Great Preaching from an Athiest (who eventually committed suicide)

Hobart Mowrer, from "Sin, the Lesser of Two Evils,"

"For several decades, we psychologists have looked upon the whole matter of sin and moral accountability as a great incubus, and acclaimed our liberation from it as epic-making. But at length we have discovered that to be free, in this sense to have the excuse to being sick rather than being sinful, is to court the danger of also becoming lost.

This danger, I believe, is betokened by the widespread interest in existentialism which we are presently witnessing. In becoming a-moral, ethically neutral, and free we have cut the very roots of our being, lost our deepest sense of selfhood, and identity. And with neurotics themselves, we find ourselves asking, who am I, what is my deepest destiny, and what does living really mean?"

List of Islamic Terror Attacks in the Past Two Months

Date Country City Killed Injured Description
2009.01.18 Pakistan Swat 4 2 Two brothers murdered in their home are among four people taken out by Mujahideen.
2009.01.17 Afghanistan Nangarhar 1 2 A civilian is taken down by a Fedayeen suicide bomber in a minivan.
2009.01.17 Afghanistan Kabul 4 23 A woman and child are among four civilians killed outside the German embassy when a Holy Warrior detonates beside them.
2009.01.17 Iraq Baghdad 1 1 Jihad bombers kill the driver of a municipal vehicle.
2009.01.17 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Two innocent guards at a cell phone tower are gunned down by Sunni extremists.
2009.01.17 Pakistan Miranshah 1 0 An Afghan civilian is murdered by the Taliban.
2009.01.17 Pakistan Matani 1 0 A faith healer is abducted and beheaded by Islamists.
2009.01.17 Somalia Mogadishu 2 9 al-Shabab militants take out two civilians during an attack on African peacekeepers.
2009.01.17 Algeria Miliana 1 0 A man has his throat slit by Islamic fundamentalists at a fake roadblock.
2009.01.16 Iraq Mosul 1 0 The local Christian owner of a car repair shop is brutally murdered by Islamic terrorists.
2009.01.16 Iraq Mosul 1 2 Mujahideen storm a home and murder a woman inside.
2009.01.15 Pakistan Miranshah 1 0 A 30-year-old civilian is abducted and murdered by Islamic radicals.
2009.01.15 Somalia Kismayo 1 0 Islamists assassinate a former statesman after 'sentencing' him to death.
2009.01.14 Iraq Mosul 2 4 A Holy Warrior takes out two Iraqis with a suicide belt.
2009.01.14 Pakistan Quetta 4 0 Four Shia are ambushed and killed by Sunni militants with automatic weapons.
2009.01.14 Somalia Mogadishu 6 18 A half-dozen civilians are killed due to an Islamist mortar attack on the presidential palace.
2009.01.13 Thailand Narathiwat 1 4 A local soldier succumbs to shrapnal injuries following a Religion of Peace bombing attack.
2009.01.13 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two village chiefs are shot to death in Muslim drive-by attacks.
2009.01.13 Pakistan Matta 3 4 A beheaded rickshaw driver is among three people killed in separate terror attacks.
2009.01.13 Pakistan Miranshah 1 0 A civilian is abducted and brutally beheaded by religious radicals.
2009.01.13 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two civilians are shot to death by Mujahideen.
2009.01.12 Pakistan North Waziristan 2 0 Two brothers are abducted and brutally murdered by Mujahideen.
2009.01.12 Iraq Baghdad 8 31 Eight Iraqis are burned or blasted to death in three Jihad bombings.
2009.01.12 Somalia Mogadishu 13 30 At least thirteen people are killed in a brutal mortar attack by Islamic militia.
2009.01.12 Pakistan Hangu 5 21 Five more people are killed in sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia.
2009.01.12 Ingushetia Nazran 1 1 Islamic snipers pick off a local soldier.
2009.01.11 Pakistan Mohmand 6 7 Taliban militants overrun a military base, killing at least six local soldiers.
2009.01.11 Algeria Merine 2 2 A mother and child are gunned down by armed Islamists at a fake roadblock.
2009.01.11 Somalia Guriel 30 50 al-Shabaab hardline fundamentalists attack a rival group, leaving about thirty people dead.
2009.01.11 Thailand Yala 3 2 Two Buddhists are among three farmers shot to death by Islamic terrorists.
2009.01.11 Iraq Mosul 5 4 Five Iraqis are murdered by Islamic militants in two attacks.
2009.01.11 Pakistan Swat 4 0 A father and son are among four civilians shot to death by Taliban militants in three attacks.
2009.01.11 Pakistan Bajaur 0 4 Religious extremists abduct and then chop the ears off of four private security guards.
2009.01.10 Pakistan Hangu 47 60 A Muslim group attacks a rival funeral, setting off Sunni-Shia violence that leaves nearly fifty dead over the next four days.
2009.01.10 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 54-year-old civilian is gunned down by Mujahideen.
2009.01.10 Pakistan Sibi 2 0 Two Shias are assassinated by Sunni terrorists.
2009.01.09 Israel Rehovot 0 1 A Muslim yells 'Allah Akbar' and strikes a Jewish teen with an axe.
2009.01.09 Afghanistan Nimroz 10 3 A Shahid blows himself up in a fruit shop, taking out ten patrons and employees.
2009.01.09 Somalia Gedo 1 5 Islamic militants assassinate a local mayor with a rocket.
2009.01.09 Iraq Baghdad 9 15 A child is among nine Iraqis taken out be Jihadi bomber in three attacks.
2009.01.09 Pakistan Lahore 0 5 Fundamentalists bomb movie theaters accused of showing 'anti-Islamic' films.
2009.01.09 Pakistan Swat 2 0 Two locals are abducted and butchered by Islamic militants.
2009.01.08 Afghanistan Kandahar 3 21 A Holy Warrior takes out three civilians with an explosives belt.
2009.01.08 Iraq Jalawla 6 7 Six Iraqis are blown up in a Jihad bomb attack.
2009.01.07 Somalia Yubsan 1 0 A humanitarian worker and father of five is shot to death in cold blood by Islamic terrorists.
2009.01.07 Somalia Yaqshid 4 2 Four local soldiers are killed when Islamists stop their vehilce with a roadside bomb, then toss a grenade at the survivors.
2009.01.07 Pakistan Swat 2 0 Two civilians are shot to death by terrorists in separate incidents.
2009.01.07 Pakistan North Waziristan 2 0 Two Afghan civilians are kidnapped and brutally executed by religious radicals.
2009.01.07 Pakistan Hungu 4 1 Four policemen die from burns and shrapnel during a Taliban rocket attack.
2009.01.07 Pal. Auth. Gaza 6 0 Three brothers are among six people shot to death by Hamas militants.
