David A. Noebel (born 1937[1]) is an American religious leader. He is the current director of Summit Ministries, in Manitou Springs, Colorado in the United States. Since the 1960s, he has written widely on the relationship between religion and popular culture, and is an outspoken critic of secular humanism,[2] which he describes as a religion.[3]
Noebel was a member of the Council for National Policy beginning in 1984, and a candidate for Congress against Rep. Robert Kastenmeier, and was a former Associate Evangelist of Billy James Hargis's Christian Crusade.[4]
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Life
Noebel was educated at the Milwaukee Bible College, Hope College (Holland, Michigan, B.A.), and the University of Tulsa (M.A.). He studied philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and although he did not complete his doctorate there, he has an honorary doctorate from American Christian College[5]. He was ordained a minister in 1961.[6] He was pastor of Grace Bible Church, Madison, Wisconsin; president and professor of Biblical Studies, American Christian College, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a member of the American Philosophical Association and the Southwestern Philosophical Society.
In 1962 he founded Summit Ministries, a Christian leadership training organization designed as an educational Christian ministry whose very existence is a response to our current post-Christian culture. He believes that today, countless Christian youth have fallen victim to the popular ideas of our modern world, and that most have adopted these ideas into their own worldview, while still others go on to renounce their Christian faith altogether.
Summit views its role as a catalyst to enable youth to stand strong in their faith and defend truth, while having a positive influence on the society in which they live. He has directed the Summit Youth Ministries since 1964. The ministry grew in size considerably after being mentioned on James Dobson's radio show.[6]
In 1965 he wrote a pamphlet, "Communism, Hypnotism And The Beatles." It was followed in 1966 by Rhythm, Riots, and Revolution, which inflamed the debate about the presence of Communism in music, especially folk and folk-rock. [7] He saw contemporary popular music as a Soviet plot to brainwash American youth. Unlike other religious critics of popular music, he backed up his analysis with references outside the Bible, using scholarly footnotes and quotations. His work was influential and widely adopted by later critics of rock music.[8]
At the same time as a spoken word album, The Marxist Minstrels, was released. The back cover of the album promotes the book, which is said to describe "how the American Reds are using music to destroy our youth...Morally and Patriotically!" According to the blurb, Noebel spent two years writing the book and discussed it nationally in the media, including a feature in Newsweek.[9] The book The Marxist Mistrels, published in 1973, expands on his theory of the communist intentions of rock music.[8]
In 1977, he published The Homosexual Revolution, which was dedicated to Anita Bryant. In this book he describes how "homosexuality rapidly is becoming one of America's most serious social problems."[10] He later co-authored AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: A Special Report, and contributed frequent articles against homosexuality to The Journal.
In 1991 he authored the 900-page Understanding the Times: The Religious Worldviews of our Day and the Search for Truth, a textbook interpreting current intellectual movements, from Biblical Christianity, Secular Humanism, Marxism/Leninism, the New Age Movement, Islam, and Postmodernism. It is widely used among Christian schools, churches and colleges, either in its unabridged or abridged formats. Ministry Watch described it as his most notable book.[6] It was cited by DJ Grothe as changing his life, inadvertently, by introducing him to humanism.[11]
In 2001, Noebel co-authored with Tim LaHaye Mind Siege, which was a New York Times best-seller.[11] He has also produced a number of educational materials, including textbooks (with teacher's guides) and video curricula.
Works
Books
- Communism, hypnotism and the Beatles: An analysis of the Communist use of music, the Communist master music plan, 1965
- Rhythm, riots, and revolution;: An analysis of the Communist use of music, the Communist master music plan, 1966
- Does the National Council of Churches speak for you?, 1969
- The Beatles: A Study in Drugs, Sex, & Revolution, 1969 (pamphlet)
- The Marxist Minstrels: A Handbook on Communist Subversion of Music, 1974
- The Homosexual Revolution, 1977
- The Slaughter of the Innocent, 1979
- The Legacy of John Lennon: Charming or Harming a Generation?, 1982
- AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1986 (with Wayne C. Lutton and Paul Cameron)
- Understanding the Times Harvest House, 1991; 2nd ed. 2006
- Clergy in the Classroom: The Religion of Secular Humanism, 1995 (with J. F. Baldwin and Kevin J. Bywater)
- The Battle for Truth, 2001; republished as Worldviews in Collision, Harvest House, 2008
- Mind Siege - The Battle For Truth In The New Millennium, 2001 (with Tim Lahaye)
- Thinking Like a Christian: Understanding and Living a Biblical Worldview B&H, 2002
Sound recordings
- The Marxist Minstrels. Tulsa: Christian Crusade Recordings, 1968.
