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Posted on 8 May, 201912 May, 2019 by admin

Jesus spreads His branches through me

For the past 2 days, the name of a particular place was coming to my mind repeatedly. I thought I myself should go to that place and conduct a prayer. While I was about to get a contact from that area, one brother contacted me. For the past 3 years, I have never contacted him. Or he has not contacted me .I revealed what was going on in me. He was so excited. I too was encouraged. We decided to conduct a prayer in that area! How the good vine Jesus Christ, abiding in us, tries to spread His branches! I was all the more thrilled when he came forward to accept my request!

The vine is not able to do its work in the world without its branches; they stretch far from the root, to bear its strength and sweetness to those who stand outside the wall, Gen 49:22. We need the Lord Jesus, but He also needs us. Without us He cannot bless men as He would. What a sublime thought is here-that Jesus needs something which I can yield Him! Service to God and man is possible only through the abiding union with Him. Let us yield ourselves to be pruned by the Word, that we may not need the pruning of awful sorrows. It is said that three out of five of the vine-berries are cut off that the remainder may attain their full size. How many of our own promptings have to be excised in order that our best fruit may be yielded!

We can be severed from Christ, won after we are truly united to Him for salvation and we may cease to abide in Him for the supply of grace and power in ministry. Abide in me, says the vine to the branch. Do not allow the aperture to become choked, and I will cause the sap to pulsate through you, Jesus.

Be Formed and Form is a 5 day short term course. This training is a challenge to the present Church. Because our Lord Jesus Christ (Head of the Church) wants the Church to be transformed according to Ephe 5:26,27. To make her holy, (cleansing her by the washing with water through the word), and to present her himself as a radiant Church. Today the Church is ignorant about the will of our Lord Jesus Christ. By this BFF training , the Church awakes and arises to shine in the world.

The educated as well as the uneducated can apply . Send your Resume, Recent Passport size Photograph (3 Copies), ID Proof and reference letters to

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Please pray, attend and send participants for this course.

Please confirm your registration as early as possible.It's a unique Christ designed course, transforms souls, delivers people from bondage, enlightens people on true knowledge of Christ and the word of God, Anointing of the Holy Spirit is abundant all through the programme.

Come and be blessed and bless others.

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Jesus at workplace

Acts as a link between the employer (Company) and the employee. We provide training and equip for workplace evangelism. We raise reliable, sincere and trustworthy people in the workplace like Joseph and Daniel who put God first in everything they do. We provide temporary or permanent jobs.

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Church Closed in Egypt after Muslim Mob Frightens Children in Sunday school

CAIRO, Egypt, April 23, 2019 (Morning Star News) – A Coptic church in Upper Egypt is closed after a throng of angry Muslims attacked it this month, beating a priest and another Copt as more than 200 fearful children who had gathered for Bible lessons looked on, according to advocacy groups.

One of the injured Copts, Asaad Bakheet Rezek, told Coptic TV (CTV) that a Muslim about 17 years old beat one of the priests with a club as security forces led him from the Anba Karas Church building in Naga al-Ghafir, Sohag Governorate in southern Egypt.

The priest, identified as Father Basilious, sustained a minor head injury as security forces escorted him and another priest into an armored vehicle after the chanting mob tried to enter the building, Rezek said, adding that the children were terrified by the club- and knife-wielding crowds as they shouted, cursed and pelted the building with rocks.

The village mayor had gone to the church premises the previous day, angry at construction underway for a fourth floor to a building annex, according to advocacy groups Coptic Solidarity and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).

The mayor accused the Christians of “treason” for the add-on. He started shouting to neighbors to take action against the church and left, later submitting a notice at the city council complaining about the construction, according to the groups. The city council immediately arrived, stopped the work and confiscated building materials, including the cement and the reinforced steel.

The next day at 4 p.m., dozens of angry demonstrators tried to enter the church premises but were unable to get through a steel door. Carrying clubs and knives, they started shouting, cursing and pelting the building with rocks, according to Coptic Solidarity.

Additional forces arrived, and Father Basilious was struck as he and another priest were escorted off the premises. Parents and church leaders were not able to move the 200 children away from the angry, chanting villagers until security forces dispersed the crowds. Though police witnessed the beating of the priest, no arrests were made.

Both Father Basilious and Father Bakhoum were taken for questioning into the evening hours.

Police issued an indefinite closure order, pending investigations, and froze all activities of the 10-year-old church, including the its daycare and the Sunday School.

The church, which held worship services every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, was the only one serving a Christian population of about 1,300 in Naga al-Ghafir village, the rights groups said. There had been no prior trouble with Muslim neighbors.

“The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights condemns the closure of the Anba Karas Church in Naga al-Ghafir,” an EIPR statement read. “The church was shuttered after dozens of Muslim residents of the village surrounded the church and chanted hostile slogans against Copts; a Christian cleric and another citizen were injured after being assaulted with sticks.”

The EIPR stated that the right of worship, individually or collectively, whether in a church building, home, or other building, is a fundamental right upheld by the Egyptian constitution and international human rights conventions ratified by Egypt.

“This right is not contingent on the will of the majority,” the EIPR noted.

The church was issued a permit four years ago as an association for religious activities, prayers and social services. Two years ago the church bought an adjacent 75-square meter plot and annexed a structure to the older building after submitting all payments and paperwork to authorities.

The second and third floors were built two months ago, and there were no problems until the construction of the fourth floor began.

“The EIPR condemns the practice of security agencies closing down churches in which worship services are regularly held, on the grounds that they are not officially licensed,” the EIPR statement reads. “This violates Article 8 of Law 80/2016 on the construction of churches, which provides for the continued functioning of churches and religious buildings even in the absence of the necessary permits or failure to meet the conditions for legal status. It also contradicts a letter sent by the head of the construction and public relations sector in the Ministry of Housing on Jan. 6, 2018 to Father Mikhail Anton, the representative of the Orthodox Coptic confession on the church regularization committee.”

The housing ministry official stated that 14 governorates had been instructed not to suspend any worship services in churches that had filed their applications for status with the governorate regularization committees, according to the EIPR statement.

The EIPR has documented 32 incidents of sectarian tension and violence since the church construction law went into effect, all of them associated with worship. Interventions by various state institutions in this period led to the closure of 22 churches and the prohibition of collective worship within them, it stated.

Egypt ranked 16^th on Christian support organization Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List of countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian.

China Training Pastors to Preach on Communism, not the Bible

Officials in China’s third largest province are training pastors to include communist ideology in their weekly sermons, according to a new report from a religious liberty watchdog.

The same officials also are forcing pastors to affirm traditional Chinese beliefs – such as ancestral worship – that conflict with Scripture.

At issue is the approval of pastors within the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, the government-approved Protestant body that faces severe restrictions.

Pastors who failed a test on communist beliefs weren’t approved.

Last year the Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs in Henan province – the third-largest province with 94 million people – began applying Communist Party membership standards to screen Three-Self preachers, according to Bitter Winter, an organization that monitors religious liberty.

The assessment included two parts: a sample sermon and a questionnaire.

The Bureau told the pastors to write a sample sermon that must include “national policy, traditional culture and the core socialist values” in the text, Bitter Winter reported. Christian doctrines such as eternal life, heaven and hell were prohibited from being included.

“The preachers are worried that churches in China will eventually become the CCP’s political propaganda agencies,” Bitter Winter’s Jiang Tao wrote.

One pastor was told to prepare a sermon on the subject, “Christians must love their country.”

To gauge a pastor’s political standing, the questionnaire included questions about Chinese and communist beliefs. A pastor only passed if the answers corresponded with the beliefs of the government.

The question, “How do you regard tomb-sweeping and offering sacrifices to ancestors?” would need to include the answer, “This is part of China’s traditional culture; Christians can sweep tombs and offer sacrifices to their ancestors; it is not against the Bible.”

The question, “Why are minors not allowed to go to church?” should be followed by the answer, “This is a national policy; not letting children enter churches is to ensure their physical and mental health.”

In one major city, Xinzheng (population 600,000), only 58 out of 100 pastors passed. In Luolong district, nearly 50 out of 80 pastors failed the assessment.

“[T]e test for a preaching certificate is used to examine participants on their political thinking. Government officials don’t understand the Bible,” one pastor told Bitter Winter. “As long as you flatter the Communist Party and support it, you can pass the assessment. Otherwise, no matter how well you can talk about the Bible, it would still be useless.”

Said another pastor, who is in his 80s, “The government’s goal of training young preachers is to indoctrinate and infiltrate them, so that they use the CCP’s methods when giving sermons at gatherings, and, in the end, they will become more than willing to serve the CCP.”

Somehow, I was able to leave my workplace early and come back home. I attended the troop church lead by my mother. God talked to me while the message was being shared. God spoke to me from Isaiah 15:1-3. The verses speak about Moab and Dibon which are countries like Sri Lanka where churches were burnt down. God is going to transform India as a Christian country but also has plans for other countries to follow troop churches as it is conducted in India. People from India are going to go and work with these big fat churches of the world and transform their temple hooked rituals to following the verses of the Bible for the greater good of humanity. – Sr. Aparajitha

Events:

God continues to provide his grace for new beginnings:

The 22^nd Batch of Be Formed and Form training started in Arunachal Pradesh. (Photo Below)
Children’s Troop Church was conducted in Aurangabad. (Photo Below)
Children’s worship school went on well in Matilda, Warangal district. 60 Children participated.
The 7^th Batch of Eschol Counseling Course stated with ten students.

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Dangerous Rise of Anti-Semitism All Over The World, Including The Church

There is no place for anti-Semitism in our society, and all of us should be deeply alarmed by how rapidly anti-Semitism is rising across North America, Europe and the Middle East. The numbers that I am going to share with you in this article are incredibly disturbing, and many believe that anti-Semitism is now the worst that it has been since the end of World War II. After what we witnessed during the 1930s and 1940s, you would think that the world would never want to go down that path ever again, and yet it is happening. Millions upon millions of people deeply hate the Jewish people just because they are Jewish, and it is getting worse with each passing day. The lastest example is the New York Times which just days after the Times published an op-ed falsely claiming Jesus was a Palestinian, placed a cartoon on their op-ed page, depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a dog leading a blind U.S. President Donald Trump.

Imagine if the New York Times cartoon that depicted Israel's Prime Minister as a dog had, instead, depicted the leader of another ethnic or gender group in a similar manner? If you think that is hard to imagine that you are absolutely right. It would be inconceivable for a Times editor to have allowed the portrayal of a Muslim leader as a dog; or the leader of any other ethnic or gender group in so dehumanizing a manner.

What is it then about Jews that allowed such a degrading cartoon about one of its leaders? One would think that in light of the history of the Holocaust, which is being commemorated this week, the last group that a main stream newspaper would demonize by employing a caricature right out of the Nazi playbook, would be the Jews. But, no. Only three quarters of a century after Der Stürmer incentivized the mass murder of Jews by dehumanizing them we see a revival of such bigoted caricatures.

Threats of rising anti-semitism caught the world's attention after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in October 2018, where the gunman murdered 12 people and injured 7 during Shabbat morning service. Now another one has happened...

19-year-old John Earnest was once a quiet piano player that had a seemingly bright future in front of him, but after being infected by the vile anti-Semitism that is rapidly spreading all over the Internet, he decided that it would be a good idea to walk into a synagogue and start shooting people...

One woman was killed and three others were wounded when a man entered a synagogue during Passover services Saturday at the Chabad of Poway temple and opened fire with an AR-style assault weapon shortly before 11:30 a.m.

Poway is about 25 miles northeast of San Diego. The city's mayor, President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom all called the attack a hate crime.

The suspect, 19-year-old John Earnest, was arrested and is being questioned by authorities.

