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compilation of the news articles
posted on our site during the previous
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November 9 - Spiritual leaders gather in Aspen / Group hopes to discover collective voice
Article: One World Religion
Comment
from
UTT:
The spiritual
climate of America
is changing as the following article indicates!
Spiritual leaders
from several faiths met together in Aspen to
discuss the new
climate that will bring all religions together for
peace, hope and
prosperity. We strongly suggest that you read the
entire article to see
where the future of Bible believing
Christianity will be
headed.
ASPEN - About 150 spiritual
leaders from around the world
have descended upon Aspen,
working together over four
days to form a collective voice of peace in
an effort to bring healing to the
nation, which is facing
unprecedented
challenges.
Organizers said that during the
past several years, the nation has
become politically and
religiously polarized. The initiative is an
effort to end the divisions by
tapping
the values shared by all
religious traditions and focusing on the vision
of unity.
Dr. Tom Coburn, president of
Naropa University in Boulder, said he has
found the summit to be
extremely significant in that it
has
recognized people's commonalties and
celebrated their
differences.
The goal is to find a new vehicle for
religious leaders so their
collective voices can provide guidance in
times of crisis and be an
inspiration for a new type of activism,
based on love and
compassion, rather than fear and anger.
Organizers said that the
religious voice of the Fundamental
Christian Right has dominated
the country for several years and it
represents a minority of
Americans. That's why the initiative conducted
an extensive
search
to find respected leaders from
the Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, contemplative
Christian, Jewish and Muslim
faiths -
who aren't advocating for the
superiority of one faith,
themselves or their churches.
"We
have come together across
spiritual lines, because that is where the
great mystical energy
resides," said Benedictine
Sister Joan Chittister, co-chair
of the Global Peace Initiative of Women
(GPIW).
The summit wraps up today,
starting with meditation and
yoga at the Aspen Meadows Gym.
Discussions begin 9 a.m. The
day's activities close at 4 p.m.
with an inter-spiritual
ceremony.
Merriam said she hopes the
spiritual coalition will gain momentum in the
coming months and contribute
to the nation's most pressing challenges,
and ultimately lead to a paradigm shift
in the world's leadership.
"A
new spiritual energy is emerging in the
country," she said.
"Just as the political landscape is changing,
so too is the spiritual
landscape. We must tap
this new energy to gain a
forward looking vision of how to advance our
national well
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November 10 - Olmert: We must cede parts of Jerusalem
Article: Israel And The Last Days
Comment from UTT:
The further division of the
nation Israel and Jerusalem will be a
catalyst that will bring about
God's hand in the last days scenario that
is foretold in the
Bible.
Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert on Monday
used a Jerusalem memorial ceremony for former
prime minister Yitzhak
Rabin
to reiterate that Israel
must be willing to
cede parts of the capital.
"If we
want to
keep Israel Jewish
and democratic, we need to
give up parts of the
homeland we have dreamed about for generations
and [mentioned] in
our prayers, even Arab neighborhoods of
Jerusalem, and to
return to a 1967 Israel
with certain
amendments," he said, at the state
ceremony on
Mount Herzl, where
Rabin is buried.
"The decision must be made
now. The moment of
truth has arrived.
There is no escaping it, but [the opportunity]
can be missed. If,
God forbid, we dither, we will lose the support
for the idea of two
states. There is no need to expand on the
alternative Rabin will
win," he continued.
"Every
government
must tell the truth
and this truth will
unfortunately make
us divide many parts of the homeland, in Judea,
Samaria,
Jerusalem and the Golan Heights," he
told the
Knesset.
"Whoever thinks that it's
possible to
duck out of a
decision and also to continue to build ties with Arab
and Muslim
counties, like we are doing today, is living in a
dream."
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November 10 - Brown says time to build global society
Article: One World Government
Comment from
UTT:
The path to a global economic
New World Order that will involve the
cooperative effort of major
nations around the world is becoming more
and more apparent fulfilling
Biblical prophecy.
LONDON (Reuters) -
The international
financial crisis has given world
leaders a unique opportunity
to create a truly global
society,
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will say in a
keynote foreign policy speech on
Monday.
In his annual speech at the
Lord Mayor's Banquet, Brown -- who has
spearheaded calls for the reform of
international financial institutions -- will
say
Britain, the United States and Europe are
key to forging a new
world
order.
"The alliance between
Britain and the U.S. -- and more broadly
between Europe and the U.S. -- can
and must provide leadership, not in order
to make the rules ourselves,
but to lead the global effort to
build a stronger and more just
international
order," an excerpt from the
speech says.
"Uniquely in this global
age, it is now in our power to come
together so that 2008 is remembered not
just for the failure of a financial crash that
engulfed the world but for
the resilience and optimism with which we
faced the storm, endured it and
prevailed," Brown will say in his
speech on Monday evening. "...And if we
learn from our experience of turning unity
of purpose into unity of action, we can
together seize this moment of change
in our world to create a truly global
society."
Brown will also identify
five stages for tackling the economy,
starting with recapitalising banks so
they can resume lending to families and
businesses, and
better international
co-ordination of fiscal and
monetary
policy.
He also wants immediate
action to stop the spread of the financial
crisis to middle-income
countries, with a
new facility for the International
Monetary Fund, and agreement on a
global trade deal, as well as
reform of the global financial
system.
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November 10 - G20 leaders to struggle to reshape global economy
Article: One World Government
Comment from
UTT:
Reading the
current news items of our day, at times, seem to be
surreal. Global
events are unfolding that Bible Prophecy scholars
were warning
about decades ago. However, as these events take
place,
there are fewer
and fewer who understand the significance of the
events because
Bible prophecy is meaningless to them. The new
global
economic order
that will set up a one world monetary system with a
common currency
is just around the corner.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - World
leaders will struggle to overcome differences at
next weekend's emergency
summit on how to reshape the global financial
system and give a
greater voice to developing nations.
The G20 meeting in Brazil's
business capital also exposed
opposing views on
how to regulate financial
markets and the role institutions like the
International Monetary Fund
should play in overseeing a new
global economic
order.
France,
which holds the rotating
European Union presidency, is leading a drive
for tough new regulations and
oversight in financial markets.
Many countries want to beef up the IMF and some
want to give it a regulatory
surveillance role.
"I think
everybody has in mind that we
really need the world leadership to take
action," he
said.
In a rare show of unity, the
so-called BRIC club of fast-
growing emerging economies -- Brazil,
Russia, India and China --
issued a joint
statement on Friday calling for
a heftier role in shaping the new global
financial
architecture.
Brazil also called for the G20
to replace the rich-nation G7
as the main forum to decide on global
economic affairs, a cause that
was backed by many developing countries
and the IMF's Strauss-
Kahn.
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We hope the Weekly News In Review has been a
blessing to you.
Sincerely,
Roger Oakland
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