Gwyn Oakes
Ladies Ministries President
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From Margaret Harding, Little Rock AR, ANOP Director
Subject: Coming Persecution of Christians In America; Islamic Sleeper Cells in America
Dear Pastors and Intercessors,
I know you get lots of emails and I try not to send you too many or make them too long. However, two items of information have come to my attention in recent days that every person who claims to be Christian should be aware of. First is a commentary by Chuck Colson (Founder of Prison Fellowship) from his BreakPoint broadcast. To this point, I have felt that the greatest danger looming over our nation is Islam, but hearing Chuck's commentary has made me aware of an even greater danger. It is imperative that we unite in more intense systematic, fervent prayer for our nation.
BreakPoint Commentaries
THE COMING PERSECUTION By Chuck Colson?7/1/2008
From:?Intercessors For America Date:?June 27, 2008 12:54:19 PM CDT
How Same-Sex Marriage Will Harm Christians
It is all about equal rights, the gay marriage lobby keeps telling us. We just want the right to marry, like everyone else. That is what they are telling us. But that is not what they mean. If same-sex marriage becomes the law of the land, we can expect massive persecution of the Church.
As my friend Jennifer Roback Morse notes in theNational Catholic Register, Legalizing same-sex marriage is not a stand-alone policy . . . Once governments assert that same-sex unions are the equivalent of marriage, those governments must defend and enforce a whole host of other social changes.
The bad news is these changes affect other liberties we take for granted, such as religious freedom and private property rights. Several recent cases give us a sobering picture of what we can expect if we do not actively embraceand even promote same-sex marriage .
For instance, a Methodist retreat center recently refused to allow two lesbian couples to use a campground pavilion for a civil union ceremony. The state of New Jersey punished the Methodists by revoking the centers tax-exempt status a vindictive attack on the Methodists? religious liberty.
In Massachusetts, where judges imposed gay marriage a few years ago, Catholic Charities was ordered to accept homosexual couples as candidates for adoption. Rather than comply with an order that would be harmful to children, Catholic Charities closed down its adoption program.
California public schools have been told they must be gay friendly, as Roback Morse notes. But it will not stop with public schools. Just north of the border in Quebec, the government told a Mennonite school that it must conform to provincial law regarding curriculum ; a curriculum that teaches children that homosexuality is a valid lifestyle. How long will it be before the U.S. government goes after private schools?
Even speaking out against homosexuality can get you fired. Crystal Dixon, an associate vice president at the University of Toledo, was fired after writing an opinion piece in the?Toledo Free Press?in support of traditional marriage . . . Fired?for exercising her First Amendment rights!
Promoters of same-sex marriage seem to go out of their way to target Christian businesses and churches. Their goal, it seems, is not the right to marry, but to punish anyone who disagrees with them.
Clearly, there is a spiritual battle going on here: Christians are under attack because they are a public witness to the fact that a holy God created us male and female, and we will always put obedience to Him and His laws above obedience to any earthly demand for loyalty.
The coming persecution of Christians is one more reason why we need to get involved with efforts to pass laws at the state and federal level defining marriage as a legal relationship between one man and one woman. We must protect, not only genuine marriage, but also many of the freedoms we now take for granted: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, freedom to use private property the way we see fit, all are under threat.
And we must tell our friends and neighbors why gay marriage is not just about equality: It is about forcing religious believers to accept the validity of the homosexual lifestyle or else.
Next: I am forwarding this information from Intercessors for America because of the crucial information contained in it regarding the Islamic sleeper cells positioned all over our nation. There is information about the inflammatory things their children are being taught in their Islamic schools. Be sure to see the map at the bottom of this page.?
METRO DC OFFICIALS ASK STATE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW AND RULE ON CONTENT OF ISLAMIC ACADEMY MATERIALS
Offer thanksgiving that materials in Islamic schools across the U.S. are coming under investigation and scrutiny by public officials. Affirm the supremacy of Christ over Arabist bias in the U.S. State Department and pray that objective linguistic translation work be completed in a prompt manner, reviewed and ruled on.? Pray that this action in the Metro DC area will serve as a precedent and model for other areas.? (
Colossians 1:13-17)
With unanimous support from the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Chairman Gerald Connoly (D) sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "formally requesting" that the State Department engage Arab language linguists and provide direction regarding whether the county's should renew a one-year lease with the Saudi Arabian government (Sunni Islam) which funds the operation of the Islamic Saudi Academy, housed in a former Fairfax County high school. At issue is the content of the academy's pre-kindergarten through grade 12 textbooks. One review of text materials was completed for the congressionally appointed U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, which recommended in October that the State Department close the school until it demonstrates that it is not teaching religious intolerance potentially dangerous to the United States. Bahais, Jews and Shitte and Sufi Muslims are among the religious groups denounced in some academy texts. (Washington Post 6/24/08)
The modern Saudi state is founded on the 18th century alliance between the Sunni Wahhabi Islam reform movement and the royal House of Saud. Daniel Pipes and other scholars claim there is "a direct line between the Wahhabis, Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda terrorists and the global militant jihad movement.
Pray that al Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist networks, "sleeper cells" and agents be exposed, attacks thwarted and individuals arrested and brought to swift justice. Intercede that the Lord will prevent an overlap between al Qaeda and U.S. drug dealers, street gangs and members.
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