Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
City of peace
Wrecked by war
Delight of the nations
Hated by many
City of God
Rejected by man
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
May you prosper
May you know peace
The presence of God
And the grace of Jesus.
Reflection on Isaiah 2:1-5
I see a world
That worships the Lord
I see a hill
The centre of it all
I see a world
United in peace
People loving
Not fighting
I see a world
Shining in light
Adoring its saviour
Praising the Lord
I see Jesus…
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Today’s Sermon
The sermon for November 24th 2013 is now on the New Life web-site.
In this sermon, which is based on the life of David, Rozina talks about the importance of inquiring of the Lord before we act.
Click here to listen.
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Coffee With Jesus
Protection for Unborn Passes First Test
This is truly good news for pre-birth people in NSW.
From ACL:
First step for unborn rights in NSW
by ACL TeamFoetal rights bill Zoe’s Law today passed its first significant hurdle as the bill makes its way through the New South Wales Parliament. The bill was put to a conscience vote in the Legislative Assembly and was passed by a margin of 63 votes to 26.
Zoe’s Law seeks to extend the offence of grievous bodily harm to an unborn child. If the bill is passed by both houses of parliament, it would be the first time in NSW law that the separate personhood of an unborn child has been recognised in legislation.
The bill is named in honour of Zoe Donegan who was stillborn after her mother Brodie, then 36 weeks pregnant, was hit by a car.
Opponents of the bill have criticised it as an attack on abortion rights, despite the fact the bill explicitly has no impact on medical procedures.
Zoe’s Law will now be sent to the Legislative Council where Christian Democratic Party MP Fred Nile will have carriage of the bill.
Related articles
- Zoe’s Law passes in NSW lower house (smh.com.au)
- Zoe’s law passes the NSW lower house (sbs.com.au)
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From System Comic
Reflection on Luke 23:36-43
Scripture
And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Observation
Jesus is led away to be crucified.
A man called Simon is forced to carry the cross for Jesus. A large crowd follows, including many grieving women. Jesus turns to them and tells them not to weep for Him, but for themselves, for times of awful suffering are coming.
Two other men are crucified with Jesus.
Jesus calls out “Father forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”
The crowds watch. The leaders scoff. The soldiers mock.
One of the criminals with Jesus asks Jesus to remember him when He comes into His Kingdom. Jesus assures him, that he will be in paradise that very day.
Application
Jesus is a King unlike any other.
The Kings of this earth lord it over their subjects, but Jesus dies for His.
The Kings of this earth try to make it seem like their people have never had it better, but Jesus promises something far better than we can imagine.
The Kings of this earth kill their rebels, but Jesus raises them to new life.
Prayer
King Jesus this day I commit myself to following you wherever you lead me. Whether it is a cross or a crown that you call me to take up, I will do it for your glory. Amen.
“97% of all scientists”
A survey of American Meteorologists discovered that when you actually ask people what they think about the cause of climate change (as opposed to getting a bunch of activists to rank a bunch of scientific papers and guess the thoughts of the authors), the number of climate scientists who actually believe that climate change is caused by humans is not 97% but only 52%.
From wattsupwiththat.com
The 97% consensus myth – busted by a real survey
Posted on November 20, 2013 by Anthony Watts
We’ve all been subjected to the incessant “97% of scientists agree …global warming…blah blah” meme, which is nothing more than another statistical fabrication by John Cook and his collection of “anything for the cause” zealots. As has been previously pointed out on WUWT, when you look at the methodology used to reach that number, the veracity of the result falls apart, badly. You see, it turns out that Cook simply employed his band of “Skeptical Science” (SkS) eco-zealots to rate papers, rather than letting all authors of the papers rate their own work (Note: many authors weren’t even contacted and their papers wrongly rated, see here). The result was that the “97% consensus” was a survey of the SkS raters beliefs and interpretations, rather than a survey of the authors opinions of their own science abstracts. Essentially it was pal-review by an activist group with a strong bias towards a particular outcome as demonstrated by the name “the consensus project”.
In short, it was a lie of omission enabled by a “pea and thimble” switch Steve McIntyre so often points out about climate science.
Most people who read the headlines touted by the unquestioning press had no idea that this was a collection of Skeptical Science raters opinions rather than the authors assessment of their own work. Readers of news stories had no idea they’d been lied to by John Cook et al².
So, while we’ll be fighting this lie for years, one very important bit of truth has emerged that will help put it into its proper place of propaganda, rather than science. A recent real survey conducted of American Meteorological Society members has blown Cook’s propaganda paper right out of the water.
REad the rest of the article here
