WHY NOT COME ALONG TO TURF IN CROSS KEYS TONIGHT OR ANY TUESDAY NIGHT FOR SOME GREAT MINISTRY AND FELLOWSHIP?

THE NEWPORT BRANCH OF THE PWMI HOLD FIVE OR SIX SATURDAY CONFERENCES EVERY YEAR AT "THE UPPER ROOM FELLOWSHIP" (TURF) IN CROSS KEYS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT. WE ALSO HOLD WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES EVERY TUESDAY AT 8pm, SO WHY NOT COME ALONG AND JOIN US SOME TIME?

LAST WEEK WE HAD THE FABULOUS DR ARNOLD FRUCHTENBAUM FROM ARIEL MINISTRIES IN TEXAS SPEAK AT TURF AS PART OF HIS EXTENSIVE BRITISH TOUR (SEE REPORT ELSEWHERE). TONIGHT WE HAVE NEVILLE STEPHENS FROM THE PWMI LEADING THE MEETING.

IN PREVIOUS WEEKS WE HAVE HAD BRIAN MACE, PASTOR ARTHUR WICKS FROM PONTYPRIDD, JOHN WHITTLE, STEVE AND SUSY ROWLANDS GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE GAZA SITUATION, AND BEFORE THIS WE HAD THE SPLENDIDLY ENTERTAINING, BUT ALSO EXCELLENT BIBLE TEACHER, COLIN BUFTON MAKING A VERY WELCOME RETURN TO TURF. ALWAYS FULL OF HUMOUR, SONG, ANECDOTES AND GOOD MINISTRY, HE IS WELL WORTH TRAVELLING TO LISTEN TO.

ALSO RECENTLY WE HAVE HAD NEVILLE STEPHENS FROM THE PWMI GIVING AN ILLUSTRATED BLOGGING TALK ON THE RISE OF ISIS, THE NEW ISLAMIC CALIPHATE, AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THIS IN-DEPTH UPDATE IS AVAILABLE ON THE "TURF" BLOG. 

AND PRIOR TO THIS WE HAD TIM DONNELLY FROM THE PWMI GIVING AN IN-DEPTH POWERPOINT SLIDE SHOW TITLED "SATANIC SERVITUDE". THIS ILLUSTRATED THE MANY WAYS THAT SATAN HAS INFILTRATED AND SUBVERTED THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING AREAS OF THE WORLD WITH HIS SUBTLE AND NOT SO-SUBTLE GLOBAL TECHNIQUES.

TONIGHT AT THE UPPER ROOM (SEE OUR NEW IMAGE OVER THE FRONT DOOR SIGN AT OAK HOUSE ABOVE) WE HAVE NEVILLE STEPHENS FROM THE PWMI GIVING US ANOTHER UPDATE FROM THE SCANDAL AT VICTORY CHURCH IN CWMBRAN, AND ALSO A MIDDLE EAST UPDATE .

THIS PROMISES TO BE A LIVELY MEETING, AS ARE ALL OF OUR TUESDAY GATHERINGS, SO PLEASE COME ALONG AND ENJOY A GREAT TIME OF FELLOWSHIP WITH US ALL AT TURF IN CROSS KEYS.

FREE FOOD AND DRINKS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. OUR FULL ADDRESS IS 6A, RISCA ROAD, CROSS KEYS, NEWPORT, NP11 7DG. PICTURED BELOW IS THE SIDE ON VIEW OF TURF ABOVE CREATION.....JUST FOLLOW UP THE STAIRS TO A VERY WARM WELCOME (NEV).

SOME GREAT WEEKEND READING FOR YOU FROM THE SPLENDID TEAM AT "BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS" IN JERUSALEM.