60-year-old Lori Gilbert Kaye was killed when she stepped in front of the synagogue's rabbi as he rushed to evacuate children. She will be remembered as a hero, while John Earnest will be remembered as a hate-filled racist that said that Jewish people "deserve nothing but hell". All over the globe, prominent political leaders are condemning what John Earnest did. In his statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it "an attack on the heart of the Jewish people"...

"I condemn the abhorrent attack on a synagogue in California; this is an attack on the heart of the Jewish people," Netanyahu said in a statement. "We send condolences to the family of Lori Gilbert-Kaye and our best wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded. The international community must step up the struggle against anti-Semitism."

Unfortunately, we aren't talking about just a few isolated individuals.

A recent CNN survey that was conducted in Europe discovered that anti-Semitic attitudes are very widespread over there...

Anti-Semitic stereotypes are alive and well in Europe, while the memory of the Holocaust is starting to fade, a sweeping new survey by CNN reveals. More than a quarter of Europeans polled believe Jews have too much influence in business and finance. Nearly one in four said Jews have too much influence in conflict and wars across the world.

One in five said they have too much influence in the media and the same number believe they have too much influence in politics.

Other polls have showed the majority of British adults don't know that 6 million Jewish people were murdered in Holocaust, or they believe the number killed to be much less than this.

The European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency study published last year asked European Jews in 12 countries their views on anti-Semitism. Hundreds of Jews polled said they had experienced a physical, anti-Semitic attack in the past year. According to authorities in France, the number of anti-Semitic attacks in that country rose 74 percent last year.

Of course this is not just a recent trend either. According to the Anti-Defamation League, there was a huge increase in global anti-Semitic attacks from 2016 to 2017...

The Anti-Defamation League has identified 1,986 anti-Semitic incidents in its 2017 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents. That's up from 1,267 in 2016, marking the highest single-year increase since the organization released its first audit in 1979.

Those are deeply chilling numbers. If you are not Jewish, you may not think about anti-Semitism much. But for those that must deal with it on a daily basis, it is a nightmare that never ends.

According to another survey of Jewish people living in Europe, 90 percent indicated that they believe that anti-Semitism is growing in the country in which they currently live. The following comes from the Guardian... The report found 90% of respondents felt antisemitism was growing in their country and 30% had been harassed. Over a third avoided going to Jewish events or sites because of safety fears, while the same proportion had considered emigrating. Nearly 80% no longer reported minor incidents because they thought "nothing would change".

Even in polite mannered Canada the number of antisemitic incidents in Canada spiked in 2018, according to a new study published on Monday. The 2018 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents commissioned by the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada showed 2,041 incidents of antisemitism took place last year, a 16.5 percent increase from 2017. The study also showed a 28.4-percent jump in antisemitic harassment, a 61.5-percent increase since 2015.

Here in the United States, anti-Semitism is rising rapidly as well. In fact, there are an increasing number of "Christian churches" and "Christian ministries" that claim to be Christian but that also boldly express hatred for Israel and for the Jewish people at the same time.

Much of this hatred finds it's roots in replacement theology which essentially teaches that the church has replaced Israel in God's plan. Adherents of replacement theology believe the Jews are no longer God's chosen people, and God does not have specific future plans for the nation of Israel.

If you are anti-Semitic, you are literally embracing evil itself. And you can see it in their eyes. You can literally see the evil in the eyes of anti-Semitic terrorists in the Middle East, in the eyes of crazed skinheads in Europe, and in the eyes of deranged extremists in the United States.

I love the Jewish people, and I am proud to stand with Israel. We are not going to put up with anti-Semitism, and we are going to fight it wherever it is found.

Volume 7 Issue 17

Posted on 28 April, 201928 April, 2019 by admin

Prophetic Revelations

I met a family this week. The father, mother and their child studying Std 2.

They were narrating an incident which taught the following Bible verse to me extensively

Ps 8:2 “From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger”.

This child is being used by God for prophetic revelations through drawing.A few days ago he drew a picture and showed it to the parents. In it was a coffin, a body inside, a mic, somebody standing in front of the mic, and people gathered around. When the parents asked about it, it explained clearly. He said the names of the Church members standing in the crowd. The one standing in front of the mic was the pastor, he said.

After one week, the same incident happened. Quite unexpectedly, one young sister of the Church died of kidney failure. It was not diagnosed earlier. It happened all of a sudden! Her burial took place in the same way the child had drawn in the picture.

We are living in a prophetic era! The Lord speaks through his sons and daughters, even through babes and little children!. Signs of the last days!

Act 2:17,18. ‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

Let’s be vigilant to collect the messages the Lord gives to us in various ways!

The educated as well as the uneducated can apply . Send your Resume, Recent Passport size Photograph (3 Copies), ID Proof and reference letters to

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Please pray, attend and send participants for this course.

Please confirm your registration as early as possible.It’s a unique Christ designed course, transforms souls, delivers people from bondage, enlightens people on true knowledge of Christ and the word of God, Anointing of the Holy Spirit is abundant all through the programme.

Come and be blessed and bless others.

A Section 25 (Not for Profit) company which focuses on Training and Skill Development in all the States of India.

Jesus at workplace

Interested people can register with us by sending your resume and contact details to me.

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Father’s House,

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4/364 E, Anna Salai 1st Cross Street,

ECR, Palavakkam, Chennai 600041.

Tamil Nadu, India.

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New Concerns As Ring of Fire Coming To Life In Heavily Populated Areas

When skyscrapers start moving back and forth, that definitely is not a a good sign. In recent months, there has been a tremendous amount of seismic activity along the “Ring of Fire”, and a couple of significant earthquakes on Monday got a lot of attention because they happened in very heavily populated areas. Fortunately the damage was fairly limited and only a few people died, but scientists assure us that it is only a matter of time before a killer quake hits a major city. And considering the fact that hundreds of millions of people live along the perimeter of the Pacific Ocean, when a killer quake does strike we could potentially be talking about a disaster unlike anything we have ever seen before.

Let’s start our discussion by talking about the large quake that just hit southern Mexico…

An earthquake in southern Mexico caused tall buildings to sway in the Mexican capital Monday, prompting hundreds of office workers to evacuate along a central avenue temporarily. There were no initial reports of damage or injury.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and its epicenter was in southern Mexico near the border between Chiapas and Guerrero states. It struck at a depth of about 11 miles (18 kilometers).

Mexico City was literally built on a former lakebed, and the unique geology of the area means that Mexico City feels earthquakes more acutely than other major cities would.

Scientists tell us that one day Mexico City is likely to be absolutely flattened by an extremely large earthquake, and let us hope that day doesn’t come any time soon.

On Monday an even larger earthquake hit the central Philippines. The following comes from the Express…

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the central Philippines on Monday, sparking evacuations from offices in Manila. Frightening footage shows skyscrapers swaying back and forth as debris falls nearby. The video was posted on Twitter captioned: “Buildings swaying in Manila after a 6.3 earthquake strikes in the Philippines.” The earthquake struck 60km northwest of Manila, at a depth of 40km.

The Governor of Pampanga province told a radio station that several people had been killed. Media reported some structures had collapsed and the Clark International Airport, a former U.S. military base, had suffered some damage and had closed.

Mass evacuations were ordered, but fortunately they were not actually needed.

And even though large buildings were swaying back and forth, there are no reports of any actually falling.

So we should be very thankful that all of this shaking didn’t cause more damage, but we should also be alarmed by how active the Ring of Fire is becoming.

For example, over the weekend there were four substantial earthquakes in Alaska, and the largest of the four was a magnitude 5.1 quake…

At 10:31 p.m. Saturday, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska, which is about 11,200 miles west of Anchorage. This earthquake had a depth of about 8 miles

(13 + kilometers).

And just as I have been writing this article, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the Cascadia Subduction Zone just off the coast of Vancouver. You can find more information about this quake right here.

Any large earthquakes that happen along the Cascadia Subduction Zone are of particular concern, because the Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of producing a seismic event that could kill millions of people in the Pacific Northwest.

Back in the year 1700, an enormous earthquake alone the Cascadia Subduction Zone triggered a tsunami so massive that it crossed the Pacific Ocean and damaged coastal towns in Japan. FEMA has warned that if such a thing happened today, “everything west of Interstate 5 will be toast”. The following is an excerpt from one of my previous articles about the Cascadia Subduction Zone…

One day it will happen. With little or no warning, the Cascadia Subduction Zone will produce a catastrophic earthquake and accompanying tsunami that will essentially destroy everything west of Interstate 5 in the Pacific Northwest. It will be the worst natural disaster up to that point in American history, and as you will see below, the experts are saying that we are completely and utterly unprepared for it.

Of course the San Andreas Fault gets more publicity, but the truth is that the Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of producing a quake “almost 30 times more energetic” than anything the San Andreas Fault can produce. The Cascadia Subduction Zone stretches from northern Vancouver Island all the way down to northern California, and one expert recently told CBN News that all of the major cities in the region are essentially “built on a time bomb”…

In addition to all of the earthquakes, we have also seen an alarming rise in volcanic activity along the Ring of Fire as well. And over the weekend there was one more major event that we can now add to the list…

A new eruption took place at Indonesian Mount Agung, Bali at 19:20 UTC on April 20, 2019 (03:20 local time, April 21). The eruption produced a column of ash up to 5.4 km (18 000 feet) above sea level.

Ashfall hit parts of Bali, including Klungkung, Bangli, Denpasar, Badung and Tabanan, local media reported.

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation maintains Alert Level at 3 of 4 and prevents access to danger zone established 4 km (2.5 miles) around the crater.

The mainstream media is not talking much about it, but the truth is that our planet is becoming increasingly unstable. At this point seismic events are happening in such rapid fire fashion that it is really difficult to keep up with them all.

So what happens if this trend continues to intensify?

And what happens if the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions start getting a whole lot stronger?

We live at a time of great change, and many believe that the Earth changes that we have seen so far are just the beginning…

‘We Have No Regrets’: Hong Kong Pastor Facing up to Seven Years in Prison Shares His Testimony before Court

After Pastor Chu Yiu-ming and eight others were convicted on Tuesday of crimes related to being a part of the pro-democracy Occupy Central with Peace and Love Movement and the Umbrella Movement protests, he stood in a Hong Kong courtroom and gave the sermon of his life.

According to Christianity Today, Chu – who is the leader of the Chai Wan Baptist Church and a pro-democracy advocate– shared his personal testimony before the court recalling how his difficult childhood lead him to Christ, to a life in ministry and to fighting for human rights.

According to an English translation of Chu’s testimony published in the Hong Kong Free Press, the pastor said, “I am a Christian minister committed to the service of God. I have resolved to live a life of friendship with the weak and the poor, praying that God’s justice be manifested on earth as it is in heaven, and that the gospel of love and peace be proclaimed among the people.”

He continued, “But today, old and grey, I find myself in the Defendant’s dock, making a final plea as a convict. It looks so absurd, if not outright shameful for a person holding holy office.

“And yet, at this very moment, my heart tells me that with this defendant’s dock, I have found the most honourable pulpit of my ministerial career. The valley of the shadow of death leads to spiritual heights.”

The pro-democracy advocate also stood behind his belief in a free nation saying, “We strive for democracy, because democracy strives for freedom, equality and universal love. Political freedom is more than loyalty to the state. It professes human dignity.”

Chu continued, “Every single person living in a community possesses unique potentials and powers, capable of making a contribution to society. Human right is a God-given gift, never to be arbitrarily taken away by any political regime.”

Christianity Today reports that while Hong Kong is closer to democracy than mainland China, many are fearful that communism will encroach on the region.

While Chu and eight others prepared to face up to seven years in prison, not far away, 200 Christians met to pray for them. Christianity Today reports that the Christians met at Kowloon Union Church, the place where Chu and others first announced the Occupy Central campaign many years ago.

