Six Philadelphia narcotics officers arrested for robbing dealers

These kinds of situations happen more often than we want to acknowledge. "And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter." Isa. 59:14. If left uncontrolled without any restraints, law enforcement is in danger of becoming just as corrupt as the criminals they are suppose to be going after. This news report is describing the corruption of just "one" city. There are over 20,000 cities and municipalities in the United States alone. God only knows how wide-spread this situation really is. But it's part of the signs of the times that we are in the last days. -Advent Messenger Commentary

Reuters News | July 30, 2014

U.S. government agents arrested six Philadelphia narcotics officers on Wednesday on charges they robbed and in some cases kidnapped drug dealers, including dangling one over an 18th story balcony to force him to give up a computer password.

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Roman Catholic Monks turn to alcohol sales to raise needed money

Massachusetts monks tap brewing tradition to support aging members

Reuters News | July 24, 2014

Tucked off a two-lane highway in a hilly, wooded section of central Massachusetts, a group of Roman Catholic monks has embraced a centuries-old tradition they hope can sustain their aging members in a world of rapidly rising health costs.

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33 die after Rap concert stampede

Guinea beach concert stampede leaves 33 dead

AFP News | July 30, 2014

Police in Guinea launched an investigation Wednesday into a stampede at a seafront rap concert that left 33 people dead including 11 children in scenes of mass panic.

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India Mudslide; 17 killed, 150 missing

Pune Hill comes crashing; 17 killed, 150 under rubble

Hindustantimes.com | July 31, 2014

Heavy rains triggered a landslide at a village near Pune on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and burying about 150 under the debris.

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Prophet claims to send people to heaven and back

"For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." Matthew 24:24.

Now prophet claims to send them to heaven

Swazi Observer | July 24, 2014
Controversial Miracle Prophet Nkosingiphile Dlamini of Bread of Life Ministries is now claiming to have taken people to heaven, where they claim to have seen God.

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Warm Water Sparks Flesh-Eating Disease Warning in Florida

"And there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places." Matthew 24:7. This is one of the signs of the end times. This shows how dangerous the times are in which we are living. God's people need to be aware that time is short and the Jesus is about to return. Praise God! -Advent Messenger Commentary

ABC News | July 29, 2014

Florida health officials are warning beachgoers about a seawater bacterium that can invade cuts and scrapes to cause flesh-eating disease.

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Pope Francis Becomes First Pope To Visit A Pentecostal Church In Outreach To Evangelicals

“Rome never changes” says the book Last Day Events p. 130. The Evangelic Protestants have no idea what they are getting into. This is the same kind of hug that was given to Christ the day that he was betrayed. Notice the warning found in the book The Great Controversy, p. 581: "God’s Word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures, in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike." -Advent Messenger Commentary 

 

Pope Francis embraces Evangelical Pastor Giovanni Traettino

Huffington Post | July 29, 2014

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has become the first pope to visit a Pentecostal church, pressing his outreach to evangelicals who represent Catholicism's greatest competition for Christian souls around the globe.

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The world is on fire: Millions forced to free because of religious persecution

U.S. says millions forced to flee for religious beliefs in 2013
 
Reuters News | July 29, 2014

More members of religious communities around the world were forced to flee their homes last year than at any time in recent memory, the United States said on Monday, in its annual report on religious freedom.

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Over a dozen states ban car sales on Sunday

Sunday is being agitated more and more frequently. The push for Sunday laws will soon change the world as we know it and religious freedoms will be taken away. These news items should wake us up so that we can get ready for the soon coming of our Lord. May God help us to be ready. -Advent Messenger Commentary

Vox.com | July 29, 2014

There are a lot of odd rules around car dealerships in the United States, often in the news lately because of various fights about Tesla, and one of them is that in many states you can't sell a car on Sunday.

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We don't have a right to know everything our Government does, says congressional delegate

AdventMessenger.com | Editorial

Gone are the days of transparency and openness of our government leaders. Eleanor Holmes Norton, congressional delegate for the District of Columbia, passionately defended President Obama's right to be free from public criticism by saying that we have no right to know everything that goes on behind closed doors.

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President Obama says Muslims helped to build America

Statement by the President on the Occasion of Eid-al-Fitr [end of Ramadan]

WhiteHouse.gov | July 27, 2014

As Muslims throughout the United States and around the world celebrate Eid-al-Fitr [end of Ramadan], Michelle and I extend our warmest wishes to them and their families. This last month has been a time of fasting, reflection, spiritual renewal, and service to the less fortunate. While Eid marks the completion of Ramadan, it also celebrates the common values that unite us in our humanity and reinforces the obligations that people of all faiths have to each other, especially those impacted by poverty, conflict, and disease.