2009.01.06 Iraq Mosul 2 6 A Shahid successfully kills two civilians with a suicide bomb.
2009.01.06 Iraq Baghdad 4 6 Four Iraqis are taken out by roadside bombers.
2009.01.06 Thailand Pattani 1 0 An Islamic terror attack leaves a 47-year-old security man dead.
2009.01.06 Pakistan Mingora 6 0 Six local cops are kidnapped and brutally executed by Sunni radicals.
2009.01.05 Iraq Baghdad 3 6 Jihadis plant a bomb outside a soccer stadium, killing three Iraqis.
2009.01.05 Pakistan Quetta 2 0 Two Shia civilians are shot to death by Sunni militants.
2009.01.05 Afghanistan Kandahar 3 1 Religious extremists attack a police post, killing three local officers.
2009.01.05 Pakistan Swat 2 0 Two persons are murdered by Mujahideen in separate attacks, including a woman in her home.
2009.01.05 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 A pro-government mosque leader is taken out by Islamic gunmen
2009.01.05 Pakistan Bannu 3 0 Three family men are abducted and executed by the Taliban.
2009.01.05 Thailand Narathiwat 1 1 Religious radicals gun down a 51-year-old cop.
2009.01.05 Thailand Yala 1 2 A villager is shot to death by Mujahid while standing with his neighbors.
2009.01.05 Thailand Narathiwat 1 1 Islamists shoot at a married couple with automatic weapons, killing the husband and injuring his wife.
2009.01.04 Pakistan Swat 2 0 Muslim fundamentalists abduct and brutally execute two police officers, beheading one and hanging his head from a pole.
2009.01.04 Thailand Pattani 1 1 Muslim gunmen murder a Buddhist man and injure his wife as they are riding in their vehicle.
2009.01.04 Pakistan Di Khan 10 25 Islamic bombers blast at least ten people to death in an attack at a college campus.
2009.01.04 Iraq Baghdad 36 72 Dozens of women and children are blown to bits by a Shahid suicide bomber targeting a crowd of Shiite pilgrims near a shrine.
2009.01.04 Pakistan Matta 3 0 Three persons are murdered by suspected Taliban gunmen.
2009.01.04 Pal. Auth. Gaza 35 75 The Islamic terror group, Hamas, 'executes' thirty-five rivals and maims over seventy others over the course of several days.
2009.01.03 Iraq Baghdad 4 16 Shia pilgrims are among the victims of two Sunni bombing attacks.
2009.01.02 Pakistan Bajaur 1 0 Muslim terrorists shoot a tribal elder to death.
2009.01.02 Iraq al-Yusufiyah 23 110 A Fedayeen suicide bomber wades into a lunch crowd at a reconciliation meeting between Sunni and Shia leaders, killing twenty-three.
2009.01.02 Pakistan Swat 3 0 Three civilians are shot to death in two attacks.
2009.01.02 Pakistan Balogram 2 0 Two policemen are abducted by Islamists and gruesomely tortured to death.
2009.01.02 Somalia Mogadishu 9 0 Two soldiers and seven civilians are killed in an Mujahid bombing and the ensuing fire fight.
2009.01.02 Pakistan Mingora 1 0 A local dancing girl is quickly gunned down by Islamists after her husband kicks her out of the house.
2009.01.02 Somalia Mogadishu 1 0 A local cleric is shot to death by al-Shabaab radicals in his home in front of his blind mother.
2009.01.01 Somalia Baidoa 1 0 A member of a reconciliation committee is murdered by Islamic militia.
2009.01.01 Pakistan Swat 1 0 Militants drag a man out of his home and cut off his head in a public square.
2009.01.01 Somalia Mogadishu 2 0 Two local officials are assassinated by Mujahideen.
2009.01.01 Pakistan Ghania 2 0 A young man chops his mother and daughter into pieces after they ignore his warning to end an illicit affair with a local man.
2009.01.01 Pakistan Peshawar 3 6 Three policemen are killed by two Religion of Peace bombs.
2009.01.01 Pakistan Swat 3 0 Three people are shot to death by Islamic terrorists in separate attacks.
2009.01.01 Pakistan Bajaur 4 16 Four civilians are killed when Mujahideen fire rockets into an office complex.
2009.01.01 Iraq Mosul 3 5 A Shahid takes out three Iraqis.
2009.01.01 Somalia Afgoye 1 0 A journalist is killed during an attack by Islamic militia.
2008.12.31 Pakistan Darra Adamkhel 4 6 Three women and a child are killed when Muslim terrorists fire a rocket into their home.
2008.12.31 Denmark Odense 0 2 A Muslim shoots two Jewish vendors at a shopping mall.
2008.12.31 Somalia Baidoa 1 0 A woman is shot to death by Islamic fundamentalists over an 'illicit' relationship.
2008.12.31 Pakistan Mir Ali 1 0 A 28-year-old man is kidnapped and murdered by the Taliban.
2008.12.31 Philippines Bagong 1 0 Moro Islamists gun down a civilian.
2008.12.31 Philippines General Santos 0 22 Moro Islamists toss a grenade into a New Years Eve celebration, injuring over twenty.
2008.12.31 Afghanistan Helmand 21 0 A mother pleading for her son's life is among twenty-one persons shot in cold blood by the Taliban.
2008.12.31 Iraq Baghdad 14 66 Four members of a religious minority are among fourteen killed by Islamists in four attacks.
2008.12.30 Iraq Jalawla 1 0 Suspected al-Qaeda gun down a tribal leader.
2008.12.30 Philippines Esperanza 1 0 A 17-year-old Christian taxi driver is killed by a bomb planted by Muslim radicals.
2008.12.30 Pakistan Mingora 1 0 A local official is assassinated by Muslim militants.
2008.12.29 Israel Ashkelon 1 7 Hamas rockets hit an Israeli home, killing a resident.
2008.12.29 Afghanistan Kabul 2 17 Two Afghan civilians are blown to bits by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2008.12.29 Israel Ashdod 1 1 A mother of four is killed by a Palestinian rocket.
2008.12.29 Iraq Mosul 1 0 A Shahid suicide bomber takes out a shopper at a grocery.
2008.12.29 Iraq Mahaweel 3 0 A mother and daughter are among three people killed by Sunni bombers.
2008.12.29 Pakistan Gwalirai 2 0 Two men, abducted days earlier, are murdered in captivity by the Taliban.
2008.12.29 Thailand Pattani 1 1 A woman is shot to death on her way to work by Muslim terrorists. Three others are killed elsewhere.
2008.12.29 Iran Saravan 2 10 Two police officers are killed by a Sunni suicide bomber.
2008.12.29 Somalia Mogadishu 5 10 At least five civilians are killed, including a young child, when Islamists bomb a market.
2008.12.28 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamic gunmen murder a man in a tea shop.
2008.12.28 Iraq Fallujah 4 10 Four Iraqis are murdered in two Jihad bombings.
2008.12.28 Afghanistan Khost 16 58 Fourteen children on their way to school are deliberately murdered along with two adults by a suicidal Sunni bomber.
