One week ago, three extremely violent minutes struck a devastating blow to the world's most populous nation. Today, at 2:28 pm, exactly one week after the event, 1.3 billion people nationwide stopped for three minutes to commemorate their collective loss.
Recovering from a major disaster is no easy task. According to the latest numbers, a staggering 71,000 have been reported buried, missing or dead, though the official death count is now 34,073.
It's full-steam ahead for China's relief efforts, and hundreds of thousands throughout the country are aiding with the rescue efforts. For the first time ever, China has invited foreign countries to help with its rescue efforts, and teams from Russia, South Korea, Singapore, and Japan will be sending planes and aiding in the relief
As planned, Sinclair Community College will be playing host to the radical cleric Sheikh Khalid Yasin tonight. As I wrote on Tuesday, Yasin is notorious (across several continents, no less) for his anti-Semitic, anti-American views and his support of wife beating and the murder of homosexuals. His appearance is being sponsored by a local mosque, Masjid at-Taqwa. I contacted the mosque via phone and e-mail for an explanation as to why they would sponsor someone like Yasin. I didn'
Hey Brody File readers. I received hundreds of emails regarding the Obama and the Cross story. (Thanks to the Drudge Report!) Anyhow, here's a representative sampling of what people are saying. More on the Obama cross flyer here.
Let's start with this first: here are the statements from the McCain, Obama and Clinton campaigns on the California Supreme Court ruling regarding gay marriage:
God continues to astonish hundreds of thousands with miraculous healings and His manifest presence at The Florida Outpouring. Noting the vast TV and Internet coverage of the event, Todd Bentley declared, “This thing is about to become the biggest thing that I believe we’ve ever seen. It’s historic. Many other television networks are now carrying the God TV feed..."
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1. Manifesto Resistance
Last week, I posted a story about the “Evangelical Manifesto”, that attempts to separate the term “evangelical” from a political context, and bring it back to its theological roots (saying it describes belief in basic tenants of Christianity).
Hello folks. A real variety this week.
One of my jobs in life is to ask questions; below find some that you might want to ponder. Don’t rush it.
The “innerview” word comes from an actor I was interviewing years ago, and at the end of the interview, he wept and then said, “You don’t do interviews Scott, you just conducted an 'innerview' of me."
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