Rev Michael Bresciani's Articles http://www.a1articles.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Premiere of Discovery’s ‘Curiosity’ – Shameless Secularism not Science After weeks of being pounded by commercials promoting Discovery Channel’s first in a series they call "Curiosity," it would be hard for anyone with only a little bit of curiosity not to give it a chance and a little look see. Produced by John Hendrick... http://www.a1articles.com/premiere-of-discoverys-curiosity--shameless-secularism-not-science-2387387.html 14th November 2011 TBN: No Naming Names – Apostasy’s New Gospel of Thieves After 23 years in the special top audience time slots with Trinity Broadcasting Network, Dr. Jack Van Impe has pulled the plug with Trinity Broadcasting. Reasons cited are that, TBN’s top execs don’t want Van Impe naming names of ministers and ministries ... http://www.a1articles.com/tbn-no-naming-names--apostasys-new-gospel-of-thieves-2334530.html 16th August 2011 America’s Version of the Ouroboros – Deliver Us from Stupidity The most read article I have ever written is only made it to my own website after being circulated around the internet for over five years. It has been published to over fifty other sites and read by about 350,000 people. It is entitled “7 Sure Fire Ways ... http://www.a1articles.com/americas-version-of-the-ouroboros--deliver-us-from-stupidity-2313181.html 14th July 2011 Tolerance and Diversity – What are we Supposed to Tolerate? After the brutal shooting death of Pakistan’s Christian Minister Shabbaz Bhatti for his opposition to ‘blasphemy laws’ the persecution and murders of Christians continues unabated in Pakistan and other Muslim countries. Is this what the west is supposed t... http://www.a1articles.com/tolerance-and-diversity--what-are-we-supposed-to-tolerate-2295525.html 23rd June 2011 The 2012 Elections and the ‘Twenty Million Factor’ John McCain was beat by approximately twenty million voters in the 2008 election. Are those voters going to vote for Barack Obama again? If they do, the hardest question of all to answer is: why? We now have a clear Obama track record and plenty of bac... http://www.a1articles.com/the-2012-elections-and-the-twenty-million-factor-2220993.html 10th May 2011 Don’t Think God Speaks to People Today? – Think Again I thank God that when I address how God has spoken to me I am not talking about something that happened just yesterday. In fact it is something that has followed me my entire life. There is not enough room in one article to cover it and even my book “An A... http://www.a1articles.com/dont-think-god-speaks-to-people-today--think-again-2209314.html 04th May 2011 Yankee Pride - Brussels Babel - Gabriel’s Trumpet: The Abrupt Apocalypse I hate writing articles that require an explanation of the title but I am delighted when someone reads my work because they instantly knew what the title meant. With this title I am inclined to just say; you’ve got three chances to decide what it means an... http://www.a1articles.com/yankee-pride--brussels-babel--gabriels-trumpet-the-abrupt-apocalypse-2023853.html 11th February 2011 Prophecy 2011 – Is America Dancing with Devils? This will be a transitional year for America and indeed the rest of the world as well. Too many degenerative changes have been set in motion across the globe for us to see much of a reversal in the great demise of nations. Will America get onboard this gl... http://www.a1articles.com/prophecy-2011--is-america-dancing-with-devils-1966310.html 19th January 2011 News Headlines for 2010 we didn’t see - but could have Here is a smattering of imaginary news headlines from across the nation’s landscape of current events. Some might get you to crack a smile or bust out into a good belly laugh. Here is the odd thing, none of them were meant to be funny? Alaska- Poor sp... http://www.a1articles.com/news-headlines-for-2010-we-didnt-see--but-could-have-1878908.html 01st December 2010 Not good and evil: In America the Battle is about Truth and Lies Stories about good triumphing over evil are heartwarming; they make good movies and make us feel a bit nobler as human beings. In reality there is no contest between good and evil but there is a raging battle between truth and lies. There is also an o... http://www.a1articles.com/not-good-and-evil-in-america-the-battle-is-about-truth-and-lies-1876190.html 30th November 2010 Chile: A Lesson in Courage, Faith and Patriotism for the Entire World The capsule the Chilean Navy constructed traveled up and down through the earth a distance of 33 miles in total to save 33 trapped Chilean miners. The courage, faith and patriotism of the nation, the rescuers and the miners have now traveled across the gl... http://www.a1articles.com/chile-a-lesson-in-courage-faith-and-patriotism-for-the-entire-world-1807508.html 22nd October 2010 Beck Says Read the Bible – Ready