Terrorist Recruiter Anwar Al-Awlaki Killed in Yemen by U.S. Drones and Hellfire Missiles
By Staff
September 30, 2011
Radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen in an October 2008 file photo. (AP File Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen)
(Update: The U.S. airstrike that rained Hellfire missiles on al-Awlaki was run by the U.S. military's elite counterterrorism unit, the Joint Special Operations Command, the same unit that got bin Laden, the AP reported.
Friday's successful kill was the result of counterterrorism cooperation between Yemen and the U.S. that has dramatically increased in recent weeks, even as Yemen has plunged deeper into turmoil as protesters try to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh, U.S. officials said.
Apparently trying to cling to power by holding his American allies closer, Saleh has opened the taps in cooperation against al-Qaida. U.S. officials said the Yemenis also have allowed the U.S. to gather more intelligence on al-Awlaki's movements and to fly more armed drone and aircraft missions over its territory than ever before.)
(CNSNews.com) - The Yemen Defense Ministry reported early Friday morning that U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who used the Internet to recruit English-speaking radicals, has been killed along with some of his bodyguards in Yemen.
No details were immediately given when the news broke around 4:40 a.m. Washington time.
Yemeni security officials told the Associated Press that al-Awlaki was killed in an airstrike that targeted an al-Qaida convoy about 40 miles from Yemen's border with Saudi Arabia on Friday morning.
President Barack Obama is expected to comment on the Awlaki kill when he speaks Friday morning at the swearing-in of Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
As CNSNews.com previously reported, Awlaki has been on the FBI’s radar screen since at least 1999 when, according to the 9/11 Commission report, the FBI learned that “he may have been contacted by a possible procurement agent for bin Laden.”
The New Mexico-born Awlaki, who was allegedly linked to three of the 9/11 hijackers through mosques he ran in San Diego and Virginia, left the U.S. in 2002, eventually settling in Yemen where he spent 16 months in detention.
After his release in late 2007 he began using a Web site (since shut down) to comment on news events, review books, answer questions and post audio lectures under such titles as “Allah is preparing us for victory” and “The dust will never settle down.”
Awlaki’s reach into Muslim communities in English-speaking countries was a major concern for law enforcement agencies.
In an AQAP video released in May, he described as his “students” both Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army major accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas in November 2009, and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian would-be bomber of a Detroit-bound aircraft on Christmas Day 2009.
In a posting on his Web site after the Fort Hood massacre, Awlaki praised Hasan, calling him “a man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people.”
Awlaki’s online lectures reportedly motivated a group of American Muslims of Somali descent who traveled to Somalia to fight alongside Islamists, and a 2008 trial of foreign-born Muslims who plotted to attack Fort Dix, N.J., heard an informant testify that an Awlaki lecture had inspired some of the group to target U.S. soldiers.
Indian security officials reported last year that in claims of responsibility for terrorist attacks there, jihadists were citing Awlaki lectures.
Indian-based security analyst Bahukutumbi Raman said that while the poor command of English of bin Laden and other top al-Qaeda terrorists had hindered their communication with English speaking followers, Awlaki did not have that problem.
“Under the guidance of Awlaki, the AQAP is seeking to capitalize on the interest of self-radicalized elements in the English-speaking world to take to jihad,” he said.
Nur Azlin Mohamed Yasin, a research analyst at the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in Singapore, said that with his good grasp of English Awlaki was able to expand his influence to Southeast Asia, where Muslims are generally well-versed in the language.
“Awlaki has his speeches revolve around the notion that Muslims are being attacked and there is thus the need for self defense,” he said. They highlight conflicts in Muslim areas, along with Islamic verses that are “misinterpreted and devoid of … contextual significance.”
What makes his propaganda effective, Yasin said, was the use of the Internet.
Friday, September 30, 2011
US Hellfire Missiles sends another evil Murderer to Hell. (1 John 3: 14,15) How do we know that? Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world and God's eternal Son was incarnated (God in human flesh) and died on the cross for the sins of the whole world and rose again in power and great glory. The Bible states: "He that has the Son of God has life and he who does not have the Son of God has not life." (1 John 5: 12) Only those who recieve the Son of God into their heart and life can be eternally saved. Again, the Holy Scriptures say: "And we know that the Son of God is come and, and hath given us an understanding that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ, This isn the TRUE GOD and ETERNAL LIFE." (1 John 5: 20)
Black Preacher asks Black Democratic Political leaders to stop lying about the racist history of the Democratic Party. May God open the eyes of the uneducated masses in the USA who are like slaves to greedy poiliticians who live like kings and keep people on generational welfare and handouts so they can get their votes again next time around - Pastor Max Solbrekken
BLACK PREACHER COMES OUT SWINGING AGAINST THE HYPOCRISY OF THE BLACK DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS WHO USE THEIR PEOPLE AS SLAVES FOR THEIR OWN POITICAL ADVNBTAGE!
I recently interviewed a man who is suing the Obama administration for racial discrimination–against white people. Normally I wouldn’t describe anyone by their skin color, but it’s interesting to note in this instance that the man filing the lawsuit is Black.
Reverend Wayne Perryman began the lawsuit (case C11-1503) because he was fed up with all the rhetoric coming from the left, blaming all of Obama’s failures on race. Perryman and journalist Robert Parks began researching the Democrat Party and became enraged when they noticed the Democrat Party—via their website–was whitewashing their own history.
On the archived Democrat.org site—which has since been scrubbed– they gave a brief acknowledgment that their party was formed over 200 years ago.
Over two hundred years ago, our Party’s founders decided that wealth and social status were not an entitlement to rule.
That was it—no mention of any of their mistakes—including the fact that also over 200 years ago, the Democrat Party blocked all efforts by Republicans to abolish slavery.
When challenged, they added the following paragraph to the history portion of their website:
Change is the inescapable driver of history in the United States. Our party’s founders believed then, just as we do now, that being a Democrat means meeting the challenges of changing times so that all Americans can prosper. That’s why the people of this county have always turned to Democrats when times got tough.
In addition to trying to re-write history regarding Democrats and slavery, they are also trying to hypnotize people into believing the Democrats were instrumental in Civil Rights—not mentioning anything about all the efforts they made to BLOCK all of the Republicans efforts toward Civil Rights:
Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws, and every law that protects workers. Most recently, Democrats stood together to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act.
On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight. We support vigorous enforcement of existing laws, and remain committed to protecting fundamental civil rights in America.
This is a blatant lie, and Reverend Wayne Perryman and Robert Parks have called them on it.
“Rev. Sharpton said we never got our ‘40 acres and a mule’, wrote Parks in his legal brief to the courts.
”Yes, we did, and they were taken away by a Democrat.”
From Parks’ legal brief:
On January 12, 1865, General Sherman and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton went to meet with twenty Black community leaders in Savannah, Georgia to discuss freedom and reparations for former Black slaves.…
By June 1865, over 40,000 former slaves were settled on 40-acre tracts of land. Over 400,000 acres were allocated. In September of 1865, Democrat President Andrew Johnson reversed Field Order No. 15, issued special pardons, and returned the land to former slave owners.’
The Republicans gave, yet a Democrat took it away.
Part of the lawsuit is to ensure the Democrat Party is portraying their history truthfully and factually. Rev. Perryman writes:
Modern-day Democrats must stop preaching that they are the compassionate party of black people and confess that it was their predecessors who started many of the racist practices that we are now trying to eradicate.
History clearly shows two things: (1) that the roots of racism grew deep in the hearts and souls of the Democrats and (2) without the past efforts of the Radical Republicans and the Abolitionists, the Civil Rights Legislation of the sixties would not have been possible. Republicans laid the foundation for civil rights by passing legislation and instituting programs that Democrats’ were adamantly opposed to, such as:
1. The Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 to abolish slavery.
2. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 to give Negroes citizenship and protect freed men from Black Codes and other repressive legislation.
3. The First Reconstruction Act of 1867 to provide more efficient Government of the Rebel- or Democrat-controlled states.
4. The Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 to make all persons born in the United States citizens. Part of this Amendment specifically states “No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; or deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
5. The Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 to give the right to vote to every citizen.
6. The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to stop Klan terrorists to terrorized black voters, Republicans, white teachers who taught blacks, and Abolitionists.
7. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights and to prohibit racial discrimination in places of public accommodation.
8. Freedmen’s Bureau was a social program established by Republicans to feed, protect, and educate the former slaves.
9. The 1957 Civil Rights Act and the 1960 Civil Rights Act were signed into law by President Eisenhower who also established the U.S. Civil Rights Commission in 1958, a commission that was rejected by Truman during his administration.
10. The 1964 Civil Rights Act which key Republicans pushed law through while key Southern Democrats like Al Gore Sr. debated against its passage. More Republicans (in percentages) voted for this law than Democrats.”
Parks says, “They are ashamed of their past and do not want Blacks to look under the hood of their history.”
Case in point, President Woodrow Wilson is a hero to the Democratic Party but Parks says there is much about Wilson’s racist-driven presidency that he “didn’t learn in college.”
“Wilson allowed various officials to segregate the toilets, cafeterias, and work areas of their departments. One justification involved health: White government workers had to be protected from contagious diseases, especially venereal diseases, that racists imagined were being spread by blacks. In extreme cases, federal officials built separate structures to house black workers. Most black diplomats were replaced by whites; numerous black federal officials in the South were removed from their posts; the local Washington police force and fire department stopped hiring blacks. Wilson’s own view, as he expressed it to intimates, was that federal segregation was an act of kindness.”
“Suppose a Republican president had done all that in the past. Democrats would raise hell,” said Parks, adding, “You can Google ‘Woodrow Wilson Segregationist.’
Democrats did not count on the internet to give people access to truth. Many Democrats don’t want to deal with me when I ask them about Wilson. Why?”
The Amicus Curiae ends with this: “Since the DNC sees fit to distort and cover-up their true racist history to cause black Americans to feel good towards them, I say to the Democrat Party like Rev.
Jesse Jackson said to George W. Bush: ‘Come clean!’ No matter what, the Democratic Party owns its racist history and must admit to black Americans the truth.”
I recently interviewed a man who is suing the Obama administration for racial discrimination–against white people. Normally I wouldn’t describe anyone by their skin color, but it’s interesting to note in this instance that the man filing the lawsuit is Black.
Reverend Wayne Perryman began the lawsuit (case C11-1503) because he was fed up with all the rhetoric coming from the left, blaming all of Obama’s failures on race. Perryman and journalist Robert Parks began researching the Democrat Party and became enraged when they noticed the Democrat Party—via their website–was whitewashing their own history.
On the archived Democrat.org site—which has since been scrubbed– they gave a brief acknowledgment that their party was formed over 200 years ago.
Over two hundred years ago, our Party’s founders decided that wealth and social status were not an entitlement to rule.
That was it—no mention of any of their mistakes—including the fact that also over 200 years ago, the Democrat Party blocked all efforts by Republicans to abolish slavery.
When challenged, they added the following paragraph to the history portion of their website:
Change is the inescapable driver of history in the United States. Our party’s founders believed then, just as we do now, that being a Democrat means meeting the challenges of changing times so that all Americans can prosper. That’s why the people of this county have always turned to Democrats when times got tough.
In addition to trying to re-write history regarding Democrats and slavery, they are also trying to hypnotize people into believing the Democrats were instrumental in Civil Rights—not mentioning anything about all the efforts they made to BLOCK all of the Republicans efforts toward Civil Rights:
Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws, and every law that protects workers. Most recently, Democrats stood together to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act.
On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight. We support vigorous enforcement of existing laws, and remain committed to protecting fundamental civil rights in America.
This is a blatant lie, and Reverend Wayne Perryman and Robert Parks have called them on it.
“Rev. Sharpton said we never got our ‘40 acres and a mule’, wrote Parks in his legal brief to the courts.
”Yes, we did, and they were taken away by a Democrat.”
From Parks’ legal brief:
On January 12, 1865, General Sherman and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton went to meet with twenty Black community leaders in Savannah, Georgia to discuss freedom and reparations for former Black slaves.…
By June 1865, over 40,000 former slaves were settled on 40-acre tracts of land. Over 400,000 acres were allocated. In September of 1865, Democrat President Andrew Johnson reversed Field Order No. 15, issued special pardons, and returned the land to former slave owners.’
The Republicans gave, yet a Democrat took it away.
Part of the lawsuit is to ensure the Democrat Party is portraying their history truthfully and factually. Rev. Perryman writes:
Modern-day Democrats must stop preaching that they are the compassionate party of black people and confess that it was their predecessors who started many of the racist practices that we are now trying to eradicate.
History clearly shows two things: (1) that the roots of racism grew deep in the hearts and souls of the Democrats and (2) without the past efforts of the Radical Republicans and the Abolitionists, the Civil Rights Legislation of the sixties would not have been possible. Republicans laid the foundation for civil rights by passing legislation and instituting programs that Democrats’ were adamantly opposed to, such as:
1. The Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 to abolish slavery.
2. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 to give Negroes citizenship and protect freed men from Black Codes and other repressive legislation.
3. The First Reconstruction Act of 1867 to provide more efficient Government of the Rebel- or Democrat-controlled states.
4. The Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 to make all persons born in the United States citizens. Part of this Amendment specifically states “No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; or deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
5. The Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 to give the right to vote to every citizen.
6. The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to stop Klan terrorists to terrorized black voters, Republicans, white teachers who taught blacks, and Abolitionists.
7. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights and to prohibit racial discrimination in places of public accommodation.
8. Freedmen’s Bureau was a social program established by Republicans to feed, protect, and educate the former slaves.
9. The 1957 Civil Rights Act and the 1960 Civil Rights Act were signed into law by President Eisenhower who also established the U.S. Civil Rights Commission in 1958, a commission that was rejected by Truman during his administration.
10. The 1964 Civil Rights Act which key Republicans pushed law through while key Southern Democrats like Al Gore Sr. debated against its passage. More Republicans (in percentages) voted for this law than Democrats.”
Parks says, “They are ashamed of their past and do not want Blacks to look under the hood of their history.”
Case in point, President Woodrow Wilson is a hero to the Democratic Party but Parks says there is much about Wilson’s racist-driven presidency that he “didn’t learn in college.”
“Wilson allowed various officials to segregate the toilets, cafeterias, and work areas of their departments. One justification involved health: White government workers had to be protected from contagious diseases, especially venereal diseases, that racists imagined were being spread by blacks. In extreme cases, federal officials built separate structures to house black workers. Most black diplomats were replaced by whites; numerous black federal officials in the South were removed from their posts; the local Washington police force and fire department stopped hiring blacks. Wilson’s own view, as he expressed it to intimates, was that federal segregation was an act of kindness.”
“Suppose a Republican president had done all that in the past. Democrats would raise hell,” said Parks, adding, “You can Google ‘Woodrow Wilson Segregationist.’
Democrats did not count on the internet to give people access to truth. Many Democrats don’t want to deal with me when I ask them about Wilson. Why?”
The Amicus Curiae ends with this: “Since the DNC sees fit to distort and cover-up their true racist history to cause black Americans to feel good towards them, I say to the Democrat Party like Rev.
Jesse Jackson said to George W. Bush: ‘Come clean!’ No matter what, the Democratic Party owns its racist history and must admit to black Americans the truth.”
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Image of the BEAST of Revelation is emerging more clearly as the Antichrist powers show their true face! - Pastor Max Solbrekken
Iranian Pastor Faces Execution for Refusing to Recant Christian Faith
By Joshua Rhett Miller Published September 28, 201
An undated photograph circulated by religious rights organizations shows Youcef Nadarkhani and his family.
An Iranian pastor who has refused to renounce his Christian faith faces execution as early as Wednesday after his sentence was upheld by an Iranian court.
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who maintains he has never been a Muslim as an adult, has Islamic ancestry and therefore must recant his faith in Jesus Christ, the 11th branch of Iran's Gilan Provincial Court ruled. Iran's Supreme Court had ordered the trial court to determine whether Nadarkhani had been a Muslim prior to converting to Christianity.
An undated photograph provided by the American Center for Law & Justice shows Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian pastor who faces execution for refusing to recant his Christian faith.
Facing Execution for the 'Crime' of Being a Christian In Iran
The judges, according to the American Center for Law & Justice, demanded that Nadarkhani, 34, recant his Christian faith before submission of evidence. Though the judgment runs against current Iranian and international laws and is not codified in Iranian penal code, the judge stated that the court must uphold the decision of the 27th Branch of the Supreme Court in Qom.
