Student Says a Christian Can’t Survive at Yale Law School
A third-year student at Yale Law School said he thought he could survive as a Christian and a person committed to constitutional freedoms at the school, but recent events showed him that he was mistaken.
Writing at The Federalist, Aaron Haviland explained how he and other conservatives became targets of a coordinated protest by liberal students. A few weeks ago, Haviland and some friends sent out an email on behalf of the school’s chapter of the Federalist Society announcing that an attorney from the Alliance Defending Freedom would be on campus to discuss the recent Supreme Court verdict in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The backlash surprised him and revealed the depth of the hostility conservatives face on campus.
The Alliance Defending Freedom has argued and won First Amendment cases before the Supreme Court, but this has not stopped the Southern Poverty Law Center from listing them as a hate group. News stories frequently mention this designation. In a recent Huffington Post articleabout Allison Jones Rushing’s confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4thCircuit, the author lists her work with the Alliance Defending Freedom as one of the concerning aspects of her nomination. In the piece, the author’s only explanation of the Alliance Defending Freedom’s work was to mention the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate group”…
A decision by bosses at Durham Cathedral to relax the rules comes into force on Friday. Taking photographs for personal use has been banned at the 920-year-old landmark to help protect “peaceful worship”.
Canon Chancellor Charlie Allen, said: “It is important for us to reflect that we are a living, working, progressive place of worship, with many visitors wanting to create lasting visual memories of their time at Durham Cathedral.”
Despite the rule being dropped, flash photography will remain prohibited and areas including the Gregory Chapel shall remain photography-free. Camera use will still not be permitted during services.
Charlie Allen added: “With the rapid advancement of social media, a lot of our visitors are keen to share their experience with family and friends, and it feels good that we can now encourage them to do so, spreading the wonder of Durham Cathedral and all that it represents to a wider audience.”
Some Church of England sites including St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey continue to operate strict no-camera polices. Other Anglican landmarks are more lenient,…
Cynthia Nixon, an actress and unsuccessful candidate for New York governor, tweeted this response: “You’ve just called America’s most anti-LGBT elected leader ‘a decent guy.’ Please consider how this falls on the ears of our community.”
Biden quickly apologized. “You’re right, Cynthia,” he wrote. “I was making a point in a foreign policy context,” he explained, “but there is nothing decent about being anti-LGBTQ rights, and that includes the Vice President.”
CNN’s Chris Cillizza explained that Biden “is a creature of a totally different political time,” his comment “a reflection of the general collegiality that reigned in politics when Biden came up in the game.” However, as Cillizza notes, “Things have changed drastically since then.”
Cillizza assumes that Biden will run for president in 2020 and calls him “a benefit-of-the-doubt guy running to lead a party who views the other side as not just dumb and incompetent, but evil.”
Only 4 percent of each party consider the other party to be “fair.” Three percent of Democrats and 4 percent of Republicans consider the other party to be “thoughtful.” Two percent of Democrats and 3 percent of Republicans consider the other party to be “kind.”
The 20-year-old rapper’s JUST goods company and First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church will distribute mobile water filtration systems for residents hit by a five-year water crisis.
The city’s water supply was found to be contaminated with lead in 2014 after the drinking water source for the city was changed from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to Flint River.
More than 100,000 residents were affected and instructed to use only bottled or filtered water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, and bathing.
First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church has already given more than 5 million bottles of water to residents, but according to the Associated Press, bottled water donations are on the decline.
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s son hopes the “The Water Box” will reduce lead and other potential contaminants in the city’s water.
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In a deal struck with state officials at the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Jack Phillips from the Denver suburb of Lakewood also agreed to end his counter lawsuit against the public body.
Jim Campbell, a lawyer for the Alliance Defending Freedom group which had been defending him, said: “We hope that the state is done going along with obvious efforts to harass Jack.
“He shouldn’t be driven out of business just because some people disagree with his religious beliefs and his desire to live consistently with them.”