According to the Los Angeles Times, in 2013, Chu and two scholars named Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man started the Occupy Central Movement. The campaign is a non-violent pro-democracy movement that advocates for an electoral system in Hong Kong and universal and equal suffrage. The Occupy Central Movement is often credited with being a motivating factor for the Umbrella Movement protests which led to the 79-day occupation of Hong Kong by protestors.

This led to the three being found guilty of “conspiracy to commit public nuisance,” Christianity Today reports.

“We have no regrets. We hold no grudges, no anger, no grievances. We do not give up,” Chu proclaimed before the court. “In the words of Jesus, ‘Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; The Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!’ (Matthew 5:10)”

Chu is awaiting his sentencing hearing set for later this month where he can face up to seven years in prison; others could get longer sentences as they have additional convictions.

Nearly 300 People Dead after Suicide Bombers Strike Churches and Hotels across Sri Lanka in Easter Sunday Attack

Nearly 300 people were killed and some 500 injured across Sri Lanka as the result of six suicide bombings at churches and hotels on Sunday.

According to the BBC, 24 people were arrested after six suicide bombers entered three churches and three hotels in the Easter Sunday attack.

Reportedly, it is not known who is responsible for the attack yet, but Fox News reports that authorities believe the attack was carried out by a “radical extremist Islamist group” called National Thowheed Jamath.

According to the BBC, the first reports of an explosion came in around 8:45 a.m. local time, and five more blasts quickly followed suit.

Three churches, one in Negombo, one in Batticaloa and one in Colombo’s Kochchikade district, were all targeted during Easter services. The Shangri-La, Kingsbury and Cinnamon Grand hotels – all three considered luxury hotels – were also attacked.

Police were able to seize three other bombs, the BBC reports. Authorities carried out two raids – one in Dehiwla and one in Colombo – where they found two bombs. Three officers were killed during the raids.

Authorities discovered the third bomb, seemingly abandoned, near the airport in the capital, Colombo.

According to reports 35 foreigners including Chinese, British, Portuguese, Turkish, Australian, Dutch, Japanese and American citizens are among the 290 dead. The Daily Telegraph reportsthat among the dead are a British television Chef and her daughter, a family member to British politician Tulip Siddiq and an 11-year-old American boy named Alex Nicholson and his 42-year-old mother Anita.

Following the bombings, the Sri Lankan government implemented a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and social media platforms have been blocked in an attempt to stop the spread of false information.

This was the bloodiest attack in Sri Lanka since its civil war ended nearly a decade ago. The government is working to quickly seek justice for the deadly attacks as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe fears the massacre could offset the stability in the country.

Volume 7 Issue 16

Posted on 18 April, 201920 April, 2019 by admin

Every family receives its name

For the past 6 months I got opportunities to counsel a few drug addicts. From them I came to know a reality . All of them had a common factor. i.e. during their childhood, they did not get love from either father or mother or from both. This spoke in a loud voice, about the value of a family. Family is the basic unit of the society. Family is the place where a man, woman, a society, a nation is planted like a sapling and grows. If the soil (family) is healthy, the plant (each member) also grows healthy, and the society get good citizens. In his letter Apostle Paul says,

… I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its name. Eph 3: 14, 15

Every family on earth receives a name from God the Father. It also says, there are families in heaven. God creates families. A man and woman makes a family when they get married. During marriage, when they enter into the marriage covenant, God the Father gives them a name and unites them in a bond. It cannot be broken. It is the bond of love, sacrificial love, which demands a person (husband and wife) to surrender everything for the other person. The children born into the family, witness the sacrificial love of their parents and learn to do the same. Whereas in a family when love is less, children get frustrated, they look for the same from outside, from the society. Very rarely they get it there. When they fail to find it, they look for substitutes like ganja, alchohol, premarital sex, pornography, etc. Again they fail and become rejected elements of the society! Their beautiful adolescent age is wasted!

Parents! May the Lord open your eyes and ears to see the name of your family! This name is given by the Lord! Just as you address your child by a name, the Lord will call your family by a name. Abraham’s family, Isaac’s family, Jacob’s family are some of the examples. The Lord knows each member of the family by name. If one person in the family is willing to stand by the Lord, the Lord saves the whole family.

May God strengthen the unity in our families and tighten the bond of love. Let us thank the Lord for India, for I read in a news paper a couple of years ago, India has the happiest families in the world!

Rise Up and Build - South

The Rise Up and Build Family Get Together saw the swift runners of the AOJ family come together for two days of praise and thanksgiving on April 6th and 7th. The event saw many servants of God testify the outpouring of his mercy and protection during their work in the field. After the introductory message by Sr. Angelica, the stage was given to various co-coordinators from the states to share their testimonies. The abundant experiences they received had to be pruned, in many cases for lack of time. Here are a few select testimonies from the south zone:

Kerala

Over four hundred believers were reached. 38 meetings were conducted. It is in Ernakulam district that the maximum number of meetings happened. The FRP class and the 7 demon doorways were the most useful.. Almost all the places, people said that they had never heard such things, and it is for the first time they heard that Jesus had given them authority. In one place in Ernakulam, there were two sisters who received deliverance from demons. In the second meeting in Wayanad district ,7 pastors attended. It was a positive influence in their life. One sister who was born again but backsliding was delivered from an evil spirit after attending the meeting. Many realised that God had given them the authority. There was a bird in the area that used to give trouble to one of the believers. She rebuked the bird, and the bird never came again. - Sol. Ponnan.
The lord blessed us to do a meeting in Palakkad, followed by Kannur and Wayanad.. In the Feedback everyone said that they liked the troop church. God gave grace to start two troop churches in the workplace. - Sis. Suma.
The first meeting took place in Trivandrum. When we taught about curse breaking there was lot of opposition from the audience. They kept asking questions despite our trying to answer. I felt discouraged and wondered how the next meeting will take place. But God said that he is in control. The second meeting happened in Kollam, at the end of the first day people threatened us that they would beat us. On the next day, nobody came to beat us. The Lord strengthened us. Another sister from the pentecostal faith came on the second day and said ‘some people threatened to beat you, I came to share it’. The next day, I realised that this person is an advocate. In the next meeting in another place called shakthikulam, the son in the house did not co-operate. He was throwing things around. He cursed the sister incharge in the subsequent meeting, he met them and took part in the troop church. - Kerala Team

Andhra and Telangana

We did the program across all age groups. The lord performed many miracles . When the meeting happened, one man who did not know God, after attending the meeting he pledged to conduct this program in his village. God performed many miracles in Nellore. - Bro. Jonathan
When I visited Sr. Vani , and discussed about RUB program I did not believe it. Next, I prayed for the lord and the lord showed me a vision. During the first meeting, there was a lot of confusion. People asked about prophecy. Sr. Vani prayed with Ezekiel 37 for three days, soon three more meetings were conducted. I did not know how to praise the Lord and worship him, despite being a servant of God. After this, I learnt how to do these things and much more.
I would like to share three things. I am extremely thankful to God for establishing a divine connection to Sr. Angelica. Last time, I came here, sisters colded me for not preaching. I took the advice to heart and started preaching. Many places Guntur Vijayawada, almost 1000 people were taught. Few financial miracles took place. – Bro. BM Reddy and Team.

Coimbatore, Pudukkottai and Ramand

We received Coimbatore, Pudukkottai and Ramand. We were praying to open a door for a place where we could conduct the RUB program. Finally one family said that they would like to organise the program at Pudukkottai. The presence of God was present very much. Everybody was strengthened. In the next meeting at Ramanad, 15, people attended. They were strong believers and the Lord did great thing, the Lord revealed where the problem was in their families.
The third programme was conducted in Dindigul. A Roman catholic family was unable to decide which church to go. One of the sisters wanted a transfer she told God that she will attend the meeting and God should provide the transfer for her son-in law. .The next day the official gave the transfer order to the son in law. – Bro. Benjamin and Bro. Shakespeare

Pondicherry

God's word is a double edged sword. It started cleaning me and activated me more into the Bible . I started reading the Bible. During the FRP program, we all knew what God forgives our sins and cleansed our sins. When we forgive others only others will be forgiven. Forgiveness is not an option became one of the foundational school. Many church officials attended the meeting. - Br. Valentin

Karnataka

In Belgaum over 13 church pastors attended the program and asked when will you conduct the program in our churches. Shabbat prayer resulted in financial miracle.- Bro. Gregory
North Karnataka is 900 KMs from Bangalore. It has unique places with unique issues such as pastor being unaware of of local issues In one area I saw a person afflicted with elephantis , I told him that it might be an ancestral curse. I informed him that I was not going to pray and he is going to pray. I told him ‘Confess with your mouth and you will be healed.’ The person said that the church pastor has never spoken to him regarding this. In that place, the RUB program took place in the street with elders because people were unwilling to come into church.
Except Bangalore, people were ready to listen to the word of God. In North karnataka many pastors said that this is such a new message of regeneration and good to the soul. People confessed with their mouth and and received deliverance. God powerfully manifested himself in the troop church. In Bidar, in the troop church, a pastors came running astonished by the healing that took place. In Kushal nagar a girl with a nerve problem, unable to walk from childhood after the troop church was able to walk. – Bro. Roopesh and Team

Tirunelveli

Pastor Rajan who had organized RUB in his church shared his and his congregation’s experience:

Thank you for this opportunity to share what the Lord has done in Tirunelveli. RUB was conducted on March 6th and 7th in Tirunelveli. Since then it has been conducted in 18 different places. As some of us had shared it was difficult to organise it because of the content. Change management is crucial in every aspect of our life. Change creates leader, leaders create change.
I took the responsibility of conducting this seminar as requested by Bro. Richard. The last week of January I spent in Rwanda spending time with the victims as well as the perpetrators of the Genocide. 80 percent of the country's population was lost due to unforgiveness. I stood before the preserved bodies of the victims of genocide. I asked the Lord why he had brought me there. The Lord replied that if there is any country that harbors unforgiveness this will be the result. Today the Media is promoting hatred. On January 31st, I came to know that the FBI had warned India that during the 2019 elections hatred will be promoted in the country. With this message, I asked the Lord what should I do. And that's when I received the call for Forgiveness and Reconciliation program we organised this and are seeing the changes as a result of the programs. We are conducting a breakthrough prayer on Tuesdays in a van. We are also planning to take this program to Japan and to a few other countries.
In Japan alone there are 75 suicides every day and the govt has set up a suicide forest for anyone to commit suicide. I am a pastor’s son with 16 years’ experience in the church. We have divided our church into troop churches. I see that there is a sense of freedom in the people. I have assigned people to deliver others and bring them to church.

Madurai

Pastor Francis and Pastor Alex shared their experience of conducting FRP in Madurai.

Glory be to God. We called the entire city and village pastors as well as business people, deaf and dumb people. I would like to share three testimonies that took place in the house church. A young lady who was about to get divorced after hearing about forgiveness she asked forgiveness from her husband. After a few days, they got their divorce sanctioned from the court. On the same day, the husband reconciled with his wife. It was really astonishing
In Madurai, a prominent individual who was into witchcraft accepted God.. He was the second in position in the Malaysian Murugan temple. Though he was being led into Christ, it was only the message of forgiveness that completely brought him to accepting Christ. His family was also saved. An education official occupying a high position was reconciled to his son. Father and son were not talking to each other. Once the message of forgiveness reached the their family, after three days, there was peace in the family.
Out of 11 taluks of Madurai , God allowed it to be conducted in 8. The message was shared in 36 places. Totally there were 800 people who accepted this message. This included 500 members from Jesus family who were Blind, crippled and deaf who accepted this.
Bro. Alphonse an adamant RC believer who in God touched through the CCF meeting. When this message was told to his family they shared it to the church, and the entire congregation wanted to listen to the FRP message.
God had opened doors in all colleges and schools to conduct FRP. We plan to have more teams to reach different sectors of the population.
An employee who came late was removed from the job. Another brother informed him about forgiveness following which the employer reinstated the individual. When the pastor's participated in this program it paved the way for reconciliation among themselves we conducted the program in 26 churches.

