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What is Historicism? If you are like many Christians, you probably have never heard of this method of interpreting Biblical prophecy. Historicism is unlike Preterism, which teaches that most of prophecy has been fulfilled in the past. It also differs from Futurism, which teaches that prophecy will only be fulfilled at some future date. In brief, Historicism teaches that biblical predictions are being fulfilled throughout history and continue to be fulfilled today. The Book of Revelation is a pre-written history of the Church from the time of its writing to the present day. Preterism has little to say to ...

‘SUP WID DIS “PROVISIONAL VOTING” BIT?  Democrats are really pushing a little voting reform idea known as “provisional voting.”  It works this way.  You show up at the polls on election day and discover that your name isn’t on the list.  You are allowed to vote anyway, and you later have to show that you were, in fact, legally registered (or legally qualified to register) in order for your vote to actually count. OK --- here’s how this would work.  On election day labor unions and other leftist activists would fan out and get any warm body, registered or not, ...

ASHINGTON, Aug. 2 — Drawing clear battle lines with the White House on foreign policy, Representative Richard A. Gephardt accused the Bush administration today of an obsession with missile defense and of pursuing a unilateralist approach to world affairs that risks antagonizing Russia and undermining relations with Europe. Mr. Gephardt, the House minority leader, vowed to unite Democrats and persuade Republicans to forge a bipartisan majority in Congress to block any missile defense system that would violate the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty. He also defended formal arms control negotiations as essential to maintaining the nuclear peace. On Russia, Mr. Gephardt ...

On July 26, President Bush sat in the Oval Office with Rep. Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr., laying it on thick. Bush spent several minutes lavishly praising the Georgia Republican for his skill in leading a band of rebels that had outmaneuvered Bush the day before on a patients' bill of rights. But Bush soon dispensed with the pleasantries. "So now that I've kissed your [rear end], what do I have to do to get a deal?" Bush asked, according to several sources familiar with the meeting. It was Bush at his best -- self-deprecating, folksy and direct. The meeting spurred ...

Why Dems Miss Newt Hastert wrestles the Bush agenda back to life. BY PAUL A. GIGOT Friday, August 3, 2001 12:01 a.m. EDT Democrats who once quipped that they'd miss Newt Gingrich had no idea how right they were. Speaker Dennis Hastert has proven to be a tougher foe than they ever imagined. That's the big story this week, as Mr. Hastert's Republican House majority piled up victories that weren't supposed to happen. It passed President Bush's energy plan more or less intact, including Alaskan oil and gas drilling. It also struck a deal on HMO regulation that (as this ...

JERUSALEM: Israel was on the diplomatic defensive on Thursday over widespread condemnation of its targeted killing of six Hamas activists earlier this week, while the Palestinians kept up pressure for foreign observers to be deployed. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres scrambled to put the best face on the Israeli strike, which also killed two young boys, saying Israel is "not a Mafia state." But even as Peres engaged in damage control, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat barnstormed Italy with yet another plea for international observers to protect Palestinians after 10 months of deadly violence. "You have sent troops to the Balkans, ...

ITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 2 — In a pep talk to a receptive hometown crowd, former President Bill Clinton said today that he would use his presidential library and policy center here to advance themes that were central to his presidency. Among them, he said, were spreading economic opportunity to the disadvantaged; improving schools, health care and the environment; fostering understanding of the world economy; and promoting peace and reconciliation across racial and religious lines. Though Mr. Clinton, 54, did not say how he would translate those themes into specific projects, he made it clear that he intended to be ...

ASHINGTON, Aug. 2 — President Bush won a lopsided victory on energy this week because the Republican package in the House split two of the Democrats' core constituencies: environmental groups and organized labor. In their votes on the energy plan late Wednesday and early today, many Democratic representatives, including Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, the minority leader, and David E. Bonior of Michigan, the minority whip, opposed big increases in automobile fuel efficiency. Moreover, three dozen Democrats, including at least five members of the Congressional Black Caucus, broke ranks to support drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on the ...

Who do you think the DNC will nominate for 2004. And, who do you think the RNC will nominate in 2008.

ROGER COSSACK, GUEST HOST: Tonight, an exclusive sneak peak at the secrets and lies in the lives of Chandra Levy and Gary Condit. What was the beautiful intern determined to get from her married lover in the weeks before she vanished? "Talk" magazine's Lisa DePaulo reveals the results of more than two months of digging, including details of Chandra's intimate confidantes to her closest male friend in Washington. Then, outspoken discussion with former federal prosecutor and best-selling author Barbara Olson. She is in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin. And in Los Angeles, defense attorney Mark Geragos. In San Diego, former federal prosecutor ...

