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Al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri went to the core of the Christian faith when he attacked Pope Benedict XVI.The Islamic zealot warned the world that Christians would be exterminated as Muslims would rule the globe, per a video released by the Washington-based SITE Institute via AP.Stating that the pope attacked Islam, Zawahiri struck back by claiming that "’we will call upon him, and all of the Christians, to become Muslims who do not recognize the Trinity or the crucifixion.’"That is exactly the plot of Satan. Satan, in wanting to usurp God’s throne, His place in eternity, and His almighty...

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence made another regular visitation to the Castro last Friday night, August 18, as part of their mission to "spread joy" and confronted a group of Christian fundamentalists that has been gathering on weekend nights for several months in the heart of San Francisco's gay neighborhood. The confrontation with the Christians was described as "intense" and occurred just after 11 p.m. at Harvey Milk Plaza. "We heard a small group of fundamentalists had gathered up at Harvey Milk Plaza so we went up to meet them," according to Sister Merry Peter. "When they saw us they...

THE Church is facing another onslaught from film-makers. After the furore over The Da Vinci Code, it is now contending with an allegedly blasphemous account of the life of St Teresa of Ávila. Geraldine Chaplin heads the cast of Teresa: Death and Life, a feature film about one of the great Christian figures. The writings of the saint — a mystic who said that Christ conversed with her — are revered as spiritual masterpieces four centuries after her death. But film-makers don’t do spirituality as easily as sexuality and, in exploring the saint’s sex life, they find themselves accused of...

For those of you who don't know, Richard Bennett was born into a RC church and was a RC priest for 22 years! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Lord Jesus Christ, in His great high priestly prayer, declared clearly the truth of God’s Word. He said, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” God’s Word not only contains the truth but rather it is truth itself. This is consistent with the declarations throughout the Old Testament in which the Holy Spirit continually proclaimed that the revelation from God is truth, as for example Psalm 119:142, “thy law is truth.” The Lord...

Is the Doctrine of Sola ScripturaReally Biblical? by Tony Warren     Sola Scriptura is a latin phrase which was coined by the Reformed Church during the 1500's. It means 'scripture solely' or, 'scripture alone.' By these words the faithful Christians of this era were standing up for the Biblical principle that the Holy Scriptures were God's inspired Word, and as such were the sole infallible rule of faith. By definition the Word of God had to be the ultimate authority for the Church, and not (as some had supposed) the Roman catholic church, it's pope, and magisterium. Since the...

Institute on Religion and Democracy leads serious breach of ecumenical good will "There is a kind of Henry V quality about all this. 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.' I mean, that really is true. [We are] people who have been together in a great moral cause..."-- George Weigel, describing Neoconservatives When President George W. Bush met with religious journalists in May of 2004, the religious authority he cited most often was not a fellow United Methodist or even another Protestant. It was a man the president affectionately calls "Father Richard." He is Catholic priest Richard John...