Troop and Gift Schools

Many incharge of the programme shared their testimonies during the RUB Family Get Together. Bro. Samson Paul testified about a husband and wife who spoke to each other after twelve years. Sol. Mohanasundram shared testimonies from the troop church and congratulated Sol Albert, Haggai Zone, for his efforts at starting troop churches. Sol. Albert was presented a small gift as a token of appreciation. The new gift schools of Family Building, Financial Discipline and Workplace evangelism were introduced.

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The following are some of the testimonies shared by the participants of the recently concluded BFF in Chennai:

We came to know what is truth? How it works in us. I had not forgiven some people. During the program, I learnt about forgiveness and reconciliation. I learnt about Shekinah and then curses. I used to attend church just out of tradition. I used to give tithes to church but was not happy. I wish to take the truths I learnt to Kanyakumari – Daniel
During the last five days, I received deliverance. I used to go for Mass, though I did not stand or place candles before any statue. We used to pray regularly at home. Despite this, there was no change in our son’s life. During this program, we understood the reason for it. In the coming days, we will prophesy over this. I also learnt about the reason behind sicknesses. I met several patients and was able to advise and encourage them – Antony
I got to know many biblical truths and understood the authority that the Lord has given to us. Inner healing was very useful. In the worship centre, I had a vision of Jesus calling me to sing near the microphone. I hope to prepare more soldiers for Christ. – Jeyasheeli
I got to understand the truth. There is a lot of difference between the truth told in churches and the ones taught here. All classes are touching. I had gone to hospitals for healing, but I did not know that God had given healing power to all. – Sagayamary
Each class renewed us. In the worship centre, two gents were standing on each side. I heard a male voice behind me. I turned around to see who it was, but no one was there. I think that must have been Jesus. I felt very happy. One sister whom I prayed for during the hospital visit said that she needed to get well and once she is healed, she will thank Jesus for that. I forgave a lot of people and our hearts and bodies felt light. May the Lord use us as instruments to proclaim God’s word. – Sisly

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Empty Bellies: The Unfortunate Reality For Nearly 30% Of Israel's Children

At ten o'clock, Adi instructed all the children in her Jerusalem gan (kindergarten) to take out their aruchat eser (mid-morning meal). Hungry, all the children raced to unzip their tiks (backpacks), remove their lunches and begin eating. All the children, that is, except for Benny. "At the beginning of the year, I noticed that Benny often came to gan without food. One morning, I asked him if he forgot his food at home. His response broke my heart. "We have no food at home, my belly is empty, and I haven't eaten anything since the slice of bread you gave me yesterday." That night, Adi made a call to Meir Panim and arranged for Benny and his siblings to receive daily hot lunches, free of charge. Unfortunately, Benny is not the only four year old in Israel that leaves for school without lunch and goes to bed hungry.

According to the Israel National Insurance Institute's latest report, 21.2% of the Israeli population lives in poverty. 29.6% of Israeli children are living in poverty. 2 out of every 5 children are victims of Israel's economic crises. That is where Meir Panim steps in: alleviating the harmful effects of poverty on thousands of families across Israel by supporting a wide range of food and social service programs aimed at helping needy people with dignity and respect. Over 110,000 children like Benny receive a hot lunch from Meir Panim.

Israel's Working Poor

Meir Panim understands the enormous stress Israeli families face. Working full-time jobs, Benny's parents are part of a growing segment of the Israeli "working poor." "It is heartbreaking; both working and unemployed adults have seen their situation plummet, largely due to massive cuts in government spending, leaving them and their entire families helpless. Meir Panim provides food for the body and nourishment for the soul", explained Mimi Rozmaryn, Director of Global Development for Meir Panim. Meir Panim annually serves nearly 500,000 hot meals to children, adults, and the elderly at Restaurant-Style Soup Kitchens across Israel.

Passover - A Time of Stress

This time of year, Doron Haloni of Tzfat, one of Israel's "working poor," feels more stressed than usual. He and his wife are both employed full time, yet struggle to put food on the table for their four young children. "While my children are looking forward to Passover, my wife and I are worried about the extra expenses involved in preparing for Passover," said Doron. Like many of its Restaurant-Style Soup Kitchen locations, the Meir Panim restaurant in Tzfat is preparing to alleviate this worry for families like Doron's. Branch manager Benny Elgad is organizing a large Passover Seder open to all those in need. To further enable disadvantaged Israelis to enjoy the holiday, Meir Panim will also be distributing pre-paid food shopping cards as well as food baskets filled with traditional Passover foods to over 2,500 families.

Meir Panim - Essence of Zionism

Meir Panim is dedicated to easing the year-round struggles facing many Israeli families and their children through its network of Restaurant-Style Soup Kitchens in Tzfat, Tiberias, Or Akiva, Jerusalem, and Dimona; Meals-on-Wheels for the elderly, homebound, and disabled; and After-School Youth Clubs for at-risk children. According to Knesset member Michael Oren, "Meir Panim represents the best of what this country is and represents the essence of the Jewish State of Zionism and everything we stand for." "We at Meir Panim feel that anything we can do to ease the suffering of impoverished Israelis is our mission," said Rozmaryn. "We are grateful to our donors, who feel the same."

Say No To Hunger - Say Yes to Lunch!

Meir Panim combats Israeli poverty every day of the year with an array of social service programs geared toward both adults and children.

"Poverty can quickly become a vicious cycle if not nipped in the bud when children are affected," said Rozmaryn. "Malnourished children cannot learn in school and often become sick, limiting their future educational success and creating a system where they are doomed to continue working in menial jobs, if at all." In order to help Benny and other hungry Israeli children receive a hot meal and improve the future of the Holy Land, Meir Panim is running a "Say Yes to Lunch" campaign. This emergency crowdfunding effort closes April 25. "If people would partner with Meir Panim and donate just one meal a day - $4.50 it would make an enormous difference in children's lives and Israel's future. This Passover, Say No to Hunger. Say Yes to Lunch. Help us reach our goal of donating 45,000 meals! " Rozmaryn explained.

Chinese City Pays Citizens $1,500 to Be a ‘Mini Judas’ and Turn in Christians

China’s crackdown on Christianity escalated March 20 when the government of the fifth-largest city began issuing rewards to those who report “illegal religious activities,” including house church meetings. The Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs in Guangzhou said it would reward prizes of 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 yuan ($450, $750 and $1,500 U.S.) to Chinese citizens who spot and turn in their neighbors to government officials, according to Asia News.

The size of the prize will depend on the scale of the illegal activity. All churches in China are required to register with the government. Some churches, though, face severe restrictions in how they worship and practice their faith. Because of this, millions of Chinese Christians worship underground.

“The authorities could not have picked a better time, just before Easter to introduce these measures,” a priest told AsiaNews. “At this time, we often meditate on the passion of Jesus and Judas’ treachery for 30 pieces of silver. The Guangzhou government wants to turn people into many mini Judas.” Guangzhou, with 11 million people, is the fifth-largest city in China and the capital of the province of Guangdong.

Last year Guangzhou authorities shut down the 5,000-member Rongguili Church, but members still meet in homes, Asia News reported. Referencing the new regulations, one Christian woman told the website, “Now here in China we live in a Big Brother atmosphere.” Under the new law, citizens can report suspicious Christian activities at the government office, by phone or via letter. The law lists as dangerous people who “establish religious places without authorization; non-religious groups; non-religious institutions; non-religious places, temporary places of worship, religious activities and religious donations.” This includes “organizing unauthorized religious courses, conferences, unauthorized pilgrimages,” AsiaNews said.

Chinese Police Beat 60 Christians, Close Church and then Bury Bibles

More than 100 Chinese police officers and SWAT team members closed a newly constructed church and beat dozens of Christians who were guarding it, and then buried Bibles and hymnbooks before leaving. The incident in Henan – China’s third largest province – took place in January and was reported by BitterWinter.org April 10. Chinese officials also seized the church’s cash and other possessions.

“As soon as they entered the church, they smashed the donation box and pocketed the money, which totaled thousands of [yuan – likely hundreds in U.S. dollars.] They also questioned us about where all of our church’s money was kept,” a church member told Bitter Winter, which monitors religious persecution in China.

The congregation, True Jesus Church in Anping, had opened a new building in July 2018 that cost around $300,000 U.S. But the Chinese accused the congregation of being in contact with foreign governments. The Chinese plan on converting the building to a nursing home, Bitter Winter reported.

Officials arrived Jan. 4 in dozens of vehicles to take over the building. When 60 or so church members barricaded the entrance with benches, more officers were called to the scene and stormed into the church. They beat the believers, leaving about 15 Christians on the floor moaning in pain. One woman who is in her 70s also was beaten, Bitter Winter reported.

Police dug a pit and buried the Bibles and hymnbooks. They also removed the air conditioning units, audio speakers, washing machines, a computer and a piano.

Police detained the church’s director for 15 days.

Volume 7 Issue 15

Posted on 14 April, 201914 April, 2019 by admin

Haven’t defeated

"Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me. Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds." Ps 129:2-3

When a child is born in the family of a righteous man, the dark world is terrified. From the day of its birth, or even from the day of its conception in its mother’s womb, satanic world will start plotting against it and might try even to prevent its birth. For this cause, satan might use even its own mother by making her sick, getting the father lose his job, creating misunderstanding between parents, family members. Satan might use even doctors to kill or damage the chid by their negligence. From its birth there will be a terrible fight between darkness and light. Satan might instigate its own siblings against the chosen child of God.

But the truth is that nothing can defeat the child of God. Even from its childhood, whether it is born of believer parents or not, God becomes its protector. When the child becomes mature, God will remind these incidents one by one. Recollecting all the incidents, where the enemy tried to injure it, harm it or even kill it and how God came to save him. It happened in David’s life.

It will happen in each one’s life. Recollecting them and thanking the Lord is our only duty.

David said, “they ploughed over my back”. For some it will be back pain, spinal chord injuries. For some others, the enemy might plough over their heart, mind, or any part of the body, creating long lasting wounds. In order to defeat these enemies, to overcome them and to have the wounds healed, Jesus has taught us one method.

Mat 5:44-45 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven.

Whatever may happen in our lives, when we come forward to forgive all those who stood against us, worked against us and fought against us, we become stronger because we are promoted to the status of the “sons of God”.

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Americans with "No Religion" Increases By 266% Over Last 3 Decades

Over the last 30 years, there has been a mass exodus out of organized religion in the United States. Each year the needle has only moved a little bit, but over the long-term what we have witnessed has been nothing short of a seismic shift. Never before in American history have we seen such dramatic movement away from the Christian faith, and this has enormous implications for the future of our nation. According to a survey that was just released, the percentage of Americans that claim to have "no religion" has increased by 266 percent since 1991...

The number of Americans who identify as having no religion has risen 266 percent since 1991, to now tie statistically with the number of Catholics and Evangelicals, according to a new survey. People with no religion - known as 'nones' among statisticians - account for 23.1 percent of the U.S. population, while Catholics make up 23 percent and Evangelicals account for 22.5 percent, according to the General Social Survey.

In other words, the "nones" are now officially the largest religious group in the United States. At one time it would have been extremely difficult to imagine that one day the "nones" would someday surpass evangelical Christians, but it has actually happened. And the biggest movement that we have seen has been among our young people. According to a different survey, two-thirds of Christian young adults say that they stopped going to church at some point between the ages of 18 and 22...