2008.12.28 Pakistan Miranshah 3 0 Three young civilians, including an 18-year-old, are kidnapped and hung by Taliban militants.
2008.12.28 Pakistan Buner 43 16 Religious extremists take out over forty people at a polling station with car bombs. Five children are among the dead.
2008.12.28 Iraq Mosul 4 20 A 12-year-old boy is among four civilians taken out by a suicide bomber on a bicycle.
2008.12.27 Israel Netivot 1 4 Hamas rockets kill an Israeli man and injure four others.
2008.12.27 Afghanistan Kandahar 5 5 Five Afghans are blown up by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2008.12.27 Afghanistan Kabul 3 0 Three teenage sisters are crushed to death by a Taliban rocket barrage.
2008.12.27 Iraq Baghdad 24 45 Women and children are among two dozen people blasted to death by Jihadi car bombers.
2008.12.26 Pal. Auth. Beit Lahiya 2 0 Two young girls are killed when a Palestinian rocket hits their home.
2008.12.26 Pakistan Gilgit 5 0 A child is among five people shot dead in a sectarian ambush.
2008.12.26 India Kishtwar 1 0 Mujahideen abduct a man, then murder him in a wooded area.
2008.12.26 Pakistan Bajaur 1 9 A child is killed during a Taliban rocket attack.
2008.12.26 Iran Mashhad 2 0 Two men are buried up to their waists and stoned to death for adultery.
2008.12.25 Iraq Baghdad 4 24 Sunni extremists bomb a restaurant, killing four patrons.
2008.12.25 Iraq Muqdadiyah 3 12 A Fedayeen suicide bomber takes out three other people.
2008.12.25 Iraq Bishkan 1 1 A 13-year-old is murdered in her home by Jihadi invaders.
2008.12.24 Pakistan Lahore 1 4 Muslim bombers take out a woman along a city street.
2008.12.24 Philippines Kalamansig 1 0 Moro Islamists fire at a motorboat, killing a passenger.
2008.12.24 Iraq Fallujah 3 4 Three children are killed in a suspected al-Qaeda roadside attack.
2008.12.23 Pakistan Mingora 2 0 A beggar woman and her daughter are gunned down at point-blank range by Holy Warriors.
2008.12.23 Thailand Pattani 1 7 An Islamist shooting and bombing leave one dead and seven injured.
2008.12.23 Iraq Kifl 1 0 A man is kidnapped and tortured to death by Religion of Peace militants.
2008.12.23 Iraq Mosul 2 6 A child and doctor are murdered by Islamic terrorists.
2008.12.23 Iraq Tarmiyah 5 4 A man and his wife are among two people blasted to death by Jihad bombers.
2008.12.23 Philippines Sultan Kudarat 9 8 Moro Islamists storm two villages and shoot nine civilians to death.
2008.12.23 Pakistan Swat 4 0 A man and his wife are among four people murdered by Mujahideen in three attacks.
2008.12.23 Philippines Isabela 0 26 Abu Sayyaf members toss two grenades into a group of people enjoying a musical performance.
2008.12.22 Somalia Mogadishu 7 22 Seven civilians are killed during an attack by Islamic guerrillas
2008.12.22 Pakistan Swat 6 8 Two women are among six civilians killed by Mujahideen in three incidents.
2008.12.22 Afghanistan Ghazni 3 4 A suicide bomber takes out three civilians.
2008.12.22 India Baramulla 2 0 Two local soldiers are shot to death at close range by Muslim assassins at a market.
2008.12.21 Pakistan Bannu 2 0 Islamic militants rocket a government building, killing two people.
2008.12.21 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 50-year-old civilian is murdered by Muslim gunmen on his way home.
2008.12.21 Pakistan North Waziristan 2 0 Two brothers are brutally kidnapped and murdered by Sunni extremists.
2008.12.21 Pakistan Swat 3 0 Mujahideen drag three people out of their home and shoot them in cold blood. The victims include a man and his son.
2008.12.20 Thailand Pattani 1 7 A woman standing outside a convenience store is murdered by Islamic bombers. Children are injured as well.
2008.12.20 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 49-year-old security guard is shot to death by Muslim radicals as he leaves his home.
2008.12.19 Iraq Baghdad 7 0 Islamists behead seven Iraqis.
2008.12.19 Somalia Mogadishu 1 10 A civilian is shot to death during an attack by Jabalu Islamiya terrorists.
2008.12.19 Pakistan Khyber 3 0 Three civilians are killed when Sunni militants open fire on an empty fuel tanker.
2008.12.18 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 A female women's rights activist is beheaded in her home by Islamic terrorists.
2008.12.18 Pakistan Hangu 4 1 A child is among four peope shot to death by Islamists in three attacks.
2008.12.18 Iraq Diyala 2 17 Two Iraqis are taken out by roadside bombers.
2008.12.18 Philippines Iligan 3 47 Islamists detonate nail-packed bombs at two shopping malls in Christian areas, killing at least three people.
2008.12.17 Pakistan Kanju 2 0 A couple is murdered for having unmarried sex.
2008.12.17 Pakistan Jamrud 1 1 A woman is killed, and a child injured, in a Taliban rocket attack on a vehicle.
2008.12.17 Pakistan Wana 1 0 A civilian is shot to death by religious extremists.
2008.12.17 Pakistan Matta 2 0 Taliban militants abduct and kill two locals.
2008.12.17 Iraq Baghdad 18 53 Eighteen innocent souls are snuffed out by Jihadi bombers along a city street.
2008.12.17 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 16-year-old boy is shot to death outside of a 7-Eleven by Mujahideen.
2008.12.16 Iraq Baghdad 3 15 Jihadis place a bomb near a college campus, killing three people.
2008.12.16 Thailand Yala 3 1 Muslim terrorists shoot three people to death at a market, including a woman
2008.12.16 Iraq Mosul 8 16 Two suicide bombings leave eight Iraqis dead.
2008.12.16 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two young guards escorting a teacher are gunned down by Muslim radicals.
2008.12.16 Pakistan Swat 2 0 Islamic terrorists gun down two people in separate attacks.
2008.12.16 Iraq Baghdad 1 3 A 13-year-old child is taken out by Islamic bombers.
2008.12.15 Iraq Khan Dhari 9 31 Nine Iraqi police are blown apart by a Fedayeen car bomber at a checkpoint.
2008.12.15 Pakistan Swat 6 3 Six locals are murdered - two beheaded - by Taliban fundamentalists in three attacks.
2008.12.15 Iraq Tarmiya 1 1 A female suicide bomber takes out an Iraqi man and seriously injures his son.
2008.12.15 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 53-year-old man is gunned down in front of a food shop by Islamic terrorists.
2008.12.15 Iraq Sinjar 7 3 Women and children are among seven members of a religious minority sect slaughtered in their home by suspected Sunnis.
