{"id":1929,"date":"2013-01-17T04:48:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T11:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2013-01-17T04:48:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T11:48:16","slug":"faithwalkers-jan-17-manti-teo-notre-dame-football-hoax-us-hostages-in-algeria-christian-family-jailed-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithwalkers\/2013\/01\/faithwalkers-jan-17-manti-teo-notre-dame-football-hoax-us-hostages-in-algeria-christian-family-jailed-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"FaithWalkers &#8212; Jan. 17: Manti Te&#8217;o Notre Dame Football Hoax, US Hostages in Algeria, Christian Family Jailed in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><blockquote><p>The FaithWalker\u2019s Daily is a quick review of key news stories of the day from the perspective of a conservative Christ-follower living in, but not of, the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/Manti-Te-o-pic.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1933\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/Manti-Te-o-pic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>National Football Star from Notre Dame Claims to Be Victim of Girlfriend Hoax<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>The Basics \u2014 <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Notre Dame football star Manti Te\u2019o claims to have been the victim of an elaborate hoax by a female who claimed to be dying from leukemia. News of her alleged death fueled the stories\u00a0about him playing through tremendous heartache this season that helped elevate him into the national spotlight.<\/p>\n<h4>Dig Deeper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2013\/01\/17\/girlfriend-faked-death-in-hoax-targeting-football-player-manti-teo-notre-dame\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via FoxNews<\/a>, Te\u2019o alleges that the relationship was a long distance one over the phone and online. His grandmother really did die this past fall as claimed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2013\/01\/17\/girlfriend-faked-death-in-hoax-targeting-football-player-manti-teo-notre-dame\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Deadspin<\/a>, the sports site that broke the story sums it up:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>In the span of six hours in September, as <em>Sports Illustrated <\/em>told it, Te\u2019o learned first of the death of his grandmother, Annette Santiago, and then of the death of his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua.<\/p>\n<p>Kekua, 22 years old, had been in a serious car accident in California, and then had been diagnosed with leukemia. <em>SI<\/em>\u2018s Pete Thamel described how Te\u2019o would phone her in her hospital room and stay on the line with her as he slept through the night. \u201cHer relatives told him that at her lowest points, as she fought to emerge from a coma, her breathing rate would increase at the sound of his voice,\u201d Thamel wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Upon receiving the news of the two deaths, Te\u2019o went out and led the Fighting Irish to a 20-3 upset of Michigan State, racking up 12 tackles. It was heartbreaking and inspirational. Te\u2019o would appear on ESPN\u2019s <em>College GameDay<\/em> to talk about the letters Kekua had written him during her illness. He would send a heartfelt letter to the parents of a sick child, discussing his experience with disease and grief. The <em>South Bend Tribune<\/em> wrote an article describing the young couple\u2019s fairytale meeting\u2014she, a Stanford student; he, a Notre Dame star\u2014after a football game outside Palo Alto.<\/p>\n<p>Did you enjoy the uplifiting story, the tale of a man who responded to adversity by becoming one of the top players of the game? If so, stop reading.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Accounts say that Te\u2019o would spend countless hours on the phone with the girl as she struggled for breath in the intensive care. Her \u201crelatives\u201d allegedly reported that her breathing increased when Te\u2019o would call.<\/li>\n<li>One clue about how such a thing could be possible might come from <a href=\"http:\/\/deadspin.com\/5976517\/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Te\u2019o\u2019s view of faith<\/a>: \u201cFaith,\u201d he told ESPN, \u201cis believing in something that you most likely can\u2019t see, but you believe to be true. You feel in your heart, and in your soul, that it\u2019s true, but you still take that leap.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>A Few Thoughts\u2026<\/h4>\n<p>As bizzarre as it sounds, I find his story pretty believable. I\u2019ve dealt with situations with teens who have become quite intimate with people they met on-line and communicated with only via text \u2014 who then turned out to be posers. Unfortunately, such predatory behavior is far more common than most parents know. Now mix in a big-hearted football player whose life is utter chaos on the hectic road to a national championship and all the publicity that comes with it \u2014 and I think it could happen. The question of whether or not it did remains to be seen. Some claim Te\u2019o was in on the hoax to create some sympathy and grow his celebrity status. Oh, and his view of faith as an irrational leap disconnected from any objective truth may have contributed to the deception.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/WO-AM380_ALGERI_D_20130116185712.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1934\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/WO-AM380_ALGERI_D_20130116185712.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"267\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>American Hostages in Africa, Islamic Jihadists Claim Responsibility<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The Basics \u2014<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0About 40 foreigners\u00a0including several American citizens have been taken hostage in Algeria in Northern Africa. A\u00a0militant group\u00a0closely tied to al-Qaeda claims responsibility and retaliation for the French action in Northern Mali.<\/p>\n<h4>Dig Deeper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/2013\/01\/the-faithwalkers-daily-jan-14-french-bomb-mali-terrorists-pro-marriage-protests-in-france-idaho-citadel\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">I highlighted the French action in Mali on Monday<\/a>, noting that it was likely to become more significant in the days ahead.