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Christian worship seeks God’s own heart

Edit Wilmington News Journal 29 Jul 2016
Think about your church experience. Now, imagine with me the following scenario. Folks you meet want to talk about what happened at their church last Sunday, particularly how excited they are for next Sunday ... “What is going on?” you ask yourself at 6 a.m. Sunday ... Anyone familiar with the Old Testament knows how dangerous idolatry is. Idolatry is something that God does not tolerate long, by anyone, inside or outside His church....

Fans go crazy for Inter Milan players at Red Bull Arena

Edit NJ dot com 28 Jul 2016
Inter Milan and Estudiantes met for a friendly at Red Bull Arena on July 27, 2016. Watch video. Inter Milan supporters removed their shirts, lunged over the guard rails and placed themselves in a position well beyond the security official's comfort zone. The fans didn't care ... The fan's idolatry for their favorite players outweighed anything that happened on the field ... Red Bulls rule Hudson River Derby ... Melo's game-worn jersey ... ....

Reacting With Hope

Edit Huffington Post 28 Jul 2016
Never before can I remember a time when the question 'What is the world coming to?' seemed most appropriate than the last couple of weeks ... Japan. Germany. Nice. Normandy. Dallas ... But is this not the same as some sort of idolatry, a religion or god fashioned in our own image, to our design, for our purposes? I find that my own faith tends to challenge me to explore beyond my 'natural' thinking and desires, towards something that is better....

Is America ‘good’? (The Family Leader)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Jul 2016
(Source. The Family Leader). by Nathan Oppman. Donald Trump's candidacy has been propelled by his campaign slogan, 'Make America great again.' Such a statement inherently implies America is not 'great,' at least not currently. But I want to take the analysis one step further. Is America even good? ... And that honest assessment begins with recognizing the American culture today rejects God ... Are we not just like them? ... Anything less is idolatry....

Islamic State group: Crisis in seven charts

Edit BBC News 25 Jul 2016
In 2014 militants from so-called Islamic State (IS) seized large parts of Syria and Iraq, putting as many as 10 million people under their control ... Two months later, after the militants advanced on the Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil, the US launched air strikes on IS positions in Iraq ... September 2015 ... IS has ransacked and demolished several similar ancient sites that pre-date Islam in Iraq, denouncing them as symbols of "idolatry" ... Palmyra....

Christian Radio Host Upset: Muslim Spoke At RNC (Video)

Edit Opposing Views 22 Jul 2016
Christian radio host Bryan Fischer lashed out at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on July 20 because Sajid Tarar of American Muslims for Trump gave the closing prayer at the RNC on July 19 (video below) ... "We saw the Republican Party commit a collective and mass sin. They collectively committed the sin of idolatry because they bowed the head, bowed the knee before a false god, before a counterfeit god." ... ....

Top Saudi clerical body says Pokemon Go is 'haram'

Edit Kashmir Observer 20 Jul 2016
Saudi Arabia’s top clerical body has renewed a 15-year-old edict that the Pokemon game franchise is un-Islamic, Saudi media said on Wednesday, although the fatwa made no mention of the successful new Pokemon GO mobile game ... The pre-Islamic era is dismissed as the age of ignorance and its relics are deemed ungodly, and some clerics even see patriotism as tantamount to idolatry ... ....

Top Saudi clerical body renews fatwa against Pokemon

Edit DNA India 20 Jul 2016
--> Noah Browning . Wed, 20 Jul 2016-09.00pm , Dubai , Reuters ... The General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars said it had revived a 2001 decree against a Pokemon card game in response to queries from believers ... The pre-Islamic era is dismissed as the age of ignorance and its relics are deemed ungodly, and some clerics even see patriotism as tantamount to idolatry ... Noah Browning. ....

Saudi Arabia's top clerical body renews fatwa against Pokemon

Edit The Times of India 20 Jul 2016
DUBAI. Saudi Arabia's top clerical body has renewed a 15-year-old edict that the Pokemon game franchise is un-Islamic, Saudi media said on Wednesday, although the fatwa made no mention of the successful new Pokemon GO mobile game ... Nintendo soars on Pokemon success, Tokyo stocks slip ... The pre-Islamic era is dismissed as the age of ignorance and its relics are deemed ungodly, and some clerics even see patriotism as tantamount to idolatry....

Where silence should reign: Pope will pray, not speak, at Auschwitz (Diocese of Allentown)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Jul 2016
(Source. Diocese of Allentown). June 30, 2016 at 4.04 PM. VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Tears and not words. Prayers and not greetings ... He said he wants to go alone and say nothing ... In his speech, he prayed to God, 'Grant us the grace to be ashamed of what we men have done, to be ashamed of this massive idolatry, of having despised and destroyed our own flesh which you formed from the earth, to which you gave life with your own breath of life....

Nigeria: The New Idolatry of a Godless Society

Edit All Africa 17 Jul 2016
[Daily Trust] Gone are the days when ruthless pagan kings and emperors forced Christians to worship pagan gods. In those days, kings were demi-gods. Not to pay obeisance to the king was tantamount to making a pact with death. A great multitude of Christians faced the gory spectacle of public execution on account of their obstinate refusal to worship the king and his god ... Thus, they bore courageous witness to the truth that ... ....

A mathematical theory reveals why you should ignore diet and exercise fads

Edit Business Insider 17 Jul 2016
Getty. Low-fat, no-carb, high-protein, gluten-free — the list of diet fads is endless. Computer scientist Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths say you should probably ignore them all. Christian and Griffiths are the co-authors of "Algorithms to Live By ... "There's often a gap between what you can measure and what really matters," Christian tells Tech Insider ... Christian and Griffiths call this the "idolatry of data." ... ....

LISTEN: Breitbart’s Kassam Destroys Pro-Shariah Muslim American On Sean Hannity Show

Edit Breitbart 16 Jul 2016
“So tell the listeners to this show, do you believe that the punishment for adultery should be death? Do you believe that the punishment for apostasy should be death? Do you believe that voting is shirk [the Islamic sin of idolatry, ......
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