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   September 26, 2007

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Photo of Robert W. Peters New York Times columnist Bob Herbert has seen what happens to prostitutes in Las Vegas, where prostitution is still not legal. It thrives there anyway, and the mayor wants to expand and legalize the trade. Mr. Herbert wrote this for the September 11 paper: I must have hit a nerve. While in Las Vegas last week, I interviewed the mayor, Oscar Goodman, who enthusiastically explained how legalizing prostitution and creating a series of "magnificent brothels" could be a boon to his city's development. Vegas is already a paradise for pimps, johns and perverts, and I accused the mayor in a column of setting the tone "for the systematic, institutionalized degradation" of women. Mr. Goodman was not pleased. He snarled to the local press that he had no use for me, and added, "I'll take a baseball bat and break his head if he ever comes here." Remember, that's hizzoner the mayor speaking. Mr. Herbert also mentioned that a Las Vegas pimp used a handgun to threaten "Melissa Farley, a psychologist and researcher who has studied the sex trade in Nevada for the past two and a half years. At Morality in Media Website

 
         
   


 
   
THE FLAG POLE Seventeen years ago, on April 6, 1990, a group of teenagers in Burleson, TX assembled to go to three schools and pray around the campus's flagpoles. On September 12 of that year, 45,000 students at 1,200 schools in four states followed the Burleson example. Word of the flagpole-praying students spread, mostly in the same way that the word of Jesus first did--by word of mouth--this time greatly helped by the Internet. Last year over 2 million students in the U.S. took part and schools from countries all over the world also joined in this moving experience. Tomorrow, September 26, marks the 17th "See You at the Pole" and I ask that you encourage your children to participate. Take some time yourself and pray for these students to have no fear in praising our Lord. In recent years some schools have tried to stop kids from praying around the flagpole. Our friends at
 
   
Alliance Defense Fund are always ready to defend these prayer warriors and have released a memo explaining the constitutionality of these wondrous prayer events. This year's theme is "Gather. Unite. Pray. Come Together," based on John 17:20-23.
   
         
       
   
CHILD PORN The image, which featured two young girls one of whom was sitting down with her legs wide apart, was taken by the renowned photographer Nan Goldin. The shot, from the artist's Thanksgiving series, was to be exhibited at the Baltic Modern Art gallery, Tyneside, this week along with some of her other work. But the day before it was due to be viewed by the public, police came and removed the image over fears that it might be breaking the law. It is thought that one of the assistant directors at the centre called in the authorities last Thursday after a private view as he was concerned that the picture could be offensive. The
 
Sir Elton John owns the Nan Goldin picture
   
picture is now being examined by lawyers at the Crown Prosecution Service. Seized Child Porn owned by Sir Elton John
 
         
         

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IDENTITY Each one of us is a rare, one-of-a-kind person. We each have a God-given destiny to fulfill—a unique call that only we can carry out. But in order to reach our full potential and truly succeed in life, we must learn to accept ourselves for who we are. Over the years I have learned that the foundation for success is knowing who we are in Christ. This is our true identity. This understanding comes through learning what God says about us in His Word and then getting our mind and mouth in agreement with it. As you and I begin to think and speak the things that God says about us instead of focusing on our weaknesses, we will find the freedom to be ourselves and experience success in all areas of our lives. The Difference Between Your “Who” and Your “Do” When I first started walking with the Lord, I was very negative about everything and everybody, including myself. I had a very poor self-image because my thinking was very performanceoriented. I had been conditioned to believe from childhood that the better I behaved, the more love and acceptance I would be. Discovering Your True Identity
 
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