400-408 – Mike Johnson, senior attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund (telladf.org), on today's Day of Silence (dayofsilence.org), and Monday's Day of Truth (dayoftruth.org) in response.
• LAT, Day of Silence in schools.
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413-423 – USAF Ret. Lt. General Tom McInerney, former director of the Defense Performance Review and current military analyst for Fox News, on rising tensions in the Middle East. [Tom's latest book is Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror.]
• Newsmax, (4/23), Ross Issues Urgent Warning on Iran.
428-437 – Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Church in San Diego (skylinechurch.org) and leader of the Protect Marriage Amendment (protectmarriage.com), on what he sees as the biggest challenges facing the church. [Jim's latest book is The Secret Revealed: Exposing the Truth About the Law of Attraction.]
443-452 – Ron Hill, pastor of Love and Unity Church of God in Christ in Compton (loveandunity.org), on the issues of race and gender in this election. Pastor Ron can be heard weekdays at 5pm on KTYM AM 1460 (ktym.com).
458-508 – Rick Monday, a major-leaguer for 19 years, and now broadcaster for the Dodgers, along with Brian Pickering, a statistician for the Dodgers, tell us how Rick saved an American flag from burning in Dodger Stadium 32 years ago today. They also tell us about another save Rick made involving Brian's daughter.
• Chicago Cubs (4/25/06), Monday's act heroic after 30 years.
512-523 – • AP, Rev. Wright Sounds Off On Controversial Comments In New Interview.
(1:58) JW with Moyers, on the importance of hearing his sermons in context.
(3:34) JW on 9/16/01, "The Day of Jerusalem's Fall" Sermon, "Chickens coming home to roost" full context.
528-539 – (2:52) JW on 9/16/01, "Declaring War"
544-554 – (2:09) JW on 4/13/03, "Confusing God and Government" Sermon, "War On Peace."
(1:40) JW on 4/13/03, "God ≠ Gov't"
• (5:37) JW on 4/13/03, "Govt's Lie 1"
558-608 – • (3:06) JW on 4/13/03, "Govt's Lie 2"
612-623 – (:41) JW on 4/13/03, "Election Stolen"
628-639 – (:19) JW with Moyers, on the separate roles of pastor and politician
644-655 – (2:50) JW on 4/13/03, Long "GD America."
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(1:02) JW with Moyers, on leading Barack to the faith
(1:17) JW with Moyers, on black anger
(2:51) Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Whoopi Goldberg debate on the view this week about role of race in the 2008 election. Co-host Sherri Shepherd also joins in.
• Christian News Wire, Ashamed of Jesus at the National Day of Prayer.
• Dr. Ravi Zacharias, 2008 Honorary Chairman, National Day of Prayer Task Force.
Holy Father, in a world where so many are hungry, You have given us food in abundance;
In a world where so many are hurting, You offer to bind up our wounds;
In a world where so many are lonely, You offer friendship to every heart;
In a world longing for peace, You offer hope.
Yet, we are so stubborn and resistant. Have mercy upon us, Lord.
Our nation is at a crossroads this year; we look to you to be our strength and shield.
Please give us the guidance to elect one who will honor you and to respond to the wisdom from above so that our hope may be renewed and our blessings be treasured.
In God's holy name.
NDOP, Statement
NDOP: STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO CRITICISM OF RAVI ZACHARIAS PRAYER
It's been brought to our attention that Ingrid Schlueter, host of the national Crosstalk radio program and chief architect of the SliceofLaodicea.com Web site, has been spreading malicious reports about the National Day of Prayer, NDP Task Force Chairman Shirley Dobson, and Dr. Ravi Zacharias, our NDP 2008 Honorary Chairman. According to Ms. Schlueter, Dr. Zacharias is "refusing to pray in the name of Jesus Christ in his prayer posted on the official NDP Web site," and is thus liable to the charge of being "ashamed" of Jesus and "capitulating to unscriptural, interfaith ecumenism." Much as we regret the necessity of countenancing such comments with a response, Ms. Schlueter has left us without a choice. Her scurrilous accusations demand a reply.
There are three things that need to be said in answer to this unfortunate campaign of defamation. In the first place, no one who knows anything about Ravi Zacharias and his fearless defense of the Christian faith could possibly come to the conclusion that he is "ashamed of Jesus Christ." Dr. Zacharias is one of the most respected, most effective, and most uncompromising Christian apologists in the world today. His love for the Lord is beyond question. His ministry speaks for itself. We can't possibly add anything to the eloquent testimony of his dedicated service to the Savior.
Second, for those who are aware of the history of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, there can be no doubt about our evangelical perspective. Our Mission Statement and our Vision and Values Statement, as posted on the official NDP Web site (http://www.ndptf.org/about/index.cfm), state that the Task Force represents a Judeo-Christian expression of the national observance, based on our understanding that this country was birthed in prayer and in reverence for the God of the Bible. Calling ourselves a Judeo-Christian ministry does not mean that we see the Jewish and Christian faiths on equal footing. The Task Force was established to represent the Christian expression of the National Day of Prayer – standing firmly for Jesus and His salvation message. We believe in the values, traditions, and moral law of God's Old Testament Bible – but we, unlike those of the Jewish faith – trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as our Messiah.
Third and last, it is worth adding that, from a scriptural perspective, there is a great deal more to the idea of "praying in Jesus' name" than Ms. Schlueter seems to recognize. In the culture of the Bible, a person's "name" was regarded as shorthand for everything the person embodied and represented. To make a request or issue a command "in the name of" a particular individual was to speak with the full backing of that individual's power, authority, virtue, and integrity. "Praying in Jesus' name," then, is not a question of tacking on a few particular words at the end of a prayer, as if they constituted some kind of "magic formula." It's a matter of heart orientation. To "pray in Jesus' name" is to profess that we are authorized to come boldly before the throne of grace (Hebrews 4:16) not on the basis of our own merits, but solely because of His righteousness, His goodness, and the efficacy of His sacrifice on the cross. You can be absolutely sure that when Dr. Zacharias prays, he prays on the basis of this confidence alone.
• Peggy Noonan, The View From Gate 14.
• NRO Editors, Hungry Like the Ethanol Wolf.
• Mona Charen, Let Them Eat Ethanol? Behind the food fight.
• Victor Davis Hanson, Who Is 'They'? Inside the Obama mind.
