http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/index.xml Thoughts on theism and just about everything from a Reformed theologian. en-us Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:36:35 GMT Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:36:35 GMT http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/index.xml http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=356_0_1_0_C Monday, August 27, 2007 Hindu Radicals Beat Up Pastor and Church Members By James Varghese Special to ASSIST News Service MALLURU, KOLAR, KARNATKAKA, INDIA (ANS) -- A group of 30 Hindu radicals beat up an Indian pastor and two of his church members during a worship service on Sunday, August 26. This incident took place in Mulluru village, Kolar District, Karnataka State in India. The pastor who was attacked was Immanuel Venkatesh who ministers at an independent church... http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=355_0_1_0_C Thursday, August 9, 2007 Pastor and His Wife Arrested For Charges of Conversion By James Varghese Special to ASSIST News Service BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA STATE, INDIA (ANS) -- A pastor and his wife have been arrested on charges of conversion on Thursday, August 9th, in the Bijapur district of Karnataka State, India. The incident took place as Pastor Victor Paul and his wife Glory were on an outreach doing door to door evangelism, distributing gospel pamphlets in Jala nagar area... http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=354_0_1_0_C Wednesday, July 25, 2007 50-year-old Indian Christian stoned and beaten to death in Kerala By Michael Ireland Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service KERALA, INDIA (ANS) -- An argument over a stray cow led to the beating death of a middle-aged Christian believer in Kerala, India. According to a report from the Salem Voice Ministries News Service, a group of seven Hindu youth forcibly entered a Christian house and killed the houseowner on July 23 at Helibriya, near Elappara... http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=353_0_1_0_C Friday, June 1, 2007 Missionary Threatened With Death Gospel for Asia For Immediate Release UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) -- Anti-Christian extremists in Uttar Pradesh, India, have threatened to kill Gospel for Asia missionary Daya Marandi if he does not leave the area where he is currently ministering. The extremists have also made unspecified threats to harm about 60 people who worship at a GFA-affiliated church where Daya serves as pastor. The extremists are demanding that... http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=352_0_1_0_C Monday, May 28, 2007 Pastor attacked in Karnataka, India By James Varghese Special to ASSIST News Service KARNATAKA, INDIA (ANS) -- Anti-Christian activists from two Hindu radical groups -- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bajrang Dal -- attacked a Pastor and an elder of a church in Bangarpet in Kolar district of Karnataka on May 21 2007 for distributing gifts at a VBS (Vacation Bible School). The extremists stated that by giving these gifts to the children they... http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=351_0_1_0_C I came across this quote in my reading today. Hans Rookmaaker was a Dutch art historian whose life work was to apply a consistent Reformed world view to the analysis and appreciation of the arts. He was a major influence on Francis Schaeffer. In response to the question of whether it is necessary for all Christians to be philosophers he wrote:<blockquote>No, everyone may fight for the Lord in her or his own place and with his or her own capacities. And we can do that when... http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=350_0_1_0_C HR 1592, the thought crime bill, passed the House of Representatives yesterday. This bill criminalizes certain types of thoughts, grants special status to certain types of victims of violence over others, and creates a context in which a pastor or any other Christian could be criminally prosecuted simply for stating in public their views that homosexuality is a sin. While gay activists deny this, it remains a fact that Rep Artur Davis (D-AL) explicitly confirmed this during Judiciary... http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=349_0_1_0_C The House is set to consider a federal thought crime bill tomorrow.  I just got off the phone with folks in my representative's office to let him know what I think about it.  The law would potentially criminalize my right as a member of the clergy and as a citizen to express my religious and moral convictions in my teaching and pulpit ministries. So naturally I am quite alarmed.  You should be too, because it is a step towards destroying our First Amendment freedoms for all of... http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=348_0_1_0_C Monday, April 30, 2007 Missionary School Headmaster Brutally beaten in Rajasthan Fact Finding Team of the All India Christian Council Will Visit Jaipur By Madhu Chandra Regional Secretary, All India Christian Council Special to ASSIST News Service RAJASTHAN, INDIA (ANS) -- On April 22, 2007, a Christian school Headmaster cum Pastor was mercilessly beaten in the capital of Rajasthan, a northwestern Indian state known as "The land of kings." The incident took... http://imagoveritatis.myatts.net/comments.php?id=347_0_1_0_C TVC UP-TO-THE MINUTE REPORT FROM THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON THE HATE CRIMES HEARING. Wednesday, April 25, 2007 For almost 11 hours Rev. Lou Sheldon, Chairman of Traditional Values Coalition, and CEO Andrea Lafferty monitored every move in the Judiciary Committee relevant to the HR 1592, the Hate Crimes bill. They sat in the front row from early morning until it was concluded around 9:15 p.m. All 25 Republican amendments were defeated. The purpose of the Markup is to vote on...