2008.12.15 Thailand Narathiwat 2 1 A 4-year-old child is among three people shot by Islamists in two attacks.
2008.12.14 Afghanistan Paktika 1 0 A musician is kidnapped and killed by Taliban fundamentalists for defying a ban on music.
2008.12.14 Pakistan Mandal Daag 9 3 Sunni extremists murder a rival cleric and eight of his followers.
2008.12.14 Pakistan Jamrud 2 1 Mujahideen shoot two tribal elders to death along a road.
2008.12.14 Afghanistan Kandahar 3 11 Three Afghans are murdered by a Taliban bomb hidden in a street vendor cart.
2008.12.13 India Doda 1 2 Mujahideen gun down a woman in her home.
2008.12.13 Pakistan Matta 4 0 Four tribesmen are shot to death by the Taliban.
2008.12.13 Pakistan Swat 5 0 Five civilians are killed in a terrorist landmine attack.
2008.12.13 Pakistan Miranshah 2 0 Islamists slit one man's throat and shoot another to death.
2008.12.13 Philippines Basilan 3 3 A woman is among three people murdered in their home by Moro Islamists.
2008.12.12 Thailand Pattani 1 2 Jihadis kill a man and seriously injure two others with a planted bomb in a karaoke bar.
2008.12.12 Thailand Yala 3 3 Three border guards are killed when Islamic militants open up on them with automatic weapons.
2008.12.11 Afghanistan Helmand 4 1 Religious extremists trick a 13-year-old boy into carrying explosives to British troops, which were then detonated remotely.
2008.12.11 Yemen Reida 1 0 A Jewish leader is gunned down by a Muslim shouting, 'Jew, receive the message of Islam.'
2008.12.11 Pakistan Matta 3 4 Tehrik-e-Taliban terrorists gun down three locals.
2008.12.11 Iraq Kirkuk 55 120 Fifty-five Iraqis are blown to bits at a restaurant by Shahid suicide bombers.
2008.12.11 Somalia Mogadishu 10 11 Children are among ten people killed during an attack by Islamic militia.
2008.12.10 Iraq Jalawla 1 2 A civilian is taken out in a Jihad bomb blast.
2008.12.09 Philippines Maguindanao 1 8 A local soldier is killed when Moro Islamists open fire on them with automatic weapons.
2008.12.09 Pakistan Buner 1 4 A 10-year-old child is murdered by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2008.12.08 India Bharatpur 2 0 A man reclaims his honor by shooting his daughter and her boyfriend after learning of their sexual relationship.
2008.12.07 Pakistan Peshawar 1 0 The Taliban murder a local security guard at a depot.
2008.12.07 Iraq Baquba 3 39 Jihadis kill three Iraqis with a bomb hidden in a shop.
2008.12.06 Iraq Kirkuk 1 15 A Fedayeen suicide bomber kills only one other person.
2008.12.06 Iraq Wajihiya 3 4 al-Qaeda gunmen attack a Sunni village, killing three people.
2008.12.06 Iraq Babel 4 0 Four children are killed by a landmine planted near a soccer field by suspected Sunnis.
2008.12.06 Afghanistan Kunar 4 2 Four local soldiers are killed when religious extremists attack their vehicle with a roadside bomb.
2008.12.06 Somalia Baidoa 3 0 An Islamic militia member tosses a grenade into a market, killing three civilians.
2008.12.06 Pakistan Swat 3 0 Three civilians are gunned down by suspected Taliban.
2008.12.05 Pakistan Orakzai 10 5 Religious extremists take out ten shoppers at a bazaar with a suicide blast.
2008.12.05 Pakistan Mir Ali 1 0 Sunni extremists abduct and murder an 30-year-old man.
2008.12.05 Pakistan Peshawar 34 131 Twenty-nine people at a marketplace are blown to bits by sectarian car bombers.
2008.12.05 Pakistan Bannu 2 3 Taliban militants kill two policemen with a rocket attack.
2008.12.05 Iraq Baghdad 2 2 Mujahideen bombers take out two Iraqis.
2008.12.05 Thailand Narathiwat 5 12 Five people are killed at a grocery by Islamic bombers.
2008.12.04 Thailand Pattani 2 0 A 60-year-old man is among two people gunned down by Muslim separatists.
2008.12.04 Pakistan Bahawalpur 1 0 A young girl is clubbed to death by her uncle on suspicion of 'illicit relations.'
2008.12.04 Dagestan Khasavyurt 1 0 A woman is killed by Islamic car bombers outside an apartment building.
2008.12.04 Iraq Albu Toma 25 0 Twenty-five al-Qaeda victims are found in mass graves.
2008.12.04 Iran Bluchistan 16 0 Jundullah terrorists kidnap and execute sixteen Iranian nationals.
2008.12.04 Afghanistan Khost 5 10 Five people are killed in two suicide attacks by Sunni extremists.
2008.12.04 Iraq Fallujah 15 147 Women and children are among fifteen Iraqis blasted to death by Jihadi car bombers.
2008.12.03 Pakistan Shabqadar 5 6 Five locals are killed by a Fedayeen car bomber.
2008.12.03 Chechnya Grozny 3 0 Three people are shot inside their home by suspected Mujahideen.
2008.12.03 Iraq Albu Toma 13 0 Thirteen victims of al-Qaeda kidnappings are found in a mass grave.
2008.12.02 Pakistan Sunpag 1 0 Religious extremists abduct a local official, keep him for a few days, then slaughter him and stuff his body in a bag.
2008.12.02 Pakistan Kabal 1 0 A civilian is shot to death by Islamic terrorists.
2008.12.02 Dagestan Makhachkala 1 4 Suspected Muslim militants gun down a cop.
2008.12.02 Iraq Tal Afar 5 30 Jihadis successfully kill five Iraqis with a car bomb.
2008.12.02 Iraq Mosul 4 12 Two young children are among four killed when Mujahideen place a bomb outside a school.
2008.12.01 Iraq Baghdad 16 35 Sixteen police recruits are murdered by two Jihad bombers at their academy.
2008.12.01 Iraq Mosul 15 25 A Fedayeen suicide bomber takes out fifteen civilians along a city street.
2008.12.01 Afghanistan Ghazni 1 0 A local official is assassinated by religious extremists.
2008.12.01 Pakistan Swat 11 66 Women are among the casualties of a horrific suicide attack on a traffic checkpoint. Eleven are killed.
2008.12.01 Afghanistan Musa Qala 10 25 Ten shoppers are blown up by a suicide bomber at a market.
2008.12.01 Thailand Yala 1 0 Muslim terrorists gun down a rubber tapper in his orchard.
2008.12.01 Pakistan Peshawar 2 0 Taliban militants attack a supply convoy, killing two drivers.
2008.11.30 Afghanistan Kabul 2 3 A streetsweeper is among two civilians blown up by a suicide bomber.
2008.11.30 Pakistan Bannu 6 5 Six local police are killed in two Taliban ambushes.
2008.11.30 Pakistan North Waziristan 1 0 The Taliban abduct and murder an Afghan civilian.
2008.11.30 Pakistan Peshawar 1 1 A local driver is killed when Sunni militants lob rockets into a terminal.
2008.11.30 Dagestan Makhachkala 4 0 Muslim gunmen shoot four people to death.
2008.11.29 Chechnya Enginoy 1 0 A woman is shot to death over suspected immoral behavior.