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Israeli attacks kill 805 Palestinians in Gaza

PressTv.ir | July 29, 2014

The death toll from more than two weeks of Israel’s relentless attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip has reached 805.

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North Korea threatens nuclear strike on White House

AFP News | July 28, 2014

A top-ranking North Korean military official has threatened a nuclear strike on the White House and Pentagon after accusing Washington of raising military tensions on the Korean peninsula.

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‘Pocket drones’: U.S. Army developing tiny surveillance tools for the next big war

Washington Times | July 25, 2014

Future U.S. Army soldiers sent into combat may have a brand new tool at their disposal: the pocket drone.

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Mysterious River Runs Blood-Red in China

NBC News | July 26, 2014

Baffled locals who used to boast that they had one of the healthiest rivers in China because there were no factories along its banks were baffled when within the space of an hour the river turned a deep, dark red.

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Downtown L.A. is now driest since rain records started in 1877

LA Times | July 15, 2014

Rainy seasons over the last two years were the driest in downtown Los Angeles since record-keeping began in 1877, and forecasters now say the El Niño that had been predicted to bring some relief may not materialize.

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Six planes go down in one week

AdventMessenger.com | Editorial

This has not been a good week for aviation. Six planes in the last 7 days have crashed. Bad weather was to blame in some instances while others were purposely shot down.

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Microchips that can be worn to authenticate users for mobile devices. What's next?

ISIL seizes 50 U.S. artillery batteries and up to 4,000 U.S. PKC machine guns

World Tribune | July 22, 2014

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has been bolstered by the seizure of a fleet of U.S.-origin artillery batteries.

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Air Algerie plane with 116 aboard crashes in Mali

USA Today | July 24, 2014

An Air Algerie flight en route to Algiers from Burkina Faso with 116 people aboard — including 50 French citizens — crashed Thursday in northeastern Mali, the airlines said.

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'Gay' stance threatens Christian college's accreditation

World News Daily | July 12, 2014

The region’s higher education accrediting agency will review whether its standards are being violated by Gordon College after the Christian school’s public opposition to hiring protections for gays and lesbians shed light on its longstanding policies prohibiting gay activities among students, faculty, and staff.

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Ukraine says 2 fighter jets may have been shot down by missiles from Russia

Fox News | July 23, 2014

Ukraine’s Security Council says two Ukrainian jets shot down in the eastern portion of the country Wednesday may have been brought down by missiles fired from Russia.

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47 dead, 11 injured in Taiwan plane crash

Fox News | July 23, 2014

Forty-seven people were killed and 11 were injured in Wednesday’s plane crash on one of Taiwan’s Penghu Islands, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported. CNA cited Taiwanese Transportation Minister Yeh Kuang-shih.

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More than 700 killed in Syria as ISIS tightens grip on east

Asharq Al-Awsat | July 20, 2014

More than 700 people were killed in Syria over the course of Thursday and Friday, in what activists say were the bloodiest 48 hours of fighting in the conflict to date.

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Vatican preparing statement on extraterrestrial life

Examiner.com | July 23, 2014

Pope Francis is reportedly preparing a major world statement about extraterrestrial life and its theological implications. Rosana Ubanell from Voxxi News today reported that due to advances in scientific detection methods for the discovery of extraterrestrial life, Pope Francis wants to be ready with a statement about “First Contact”.

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Bride and groom hold wedding at cemetery so spirits could attend

The Week | July 23, 2014

When it came time for Janyl Jumadinova and Oliver Bonham-Carter to plan their wedding, they knew the perfect place: Forest Lawn, the largest cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Baptist church ordains transgender woman

The Christian Century | July 24, 2014

In what is likely a first, Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., has ordained Allyson Robinson, who was previously ordained as a man, to the gospel ministry.

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ISIS to Christians in Mosul: convert, pay or die

CNN News | July 21, 2014

Just days after the militant group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria said they killed hundreds of Syrians, dozens of Iraqi Christian families are now fleeing the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul, hoping to avoid a similar fate.

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Christianity Outlawed in Central Indian Villages

Charisma News | July 21, 2014

Several villages in central India have outlawed the open practice of Christianity—a move of questionable legality yet one that worries church leaders who say it already has encouraged anti-Christian violence.

