Daily Archives: May 13, 2012

If There Ever Was a Time to Pray, That Time is Now (Why Prayer Matters in These Troubled Times)

Matthew 7:7-11:
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”

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Twitter Feed on ‘the Black Church, Obama and Homosexuality’

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Three Executives At JPMorgan Chase to Resign Over $2 Billion Loss

4798Three high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase are expected to leave their jobs this week after a trading blunder cost the bank $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson to Step Down for Lying

4798Yahoo confirmed in a Sunday afternoon press release that CEO Scott Thompson will step down, effective immediately.

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Jamie Dimon Admits to Mistakes at Chase

4798The CEO of JPMorgan Chase, which disclosed a $2 billion loss last week, said he was “dead wrong” when he dismissed concerns about the bank’s trading last month.

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Netanyahu’s Office Delivers Joint Statement on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

4798An Israeli envoy met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and delivered a letter from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu detailing his government’s stance on stalled peace negotiations.

Protestors with their hands tied, eyes blindfolded and mouths taped take part in an Arab Jewish demonstration in the city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, against the administrative detention of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails on May 12, 2012. (DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/GettyImages)

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad says ‘War Is Not Needed to Destroy Israel’

4798President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that war was not essential to achieve the destruction of Israel, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported.

President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, pictured here on May 4, said on Saturday that war was not essential to achieve the “destruction” of Israel, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported. Ahmadinejad, who is known for making fiery speeches against Iran’s archfoe Israel, has dubbed the Jewish state a “cancerous tumor” which is destined to be eliminated from the region. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

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