The Pouring Out or Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Now the end point of this discourse and for all the arguments and examples given in the seven preceding essays listed on the pouring out of the Holy Spirit is as follows:

When Christ ascended to heaven he received the promise of the Holy Spirit from God Almighty, the Holy Father, and poured it (the promise of the Spirit) out upon all humanity (Acts 2:33).

No laws against web pornography

Thanks to the federal courts in Philadelphia and the Supreme Court, more than a decade has now passed since Congress first acted to protect children from Internet pornography, and there are still no enforceable laws that require persons who commercially distribute pornography on the Internet to take reasonable steps to restrict children’s access to the material. –Robert Peters, as found at www.christiannewswire.com 3.26.07 and submitted by Muriel McConnon.

Homosexuals Less Than 2% of Population Says Report Released Today

Philadelphia, Mar. 23 /Standard Newswire/ — According to two researchers, the largest random sex survey ever conducted has reported that only 1.4% of adults engaged in homosexual behavior. Analyzing a 2003 Canadian Community survey of 121,300 adults, Drs. Paul and Kirk Cameron told attendees of the Eastern Psychological Association Convention that 2% of 18-44 year olds, 1% of 50 year olds, and only a third of a percent of subjects 60+ considered themselves homosexual. Thus homosexual activity was much more common among younger adults.

William G. Bass was engaged in a meeting with a local church, working in the neighborhoods of a small town in southeastern Florida. He and I had been asked by someone (and my, how you never seem to know just who) to find time to visit a recent convert who had been worshipping with a digressive group in town, seeking perhaps an encouraging word.

It is the fate of the West, and in particular the United States, to have to deal with the combined threat of Shia and Sunni extremists. And for all the differences that exist between them–and they are significant–they share some common features.

Priest Says Poverty Vow Prevents Child Support Payments

Portland, Ore. (RNS) A retired Jesuit priest and former Oregon prison chaplain contends that his vow of poverty prevents two men recently identified as his children from collecting back child support. — by Ashbel Green, of Reuters News Service, as found at the PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly site online, 3.10.07.

Have archaeologist found the tomb and the bones of Jesus, as claimed by the recent Discovery program The Lost Tomb of Jesus? Let us consider some
of the problems that were not presented in the program.
1. The family did not live in Jerusalem. It does not make any sense for a family tomb to be in Jerusalem […]

What may dwell within?

Why is it that so many would have a spiritual takeover from God one minute and still want to maintain free will in the next? Why is there an inconsistency in teaching how the Spirit dwells within us (we so much want a physical presence)? We are told that God does not dwell with man yet we would still have it to be so.

Part 5 of the series by Peter Wehner on the history and differences between the schools of Islamic thought which was published in the Wall Street Journal 1.09.07.

Contemporary Shia Radicalism