{"id":2151,"date":"2013-01-28T05:15:35","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T12:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/?p=2151"},"modified":"2013-02-07T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T23:12:09","slug":"faithwalkers-national-school-choice-week-iranian-pastor-sentenced-rubio-immigration-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithwalkers\/2013\/01\/faithwalkers-national-school-choice-week-iranian-pastor-sentenced-rubio-immigration-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"FaithWalkers &#8212; National School Choice Week, Iranian Pastor Sentenced, Rubio Immigration Deal"},"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><em><strong>The FaithWalker\u2019s Daily<\/strong><\/em> 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><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/school-choice-student_0.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2152\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/school-choice-student_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"308\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>National School Choice Week<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>The Basics \u2014 <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>National School Choice Week 2013, which runs from Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, shines a spotlight on the need for education opportunities for all. In only its third year, this bipartisan, grassroots effort features more than 3,500 events spanning all 50 states.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Dig Deeper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The official site for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolchoiceweek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">National School Choice Week <\/a>effort.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m hosting a series of guest posts this week, starting with this one from Dr. John Hamilton \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/2013\/01\/school-choice-week-when-public-isnt-public-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">When Public Isn\u2019t Public Anymore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2013\/01\/21\/mlks-unfinished-legacy-and-the-fight-for-school-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michelle Malkin makes the case <\/a>that school choice is <em>the<\/em> civil rights issue of our day. Key graph: \u201cTeachers\u2019 unions and government school protectionists have stood in the schoolhouse door, blocking innovation, competition, and parental choice \u2014 leaving minority children and their families to languish in some of the country\u2019s worst schools.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baeo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Black Alliance for Educational Options <\/a>is one organization fighting for choice for minority students.<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scohio.org\/SCO_learnAbout.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ohio School Choice site <\/a>offers some good links to explore the issue across the nation and see what is happening in your area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>A Few Thoughts\u2026<\/h4>\n<p>Few issues seem like such a no-brainer to me as this one. It boggles my mind that competition is stifled in a country that thrives on the free market of ideas and services in almost every area but the most critical one of education. Unions and government bureaucracy stifle innovation and keep students, mostly minority ones, trapped in failing schools with no hope in sight. Centralized control of the schools is the surest way to dumb down our culture to the lowest common denominator. We\u2019re well on our way there.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Pro-choice prior to birth becomes no-choice once they\u2019re out of diapers.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/Saeed-Abedini-US-pastor-jailed-in-Iran-jpg.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2153\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/Saeed-Abedini-US-pastor-jailed-in-Iran-jpg-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"243\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>American Pastor Abedini Jailed for Eight Years in Iran<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The Basics \u2014<\/h4>\n<p>Christian pastor Saeed Abedini was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in one of the most brutal prisons in\u00a0Iran\u00a0on charges of evangelizing.<\/p>\n<h4>Dig Deeper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2013\/01\/27\/iran-sentences-american-pastor-saeed-abedini-to-8-years-in-prison\/?test=latestnews\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Fox News<\/a>, our State Department is officially protesting, especially since his defense was given only one day to present its case:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>The 34-year-old father of two denied evangelizing in Iran and claims he had\u00a0 only returned to his native land to help establish an orphanage. Authorities\u00a0 pulled him off a bus last August and threw him into the notorious Evin Prison in\u00a0 Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The exact crimes he is accused of only became public on Monday, when the\u00a0 prosecutor outlined charges that Abedini undermined the Iranian government by\u00a0 creating a network of Christian house churches and that he was attempting to\u00a0 sway Iranian youth away from Islam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2011\/10\/03\/iranian-pastor-has-greater-chance-facing-death-with-new-allegations\/?intcmp=related\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Don\u2019t forget the death penalty is still very much in play <\/a>for another pastor Youcef Nadarkhani for being a \u201ctraitor.\u201d That\u2019s what happens when our allegiance is not of this world.<\/li>\n<li>Now you can see where Egypt is likely headed \u2014 hence the protests over the weekend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/3fb3eb6c-6881-11e2-9a3f-00144feab49a.html#axzz2JGj2wuDO\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">via The Financial Times<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/global-affairs\/middle-east-north-africa\/279535-obama-clinton-defend-record-in-middle-east\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama and Clinton on 60 Minutes <\/a>claimed that they have been wise in the Middle East to not \u201cshoot from the hip.\u201d Try not shooting at all.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/old.irna.ir\/News\/Politic\/Ahmadinejad,-Muslims-should-mobilize-resources-to-uproot-Zionism\/80517122\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Iranian President Ahmadinejad calls for Muslims to rise up and overthrow Zionists<\/a>. Nice.<\/li>\n<li>And we Western Christians complain because Wal-Mart is out of our favorite brand of chips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>A Few Thoughts\u2026<\/h4>\n<p>For those who think that humanity has progressed beyond the point where a people would ever need to resist tyranny, Iran and many other governments remind us that power corrupts. I can\u2019t help but think back a few years when the people of Iran tried to rise up and were met with crickets from President Obama and Washington before being crushed. It\u2019s a sobering reminder that Jesus warned us that in this world we will have trouble.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Fear not. He has overcome the world. But He\u2019s also called\u00a0us to pray. So get busy.<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/FE_121204_rubio425x283.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2154\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/files\/2013\/01\/FE_121204_rubio425x283-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"234\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Bi-Partisian Group of Senators Reach Immigration Deal Framework<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The Basics \u2014<\/h4>\n<p>A group of eight US Senators announced agreement on key principles for moving forward with legislation to deal with the divisive immigration issue, including rising Hispanic, conservative Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL).<\/p>\n<h4>Dig Deeper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2013\/01\/28\/bipartisan-group-8-senators-reach-deal-on-immigration-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Fox News<\/a>, This topic will be all over the talk shows today. The four main principles of the agreement for a framework on immigration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u2013Creating a path to citizenship for the estimated illegal immigrants already\u00a0 in the U.S., contingent upon securing the border and better tracking of people\u00a0 here on visas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Reforming the legal immigration system, including awarding green cards to\u00a0 immigrants who obtain advanced degrees in science, math, technology or\u00a0 engineering from an American university.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Creating an effective employment verification system to ensure that\u00a0 employers do not hire illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Allowing more low-skill workers into the country and allowing employers to\u00a0 hire immigrants if they can demonstrate they couldn\u2019t recruit a U.S. citizen;\u00a0 and establishing an agricultural worker program.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The Senators include Democrats Charles Schumer of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Robert Menendez\u00a0 of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado; and Republicans John McCain of\u00a0 Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida and Jeff Flake\u00a0 of Arizona.<\/li>\n<li>Count on John McCain to begin attacking Republicans who resist in\u00a03,2,1\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0A Few Thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>John McCain and Lindsey Graham\u00a0plus four Democrats make\u00a0six Democrats on this issue. McCain and Graham have two of the worst track records of being serious about border security and instead trampling our laws. That being said, I admire Rubio and Flake for trying to tackle this issue and take it off the table as a political wedge issue. Christians should be trying to find agreement to help those stuck in illegal status in this country.\u00a0It will come down to how\u00a0serious they are about securing our borders to keep it from happening again. We\u2019re used to being lied to \u2014 by both parties \u2014 on this issue.\u00a0Only when we agree that our laws matter, can we truly extend grace and mercy.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Defending the rule of law <em>is<\/em> essential to the grace\u00a0of\u00a0the gospel.<\/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\/26\/wis-sheriff-urges-residents-to-get-gun-training\/?test=latestnews\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Wisconsin Sheriff states the obvious<\/a>, that police can\u2019t be everywhere so take responsibility for your own protection first. Draws predictable criticism.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/brazil-nightclub-fire-kills-least-90-local-media-104354656.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Horrific Brazilean nightclub fire traps 233. <\/a>Reminds me\u00a0that government does have a valid role of ensuring public safety standards.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wgntv.com\/2013\/01\/26\/illinois-credit-rating-downgraded-state-drops-to-worst-in-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Liberal stronghold: the State of Illinois credit now rated worst in nation. <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2013\/01\/27\/some-advice-on-women-in-combat-from-a-female-veteran\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">A female vet speaks against putting women in combat<\/a>. Says it will cost lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399;\">A Little Something to Grow Your Faith\u2026.<\/span><\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Freedom is not the permission to do what we like but the power to do what we should. ~ Os Guinness<\/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 conservative Christ-follower living in, but not of, the world. 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