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(VIDEO-AT-LINK)The federal shutdown has found its angry prophet. Senate Chaplain Barry Black is usually a calm, pastoral presence on Capitol Hill, doling out spiritual wisdom and moral counsel to his high-powered flock. But the Seventh-Day Adventist and former Navy rear admiral is mad as hell about the shutdown — and he’s letting the Senate, and the Lord, know about it. “Lord, when the federal shutdown delays payments of death benefits to the families of (soldiers) dying on far-away battlefields, it’s time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough,” Black said in his prayer opening the Senate on Wednesday. “Cover...

Why did Angus T. Jones turn to God? Yahoo! TV By Sarah D. Bunting | Yahoo! TV – 9 hours ago Following a recent high-profile rant by "Two and a Half Men" star Angus T. Jones that called the show "filth" and told viewers not to watch it, it's unclear what's next for the 19-year-old -- or for the show itself. Jones, who plays Jake Harper on the sitcom, also said he "doesn't want to be on" it anymore. But it seems neither the young actor nor his reps has contacted anyone on the production about quitting the show formally,...

The filmmakers want to crack open your heart. So that even if you've heard -- or you think you've heard -- everything you need to hear about being Christian and being gay, about feeling unwelcome in a church pew, you will be willing to open your heart. To listen again. "We're deep believers in the power of hearing someone's story," Daneen Akers says. Daneen is a new mom and a former English teacher. Now she makes documentaries with her husband, Stephen Eyer. The California couple made a movie about fibromyalgia a few years ago. Now they're traveling the country for...

from some good friends: GET READY, GET READY, GET READY!! An Urgent Letter of Warning, Preparation and Promises Dear Friends and Family, (This letter recently came to us from people we trust.. Please read prayerfully and be warned. Be ready! For in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. Matt 24:44 The only thing the NWO people don't know is that the 4 angels of Rev 7 are still holding back the winds...till God's servants are sealed...Nonetheless, it behooves us to be ready. Europe is talking about the imminent US economic collapse which will spread...

Notification of Death Dr. Raymond S. Moore Dr. Raymond S. Moore passed away Friday, July 13, 2007, at the age of 91 after having suffered a massive stroke on Father’s Day. He is survived by his wife Bernice Reid Moore; brother Charles and two sisters Loraine Webster and Helena Reid; son Dennis Moore; and daughter Kathie Moore Kordenbrock, her husband and three sons. Over the past several decades Dr. Raymond & Dorothy Moore (deceased) were known and loved as homeschooling pioneers. Together they authored numerous books on homeschooling. Raymond was a missionary, a world traveler, lecturer, author, educator, and a...

Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Richardson Church versus Eugene Shubert Do Seventh-day Adventist pastors ever abuse their authority and silence individual church members they don’t like? Do they ever disfellowship believers without even granting them a semblance of a church trial? (Matthew 18:15-17; 1 Corinthians 6:1-4). Would an Adventist Christian ever join a conspiracy to silence a true believer with threats of arrest for criminal trespassing just for showing up at church? I believe that most of the pastors of the Seventh-day Adventist church favor using threats and intimidation and a direct appeal to the state for immediate prosecution,...

The Conscientious Objector Released by D'Artagnan Entertainment Before the Vietnam era, Hollywood movies celebrated the heroism of America's fighting men. Films like the Howard Hawks's classic Sergeant York (1941) told Americans the compelling stories of real-life soldiers against the backdrop of their nation's destiny. (Alvin C. York was a hero of World War I.) William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) depicted the lives of several American G.I.s after they returned home. One of the characters in the film, Homer Parrish, a young man who lost his hands during the war and finds it difficult to adjust to...

Austin, Texas, United States .... [ANN Staff] An employee fired from Dynacon, Inc. of Bryan, Texas, for religious beliefs protected under federal law is seeking reinstatement to his job. Hector Rivera wants his welder's job restored, along with back pay and punitive damages, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Representing Rivera is attorney Malcolm Greenstein of Austin. Rivera joined Dynacon in 1988 as a welder and became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in May 2002. He asked for, and received, accommodation for his belief that he should not...

Safarig, a Global Mission Center designed for training pioneers, in the Darfur region of Sudan, was recently attacked and leveled to the ground by Janjweed militias. Homes were burned, and an Adventist Church was destroyed. "Everybody fled for his life," says Daniel Marach, a church leader in the region who moved with 46 church members and many others to an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Abujabra. The journey was especially difficult for women, children and the elderly, according to Marach. "Thank God we have arrived safely to our new home. No one was hurt," he says. William Oliver, a...

Iraq: Adventists attend worship services, despite bombing of Baghdad March 24, 2003 Nicosia, Cyprus .... [ANN Staff/ANR] The bombing of Baghdad did not deter members of the local Seventh-day Adventist Church from attending weekly worship services on Saturday, the Sabbath, or from praying for peace. "We can report, confirmed by a phone call to Baghdad, that our church members remain safe and met on Sabbath at our church as usual," said Michael Porter, president of the Adventist Church in the region, from his Nicosia headquarters. "The members are of good courage and expressed special thanks to the world church for...