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The Islamic Ghost that Haunts Obama By: David Rubin We are a product of where we come from, in addition to our essence, and in addition to the many influences that we absorb along the way. ..Whether Barack Hussein Obama identifies as a Muslim or as a Christian (which he claims to), the fact is that he had a Muslim father (which according to Islam makes one a Muslim) and then a Muslim step-father. Read » Beheading Infidels: How Allah 'Heals the Hearts of Believers' By: Raymond Ibrahim To understand why the Islamic State not only decapitates its “infidel” captives, but also mutilates and mocks their corpses—and all to sadistic laughter—one need only turn to the Koran and deeds of Islamic prophet Muhammad. Read » Obama's Self-Defeating Fight By: Caroline Glick The United States has a problem with Islamic State. Its problem is that it refuses to acknowledge why Islamic State is a problem...Their pride at the beheadings of James Foley and others is part and parcel of their hatred for the US and the West. As they see it, destroying the US and the West is a central goal of IS. Read » Keep the Pyramids, Give Us the Colosseum By: Simcha Jacobovici The Egyptian archaeological community is in a tizzy. They are accusing foreign Egyptologists of being Israeli agents hell bent on altering their history. It seems Israel’s ultimate goal is to reclaim the Pyramids. Read » Obama and the 'W' Word By: Michael Freund So Washington has decided to go to war against the fanatics of the Islamic State. Or has it? After President Barack Obama addressed the American people from the White House last Wednesday and spelled out his proposed strategy for dealing with the threat posed by IS, his administration quickly tripped and fell headlong into a crater of confusion. Read » Why Many Arabs and Muslims Do Not Trust Obama By: Khaled Abu Toameh Many Arabs and Muslims identify with the terrorists’ anti-Western objectives ideology; they are afraid of being dubbed traitors and U.S. agents for joining non-Muslims in a war that would result in the death of many Muslims, and they are afraid their people would rise up against them. Read »

PLEASE DO NOT MISS THE DYNAMIC DR ARNOLD FRUCHTENBAUM FROM TEXAS SPEAKING AT TURF IN CROSS KEYS TONIGHT AND AT BASSALEG TOMORROW, AND THURSDAY IN SWINDON. THESE ARE MEETINGS DEFINITELY ONES NOT TO MISS!

Dear Friends,

What a treat we have for you TONIGHT (Tuesday the 16th Sept) at TURF in Cross Keys when we welcome to Wales and the West Country the fabulous Dr Arnold Fruchtenbaum from Ariel Ministries in the USA on his British tour.

This great man of God probably needs no introduction to you, but for those who are not familiar with his work and witness, here is his biography taken from his splendid website:

Biography

Arnold Fruchtenbaum was born in 1943 in Siberia, Russia after his Jewish father — falsely accused of being a Nazi spy when he fled Poland from Hitler — was released from a Communist prison. With the help of the Israeli underground in 1947, the Fruchtenbaum family escaped from behind the Iron Curtain to Germany, where they were confined to British Displaced Persons' camps. There, Arnold received Orthodox Jewish training from his father before the family finally immigrated to New York in 1951. Before their release, however, the family was befriended by a Lutheran minister; and it was this contact that eventually led Arnold and his mother to the New York headquarters of the American Board of Missions to the Jews (ABMJ). Five years later, this same meeting brought Arnold, at age 13, to saving knowledge of Jesus the Messiah.

His father strongly opposed Arnold's beliefs, and when the family moved to Los Angeles in 1958, Arnold was forbidden to read the Bible, attend Christian meetings or associate with Jewish-Christian groups. Under these difficult circumstances, Arnold continued as best he could to maintain contact with Jewish believers and to walk with the Lord.

Upon graduating from high school, Arnold was forced by his father to leave home because of his faith. In 1962, he began undergraduate education at Shelton College in New Jersey. Transferring to Ohio's Cedarville College, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hebrew and Greek in 1966. He then moved to Israel, where he studied archaeology, ancient history, historical geography, and Hebrew at the American Institute of Holy Land Studies and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. During this time, he witnessed the historic Six-Day War in 1967. Later that year, Arnold returned to the U.S. and entered Dallas Theological Seminary for studies in Hebrew and Old Testament. He also began working as a missionary with ABMJ (today, Chosen People Ministries).

Arnold was married in 1968 to Mary Ann Morrow, a graduate of Gordon College in Massachusetts. Three years later (1971), he graduated with a Master of Theology degree from Dallas. He and his wife then went to Israel, settling in Jerusalem to work with the local church and to train young Israeli believers for Christian service. Their activities for Christ drew much attention and anger from the religious authorities in Jerusalem, who eventually applied enough pressure upon government officials to force the Fruchtenbaums to leave Israel in 1973.

For the next two years, Arnold served as a minister and as editor of the monthly publication, “The Chosen People,” with ABMJ at its headquarters in New Jersey. In 1976, he joined the staff of The Christian Jew Foundation as associate director of the largest Hebrew-Christian broadcasting ministry in the world.