to Change Your Worldview? On his recent radio shows around the nation Glenn Beck has been telling his listeners to study the Bible. It is refreshing to hear someone who is not a pastor or evangelist calling America to the Book and we can almost hear some saying: it’s about time. ... http://www.a1articles.com/beck-says-read-the-bible--ready-to-change-your-worldview-1780375.html 06th October 2010 Is Post 9/11 Islam Creating Worldwide Stockholm Syndrome? Today’s world is a roaring sea of unpredictability, instability and fearful portents that make Roosevelt’s world seem calm. The news is awash with debate about Imam Rauf’s Ground Zero mosque being built in Lower Manhattan against the wishes of seventy ... http://www.a1articles.com/is-post-911-islam-creating-worldwide-stockholm-syndrome-1743388.html 14th September 2010 Will the President Relieve the Oppression of his own Decorated Officer? I find that even those Americans who are not very religious often respond to the basic common sense of a matter. Sometimes I feel driven by all that is right or even God himself to address a subject while at other times it is simply a gross injustice o... http://www.a1articles.com/will-the-president-relieve-the-oppression-of-his-own-decorated-officer-1735151.html 08th September 2010 Obama on Ground Zero Mosque: Rights for Muslims, Tough Luck for Americans Celebrating at a dinner in the White House on Friday August 13, Obama followed the meeting with a statement that Muslims had a right to build a mosque even in Lower Manhattan. Polls taken across the nation indicate that very few Americans are in agreemen... http://www.a1articles.com/obama-on-ground-zero-mosque-rights-for-muslims-tough-luck-for-americans-1709127.html 18th August 2010 What Does America See in 2010 and Beyond? Few Americans in today’s political and moral climate have any doubt that our light has seriously dimmed. At no time in our history more than now does it appear that we have brought on an administration that seems to think that it has been given a mandate ... http://www.a1articles.com/what-does-america-see-in-2010-and-beyond-1704145.html 16th August 2010 American Idol: The Fallacy of Fifteen Minutes of Fame I happened upon a crowd of people some years ago who were gathering by the hundreds in New Orleans famous tourist area known as the Riverwalk Marketplace. They were there to audition for American Idol and in only a few minutes the crowd of wannabes swelle... http://www.a1articles.com/american-idol-the-fallacy-of-fifteen-minutes-of-fame-1692033.html 10th August 2010 You Can't Make History without a Real Homie Arguably democracy has drawn the closest to fulfilling the quest but it is fraught with problems because of what we in theology call "the human condition." The Bible describes it as the sinful nature of mankind. It is what infiltrates into the affairs of ... http://www.a1articles.com/you-cant-make-history-without-a-real-homie-1686142.html 09th August 2010 Obama Courts Latino Votes at Arizona's Expense With Arizonans cringing in fear even hundreds of miles from the border from the aftermath of brutally murdered ranchers and border police, we might expect any other President to spring into action. We would not expect 1200 National Guardsmen to come down ... http://www.a1articles.com/obama-courts-latino-votes-at-arizonas-expense-1656458.html 15th July 2010 July 4, 2010, fireworks provided by John Boehner and Barack Obama The fact that Wall St. had a choker applied to it while big offenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went untouched was never mentioned in Obama's address. Also not mentioned was the complete failure of this administrations stimulus packages to stimulate anyt... http://www.a1articles.com/july-4-2010-fireworks-provided-by-john-boehner-and-barack-obama-1642705.html 07th July 2010 Late Night bumbling buffoonery drops Bush bashing bomb on Father's Day It is no secret that Hollywood and media is the right arm of the liberal apparatus. It is a rolling ball of fleshy indulgence and twisted morality that crushes everything it falls on like an Oklahoma twister. It scoffs at tradition, morality, Godliness an... http://www.a1articles.com/late-night-bumbling-buffoonery-drops-bush-bashing-bomb-on-fathers-day-1621375.html 25th June 2010 The high cost of free speech - When honesty is outlawed Words that reference the last days, the end times, the latter days or, times of the end, number well over thirty. Details of these events take up nearly a quarter of the entire Bible. For most people it is easier to refer themselves to the lettered expert... http://www.a1articles.com/the-high-cost-of-free-speech--when-honesty-is-outlawed-1585957.html 04th June 2010 Memorial Day in America 2010 - Will we yet hold this torch up high? Looking back to the observations of those directly involved in the great conflicts of the past is actually a way