2008.11.29 Iraq Baghdad 3 12 Three people are murdered by an Iranian-made rocket fired by Mujahideen.
2008.11.29 Iraq Mosul 3 18 Two brothers are among three killed in an attack on a jewelry shop by Sunni terrorists.
2008.11.29 Iraq Albu Toma 38 0 Thirty-eight victims of sectarian violence within the Religion of Peace are found in a mass grave.
2008.11.29 Somalia Baidoa 2 10 Two people are killed in blasts by suspected Islamic milita.
2008.11.28 Iraq Mussayab 12 18 Twelve people at a mosque are blown to bits by rival sectarian bombers.
2008.11.28 India Mumbai 5 0 Five Jewish hostages, including a rabbi and his wife, are murdered by Islamists.
2008.11.28 Iraq Baghdad 2 10 A Fedayeen suicide car bomber kills two civilians.
2008.11.28 Pakistan Bannu 7 16 Six civilians and a cop are murdered by a suicide bomber along a city street.
2008.11.28 Iraq Kut 1 2 A child is killed when Muslim militants fire a rocket into a home.
2008.11.28 Pakistan Gharibabad 6 0 Three women and a child are among six member of a family murdered in their home by the Mujahideen.
2008.11.28 Nigeria Jos 6 0 Six Christian pastors are among hundreds killed when Muslim rioter stage a deadly church-burning rampage.
2008.11.28 Nigeria Jos 2 0 Two Christians are macheted to death after a cleric inspires his followers to 'kill unbelievers."
2008.11.27 Afghanistan Kabul 4 18 A suicide car bomber takes out four local civilians outside the US embassy.
2008.11.27 Afghanistan Badghis 13 11 Thirteen local security personnel are killed in an ambush by religious extremists.
2008.11.27 Pakistan Swat 6 0 Six people are shot to death by Sunni extremists in separate attacks, including a brutal abduction.
2008.11.27 Iraq Mosul 2 28 Suicide bombers successfully take out two Iraqi civilians.
2008.11.26 Iraq Diyala 23 0 Twenty-three victims of sectarian terrorists are found in a mass grave.
2008.11.26 Philippines Makir 1 3 Moro Islamists ambush a group of local soldiers guarding a highway, killing one.
2008.11.26 India Mumbai 178 370 Mujahideen throw grenades and machine-gun over one-hundred and fifty civilians and tourists to death as they attack several sites, including a hotel, cafe, market and train station.
2008.11.26 Russia Vladikavkaz 1 0 A mayor is assassinated by local terrorists, who call him an "enemy of Allah."
2008.11.26 Iraq Samarrah 6 0 Six people are murdered by local Jihadists.
2008.11.26 Dagestan Khasavyurt 1 2 A police officer is gunned down outside a mosque by Jihad terrorists.
2008.11.26 Chechnya Grozny 6 0 Six women are shot in the head and chest over suspected immorality in separate attacks.
2008.11.26 Pakistan Peshawar 2 6 Two residents are killed when the Taliban fire rockets into their home.
2008.11.26 Dagestan Makhachkala 1 0 A border guard is shot and killed by Muslim militants.
2008.11.25 India Mumbai 4 0 Islamic terrorists hijack a boat in Pakistan and kill the four man crew.
2008.11.25 Pakistan Shahdra 1 0 A Muslim lad hacks his stepmother to death with an axe over 'illicit relations.'
2008.11.25 Pakistan Kohat 0 0 Four persons, including a mother and child, are killed when sectarian Jihadis fire into a vehicle.
2008.11.25 Pakistan Hangu 4 9 Shia militants open fire in a hotel, murdering eight Sunni rivals.
2008.11.25 India Baramulla 1 2 A 14-year-old boy is killed when Islamists throw a grenade into a roadshow.
2008.11.25 Pakistan Matta 3 5 A butcher is among three people gunned down by the Taliban in separate attacks.
2008.11.25 Iraq Mosul 2 5 Two Americans are shot to death while handing out humanitarian aid.
2008.11.25 Somalia Baidoa 1 0 A local officer is shot several times in the chest by Islamists at a market.
2008.11.24 Pakistan Kabal 1 0 Mujahid assassinate a local political activist.
2008.11.24 Thailand Yala 3 1 Islamists gun down three civilians and severely injure a teacher in separate attacks.
2008.11.24 India Doda 1 0 A civilian is murdered in his home by Muslim terrorists.
2008.11.24 Iraq Baghdad 5 24 A female suicide bomber takes out five Iraqis.
2008.11.24 Iraq Baghdad 13 6 Women and children are heavily represented in the thirteen bus passengers massacred by Mujahideen bombers.
2008.11.24 Pakistan Mingora 1 0 Religious extremists execute a woman in her home for immoral behavior.
2008.11.24 Dagestan Karabudakhent 2 3 Muslim rebels open fire on a group of policemen, killing two.
2008.11.23 Ingushetia Nazran 1 0 Islamic militants kill an off-duty cop at a grocery store.
2008.11.23 Chechnya Sadovyi 5 4 Mujahideen murder five security personnel and a civilian in two attacks.
2008.11.23 Iraq Muwaylaha 9 0 Nine kidnap victims of an Islamic milita are found in a mass grave.
2008.11.22 Afghanistan Ghazni 1 0 A local civilian is captured and shot to death by Sunni radicals.
2008.11.22 Afghanistan Kunar 0 0 After being held in captivity for three months, the Taliban execute a local official when their demands are not met.
2008.11.22 Afghanistan Khost 2 15 A 15-year-old boy and a man are blown to bits when Holy Warriors bomb a vegetable market.
2008.11.22 Iraq Iskandariya 10 0 Two women are among ten people found executed in a mass grave in a Sunni stronghold.
2008.11.22 Somalia Mogadishu 15 75 At least fifteen civilians are killed in attacks by Islamic militias on security forces.
2008.11.22 Pakistan Mingora 1 0 Religious extremists burn down a video store and shoot a civilian to death.
2008.11.22 Ingushetia Nazran 1 0 A cafe worker is gunned down by Muslim rebels.
2008.11.22 Pakistan Hangu 5 8 Two children are among five killed when Islamists set a bomb off inside a rival mosque.
2008.11.22 Afghanistan Kabul 1 1 Sunni extremists kill a French de-miner with a landmine.
2008.11.22 Pakistan Bannu 3 0 A Taliban rocket attack on a police post leaves three dead.
2008.11.21 Afghanistan Zabul 3 4 Three civilians are blown to bits by a suicide car bomber.
2008.11.21 Iran Tehran 1 0 A 43-year-old businessman is tortured by police into a "confession" then executed as a spy.
2008.11.21 Pakistan Hangu 1 0 Religious extremists fire a rocket at a checkpoint, killing a policeman.
2008.11.21 Iraq Baghdad 3 15 Mujahideen take out three Iraqis with a roadside bomb.
2008.11.21 Pakistan Dera Ismail Khan 11 40 Radical Sunnis gun down a Shia cleric, then bomb his funeral, murdering eight others.
2008.11.21 Somalia Mogadishu 9 20 Five children are among nine civilians killed in a rolling series of attacks by Islamic militia in residential areas.