That summer, Arnold met with others in the field of Jewish missions to discuss the problem of the lack of discipleship and the need for intensive biblical and theological training for Jewish believers. The early concepts of Ariel Ministries were born at that time. In December 1977, after a year and a half of prayer and much encouragement from like-minded Jewish believers, Ariel Ministries became a reality. Arnold continues to serve as a director of the ministry and is in great demand as a conference speaker.

He has traveled widely in Europe, Israel and the United States, becoming intimately acquainted with the messianic movement in all its forms and struggles. The completion of his dissertation, Israelology: The Missing Link in Systematic Theology, was the culmination of 13 years of research for which he earned his Ph.D. at New York University in 1989. Dr. Fruchtenbaum has authored numerous published works and recorded many Biblical studies of keen interest to both Jews and Gentiles. We share with you the fruits of his labor in the “Messianic Studies” pages of this website, as well as that of several others who share his vision to reach Jewish people for Messiah.

- See more at: http://ariel.org/ariel-fruchtenbaum.htm#sthash.nKme5HAS.dpuf

Back to the present, and to let you know the dates and venues for the three superb meetings we have lined up for you in our region:

First of all Arnold be ministering at The Upper Room Fellowship (TURF) at Oak House, 6A, Risca Road, Cross Keys, Newport, NP11 7DG (a PWMI meeting) TONIGHT the 16th Sept at 8pm. If you get lost, below are pictures of the front and side entrances to "TURF ABOVE CREATION" -what a fantastic name! It is right next door to the Cross Keys railway station. His subject for the evening will be "THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH" (but a real in-depth study not the wishy-washy stuff you hear in some churches)! For any further information please phone Neville Stephens on 07808 251502.

On Wednesday the 17th after a good night's rest in the locality, Arnold will move a few miles down the road to the next venue along with Trevor and Maggie Stewart-Sweet who have taken a lot of time and trouble to arrange this special British tour of our dear American guest. For any further information please phone Neville Stephens on 07808 251502.

And yes, you have probably guessed, it is at the fabulous 17th century farmhouse and special Christian meeting place of NANCY'S FARM IN BASSALEG, JUST OUTSIDE OF NEWPORT. also starting at 8pm. The subject for this venue will be "THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION" (another in-depth study of this great Book of the Bible). The full address is Croesheolydd (Nancy's) Farm, Penylan Road, Bassaleg, Newport, NP10 8RW (tel Nancy Williams on 01633 893210 if you get lost). Pictured below is her magnificent home and grounds:

And on Thursday Arnold, Trevor and Maggie will be moving out of South Wales, and crossing over the Severn Bridge and the border into England to make the relatively short 62 mile journey down the M4 to SWINDON, and to be hosted by my very good friend, and brother in the Lord, the "handsome and debonair" Tony McLellan! 

This too promises to be a great evening, and Tony informs me that already many, many people are travelling long distances to hear this great man of God. There is also a fair sized contingent from Wales travelling to be blessed for a third night running, so please get there early to reserve a seat. Seriously folks, there are plenty of seats available at the new PWMI branch venue of THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY, BEECHCROFT ROAD, SWINDON, SN2 7RD (pictured below) Please phone Tony on 07931 421157 for any further information and details of how to get there. 

This meeting starts at the earlier time of 7.30pm, so please make a note of this. Arnold's topic for the third leg of this part of his tour is "THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ANTICHRIST" (yet another very in-depth treatment of this fascinating subject). 

Arnold, on this major teaching tour, is also ministering at venues in Dartmoor, Bere Regis, Southampton, Ipswich, London, Ilford, Southend, Dunfermline, Sunderland, Southport, Sheffield, Stockport, Stoke on Trent, and Reading before coming to us in Wales (in that order). Therefore we are very privileged to have this great Bible Teacher in our midst for three consecutive nights at the end of his exhausting tour of the United Kingdom. 

So there you have it friends. What a treat and something for everyone I would suggest. I promise that if you attend just one of these fabulous meetings, you will not be disappointed. So come along, and meet Arnold, Trevor and Maggie and the rest of of us. You will be assured of a very warm welcome. 

MARANATHA BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL,

NEV, TREVOR AND MAGGIE.