of looking forward. How is this so? While the conflicts of today are different than those of the past when we review the actions, the brave... http://www.a1articles.com/memorial-day-in-america-2010--will-we-yet-hold-this-torch-up-high-1576854.html 01st June 2010 The Internet - America's New Lost and Found I sat thinking of how Bill O'Reilly only the night before had tried to dismiss a story only because it was found on the internet. His co-anchor reminded him of some of the most amazing breaking stories that came from the internet and were missed entirely ... http://www.a1articles.com/the-internet--americas-new-lost-and-found-1572031.html 27th May 2010 Prophet, pundit or newsman - America's Confusion The nature of news reporting has significantly changed in the last decade. Now news people are laden with opinions and are undertaking causes. The old Cronkite "And that's the way it is" has become "that's the way I see it" and is followed by more analysi... http://www.a1articles.com/prophet-pundit-or-newsman--americas-confusion-1556997.html 19th May 2010 Obama Mocks Armageddon: More Wright Theology that's Wrong? Not satisfied to just goad his critics and take on the GOP Obama has decided to bring scripture references into the controversy. We know what Pastor Wright said about damning America but now we can see further into the Wright theology or the lack of it wi... http://www.a1articles.com/obama-mocks-armageddon-more-wright-theology-thats-wrong-1510764.html 21st April 2010 Tea Party has Obama Complaining and Comedians Railing In fact it is not true. While no one has taken a scientific poll of the Tea Partiers it is clear from those who have spoken out on it that some of them are and, some are not. What is not so clear is just how this ‘birther' movement came about. Who gave ... http://www.a1articles.com/tea-party-has-obama-complaining-and-comedians-railing-1491049.html 08th April 2010 Healthcare now, amnesty next: Good for the country or vote tallying for 2012? With amnesty looming on the horizon isn't it more about prepping voters for Obama's second term come 2012? Huge voting blocs exist today that can swing an election to one side or the other. Some of these communities are being birthed at this very momen... http://www.a1articles.com/healthcare-now-amnesty-next-good-for-the-country-or-vote-tallying-for-2012-1472471.html 26th March 2010 Dem's ignore rules, constitution, and the people - The prophetic will not be ignored Disregard for rules and procedure was the first thing to enter the sideshow that was congress on the evening of Sunday March 21, 2010 and, nothing says it better than the clip of Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida who said of the rules, "We make up rules as w... http://www.a1articles.com/dems-ignore-rules-constitution-and-the-people--the-prophetic-will-not-be-ignored-1467592.html 24th March 2010 Tolerance and diversity: The Brain Eaters When missionaries encountered the Sawi tribesmen of South America they found cannibalism and it was considered a way of gaining complete power over someone by eating their brain. When documentary commentators described the tribe's religious beliefs in the... http://www.a1articles.com/tolerance-and-diversity-the-brain-eaters-1456708.html 18th March 2010 The PC Wars of 2010 and Beyond - Spiritual wickedness in high places For almost an entire generation we have thrust a two pronged socialistic pitch fork at the minds of our youth. One prong is marked ‘disdain of nationalism' or national pride from which patriotism is fed but not born. The other prong is marked rejection ... http://www.a1articles.com/the-pc-wars-of-2010-and-beyond--spiritual-wickedness-in-high-places-1441809.html 11th March 2010 Words: Can America ignore these flags of moral decline? Republicans repeatedly raised the call to remember that they are representatives of their constituents who clearly are not in acceptance of the proposed bill. Perhaps none were as eloquent and powerful as Wisconsin's Paul Ryan (R) whose answers to the Pre... http://www.a1articles.com/words-can-america-ignore-these-flags-of-moral-decline-1431703.html 05th March 2010 Prophets are not God's PR men - Evangelism is not cheerleading If the Christian right has seen its day since the height of the Reagan years then where is it today? Falwell is gone, Dr. James Kennedy is gone, Dobson is retired and John Hagee said he would not endorse another candidate ever after being shunned by McCa... http://www.a1articles.com/prophets-are-not-gods-pr-men--evangelism-is-not-cheerleading-1381188.html 08th February 2010 Dawkins on Haiti - Robertson True to Christian Theology? Dawkins starts his article by side stepping the usual requirements and protocol for standard article submission. His name appears before and after the title. He follows that with bold article sub headings and bold parenthetical statements made