November 27, 2010
The Telegraph, Nov. 20, 2010: “A Chinese woman was arrested on her wedding day and sentenced to a year in a labour camp after she re-tweeted a Twitter post that mocked anti-Japanese protesters, according to human rights groups. Cheng Jianping was convicted of ‘disturbing social order’ after she added a few words to a message written by her fiancée, Hua Chunhui, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. The punishment, handed out by a court in the central province of Henan on Monday, is believed to be the harshest related to a tweet on the microblogging website. ... ‘Sentencing someone to a year in a labour camp, without trial, for simply repeating another person’s clearly satirical observation on Twitter demonstrates the level of China’s repression of online expression,’ said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International's Director for the Asia-Pacific.”
Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel. Posted In : Politics Exposed
November 27, 2010
UN DEMANDS THAT ISRAEL REMOVE RACHEL’S TOMB FROM ITS NATIONAL HERITAGE LIST (Friday Church News Notes, November 26, 2010, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is from Israel Today, Nov. 4, 2010: “The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) decided last week to relabel as an Islamic mosque the tomb of Rachel, one of Israel’s matriarchs, and demanded that Israel remove the site from its National Heritage list. UNESCO also sa... Continue reading...
Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel. Posted In : Politics Exposed
November 27, 2010
GLENN BECK’S BIBLE TWISTING (Friday Church News Notes, November 26, 2010, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Political commentator and talk show host Glen Beck uses a strange, allegorical interpretation of the Bible to support his conspiracy theories. Raised Roman Catholic, Beck converted to Mormonism in 1999 after “church shopping” with his second wife. Two weeks ago Beck discussed the Tower of Babel of Genesis 10-11 on his radio program, and he stated that the chief...
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November 26, 2010
Thou
hast magnified thy word above all thy name -Psalm 138:2, KJV
There are
two foundational things that are required for a sound Bible translation (not to
speak of the qualifications of the translators). The first being that it must
be translated from the right Hebrew and Greek texts. The second being the
method of translation. Just as there are
two competing Greek texts today (the received text underlying the Reformation
Bibles such as the German Luther and the English King James vs. ...
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Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel. Posted In : Bible Versions