Large numbers of young adults who frequently attended Protestant worship services in high school are dropping out of church. Two-thirds of young people say they stopped regularly going to church for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22, a new LifeWay Research survey shows. These are the exact same patterns that we saw happen in Europe, and now most of those countries are considered to be "post-Christian societies".

The young adults of today are going to be the leaders of tomorrow, and they have a much higher percentage of "nones" than the population as a whole. According to a study that was conducted a while back by PRRI, 39 percent of our young adults are "religiously unaffiliated" at this point... Today, nearly four in ten (39%) young adults (ages 18-29) are religiously unaffiliated--three times the unaffiliated rate (13%) among seniors (ages 65 and older). While previous generations were also more likely to be religiously unaffiliated in their twenties, young adults today are nearly four times as likely as young adults a generation ago to identify as religiously unaffiliated. In 1986, for example, only 10% of young adults claimed no religious affiliation. To go from 10 percent during Ronald Reagan's second term to 39 percent today is an absolutely colossal shift.

Right now, only about 27 percent of U.S. Millennials attend church on a regular basis. Most of them simply have no interest in being heavily involved in organized religion. And even the young people that are involved in church do not seem very keen on sharing their faith with others. According to one of the most shocking surveys that I have seen in a long time, 47 percent of Millennials that consider themselves to be "practicing Christians" believe that it is "wrong" to share the gospel with others...

A new study from the California-based firm Barna Group, which compiles data on Christian trends in American culture, has revealed a staggering number of American millennials think evangelism is wrong. The report, commissioned by the discipleship group Alpha USA, showed a whopping 47 percent of millennials -- born between 1984 and 1998 -- "agree at least somewhat that it is wrong to share one's personal beliefs with someone of a different faith in hopes that they will one day share the same faith."

These numbers are hard to believe, but they are from some of the most respected pollsters in the entire country. Politically, these trends indicate that America is likely to continue to move to the left. Those that have no religious affiliation are much, much more likely to be Democrats, and so this exodus away from organized religion is tremendous news for the Democratic Party.

In a previous article, I documented the fact that somewhere between 6,000 and 10,000 churches in the United States are dying each year. That means that more than 100 will die this week. And thousands more are teetering on the brink. In fact, most churches in America have less than 100 people attending each Sunday...

A majority of churches have fewer than 100 people attending services each Sunday and have declined or nearly flatlined in membership growth, according to a new study from Exponential by LifeWay Research. The study, which was conducted to help churches better understand growth in the pews, showed that most Protestant churches are not doing well attracting new Christian converts, reporting an average of less than one each month.

But even among all the bad news, there are some promising signs for the Christian faith. The home church movement if flourishing all over the country, and many of those home fellowships are focused on getting back to the roots of the Christian faith. All throughout history there have been relentless attempts to destroy the Christian faith, and yet it is still the largest faith in the entire world. However, there is no doubt that Christianity is in decline throughout the western world, and churches are dying one after another.

This is what one pastor had to say about the slow death of his church...

'My church is on the decline,' he said. 'We had 50 (congregants) in 2005 and now we have 15. We're probably going to have to close (in a few years).'

'Mainline Christianity is dying,' he added. 'It's at least going away. It makes me feel more comfortable that it's not my fault or my church's fault. It's part of a bigger trend that's happening.'

John Adams, the second president of the United States, once said the following about our form of government...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

As America has turned away from the Christian faith, we have become steadily less moral and steadily less religious.

If we continue down this path, many believe that the future of our nation is going to be quite bleak indeed.

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Kay Arthur Reminds Churches to Stick to the Bible for Truth

Before there was Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer or Joyce Meyer, there was Kay Arthur.

Arthur set a trend among women bible teachers long before it was fashionable. As ‘the beloved’ – the title she says God calls all of His children – she is clear that her main purpose in doing ministry is to teach the Bible.

While Arthur says she appreciates the ‘trailblazer’ compliments, she is aware first and foremost that she is a servant of God! She believes that God put her on earth at ‘such a time as this’ to teach the Bible and provide resources for people to study the Good News.

Arthur told Christian Headlines that her mission is to help every man and woman have a chance to study the Bible.

As Arthur sits down of our interview, I notice the bustling of adults and kids scurrying around us in order to make it to class on it. We are sitting in Arthur’s ‘Precepts’ ministry's Chattanooga Campus.

Arthur shared that she can remember teaching a class on the campus lawn before the buildings were even there.

Despite the busyness around us, as Christian Headlines sat down for a rare interview with Arthur, it was clear that she was not distracted by all the movement.

As Arthur speaks, she is deliberate and purposeful. She moves at ease when she walks and talks. She makes sure that she acknowledges everyone that she comes into contact with, intentionally making them feel loved.

When asked about her views on what the church of today is lacking, Arthur stays true to her call and mission. She says the universal church needs to stick to the Bible!

Abortionists could face up to 99 Years in Prison under Proposed Alabama Law

Strict anti-abortion laws have swept conservative states in the country and Alabama has just upped the ante. If passed, HB 314 and SB 211 would make performing an abortion a Class A felony, the most serious felony, punishable by up to 99 years in prison, according to AL.

Lawmakers anticipate challenges and lawsuits to the bill since it is unconstitutional. Their hope is to push the bill all the way to the Supreme Court. Rep. Terri Collins, the Republican representative who sponsored the bill, told AL, “It is meant to actually use some of the same language that is addressed in Roe vs. Wade. So, hopefully, it just completely takes it all the way to the Supreme Court eventually to overturn.”

Over 60 representatives out of 105 in the Alabama House have co-sponsored the bill. It will go to the Senate the week of April 15.

Staci Fox, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast called the bills a “death sentence for women across the state.” She also argued, “In a state that already suffers from a physician shortage, high rates of infant and maternal mortality, cervical cancer mortality, unintended pregnancy, teen births, rural health care crisis, and opioid addiction, our lawmakers should be focused on increasing access to care - not restricting it.”

Tuscaloosa News reported this bill is more extreme than any of the other two dozen anti-abortion bills proposed in conservative states this year. The Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health and rights advocacy group, have stated that the “extreme nature of this year’s bills are unprecedented.” Georgia and South Carolina have proposed similar bills, according to WND.

The law would only punish doctors who perform abortions, not the women. It also allows abortions in case of serious harm or death to the mother. There is no exception for rape or incest.

During last year’s mid-term elections, Alabama passed Amendment 2, which “provides constitutional rights to fertilized eggs and fetuses,” according to Rolling Stone. In March, the state made headlines when the court gave an aborted fetus full legal rights, the first in the United States.

Senate Judiciary Committee and chairman Sen. Cam Ward is supportive of the bill, as long as taxpayers don’t pay the price. Since Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union plan on suing, Ward wants to include amendments to the bill to specify how legal expenses are paid. “I want some restrictions on where this money comes from,” Ward said. “I want to make sure we’re not just sending a message with a huge price tag to taxpayers.”

In 2017, over 6,700 abortions were performed in Alabama, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. Over 5,700 happened at or before 12 weeks of gestation. Current law bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

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Glorify God in body

I was travelling with a godly man of some religion in train. I felt a little uneasy when he first sat near me. His clothing, his behaviour showed that he is very simple and open minded.

"For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body". 1Co 6:20

How can we glorify God in our body. My appearance, my hair, my face, my dress code, my steps, my eyes, eye brows, looks, ears, facial expression, posture of my body, signs I express with my body, (waving hand, nodding head) the emotions I express on my face, messages I pass on with my eyes, fingers, face, the cosmetics I use, the sandals I wear, the wallet I select, everything should glorify the Lord.

Certain Religions even, certain sects of Christianity have created an attitude among the people that, if you have to be pleasing to God, you have to roam around in shabby clothes or wear a particular kind of dress. They think that pleasing God is in the externals like dress, the place you stay, the job you select etc. Let us look at the example of Esther. She was given the responsibility of saving her people. The talent she received from God for this purpose was her “beauty”. When Mordecai told her about the situation her people were facing within, she took away her queenly clothes, abstained from food and everything that is royal. She stood in the presence of the Lord in order to get a strategy to save the people. Mordecai instructed her what to do. After fasting for 3 days, she came up in her queenly attire and authority, went to the king and achieved the desired end. The strategy of glorifying God in every situation is to be received from heaven. It should not be imitated nor programmed or copied from some organization and not even received from godly men or women. It should be received from God, then and there.

Glorifying God comes from one’s submission that comes from the proclamation of the Gospel. Those who do not share the Gospel cannot glorify God. That is why AOJ soldier is given a rule of sharing the Gospel daily to 2 persons.

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Midwest Apocalypse: 1 Million Acres Of U.S. Farmland Devastated By Floods

We have never seen anything like this before. According to satellite data that was just released by Reuters, "at least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland" were covered by water for at least seven days this month. That is an agricultural disaster without equal in modern American history, and yet the mainstream media is treating this like it is some sort of second class story. It isn't.

This is the biggest news story of 2019 so far, and people want to know what is going on. A few days ago, I posted a story entitled '"As Many As A Million Calves Lost In Nebraska" - Beef Prices In The U.S. To Escalate Dramatically In The Coming Months', and it has already been shared on social media more than 145,000 times. Farming communities all over the central part of the nation now look like war zones as a result of all this flooding, but the media elites on the east and west coasts don't want to write about it. And with more flooding on the way for the next two months, this crisis is only going to get worse. This is the time of year when farmers are gearing up to plant wheat, corn and soybeans, and now a substantial portion of our farmland will not be able to be used at all this year. According to Reuters, at least a million acres of farmland were covered by floodwaters for at least seven days this month, and that "will likely reduce corn, wheat and soy production this year"...

At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the "bomb cyclone" storm left wide swaths of nine major grain producing states under water this month, satellite data analyzed by Gro Intelligence for Reuters showed. Farms from the Dakotas to Missouri and beyond have been under water for a week or more, possibly impeding planting and damaging soil. The floods, which came just weeks before planting season starts in the Midwest, will likely reduce corn, wheat and soy production this year.

And with "as many as a million calves" lost to the flooding, a lot less food than anticipated is going to be produced in the United States for the foreseeable future. Between March 8th and March 21st, almost 1.1 million acres of cropland and over 84,000 acres of pastureland were covered by water for at least a week. With more rain on the way, it is essentially going to be impossible for most of those acres to be usable this year.

In Iowa, 474,271 acres were covered by floodwaters for at least seven days in March, and Iowa farmers are facing some very tough deadlines. Corn must be planted by May 31st and soybeans must be planted by June 15th in order to qualify for flood insurance. For most Iowa farms that were covered by floodwaters, that is going to be impossible. Overall, the recent flooding caused "at least $3 billion" in economic damage according to authorities, but many believe that the final number will be far higher.

Thousands upon thousands of farms have been completely destroyed, and thousands upon thousands of farmers will not plant any crops at all this year.

In addition to the vast agricultural devastation that we have witnessed, thousands upon thousands of homes have been destroyed as well, and now the National Ground Water Association is warning that "the safety of more than a million private water wells" could be compromised...

Record flooding in the Midwest is now threatening the safety of more than a million private water wells. The National Ground Water Association estimates that people living in more than 300 counties across 10 states have their groundwater threatened from bacterial and industrial contamination carried by flood waters. If you live in the middle of the country and there is a chance that your well may have been compromised, please don't take any unnecessary chances. Contaminated water can be really, really bad news.

Unfortunately, this is just the beginning. According to the NOAA, we are entering an "unprecedented flood season" that could potentially "impact an even bigger area of cropland"... Spring floods could yet impact an even bigger area of cropland. The U.S. government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has warned of what could be an "unprecedented flood season" as it forecasts heavy spring rains. Rivers may swell further as a deep snow pack in northern growing areas melts.