The Commission initiated proceedings after it found reasonable grounds to believe Mr Phillips had discriminated against Autumn Scardina by refusing a request for a cake to mark her transition from male to female.
The owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop then initiated his own lawsuit, arguing his view that gender “is given by God…and cannot be chosen or changed.”
As part of the new deal, both sides will now pay their own costs and legal fees. It remains unclear whether Ms Scardina intends to embark on legal action of her own.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said: “The larger constitutional issues might well be decided down the road, but these cases will not be the vehicle for resolving them
Crews said “everything” inside Freedom Ministries Church in Grandview, West Viriginia ought to have been destroyed by the blaze, yet “not a single” Bible perished.
After scouring the charred remains of the site, the firefighters published on their Facebook page: “Though odds were against us, God was not.
“Picture this, a building so hot that at one point in time, firefighters had to back out. In your mind, everything should be burned, ashes.
“Not a single Bible was burned and not a single cross was harmed! Not a single firefighter was hurt! Prayers for the pastor and the congregation today.”
The remarkable pictures prompted thousands of comments on social media. They were shared more than 40,000 times.
One Facebook user, Sharon Lackey said: “When our house burned in Texas, I had the family Bible laying on dad’s army trunk that he carried around the world doing his tours of duty.
“The top of the trunk burned a hole through the top where the bible was laying and it didn’t damage the Bible in any way.
“I still have both the trunk and the Bible. They serve as a reminder to me how great the word of God can be.”
Another social media user, Jennifer Stauffer said: “Books usually don’t burn unless parted. The compression of the paper leaves no room for air to feed the fire. Smoke damage and light burning on outside is…
In a deal struck with state officials at the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Jack Phillips from the Denver suburb of Lakewood also agreed to end his counter lawsuit against the public body.
Jim Campbell, a lawyer for the Alliance Defending Freedom group which had been defending him, said: “We hope that the state is done going along with obvious efforts to harass Jack.
“He shouldn’t be driven out of business just because some people disagree with his religious beliefs and his desire to live consistently with them.”
The Commission initiated proceedings after it found reasonable grounds to believe Mr Phillips had discriminated against Autumn Scardina by refusing a request for a cake to mark her transition from male to female.
The owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop then initiated his own lawsuit, arguing his view that gender “is given by God…and cannot be chosen or changed.”
As part of the new deal, both sides will now pay their own costs and legal fees. It remains unclear whether Ms Scardina intends to embark on legal action of her own.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said: “The larger constitutional issues might well be decided down the road, but these cases will not be the vehicle for resolving them
Topic: God Hears Our Prayers [Joyce Meyer Devotional 6 March 2019]
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its crops [as usual]. — James 5:17-18 (AMP)
I like the fact that James makes the point that Elijah had a nature like ours. He was imperfect and displayed weaknesses, but God heard and answered his prayers.
He will do the same thing for us. Don’t let Satan convince you that God won’t hear your prayers because you have sinned. We all sin and fall short of the glory of God (see Romans 3:23), but we all may be forgiven and restored through God’s grace and mercy.
When we repent of our sins, God forgives them and forgets them. To Him, it is as if we never did anything wrong and have a totally clean slate. We should learn to see ourselves the same way and boldly approach God’s throne in prayer (see Hebrews 4:16), expecting Him to answer.
Prayer Starter: Thank You, Father, for Your amazing grace, mercy and forgiveness that allow me to come to You in confidence. Help me to run to You for help on every occasion, knowing that You delight in hearing my prayers and long to show Yourself strong in my life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Prayer Starter: Father, help me to wait well—with patience and hopeful expectation. Help me to use the challenging times in life as opportunities to grow closer to You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
We attract what we expect and we reflect what we desire. Again, we become what we respect and we mirror what we admire.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
God’s word is like a mirror; each time you look at it, you admire it and whatever you admire, you mirror and imitate.