The Littlest Sinners

by Jim Elliff & Steve Burchett


If you have ever been to the hospital to see a newborn baby, your first words to the mom were probably not, "What a beautiful little sinner you've given birth to!" However, those words are completely accurate. Not only is the baby a "beautiful" creation of God (cf. Psalm 139:13), but it is also a "little sinner." Children are born sinners. This is why we absolutely must teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to children.

Even those outside of the church are beginning to admit that children are sinners. Dr. Vasudevi Reddy, of the University of Portsmouth's psychology department, studied more than 50 children and conducted interviews with their parents. Even though behavioral experts used to think that a brain was not developed enough to formulate lies until four years old, she discovered that babies actually start lying as early as six months. By the age of two, they are nearly experts at deceiving their parents in order to avoid punishment.

The practical evidence that children are born sinners corresponds with what the Bible teaches about the depravity of man. The letter to the Romans begins with the truth about humanity's utter depravity: First, Paul teaches in Romans 1:18-32 that all Gentiles are unrighteous. Then he describes the unrighteousness of Jews in Romans 2:1-3:8. Finally, he lumps all of humanity together in Romans 3:9-20, declaring that "all are under sin." He says, "There is none righteous, not even one."

A police study on juvenile delinquency got it right when it revealed these findings:

Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish and self-centered: he wants what he wants—his bottle, his mother's attention, his playmate's toys, his uncle's watch, or whatever. Deny him these and he seethes with rage and aggressiveness which would be murderous were he not so helpless. He is dirty; he has no morals, no knowledge and no developed skills. This means that all children, not just certain children, but all children are born delinquent. If permitted to continue in their self-centered world of infancy, given free reign to their impulsive actions to satisfy each want, every child would grow up a criminal, a killer, a thief, and a rapist.1

The Bible not only declares that we are sinners, but it says that we are sinners from the start; we come into the world not in Christ but in Adam (cf. Romans 5:12-19). We can all echo David when he said in Psalm 51:5, "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me." David was not talking about his mother's sinfulness, but his own utterly depraved nature. This is a reality for every child. Everyone is born with a radically depraved heart, spiritually dead in his or her sins (cf. Ephesians 2:1).

In Mark 7:21-22, Jesus said, "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness." The external acts and internal attitudes Jesus lists routinely manifest themselves in our lives, and it is only because of the restraining grace of God that some of these sins have not yet thrived. Like an angry group of bees rising from a hole in the ground upon an unsuspecting person, this list of sinful attitudes and acts describes the ugly swarm of evil that may arise from within the soul of any man and woman, boy and girl.

"Not my baby!" a mom may object. Sadly, it is so. And though the impact of a child's sin upon others is usually not as severe as when an adult sins against another, we must remember that the reason sin is so horrendous is because it is rebellion against God (cf. Psalm 51:4). If a boy kicks a girl in the shin because she won't play on the slide with him at the park, that is a sin against that innocent girl, but it is ultimately against God. Consider how serious it is to sin against God Who is far above all creatures (cf. Acts 17:25). How can we even begin to measure such tragic rebellion?

The depth and severity of our sin is especially revealed in the cross of Christ. If sin were a minor matter, would God have sent Jesus to die for sinners? If it is easily atoned for, like a speeding ticket, then it is illogical that the payment had to be the life of the sinless Son of God. But God did send His Son to die for sinners, and this only magnifies the horridness of sin. We dare not ignore this personally, nor in the lives of our children. We must recognize that if they reject the work of Christ and die in their sins, they will get hell for eternity (cf. John 3:36).

The issue of a child's sinfulness is worthy of so much more than a flippant, "Oh well, kids will be kids. Nobody's perfect!" Our children are among those without an inherent righteousness—they desperately need the righteousness of Christ and the forgiveness of sins that He alone provides, or they will perish! Though our children's sinfulness may nearly drive us insane at times, it should rather motivate us to convey the gospel to them.


[Adapted from a forthcoming book on childhood conversion by Jim Elliff and Steve Burchett]

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1 Quoted in Reb Bradley, "Biblical Insights into Child Training."

Copyright © 2007 Jim Elliff & Steve Burchett. Permission granted for reproduction in exact form. All other uses require written permission www.CCWtoday.org

Plane Speaking

by Ray Comfort

Two hundred years ago “rational” thinking folks would have mocked you if you spoke of the possibility of massive jumbo jets floating through the air filled with human beings. Any sensible person knew that massively heavy objects couldn't possibly float through the air, as though they were lighter than a feather. They "knew" this because of an invisible law--the law of gravity. But we now know that it is possible for this to take place, because of another law that overcomes gravity. When a certain object moves at a certain speed, it supersedes the invisible law of gravity and enters into another invisible law--the law of aerodynamics. Gravity still remains, but the heavy object breaks free from its influence.

The Bible says that all of humanity is subject to an invisible law-- “the law of sin and death.” That law says that the soul that sins will die. Those who deny that it exists should simply take a trip to a graveyard (they will one day). Universal death proves that law is a reality. However, because of the cross, the Christian breaks free from the law of sin and death. The moment he or she repents and trusts in the risen Savior, they move into the influence of another invisible law. This is a higher law--“the law of life in Christ Jesus.” This is simple to prove. The skeptic needs only to step into the plane. Most don't, because of a closed mind. "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death" (Romans 8:2).

The Words of Mother Theresa

In a new book, titled, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (Doubleday), it is revealed to us that during the last 50 years of Mother Teresa's life of works, she did not feel the presence of God. The book consists primarily of correspondence between Teresa and her confessors and superiors. The letters that were saved against her wishes tell us (in her words) that Christ was "neither in her heart or in the eucharist."