When asked to repent, Nadarkhani stated: "Repent means to return. What should I return to? To the blasphemy that I had before my faith in Christ?"
"To the religion of your ancestors, Islam," the judge replied, according to the American Center for Law & Justice.
"I cannot," Nadarkhani said.
An unnamed source close to Nadarkhani's attorney, Mohammed Ali Dadkhah, told the American Center for Law and Justice that a judge has agreed to overturn Nadarkhani's death sentence, but the report could not be independently confirmed.
Even if the sentence is overturned, Jordan Sekulow, the executive director of the ACLJ, said the message is that it would be unlikely that Nadarkhani would be set free.
Nadarkhani is the latest Christian cleric to be imprisoned in Iran for his religious beliefs. According to Elam Ministries, a United Kingdom-based organization that serves Christian churches in Iran, there was a significant increase in the number of Christians arrested solely for practicing their faith between June 2010 and January 2011. A total of 202 arrests occurred during that six-month period, including 33 people who remained in prison as of January, Elam reported.
An Assyrian evangelical pastor, Rev. Wilson Issavi, was imprisoned for 54 days for allegedly converting Muslims prior to his release in March 2010, Elam officials told FoxNews.com.
Nadarkhani, a pastor in the 400-member Church of Iran, has been held in that country's Gilan Province since October 2009, after he protested to local education authorities that his son was forced to read from the Koran at school. His wife, Fatemeh Pasandideh, was also arrested in June 2010 in an apparent attempt to pressure him to renounce his faith. She was released in October 2010, according to Amnesty International.
Nadarkhani was sentenced to death for apostasy last September based on religious writings by Iranian clerics, including Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite the fact that there is no offense of "apostasy" in the nation's penal code, Amnesty International reports.
In June, the Supreme Court of Iran ruled that a lower court should re-examine procedural flaws in the case, giving local judges the power to decide whether to release, execute or retry Nadarkhani. The verdict, according to Amnesty International, includes a provision for the sentence to be overturned should Nadarkhani renounce his faith.
Elise Auerbach, an Iranian analyst for Amnesty International USA, told FoxNews.com that an execution for apostasy has not been carried out in Iran since 1990. Nadarkhani's sentence is a "clear violation of international law," she said.
"The key is to keep up the pressure and to publicize the story because it obviously outrages most people," Auerbach said. "It's part of the pattern of persecution based on religion in Iran."
Kiri Kankhwende, a spokeswoman for Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a human rights organization that specializes in religious freedom, told FoxNews.com that Nadarkhani was asked for the fourth time to renounce his faith during a hearing early Wednesday and he denied that request.
"We're waiting to hear the final outcome," she told FoxNews.com. "We're still waiting to hear what they've decided."
Kankhwende said Nadarkhani could be executed Wednesday or Thursday.
"Iran is unpredictable," she said. "We can't say when it might happen. It's a very real threat, but we can't say when exactly."
Officials at the U.S. State Department declined to comment when reached on Wednesday.Attempts to reach his attorney, Mohammed Ali Dadkhah, were not successful.
House Speaker John Boehner said Nadarkhani's case is "distressing for people of every country and creed," according to a statement released on Wednesday.
"While Iran's government claims to promote tolerance, it continues to imprison many of its people because of their faith," the statement read. "This goes beyond the law to an issue of fundamental respect for human dignity. I urge Iran's leaders to abandon this dark path, spare [Nadarkhani's] life, and grant him a full and unconditional release."
Father Jonathan Morris, a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of New York and an analyst for Fox News Channel, said Nadarkhani's case is "unmistakable evidence" that Iran is executing Christians simply because they refuse to become Muslims.
Morris continued: "Will President Obama, and the free world, allow the United Nations to continue in its cowardly silence on this matter?
By Joshua Rhett Miller Published September 28, 201
An undated photograph circulated by religious rights organizations shows Youcef Nadarkhani and his family.
An Iranian pastor who has refused to renounce his Christian faith faces execution as early as Wednesday after his sentence was upheld by an Iranian court.
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who maintains he has never been a Muslim as an adult, has Islamic ancestry and therefore must recant his faith in Jesus Christ, the 11th branch of Iran's Gilan Provincial Court ruled. Iran's Supreme Court had ordered the trial court to determine whether Nadarkhani had been a Muslim prior to converting to Christianity.
An undated photograph provided by the American Center for Law & Justice shows Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian pastor who faces execution for refusing to recant his Christian faith.
Facing Execution for the 'Crime' of Being a Christian In Iran
The judges, according to the American Center for Law & Justice, demanded that Nadarkhani, 34, recant his Christian faith before submission of evidence. Though the judgment runs against current Iranian and international laws and is not codified in Iranian penal code, the judge stated that the court must uphold the decision of the 27th Branch of the Supreme Court in Qom.
When asked to repent, Nadarkhani stated: "Repent means to return. What should I return to? To the blasphemy that I had before my faith in Christ?"
"To the religion of your ancestors, Islam," the judge replied, according to the American Center for Law & Justice.
"I cannot," Nadarkhani said.
An unnamed source close to Nadarkhani's attorney, Mohammed Ali Dadkhah, told the American Center for Law and Justice that a judge has agreed to overturn Nadarkhani's death sentence, but the report could not be independently confirmed.
Even if the sentence is overturned, Jordan Sekulow, the executive director of the ACLJ, said the message is that it would be unlikely that Nadarkhani would be set free.
Nadarkhani is the latest Christian cleric to be imprisoned in Iran for his religious beliefs. According to Elam Ministries, a United Kingdom-based organization that serves Christian churches in Iran, there was a significant increase in the number of Christians arrested solely for practicing their faith between June 2010 and January 2011. A total of 202 arrests occurred during that six-month period, including 33 people who remained in prison as of January, Elam reported.
An Assyrian evangelical pastor, Rev. Wilson Issavi, was imprisoned for 54 days for allegedly converting Muslims prior to his release in March 2010, Elam officials told FoxNews.com.
Nadarkhani, a pastor in the 400-member Church of Iran, has been held in that country's Gilan Province since October 2009, after he protested to local education authorities that his son was forced to read from the Koran at school. His wife, Fatemeh Pasandideh, was also arrested in June 2010 in an apparent attempt to pressure him to renounce his faith. She was released in October 2010, according to Amnesty International.
Nadarkhani was sentenced to death for apostasy last September based on religious writings by Iranian clerics, including Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite the fact that there is no offense of "apostasy" in the nation's penal code, Amnesty International reports.
In June, the Supreme Court of Iran ruled that a lower court should re-examine procedural flaws in the case, giving local judges the power to decide whether to release, execute or retry Nadarkhani. The verdict, according to Amnesty International, includes a provision for the sentence to be overturned should Nadarkhani renounce his faith.
Elise Auerbach, an Iranian analyst for Amnesty International USA, told FoxNews.com that an execution for apostasy has not been carried out in Iran since 1990. Nadarkhani's sentence is a "clear violation of international law," she said.
"The key is to keep up the pressure and to publicize the story because it obviously outrages most people," Auerbach said. "It's part of the pattern of persecution based on religion in Iran."
Kiri Kankhwende, a spokeswoman for Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a human rights organization that specializes in religious freedom, told FoxNews.com that Nadarkhani was asked for the fourth time to renounce his faith during a hearing early Wednesday and he denied that request.
"We're waiting to hear the final outcome," she told FoxNews.com. "We're still waiting to hear what they've decided."
Kankhwende said Nadarkhani could be executed Wednesday or Thursday.
"Iran is unpredictable," she said. "We can't say when it might happen. It's a very real threat, but we can't say when exactly."
Officials at the U.S. State Department declined to comment when reached on Wednesday.Attempts to reach his attorney, Mohammed Ali Dadkhah, were not successful.
House Speaker John Boehner said Nadarkhani's case is "distressing for people of every country and creed," according to a statement released on Wednesday.
"While Iran's government claims to promote tolerance, it continues to imprison many of its people because of their faith," the statement read. "This goes beyond the law to an issue of fundamental respect for human dignity. I urge Iran's leaders to abandon this dark path, spare [Nadarkhani's] life, and grant him a full and unconditional release."
