F.A.I.T.H.

= Forsaking All I Trust Him !

(Dr. Robert A. Cook, "Walk with the King today, and be a blessing!")

Shari'a Law in Finland?

"Efforts to impose Islamic Shari'a law have become increasingly common in Muslim communities in Finland. Fights recently erupted at an amusement park in Helsinki when Islamists upbraided Kurdish women for not wearing headscarves.

"In a Finnish language course, Somali Muslims refused to allow others to listen to music, saying all music is banned under Shari'a.

"Pray that secular Muslims and authorities will effectively resist such coercion."

(from a Christian prayer bulletin, September 2010)

Secret Police learn the secret of Jesus

"Upon learning of a recent Christian prayer and praise vigil, officials in an Asian country sent secret police for around-the-clock surveillance. The officers appeared to enjoy the worship music and were delighted when the believers served them tea. One was given a New Testament. A believer afterward reported, 'They want to know more about our God.' Pray that the good seed of His word will take root in their hearts."

(from a Christian prayer bulletin, September 2010)

Christian Prayers are Very Different

"... from those generally offered by Muslims. In Islam, prayer is rigorous, monotonous, and oppressive. In Mohammed's religion, ritual prayers are required five times a day and must be preceded by the cleansing of one's hands, mouth, nostrils, face, arms, and feet with water (or sand when water is not available). Each of these actions is done three times in succession. Without this, a prayer is considered to be of no effect.

"A Muslim must repeat specific prayers memorized in Arabic. No other language is said to be acceptable to God, even if the person doesn't speak or understand Arabic -- which the majority of Muslims do not. These memorized prayers are regarded as 'good works' that will be placed on a person's account for the Day of Judgment if carried out properly. However, a prayer is considered to be of no worth if incorrectly recited or at a time not prescribed by Muslim authorities. Muslims are forbidden to pray in a bathroom or any other place considered unclean.

"Islam requires that its followers pray in the direction of a black stone encased in the Ka'bah, a rectangular shrine in the city of Mecca. They must also perform extremely intricate movements in prayer. They bow, kneel, stand, turn their heads a certain way, place their hands to the front, and so on. Men and women are not allowed to pray together. In fact, a woman is forbidden to even raise her voice in ritual prayer if her husband or another man is present.

"How wonderful it is that followers of Christ are not limited in the place, time or posture of prayers. We have immediate access to God's Throne wherever we are and in whatever circumstances. Pray that multitudes of Muslim men and women will come to know this blessing."

(from a Christian prayer bulletin, September 2010)

ProtoAvis - "We try harder?"

"The problem with Protoavis is that it appears in the fossil record around the same time as the earliest dinosaurs. If it's a bird, then it seems highly unlikely that birds are descended from dinosaurs. In fact, in such a case it wouldn't be clear what birds are descended from."

In 1961, Avis Rent-A-Car started its well known "We Try Harder" advertising campaign.

Well, now there's Protoavis. This is one of the "earliest" birds found by evolutionists. But it seems that to evolve into Protoavis, dinosaurs tried so hard that they grew feathers ahead of schedule! See Casey Luskin's article "Inconsistent Reasoning Governs Evolutionary Interpretations of Feathered Dinosaurs" at the Discovery Institute.

So what's next for Evolutionists? Instead of birds evolving from dinosaurs, maybe it's the other way around! "We're going to have to conceive of dinosaurs as being more like birds." Fasten your seat belts! Maybe they'll find Proto-Rent-A-Wreck next...