In my previous article entitled '"200 Million People At Risk: National Weather Service Warns Apocalyptic Midwest Floods Are "A Preview Of What We Expect Throughout The Rest Of The Spring"', I included a map from the NOAA which shows which areas of the central part of the country are projected to receive unusually high levels of rainfall over the next few months.

Unfortunately, there is a tremendous amount of overlap with areas that have already been devastated by flooding. On Friday and Saturday, there will be "more heavy rains" in the Midwest, and Nebraska is in "the direct path" of the center of the storm... From the Central Plains to the Midwest, it has been a disastrous spring for river flooding. A weather system slated to bring more heavy rains Friday into Saturday could aggravate the situation along and near the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. It's a one-two punch that combines additional rainwater with fresh runoff from snowmelt. Perhaps worst off is Nebraska, in the direct path of Friday's quick burst of moisture. Barely a week has passed since Gov. Pete Ricketts estimated the cost of ongoing flooding in that state at more than $1 billion. This is it. America is being hammered by one storm after another, and I very much encourage you to get prepared for a very rough ride ahead.

There is going to be a lot more flooding. Prices for beef, dairy, wheat, corn and soy products are going to rise significantly, and just when you think they are way too high they are going to keep on rising. This is already the worst agricultural disaster in modern American history, and federal authorities are telling us that we should expect things to continue to get worse for at least two more months.

Police in India File Charges against Pastors for Refuting False Account of Attack, Sources Say

HYDERABAD, India, March 22, 2019 (Morning Star News) – Three pastors in western India have been criminally charged in retaliation for refuting a false account of a Hindu extremist attack on six Christians that left a teenage girl unconscious, sources said.

Three of the six Christians beaten in Maharashtra state this month were also charged in retaliation for reporting the assault that left them with injuries requiring hospital treatment, said pastor Pandharinath Bhagya Gowri, one of the accused church leaders.

Police who took exception to Pastor Gowri and two other pastors trying to correct a false report about the beating later charged them with the same accusations filed against the assailants, such as house trespass with intent to assault, even though the church leaders were not even present during the attack, he said.

Hard-line Hindus in Bandhan village, Palghar District in February had cut the Christians’ water supply and warned them that worse would happen if they did not renounce their faith, Pastor Gowri told Morning Star News. On March 1 a mob of Hindu extremists showed up in the neighborhood of three Christian families, burst into their homes and started beating and kicking them, he said.

“At least six Christians including women and children got injured in the attack,” Gowri told Morning Star News.

Teenage Christian Sapna Dodhade was beaten unconscious, and the Hindu extremists continued striking her and the five others even after they fell limp, the pastor said.

“The young Christian could not take their beating, she fell unconscious,” he said, adding that a team of local pastors rushed to Bandhan that day to bring the injured to a hospital in a nearby town. “Her condition was serious. While she was getting treated at the government hospital in Palghar along with other injured Christians, police officers came to record the victims’ statements.”

As the victims told Inspector Shidava Jaybhave about the ordeal they had suffered for attending church services at a neighboring village, another officer accompanying her “interrupted the victims, and he began narrating his own version of events,” Pastor Gowri said.

“It was totally a false narrative, and he was misguiding officer Jaybhave by telling lies,” he told Morning Star News. “I informed her, ‘Madam, the constable is trying to divert the matter,’ but she shouted at me and asked me to shut my mouth.”

Pastors Sainath Ambo Rawate and Navashu Mangalya Jadhav joined him in telling her that Christians had been beaten severely enough to be hospitalized and that the matter should not be taken lightly, but she refused to listen and threatened to file charges against them, he said.

“We told her, ‘Had police booked cases and taken action against villagers who were harassing Christians, this day would not have come,’” Pastor Gowri told Morning Star News. “But this went wrong with her. It must have chafed her ego that ‘illiterate villagers’ were questioning the police.”

On March 3, pastors received a phone call from police informing them that Inspector Jaybhave had summoned them to Manora police station, he said. There the three pastors discovered that a counter case had been filed against them and three of the victims of the attack on the same charges filed against the Hindu extremists: House trespass with intent to cause assault, unlawful assembly, rioting and criminal intimidation.

“After a few moments passed by, she told us that we are in her custody and cannot go from there unless we furnished the bail procedure by paying some amount,” he said. “We were not even present at the site of attack, and the victims are helpless, bedridden because of the assault, but police booked us.”

With the help of an attorney, the pastors were released on bail after spending the day in custody.

Inspector Jaybhave was not available for comment, and officer Avinash Dakre of the Manor police station claimed that she “has no role in this.”
Dakre told Morning Star News that Pastor Jadhav was arrested because the Christians’ opponents told him that he visits the village often, “hence we suspect his involvement in this matter.”

Asked the basis for arresting and charging the pastors in the Bandhan attack, Dakre said, “That is not an issue; if they are not involved, I will consider striking down the charges before filing the charge sheet.”

He declined to comment on Hindu extremist targeting of Christians for holding worship services, saying he was only recently posted to the police station and that the investigation was ongoing.

Pastor Gowri said area Christians had been facing harassment for three months prior to the March 1 attack, leading them to file three police complaints. Police registered First Information Reports (FIRs) but failed to name the accused and closed the cases without investigating, he said.

As opposition to Christian worship rose, Mahima Dumada had filed a police complaint on Feb. 11, and police registered cases charging hard-line Hindu villagers with insults to provoke breach of peace and criminal intimidation, he said. In retaliation, the villagers cut the supply of water to Christian families.

“By March 1, it was already three days since the water pipeline was disconnected,” Pastor Gowri said. “They threatened the Christians, warning them to stop attending the church and renounce Christianity if they wanted the water supply back, or face the consequences.”

Another Attack

On Feb. 24, members of the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) stormed into a house church in Gadgapara village, also in Palghar District, where at least 30 Christians were gathered for Sunday worship. They disrupted Holy Communion and assaulted the Christians, including women and children, sources said.

The Maharashtra unit of legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom-India brought the matter before the area police inspector, identified only as Ganshyam, and the harassment stopped.

Following complaints to Superintendent of Police Gaurav Singh, officers at Virar East police station filed cases against assailants for unlawful assemblies, rioting, voluntarily causing hurt, insult intended to provoke breach of peace and criminal intimidation.

ADF-India recorded five incidents of hostilities against Christians from Maharashtra in the first quarter of 2019, including an attack on a catholic institution in Kolhapur District. There has been a significant rise in attacks against Christians in Maharashtra since 2014, according to Baban Kamble, a Christian leader and human rights defender from Maharashtra.

“Particularly in Palghar District, we have seen the highest number of attacks,” Kamble said. “Every next week, there have been mob attacks on churches. In Manor and Virar areas of the district, churches have long been shut after they came under the attack of Hindu extremist mobs.”

Life-threatening attacks have taken place such as one in Kowad, and cases have been filed and the accused brought to court, “but the real faces who are behind these attacks have not been exposed yet,” Kamble said.

“Recently, a Christian’s leg had to be amputated after he was brutally attacked by Hindutva [Hindu nationalist] activists,” Kamble said. “We are in the mission of building a pack of young Christian volunteers who can reach out to the victims in cases of persecution. We need to be prepared to deal with incidents of violence and discrimination against

Christians and must raise our voice through peaceful protests, and also before the parliament and legislative assemblies of the states.”

India is ranked 10^th on Christian support organization Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian. The country was 31st in 2013, but its position has been worse each year since Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014.

China Shuts Down, Changes Locks on 1,000-Member Church

China shut down a well-known 1,000-member Beijing church over the weekend and then changed the locks to prevent members from returning to the building.

The congregation, Shouwang Church, made worldwide headlines five years ago when it stood up to Chinese leaders and refused to register with the government. Its senior pastor, Jin Tian-ming, remains under house arrest.

In the latest confrontation, more than 20 Chinese police and government officials raided a children’s Bible school class Saturday and told church leaders the congregation could no longer meet, according to International Christian Concern (ICC).

Chinese officials also ordered the pastor, Zhang Xiaofeng, to sign a document claiming the church “has conducted activities as a social organization without registration, which is in violation of Regulations of Religious Affairs and Regulations on the Registration and Management of Social Organizations.”

Government officials then changed the building’s locks. Shouwang is one of the largest house churches in Beijing, according to ICC.

Churches are required to register in China. Registration comes with restrictions on how the Christian faith can be practiced.

“China’s disregard of religious freedom for its 1.4 billion citizens is deplorable,” said Gina Goh, ICC’s regional manager. “Christians outside of the state-sanctioned churches can no longer worship without fearing of harassment, detention or even imprisonment. Even official churches face increasing pressure to exalt the Communist Party over God. The international community should continue to press China over its human rights abuses until it is willing to make positive change.”

Said Bob Fu, president of ChinaAid, “China’s oppression against house churches will not be loosened. A systematic, in-the-name-of-law crackdown will continue to take place."

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Birds of the sky

Mt, 6:26 See the birds of the sky!

Today I got a chance to obey this command, see the birds of the sky and learn from them.

While I was sitting on the terrace in the morning, a group of crows making pretty good noise came and sat at the other end. Perhaps they didn’t watch me. All were busy, very alert, focussing on one, which had something, in its beak. It was a nice piece of breakfast, a clog of pongal, obviously stolen from some house, where the kitchen was open. It was trying to find a comfortable place to eat it and found the terrace. But the other crows were not allowing. Knowing that it had something in its beak, others followed it. Crows are stupid in inviting others to share the loots, by making noise! As the leader crow, in a miserable attempt to swallow it, laid it on the floor. Three, four others tried to snatch it away!. It was a terrific struggle for the leader crow to safeguard it from others and at the same time eat it! All the crows were making noise and still some more were coming and joining. (I was wondering why these crows can’t go to the same kitchen and steal instead of stealing from this little bit! May be they don’t want to take the risk of being chased away! ). The owner crow had no other go than swallowing it as quick as possible. Since it didn’t want to share it with them, they were trying to snatch it even from its beak, some from the floor! Some even touched its beak! A few crows were successful and got little pieces. A major portion was swallowed by the owner!. Others who could come nearer, got a little share. It was found even chasing others, in its busy career of swallowing it. All the others did not get anything. Some who dared come closer, were even scratching the floor with their beaks even to pick up the left overs. Anyway, in 2, 3 minutes everything got over and the whole crowd disappeared. They don’t seem to regret or get disappointed over the morning adventure. All were as enthusiastic as they came, when they flew away!

Certain thoughts came to my mind in a flash. The Lord showed me the replica of what is going on in our country these days. One leader emerges and a crowd join him making noise. The leader has something in his beak which attracts others to join him. They make a lot of noise encouraging others also to join them. All the efforts are for that piece in his beak, stolen from some kitchen. Seeing their adventurous nature of boldly stealing, a group joins them, try to share the booty. There is a lot of noise made through media, attracting everybody to join them. The original leader swallow to a major part, others who come nearer get little bits. Those who join them for campaigning, only make noise. They get nothing. Within 2,3 weeks everything will be over. The original looter crow will go to some other house to steal. The same flow will repeat there also. May be the crows which join will be different.

The lineage of crow has the character of stealing. The way it earns its livelihood is by stealing. Nobody can find fault with it or file a case against it. Sometimes it will steal from your plate also if it is not safeguarded. You have to be careful not to be carried away by the noise !

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War Planners Concerned: WW3 Simulations Show US Lose To Russia & China

In simulated World War III scenarios, the U.S. continues to lose against Russia and China, two top war planners warned last week. “In our games, when we fight Russia and China, blue gets its ass handed to it” RAND analyst David Ochmanek said Thursday.

RAND’s wargames show how US Armed Forces – colored blue on wargame maps – experience the most substantial losses in one scenario after another and still can’t thwart Russia or China – which predictably is red – from accomplishing their objectives: annihilating Western forces.

