New items have been added to my Daily Update pages for Monday morning, located here:

http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_03_12_07.htm
 

 

Due to TIGHT personal time constraints (3-hour drive per day to/from work, etc.), from now on, I will only be listing the FEATURE stories each day, though the actual daily news stories will ALL be on my Update page. Total listings were taking me WAY too long in the mornings!

RECIPE:  "Lemon Fish"

Here are today's FEATURE stories:

AMERICA:

US sends spies into Pakistan to kill bin Laden

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION/ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS:

9th Circuit endorses censoring Christians - A ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has concluded that municipal employers have the right to censor the words "natural family," "marriage" and "family values" because that is hate speech and could scare workers.

ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:

Anti-Semitism -

Carter stands firm on apartheid accusations against Israel - Despite the storm it ignited, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter held fast on Thursday to his accusation that Israel oppresses the Palestinians on the West Bank and Gaza and seeks to colonize their land.

EU Involvement -

Livni: EU involvement in Israel 'unprecendented' - Speaking at a meeting of the officials in Tel Aviv, Livni praised the EU's involvement in the diplomatic process, saying that such involvement was without precedent.

Ezekiel 38-39/Armageddon Players -

Syria deploys thousands of rockets on Israel border: sources - Syria has positioned on its border with Israel thousands of medium and long-range rockets capable of striking major towns across northern Israel, military and government sources told AFP.This deployment, coupled with other recent reports of Syrian troop mobilisation, is seen in Israel as an indication that Damascus may be preparing for future "low intensity warfare," they said.

US unnerved by Chinese naval build-up

Israel's Enemies -

Bunker mentality as Israelis prepare for nuclear fallout

Israel unveils portable hunter-killer robot - An Israeli defence firm on Thursday unveiled a portable robot billed as being capable of entering most combat zones alone and engaging enemies with an onboard armoury that includes a machine-pistol and grenades.

NSC: Israelis should leave Egypt, Jordan immediately - In an updated travel warning issued before the Pessah holiday, the National Security Council's counterterrorism division called on Israelis to immediately leave Jordan and Egypt, especially Sinai, because of concrete threats. In addition to Jordan and Egypt, the other countries where Israelis were called upon to leave immediately were Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iran, Kashmir in northern India, Mindanao in the southern Philippines and Chechnya in southern Russia.

"Peace" Plan -

Israel pushing to improve Saudi peace initiative ahead of Riyadh summit - Israel is expecting the Arab League to adopt an improved version of the Saudi peace plan at a summit meeting called for the end of this month in Riyadh, senior government sources told Haaretz on Thursday.

Third Temple -

Present Day Sanhedrin Seeks to Revive Ancient Temple Rituals - It's been nearly 2,000 years since Jews celebrated Passover at the Temple in Jerusalem, but that will change soon if a growing Orthodox Jewish movement in Israel has its way....."The present-day Sanhedrin Court decided Tuesday to purchase a herd of sheep for ritual sacrifice at the site of the Temple on the eve of Passover, conditions on the Temple Mount permitting," the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports this morning.

Students facing charges of 'desecration of Allah' <- Yet they don't worry about the desecration of YHWH!!! - "I don't believe the complaint is about the desecration of the flag," Griffin said. "I believe that the complaint is the desecration of Allah."

MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS:

Cardiovascular -

Eat More ... Copper? - Maybe, report researchers who studied the effects of dietary copper on the hearts of mice. Their results suggest diets higher in copper may promote the production of a protein involved in growing new blood vessels, a key to keeping the heart healthy.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES:

Apostasy -

Minister claims to be Jesus and Antichrist - A few weeks ago, in a tattoo parlor in the hip art deco district of Miami Beach, people were lining up to get "666" tattooed on their bodies, and then smiling through their pain. But these are not devil worshipers. They see themselves as devout followers of Jesus Christ. But the major difference that separates them from other Christians around the world is that the Jesus Christ they worship is alive and well -- and living in the suburbs of Houston.

Plagues -

Deadly Antibiotic-Resisting Bacteria Has Killed Dozens

Mercury Contamination Of Fish Warrants Worldwide Public Warning

Strange Earth Signs -

Global Warming -

The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again. (Isaiah 24:20)

Climate Report Warns of Drought, Disease - At the same time, tens of millions of others will be flooded out of their homes each year as the Earth reels from rising temperatures and sea levels, according to portions of a draft of an international scientific report obtained by The Associated Press.

Weird Weather -

Are You Disaster Ready? La Nina May Form In Pacific Within Weeks - The La Nina weather anomaly may form in the equatorial Pacific in the next two to three months, possibly increasing the risks for more hurricanes later this year in the Atlantic.

Strange Heavenly Signs -

Comets/Meteors/Asteroids -

Another "Sign" Of The End Times? Scientists Study How To Stop Wormwood - A huge asteroid hurtles in from outer space to devastate the Earth, an unstoppable force of nature from which there is no escape. Just such a catastrophe is thought to have killed off the dinosaurs, and, according to most experts, it is only a matter of time before a similar fate befalls the human race.
• Suspected meteorite strikes Illinois home - The grayish metallic object is about the size of a deck of cards

Planets -

Alien Volcano - When New Horizons flew past Jupiter on Feb. 28th, the spacecraft photographed a volcanic eruption on Io that amazed even longtime experts in the field. The must-see photo is featured in today's story from Science@NASA.

WEIRD SCIENCE:

EU to look at cloned meat safety

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Monday's article, "The Gospel According to Paul... Part 9" by Jack Kelley, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
 

 

EXCERPT:

Romans 9 spoke of God's sovereign election of Israel as His chosen. In chapter 10 we saw how in the obsessive pursuit of a righteousness of their own, they rejected the righteousness that comes from God. But the rejection was clearly temporary, its duration dependent upon their response.

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NOTE:  If you have any prayer requests, feel free to send them to peggym@his-forever.com, and I will post them with the next morning's updates.
 

 

I pray you are blessed by all, and that you have a blessed day in the Lord!

YSIY!
Peggy
www.his-forever.com