Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
“The Mahdi is coming!”
Moderate Islam. Radical Islam. Militant Islam.
About the time you were getting confused and cynical about them all, along comes another term, complements of Joel C. Rosenberg
No, not my ebook; Joel C. Roserberg’s
Here are parts of his introduction to it on his blog: Read it all
Who cares what some “third world” leader (and a likely “puppet” at that) has to say?
A lot of people have that attitude.
But this is the man “at the helm” of a nuke-bent radical state.
So I offer you some excerpts from Joel C. Rosenberg’s (books)
That was yesterday.
By evening I had noticed…
Cram your chair a little closer to the monitor. (Thanks.)
I’m about to cast a wishful eye on the week expiring to note posts that might have been.
(Should there be a comma in there somewhere?)
What might have been — how dreary, that! Read it all
Ladies and gentlemen, today’s blunt speech to the United Nations by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
I have no illusion that it made or will make a difference.
May God keep the Jews, Abraham’s children of the promise.
And may He also bless the Arabs, Abraham’s children of the flesh.*
May He bless us all, Jew and Gentile alike.
Personally.
Undeserving though we all are.
And may we each find peace and hope in that son of Abraham, Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.
Amen.
* “Arabs are Abraham’s children of the flesh” — is that a true statement?
With links added by me, here’s a current story over at Mission Network News:
Dangerous Bible distribution to get Truth to Iranian youth
Despite the persecution and risk associated with assisting believers there, Bibles are being sent to Iran.
Iran ranks second only to North Korea for its poor treatment of Christians, according to Open Doors’ World Watch List. Believers make up a tiny minority of the nation and pay dearly for their faith.
And yet amid this severe atmosphere, Christ followers are determined to remain in their country and spread the Word. Their persistence is working, and the home church movement is booming–especially among Iranian youth.”
We just believe this is a tremendous opportunity to put Scriptures into the hands of young believers; the youth in that country are incredibly open to the Gospel,” says Ken Leggatt with WorldServe Ministries in Canada. “It’s an incredibly youthful nation as well,” Leggatt adds.
The total median age of an Iranian is about 26-years-old as opposed to the U.S. median of 36-years-old, and the number of these young people in the nation looking for change is high. Many are welcoming digression from the old oppressive regime of Iran and extremism. Getting Bibles into the country so they can read and learn more for themselves is crucial.
With all this in mind, WorldServe has chosen Iran to be the first recipient of their Million Bible Challenge.
We might fault the US Government for failing to support the recent revolution efforts by the youth (and who knows who else) of Iran.
But what kind of spiritual and moral support is Christ’s Church providing to fellow believers and potential believers in the Islamic Republic of Iran?