“We lose a lot of people. We lose a lot of equipment. We usually fail to achieve our objective of preventing aggression by the adversary,” he warned.

In the next military conflict, which some believe may come as soon as the mid-2020s, all five battlefield domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace, will be heavily contested, suggesting the U.S. could have a difficult time in achieving superiority as it has in prior conflicts. The simulated war games showed, the “red” aggressor force often destroys U.S. F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters on the runway, sends several Naval fleets to the depths, destroys US military bases, and through electronic warfare, takes control of critical military communication systems. In short, a gruesome, if simulated, annihilation of some of the most modern of US forces.

“In every case I know of,” said Robert Work, a former deputy secretary of defense with years of wargaming experience, “the F-35 rules the sky when it’s in the sky, but it gets killed on the ground in large numbers.” So, as Russia and China develop fifth-generation fighters and hypersonic missiles, “things that rely on sophisticated base infrastructures like runways and fuel tanks are going to have a hard time,” Ochmanek said. “Things that sail on the surface of the sea are going to have a hard time.”

“That’s why the 2020 budget coming out next week retires the carrier USS Truman decades early and cuts two amphibious landing ships, as we’ve reported. It’s also why the Marine Corps is buying the jump-jet version of the F-35, which can take off and land from tiny, ad hoc airstrips, but how well they can maintain a high-tech aircraft in low-tech surroundings is an open question,” said Breaking Defense.

Meanwhile, speaking purely hypothetically of course, “if we went to war in Europe, there would be one Patriot battery moving, and it would go to Ramstein. And that’s it,” Work complained. The US has 58 Brigade Combat Teams across the continent but doesn’t have anti-air and missile-defense capabilities required to handle a barrage of missiles from Russia.

RAND also war-gamed cyber and electronic attacks in the simulations, Work said; Russia and China tend to cripple US communication networks.

“Whenever we have an exercise and the red force really destroys our command and control, we stop the exercise,” Work said without a trace of humor. Beijing calls this “system destruction warfare,” Work said. They aim to “attack the American battle network at all levels, relentlessly, and they practice it all the time.” The Air Force asked RAND to formulate a plan several years ago to improve the outcomes of the wargames in favor of the US, Ochmanek said. “We found it impossible to spend more than $8 billion a year” to fix the problems.

“That’s $8 billion for the Air Force. Triple that to cover for the Army and the Navy Department (which includes the US Marines),” Ochmanek said, “and you get $24 billion.”Work was less concerned about the near-term risk of war, and he said, China and Russia aren’t ready to fight because their modernization efforts have not been completed. He said any major conflict is unlikely for another 10 to 20 years from now.

He said “$24 billion a year for the next five years would be a good expenditure” to prepare the military for World War III. RAND offers a sobering assessment that America could lose a multi-front war in the future, which is quite shocking considering that the US spent nearly three times as much as the second biggest war power, China, did in 2017.

Police in India File Charges against Pastors for Refuting False Account of Attack, Sources Say

“At least six Christians including women and children got injured in the attack,” Gowri told Morning Star News.

Teenage Christian Sapna Dodhade was beaten unconscious, and the Hindu extremists continued striking her and the five others even after they fell limp, the pastor said.

With the help of an attorney, the pastors were released on bail after spending the day in custody.

The three beaten Christians charged were Mahima Dumada, 23, her husband Mangesh Dumada, 29, and Shantaram Dodhade, 57. They were also taken into custody and released after paying bail of 15,000 rupees (US$218).

Pastor Gowri said sources have told him that Inspector Jaybhave planned to file other false charges against them.

“Today Rawate, Jadhav and I are facing criminal charges for what happened in the hospital on March 1,” Gowri said. “We are a devoted team of local pastors who advocate for religious freedom for Christians in our surrounding villages. We stood up for the Christians in Bandhan that day, and I will never take a turn back from defending any Christian facing similar situation in future.”

He declined to comment on Hindu extremist targeting of Christians for holding worship services, saying he was only recently posted to the police station and that the investigation was ongoing.

Another Attack

The Maharashtra unit of legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom-India brought the matter before the area police inspector, identified only as Ganshyam, and the harassment stopped.

Christians and must raise our voice through peaceful protests, and also before the parliament and legislative assemblies of the states.”

Archaeologists May Have Found the Old Testament City of Ai

Dr. Scott Stripling and a team of archaeologists say they may have found the location of the Biblical city of Ai from the Old Testament.

The team, the Associates for Biblical Research, has been excavating the site near Jerusalem for years, according to SputnikNews.com.

“There were 14 years of difficult digging with an 8-year hiatus due to the Intifada,” Stripling said, referring to the Palestinian uprising against Israel. “We suffered from constant vandalism. But we persevered and did an excellent job of excavating.”

The city of Ai was a Canaanite city described in the Book of Joshua where the city was ambushed by Joshua and the Israelites.

Previously, archaeologists and historians have thought that the ruins of the city were near el-Tell in the West Bank. However, Stripling’s team is claiming that the city was located at Khirbet el-Maqatir.

Stripling said the biblical description of the Israelites hiding in a dip could be present-day Wadi Sheban, which is just west of the ancient city of Ai.

Stripling is expected to publish his findings and what he calls “compelling evidence” later this year.

“This gives us a regional perspective, an overview of what was happening in the highlands of Israel in antiquity,” he said. “We can see transitions in the culture.”

Stripling says he is a Christian and his work has bolstered his faith.

“My work in archaeology in Israel has affected me profoundly as a believer,” he said.

“I already believed in the Bible, but as the years go by I have seen hundreds of examples of synchronisation between the material culture we are excavating and what I read in the text. This is a constant reminder that there is a God and that he left a record of his work in history.”

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2Co 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil [through the body] according to that which he has done.

A great truth is exposed here. Each human being [individually] will have to appear before the judgment seat of Christ.

Church's duty is to prepare and equip each individual for this appearance.

How to accomplish this.

Make each individual aware of this fact.

As a school prepares a student to write the exam, a believer should be equipped to live a victorious life by performing the great commission and the fundamental 5 duties of a believer i.e. Mark 16:17,18.

These signs are the identification marks of a believer too. Just like

A pastor

An elder

A parent

An M. P. cannot write the exam for a student, none of them can take a believer to heaven. The greatest deception is that many play God in today's world. They make the innocent people believe that they will be responsible to take them to heaven. The huge crowd who follow various religions including Christianity, who want to go to heaven or get things done by God, throng to somebody who claims to be brokers between man and God. In all religions this foul play is there. People cling to human beings or systems in order to have access to God. Religious leaders take advantage of this wrong faith and exploit them.

This foul play can be exposed only if believers read the Bible properly. The following verses make it very clear.

1 Peter 4:5 But they shall give account to Him who is ready to judge [the] living and [the] dead.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, in your youth, young man; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these [things] God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it is] good, or whether evil.

Church should reach the believers that are either parents or pastors or church heads will be accompanying them before the throne of judgment. Each one will be standing alone.

In the court, two parties will be there. The offender and defender. Here only judgment will be read out. No chance for defending, accusing, explaining, etc. As per their deeds, judgment will be meted out.
The judgment is not for a few years or months. It's eternal. Punishment is for eternity .

There is no other appellate. On earth we can go from lower court to higher court. Can manipulate people, bribe, approach even the President . But there once the judgment is announced, no change at all. It will be executed with immediate effect.
The Constitution used for judgment will be the BIBLE. John 12:48

Those who know the Bible, those who do not follow the Bible, those who have not even heard of the Bible everybody will be judged by the same Constitution!

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Why Are Mass Killing Of Christians Not Given Media Coverage?

Last week, when a deranged lunatic gunned down dozens of Muslims at two mosques in New Zealand it suddenly became the biggest news story in the world, and rightly so. It was a major news event, and it needed to be reported. But shouldn't mass killings of Christians be given the same sort of media coverage? Sadly, we all know that doesn't happen. Whenever there is a mass killing of Christians, it is usually entirely ignored by the mainstream media in the United States, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out why this is happening.

Those that control the mainstream media consider Christians to be one of the main obstacles to "progress" in this country, and so any story that would put Christians in a positive or sympathetic light simply does not fit any of the narratives that they are pushing. As a result of the lack of media coverage, the vast majority of Americans do not know that "4,136 Christians were killed for faith-related reasons" last year. That number breaks down to an average of 11 per day.

In Nigeria, more than 120 Christians have been gunned down or killed with machetes over the past three weeks, but Breitbart was the only big media outlet to report on it. As Breitbart News alone reported among major news outlets, Fulani jihadists racked up a death toll of over 120 Christians over the past three weeks in central Nigeria, employing machetes and gunfire to slaughter men, women, and children, burning down over 140 houses, destroying property, and spreading terror. The New York Times did not place this story on the front page; in fact, they did not cover it at all. Apparently, when assessing "all the news that's fit to print," the massacre of African Christians did not measure up. The same can be said for the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, the LA Times, and every other major paper in the United States.

And of course Breitbart is not exactly "mainstream" media.

So why won't anyone else report on this? And this isn't the first time this has happened. Last June, twelve entire Christian villages in central Nigeria were completely wiped out...

In only days, a dozen villages in Nigeria's Plateau state were wiped out. The affected communities surround the city of Jos--known as the epicenter of Christianity in northern Nigeria's Middle Belt. As many as 200 Christians had been killed, however, some residents fear the death toll may be even higher, as more bodies are yet to be recovered, while others were burned beyond recognition. On Sunday, 75 of the victims were buried in a mass grave. I'll bet that most of you had not heard about that until now.

On the other side of the world, 20 innocent people were slaughtered when Muslim radicals bombed a Roman Catholic cathedral in January. On January 27, Muslim extremists bombed a Roman Catholic cathedral on the Philippine island of Jolo, killing some 20 people and injuring dozens of others.

Once again, this is yet another mass killing that was almost entirely ignored by the mainstream media. Is the anti-Christian bias among the mainstream media so strong that they can't even bring themselves to report the basic facts to us?

People deserve to know what is happening. Christian persecution is rising in almost every nation on the planet, and this huge ongoing crisis should be on our front pages on a continual basis. But instead, we never get to hear any of these stories unless we seek out alternative sources of information. Over in China, the persecution of Christians has reached a frightening crescendo. Recently, officials have been going house to house and replacing pictures of Jesus Christ "with pictures of dictator Mao Zedong and/or China's current authoritarian president, Xi Jinping"...

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to harass and persecute Christians and, in recent months, has taken to removing pictures of Jesus Christ from inside homes and replacing them with pictures of dictator Mao Zedong and/or China's current authoritarian president, Xi Jinping. In addition, Communist officials have removed Christian symbols and phrases on the outside of homes and replaced them with phrases praising socialist materialism. But they aren't stopping there. Bibles are being burned, and any churches that do not "cooperate" with Chinese officials are being either shut down or destroyed. Earlier in 2019, one of the largest megachurches in the entire country was literally blown to pieces with dynamite...

Chinese authorities blew up a well-known Christian megachurch earlier this year, inflaming long-standing tensions between religious groups and the Communist Party. Witnesses and overseas activists said the paramilitary People's Armed Police used dynamite and excavators to destroy the Golden Lampstand Church, which has a congregation of more than 50,000, in the city of Linfen in Shanxi province

We are talking about evil that is on a level that is difficult to comprehend. So why won't the mainstream media talk about any of this?

Similar things are happening on the other side of the world too. In Eritrea, Christians are being imprisoned in "small shipping containers in scorching heat"... Since 1993, President Afwerki has overseen an authoritarian brutal regime that rests on massive human rights violations. During the 2019 World Watch List reporting period, government security forces conducted many house-to-house raids and imprisoned hundreds of Christians in inhumane conditions, including small shipping containers in scorching heat. And in North Korea, Christians are "being hung on a cross over a fire, crushed under a steamroller, herded off bridges, and trampled underfoot"...