Video recordings
- Countering Culture: Arming Yourself to Confront Non-Biblical Worldviews (with Chuck Edwards)
- Mind Siege: The Battle for the Truth (with Tim LaHaye)
References
- ^ A Summit Reader: Essays and Lectures in Honor of David Noebel's 70th Birthday (Summit Ministries) was published in 2007.
- ^ Paul Kurtz. "Another Assault from the Religious Right." Free Inquiry 21:3, 2001.
- ^ Noebel and LaHaye. Mind Siege. Nashville: Word Publishing, 2000, Pages 155-172 are a chapter entitled "Humanism Is a Religion."
- ^ Member biographies for the Council for National Policy, accessed 2008-02-21
- ^ Summit Ministries: Resources - The Christian Worldview Radio Program
- ^ a b c Andy Presler. He is editor of their monthly journal, The Journal.
- ^ D. Lankford, Jr., Ronald (2005). Folk Music USA: The Changing Voice of Protest. New York: Schirmer Trade Books. ISBN 0825673003. Page 129.
- ^ a b Johnny Marr. "Christ, Communists, and Rock'n'Roll: Anti-Rock and Roll Books." WFMU, 1997. Accessed 2007-02-21.
- ^ CONELRAD. "The Marxist Minstrels" on Atomic Platters.
- ^ Jean Hardisty. "Constructing Homophobia: Colorado's Right-Wing Attack on Homosexuals" Public Eye magazine, March 1993.
- ^ a b DJ Grothe. "Responding to the Religious Right. Free Inquiry 22:3.
External links
- Summit Ministries Website
- Page on the Christian Worldview Network, including biography and article index
World Of Truth Ministries is located two blocks East of Lees Summit Road and US 40 Highway in Independence Missouri. www.worldoftruth.net
Author: WorldOfTruth
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Added: January 7, 2009
Obama Nation 2009
Russian Foreign Ministry sources are reporting today that the United States Council on Foreign Relations organization has presented to its Western allies attending this weeks contentious European Climate Summit a secret report that summarizes that the American Nation, indeed all of North America, will totally collapse by the Summer of 2009. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) describes itself as an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Russian Intelligence sources, on the other hand, describe the Council on Foreign Relations as the defacto shadow government of not just the United States, but the entire Western World since its founding in 1921, and which the World War I American President, Woodrow Wilson, spoke of by stating: Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the U.S., in the field of commerce and manufacturing, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it. Global manipulation of the prices of oil, natural gas, zinc, iron ore, nickel, copper, platinum, gold, corn, wheat and rice to stratospheric heights to be immediately followed by their, likewise, engineered collapse. Manipulation of the Global economy through the flooding into financial systems of unlimited credit to be immediately followed by an engineered contraction of the money supply thereby collapsing the entire Worlds banking system to leave the Wests powerful Central Banks as the sole survivors, and defacto owners of the Wests industrial output. Dissolution of the North American and European Nation States which are then to be reformed into Global Trading Blocs centrally governed by unelected emissaries to a new One World governing body. The forced destruction of all other Nation States on Earth, to include, Russia, China, the Middle East, South and Central America and Africa, whereupon they too will be able to become a part of the new One World ruling structure. The forced relocation of the Earths entire population into urban environments, with the United States, Canada and Mexico to be the first Nations to implement this policy among its citizens, by force if necessary. [Note: It is interesting to note that in this section of the CFRs report that no plans are made for the taking of weapons from these people, rather the price of ammunition for citizen owned weapons is first to be raised so to make it virtually unaffordable, to then be followed by mass engineered shortages and, finally, to be banned from being sold altogether.] Though one could find it hard to intellectually argue against the CFRs goal of uniting our entire Earth against the dire catastrophes we face as a human species, one could, indeed, find great exception to the methods they are using to achieve their goals. If the end result, no matter how noble, does justify the means to achieve them then no argument against the CFR can be made. If, however, the treatment of human beings to achieve these end results relegates us to being nothing more than chattel to our new masters than one can only determine to stand against those who seek to rule over us, to even destroy us, to keep us from destroying ourselves. And for the Americans? According to the CFR master plan their destruction has already begun and the summer of 2009 will be more horrible than any of them can realize.
