NBC: Franklin Graham Expounds on Phil Robertson and the Untapped Power of the Church to Affect Society

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NBC: Franklin Graham Expounds on Phil Robertson and the Untapped Power of the Church to Affect Society
Franklin Graham (Jan 2, 2014)
"I've never really been one to try to be politically correct. I just feel truth is truth, and sometimes I probably offend some people." -Franklin Graham
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NBC: Franklin Graham Expounds on Phil Robertson and the Untapped Power of the Church to Affect Society Philrob4

(Washington, DC)—I appreciate the Robertson family's strong commitment to Biblical principles and their refusal to back down under intense media pressure over Phil Robertson's comments in a recent interview. As the Robertson controversy winds down—at least for now—I have been amazed at how many churches have apparently "ducked" out on the issue (sin). Some were even quick to condemn Phil Robertson.
If we Christians banded together and took a stand, perhaps we wouldn't be losing so much ground in what the media is calling the "cultural war." However, it is not a cultural war—it is a religious war against Christians and the Biblical truths we stand for. Some churches have fallen into the trap of being politically correct, under the disguise of tolerance.
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God is not "politically correct," and He is certainly not tolerant of sin. The Bible tells us that He is going to judge all sin one day; and anyone who is not found under the Blood of His Son, Jesus Christ, will face an eternity in Hell separated from God. Scripture says, "So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 13:49-50). But today God is willing to forgive anyone who truly repents (is willing to turn from their sin), asks for His forgiveness, and believes on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ ("For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved" Romans 10:13).
Also, as reported in LifeSiteNews, in an NBC "Meet the Press" interview on Sunday, December 29, Graham, when asked if his stance on homosexuality (that it is sin, like other sins mentioned in the Bible) would change, he said it wouldn't.
"God would have to shift," he said, "and God doesn't. God's Word is the same yesterday, today and a million years from now that it's [homosexuality] sin."
Graham reportedly also agreed with Pope Francis' contention that God, not man, is the ultimate judge of sin.
"I've never really been one to try to be politically correct. I just feel truth is truth, and sometimes I probably offend some people," he said.

Unprecedented: A Million Christians Gather in South America to Worship and "Go for More"
Teresa Neumann (Jan 2, 2014)
"This is the revival we are experiencing here. Every person in the world needs to know what is happening here because it is for them too." -Juliana Guzman
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NBC: Franklin Graham Expounds on Phil Robertson and the Untapped Power of the Church to Affect Society Soamgathering

(Bogota, Colombia)—On December 27, over a million people met in Simon Bolivar Park in an annual gathering to thank God for His goodness and to commit the coming year to Him.
This year's theme was "We are going for more."
The event was started seven years ago by Pastors Ricardo and Maria Patricia Rodrigues, founders of the Worldwide Revival Center, which is the largest Hispanic church in Latin America. Since its inception, the event has become the largest Christian gathering on the South American continent.
"Our pastors have the vision that one day Bogota will be called the 'City of God,'" said Juliana Guzman, a spokesperson for the Center.
"Years ago," she added, "the Lord showed [Christian leaders] a map of Colombia. It was dry and broken. But then showers of rain made it blossom and prosper. This is the revival we are experiencing. Every person in … the world needs to know what is happening here because it is for them too."

Even Infamously Anti-Israel Newspaper Admits Israel Loves its Enemies
Yossi Aloni (Jan 2, 2014)
The BBC is often seen as biased against Israel, but the report in question had nothing but good things to say about Israel over its selfless care for victims of the ongoing civil war in Syria, a nation still officially at war with Israel.
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(Israel)—Israel has taken great pride in a recent BBC report regarding the Jewish state's genuine care for its enemies. The BBC is often seen as biased against Israel, but the report in question had nothing but good things to say about Israel over its selfless care for victims of the ongoing civil war in Syria, a nation still officially at war with Israel.
BBC Middle East correspondent Kevin Connolly visited Ziv Hospital in the northern Israel town of Safed and brought back a story of Syrians under fire whose lives were literally saved by their worst enemy.
Connolly interviewed a Syrian mother giving birth to her baby at the Israeli hospital after the clinic in her own village turned her away due to its inability to handle her case amidst the chaos of war. The child "will one day have quite a story to tell. That is, if his parents ever decide to tell him," noted Connolly. The woman was already in labor when she was turned away from her local clinic. "Her worried husband knew that it was possible to get her treated in Israel—and so the couple began a dangerous race to the frontier in a country at war and a desperate race against time," the reporter continued.
Like many before them, the anxious couple came to a point near the Israel-Syria border where they knew Israeli military patrols would see them. Shortly after, an Israeli military ambulance picked up the woman and transferred her on time to Ziv Hospital.
Connolly pointed out that the new mother "was the 177th person to make the journey to the emergency room in what has become one of the most extraordinary subplots of Syria's agonizing civil war."
The astonished correspondent explained that the phenomenon has become so commonplace that an "informal system of patient transfer has become so well-established that some patients have even arrived with letters of referral written by doctors in Syria for their Israeli counterparts."

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The director of Ziv Hospital, Dr. Oscar Embon, told the BBC that he hoped the experience of the Syrian patients would be different from what they had been raised to believe about Israel. "Most of them express their gratitude and their wish for peace between the two countries," said Embon.
Of course, decades of indoctrination are hard to reverse in just a few short days or weeks. Embon said he doesn't "expect [the Syrian patients] to become lovers of Israel and ambassadors for what we do here, but in the interim I expect they will reflect on what was their experience here and that they will reflect differently on what the regime tells them about Israelis and Syrians being enemies."
Connolly went on to write about the compelling human dramas taking place in the hospital.
"Most of the patients…won't talk about what they have been through—they are too frightened about what would happen to them back in Syria if it emerged they had been to Israel," he noted.
One person who was ready to talk was an Israeli Arab social worker who identified himself as Faris, whose job it was to calm the disoriented Syrian visitors, many of whom come to only to find themselves being treated in an enemy state they have been taught is a bloodthirsty foe to all Arabs.
Faris' job is perhaps the most difficult of all at Ziv Hospital. In addition to having to explain a complicated situation, he also must eventually say goodbye to people with whom he has formed a strong bond, knowing that he will never see them again.
"When people come here for two months," Faris told Connolly, "a relationship starts between you and them and becomes stronger. Then they go home and the sad thing is you can't be in contact with them because their villages are 'enemy' villages."
As word of the outstanding and unexpected medical care in Israel spreads, Connolly is certain that more and more Syrians will make their way to the border. Especially as Syrians gradually learn that the Jews of Israel mean them no harm.

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