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From: PZ M
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Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:12:25 AM
Subject: Lori Lipman Brown: Wednesday, 20 Feb, 3:00 in Sci 1020
We are going to be visited by Lori Lipman Brown, Director of the
Secular Coalition for America, on Wednesday, 20 February. She will be
speaking in Sci 1020 at 3:00, in an event sponsored by the UMM
Freethinkers Club. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested
in separation of church and state issues, or more generally, for
anyone interested in political advocacy.
She will be joining students for lunch at noon in TMC, so if you know
of any students who might be interested in the conversation, send them
around. We'll also be having dinner at Bello Cucina that evening, and
if anyone would care to join us there, let me know.
Her talk:
“A Place at the Table: How the Nation’s First Congressional Lobbyist
for Nontheists is Enjoying the Feast”
Lori Lipman Brown, director of the Secular Coalition for America
(secular.org), will discuss how the nation’s first lobbyist for
nontheists has been received by members of Congress, theistic allies,
and the press. She will also update us on the latest church/state
challenges and how we can take action to protect our secular government.
Lori will be interviewed twice on “Atheists Talk” radio in the Twin
Cities while she is here. The interviews will take place live in-
studio on Sundays, February 17 and 24, 9-10 a.m., AM 950 KTNF (or
stream live at AirAmericaMinnesota.com/listen).
Her biography:
Lori Lipman Brown served as Nevada State Senator from 1992 to 1994.
Her legislative efforts focused on public education, mental health
care and the repeal of consensual sex crimes, which resulted in her
being named Civil Libertarian of the Year by the Southern Nevada
chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Legislator of the
Year by the Nevada chapter of the National Association of Social
Workers.
Brown has been a frequent political commentator on television and
radio and a regular columnist in a variety of print media. A former
private practice lawyer, she taught constitutional law, American
history, and education law for the University of Phoenix, and women's
studies for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Brown was also a
high school English, speech and drama teacher in the Clark County
school district.
She obtained her J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in
1983, and her B.A. in communications from the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas in 1981.
She has facilitated or presented at numerous events and served as a
National Education Association diversity trainer from 1996 to 2000.
Brown was hired by the Secular Coalition for America in September,
2005. She directs the coalition’s activities and lobbies members of
Congress on issues arising out of the inappropriate incursion of
religion into civil law. She also addresses the interests and
concerns of America’s atheists, freethinkers, humanists, and other
nontheists through media appearances and speaking engagements.
Testimony
Party in the Park 00' with a Testimony by Spencer Part I
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Party in the Park 00' with a Testimony by Spencer Part II, from video.google.co.uk
*see Music: Concerts
Author: Chris G. of Glenwood, MN
*met him at a small "UMM Aluni Reunion" get-together through a UMM Alumn friend (Erin A.) at Pizza Ranch (1st)=>Common Cup.
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:33 PM
"I grew up in a Christian family. We went to Church every Saturday, Sunday, or Wednesday, every Easter, Christmas, or whatever Christian holiday. I even went to Sunday school and to a youth group on Wednesdays. However, we did not talk about Jesus at home, just at Church. I was a confessing atheist, I told everyone at youth group and at school that there is no God, but they didn't think nothing of it because even though they called themselves Christians, they still weren't Christians. My aunt was, however, a Christian. She invited my family and I to a Luis Palau Festival at the Minnesota state capitol building in St. Paul. I rose my hand to receive Christ. I was 15 years old turning 16 years old soon. A tall African American man, named Chuck, read to me the first few verses in the book of John chapter 1, Then he asked me if I wanted to believe in God, I seriously just broke down crying and I gave the guy a hug, then he said the angels in heaven are now rejoicing because of your decision. So the pastor at the new church we went to found out I became am actual Christian, so he mentored me, then the church started a youth group. I went to that and got discipled there as well. But I was confused because I saw all these christians at church and youth group and they lived in the grey zone, not the black or white zone, I know no one is perfect not christians either, but I saw most of it as blatant hypocrisy. I sort of was a hypocrite too because I started to go to church and youth group to get girls. I didn't know what sin really was when the bible told me to repent of my sins and that Jesus payed for the sins of mine. I knew right from wrong in my conscience, but it was full of grey areas and only a few black and white zones. I didn't know what the standard was to determine whether or not if something was sin or not. I would say recently I actually found out God's standard, sins are recognized by breaking the Ten Commandments, God's Moral Law. So, maybe I just reached a more mature state in my christian walk but whatever it is, The Ten Commandments really woke me up and showed my sins in the True Light. I still fall into sin, and struggle with it, I am not perfect, but I have turned from sins that I hung on to for a while. Sin is my enemy and I want it gone forever but it still knocks at my door every day waiting to devour me. I don't really know if I was actually saved at the Luis Palau Festival or not, but now I am sure of it. Glory to God."