Author: hobgoblinlkjfdsa
Keywords: truth 911 bush obama shoes iran iraq reporter throws at cia jesus allah god
Added: December 28, 2008
В.Путин.Заявление для прессы.21.11.05
Press Statements and Answers to Questions Following Russian-Japanese High-Level Talks November 21, 2005 Sori Kontei, Tokyo Заявление для прессы по окончании российско-японских переговоров на высшем уровне 21 ноября 2005 года Токио, Сори Контей PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI: Today, as we receive President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries. I welcome Vladimir Putin from the bottom of my heart. After signing the Russian-Japanese Action Plan in 2003, Russian-Japanese relations are developing successfully. With a view to expanding and further developing our cooperation we signed twelve Russian-Japanese bilateral documents. Next year the G8 summit meeting will take place in St Petersburg and I will participate in that meeting. We are also expecting the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Fradkov, to visit Japan. Along with this we are going to organize other events to further encourage our relations at the intergovernmental level. The international situation requires that we intensify our cooperation in all possible strategic areas. Our ministries of foreign affairs, heads of law enforcement agencies and special services are working on this, have begun a dialogue, and are also taking practical steps to further cooperation. Concluding a peace treaty will be a decisive moment and we must work towards this in the most serious way so as to sign one in the near future. We confirmed this today. Until today President Putin and I have based ourselves on official documents and agreements and have confirmed our political will to find a mutually acceptable solution to this problem. Regarding trade and economic relations between our countries, both of us welcome their development. We welcome the conclusion of talks between our countries concerning Russia's accession to the WTO, and we consider it important to further develop trade and economic relations between our countries. The pipeline to the Pacific Ocean and cooperation in the energy sector is really mutually advantageous and important for our countries. In the near future it is necessary that we come to an agreement to quickly implement this project. We share the same opinion on this front. Exchanges and ties are developing but in the next three years we intend to increase visits between citizens of our countries three times over, to reach four hundred thousand people. We also agreed to expand youth exchanges and next year we are planning a festival of Russian culture in Japan. We welcome this event and hope that it will be successful. Already sixty years have passed since the end of the Second World War. In this respect, we asked Vladimir Putin to understand the feelings of very elderly people who, after the war, were interned for some time on Russian territory. Together with President Putin we arrived at the understanding that the Russian party will make efforts in this area. I consider that our talks took place in a frank atmosphere and were fruitful.
Author: niknikolay
Keywords: Владимир Путин Vladimir Putin Kremlin Moscow President Russia Президент России Press Statements Answers Questions Following Russian Japanese Level Talks Заявление прессы окончании российско японских переговоров высшем уровне
Added: December 26, 2008
В.Путин.Пресс-конференция.10.05.05.Part 2
Press Statement and Responses to Questions Following the Russia-European Union Summit.Part 2 May 10, 2005 Great Kremlin Palace, Moscow Пресс-конференция по итогам встречи на высшем уровне Россия Европейский союз 10 мая 2005 года Москва, Большой Кремлевский дворец JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER: Ladies and gentlemen, We were very pleased to come to Moscow, this time with more feeling than usual. Yesterday we celebrated the 60th anniversary of victory in the Second World War together. And we did this in Moscow, because everyone who came here from other parts of Europe, from the American continent, wanted to show how much they value, how much they keep a living memory of the important of this victory which the Red Army contributed to, and the role of the Red Army in liberating Europe. I am from Luxembourg from a very small country which was occupied twice by German troops in the 20th century. Since the Second World War, we know how much we are indebted to the Red Army, to its energy and decisiveness. Just as we are to other elements of bravery of the Red Army. We, Luxembourg, like other European countries, could not have gained freedom and democracy if the Russian people had not done what they did for us. And it is quite normal that we returned to Moscow to pay tribute to their bravery. I was born in December 1954, almost in 1955 you could say, ten years after the Second World War. And I grew up in the atmosphere of the cold war. My father was pro-Russian, so I personally was not brought up in the atmosphere of the cold war, but I saw every day that we were free, in a democratic world, that we had a future, and that the enemy was on the other side. And this was far from being a good period in European history, because it paralysed everything that the European nation means in the best sense. And we never would never want to be restricted again. What we are seeing today, what we saw yesterday this was in a completely different atmosphere. Perhaps I am already too old to truly value this, but those who are born today are perhaps too young to realise the changes that Europe went through. We have become, for certain reasons, the creators of a new life. And the knowledge of the enormous changes which took place has helped us. Two years ago I was in St. Petersburg, when this European city celebrated its anniversary. And in the European Union, we set ourselves the task for Europe, for Russia, to create a common economic space. Then we started talks. We realised that there were other spaces. Now we have four spaces, I will not list them here. Today we reached an agreement on these four spaces. They contain the most complex elements. And it is far from easy to hold talks with Vladimir Putin. He has his own idea of the necessity of protecting the interests of his country. We have approximately the same idea on our side. All this requires attention. But in the atmosphere of cooperation we reached an agreement, including on the most complex issues. I would like to publicly congratulate Mr Putin, the Foreign Ministry, and also Mr Javier Solana, and representatives of the commission who prepared and carried out serious preparatory work so that we could reach an agreement. The economic space is very important, as this concerns giving both Russian investors and investors from the European Union a completely predictable legal space, legal foundations so that they can carry out investment which is required in complete security. It is quite normal that the European Union will have such positive experience with Russia, and this will prepare Russias entry into the WTO. We also have agreement on other important aspects on freedom, security and justice. Organised crime knows no bounds, it does not stop on the border of the Russian Federation and the European Union. Together we can fight with organised crime and terrorism. We have common tasks: a common conception of simplifying the visa system, and a conception of regulating issues concering readmission. As for foreign defence, these are more complex tasks. But nevertheless we reached an agreement. Sometimes in Russia, sometimes in the European Union, we do not quite understand what the principles are, and how to divide the spheres that surround us. People are free, and they are free to chose methods of regional cooperation those that more adequately match their interests and ambitions. Here we also came to an agreement.