for effect,... http://www.a1articles.com/dawkins-on-haiti--robertson-true-to-christian-theology-1375964.html 04th February 2010 American Style Homeostasis - The Times they are a Changing Bernard discovered that all living organisms have internal "multiple dynamic equilibria adjustment and regulation mechanisms." In simple terms, that means we all have an internal clock. Homeostasis is that inner knowledge of time or our ability to defi... http://www.a1articles.com/american-style-homeostasis--the-times-they-are-a-changing-1355368.html 19th January 2010 Beck's 'Dumbest Thing' argument is philosophically flawed Beck's answer to the birther's quest is to take up something else like the constitutionality of health care and the legality of Czars. We have to wonder if Beck has forgotten that we have a democratically controlled House and Senate. If the best minds... http://www.a1articles.com/becks-dumbest-thing-argument-is-philosophically-flawed-1335740.html 08th January 2010 2009 the year of the lie - 2010 the year of reckoning Those who seek only the truth stand in shock when they discover how few people care about the truth altogether. This is what we call a sad truth. Trying to keep up on current events is hard enough but trying to keep up with the latest fabulous falsehoo... http://www.a1articles.com/2009-the-year-of-the-lie--2010-the-year-of-reckoning-1330612.html 07th January 2010 The Manhattan Declaration - To Every Thing there is a Season When questioned by news commentator Bill O'Reilly on the Factor Nov 24, 2009 about the propriety of the act, Lis Wiehl said that she thought it was all OK as long as it was done between the hours of 10:pm and 6:am. She explained that this was the time for... http://www.a1articles.com/the-manhattan-declaration--to-every-thing-there-is-a-season-1264790.html 27th November 2009 The Way That Seems Right: The Social Church in America All you have to do today to get a crowd in church is announce a study on The Purpose Driven Life. Even Catholics have taken to Warren-izing their congregations. If you want a little more credence then invite U2's Bono to your conference or Joel Osteen to ... http://www.a1articles.com/the-way-that-seems-right-the-social-church-in-america-1253057.html 25th November 2009 The Quality of Mercy - Soldiers of These United States Just when we thought there couldn't be another movie about WW II along comes Spielberg's ‘Saving Private Ryan' and the ten part miniseries about the 101st Airborne's Easy Company with the epic and stirring film Band of Brothers. Most Americans are no... http://www.a1articles.com/the-quality-of-mercy--soldiers-of-these-united-states-1244258.html 23rd November 2009 Ft. Hood Massacre - Psychological or Theological Problem? It might seem a bit like asking a fox why another fox attacked the hen house and to others the question of why the physician could not heal himself is not likely to be answered by his equally bewildered colleagues. Hasan who immigrated to America from ... http://www.a1articles.com/ft-hood-massacre--psychological-or-theological-problem-1236553.html 17th November 2009 The Three Rs of Prophetic Warning - Old Time Stuff that still Works Today In the issuance of prophetic utterance there is also a three Rs, spelled correctly they are redemption, renewal and rebuke. It serves well to consider another phrase often used in America usually as a means of expressing some disdain. The phrase ‘organi... http://www.a1articles.com/the-three-rs-of-prophetic-warning--old-time-stuff-that-still-works-today-1223151.html 09th November 2009 Foxophobia, Triskaidekaphobia - Fickle Phantasms from the White House? President Obama's persistence in singling Fox News out for scoffing and scolding has generated more disbelief than relief for most Americans. It is hard for anyone to imagine a President using the advantage of the office of the President to single out any... http://www.a1articles.com/foxophobia-triskaidekaphobia--fickle-phantasms-from-the-white-house-1207859.html 30th October 2009 EU and America Race to the Top of the Prophetic Ladder My message is easier now for many people to understand but there is yet no rush to alter the course of the nation or even the simplest behavioral patterns of everyday life, even among conservatives. America has always been engrossed in its own politics... http://www.a1articles.com/eu-and-america-race-to-the-top-of-the-prophetic-ladder-1189102.html 20th October 2009 Money and Celebrity the New Substitute for Justice in America America is busy with economic problems, the war in Afghanistan and healthcare issues, whose got time for questions of morality or theological issues? Apparently no one! While all the current issues are worthy of our attention isn't it odd that we tend to ... http://www.a1articles.com/money-and-celebrity-the-new-substitute-for-justice-in-america-1175675.html 15th October 2009