upsets jews and christians who say the move mark.dmark, it is about delegitimizing israel. >> reporter: palestinians celebrating the naming of the church of the nativity as a world heritage site, but were even happier that they officially recognized palestine in its decision. >> it is a beginning. we see it as in the correct direction of our rights. >> reporter: that's why israel and evangelical christians are angry. >> the church of nativity is being manipulated by the palestinians, only in order to score some more propaganda points against israel. >> reporter: foreign ministry mobilization man dugal says palestinians arranged this to falsely blame israel for endangering the church. >> we don't object to the site being included on the world heritage site because the world heritage site list has preservation work and so on and so on. >> unesco's decision follows upon their resolution last year to accept palestine as a member state. >> reporter: last year the u.s. cut $60 million to unesco after it admitted palestinian as a full membe

christian. they weren't supporting the tyranny and the autocratic governments, but they were protected. but now that that fracture is being demolished and potentially destroyed, there is real concern that again, just like in electro, the muslim brotherhood might take over and put christians in a precarious situation. >> in both egypt and syria, we're seeing christians deciding to leave. some are actually refugees from iraq. with all of these trouble going on, are these christians running out of safe haven? >> they are. like in 2003 when the iraq war started, the muslim against christian violence, thousands left. some of them fled to syria. and now those christians in syria don't know where to go. some may be going to jordan, which might be the last safe haven. but, on the other hand, many christians are staying. they're what they call m.b.b., who were once muslims and now are christians. they plan to stay and preach the gospel to those muslims. >> you mentioned iraq, and you recently talked with

♪ you didn't have to be so nice ♪ >> today on christian world news, a shooting at a christian conservativeup in washington. is political correctness leading to violence against christians in the u.s.? plus getting right in the land down under. this christian leader aims to reshape politics in australia, while leading a movement for spiritual revival as well. and from the trash pile to the courts of the king. this woman made her living digging for junk until she found a christian ministry willing to help her climb out. >> wendy: is political correctness leading to violence against christians? hello, everyone, i'm wendy griffith. well, this week a gunman walked into the lobby of the family research council and opened fire. the shooting is heating up the debate about supporters of same-sex marriage, labelling their opponents at hate groups. paul strand has the story from washington. >> reporter: the suspect, 28-year-old floyd corkins is a volunteer worker at a washington community centre for the homosexual and transgender population of d.c. a neighbor said of the attack. >> i'm very shocked.

christians and jews come together, and they can never mention jesus. christians are afraid of offending the jews, the jews are uncomfortable with the mention of jesus. >> growing up in a predominantly roman catholic neighborhood in massachusetts, levine had the impression that the christianity of her friends was just a different form of her family's judaism. and then she heard otherwise. >> when i was in second grade, a little girl accused me of having killed her lord because she had been taught that the jews were responsible for the death of jesus. and i couldn't fathom how this religion that had such beautiful attributes and a jewish man named jesus and the same bible was saying horrible things about jews. so i started asking questions. >> she says her lifelong study has shown her how embedded jesus was in the jewish tradition. >> he teaches like a jew. he talks in parables. and jews then knew that parables were not simple banal little stories. they were designed to shake us up, to get us to see the world in a new way, to challenge us. and jesus is j

>> wendy: today on christian world news, they kidnapped missionaries and persecuted christians. the rebel group that has terrorized the southern philippines for decades, and the christian leaders who stayed to face the danger. >> plus a mass baptism for dozens of former hindus. see what sparked this amazing survival. >> wendy: and running on faith. this woman is competing for the u.s. at the london olympics, but she says the real prize is serving jesus. ♪ >> george: and welcome, everyone, to this week's edition of christian world news. i'm george thomas. >> wendy: and i'm wen giv wendy griffith. for years, the abu saif terrorized the southern philippines. they shocked the world in 2002 by kidnapping american missionaries, martin and grace. today they're still at work, but are they as dangerous as they once were? i went back to basil island to find out. it is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and in many ways, untouched by time and progress. but for nearly three decades, a deadly enemy has preyed on the people living in the southern philippines. the enemy, ab siaf, which