Father Jonathan Morris, a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of New York and an analyst for Fox News Channel, said Nadarkhani's case is "unmistakable evidence" that Iran is executing Christians simply because they refuse to become Muslims.
Morris continued: "Will President Obama, and the free world, allow the United Nations to continue in its cowardly silence on this matter?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Jesus said, I must work the works of Him Who sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. (John 9: 4) - Pastor Max Solbrekken
GREETINGS FROM RADIO METRO FM 90.8 KAMPALA, UGANDA
Hello Pastor Max
This is Zambaali Bulasio Mukasa from Uganda, gospel presenter on 90.8 Metro FM in Kampala, Uganda. Praise God for the Unity Crusade and Conference that you shared with us plus the programme.
Indeed it was a revival, and we are yet to harvest.
I want to congratulate you for the spirit you showed the people of Uganda, the healing prayers plus the support you gave us was inevitable. Jesus spoke the word of God throughout his ministry, when faced with the devils, lies and temptations, he countered with the truth of God's word.
The spoken word of God is like a living, powerful Sword in our mouths (Hebrews
4:12) and if Jesus depended upon it to face challenges in life, so can we.
I believe your trip to Uganda will make a difference. I wish you well in all your endeavors as you continue to pray for me to have a successful life plus a good working relationship with my bosses at my work place
Have just started works, I need a lot of guidance from you and support, to reach the Top.
May God Bless you.
Zambaali Bulasio Mukasa.
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Dear Zambaali:
It was indeed a joy to meet you and also to receive your letter. I was very impressed with the way conducted the interview.
While in your city I was interviewed by a number of high profile journalists and at the NEWS CONFERENCE as well. I was impressed with all of them, however, I thought that the questions you asked topped them all. They were very original, thoughtful and substantive.
I would have no problem whatsoever recommending you to any radio or TV Network as a leading interviewer or commentator.
I pray the blessing of Almighty God upon you and your Radio Station. May your listeners spread the good news that radio METRO FM 90.8 has an outstanding Christian ‘Radio Man’ with a winning smile and an honest heart serving Kampala.
Sincerely in Jesus Christ,
Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
Hello Pastor Max
This is Zambaali Bulasio Mukasa from Uganda, gospel presenter on 90.8 Metro FM in Kampala, Uganda. Praise God for the Unity Crusade and Conference that you shared with us plus the programme.
Indeed it was a revival, and we are yet to harvest.
I want to congratulate you for the spirit you showed the people of Uganda, the healing prayers plus the support you gave us was inevitable. Jesus spoke the word of God throughout his ministry, when faced with the devils, lies and temptations, he countered with the truth of God's word.
The spoken word of God is like a living, powerful Sword in our mouths (Hebrews
4:12) and if Jesus depended upon it to face challenges in life, so can we.
I believe your trip to Uganda will make a difference. I wish you well in all your endeavors as you continue to pray for me to have a successful life plus a good working relationship with my bosses at my work place
Have just started works, I need a lot of guidance from you and support, to reach the Top.
May God Bless you.
Zambaali Bulasio Mukasa.
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Dear Zambaali:
It was indeed a joy to meet you and also to receive your letter. I was very impressed with the way conducted the interview.
While in your city I was interviewed by a number of high profile journalists and at the NEWS CONFERENCE as well. I was impressed with all of them, however, I thought that the questions you asked topped them all. They were very original, thoughtful and substantive.
I would have no problem whatsoever recommending you to any radio or TV Network as a leading interviewer or commentator.
I pray the blessing of Almighty God upon you and your Radio Station. May your listeners spread the good news that radio METRO FM 90.8 has an outstanding Christian ‘Radio Man’ with a winning smile and an honest heart serving Kampala.
Sincerely in Jesus Christ,
Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
BREAKING NEWS FROM NORWAY & UGANDA CRUSADES. JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. - Pastor Max Solbrekken
MAX SOLBREKKEN HAS JUST RETURNED FROM NORWAY AND UGANDA!
JAN HANVOLD of Vision Norway TV says: Max Solbrekken’s ministry is more powerful than ever. The ‘old Warrior of the Cross’ has done it again!
PETERSON SOZI writes Dr. Max Solbrekken has shaken UGANDA by radio, TV and at the Soccer Field despite heavy rains. Kampala’s famous Police Brass Band marched us to the field and heaven came down when God’s servant took the podium. All the preachers are energized and the revival continues in Uganda.
The House of Prayer on Highway 623 near NEW SAREPTA honours Pastor Max this Sunday September 25 at 2:30 PM with a pot blessed banquet following a Divine Healing service. Spend Sunday afternoon with Max & Donna beginning at 2:30 at the House of Prayer on Highway 623 New Sarepta. Everyone is invited.
On Oct 1 & 2 Max & Donna will celebrate the FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of Christ the Healer Gospel Church. 136 Ave F S in SASKATOON. They will show videos from the Norway and Uganda crusades. On Saturday at 6:30 their will be a pot blessed Fellowship meal with service to follow.
On Sunday 10:30 & 6:30 pm Pastor Max will conduct a special Divine Healing / Holy Communion service.
JAN HANVOLD of Vision Norway TV says: Max Solbrekken’s ministry is more powerful than ever. The ‘old Warrior of the Cross’ has done it again!
PETERSON SOZI writes Dr. Max Solbrekken has shaken UGANDA by radio, TV and at the Soccer Field despite heavy rains. Kampala’s famous Police Brass Band marched us to the field and heaven came down when God’s servant took the podium. All the preachers are energized and the revival continues in Uganda.
The House of Prayer on Highway 623 near NEW SAREPTA honours Pastor Max this Sunday September 25 at 2:30 PM with a pot blessed banquet following a Divine Healing service. Spend Sunday afternoon with Max & Donna beginning at 2:30 at the House of Prayer on Highway 623 New Sarepta. Everyone is invited.
On Oct 1 & 2 Max & Donna will celebrate the FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of Christ the Healer Gospel Church. 136 Ave F S in SASKATOON. They will show videos from the Norway and Uganda crusades. On Saturday at 6:30 their will be a pot blessed Fellowship meal with service to follow.
On Sunday 10:30 & 6:30 pm Pastor Max will conduct a special Divine Healing / Holy Communion service.
God be praised. These two miracles happened on Tuesday after the Crusade had concluded. Dr. Daniel is the national President of the Full Gospel Businessmen of Uganda and a powerful man of God - Pastor Max Solbrekken
TWO MOREE POWERFUL MIRACLES FROM UGANDA CRUSADE
September 24, 2011
DEAR BROTHER MAX,
Greetings in the wonderful Name of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. We are very grateful that you blessed us very much in the Crusade and the Seminars and the Word was very powerful, and the HEALINGS the LORD DID in the crusades.
I REALLY WONDERED HOW THE ANOINTING WORKED ON YOU FROM MORNING TO THE END OF THE MEETINGS.
REMEMBER, THE MIRACLE THAT HAPPENED WHEN I BROUGHT MR. DAVID AND MARGARET TO BE HEALED OF CANCER. AFTER YOU PRAYED FOR HIM IN JESUS’ NAME, HE DID GET HIS MIRACLE!
AND I ALSO GOT MINE.
I INJURED MY RIGHT LEG WHILE I WAS PLAYING SOCCER, AND FOR OVER 15 YEARS I LIVED WITH PAIN AND I COULD’NT LIFT MY LEG. AFTER YOUR PRAYERS AND LAYING YOUR HANDS ON ME IN JESUS’ NAME, THE PAINS ARE ALL GONE AND I HAVE PERFECT MOBILITY AGAIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD!
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND USE YOU EVEN MORE. THANKS AGAIN, FOR YOUR PRAYERS. I TOOK TIME OFF WORK TO HELP YOU AND MY FINANCES IMPROVED IMMEDIATELY. MY BUSINESS MADE OVER $ 20,000 DURING THAT TIME!
GOD IS SO GOOD. AMEN.!!!
SECONDLY, I AM COMING TO CANADA ON 13TH UNTIL 17TH WITH DR. DANIEL MCLEAN AND IF POSSIBLE I WILL BE WITH YOU FROM 17TH TILL 20TH OCT.
LET ME KNOW IF THAT IS GOOD FOR YOU OR GIVE ME AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU,
DR. DANIEL NKATA
September 24, 2011
DEAR BROTHER MAX,
Greetings in the wonderful Name of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. We are very grateful that you blessed us very much in the Crusade and the Seminars and the Word was very powerful, and the HEALINGS the LORD DID in the crusades.
I REALLY WONDERED HOW THE ANOINTING WORKED ON YOU FROM MORNING TO THE END OF THE MEETINGS.
REMEMBER, THE MIRACLE THAT HAPPENED WHEN I BROUGHT MR. DAVID AND MARGARET TO BE HEALED OF CANCER. AFTER YOU PRAYED FOR HIM IN JESUS’ NAME, HE DID GET HIS MIRACLE!
AND I ALSO GOT MINE.
I INJURED MY RIGHT LEG WHILE I WAS PLAYING SOCCER, AND FOR OVER 15 YEARS I LIVED WITH PAIN AND I COULD’NT LIFT MY LEG. AFTER YOUR PRAYERS AND LAYING YOUR HANDS ON ME IN JESUS’ NAME, THE PAINS ARE ALL GONE AND I HAVE PERFECT MOBILITY AGAIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD!
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND USE YOU EVEN MORE. THANKS AGAIN, FOR YOUR PRAYERS. I TOOK TIME OFF WORK TO HELP YOU AND MY FINANCES IMPROVED IMMEDIATELY. MY BUSINESS MADE OVER $ 20,000 DURING THAT TIME!
GOD IS SO GOOD. AMEN.!!!
SECONDLY, I AM COMING TO CANADA ON 13TH UNTIL 17TH WITH DR. DANIEL MCLEAN AND IF POSSIBLE I WILL BE WITH YOU FROM 17TH TILL 20TH OCT.
LET ME KNOW IF THAT IS GOOD FOR YOU OR GIVE ME AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU,
DR. DANIEL NKATA
Friday, September 23, 2011
This is the time for Revival. The doors are wide open in Uganda. Even though the rain hampered us greatly, we soldiered on and reached hundreds of thousands with Jesus' Gospel by T.V., Radio and mass media. Only eternity will tell everything that our Lord accomplished from September 6 - 20, 2011.
Report on Norway & Uganda Crusades!
September 22, 2011
Dear Friends:
“I preach like a dying man to dying men. I preach as if it were the last time I would ever preach.” - Richard Baxter
We had great meetings in Norway and Uganda. By God's grace, we reached hundreds of thousands across Scandinavia on Visjon Norge TV for five days, working with my old friend Jan Hanvold.
Pastor Dan McLean from Victoria was a great help in Uganda in the Minister’s Convention. He is a powerful man of God and we are inviting him and his wife Susan to Saskatoon and News Sarepta in the near future.
Jan Hanvold is the president of a very influential TV Satellite Network: www.visjonnorge.com. He is also a powerful Evangelist and preached with great clarity and fire and Lief Inge Sandnes from Norway was in top form with his TV camera. Ron Peters and Dave Sollid from Saskatoon and Marty Swanson from Camrose were great team members and very helpful in the crusades.
September is usually a very dry month, however, about ten days before we arrived – after months of drought – it began to rain every day with mud slides and farmer’s crops rotting in the fields. The Soccer field we were using turned into mud. We didn’t let that stop us, however, and people had to stand in the mud. On the last day it rained a lot in the morning but the sun shone and dried up the fields and it was one of the greatest services I have seen.
Because of the 7/11 terrorist attack at the World Cup in Kampala in 2009 – where 82 people were killed - outdoor meetings were not allowed to assemble until our crusade. We were given permission to hold our crusade, however, but had more than 100 policemen patrolling the park 24/7. The Chief of Police led the famous POLICE BRASS BAND in a march through the city to open the crusade.
With the wet weather we moved into Plan B and had an awesome Press Conference with about 20 news organizations present. I was interviewed and allowed to preach on three major secular Radio Stations reaching the nation (One half hour and two one hour talk shows)
Since this was the first large crusade since the 7/11/09 two terrorist attacks, it brought together pastors from many different denominations and many precious souls were saved in every service. The Authorities had warned the pastors after the attacks, to screen everyone coming to their church services, so high was the tension.
Our crusade has brought a sense of calm and people danced for joy for about an hour after the altar service on Sunday night. Dr. Dkata, National President of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship in Uganda and a powerful preacher/pastor helped us greatly. He was on the National Soccer Team as a young man and had injured his right leg between the ankle and upper leg. He brought a dying man to see us and after praying for him, Dr. Daniel asked if I would also pray for his old leg injury and the Lord graciously healed a 12 year old injury and he danced for joy and later transported us to the airport. Glory to God.
Pastor Peterson Sozi who was our Crusade Chairman in 1994 and again this year has lost none of the fire. We worked together as hand in Glove for God’s glory!
Your servant for Jesus’ sake,
Pastor Max Solbrekken
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From: Peterson Sozi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 20 September 2011 07:48
To: Elizabeth Adams
Cc: MAX SOLBREKKEN
Subject: Opening of School, Wells, Women's Dorm, AWG Prayer Resort and Demo. Mixed Farm
Dearly Beloved Dr Max:
Greetings in Jesus' most precious name , even Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
It was glorious on September 17, 2011, when we opened and dedicated to the Lord Almighty, Back To God Primary School Butalale, water well, Alone With God Prayer Resort,
Madeline Adams Women's Dorm and a model Mixed Farm where many are already coming to learn better methods of crop and animal husbandry.
Hon. Dr. James Mutende, State Minister of Industry and Technology was Guest of Honor and officiated the opening on behalf of Uganda Government and Dr. Max Solbrekken a Canadian evangelist dedicated all these facilities to the Lord.
The occasion was attended by the Ugandan Ambassador to Kenya H.E. Maama Angelina Wapakabulo, Pastors from different denominations, many invited guests and after the dedication Dr. Max preached a very powerful message and many gave their lives to Jesus.
Hon Dr. Mutende gave a moving testimony about the prayer Resort because five months ago he came to this place frustrated after loosing in the elections of Mbale Municipality, he was prayed for in the name of Jesus Christ for God to open bigger doors. Immediately after this the President of Uganda appointed him State Minister of Industry and Technology!!!
After opening and dedicating the facilities at the farm, we drove back to Kampala to attend evening Max Solbrekken Unity Gospel Crusades which had started on September 13 and ended on 18th. Many came to the Lord although rain disrupted.
Dr. Max is a balanced scriptural preacher, who rocked the City and the nation at large. He preached in open air, had press conference, and preached on Radio and Television. There was also a three day Pastors' and church leaders' and market place people's conference in a Catholic Sharing Youth Hall. On one of the days the Holy Spirit came down in power anointing all of us afresh. That was significant; He just showed up, it was magnetic, I do not know how to describe it perhaps Dr. Max can share the videos with you.
We had wonderful cooperation with the Government of Uganda, allowing the Police Band to lead a City Gospel Match which was so colorful. It was also important to note that we received permission to hold these crusades at the time when we hard highest alert against terrorism and the Police used all its security organs and over 100 Police personnel were on guard 24 hours a day.
Despite the disruption from rain in the open air crusades many came to the Lord through the media and Capital Community Church Women's Club will be giving an Luncheon to the new converts on September 25, 2011, the men also from the same church will be giving Bibles to the new converts. Hallelujah, God is good.
Uganda needs Preachers like Dr. Max Solbrekken who preaches the truth from Scriptures and brings out the old time themes of SIN AND SALVATION; HEAVEN AND HELL AND JUDGEMENT. The popular messages we have been hearing of worldly prosperity and financial success were not heard this time rather, we heard the power of the blood of Jesus, where would you spend eternity?, repentance, love of God and serving God by winning souls. It was good!!
If you know preachers who preach the true Gospel from Scripture, please, send them to us, Back To God Evangelistic Association will host them and now we have a good data base of working together in unity for the glory of God.
Blessings,
Peterson Sozi
September 22, 2011
Dear Friends:
“I preach like a dying man to dying men. I preach as if it were the last time I would ever preach.” - Richard Baxter
We had great meetings in Norway and Uganda. By God's grace, we reached hundreds of thousands across Scandinavia on Visjon Norge TV for five days, working with my old friend Jan Hanvold.