Articles
Blogs
Hypocrisy
Da Vinci Code & Lost Tomb of Jesus - Why Conspiracies Thrive
"Why do conspiracy theories about Christianity thrive in popular media? Find out with Lee Strobel, an atheist turned Christian."
Media
-Journals
Movies
The New Christian Apologetic Movie Starring Stephen Baldwin
"What if you had 1 night to solve the world's problems? For 7 geniuses, the have no choice. See the Christian film that has atheists around the world up in arms. It's GOD vs. ATHEISM at it's most intellectual. From Director Tim Chey and Producers Arch Bonnema and Stephen Baldwin"
Science
-Astronomy
Prove God in One Minute
"Presents the facts, straight and simple. "
Show
Simpsons and Philosophy
"The Simpsons and Philosophy"
Organizations
Testimonies
Atheist Interview
Antony Flew on the afterlife
"Lee Strobel interviews atheist-turned-deist philosopher Antony Flew on his views about an afterlife. "
*see GoodnewsEverybody.com Life: Eternity, Heaven, etc...
Bible
Answering the Atheists
"A Reader's Digest version of why I am a Christian.
Stan Guthrie "
English
-Poet
C.S. Lewis - From Atheism To Theism
"Lewis: The new Psychology was at that time sweeping through us all. We were all influenced. We were all concerned about fantasy, or wishful thinking. I formed the resolution of always judging and acting with the greatest good sense."
*see British
Love?
Our Daily Bread (Aug 22) - The foot-washing God
"Our Daily Bread (Aug. 22, 2008)
READ: John 13:1-5
[Jesus] poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet. �John 13:5
Questions about God's existence often troubled H. A. Hodges, a brilliant young professor of philosophy at Oxford University. One day as he strolled down the street, he passed by an art store. His attention was gripped by a simple picture in the window. It showed Jesus kneeling to wash His disciples' feet.
Hodges knew the story recorded in John 13�God incarnate washing human feet. But suddenly the sheer meaning of that scene gripped the heart of this young philosopher. God�God!�humbling Himself to do that lowliest of tasks! He thought, If God is like that, then that God shall be my God! Seeing that painting was one of the circumstances that caused Hodges to surrender his life to the true God�the foot-washing God.
We Christians sometimes take God's existence for granted. We believe what the Bible tells us about the eternal Spirit who had no beginning and whose existence will never end. But we may wonder sometimes about His character. If He allows disaster, how could He also be kind and loving?
As we read John 13 thoughtfully, we see that God is the foot-washing God. His unfathomable, sacrificial love for us should cause us to surrender to Him too. � Vernon C. Grounds
All to Jesus I surrender,
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit�
Truly know that Thou art mine. �Van de Venter
No life is more secure than a life surrendered to God. "
Ministries
Miscellaneous
Steve Kuban Jump For Jesus
"Steve Kuban is interviewed by ABS/CBN 700 Club (Asia) for his Phiilippine concert tour "Jump For Jesus". Steve shares his testimony of why he began singing Christian music, even though he was an atheist earlier in his life."
*see live concert recording
What If I Stumble?
"Video with "What if I Stumble" by DC TALK in the background"
Related Sites
"�The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.�
-from �What If I Stumble?� by DC Talk"-Total Praise
Organizations
Biblical Christian Worldview: Philosophy (3 of 12)
"The philosophy segment of the Biblical Christian Worldview video of Summit Ministries' (www.summit.org) Understanding the Times Curriculum. "
Science
Albert Einstein - Does Evil Exist?
"The professor sat down. The young student's name -- Albert Einstein.
Ad by Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia "