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President Obama promised to reform the education system and make it more accessible to everyone. Here are some of his proposed education reforms and policies. See if any of them will affect you or your family.President Obama promised to reform the education system and make it more accessible to... more
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Switzerland's Protestant churches on Sunday began celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, a formative figure in the Reformation.
Born in France, Calvin spent some 20 years of his adult life in Switzerland's western city, transforming Geneva into a base for French Protestantism and an intellectual centre of Europe.
He reinforced the link between humanist thought and Christian convictions.
"Calvin, the visionary Reformer, sparked off a movement which has spread to the four corners of the earth: more than 80 million Christians living in 107 countries today acknowledge his legacy," said Setri Nyomi, the general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
Nyomi, the association's first non-European head, was joined at the Reformers' Wall in Geneva by officials from the Swiss Protestant Church Federation and by representatives of Reformed congregations from around the world.
Organisers of the Calvin Jubilee 2009 year will hold public exhibitions, courses and concerts leading up to a ceremony in Geneva next June.
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Actually, and not only in my opinion but in that of many, Jean Calvin was a nasty piece of work.Switzerland's Protestant churches on Sunday began celebrating the 500th... more
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The western world knows October 31 is Halloween, but what is seldom mentioned is that it is also the day the Protestant Reformation began. In the Protestant world the day should be a celebrated because the birth of all the Protestant/Sabbath keeping/Sacred Name/Messianic, etc. churches was made possible by the unfolding events beginning on this day in 1517.
Think about it, what does the term “Protestant” Christian mean? Most do not even know that October 31, is their holiday. It’s really a shame because so much blood was spilt to break the chains of religious dictatorship, give the world the Bible, and give most of the western world religious freedom. America was founded as a Protestant nation, and it was a very important step in government, but watch the news today; you will not hear anything regarding the great Reformation movement – not even from the pulpits of the American Christian churches! In my humble opinion, at the very least this day should be called Religious Freedom Day! Unfortunately, the only thing you will hear a lot about is Halloween, and that’s pitiful. (The stories of the Bible translators and Protestant reformers are heartbreaking, read through chapters 9-20 of Fox’s Book of Martyrs for the complete story.)
Most know of the story of Martin Luther the lawyer/scholar turned Catholic monk, who in 1517 C.E. sounded the call to religious change in an unchanging world by calling for a debate on his 95 theses of church reform. To make his theses public, he daringly posted them on the castle church door in Wittenburg, Germany, and by his act he unknowingly ignited a religious explosion called the Protestant Reformation. His 95 points of reform rebukes various traditions added on to God’s Law by the feudalistic Roman Catholic Church. As always, challenging the Roman status quo was done at your own peril. Luther would have been branded a heretic and swept away to a dark jail cell like many before him, but paper making and moveable type were invented in his time, and his open letters of debate appearing in print for all to see helped fuel the protesting movement against the dogmatic Roman Catholic rule.
Martin Luther began the Protestant revolution and America was founded as a Protestant nation that honored our CREATOR instead of an earthly king, our founders boldly answered the GOD question for all the world to hear, but few today even know what the word Protestant means or represents. Generally, the religious powers to be do not like any talk of a protesting laity, being lovers of their own words the religious scholars, over time, covered up and smothered the original meaning of the Reformation movement. The pure Protestant beliefs or concepts are a philosophy not a religion, and the Protestant philosophy still causes some hand ringing amongst the traditional Jews, Catholics, and other religious leaders who want to control people via dogmatic purity and mute obedience.
The western world knows October 31 is Halloween, but what is seldom mentioned is that... more
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Bishop Lamont takes the hot seat to fill us in on his highly anticipated album, "Reformation."Bishop Lamont takes the hot seat to fill us in on his highly anticipated album,... more
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Check out this VC2 footage of a rally to save Stanley "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips street gang and convicted murderer. Williams is scheduled to be executed on December 13, 2005 unless he is granted clemency by California State Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.Check out this VC2 footage of a rally to save Stanley "Tookie" Williams,... more
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