Quote:
"Lord, my God, who am I that You should forsake me? The Child of your Love — and now become as the most hated one — the one — You have thrown away as unwanted — unloved. I call, I cling, I want — and there is no One to answer — no One on Whom I can cling — no, No One. — Alone ... Where is my Faith — even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness & darkness — My God — how painful is this unknown pain — I have no Faith — I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart — & make me suffer untold agony."

"So many unanswered questions live within me afraid to uncover them — because of the blasphemy — If there be God — please forgive me — When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven — there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives & hurt my very soul. — I am told God loves me — and yet the reality of darkness & coldness & emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul. Did I make a mistake in surrendering blindly to the Call of the Sacred Heart?"

"Please pray specially for me that I may not spoil His work and that Our Lord may show Himself — for there is such terrible darkness within me, as if everything was dead. It has been like this more or less from the time I started 'the work.'"

"What do I labour for? If there be no God — there can be no soul — if there is no Soul then Jesus — You also are not true" are the only two that sound any note of doubt of God's existence. But she frequently bemoaned an inability to pray: "I utter words of Community prayers — and try my utmost to get out of every word the sweetness it has to give — But my prayer of union is not there any longer — I no longer pray."

"I just have the joy of having nothing — not even the reality of the Presence of God [in the Eucharist]." She described her soul as like an "ice block." Yet she recognized Neuner's key distinction, writing, "I accept not in my feelings — but with my will, the Will of God — I accept His will." Although she still occasionally worried that she might "turn a Judas to Jesus in this painful darkness,"

"If I ever become a Saint — I will surely be one of 'darkness.' I will continually be absent from Heaven — to [light] the light of those in darkness on earth," she wrote in 1962. Theologically, this is a bit odd since most orthodox Christianity defines heaven as God's eternal presence and doesn't really provide for regular no-shows at the heavenly feast. But it is, Kolodiejchuk suggests, her most moving statement, since the sacrifice involved is infinite. "When she wrote, 'I am willing to suffer ... for all eternity, if this [is] possible,'" he says, "I said, Wow."

"Jesus has a very special love for you," she assured Van der Peet. "[But] as for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, — Listen and do not hear — the tongue moves [in prayer] but does not speak ... I want you to pray for me — that I let Him have [a] free hand."

Deception or Disciple?

Here are two sobering You Tube Clips to remind us all of the uncanny ability for men and women to be deceived into thinking that they belong to Jesus without any understanding of the very Gospel He preached. Let it be a warning to all of us that emotions, although contributing factors to change, should not be the indicator of conversion, and in Glenn Beck's case, circumstances and miracles do not point to the truth when it contradicts the Word of God. Are you saved? Examine yourself...your eternal destiny may depend on it!

(For some reason, I am unable to post links, so in the meantime, you can just cut and paste the address to view.)


Oprah gives all to Jesus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S1C1uNLlR4


Glenn Beck talks about his conversion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKtAPT9KEfM

True and False Conversion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rncnhmzfpwo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z24R_YYP6z8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCxwnldGZPA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlNxYX8pSbc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1leKBWeSoZM&feature=related

The Iniquity of the Holy Things

by Charles Spurgeon

What a veil is lifted up by these words, and what a disclosure is made! It will be humbling and profitable for us to pause awhile and see this sad sight. The iniquities of our public worship, its hypocrisy, formality, lukewarmness, irreverence, wandering of heart and forgetfulness of God, what a full measure have we there! Our work for the Lord, its emulation, selfishness, carelessness, slackness, unbelief, what a mass of defilement is there! Our private devotions, their laxity, coldness, neglect, sleepiness, and vanity, what a mountain of dead earth is there! If we looked more carefully we should find this iniquity to be far greater than appears at first sight. Dr. Payson, writing to his brother, says, "My parish, as well as my heart, very much resembles the garden of the sluggard; and what is worse, I find that very many of my desires for the melioration of both, proceed either from pride or vanity or indolence. I look at the weeds which overspread my garden, and breathe out an earnest wish that they were eradicated. But why? What prompts the wish? It may be that I may walk out and say to myself, 'In what fine order is my garden kept!' This is pride. Or, it may be that my neighbours may look over the wall and say, 'How finely your garden flourishes!' This is vanity. Or I may wish for the destruction of the weeds, because I am weary of pulling them up. This is indolence." So that even our desires after holiness may be polluted by ill motives. Under the greenest sods worms hide themselves; we need not look long to discover them. How cheering is the thought, that when the High Priest bore the iniquity of the holy things he wore upon his brow the words, "HOLINESS TO THE LORD:" and even so while Jesus bears our sin, he presents before his Father's face not our unholiness, but his own holiness. O for grace to view our great High Priest by the eye of faith!

If You Were to Die Today

If you were to die today, are you 100% sure that you would enjoy eternal life in the presence of God? If, for any reason, you are unsure about your eternal destiny, I urge you to carefully consider what the Bible has to say. In a nutshell, the Bible explains that you are a sinner because you have willfully lived in ways that are not pleasing to the God of this universe. Because God is fair and just in everything He does, your sin has placed you in danger of being punished forever in a place called hell. However, the fair and just God who created you is also infinitely loving. He does not desire for anyone to perish in hell, but for all people to receive forgiveness. Because of this great love with which He has loved the world, your just and loving Creator decided, before time began, to send His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world. Jesus’ purpose in coming to earth was to live a perfect life, die a costly death, and then miraculously rise from the dead. All of this was done to accomplish what you could not. The Scriptures explain in John 3:16, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever would believe in Him would not perish [in hell], but have everlasting life [in heaven].”

You can experience God’s forgiveness and plan for your life. The Bible explains that the keys to receiving eternal life are repentance and faith. The word “repentance” means to turn away from something. In this case, the Bible speaks of turning away from your sin. In order to receive forgiveness of your sin, you must be willing to turn from it. However, the Bible also explains that you must also be willing to place all of your faith in Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. In order to be saved from your sin and it’s consequences, you must be “born again” by believing in what Jesus accomplished on the cross and then surrendering your life to the Savior, trusting in Christ alone to save you from your sins. This is genuine faith. Much like John 3:16, the Bible also says, “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9-10). This is what I hope will happen in your life today. I hope that you will realize that you're are a sinner and in need of Jesus Christ’s saving power. I hope that you will carefully consider the consequences of being found guilty on judgment day, apart from the Savior. I also hope that you will carefully consider the great benefits of placing your life in the hands of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.


Figure 8 Scripture Memory System

Athiest's Creed

by Steve Turner

We believe in Marx, Freud and Darwin
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don't hurt anyone
to the best of your definition of hurt,
and to the best of your knowledge.

We believe in sex before, during, and
after marriage.
We believe in the therapy of sin.
We believe that adultery is fun.
We believe that sodomy’s OK.
We believe that taboos are taboo.

We believe that everything's getting better
despite evidence to the contrary.
The evidence must be investigated
And you can prove anything with evidence.