for the early christians and christians today, the fish is exactly that - a powerful sacred symbol. fishing in acre couldn't be more commonplace. since the earliest settlement on this spot, fishermen have turned to the ocean for sustenance. however, in jesus's ministry, and as a symbol for early christians, the fish takes on sacred power. walking by the sea of galilee, he tells his first disciples he will make them fishers of men. further up the coast, a pilgrim will find the church of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes - a sacred space commemorating the spot where jesus fed 5,000 followers with just five loaves and two small fishes. again, what is ordinary - bread and fish - becomes extraordinary through a hierophany that is now a foundational part the christian mythos. in fact, the sacred fish - a common symbol in the pagan world - was also pervasive in the earliest christian communities. the simple fish symbol, arranged by taking the letters from the greek word for fish, came to secretly symbolize the words "jesus christ," "god's son," "savior." as christian doctrine dev

they say dan cathy is against christian equality because of his christian beliefs. sick of the media repeating this automatically. i would say to them, what is christian about it? christ did not mention gay people. you could make the argument that he was pro gay but that's another whole other debate. you can only use the book of leviticus. that's all. you can't use romans. st. paul is not talking about consensual same sex relationship. he word he used was soft, weak the king james bible changeed that to hopefully sexual. christ said you have to love god with all your heart with all your neighbor. and if you want a government based on christian values, it has nothing to do he aposhianing abortion or same-sex marriage. you got to take care of the poor. you got to take care of the sick, you got to take care of the convicts. that's a government based on christian values. dan cathy is allowed to be a bigot. it's a free country. no one is trying to take away his free speech. talk all you want, dan. say what you want to say. it will be funny in 20 years when chick-fil-a bo

and muslims clasped hands to protect christians celebrating mass. i think that spirit of unity and fellowship was a very moving part of how egyptians and all the rest of us responded to what happened in those days in that square. if, in the years ahead, egyptians continue to respect that precious tradition of what every single egyptian can contribute to the future of their country, where people of different faiths will be standing together in fellowship, then they can bring hope and healing to many communities in egypt who need that message. as we look to the future, not only in egypt, not only in the newly free and democratically- seeking states of north africa and the middle east, but far beyond, we will continue to advocate strongly for religious freedom. this is a bedrock priority of our foreign policy, one that we carry out in a number of ways. earlier today, the united states did release our annual international religious freedom report. this is the fourth time i have had the honor of presenting it. it comprehensively catalogs the official and

we know that the virgin birth was not a part of the earliest christian preaching. the earliest generation, the earliest decades of christian preaching had to do with the resurrection, the fact that this man who is crucified is our messiah and god raised him from the dead. that was the systems of the early preaching. it was in the succeeding decades as more questions began to arise as the notion of jesus' did i have vicinity began to really take hold that questions were to arise that well, if he was divine how did tha happen? and then questions of his birth became very important questions. it's very clear that, for example, luke went back and had to do research. he had to investigate. he tells us that at the start of his gospel. in order to find out what he calls the exact truth. and the fact that he concluded that jesus was born of a virgin may well be because that was a part of the tradition that he discovered as he went back and did his research. >> do you have thoughts on what you're hearing? >> of course i do. this is my business. >> what are your thoughts? >>

christian you before we go to the record syria of course. syria has killed great number of american troops in iraq they facilitated the flow of foreign fighters then they supply lines are terrorists they are perhaps the chief sponsor of has blown long with iran they are iran's mini me in the area they have they've they're building a nuclear so the israeli modern history will change all of that and local weapons democracy will change now it's the this is the big i don't think it's not really arguing that it's as simple as that all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syria at stake with our team. my name is richard davis i'm an architectural photographer from london and i've been traveling in russia for the last ten years on a project photograph wooden chair choose obviously i fell in love with the tragedies they are extraordinary ok it's a beautiful opiates and the church is is a religious monumental obviously but it's also an object of wonder you know it's something t

