| 1. Where is America in Bible Prophecy? NATO chief warns of 'difficult' Russia relations
US relations with Russia were entering a period of "uncertainty" as Moscow appeared determined to sow discord within Europe and undermine US influence, NATO's top commander has warned. "The relationship with Russia is likely to be more difficult to manage in coming years than any time since the end of the Cold War," General John Craddock told a congressional hearing in written testimony on Tuesday. .......................... read more U.S. Wary of Growing Chinese Military Power
China's rapidly growing military strength is shifting the military balance in the region and could be used to force its claims in disputed territories, a U.S. Defense Department report said Wednesday. The new report notes that the People's Liberation Army is remaking itself into a force that can fight and win short, intense conflicts against high-tech adversaries............................ read more U.S. Dollar in the Crosshairs Ahead of G-20 Summit
In the run-up to next week’s G-20 summit in London, developing countries led by China and Russia are stepping up calls for the U.S. dollar to be pushed aside as the main global reserve currency ........................... read more
2. Israel - God's Timepiece Christian Friends Of Israel
Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Virginia, the city of Virginia Beach is about the last place one would expect to find a bastion of passionate pro-Israel sentiment. ........................ read more Pick your poison, Israel
Israel must decide whether to attack Iran or not and whether to accept the Saudi Plan or not. In both cases Israel has to pick her poison.. ...................... read more Revealed: Israel strike hit arms smugglers in Sudan
Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hinted on Thursday at Israel's suspected role in an air-strike that reportedly hit a convoy of arms smugglers as it drove through Sudan toward Egypt in January. Earlier Thursday, two senior Sudanese politicians confirmed that unidentified aircraft attacked the suspected arms smugglers, killing almost everyone in the convoy. An American news network said that the attack was carried out by the Israel Air Force on a convoy of trucks in Sudan carrying arms for Hamas in the Gaza Strip. According to the report, 39 people riding in the 17-truck convoy were killed........................... read more Will the Jews return to Temple Mount?
A prominent U.S. rabbi recently ascended the Temple Mount – Judaism's most revered site – stirring a quiet debate among some within the Jewish religious community about whether Jews should be permitted to enter the mount.. ....................... read more
3. A Revived Roman Empire? Government warns of nuclear terror threat
An increase in the theft and smuggling of dangerous substances means that terrorists are more likely to be able to use weapons such as a dirty bomb, according to the report. The report warns: "Contemporary terrorist organizations aspire to use chemical, biological, radiological and even nuclear weapons... ..................... read more
5. Apostate Christianity Presbyterian's look to open the way for the ordination of non-celibate homosexuals
Members of a committee in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will gather this week to consider proposed changes, including the removal of a negative reference to homosexual behavior, to a historic document. The meeting comes as PC(USA)'s 173 presbyteries are currently voting on whether to delete a fidelity and chastity requirement for clergy from the constitution and open the way for the ordination of non-celibate homosexuals.. ..................... read more Journalist and pastor debate restoration for disgraced revivalist Todd Bentley
After ducking scrutiny that followed the Lakeland Revival's abrupt end in August 2008, Todd Bentley resurfaced this month. The Canadian Pentecostal disappeared from the public eye in August after filing for separation from his wife. Issuing a statement through the pastor overseeing his restoration process, Bentley said he was "sorry for the hurt and confusion that my decisions have caused the body of Christ." He indicated that he was pursuing a return to ministry in order to "fulfill God's call on my life.".. ..................... read more
6. The Rise of Islam Saudi clerics want women banned from TV, media
Hardline Saudi clerics have called on the government to ban women from appearing on television and to prohibit their images in print media, which they called a sign of growing "deviant thought.".. ..................... read more
7. Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies Facebook could be monitored by the government
Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and other social networking websites could be monitored by the government in an attempt to tackle internet crime and terrorism. The Home Office is considering plans to force such sites to hold data about their users' movements............................. read more Computer Virus 'Time Bomb' Could Go Off April 1
The Conficker Internet worm could strike at infected computers around the world on April 1, a security expert warned Monday. Conficker is a sophisticated piece of malicious computer software, or malware, that installs itself on a Windows PC's hard drive via specially written Web pages. It then conceals itself on a computer. .. ........................... read more Pentagon exploring robot killers that can fire on their own
The unmanned bombers currently being used in Pakistan are a step toward an even more lethal generation of robotic hunters-killers that operate with limited, if any, human control. The Defense Department is financing studies of autonomous, or self-governing, armed robots that could find and destroy targets on their own. On-board computer programs, not flesh-and-blood people, would decide whether to fire their weapons... ........................... read more
8. Christian Worldview/Issues Americans' Religiosity Not Impacted by Recession
Church attendance in the United States has hardly shifted since the economy went south, recent surveys show. In the latest Gallup Poll findings, there have been no significant changes in the percentages of Americans who report attending church weekly or who say religion is important in their daily lives. ....................... read more Is Satan for real? Megachurch pastor, Deepak Chopra to debate question on national TV tonight
Is Satan a religious fable, or an actual being wreaking havoc in the world? The question was debated yesterday by four unusual suspects – one megachurch pastor, one former television preacher branded by some as a heretic, the alternative medicine guru Deepak Chopra and the founder of Hookers for Jesus – in a taped debate that will air on Nightline March 26................. read more As teenage pregnancies soar, the Government's answer... abortion ads on television
Abortion clinics are to be allowed to advertise on television and radio for the first time. The proposals by the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) will give Britain among the world's most liberal broadcasting regimes on sexual health services................. read more
9. Other Events To Watch Greens pushing for population control again
Jonathon Porrit, one of Gordon Brown’s leading green advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society. ............................ read more 2012 Solar Maximum Could Lead To Disaster
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