— The Witness of the Law and the Other Sacrament; “Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?” Romans 3:3 Geneva Bible – by Christian Observer Contributing Editor David Brand – Part 13 in a continuing series examining the effects upon the church of the change in meaning of the Greek word pistis from faith to faithfulness by the English Revised Version Committee that began meeting in February 1870;

— Cultural Proficiency in Public Education Is Not Proficient – by Christian Observer Contributing Editor Dr. Joe Renfro – How the public schools’ emphasis on Cultural Proficiency has replaced the former emphasis on God and country with an emphasis on humanism and globalism;

— Heidelberg Catechism — 1563 — Zacharias Ursinus – by the Rev. Albert W. Kovacs, Calvin Synod – Upon the 450^th anniversary of the writing of the Heidelberg Catechism by Dr. Zacharias Ursinus, a Hungarian Reformed pastor provides a brief history of the catechism, a description of how the catechism provides a step-by-step understanding to both adults and children of how God acted to save them by his Son, Jesus the Christ , and how the catechism’s faithfulness to God’s Word has remained for 450 years a clearly stated and understood declaration for Reformed churches and a unifying instrument across boundaries and barriers of realms, language and culture;

Plus, regular features including weekly Sabbath School Lessons by Christian Observer Assistant Editor Dr. Robert LaMay, and Daily Devotionals by T.M. Moore, Christian Observer Contributing Editor, dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum, and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe.

+ Christian Observer, Post Office Box 1371, Lexington, Virginia 20110, christianobserver@christianobserver.org

[2] Presbyterian Church in Taiwan Marks 66^th Anniversary of the ‘228 Massacre’ that Began on 28 February 1947

Churches of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan along with victims marked during the last week of February 2013 the 66^th anniversary of the 28 February 1947 beginning of the ‘228 Massacre’ where anti-government protests were violently suppressed by the Kuomintang government, killing an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 people.

At a 28 February 2013 memorial service at Fengshan Presbyterian Church, Hsin-Hsing Presbyterian Church elder Hsiao Chiung-chen described how her father Hsiao Chao-chin in early 1947 was the pastor of Kangshan Presbyterian Church. During the protests and the government crackdown, the pastor was comforting people and helping stranded students find shelter in churches. His efforts to help students were considered by authorities as “hiding rioters” and he was subsequently arrested, tortured, and executed by shooting. Pastor Hsiao believed in God to the very end and refused to bow to soldiers when asked. He said that he would bow to God alone and was executed in a sitting position instead of a kneeling position.

+ Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, 334 Youth Road, Tainan City, 70144 Taiwan, 886-6-235-6277, Fax: 886-6-237-8882, enews@pctpress.org

[3] Thirteenth Annual Reformed Congregational Fellowship Meeting Scheduled 16-18 April 2013 at the Salvation Army’s Wonderland Conference Center in Sharon, Massachusetts

The Thirteenth Annual Reformed Congregational Fellowship Meeting is scheduled for 16-18 April 2013 at the Salvation Army’s Wonderland Conference Center in Sharon, Massachusetts.

The 2013 conference theme is “Of the Law of God, part 1” taken from chapter 19 of the Savoy Declaration of Faith, the historic confession of Congregationalism.

A registration brochure is available at:

http://netherbury.net/rcf2/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/RCF-Brochure-2013.pdf

For further information, please call 508-285-5525 or email pnwanamaker@comcast.net.

+ Reformed Congregational Fellowship

+ Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, 8941 Highway 5, Lake Elmo, Minnesota, 651-739-1474, Fax: 651-739-0750

[4] The Heroic Boldness of Martin Luther by Dr. Steve Lawson Available from Reformation Trust

During the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, the Reformers’ most effective tool was the pulpit, and all of the Reformers were gifted preachers. This was especially true of Martin Luther, the man regarded as the father of the Reformation.

Luther used every legitimate means to make known the truths of Scripture. His strategies included writing books, tracts, pamphlets, and letters, as well as classroom lectures, public debates, and heated disputations in churches and universities. But his chief means of producing reform was the pulpit, where he proclaimed the truths of God’s Word with great courage. In a day when the church greatly needed to hear the truth, Luther’s pulpit became one of the most clarion sounding boards for God’s Word this world has ever witnessed.

In The Heroic Boldness of Martin Luther, Dr. Steven J. Lawson shows the convictions and practices that fed Luther’s pulpit boldness, providing an example for all preachers in a day when truth once more is in decline.

The book is available in hardcover for US$12.80 plus shipping, MOBI (eBook Download) for US$7.20, and ePub (eBook Download) for US$12.80.