christian you have before we go to the record and go ahead syria of course. syria has killed great number of american troops in iraq they facilitated the flow of foreign fighters then they supply answer terrorists they are perhaps the chief sponsor of has blown long with iran they are iran's mini me in the area and they have they've they're building a nuclear so if that is what it was obviously will change all of that and local weapons democracy will change all that now it's the this is the big i don't think it's not our arguing that it's as simple as that all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syria stay with our team. and if you. want. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture. good old started here before going global and now it's my. choose your place take your stuff. to. make your

that's where christian hiss' corporation comes in."regionalwert" offers ordinary consumers like you and me the chance to literally put our money where our mouth is. the award-winning concept has already found some 500 shareholders worth around 2 million euros. funds that are making a real difference. >> it's been a while since christian hiss worked his farm. but right now he's needed. the cows can't wait -- when it's milking time, everyone pitches in. taking care of the livestock, getting up early, hard work and little or no vacation are not popular working conditions these days. christian hiss has seen many farms close down here in the breisgau area. that gave him an idea: he found a way to bring idle farms together with young farmers just starting out. >> a very strong motivation for me was the element of offering young people an opportunity and advising and supporting them while they get started, and then providing the means of financing them. whether they're in the city or the country -- it doesn't matter. nowadays, rural areas ar

christian you before we go to the record and syria of course. syria has killed great number of american troops in iraq they facilitated the flow of foreign fighters then they supply lines are terrorists they are perhaps the chief sponsor of has blown long with iran they are iran's mini me in the area they have they've they're building a nuclear so if that is what it was obviously it will change all of that and local weapons sales democracy will change all that now it's the this is the big i don't think it's that are are going that it's as simple as that all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syria stay with our team. and. he's. wealthy british style some time to write in the times. of the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on. my name is richard davis i'm an architectural photographer from london that i've been traveling in russia for the last ten years on a project photograph wouldn't choose obviously i fell in love with

christianity and christian values.ad of anger, she didn't engage him. she was, she was -- >> bob: i will grant you that the specific about gays and that sort of thing. this guy, the coo of the fish fillet of whatever it is. chicken filet. >> eric: chick-fil-a. great idea. >> andrea: it's chicken in french. >> bob: i knew that. the fact of the matter is the bible is specific about what you do and don't do trying to look out for your fellow people. he was not being a christian. >> eric: chick-fil-a. you know they're closed on sunday. right? >> bob: i guess. >> eric: so is no doubt that the man is a christian. he runs his business along the line of bag good christian. all of a sudden he makes a statement. nothing to do with the business. >> bob: the diamond district here is closed on saturday. >> eric: so he says i'm in favor, i believe in marriage between one man and one woman. then all of a sudden my goodness, don't buy chicken. >> kimberly: he was just talking about his values. >> bob: speaking as the coo of chick-fil-

christian you before we go to the record syria of course. syria has killed great number of american troops in iraq they facilitated the flow of foreign fighters then they supply answer terrorists they are perhaps the chief sponsor of hezbollah long with iran they are iran's mini me in the area they are building a nuclear. weapon democracy will change now it's this is a battle against all arguing that it's as simple as that all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syria stay with our team. and. good luck. to build a most sophisticated. doesn't sound anything mission to teach creation and why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only. the for. the for. loop to be soon which brightened a few. songs from fans to questions. whose flames dance on t.v. dot com. the first. place. plug and. story. comes from the field of. play. welcome back to cross talk you know about my job we're talking about the syrian civil war. plane and. story. and now we're joined by

let's tell you a little bit more about hin haven christian children's ranch. it is unregulated, unlicensed, unaccredited, its teachers are uncertified by the state of montana. the state is required to oversee public and private schools, but not religious schools. who oversees pinehaven? pinehaven oversees pinehaven. who is responsible to make sure that the teachers are good, your counselors are good, and your kids behave? >> i am. >> reporter: larsson says he has the teachers licensed out of state, but not in montana. which is one of many states where government has no oversight of religious schools. the montana legislature considered a bill to require religious school oversight. but this former state legislator fought the attempt to regulate pinehaven. >> the truth is, i did not know the breadth and depth of what was going on at pinehaven. >> reporter: but now former representative jeanne windham is trying to get the legislature to reverse that vote because she believes pinehaven has abused children. >> that doesn't sound very christian to me. >> reporter: la