Pastor Dan McLean from Victoria was a great help in Uganda in the Minister’s Convention. He is a powerful man of God and we are inviting him and his wife Susan to Saskatoon and News Sarepta in the near future.
Jan Hanvold is the president of a very influential TV Satellite Network: www.visjonnorge.com. He is also a powerful Evangelist and preached with great clarity and fire and Lief Inge Sandnes from Norway was in top form with his TV camera. Ron Peters and Dave Sollid from Saskatoon and Marty Swanson from Camrose were great team members and very helpful in the crusades.
September is usually a very dry month, however, about ten days before we arrived – after months of drought – it began to rain every day with mud slides and farmer’s crops rotting in the fields. The Soccer field we were using turned into mud. We didn’t let that stop us, however, and people had to stand in the mud. On the last day it rained a lot in the morning but the sun shone and dried up the fields and it was one of the greatest services I have seen.
Because of the 7/11 terrorist attack at the World Cup in Kampala in 2009 – where 82 people were killed - outdoor meetings were not allowed to assemble until our crusade. We were given permission to hold our crusade, however, but had more than 100 policemen patrolling the park 24/7. The Chief of Police led the famous POLICE BRASS BAND in a march through the city to open the crusade.
With the wet weather we moved into Plan B and had an awesome Press Conference with about 20 news organizations present. I was interviewed and allowed to preach on three major secular Radio Stations reaching the nation (One half hour and two one hour talk shows)
Since this was the first large crusade since the 7/11/09 two terrorist attacks, it brought together pastors from many different denominations and many precious souls were saved in every service. The Authorities had warned the pastors after the attacks, to screen everyone coming to their church services, so high was the tension.
Our crusade has brought a sense of calm and people danced for joy for about an hour after the altar service on Sunday night. Dr. Dkata, National President of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship in Uganda and a powerful preacher/pastor helped us greatly. He was on the National Soccer Team as a young man and had injured his right leg between the ankle and upper leg. He brought a dying man to see us and after praying for him, Dr. Daniel asked if I would also pray for his old leg injury and the Lord graciously healed a 12 year old injury and he danced for joy and later transported us to the airport. Glory to God.
Pastor Peterson Sozi who was our Crusade Chairman in 1994 and again this year has lost none of the fire. We worked together as hand in Glove for God’s glory!
Your servant for Jesus’ sake,
Pastor Max Solbrekken
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From: Peterson Sozi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 20 September 2011 07:48
To: Elizabeth Adams
Cc: MAX SOLBREKKEN
Subject: Opening of School, Wells, Women's Dorm, AWG Prayer Resort and Demo. Mixed Farm
Dearly Beloved Dr Max:
Greetings in Jesus' most precious name , even Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
It was glorious on September 17, 2011, when we opened and dedicated to the Lord Almighty, Back To God Primary School Butalale, water well, Alone With God Prayer Resort,
Madeline Adams Women's Dorm and a model Mixed Farm where many are already coming to learn better methods of crop and animal husbandry.
Hon. Dr. James Mutende, State Minister of Industry and Technology was Guest of Honor and officiated the opening on behalf of Uganda Government and Dr. Max Solbrekken a Canadian evangelist dedicated all these facilities to the Lord.
The occasion was attended by the Ugandan Ambassador to Kenya H.E. Maama Angelina Wapakabulo, Pastors from different denominations, many invited guests and after the dedication Dr. Max preached a very powerful message and many gave their lives to Jesus.
Hon Dr. Mutende gave a moving testimony about the prayer Resort because five months ago he came to this place frustrated after loosing in the elections of Mbale Municipality, he was prayed for in the name of Jesus Christ for God to open bigger doors. Immediately after this the President of Uganda appointed him State Minister of Industry and Technology!!!
After opening and dedicating the facilities at the farm, we drove back to Kampala to attend evening Max Solbrekken Unity Gospel Crusades which had started on September 13 and ended on 18th. Many came to the Lord although rain disrupted.
Dr. Max is a balanced scriptural preacher, who rocked the City and the nation at large. He preached in open air, had press conference, and preached on Radio and Television. There was also a three day Pastors' and church leaders' and market place people's conference in a Catholic Sharing Youth Hall. On one of the days the Holy Spirit came down in power anointing all of us afresh. That was significant; He just showed up, it was magnetic, I do not know how to describe it perhaps Dr. Max can share the videos with you.
We had wonderful cooperation with the Government of Uganda, allowing the Police Band to lead a City Gospel Match which was so colorful. It was also important to note that we received permission to hold these crusades at the time when we hard highest alert against terrorism and the Police used all its security organs and over 100 Police personnel were on guard 24 hours a day.
Despite the disruption from rain in the open air crusades many came to the Lord through the media and Capital Community Church Women's Club will be giving an Luncheon to the new converts on September 25, 2011, the men also from the same church will be giving Bibles to the new converts. Hallelujah, God is good.
Uganda needs Preachers like Dr. Max Solbrekken who preaches the truth from Scriptures and brings out the old time themes of SIN AND SALVATION; HEAVEN AND HELL AND JUDGEMENT. The popular messages we have been hearing of worldly prosperity and financial success were not heard this time rather, we heard the power of the blood of Jesus, where would you spend eternity?, repentance, love of God and serving God by winning souls. It was good!!
If you know preachers who preach the true Gospel from Scripture, please, send them to us, Back To God Evangelistic Association will host them and now we have a good data base of working together in unity for the glory of God.
Blessings,
Peterson Sozi
Friday, September 16, 2011
With Rick Perry and other Christian Patriots and level-headed candidates gearing up for the US elections in 2012 it will be a relief for America to get rid of the ill-prepared novice Barack Hussein Obama and his team of air-head, global warming space cadets similiarly as we were blessed by expelling the corrupt promoters of the 'man-on-man marriage' Liberal Party in Canada and replaced it with intelligent common sense conservatives with their feet firmly on the ground and a strong belief in Almighty God and Christian morality and honesty! - Pastor Max Solbrekken
Rick Perry & His faith in Jesus Christ
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry addressed a crowd at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia on Wednesday. In his address, he downplayed his mediocre college performance, but emphasized his faith in God for direction in his life.
Rather than report on the heart of Perry’s message, the Democratically biased liberal press did their best to smear Perry with headlines such as ‘Perry casts himself as anti-intellectual, says his life shaped by faith.’ The first paragraph immediately wants everyone to think that Perry has little knowledge and failed some of his classes in college and like all other anti-intellectuals relied on faith in God.
Most candidates would down play such an academic performance or even try to hide it like they do their birth certificate. However, by Perry’s candor, honesty and openness, it demonstrates character qualities that have not been seen in a president or presidential candidate in quite some time.
Surprisingly, they did report some of what Perry told the audience, but did so in a way as if trying to mock his religious views instead of congratulating him for having them. Some of what Perry shared was:
“He who knows the number of drops in the ocean, he counts the sands in the desert, he knows you by name…He doesn’t require perfect people to execute his perfect plan…As spiritual beings, we are meant to live in relationship with our creator and with one another. And the happiest moments of every experience are when I am in communion with God and in community with others…God uses broken people to reach a broken world. The mistakes of yesterday say nothing about the possibilities of tomorrow.”
To date, I’ve not heard any other candidate, especially Obama; tell so much about their life and their faith. Perry has repeatedly stood unashamedly in front of audiences and the media declaring his faith in God and Jesus Christ and what it has meant to him.
Other candidates claiming to be Christians have done so with much less vigor almost as if they were not sure they wanted to make it public. Some only mention it in passing as if they are ashamed or embarrassed to admit it. It reminds me of what Christ said in Matthew 8:34-38:
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Saturday, September 10, 2011
To God be the glory, great things He has done & is still doing. Please pray for us as we advance with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please write us today with your gift of love for missions. Thank you in Jesus' name..!!!
VISJON NORGE TV EXPLODING WITH THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD AND HIS MERCY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST THE WORLD'S ONLY SAVIOUR, HEALER & LIBERATOR!
By Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
Words fail to express the joy Director Jan Hanvold and I together with Pastor Geir Apold and the great team of people at the studios of Visjon Norge felt this week as we reached ourt to Scandinavia via satellite Television. Many were saved . healed and filled with great joy and we were able to raise great sums of money in pledges for the expansion of their great world-wide work for god and humanity.