+ Ligonier Ministries, 400 Technology Park, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, 407-333-4244, Fax: 407-333-4233

[5] New Publications from the Trinity Foundation

The Trinity Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of What Is the Christian Life? by Gordon H. Clark. What Is the Christian Life? combines the second editions of Sanctification and Today’s Evangelism: Counterfeit or Genuine into one volume on the Christian life. This new volume also includes two essays by Dr. Clark – “Sanctification” and “The Christian and the Law” as appendices to Sanctification. What Is the Christian Life? is 344 pages and retails for US$12.95 and is also part of our 2013 Inventory Reduction Sale. What Is the Christian Life? is apropos today with the many errors concerning sanctification, the Gospel and its proclamation permeating Evangelicalism and even the Reformed churches today.

Additionally, the latest Trinity Review has been published – “Rome’s Sham ‘Year of Faith’ Is Unfaithful to Christ and His Gospel” by Richard Bennett and Timothy Kauffman. With the resignation of Benedict XVI effective February 28, 2013, Rome will no doubt continue its program of bringing back “Separated Brethren” to the fold of the Roman Catholic Church-State, no matter who the next Pope is. The call of the Bible is clear to all Bible believers: “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord” (2 Corinthians 6:17); and “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues” (Revelation 18:4).

+ The Trinity Foundation, Post Office Box 68, Unicoi, Tennessee 37692, 423-743-0199, Fax: 423-743-2005, tjtrinityfound@aol.com

[6] Headlines from Christian Concern

Headlines of the past week from Christian Concern:

— Abortions in Northern Ireland Could Be Made Illegal outside the National Health Service

— Spanish ‘Apes’ Demand Repeal of Abortion Law

— Icelandic Government Considers Pornography Ban

+ Christian Concern, 70 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8AX, England, 020 7935 1488, Contact Page

[7] Headlines from The Christian Institute

Headlines of the past week from The Christian Institute:

— Police Chaplain Dumped for Opposing Gay Marriage

— Leading SNP Figure Risks Losing Seat over Gay Marriage

— Senior Family Lawyer Baroness Deech Says Politicians Scared to Say Marriage Is Important

+ The Christian Institute, Wilberforce House, 4 Park Road, Gosforth Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 8DG, England, 44-0-191-281-5664, Fax: 44-0-191-281-4272, info@christian.org.uk

[8] Articles from LifesiteNews.com

Articles from the past week from LifesiteNews.com:

— Pastor Imprisoned in Lesbian ‘Mother’ Case Tells Judge: Jail Has only Made My Convictions Stronger

— Parents Sue School District for Not Allowing Six-Year-Old Son to Use Girls Restroom

— CBC Commenter and University of Calgary Professor Says Viewing Child Porn a Question of “Personal Liberty”

— Peaceful Ottawa Pro-Lifer Threatened with Arrest for Holding Sign Naming Abortionist

— City of Rockford, Illinois Settles Lawsuit for Harassing Pro-Lifers

— Pro-Life Student Threatened With Expulsion at DePaul University for Revealing Students Who Trashed Display

— ACLU Threatens to Sue Pennsylvania High School for Filtering ‘Sexuality’-Based Gay Websites

— Manitoba Anti-Bullying Bill 18 May Force Gay-Straight Alliance Clubs on Independent Religious Schools

— British Colombia Parents Outraged After Activist Group Hands Out Graphic ‘Cartoon Porn’ in School

— Canadian Christian Activist Says He Won’t Be Muzzled by Canadian Supreme Court, Will Deliver More Flyers Next Week

— U.K. Councilor Says Disabled Children Too Costly, Should Be ‘Put Down’ – Resigns Afterwards

— Pornography Turned Thousands of British Children into Sex Offenders

— Italian Mayor Restricts Internet Access: Employees Spending Up To Six Hours per Day Surfing Porn Sites

— Pro-Abortion Salon Blasts Pro-Lifers for Caring about Woman Killed in Late-Term Abortion

+ LifeSiteNews.com, Incorporated, 4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, 888-678-6008, Contact Page

[9] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

— “Tebowing” — Kneeling to God or Bowing to Man?

— Obama Has Added $6 Trillion to the U.S. National Debt

— Leaked U.S. Department of Justice Memo Voices Desire to Outlaw and Confiscate All Guns

— Proven: U.S. Transportation Security Administration Hires Murderers, Rapists, Thieves

— U.S. Department of Homeland Security Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go with Their 1.6 Billion Bullet Stockpile

— Monsanto and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Two Crime Families Working a Trillion-Dollar Hustle

— U.S. Medical System Kills 225,000 People Each Year

— Thirty-Four Universities Applied to FAA for Drone Permits in 2012

— Campus craze: ‘Stab that baby!’ – Hunter College Students Perform Mock Abortions during ‘Really Fun’ Game

— Growing Numbers of Women Addicted to Pornography, Counseling Pastor Finds

— Jury Nullification Activist Jailed 145 Days for Distributing Info

— U.S. Department of Justice Says One Man, One Woman Marriage Is Unconstitutional

— Eritrean Campaign against Churches Continues

— Chicago Proposes Sex Education for Kindergartners

— Rollins College of Winter Park, Florida Shuts Down Dormitory Bible Study

— U.S. Department of Justice Says Children Do Not Need—and Have No Right to–Mothers

