400-408 – Max McClean, talks about the one-man stage play he performs of C. S. Lewis' 1942 classic The Screwtape Letters (screwtapeonstage.com) that he'll be doing next weekend here in Los Angeles at the Alex Theater in Glendale. Showtimes are Saturday (Jan 15) at 4pm and 8pm, and Sunday (Jan 16) at 3pm. More info on their website, or call the Alex Theater at 818-243-ALEX (2539). Max "Screwtape" has played in New York, Chicago, and DC, and is currently on tour to Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Colorado Springs, and more cities being added all the time. Max is also the narrator of three different translations of The Bible on tape, and he's done such other famous Christian works as John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Martin Luther's Here I Stand, Augustine's Conversion, and Jonathan Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. 413-423 – Max McClean 428-437 – Max McClean 443-452 – Max McClean 458-508 – Jefferson Hawkins, worked for the Church of Scientology for more than 30 years, most of that time as a senior marketing executive. He was the brains behind the successful Dianetics campaign of the 1980s. He left Scientology in 2005, and now works as a graphic designer and artist in Portland, Oregon. He is committed to helping individuals and families who have been victimized by Scientology. His blog, Leaving Scientology, is dedicated to exposing the abuses and crimes of the Church of Scientology, and helping people to leave the Church. He's written a book telling his story, entitled Counterfeit Dreams: One man's journey into and out of the world of Scientology (counterfeitdreams.com). • Leaving Scientology Blog (1/2/2011) The End of Dissemination As We Know It. (:30) Rose Parade 1. (Scientology mentioned in the list of KTLA Rose Parade sponsors, "By Scientology – Know Yourself, Know Life.") (:11) Rose Parade 2. ("A very happy new year to our friends at the Auto Club. And Scientology, for taking part in today's Rose Parade telecast.") (1:00) Scientology Ad 1. (Aired during the re-broadcast of KTLA's presentation of the Rose Parade. "To know life, you have to know yourself. Spirit. Mind. Body. These are the parts of man. To know them, is to know life itself.") (1:00) Scientology Ad 2. (Another ad, not sure if it ran during the re-broadcast. "To know life, you have to understand life. Affinity. Reality. Communication. These are the components of understanding. To know them, is to know life itself." 512-523 – Jefferson Hawkins, 528-539 – Jefferson Hawkins, 544-554 – Jefferson Hawkins, 558-608 – Stan Wallace Executive Vice President, International Institute for Christian Studies (iics.com), whose vision is, "The Vision of IICS is that someday every university student in the world will have at least one professor who can articulate and demonstrate the love and Lordship of Jesus Christ for them." To hear some great stories about the ministry, check out Teaching in a Distant Classroom by Terry McCarthy and Mike Romanowski. 612-623 – Stan Wallace 628-639 – Stan Wallace 644-656 – • Mediaite (1/4/2011) Pat Robertson's 2011 Divine Prediction: America "Is In Grave Peril". Video. (2:01) Pat Robertson, Monday 1/3/2011 on 700 Club, giving his annual predications. (This is what the Lord said. 'Your country is in grave peril. The leaders have harkened to the demands of interest groups and have led your nation into bankruptcy. In two years will come a time of reckoning. Your creditors will demand payment, and there will not be enough to satisfy their claims. Your currency will shrink in value; your bonds will lose value. People on fixed incomes will suffer. Unemployment will escalate, and there will be turmoil. I will protect my people, but warn them now about what is coming. Tell them to get out of debt and restrict purchases now. My glory will shine throughout the Earth. Everywhere men will be seeking solutions to their problems. Many will turn to me, many will curse and revile me. It will not be a time of happiness. Bitter recriminations, revolutions, increasing turmoil. In the midst of that, CBN will prosper, Regent (Robertson's university) will prosper, and the ACLU (Robertson's legal group) will be needed as never before. [He's corrected, he meant to say ACLJ]. And God's going to give us extraordinary miracles. It's going to be another good year for CBN, but it's going to be tough for the world." (:32) Robertson shorter. • The Daily Caller (1/4/2011) Pat Robertson shares his predictions for 2011. // The next president, Robertson added, "will preside over an impoverished nation" in 2012. He also referred to the next president as "a man," perhaps irking supporters of former Alaska governor and possible Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin. "Oh, there's something else the Lord said," Robertson noted at the end of his interview. According to the 79 year-old ex-Baptist minister, God is "not going to let men destroy the world with nuclear bombs." Robertson has previously predicted a devastating tsunami hitting the Pacific Northwest in 2006, a massive terrorist attack in 2007, and Christ's return to earth "by the end of 1982." • Fox News (1/4/2011) Judges rule cross at Calif. park unconstitutional. • Thomas Sowell, NRO (1/4/2011) 'Saving' the Housing Market: Why should everyone else pay for the reckless? • WSJ (1/5/2011) The GOP Opportunity: The main Republican task will be framing the issues for 2012.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