<\/li>\n<li>Via <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, Algerian security forces failed in their initial attempt to free the hostages:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>France\u2019s top target, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, claimed responsibility for the Algeria kidnappings, calling it retaliation. The claim couldn\u2019t be verified, although AQIM has its origins in Algeria and operates across a swath of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. would take \u201cnecessary and proper steps\u201d in the hostage situation, and didn\u2019t rule out military action. He said the Algeria attack could represent a spillover from Mali.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_US_ALGERIA?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2013-01-16-15-17-01\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via the AP<\/a>, at least we\u2019re calling it a terrorist attack right away this time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>A Few Thoughts\u2026<\/h4>\n<p>Here\u2019s the stark reality, al-Qeada never was about one man. Killing bin Laden wouldn\u2019t stop an ideology that existed long before he came around. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400030846\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=billint-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1400030846\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9\/11<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=billint-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1400030846\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">by Lawrence Wright to get the history of the group and understand why they and similar networks are not going away anytime soon. In fact, they seem to be expanding in places like Northern Africa.\u00a0This event will prove a significant test for President Obama. It used to be that we would never permit such a thing to stand. After what happened in Benghazi, I\u2019m not so sure.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Bullets, Navy Seals,\u00a0and burials at sea can\u2019t stop ideas fueled by hate.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/egypt.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1935\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/egypt-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"279\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Christian Family in Egypt Gets Fifteen Years for Faith<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The Basics \u2014<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0Under the new and oppressive Egyptian Constituion based on Islamic sharia law, a Christian mother and her seven children were sentenced to fifteen years in prison for converting to Christianity.<\/p>\n<h4>Dig Deeper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2013\/01\/16\/egyptian-court-sentences-entire-family-to-15-years-for-converting-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Fox News<\/a>, the \u201cconversion\u201d was more about getting an inheritance on a technicality than any true faith experience. But even the clerks who processed the paperwork are going to jail.<\/li>\n<li>Under the new Sharia constituition, experts say to expect more of such actions in Egypt:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Samuel Tadros, a research fellow at Hudson Institute\u2019s Center for Religious Freedom, said conversions like Nadia\u2019s have been common in the past, but said Egypt\u2019s new Sharia-based constitution \u201cis a real disaster in terms of religion freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNow that Sharia law has become an integral part of Egypt\u2019s new constitution, Christians in that country are at greater risk than ever.\u201d- Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe cases will increase in the future,\u201d Tadros said. \u201cIt will be much harder for people to return to Christianity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>\u00a0A Few Thoughts\u2026<\/h4>\n<p>No surprises here. Under the new regime, we knew to expect such persecution of Christians. This case seems a little shady because the conversion seems to have been more a ruse to get an inheritance than one of genuine faith in Christ. So perhaps there is more to the story than we know at this point. But Islam is a religion primarily concerned with external appearances so such things matter greatly. Just remember that the US supported the rising of the Muslim Brotherhood and friends in Egypt that led to this nonsense. And then we re-elected the one responsible for that position.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">What? Not everyone worships at the Western altar of Tolerance?<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>A Few More Stories You Might Hear About Today<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2013\/01\/16\/faa-grounds-boeing-787s-to-address-risk-battery-fires\/?test=latestnews\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Boeing\u2019s Dreamliner fleet is grounded due to ongoing technical problems<\/a>. I think this story is overrated, personally. But I\u2019m sure Boeing isn\u2019t happy. Those planes are really cool, by the way.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2013\/01\/16\/arkansas-woman-dies-after-11-call-not-entered-into-system\/?test=latestnews\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Horror! 911 dispatcher misfiled\u00a0a call from a Mom and son drowning in a sunken car.<\/a> More evidence that you shouldn\u2019t depend on calling the police in emergency situations?<\/li>\n<li>In case you missed it, the Iranian pastor who had been jailed again\u00a0right before Christmas <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2013\/01\/07\/christian-pastor-nadarkhani-released-form-iranian-prison\/?intcmp=related\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">was released again shortly afterwards<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/story\/20603065\/southwestern-pa-hospital-to-stop-baby-deliveries\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obamacare costs and mandates cause Pennsylvania hospital to stop delivering babies.<\/a>\u00a0I feel much better now about Obama trying to restict our right to keep and bear arms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399\">A Little Something to Grow Your Faith\u2026.<\/span><\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #333399\">All of us supporters of gun rights would do well to remember that \u201cA <em>gun<\/em> is a vain hope for safety.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/nkjv\/psalms\/33-17.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">(Ps. 33:17)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>To receive <em>The FaithWalker\u2019s Daily<\/em> in your in-box each morning, simply put your e-mail in the \u201cSubscribe\u201d box in the upper right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FaithWalker\u2019s Daily is a quick review of key news stories of the day from the perspective of a 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