26 August 2015

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“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.” [Ezekiel 33:6]

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” [Ephesians 6:12]

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Presbyterians Week Headlines

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[1] United Church of Christ Pastor Blesses Planned Parenthood after It Sells Aborted Babies

[2] Free Church of Scotland Moderator the Rev. David Robertson Says Politicians Are “Threatened” by the LBGT Community into Conforming to Their Views

[3] York, Pennsylvania PCA Pastor the Rev. Suler Acosta Placed on Administrative Leave after Being Charged with Three Prostitution Related Offenses in Frederick County, Maryland

[4] Unexploded Pipe Bomb Found at First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Believed to Be Related to Two Other City Church Bombings

[5] PCA South Florida Presbytery Strips Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Pastor Tullian Tchividjian of Ministry Credentials after Adultery Admission

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[1] United Church of Christ Pastor Blesses Planned Parenthood after It Sells Aborted Babies

A 20 August 2015 LifeNews.com article by Sarah Zagorski titled “United Church of Christ Pastor Blesses Planned Parenthood After It Sells Aborted Babies” reports that United Church of Christ Minister Tom Davis recently offered blessings to Planned Parenthood (PP) following the release of videos showing PP executives haggling over the price of aborted baby body parts and discussing how to alter abortion procedure in order to obtain “fully-intact human cadavers.”

Davis is the author of Sacred Work: Planned Parenthood and Its Clergy Alliances, where he argues that abortion proponents embrace “a form of humane theology” and suggests that others don’t.

Isaiah 5:20 KJV – “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”

Psalm 109:6-8 – “Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his office.”

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+ LifeNews.com, Post Office Box 270841, Fort Collins, Colorado 80527, news@lifenews.com

+ United Church of Christ, 700 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, 216-736-2100, ogm@ucc.org

+ Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 434 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001, 212-541-7800, Fax: 212-245-1845

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[2] Free Church of Scotland Moderator the Rev. David Robertson Says Politicians Are “Threatened” by the LBGT Community into Conforming to Their Views

A 24 August 2015 The Courier article titled “Free Church Moderator Says Politicians ‘Threatened’ into Conforming with LGBT Views” reports that Free Church of Scotland Moderator the Rev. David Robertson says that politicians are being “threatened” by the LBGT community into conforming to their views, and that Christian Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) are pressured into hiding their faith, lest they face “a culture of intimidation and bullying” against those seeking to stand for Biblical values.

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+ The Courier, 80 Kingsway East, Dundee DD4 8SL, Scotland, 01382 223131, courier@dcthomson.co.uk

+ Free Church of Scotland, 15 North Bank Street, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2LS, 0131-226-5286, Fax: 0131-220-0597,  catherine@freechurchofscotland.org.uk

+ The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh EH99 1SP, Scotland, 0131-348-5000, sp.info@scottish.parliament.uk

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[3] York, Pennsylvania PCA Pastor the Rev. Suler Acosta Placed on Administrative Leave after Being Charged with Three Prostitution Related Offenses in Frederick County, Maryland

A 22 August 2015 WTOP Radio article titled “Church: Pastor Charged in Prostitution Sting Placed on Leave” reports that the Rev. Suler Acosta of City Church York (Presbyterian Church in America) of York, Pennsylvania, has been placed on administrative leave by his church after being charged with three prostitution related offenses in Frederick County, Maryland.

The City Church York website reports that on Sunday, 23 August 2015, Pastor Suler Acosta submitted a letter of resignation for his position as pastor of City Church York and asks that prayers be made for City Church, Suler, his wife, and his family.

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+ WTOP Radio, 3400 Idaho Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20016, 202-895-5000

+ Presbyterian Church in America, 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, 678-825-1000, Fax: 678-825-1001, ac@pcanet.org

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[4] Unexploded Pipe Bomb Found at First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Believed to Be Related to Two Other City Church Bombings

A 22 August 2015 Las Cruces Sun-News article titled “Las Cruces Sees Heightened Security after Church Explosions” reports that the unexploded pipe bomb recently found at First Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)) in Las Cruces, New Mexico is believed to be related to two other churches in Las Cruces where bombs exploded but no one was injured.

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+ Las Cruces Sun-News, 256 West Las Cruces Avenue, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88004, 575-541-5400, Fax: 575-541-5498, fleto@lcsun-news.com

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

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[5] PCA South Florida Presbytery Strips Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Pastor Tullian Tchividjian of Ministry Credentials after Adultery Admission

A 21 August 2015 Charisma News article titled “After Affair, Presbyterian Church Strips Tullian Tchividjian of Ministry Credentials” reports that former Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)) pastor Tullian Tchividjian has been deposed  of his pastoral credentials by the PCA’s South Florida Presbytery after his admission of adultery, but the presbytery said they are still committed to Tchividjian’s pastoral care.

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+ Charisma News, 600 Rinehart Road, Lake Mary, Florida 32746, 407-333-0600, Fax: 407-333-7100, webmaster@charismamedia.com

+ Presbyterian Church in America, 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, 678-825-1000, Fax: 678-825-1001, ac@pcanet.org

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