Pray for our large Gospel Unity Crusade in Kampala Uganda next week.
Because of Calvary and what happened there,
By Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
Words fail to express the joy Director Jan Hanvold and I together with Pastor Geir Apold and the great team of people at the studios of Visjon Norge felt this week as we reached ourt to Scandinavia via satellite Television. Many were saved . healed and filled with great joy and we were able to raise great sums of money in pledges for the expansion of their great world-wide work for god and humanity.
Pray for our large Gospel Unity Crusade in Kampala Uganda next week.
Because of Calvary and what happened there,
Pastor Max Solbrekken
2 Corinthians 4: 5
Saturday, September 3, 2011
According to Act 3:19-21 the Holy Spirit promises that the Church will experience 'refreshings' from the presence of our Lord and culminate in the Return of Jesus Christ.
WHY WE
NEED REVIVAL
NEED REVIVAL
By Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
WE HAVE LOST THE HARVEST - VERSE 11 WE HAVE LOST THE JOY - VERSE 12
THERE IS NO MEAT & DRINK OFFERING - VERSE 13
Text: "Wilt Thou not revive us again : that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?" (Psalm 85: 6); "Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." (Prov. ); "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." (Ps. 33: 12)
The Church is in desperate need of a genuine Holy Ghost, heaven-sent, apostolic revival of mammoth proportions! Without a visitation from God, the Church will not be able survive the awful onslaught of Satanic invention and intrigue! The EVIL ONE is working overtime to minimize, decimate and destroy the effectiveness of the Body of Christ around the world! He has employed many and varied agencies and emissaries to do his bidding down through the millenias, which has caused great confusion and suffering to the Church.
The greatest problem suffered by the Body of Christ down though the centuries, however, has been self - inflicted! Discord among brethren, jealousy, envy, backbiting, lust, greed, pride and control, have been some of the sins that have seriously hampered the sanctity and the growth of the Church! Other major problems have been that of deception, laziness and indifference! Power hungry men have often been willing to compromise the Word of God, to maintain their position of prominence in society and authority in the Church.
What has been the result of these actions? A loss of real spiritual power, a vacuum of moral leadership in the Church and community, and a blurred vision of the purpose and goals of the Ministry. It has also generated a lukewarmness toward the needs of the people, a lack of compassion to reach a lost world and a loss of the Holy Spirit 's fire in praise and worship.
Here are some key Scriptures that relate to our situation today and their ramifications as it applies to our individual lives and the Church body as a whole.
1. NEHEMIAH 1: 1 - 5
"The words of Nehemiah the son of Hach-a-liah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in the palace, That Ha-na-ni, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning Jerusalem. And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem
"And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, And said, I beseech Thee, O' Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love Him and observe His commandments."
It seems clear to me that the report given to Hezekiah about the awful condition of Jerusalem God
Jesus said: "I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matt. 16: 18). It is true that Jesus is building His Church and it is also true that the gates of hell cannot and will not prevail against it. During the time of Christ, City Hall (as we call it), where plans of war were hammered out, was directly behind the gate, and consequently was referred to as the Gates of the City! The words, 'the gates of hell', refer to the opinions, plans, stategy and agenda of Satan. They cannot succeed in the long term! They will be defeated.
Our Lord gave us the Great Commission, which stated in part: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe: In My name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay their hands on the sick and they shall recover." (Mark 16: 15 - 18)
IS THE CHURCH A REPROACH TODAY?
We must ask ourselves the questions: "Are we fulfilling the Great Commission of our Lord, or are we just playing Church? Are we casting out devils, healing the sick, setting the captives free, and preaching the good news to those who haven't yet heard?
Even a casual reading of the Epistles teaches us how graceously, unselfishly and righteously God desires us to live, after receiving Jesus Christ as Lord. Do we love the Lord with all our heart, soul and mind, and our neighbour as ourself? Do we love others, as Christ loved us or do we hold onto grudges and unforgiveness? It is difficult to believe that we are not "missing the mark" in these areas.
The Lord's Prayer, which our Master taught His disciples to pray, states in part: "Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." Have our lives helped to cause that to happen? Is His will being done in our earth (body) as well as on the earth? Are we a part of the solution or a part of the problem?
Hezekiah was confronted with a pitiful sight! The walls of Jerusalem Holy City
Never before, has the Roman Catholic Church been so publicly disgraced and sued in the courts, because of the sick homosexual practices of their pervert pedophile priests! And when you see Protestant denominations in the Western World caving in to the demands of homosexuals and lesbians for ordination and same-sex marriages for their clery , doesn't it make you sick? The first time I saw two men kissing on TV, I wanted to vomit.! What a reproach.
The only answer is a red-hot, Holy Spirit led revival of righteousness.
2. Joel 1: 9 - 14, Joel 2: 15
"The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye winedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
"The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. Gird yourselves and lament ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is witholden from the house of your God.
"Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord. Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come."
I believe that there is a parallel between the crises in the Church today, and the vision that the prophet Joel had of Israel
Why was Israel
St. Peter wrote about it with great solemnity and warning: "But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness?
"Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Neverthless, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."
"Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be deligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless." (2 Peter 3: 10 - 14)
WHAT LESSONS DO WE LEARN?
Why should we call a solemn assembly and sanctify a fast? Why should the Church spend much, much more time in prayer? Here are three reasons:
WE HAVE LOST THE HARVEST - VERSE 11For the Church, the harvest is the youth of our nation! Our young people who have drifted away from the faith of their fathers and mothers! Young people who smoke marijuana, fornicate, drink alcoholic beverages and gamble at the casinos and video lottery terminals! Young people who are carnally minded and live only for pleasure, instead of being consecrated and dedicated to God and His program.
WE HAVE LOST THE JOY - VERSE 12The reason that there is so little joy in the hearts of Christians is because we have lost the harvest. It is because we are not winning souls to Christ! The Bible says: "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." (Psalm 126: 5, 6).
I have never met an unhappy soul winner! People who witness for Christ and are engaged in Church and Missionary work are the happiest people that I have been privileged to meet, because they are involved with eternal souls. A soul winner's joy is sweet and his reward is great.
The Bible says: "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever." (Daniel 12: 2, 3).
THERE IS NO MEAT & DRINK OFFERING - VERSE 13The priests and their families lived off some of the offerings that were brought to the temple. People had stopped bringing in their offerings, so therefore there was very little for the ministering priests to live on. How can the Church survive when people lose interest, backslide, stop paying their tithes? How can the work of God grow if people stop serving Him, and discontinue giving missionary offerings? Only a revival, an awakening, a visitation from God Almighty will shake us into action, so that are hearts will be right with Him and open to the call of God upon our lives.
Let us call a solemn assembly and get people involved in fasting and praying for a genuine revival from Heaven.
3. HABAKKUK 3: 1, 2
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. O Lord, I have heard Thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy."
This is one of the most powerful Scriptures in the Bible, to convince the Church to call upon God for mercy, forgiveness and help! The prophet had apparently been in prayer and God had spoken to him. Prayer is a two-way street. It is important to let God speak to us during our times of seeking Him! What God told the prophet shook him to the core, and made him afraid.
What did God tell Habakkuk? It seems that God must have given him a message, that impending judgment was about to fall. Gripped by a holy reverence and godly fear, the prophet cried out:
"Instead of judgment, send a revival. Revive Thy work O Lord, in the midst of the years. Don't let your cup of judgment get filled up! Rather make yourself known unto us NOW by forgiving our sins and showing mercy. And if You must judge us, in Your great wrath remember to be merciful!"
4. JEREMIAH ;
"For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein."
There are some sad stories in the Bible of hard - hearted people who refused to turn to the Lord, even after He called them repeatedly! Here He speaks to Jeremiah - the weeping prophet - about His feelings regarding Israel Israel
Then He challenges them to take a good hard look at all the alternatives: "Stand at the crossroads of life and have a good look at the altrenatives. Then, return to the good ways and walk in them." What does He offer? Peace and rest for our souls! yet, there are many who enter the wide gate and take the broad road which leads to death and destruction.
THE BIBLE GIVES THE KEY TO REVIVAL: "If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek My face, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." (2 Chron. 7: 14).