We believe there's something in horoscopes
UFO's and bent spoons.
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha,
Mohammed, and ourselves.
He was a good moral teacher though we think
His good morals were bad.

We believe that all religions are basically the same-
at least the one that we read was.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation,
sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.

We believe that after death comes the Nothing
Because when you ask the dead what happens
they say nothing.
If death is not the end, if the dead have lied, then its
compulsory heaven for all
excepting perhaps
Hitler, Stalin, and Genghis Kahn

We believe in Masters and Johnson
What's selected is average.
What's average is normal.
What's normal is good.

We believe in total disarmament.
We believe there are direct links between warfare and
bloodshed.
Americans should beat their guns into tractors .
And the Russians would be sure to follow.

We believe that man is essentially good.
It's only his behavior that lets him down.
This is the fault of society.
Society is the fault of conditions.
Conditions are the fault of society.

We believe that each man must find the truth that
is right for him.
Reality will adapt accordingly.
The universe will readjust.
History will alter.
We believe that there is no absolute truth
excepting the truth
that there is no absolute truth.

We believe in the rejection of creeds,
And the flowering of individual thought.

If chance be
the Father of all flesh,
disaster is his rainbow in the sky
and when you hear:

State of Emergency!

Sniper Kills Ten!

Troops on Rampage!

Whites go Looting!

Bomb Blasts School!

It is but the sound of man worshipping his maker.

10 Reasons to NOT Ask Jesus Into Your Heart

By Todd Friel
Todd Friel is the co-host of The Way of the Master radio.

The music weeps, the preacher pleads, “Give your heart to Jesus. You have a God shaped hole in your heart and only Jesus can fill it.” Dozens, hundreds or thousands of people who want to get their spiritual life on track make their way to the altar. They ask Jesus into their heart. Cut to three months later. Nobody has seen our new convert in church. The follow up committee calls him and encourages him to attend a Bible study, but to no avail. We label him a backslider and get ready for the next outreach event.

Our beloved child lies in her snuggly warm bed and says, “Yes, Daddy. I want to ask Jesus into my heart.” You lead her in “the prayer” and hope that it sticks. You spend the next ten years questioning if she really, really meant it. Puberty hits and the answer reveals itself. She backslides. We spend the next ten years praying that she will come to her senses.

Telling someone to ask Jesus into their hearts has a very typical result... backsliding.

The Bible says that a person who is soundly saved puts his hand to the plow and does not look back because he is fit for service. In other words, a true convert cannot backslide. If a person backslides, he never slid forward in the first place. “If any man is in Christ, he is a new creation.” (II Cor.5) No backsliding there.

Brace yourself for this one: with very few if any exceptions, anyone who asked Jesus into their hearts to be saved…is not. If you asked Jesus into your heart because you were told that is what you have to do to become a Christian, you were mis-informed.

If you have ever told someone to ask Jesus into their heart (like I have), you produced a false convert. Here is why:

1. It is not in the Bible. There is not a single verse that even hints we should say a prayer inviting Jesus into our hearts.

Some use Rev. 3:20. To tell us that Jesus is standing at the door of our hearts begging to come in.

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” There are two reasons that interpretation is wrong.

The context tells us that the door Jesus is knocking on is the door of the church, not the human heart. Jesus is not knocking to enter someone’s heart but to have fellowship with His church. Even if the context didn’t tell us this, we would be forcing a meaning into the text (eisegesis). How do we know it is our heart he is knocking at? Why not our car door? How do we know he isn’t knocking on our foot? To suggest that he is knocking on the door of our heart is superimposing a meaning on the text that simply does not exist.

The Bible does not instruct us to ask Jesus into our heart. This alone should resolve the issue, nevertheless, here are nine more reasons.

2. Asking Jesus into your heart is a saying that makes no sense. What does it mean to ask Jesus into your heart? If I say the right incantation will He somehow enter my heart? Is it literal? Does He reside in the upper or lower ventricle? Is this a metaphysical experience? Is it figurative? If it is, what exactly does it mean? While I am certain that most adults cannot articulate its meaning, I am certain that no child can explain it. Pastor Dennis Rokser reminds us that little children think literally and can easily be confused (or frightened) at the prospect of asking Jesus into their heart.

3. In order to be saved, a man must repent (Acts 2:38). Asking Jesus into your heart leaves out the requirement of repentance.

4. In order to be saved, a man must trust in Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31).
Asking Jesus into your heart leaves out the requirement of faith.

5. The person who wrongly believes they are saved will have a false sense of security. Millions of people who sincerely, but wrongly, asked Jesus into their hearts think they are saved but struggle to feel secure. They live in doubt and fear because they do not have the Holy Spirit giving them assurance of salvation.

6. The person who asks Jesus into his heart will likely end up inoculated, bitter and backslidden. Because he did not get saved by reciting a formulaic prayer, he will grow disillusioned with Jesus, the Bible, church and fellow believers. His latter end will be worse than the first.

7. It presents God as a beggar just hoping you will let Him into your busy life. This presentation of God robs Him of His sovereignty.

8. The cause of Christ is ridiculed. Visit an atheist web-site and read the pagans who scoff, “How dare those Christians tell us how to live when they get divorced more than we do? Who are they to say homosexuals shouldn’t adopt kids when tens of thousands of orphans don’t get adopted by Christians?” Born again believers adopt kids and don’t get divorced.

People who ask Jesus into their hearts do. Jesus gets mocked when false converts give Him a bad name.

9. The cause of evangelism is hindered. While it is certainly easier to get church members by telling them to ask Jesus into their hearts, try pleading with someone to make today the day of their salvation. Get ready for a painful response. “Why should I become a Christian when I have seen so called Christians act worse than a pagan?” People who ask Jesus into their hearts give pagans an excuse for not repenting.

10. Here is the scary one. People who ask Jesus into their hearts are not saved and they will perish on the Day of Judgment. How tragic that millions of people think they are right with God when they are not. How many people who will cry out, “Lord, Lord” on judgment day will be “Christians” who asked Jesus into their hearts?

So, what must one do to be saved? Repent and trust. (Heb.6:1) The Bible makes it clear that all men must repent and place their trust in Jesus Christ. Every man does have a “God shaped hole in their hearts,” but that hole is not contentment, fulfillment and peace. Every man’s heart problem is righteousness. Instead of preaching that Jesus fulfills, we must preach that God judges and Jesus satisfies God’s judgment…if a man will repent and place his trust in Him.

If you are reading this and you asked Jesus into your heart, chances are good you had a spiritual buzz for a while, but now you struggle to read your Bible, tithe, attend church and pray. Perhaps you were told you would have contentment, purpose and a better life if you just ask Jesus into your heart. I am sorry, that was a lie.

If you have been preaching that people should ask Jesus into their hearts, I beg you to stop immediately. You will give an account for all the souls you have led astray. Listen to the teaching “Hell’s Best Kept Secret".