Worthy is the Lamb

Poll Finds 94% of Americans Believe in God

worthyisthelamb — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:54:21 +0000

According to the news article, a Gallup pool released on Tuesday revealed that a whopping 94% of Americans believe in God, 5% don’t think He exists but “are not sure,” and 1% have their heads stuck in the sand (are confident that God does not exist). But you don’t have to go to the pollsters [...]

In China, No Money, No Emergency Health Care

worthyisthelamb — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:58:51 +0000

Imagine a world where your wife goes in to deliver a baby but is allowed to die from complications because you only have enough money to pay for the childbirth. Imagine a world where a young boy is left to die from a treatable disease because his parents are too poor to pay for doctors. [...]

U.S. Quitely Pulls Out Safety Net for Working Poor

worthyisthelamb — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:35:08 +0000

According to the WSJ article, Nearly a decade after welfare reform, some states are placing a new emphasis on food stamps as a program to improve the nutrition of the working poor. . .That trend is colliding with Congress’s drive to attack red ink in the federal budget. . . The federal government’s food-stamps tab [...]

We Told You So (Who Says Music Doesn’t Influence People?)

worthyisthelamb — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:06:41 +0000

Christopher Duncan, 21, an London-based Eminem impersonator, was jailed for life, following the murder of his girlfriend, Jagdip Najra. WARNING: the remainder of the post is NOT PG-rated While high on drugs and alcohol, Duncan beat his girlfriend unconscious with a bat and stuffed her in a small suitcase, where she died an hour later. [...]

Nonbelievers Can Also Be Saved, Says Pope

worthyisthelamb — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:14:21 +0000

I didn’t want to touch this one originally, because I thought the article came from a biased source. However, the article comes from ZENIT or The World Seen from Rome, the news agency for the Pope (so it could not possibly be filled with rumors, conjectures, and the like.) Let us therefore see what the [...]

Coming Soon to a City Near You, “Surprise” ID Checks

worthyisthelamb — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:23:56 +0000

In order to "to keep terrorists guessing" and to "remind people to be vigilant," Miami police will soon be conducting random ID sweeps at banks, malls, and other public places. The modus operandi will be to surround the place, check the IDs of everyone coming in and out, and "hand out leaflets."

What the article does not say is what will happen to people who forget to bring their IDs.

Welcome!

worthyisthelamb — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:09:44 +0000

Welcome to Worthy is the Lamb (indeed He is!) This is your end times guide confirming the coming of our Lord. On this site you will find news updates and, coming soon, Bible studies. For those of you here for the first time, we have moved from MyBlogsite.com, who have closed their doors. The old [...]

Chinese Government Jails Bible Salesmen

worthyisthelamb — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:50:42 +0000

Speaking of state churches, in China, Cai Zhuohua of Beijing, was recently sentenced to three years in prison for distributing Bibles and other Christian materials. His only real crime? That he is also the leader of an underground church. The Chinese government is very intolerant of unregistered churches, taking extreme measures in an effort to [...]

Liberal Church Risks Losing Tax-Exempt Status Over Antiwar Sermon

worthyisthelamb — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:10:18 +0000

According to an LA Times article, the sermon was a “searing indictment of the Bush administration’s policies in Iraq” that described “tax cuts as inimical to the values of Jesus.” The church in question is the All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California, and the pastor is Rector J. Edwin Bacon. The sermon was given [...]

We Told You So (Who Says TV Doesn’t Influence People?)

worthyisthelamb — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:04:24 +0000

After a night of drinking and watching a slasher film, police say John Hetzel, 40, reenacted a scene from the very same movie he and his friends were watching. Fortunately, the victim suffered only stab wounds to the hand. In all fairness, the incident would never have happened minus the alcohol. But that’s not the [...]