or the christian christians in egypt.mething that they are going to be worried about. >> and if just by the people that you talked to when they see something like this, does it concern them? does it worry them that you have a conservative group that is on tv or really a test for them for all of the groups to have more religious tolerance? >> well, right now what we are seeing in egypt really is a lot of soul searching for what is their religious identify. and so we are seeing right now kind of a tug of war between the conservative conservatives and the moderates. the moderates want a more inclusive society to express your opinions and the conservatives are telling us, no sh no, this is the way we should run a country and this is the way we are going to do it. so you have a battle in between, but the people who will watch are the minorities and egypt has a lot of minorities. they have 10% christian population and they have a very small jewish population, so these are the people who are going to be ultimately affected by wh

christian?ave a branding problem probably. and some of that is we've probably brought on ourselves, you know. it's like with this new show, when obviously based on the success "are you smarter than a fifth grader." gsn comes to me and says what would you feel about doing something similar but a bible show. immediately, i step back and say, i don't know if you can do this about the bible. i said to my wifif anybody beats me up, it won't be the secular world. it will be a christian group because somewhere along the line we've lost the joy. we get back to the legalistic thing on performance and really the message of christianity is it's not based on your goodness, it's not based on my goodness, it's based on the mercy of a loving god. >> part of the problem that seems to me is when i've had real die hard christians on the show, kirk cameron is the best example. he's probably not a bad guy, and he has his believes. but it was he talked about homosexuality, the way he talked about it as it was the en

says even matters what jeff christian. basically been. either put forward or we put himself forward as something of an apologist for the existing billion banking system he's constantly stated that anybody who has issue with the l.p.m. a fractional reserve system and that they don't understand gold and silver and how it's trading setter and so he's very much takes the other side of the argument from those of us who believe there is a big structural problem indeed the formal investigation c s d c put on a couple of years ago into silver manipulation he was used as the individual put forward to those allegations and you know he did a radio interview recently which caught my attention maybe because it seemed to be a substantial change in tone he basically said that he felt the people who owned unallocated gold within the local london system or at least some of them thought they probably had allocated in those that didn't perhaps didn't understand what unallocated meant and furthermore the unallocated gold ownership isn't actua

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most of whom were cops -- christians. today, no government official has been held accountable in this attack. in burma, long tensions erupted in violence against communities. in other countries, governments this use laws to restrict freedom of religion, expression, and creativity. and tibetans protesting chinese policies desperate -- chemistry desperation. russia in this pakistan and up to national security to restrict the rights of peaceful groups. other governments use registration laws to restrict the rights of religious communities. in number of countries including hungary and central asia have laws that make legal registration for religious communities difficult. this means an unregistered groups are ineligible for state financial support or tax benefits and unable to own property. in some central asian countries, and registered groups are frequently unable to gather to worship. this favoritism can empower societal abuse. in several countries, governments limited the right to wear or not we're religious attire. this

he may not be a christian, but he certainly adopted the judeo-christian view. he adopted the view of god the and christians have. judge, protect her, give her a creator. i think there is a view they are, it could clue for god. it may not be the christian god, but it's a god in light of the christian worldview and that is the god they played in all important role in the creation of this country. john page, virginia state senator classic jefferson wrote to jefferson two weeks after the declaration. he wrote this, because he received a declaration that a lot of americans were excited to a lot convince they were squashed us and we're a reason excited about the declaration. john wrote this. we know the rates are not swift, nor the battles of the strong. do you not need financial race in the whirlwind interact with storm? in other words, do not believe we have to play and and providence helping us in this? the race is not always go to the swift or the strong. do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm? i want to talk about the rule of vir