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China to reform 1950s labour camp system, but won’t abolish POSTED BY CHINA DAILY MAIL ⋅ OCTOBER 9, 2012 ⋅ Tang Hui, the mother of a rape victim, was sent to a labour camp last month for contesting the perpetrators’ sentences China’s system of imprisoning people in labour camps without trial is problematic, and the government is working on reforms, a senior judicial official said on Tuesday. Jiang Wei, the head of a government committee on judicial reform, said the government has found widespread agreement among... Read more

2017-02-09T00:05:08-07:00

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For a link to buy Ghost Brother Angel, or to join in the discussion about it, go here.  Don’t read Ghost Brother Angel if you’re looking for a spine-tingling tale of the supernatural that will keep you up at night. You can read this book just before bed and miss not a wink. Ghost Brother Angel was written by Grant Schnarr, a Pastor in the Swedenborg tradition of Christianity. It has all the narrative points of a riveting tale. But... Read more

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I almost decided not to post this particular miracle story. It is so incredible that just by sharing it I open myself up to charges of being naive and soft-headed. I finally decided to go ahead because I don’t think God intended for it to be kept a secret. It is the story of God’s direct intervention in the life of one of the least of these. I wish I could tell the whole story; of the rescue and tremendous experience the... Read more

2017-02-09T00:05:09-07:00

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So much for great plans and good intentions.  One of the good people who offered advice about my impending diet last Saturday told me to be gentle with myself when I failed to do what I had planned. That was excellent advice, especially since I didn’t succeed consistently on anything  I planned. First the good news. When I weighed this morning, I found to my surprise that I had actually lost 2.3 pounds. Why? I dunno. I made no effort to... Read more

2017-02-09T00:05:10-07:00

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Through me you go to the grief wracked city; Through me you go to everlasting pain; Through me you go to pass among lost souls. Dante Alighieri, Inferno: The Gate of Hell  Timothy Dalrymple, who blogs at Philosophical Fragments, wrote a  compelling account of prescription drug addiction in a post titled (oddly enough) Overcoming Sex Addiction. Tim says that “it would be hypocritical” for him to talk about addiction of any sort without also discussing his own addiction to prescription... Read more

2017-02-09T00:05:11-07:00

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Tomorrow, October 7, has been labeled Pulpit Freedom Sunday. It is a day when participating pastors will take a stand against threats against their freedom of speech by giving sermons that “preach Biblical truth about political candidates.” The fact that ministers of the Gospels feel sufficiently pressured and harassed to self-censure their sermons to organize such a day says quite a lot. My great hope is that they will give America an astringent dose of genuine Gospel preaching without falling into... Read more

2017-02-09T00:05:12-07:00

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Raise your hand if you have a family member or friend with drug or alcohol problems. Are your hands at your side? If they are, think carefully. What about that cousin no one talks about? You know the one; the family embarrassment that you haven’t seen for years but that you know is out there somewhere, tippling, shooting up, snorting or pill-popping their way to an early grave. What about your high school friend who started missing classes and ended... Read more

2017-02-09T00:05:13-07:00

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Do you read the stories? Christians burnt alive, beheaded, stabbed, crucified, shot, gunned down. Christians tortured, imprisoned, raped, sold into slavery. Christians unable to work, forbidden to worship, forbidden to train new priests. Bibles, crucifixes, religious medals banned. Have you lived the discrimination? Christians mocked, ridiculed, belittled, slandered. Christians constantly forced to defend their faith in the face of aggressive jerks who feel an entitlement to force their way into private conversations, push themselves onto web sites and chat rooms... Read more

2017-02-09T00:05:14-07:00

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Mark Shea wrote about it earlier this week. I’m going to write about it in the future. “It” is the galloping sense of entitlement of the “I Am So Important To Me” class. You know: The ones who feel free to re-write any book, from history to literature to the Bible to suit their passing fancy of what pleases them today. Evidently, one of the many books the I Am So Important to Me class wants to re-write is the... Read more

2017-02-09T00:05:15-07:00

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St Peter’s List, has a series of political cartoons concerning President Obama, the Church and the HHS Mandate which they have generously offered to share. I’m printing some of them here. Enjoy For the whole article or to visit St Peter’s List, go here.       Read more

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