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FAA bans U.S. airlines from Israel over rocket threat

USA Today | July 22, 2014

The Federal Aviation Administration suspended U.S. flights Tuesday to Israel's main airport in Tel Aviv after a missile fell within a mile of the airport.

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Major League Baseball hires first Gay Ambassador

Billy Bean hired by Major League Baseball as Ambassador For Inclusion, will lead gay inclusion program

Outsports.com | July 15, 2014

Major League Baseball has hired openly gay former ballplayer Billy Bean as their new Ambassador For Inclusion. Bean's job will be to assure all MLB stakeholders of an inclusive and equitable workplace and provide awareness and educational resources that help mandate the league's workplace code of conduct. Bean will focus not just on sexual orientation, but also intersections of race, gender and other issues of diversity.

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Obama will sign order barring gay, transgender discrimination - Religious Groups not Exempt

LA Times | July 18, 2014

President Obama has turned down a plea from religious groups that they be exempt from an executive order he plans to sign Monday prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against gay or transgender workers, officials said Friday.

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Suit: Seventh-Day Adventist Church pastor sexually assaulted boy

South Town Star | July 2, 2014

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church failed to protect at least one Illinois boy from a pastor who sexually assaulted minors, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.

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British Police Arrest 660 Suspected Pedophiles

Associated Press | July 16, 2014

British police say they have arrested 660 suspected pedophiles during a six-month operation.

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US terrorist database growing at rapid rate

Associated Press | July 18, 2014

The U.S. government is rapidly expanding the number of names it accepts for inclusion on its terrorist watch list, with more than 1.5 million added in the last five years, according to numbers divulged by the government in a civil lawsuit.

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Is the Microchip the future of birth control?

This amazing remote-controlled contraceptive microchip you implant under your skin is the future of medicine

Washington Post | July 17, 2014

By 2018, it may be possible to purchase a contraceptive microchip that you implant under your skin that delivers birth control hormones automatically into your blood stream every day for as long as 16 years.

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Your social media page can be used against you in court

Lawyers May Advise Clients to ‘Take Down’ Facebook Posts, but Must Preserve Deletions

Bloomberg News | July 16, 2014

Ethics rules do not prohibit an attorney from instructing a client to “delete information that may be damaging from the client's [Facebook] page,” the Philadelphia bar's ethics committee concluded in a July opinion.

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Mexican Catholic bishop says homophobes are the sick ones not gay people

Gaystarnews.com | July 17, 2014

Raul Vera Lopez, Catholic bishop of Saltillo, Mexico, has spoken out against homophobia in an interview with El Pais. When asked what his stance on the issue of homosexuality was, Lopez replied, ‘That is a topic that we have refused to address. The people who say homosexuals are sick are sick themselves. The Church needs to come to them not with condemnation, but with dialogue. We cannot cancel out a person’s richness just because of his or her sexual preference. That is sick, that is heartless, that is lacking common sense.’

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Haitians mix Voodoo and Catholicism in an attempt receive God's blessing

Haitians travel to waterfall to venerate saint, petition for improvement in their lives

Associated Press | July 16, 2014

Followers of Haiti's most celebrated patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, gathered at the Saut d'Eau waterfall Tuesday to pay her tribute and make requests.Worshippers performed Voodoo cleansing rituals in the water, stripping off their clothes and using leaves to wash away bad luck and their sins.

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Military To Scan Soldier’s Brains For Signs Of Disloyalty?

Inquisitr.com | July 18, 2014

A new system, dubbed HandShake by its developers, may scan the brains of U.S. soldiers and their allies in combat theaters to asses signs of disloyalty, potentially protecting them from insider attacks.

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Malaysian Airlines MH17 passenger plane carrying 295 people 'shot down with ground-to-air missile' at 33,000ft over Ukraine near to Russian border

"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come." 2 Timothy 3:1. "Disasters by rail will become more and more frequent. Confusion, collision, and death without a moment’s warning will occur on the great lines of travel. The end is near, probation is closing. Oh, let us seek God while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near!" Last Day Events, p. 24. -Advent Messenger Commentary

Fox News | July 17, 2014

A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane with 295 aboard was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in Ukraine near the Russian border a day after a Ukrainian military jet was downed, Fox News has confirmed.

