed a 79-foot portion, and Reich believes it stretches much further. Reich said budget constraints related to the global financial crisis put an end to the excavation, at least for now.

“The wall is enormous, and that it survived 3,700 years — this is, even for us, a long time,” Reich said. It was remarkable that a fortification of this kind was not dismantled for later building projects, he said.

“When you just stand there and see it, it is amazing,” he said.

The wall and other archaeological finds at the site will be opened to the public beginning Thursday, the Antiquities Authority said.

Archaeological research at the site known as the City of David, just outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, is caught up in the struggle for control over the city.

The archaeological site, one of the richest in a country full of ancient remains, is in the midst of a Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem.

The City of David digs are funded by Elad, a Jewish settler organization that also buys Palestinian homes and brings Jewish families into the neighborhood. Palestinian and Israeli critics have charged that the archaeology is being used as a political tool to cement Jewish control over parts of Jerusalem that Palestinians want for the capital of a future state.

Israel captured the Arab section of Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. Unlike other areas it captured, Israel quickly annexed east Jerusalem and declared the whole city as its capital. In some rounds of failed peace talks, Israel has indicated willingness to cede Arab sections to a Palestinian state, but no agreement was reached.

The current Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken such offers off the table, and no peace negotiations are in progress now.

Two Christian Women Imprisoned In Iran

I came across the following news and totally blew me away, Why there is now mention of this in our so called Media, weather be right or left media. I am conservative and right now very angry at all the conservative news agencies. Where are you Fox news? Well read the article and judge for yourself.

Two Christian Women Imprisoned
Held with no legal counsel for over a month, they suffer illness in notorious prison.
LOS ANGELES, April 12 (CDN) — Accused of “acting against state security” and “taking part in illegal gatherings,” two Iranian Christian women have been held in a Tehran prison for over a month in a crowded cell with no access to legal representation.

Amnesty International, in an appeal for urgent action last week, reported that authorities have made the accusations known but have imprisoned the women without filing official charges. The organization called on Iranian authorities to release them and expressed concern for their health.

Maryam Rostampour, 27, and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad, 30, who were active in church activities and distributing Bibles according to Amnesty’s appeal, were arrested on March 5. They are being held in the detention center of Evin Prison, a facility that has drawn criticism for its human rights violations and executions in recent years. Amnesty’s appeal included a call to urge Iranian officials to ensure that the women are not being tortured.

Based on a telephone conversation between Esmaeilabad and a third party on March 28, Amnesty reported that Esmaeilabad said both are suffering from infection and high fever and had not received adequate medical care. The women continue to be detained in an overcrowded cell with 27 other women. Amnesty said they “may be prisoners of conscience, detained solely on account of their religious beliefs.”

The women are allowed a one-minute call each day and a weekly visit from family. Authorities have informed their family members that the women are accused of “acting against state security” and “taking part in illegal gatherings,” according to the report, and that they would be released after payment of a $400,000 bail. The families have presented the title deeds of their homes as bail but are still waiting for approval from the judge.

Initially the Ministry of Intelligence summoned one of the women, and then took her to the apartment the two shared. There they were officially arrested, and authorities confiscated computers, books and Bibles. The two women were interrogated and held at different police stations.

On March 18 they appeared before Branch 2 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran and subsequently transferred to Evin Prison, said the report.

Even if the women are released on bail, they still have to stand trial. Accusations have not included “apostasy,” or leaving Islam, though investigations are ongoing. It is not known whether the women are converts from Islam.

Last September the Iranian Parliament approved review of a new penal code calling for a mandatory death sentence for “apostates.” Under current law death sentences for apostasy have been issued only under judicial interpretations of sharia (Islamic law).

Under the new penal code, male “apostates” would be executed, while females would receive life sentences. The new code was sent to Iran’s most influential body, the Guardian Council, which is expected to rule on it. The council is made up of six conservative theologians appointed by Iran’s Supreme Leader and six jurists nominated by the judiciary and approved by Parliament. This council has the power to veto any bill it deems inconsistent with the constitution and Islamic law.

Converts to Christianity in Iran risk harassment, arrest and attack from authorities even though Article 23 of the Iranian Constitution grants that individual beliefs are private and no one can be “molested or taken to task” for holding them. Iran has also signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which states that everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

“This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching,” the covenant states.

The last Iranian Christian convert from Islam executed by the Iranian government was Hossein Soodmand in 1990. He was accused of working as “an American spy.” Since then at least six Protestant pastors have been assassinated by unknown killers.

WHERE ARE THE HUMAN RIGHT GROUPS OR THE ONE THAT HUG TREES? WHERE ARE THE CLINIC BOMBERS? WHERE ARE YOU ALL THE E.N.V; WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY ACTIVISTS? WHY THERE IS NO ONE SCREAMING FOUL TO THE EVIL GOVERNMENT OF IRAN?

A Day That Never Be Forgotten

 It started as any other day; the sun was up the breakfast joints were open and busy. People were getting ready for work and families were on their way to school and work after that. Even though the day started as an ordinary day in NY and in America, Sep 11 2001 was, is, and always will be far from ordinary.

     Over 3000 Americans were murdered by cowardly act of terrorism.  The attack on America on Sep 11th 2001 changed every American for ever. 3000 lives were lost and 3 times that amount of lives were destroyed. Children lost mothers or Father’s or both. Families torn and almost destroyed. But one thing the enemy did not know and accounted for was , is and always will be Strong and that is the Spirit of America, which can never be broken. For this country was founded on God and His principles, On Sep 11th 2001 even the ungodly prayed.

Eight years ago today American Spirit was renewed and reunited. The heros of Sep 11th 2001 and those that came after them will never be forgotten.

September 11th 2001, A Day that never be forgotten.

Gods Word

Psalm 119:143“Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.”