Editor's note: James Sanders, a former police officer turned investigative reporter, co-wrote this report. Sanders is the author of "The Downing of TWA Flight 800" and "Altered Evidence," among other books. © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com As Attorney General John Ashcroft wrestles to gain control of the 120,000 employee-strong Justice Department, the legacy of former Attorney General Janet Reno lives on. Nowhere is this more evident than in the continuation of Reno's assault on the First Amendment's freedom of the press, a subject about which Jim and Liz Sanders know more than they would like. The subject shot into the headlines this ...

Does Hillary Clinton care about her constituents--the kind who are not famous or powerful or rich enough to write fund-raising checks? Lora Warkentin, who runs a shelter for battered women and children in Buffalo, N.Y., is too polite to ask. But the question is at the heart of her story. In my column last week, I wrote about the plight of Ms. Warkentin's Cornerstone Manor shelter, which runs a one-room schoolhouse, complete with a tiny library and a computer lab. It is a godsend for many battered women who come to the shelter with their frightened kids. "My children were ...

Democrats who once quipped that they'd miss Newt Gingrich had no idea how right they were. Speaker Dennis Hastert has proven to be a tougher foe than they ever imagined. That's the big story this week, as Mr. Hastert's Republican House majority piled up victories that weren't supposed to happen. It passed President Bush's energy plan more or less intact, including Alaskan oil and gas drilling. It also struck a deal on HMO regulation that (as this was being written) united Republicans and left Dick Gephardt sputtering. Add those to a six-month list of House accomplishments that include the tax ...

Black support for Bill Clinton was close to unconditional during his Presidency. Even as the country at large tired of his antics, cresting with impeachment, blacks stood by the President foursquare, or so the polls suggested. His post-White House presence in Harlem, this most famous of black communities, is a fitting coda. Anyway, that's the media's take since Mr. Clinton moved in this week. Forgive our skepticism, but the fact that Harlem was not Mr. Clinton's initial choice is hardly insignificant and even speaks generally to the Democrats' long association with the black community. Everyone knows that Mr. Clinton, given ...

Seminar to offer kids information on sex Is your preteen or young teen-ager ready for the body and emotional changes that come with puberty and adolescence? Has your child ever asked you a question about puberty or sexual health that you felt uncomfortable answering? Has your child ever come home from school with half truths about sex that he or she heard on the playground or in the locker room? The third annual Kids in the Know conference sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle is designed to help kids make the transition through puberty and young ...

Welcome to BaseCamp In the world of mountaineering, BaseCamp is where a climb begins. It's where the big tents get set up; where the food and fuel are stored. It's the fallback point in case of bad weather - the place everyone agrees to gather. So it is at FreeRepublic. Thanks to JR, we immigrants from TOS have been blessed with this space to launch our individual summit bids on the Mt. Everest of the world's political websites. If you run into a storm on the Forum, fall back to BaseCamp ! Stock up on nourishment, advice, or asbestos ...

Condit claims $35k stolen from campaign funds. See full text at RollCall.com

Washington, Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Chinese government demanded that the Bush administration reject an attempt by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian to visit Washington, calling the idea a violation of Chinese sovereignty. ``We let them know what we think about it,'' Zhang Yuanyuan, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy, said of the protest today to the State Department over the possible Chen trip. Such a visit would be the first to Washington by a Taiwanese leader since U.S.- China relations were established in 1979. Chen last week accepted an invitation from the National Press Club in Washington to address the association ...

It was all liberal, all the time. And in a month it will be no more. WEVD in New York, home to left-leaning talk radio personalities Alan Colmes, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, morning man Bill Mazur, afternoon drivetime's Sam Greenfield and the ubiquitous Lionel, will cease broadcasting on August 31 after 74 years on the air. The ABC Radio network has purchased WEVD, whose call letters derive from Socialist Party founder Eugene V. Debs. Starting Sept. 1, ESPN Sports Radio will take over the slot. The station was the only major radio outlet in New York City ...

DAVENPORT (AP) - Without more evidence that the remains of a newborn found in a closet and another found in an incinerator were born alive, prosecutors said they won't file criminal charges against the mother."The mother cannot even be charged for improper disposal of a body because the law says it is not a body until it breathes," Scott County Attorney Bill Davis said.Investigators so far have no definitive evidence of a live birth in either case.An autopsy report on Sarah Jones, the infant whose remains were found in the closet of a Bettendorf home April 29, concluded no definitive ...