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*URGENT PRAYER REQUEST* Caryl Matrisciana has been in a bike accident whilst touring in Wisconsin. She is currently in intensive care. PLEASE PRAY that she will be healed and restored so that the ministry of Caryl Productions may continue. We ask that you do not call or email the Caryl Productions office relating to this matter but PLEASE DO PRAY FOR CARYL. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE POSTED HERE AND ON THE WEBSITE WWW.CARYLTV.COM Thank You - Caryl Productions Office Staff PLEASE NOTE: THE WEBSITE SHOP IS STILL OPEN FOR ORDERS AS USUAL

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH REPORTS "SPECTRE OF 1929 CRASH LOOMS OVER THE FTSE 100 AS TRADERS TAKE ON RECORD AMOUNT OF DEBTS"!!

Spectre of 1929 crash looms over FTSE 100 as traders take on record debts

The spectre of the 1929 stock market crash looms large for UK investors as traders borrow record amounts to invest in rising stock markets

By John Ficenec

03 Sep 2014

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Nothing has been learnt from the madness of the 1929 stock market crash as once again traders reach for record amounts of debt to pile into rising share prices.

The level of margin debt that traders are using to buy shares in the stock market reached the highest levels on record, according the latest data from the New York stock exchange.

US traders borrowed $460bn from banks and financial institutions to back shares, and once cash and credit balances held in margin accounts of $278bn is subtracted this left net margin debt of $182bn in July

Traders are now more exposed to a fall in share prices than at the height of the dot-com bubble at the turn of the century, and just before the financial crisis during the 2007 peak.

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Buying shares on margin is often used by hedge fund traders to increase the returns on their investments. As the stock markets have steadily risen during the past five years and the level of risk has fallen, banks have become more willing to lend money for this activity.

The practice of buying shares on margin can trace its roots back to the heady days of the roaring 20’s stock market boom. Retail investors intoxicated by the offer of limitless gains only had to put down a small portion of their own money to buy shares.

In the 1920’s investors put down between 10pc to 20pc of their own money and therefore borrowed up to 80pc to 90pc of the cost of the investment.

The impact on returns in a rising market is startling. If for example an investor only has to put down 10pc, then with £10 he can buy £100 worth of shares. If by the end of the next day the investment has risen by 10pc to £110, when they sell the shares the returns in absolute amounts would be the original £10 plus a £10 profit, thus generating 100pc return within a day rather than 10pc if they had to put up the whole £100 to buy the shares in the first place.

The problem comes when markets start falling and investors get the dreaded margin call. Using the same example if the shares fall to £80 on the first day the investors entire £10 has been wiped out, plus another £10 of debt he now owes. However, at the end of the day the broker will only call for an additional £2 to be put into the account. If at the end of the following day the shares fall further and the investor cuts their losses, they have to find money to repay their debts.

In the 1920’s many in the stock markets bought on margin, confident that they would gain from the rising market and get out before everyone else started selling.

In today’s stock market the only modification to buying on margin is that the US Federal Reserve currently has an initial margin requirement set at 50pc. The margin debt must remain below specified amounts on each account and not all shares can be bought on margin.

The market participants using debt to invest has also changed, gone are the days of retail investors using margin to boost returns, it is now largely the preserve of professional investors such as hedge funds.

More and more shares have become available to buy on margin as the perceived level of risk within markets has steadily decilined.

A key indicator of risk the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, or VIX often known as the investor fear gauge, closed last week at 12.05 points, only three points from a record low.

The hope is that professional investors will not behave as irrationally, and sell shares wildly at the first sign of trouble, as happened in 1929. However, this looks to be wishful thinking on the part of the regulator. If anything the problem of the markets being exposed to sharp falls has only been amplified by the growth in the level of debt used by hedge funds.

The logic of the professional investors also appears deeply flawed as they all believe they can steadily unwind trading positions in an orderly process to realise their gains. However, because borrowing on margin requires positions to be exited quickly to prevent losses; a steady unwinding is impossible. This would be much the same as every spectator at a football game believing they can all make it through the exit at exactly the same time.

As we move into autumn the traders will be returning to the markets and reviewing their positions. This tends to be a volatile period for stock markets. The stock market crashes of 1929, 1987, 2001 and 2008 all happened in September and October.

In fact the anatomy of the 1929 crash is worth reviewing. It started with the Dow Jones Industrial average hitting its peak on September 3. The stock market then started to fall two days later, there was no panic and no crash throughout the whole of September and early October just stock prices failing to make a move higher.