In Luke chapter 5, Jesus used Peter’s boat to preach. After that, something happened. Jesus told him to cast his net into the deep and Peter replied,
Luke 5:5-6 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
The truth is this, when Jesus used Peter’s boat nothing happened. It was as he responded to the word by obeying and letting down his net that something happened. The word in you does not guarantee automatic breakthrough. Many fold the hands and wait for something to happen. They say, “well I am born again, it will happen, I am a child of God”.
The truth is that only the word of God you respond to that will produce results for you. Until Peter responded to the word, he never saw any breakthrough.
Luke 5:5b nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
It is the word you respond to that brings result. Many born again christians are failures today because they only hear the word, take notes in church and just leave it there. No response to the word. The only way you will see changes in your life is by responding to the word.
Only your response to the word will make the word to produce results for you. No response, no results. There is no magic about it. God is not a magician. You must respond to His word before He can respond to you. That Jesus is in you does not guarantee that everything will just work. You have to respond to the word of God.
Daniel 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Those who do know their God are the ones that will command attention, by reason of their results. Those who do know their God, they will stand out, obtain outstanding breakthroughs. Friend, you are not disadvantaged in any way, you are not a failure. Anytime you see things not working, lack of knowledge is behind it
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
All you need therefore is a word-encounter. It is the word of God in you that determines your worth in life.
Pray for yourself now: Lord Jesus, by the spirit of God quicken me to work with intelligence. From this day, I will know what to do, no matter the challenge. I will not just take notes but respond to the word of God. Empower me, by your Spirit, that I may rule my word as you did. As the Father sent you, even so you have sent me. From today, let everyone that knew me before know that of a truth, you have touched me. In Jesus name, I pray! Amen.
Flatimes Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:
Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.
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BLESSING SUNDAY – 3RD MARCH 2019 ANCHOR SCRIPTURE(S): PSALM 112:1-3 MESSAGE TOPIC: THE BLESSING AND SUPERNATURAL ABUNDANCE
SERVICE OBJECTIVE: Understanding the relationship between the Blessing and supernatural abundance
Supernatural abundance is a department of the Blessing of God (Ps. 112:1-2; Prov. 10:22)
SCRIPTURAL EXAMPLES OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BLESSING AND SUPERNATURAL ABUNDANCE:
Abraham (Gen. 12:1-5; 13:2; 24:1)
Isaac (Gen. 25:11; 26:12-14)
Jacob (Gen. 28:1, 3-4; 30:42-43; 32:9-10)
Job (Job 1:1-3, 10)
David (Ps. 112:1-3; 1Chron. 29:1-5) The Blessing makes wealthy but not every wealthy person is blessed Don’t seek to be rich, seek to be blessed, and when you are blessed, you won’t have to look for riches extra.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEALTH THAT IS A PRODUCT OF GOD’S BLESSING AND WEALTH THAT DOES NOT COME FROM BEING BLESSED OF GOD:
Wealth from the Blessing of God is sorrow-free; it is peaceful (Prov. 10:22; 1Tim. 6:10)
Wealth from the Blessing of God attracts the protection of God (Job 1:10; Mal. 3:10-11; Prov. 23:4-5) It is Divine provision with Divine protection; it is supernatural prosperity with supernatural security. If God has given you His possession, He has also given you His protection.
Wealth from the Blessing of God attracts Divine health from God (3John 1:2; 1Tim. 6:17-18; Ps. 41:1-3). God will not give you money that you cannot enjoy. God does not give you wealth to spend on costly diseases!
Wealth from the Blessing of God comes along with generational greatness (Ps. 112:1-3) When God blesses you, you are not permitted to give birth to useless children. If the devil is challenging you with an opposite experience, fight it!
Wealth from the Blessing of God comes with transgenerational transfer (Prov. 13:22; Gen. 22:15-17)
Flatimes Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:
Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.
If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204
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