Author: niknikolay
Keywords: Владимир Путин Vladimir Putin Kremlin Moscow President Russia Президент России Пресс-конференция итогам встречи высшем уровне Россия Европейский союз Press Statement Responses Questions Following European Union Summit
Added: December 25, 2008
В.Путин.ступительное слово.30.11.04
Introductory Remarks at the VI National Congress of Judges November 30, 2004 State Kremlin Palace, Moscow Вступительное слово на VI Всероссийском съезде судей 30 ноября 2004 года Москва, Государственный Кремлевский дворец PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good day dear colleagues, This is not the first time we are meeting at such an occasion. Four years ago, we met for the same reason, for the congress of judges, and we discussed the work ahead and the situation in the judicial system at that time. Now, looking back over the time that has passed, we have every reason to say that this has been a period of dynamic and fruitful development for the Russian judicial system. Indeed, we have seen development in all areas in modernising our justice legislation and ensuring that the judiciary is better financed and better equipped and that the courts have all they need to carry out their work. Of course, a lot of problems still remain, but I hope nonetheless that you can say that progress has been made. One of the most significant achievements of the changes that have taken place is that citizens are turning more and more often to the courts to settle their problems. This shows that there is increasing trust in the judicial system. But the old instinct of distrust and a cautious approach to using the courts as a means of resolving legal disputes still persists among the public. You know the current state of affairs better than I do. You know that every year the courts examine 6 million civil cases, 3 million administrative cases, 1 million criminal cases and more than 1 million commercial cases. These figures show that people now have greater access to justice, and they are also indicative of the great burden of work the courts must deal with. The number of federal judges increased by more than 7,000 over the last four years. Courts of first instance now work more efficiently and are less over-burdened than before, largely thanks to the institution of justices of the peace, who now work in 87 of the countrys regions. But as public trust in the courts increases, so the number of cases will also increase, and this will undoubtedly require a more modern and rational organisation of the way the courts function. In this context we need to take all steps to develop methods that have already proven their worth elsewhere in the world. I am thinking here of such methods as dispute resolution through negotiations and conciliation agreements and also arbitration as a means of settling disputes. Despite the obvious success achieved by judicial reform, there are still many problems and unresolved issues. I imagine that you will use this congress to discuss them in detail. For my part, I would like to draw your attention to what seems to me are several key points. First is to ensure that the principle of judicial independence is implemented in its fullest. This is a vital principle and it has always been the cornerstone of judicial reform over these past years. Today it remains an issue of utmost importance. Independence of the judiciary is not some kind of honorary privilege, but is a prerequisite for the judicial system to be able to carry out its constitutional functions within the system of division of powers. A whole system of legal, social and financial guarantees exists to ensure the independence of the judicial system in Russia. I think it would be right to look at one fundamental issue, and that is increased pay for judges. I have not raised this issue in order to win your compliments, though, of course, any other reaction can hardly be expected. But I bring up this point deliberately. I myself am a law graduate and many of my friends work in the judicial system, in the Interior Ministry, the security services, the courts, the prosecutors office and as lawyers, and they will perhaps criticise me for this, but everyone agrees in their heart that the essence of the judicial system is the summit of justice, where we know that decisions are taken upon which depend not just the fate of individuals as, say, in a criminal trial, but also the health of the state and the economy in administrative and arbitration proceedings. Becoming a judge in many ways represents the summit of a career in law, and so I do think that we should embody this principle by giving the courts the corresponding position in our state.
Author: niknikolay
Keywords: Владимир Путин Vladimir Putin Kremlin Moscow President Russia Президент России Вступительное слово Всероссийском съезде судей Introductory Remarks National Congress of Judges
Added: December 24, 2008