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Ikea France convicted for illegal Sunday openings

Sunday laws are being more frequently enforced and the fines are also increasing. This shows the seriousness and urgency that the beast of Revelation 13 has in implementing its mark. This must be a wake up call telling us that soon we will see the union of church and state working together to enforce tyranny. -Advent Messenger Commentary

Retaildetail.eu | July 9, 2014

A court has convicted Ikea's French branch for violations of the Sunday rest. It has been fined 120,000 euro in damages which it has to pay 8 employees, but the cost could surge to 30 million euro.

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FCC considers emergency system that gives president universal access to broadcast nationwide

The problem with this policy is that any dissenting voice, the voice of the minority, will be cut off. This is a dangerous policy because the US Constitution guarantees the freedom of the press and the freedom of speech so that many voices can be heard, including the true warning of Revelation 14; a message that all people must hear. We need many voices and not just "ONE" voice to control the airwaves. -Advent Messenger Commentary

 Allenbwest.com | July 15, 2014

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering upgrading the Emergency Alert System so the president can speak to the entire country at the flip of a switch.

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Catholics, Jews and Muslims sign peace statement in Colombia

The Arabs and the Jews, both descendents of Abraham, have been enemies for thousands of years. Now there is a movement to bring peace and unity - through a third party. Under the News World order the beast power of Revelation 13 will unite the world under its authority. We are starting to see the beginning of the end. -Advent Messenger Commentary

Catholic News Agency | July 11, 2014

Catholic, Jewish and Muslim representatives in Colombia have signed a historic joint statement for peace in a July 1 ceremony at the residence of the Archbishop of Bogota.

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Church of England votes ‘yes’ to letting women become bishops

Reuters | July 15, 2014

The Church of England voted on Monday to allow women to become bishops, a historic decision which overturns centuries of tradition in a Church that has been deeply divided over the issue.

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Bank Teller Claims She was Fired Over Telling Customers to ‘Have a Blessed Day’

ChristianNews.net | July 7, 2014

A bank teller in Kentucky has filed suit against her former employer after she claimed that she was fired for telling bank patrons to ‘have a blessed day.’

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Sunday Law: Pope Francis pushes for day of rest

Pope: No-work Sundays good, not just for faithful

Associated Press | July 5, 2014

Pope Francis has lamented the abandoning of the traditionally Christian practice of not working on Sundays, saying it has a negative impact on families and friendships.

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5-Year-Old Cited for Sexual Misconduct for Taking Off Pants on Playground

Care2.com | July 4, 2014

Being a five-year-old is kinda weird. You are no longer considered a toddler, though some of your clothes may have a “T” for toddler after the number. Still, you’re not quite a big kid, an honor that seems unfairly awarded to those in the first grade. Sensible isn’t a word that is often described for a five-year-old’s actions, largely because decision making is based on impulse rather than logic.

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Ocean Waters are contaminated with Radiation

Dead sea lions washing on shore in California appear to have died from radiation poisoning

NaturalNews.com | April 15, 2013

An unusual surge of stranded dying and dead sea lions have littered Southern California beaches from Santa Barbara to San Diego since earlier this year. Most of the area newspapers and media outlets have been alarmingly reporting this unusual phenomenon.

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Church leaders sing to Lucifer at the Vatican

Pope and Evangelicals: We are a Family

Advent Messenger | Editorial

"Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?" Mark 8:18. This is the condition of the Evangelical Protestant Churches as they journey to Rome to heed the call from Pope Francis to unite with the Catholic Church. From left to right: Carol Arnott, John Arnott from Partners in Harvest, Brian Stiller from the World Evangelical Alliance, televangelist Kenneth Copeland, Pope Francis, Thomas Schirrmacher from the World Evangelical Alliance, Geoff Tunnicliffe from the World Evangelical Alliance, televangelist James and Betty Robison, and Tony Palmer from the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches.

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Evangelical leader High-fives the Pope

Advent Messenger | Editorial

Every day it seems that more and more Protestant leaders are lining up to meet with the Pope. Evangelical mega church leader and television evangelist James Robison went to Rome to give Pope Francis a high-five. He was in Rome with several Pentecostal and Charismatic leaders who were invited by the Pope to visit him.

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US Scientists Create Deadly, Dangerous Flu Virus

Scientists condemn 'crazy, dangerous' creation of deadly airborne flu virus

The Guardian | June 11, 2014

Scientists have created a life-threatening virus that closely resembles the 1918 Spanish flu strain that killed an estimated 50 million people in an experiment labelled as "crazy" by opponents. US researchers said the experiments were crucial for understanding the public health risk posed by viruses currently circulating in wild birds, but critics condemned the studies as dangerous and called on funders to stop the work.

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