There are four things that God's people must do in order for the Almighty to rend the heavens and come down in Revival Power in our midst! Firstly, we must humble ourselves, getting rid of the sin of pride. Secondly, we must begin to pray earnestly for His intervention. Thirdly, we must seek His face in protracted times of intimate fellowship with our Heavenly Father! We must get close enough so that we can walk with Him like Enoch, Abraham and Moses! And finally, we must "lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily besets us" (Heb.12: 1, 2), and turn from every wicked way.
5. MALACHI 1: 6 - 9; 3: 8 - 10
"A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a Father, where is Mine honour? and if I be a Master, where is My fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you. O priests, that despise My name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised Thy name? Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar, and ye say, Wherein have we polluted Thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.
"And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil" and if ye offer the lame and the blind, is it not evil? offer it now to thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts. And now, I pray you, beseech God that He will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your person saith the Lord of hosts."
God was displeased with the priests who were indifferent to their holy tasks in the temple. They were only going through the motions instead of reverently ministering to the Lord! Are we also guilty of only going through the motions without real conviction and love for our Lord? May God help us to give Him our very best, instead of the cull, the left - overs in our life. He is not content to play second fiddle or be the fifth wheel. He wants to be NUMBER ONE in our heart and life! Let us give Jesus Christ centre stage.
In verse 11 through 14, we read: "For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same MY name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto My name, and a pure offering: for My name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts."
What were they doing? They were offering animals that were blind and lame and sick unto the eternal God! He asks: "Should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and My name is dreadful among the heathen."
It is scandelous when you consider the very little we give to God and His cause in the so-called Christian nations, relative to what we spend on cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, pornography, gambling and amusement. IT IS A SIN & A SHAME! We spend more money on chewing gum in our respective countries than we give to Almighty God. That has to change.
In Chapter 3, we read: "Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee. In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed Me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and PROVE ME now herewith saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a BLESSING, that there will not be room enough to receive it.
"And I will REBUKE THE DEVOURER for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts."
Upon the authority of God's Word, I declare that you will never sorry, if you give God His share in tithes and offerings. He is no man's debtor and He will prosper and bless you as He has promised. His Word cannot fail and He will not fail you.Isaiah's life was changed when he had a vision of God in the temple. He became one of the greatest Prophets of all times! He cried out: "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear." (Isaiah 59: 1, 2)
Here he gives us the key to forgiveness and peace: "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon." (Isaiah 55: 6, 7)
6. REVELATION 3: 14 - 20
"And unto the angel of the church of the La-od-i-ce'ans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would that thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of My mouth.
"Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear, and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me."
The La-od-i-ce'an Church had drifted so far from the truth that Jesus is standing on the outside seeking entrance to His OWN CHURCH. How very, very sad! Please make room for Jesus Christ in your heart and life today! Amen.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Only a spiritual revival with genuine repentance and worship of Jesus Christ as the incarnate Son of God, Who was crucified for our sins and rose again in power three days later for our justification, will begin the change that is necessary to avoid the Judgment of God upon this evil wicked world.- Pastor Max Solbrekken
CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF IRAN
By Joel C. Rosenberg
By Joel C. Rosenberg
(Washington Iran
"The U.N. nuclear agency said Wednesday it is 'increasingly concerned' about a stream of intelligence suggesting that Iran continues to work secretly on developing a nuclear payload for a missile and other components of a nuclear weapons program," reports the Associated Press. "In its report, the International Atomic Energy Agency said 'many member states' are providing evidence for that assessment, describing the information it is receiving as credible, 'extensive and comprehensive.' The restricted 9-page report was made available Friday to The Associated Press, shortly after being shared internally with the 35 IAEA member nations and the U.N. Security Council."
Will the U.N. take action next month at the opening session of the General Assembly? There is no evidence yet this will happen. Will the Obama administration take decisive action againstIran Israel Jerusalem
My new political thriller, "The Tehran Initiative," focuses onIran acquiring nuclear weapons and the U.S. and Israel
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"THE GATHERING STORM" SIMULCAST ON OCT. 22 -- In the last few weeks, theU.S. Washington is nearly paralyzed with partisan gridlock, even as Iran is building nuclear weapons, Syria and Libya are slaughtering thousands, Egypt has imploded, and Israel America Israel and the Middle East are being shaken. The Church is being shaken. Why? Where are we headed? What is God doing? And what is He asking followers of Jesus Christ to do?
"The U.N. nuclear agency said Wednesday it is 'increasingly concerned' about a stream of intelligence suggesting that Iran continues to work secretly on developing a nuclear payload for a missile and other components of a nuclear weapons program," reports the Associated Press. "In its report, the International Atomic Energy Agency said 'many member states' are providing evidence for that assessment, describing the information it is receiving as credible, 'extensive and comprehensive.' The restricted 9-page report was made available Friday to The Associated Press, shortly after being shared internally with the 35 IAEA member nations and the U.N. Security Council."
Will the U.N. take action next month at the opening session of the General Assembly? There is no evidence yet this will happen. Will the Obama administration take decisive action against
My new political thriller, "The Tehran Initiative," focuses on
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"THE GATHERING STORM" SIMULCAST ON OCT. 22 -- In the last few weeks, the
Thursday, September 1, 2011
HOUSE OF PRAYER on Hiway 623 (five minutes east of Hiway 21) New Sarepta CAMP MEETING Sept 2, 3 & 4 - Fri & Sat 7:00pm; Sun 10:30 & 2:30 pm
WE GIVE GLORY & HONOUR TO GOD FOR HIS GOODNESS TO US: Hear powerful testimonies on Sept 2, 3, 4
EARNEST & MARY MOUNTAIN celebrated the 40th anniversary of their conversion to Jesus Christ on December 8, 2010.
Forty years earlier Earnest and Mary were on the verge of dissolving their common-law relationship, which included four little children. Earnest was a hard worker and owned a new automobile but was unable to drive, because his impaired driving conviction had robbed him of his driver’s license. Their drinking and arguing was destroying them.
Earnest had seen the big cross with the words JESUS SAVES on the Edmonton Revival Centre on 149th Street and Stony Plain Road and was drawn toward it. At ten o’clock Wednesday morning, December 8, 1970, he told Mary that he was going to walk the ten blocks to see the preacher. Immediately, she got her coat and went with him.
They were gloriously converted that morning and have walked with Jesus ever since. God has prospered them in business and all their children are well educated and are serving the Lord!
Allan and Mary Thew – Mary Mountain
RENE WOUDSTRA testifies about the great miracle Jesus Christ gave him in 1970 at the Edmonton Revival Centre. For 5 years Rene had been seeing a psychiatrist once a week for his nerves. He was born in Holland
After 5 years of psychiatric help, he was not getting better. For three months he had sat in the front room staring out the front window, as if in a stupor. An old neighbor from his Dutch Church
Upon hearing these words Rene came alive and said that he wanted to go. He was instantly healed and has been well ever since. Rene worked as a horticulturist at the University of Alberta Edmonton
JOHN OKEMOW was born a stutterer, but Jesus healed him through the Ministry of a Mennonite Preacher when he was 8 years of age. His goal was to become a pilot, a policeman and a preacher. He has done all that. Due to some circumstances he fell into sin and for about 12 years was away from God.
In our crusade service in Peerless Lake , Alberta Northern Canada with great success!
WAYNE PRATT was a hard working, hard drinking man who had gotten caught up in the awful web of sin with continual carousing and partying. With a beautiful wife and little children at home, Wayne would spent countless week-ends not remembering where he had been and who he had drunk with and fought with. He would often wake up in a hotel room with a woman he didn’t recognize.
One Sunday morning in a Hotel room he turned on the TV and saw Pastor Max Solbrekken preaching the Gospel of Christ. His text was taken from Romans 7: 14 - 25 which perfectly described his life.
He testifies: “I hated what I was doing but was powerless to change. I saw that in my own strength I was a slave to the lusts of the flesh, the world and the devil. I was a sinner by birth, by nature and by my selfish will.
“Pastor Max showed me how I could be free by the cleansing and healing power of Jesus Christ’s blood that was shed for me on Calvary ’s cross! Suddenly, the truth rushed into my mind and my spirit and Jesus Christ came into my life. The Bible says: “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” (John 10: 10). That is how it all started and His grace has continued with me until today. I thank God for His great mercy and love toward me!”
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