It was on October 24, or Black Thursday, that the market finally fell apart dropping sharply before recovering strongly into the end of the day. The seeds of doubt had been sown and over the weekend investors decided they wanted to get out. When the markets opened on October 28, or Black Monday, there was more sustained selling and no recovery. The collapse culminated in the worst day in stock market history recorded on Black Tuesday October 29, when fear gripped the markets and the lack of any buyers resulted in share prices dropping through the floor.

The Dow Jones hit a record high of 17,154 last week and the S&P 500 has also gone above 2,000 for the first time ever. If investors do start to sell it will be into a thin market. US stock-market volume averaged 5.3bn a day in August, compared with a mean of 6.3bn in the first seven months, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

^{The S&P 500 has risen more than 22pc in the past 12 months}

^{The Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen nearly 16pc in the past year}

In the UK the FTSE 100 hasn’t climbed as high as the US stock markets. The Footsie closed last week at 6,820, still some way short of the record 6,951 reached on December 30, 1999.

As we approach those levels it is worth keeping in mind how far we could fall.

When the dot-com bubble burst at the start of the new millenium the FTSE 100 slumped 48pc to fall below the 3,500 level. As the 2008 financial crisis unfolded the FTSE 100 index dropped 41pc from its peak in 2007 and once again dipped below the 3,500 level.

As the traders and investors return from their summer break it looks likely to be a lively autumn.

THE JAPANESE VIEW OF THE SO-CALLED "PALESTINIANS"!

JAPANESE VIEW OF THE PALESTINIANS

One picture being worth a THOUSAND words.
Unfortunately the picture could not be copied, but nevertheless the article below is still well worth printing just for the contents and the accuracy itself.
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Is the world just plain stupid?An interesting questionnaire  for Palestinian Advocates
By Yashiko Sagamori

If you are so sure that "Palestine, the country, goes back through most of recorded history," I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions about that country of Palestine:-

1          When was it founded and by whom?
2          What were its borders?

3          What was its capital?

4          What were its major cities?

5          What constituted the basis of its economy?

6          What was its form of government?

7          Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat?

8          Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation?

9          What was the language of the country of Palestine?

10         What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine?

11         What was the name of its currency?

12         Choose any date in history and adviseus the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese yen or Chinese Yuan on that date.

12         And, finally, since there is no such country today, what caused its demise and when did it occur?

You are lamenting the "low sinking" of a "once proud" nation. Please tell me when exactly was that "nation" proud and what was it so proud of?

And here is the least sarcastic question of all: If the people you mistakenly call "Palestinians" are anything but generic Arabs collected from all over -- or thrown out of -- the Arab world, if they really have a genuine ethnic identity that gives them right for self-determination, why did they never try to become independent until Arabs suffered their devastating defeat in the Six Day War?

I hope you avoid the temptation to trace the modern day "Palestinians" to the Biblical Philistines: substituting etymology for history won't work here.

The truth should be obvious to everyone who wants to know it. Arab countries have never abandoned the dream of destroying Israel; they still cherish it today. Having time and again failed to achieve their evil goal with military means, they decided to fight Israel by proxy. For that purpose, they created a terrorist organization, cynically called it "the Palestinian people" and installed it in Gaza, Judea and Samaria. How else can you explain the refusal by Jordan and Egypt to unconditionally accept back the "West Bank" and Gaza respectively?

The fact is, Arabs populating Gaza, Judea and Samaria have much less claim to nationhood than that Indian tribe that successfully emerged in Connecticut with the purpose of starting a tax-exempt casino: at least that tribe had a constructive goal that motivated them. The so-called "Palestinians" have only one motivation: the destruction of Israel and, in my book that is not sufficient to consider them a nation" -- or anything else except what they really are: a terrorist organization that will one day be dismantled.

In fact, there is only one way to achieve peace in the Middle East. Arab countries must acknowledge and accept their defeat in their war against Israel and, as the losing side should, pay Israel reparations for the more than 50 years of devastation they have visited on it. The most appropriate form of such reparations would be the removal of their terrorist organization from the land of Israel and accepting Israel's ancient sovereignty over Gaza, Judea and Samaria. That will mark the end of the Palestinian people. What are you saying again was its beginning?