— Central Michigan University Set to Host ‘[Sexually Transmitted Disease] Bingo’ as Part of ‘Condom Casino’ Night

— Texas Student Punished for Refusing to Recite Mexican Pledge

— Transgender sues Baptist University for Expulsion for Lying about Gender

— LGBT Rights Group Sues School for Banning Transgender Six-Year-Old Boy from Girls’ Bathroom

— University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Threatened with Expulsion for Speaking Out about Her Rape

— Guntersville, Alabama Proposes Disarming Citizens in the Event Of a Disaster

— Obama Seeking to Criminalize Biblical Concept of Marriage

— Clint Eastwood Signs Supreme Court Gay Marriage Petition

— In Scotland, Children as Young as Eight Exchanging Sexual Images

— How Progressive Education and Bad Philosophy Corrupted the People and Undermined the Constitution of the United States

— Gay, Transgender Band Breaks Barriers in Christian Music

— Harvard University Steps Up Persecution of Conservatives

— Seven-Year-Old Boy, Josh Welch, Suspended for Shaping His Food into a Gun

— Massachusetts Bill Allows Animal Rights Activists to Sue Sportsmen

— Elderly Woman Dies in California Retirement Facility after Nurse Refuses to Perform CPR

— University of Chicago Performing Abortions on Campus

— Female Students Decry Vomit, Urine, Rape Whistle Tips

— “Really Awesome” Kim Jong Un Parties with Dennis Rodman as North Korean Christians Die

— Bizarre Sex Games in Today’s U.S. Army Training

— Religious Persecution, Rape Still Evident in Kachin State, Myanmar

— Yale University Considers Offering Sex Change Surgeries

— Yale University Hosts Workshop Teaching Sensitivity to Bestiality

— Surrogate Mother Flees Connecticut for Michigan after Baby’s Parents Order Her to Have Abortion

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+ Nomorefakenews.com, 800-743-6179, qjrpress@gmail.com

+ The Leadership Institute, 1101 North Highland Street, Arlington, Virginia 22201, 703-247-2000, Contact Page

+ Assist USA, Post Office Box 609, Lake Forest, California 92609, 949-380-1558, danjuma1@aol.com

+ The Liberty Crier

+ Freedom Outpost, 1116 North Market Street, Paris, Tennessee 38242, 73-644-2220, Contact Page

+ Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80995, 800-232-6459

+ Mission Network News, 1159 East Beltline Avenue Northeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525, 616-942-1500, Fax: 616-942-7328, Contact Page

+ ABC-22, 2245 Corporate Place, Miamisburg, Ohio 45342, 937-263-4500, 937-268-5265, comments@abc22now.com

+ The Washington Times, 3600 New York Avenue Northeast, Washington DC20002, 202-636-3205

+ CNSNews.com, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 877-267-6397, newsdesk@cnsnews.com

+ The Daily Beast, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, editorial@thedailybeast.com

+ Last Resistance, Contact Page

+ The Daily Caller, 1050 17th Street Northwest # 900, Washington DC 20036, 202-466-3004, media@dailycaller.com

+ The Herald, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland G2 3QB, 0141- 302-7000, Fax: 0141-302-7117, On-lineEditor@theherald.co.uk

+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005

+ U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, 801 Kingsmill Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43229, 614-888-4868, Fax: 614-888-0326, info@ussportsmen.org

+ American Vision, 3150-A Florence Road, Suite 2, Powder Springs, Georgia 30127, 800-628-9460, Fax: 770-222-7269, Comments@AmericanVision.org

+ Student Free Press Association, Post Office Box 1996, Woodbridge, Virginia 22195, nharden@thecollegefix.com

+ Institute on Religion and Democracy, 1023 15th Street Northwest, Suite 601, Washington DC 20005-2601, 202-682-4131, Fax: 202-682-4136, info@theird.org

+ Mizzima, Room Number 407, 4th Floor, Pearl Condominium Block C, Kabaraye Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon-11201, Myanmar, 95-1-558675, mizzima@mizzima.com

[10] The Religion of Peace

Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:

— U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Praises Egypt’s “Democracy” as Obama Slips Muslim Brotherhood another US$250 Million

— God’s Gift of Unalienable Rights & Article VI of the Constitution: The Sword & Shield to Stop the Islamization of America

— Muslim Leader at Texas Rally: ‘We are above the law of the land’

— Media Miss Islamists at the National Prayer Breakfast

— Afghan Taliban Claims Homicide Bombings Killing Twenty Police, Fourteen Intel Agents

— Pentagon Report Wrong, Deceives American people on Taliban Attacks, Jihadists Aren’t Declining at All

— More Arrests in Libya after Detention of Foreign Christians

— In Sudan, Christian Convert out of Islam Struggles to See Children under Harsh Islamic Law

— In Bangladesh, Fourteen-Year-old girl Brutally Raped and Then Charged with Adultery Was Lashed to Death

— In Netherlands, Muslim Gang Brutally Beat Up Lone Man