According to charity Aid to the Church in Need, at least 200,000 Christians have gone missing in North Korea since 1953 -- many of those have been summarily executed. As to the specific treatment of those persecuted, the 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry report discovered that the North Korean regime has been guilty of "crimes against humanity." According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, violent incidents against Christians include "being hung on a cross over a fire, crushed under a steamroller, herded off bridges, and trampled underfoot."

If you were to replace "Christians" with some other favored group in any of the examples that I have just shared, you would instantly have front page news all over the planet.

The mainstream media is definitely not "independent", and they are not looking out for you. They have their own agenda, and anything that does not fit that agenda does not get to be part of "the news". So far in 2019, there have been 453 Islamic terror attacks in which 1,956 people have been murdered. But you will never hear those numbers from the mainstream media.

Instead, when the mainstream media talks about Bible-believing Christians it is almost always an attack story. As a recent Breitbart article aptly observed, having "an anti-Christian bias" has become "the last acceptable prejudice". It is time to turn off the mainstream news for good. They quit reporting "the news" a long time ago, and now it is all about promoting one left-wing narrative after another.

Today, trust in the media is at an all-time low, and it is easy to understand why so many Americans are absolutely sick and tired of being lied to by the big media companies.

49 Killed, 20 Injured in Christchurch Mosques in Deadliest Mass Shooting in New Zealand History

49 people were killed Friday when several people opened fire in two New Zealand mosques.

According to the BBC, 49 people were killed and 20 injured in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand Friday.

Attackers entered the houses of worship during Friday prayer services resulting in the deadliest shooting in New Zealand’s history.

According to USA Today, four people have been taken into custody, including one shooter – a 28-year-old Australian citizen – who live streamed the massacre on Facebook.

Police are urging people not to watch the “extremely distressing” video as social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Reddit work to remove all footage of the event posted to their platforms.

The BBC reports that three men and one woman were detained, one of whom – a man in his late twenties – has already been charged with murder for his role in the mass shootings. Police Commissioner Mike Bush also confirmed that additional firearms and explosives were also recovered when the believed shooters were detained.

As for the shooters’ motivation, USA Today reports that a manifesto was posted to social media by one of the shooters listing white-nationalists and declaring anti-immigrant ideology.

According to Euro News, many of those in the mosques were refugees and migrants who chose to live in New Zealand.

Prime Minister Ardern said in a press conference following that attack that "It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack."

Arden echoed this sentiment in a Tweet saying, "What has happened in Christchurch is an extraordinary act of unprecedented violence. It has no place in New Zealand. Many of those affected will be members of our migrant communities - New Zealand is their home - they are us."

Nurse Who Was Fired for Telling Patients about Jesus Has Name Cleared

A British nurse who was fired for telling patients about her Christian faith was cleared last week following a two-year investigation.

Sarah Kuteh – who has 15 years of experience -- worked at Darent Valley Hospital. As part of her job, she was required to ask patients about their faith during a pre-operation assessment questionnaire. This naturally led to conversations with some patients about her Christian faith, according to Christian Concern, a United Kingdom organization.

“I would … reassure them, based on the joy and peace that I really have found in Jesus,” she said.

But a few patients complained, leading to her dismissal in June 2016. Even worse, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) placed restrictions on her future employment. She found another job, but due to the restrictions she was required to have a senior nurse oversee her.

“All I had done was to nurse and care for patients,” she said. “How could it ever be harmful to tell someone about Jesus?”

But last week, the NMC dropped the restrictions, clearing her name. The NMC ruled, “It is in the public interest to return an otherwise experienced and competent nurse into practice.”

She was represented by the Christian Legal Centre.

“But for the question on the pre-op assessment questionnaire, these conversations would not have taken place,” Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said in a statement. “Without proper investigation, she was fired and her long career as a nurse put under threat. Those who know Sarah recognise what a caring, hard-working nurse she is, and the professionalism she brings to her job. Although it’s disappointing that she was ever penalised for her actions – which were wholly motivated by compassion – we rejoice that Sarah is once again free to bring her skill and expertise to her role as a nurse.”

Volume 7 Issue 11

Posted on 16 March, 201916 March, 2019 by admin

Col 3:2 “Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.”

In today’s world there are many items which works automatically when once set. Washing machines can be set for cotton, silk, quick wash items. Iron box can be set for cotton, linen, silk etc..Mixy, fan all can be set on 1, 2, 3 as we wish.

Here Paul asks us to set our mind on things that are above. Above means things that are of heaven. In order to make it more clear, he adds,

Set your mind….” not on the things that are on the earth”.

What are the things of heaven?

1 Cor 2:9 “But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

We will have many surprises when we reach heaven.

People whom we meet there. Those whom the world would have ignored; perhaps a servant while a master whom he was serving missing.

I met one boy Abraham, (studying 8th std) yesterday who had come all the way from Yercaud to Madurai to attend the RUB meeting. He was possessed by evil spirit a month back. He narrated his testimony how Jesus delivered him.

After the meeting, when everybody got dispersed, he came rushing to me, telling,

“Sister, I have something more to tell you.

“Three things”. 1st week when I came to pray (in the house church) I saw Jesus. I could not see his face. It was so bright. I could not look at him.

2nd week, Jesus came to me. I held his legs tight.

3rd week, I asked him for a cycle. Within 2 days I got a cycle.”

Those who walked and lived with Jesus like this will be seen there.

The throne which is described in Rev. 4.
The Lamb slain.

4 Angels singing and worshiping in the heavenly choir.

Let us set our minds on these things that are of heaven! They are permanent and everlasting. Let’s be careful not to set our mind on things that are of the earth and spend life in worry, anxiety and fear.

I know a sister whose son and daughter both didn’t have children. When someone asks, with a smile always on her face she will say, “God will give in the appropriate time.” After 10 years of marriage, finally her son got a child.

Still the daughter was waiting. Her smile did not fade. Now after 2 years, exactly 10th year of her marriage, her daughter also conceived and is awaiting delivery. I could witness the mind and face of a person who has not set her mind on things that are on the earth.

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Countdown to Red Heifer

After years of hard work and preparation, the rabbi charged with overseeing the red heifer claims that this Biblical commandment is on the verge of reappearing. Rabbi Azariah Ariel goes on record, explaining how the return of this ritual of purification will, and will not, change our lives.

The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has been working for three decades to educate the public and make practical steps to prepare for the Third Temple. After many years of research and work, they are close to bringing about an essential element: the Red Heifer. If they are successful, implementing the red heifer ritual will not only have implications for the Temple service but will also help Jews observe other commandments in a more complete manner.

The commandment of the red heifer is described by the sages as the most inexplicable of any in the Torah. Yet lacking a red heifer has left all of Israel ritually impure and unable to properly perform many other commandments. The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has tasked Rabbi Ariel with supervising the effort to reestablish this essential Torah commandment. As such, Rabbi Ariel is precise in his description of the commandment including its present-day implications.

“The Torah commands us to perform the mitzvah (Torah commandment) in order to be in a ritually pure condition,” Rabbi Ariel explained to Breaking Israel News. “This is necessary for us to engage in anything that is holy or sanctified. It is important to understand that impurity is not any type of physical dirt or something. For most ritual impurities, bathing in a mikveh (ritual bath) is sufficient.

The highest level of impurity comes from contact with the dead and to purify this condition, the ashes of the red heifer are required. This condition comes not only from contact with the dead but to be under the same roof as a dead body also brings about this severe level of ritual impurity. This can typically happen if a person is inside a hospital in which a dead body is present. In such cases, the ashes of the red heifer are the only method for becoming ritually pure. Lacking the ashes of the red heifer, this condition remains forever.”

The physical requirements for a red heifer are simple yet precise. This has led to an intense search for an exceedingly rare candidate.

“We know that there have been nine red heifers throughout history, the first having been prepared in the times of Moses and Elazar, the son of Aaron,” Ariel explained. “A red heifer is a female cow that is red. In the language of the Bible, red is not exclusively what we know today as red. It also includes brown and other similar shades of red. This excludes black. All of the hairs on its body must be the same color.”

The rabbi described a recent case in which a calf was found to have six white hairs near its nose which rendered it unfit.

“The animal must also be two years old. There can be no blemish, no holes in the ear. Until that point, it is considered a calf and not a cow. At that point, the cow can be slaughtered and prepared.”

Though reinstating the Temple service in its entirety is dependent on the return of the red heifer ritual, the ashes of the red heifer are prepared outside of the Temple.

“This is not a sacrifice per se so it is burned in an area outside of the Temple, on the Mount of Olives. The ashes are collected. A tiny bit of the ashes are mixed with spring water and can be sprinkled on people in order to purify them.”

Only a tiny bit of the ashes are required for the purification ritual so one heifer will suffice for all of the Jews.

“If properly prepared, one heifer is sufficient to purify the entire nation. There is no limit on how much wood can be burned with the heifer. Those ashes are also used to purify people. A tiny amount of ash, a few milligrams, can be mixed with a large quantity of water. In this manner, one heifer can indeed purify the entire nation.”

“Even after the destruction of the Second Temple, ashes remained hidden away in different places, and were used to purify the Jews,” Rabbi Ariel said.

But the return of the red heifer ritual will affect everyday life for Jews.

“The lack of ashes from the red heifer has prevented us from performing many Torah commandments,” Ariel explained. “For example, today, when a Jew makes bread, they separate out a small amount for the mitzvah of hafrashat challah (separating out a quantity of dough for the priests). Today, the dough is disposed of. This is done because of the ritual impurity of the person making the dough and of the Kohanim (Jewish men of the priestly caste).

If we can reinstate the ritual of the red heifer, this dough can be baked and given to the Kohanim to eat. This baked product is one of the 24 Divinely ordained gifts designated for the kohanim. There are many commandments like this that we are unable to perform due to the lack of the ashes of the red heifer.

“The ashes of the red heifer are not necessary exclusively for Temple-related commandments. This will enable the complete performance of many mitzvoth we already do today.”

Many believe that the search for the red heifer is motivated by a desire to hasten the arrival of the Messiah but Rabbi Ariel stated emphatically that this is not the case.

“There is a great misconception concerning the red heifer,” Rabbi Ariel said. “Some people believe that by reinstating the ritual of the red heifer, we will bring the Messiah or reinstate the Temple service. This is an incorrect understanding. God does not do my bidding. We do His bidding.

The Jews were given the Torah and commanded to do the mitzvoth. It is not our intention to bring about a divine reaction through the red heifer. Our only interest is to perform the mitzvoth as they were given. The red heifer is a commandment so we perform it. It will allow us to perform other mitzvoth. Other than that, there are no expectations or additional agenda.”

Ariel told Breaking Israel News that there are two calves that may potentially be used in for the preparation of the ashes. They are currently being raised in an undisclosed location under special conditions. Care must be taken that they are not scarred or blemished and they must remain separated from bulls.

“As per the Torah requirements, it is forbidden that any yoke or burden be placed on them. When the calves reach two years of age, they will be checked again to ensure that the color has not changed and that they have no blemishes.”

“We are working on this but the most important thing we can do is to keep their location secret. If we succeed, in two years we will be permitted to perform more mitzvoth in the manner God commanded.”

Local Council Bans Prayer or Counseling Outside London Abortion Center

A local council in a borough of southwest London has passed a vote to set up a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) around a BPAS abortion clinic. The protection order put in place will ban pro-life vigils and protests “with respect to issues related to abortion services, by any means” wrote the Independent.

The Richmond Council’s unanimous decision to introduce the PSPO around the Twickenham clinic prevents the “peaceful pro-life prayer vigils” normally held by the Good Counsel Network, according to Life News.

In addition to protests, attempts to provide counseling support to women visiting the center will be banned, “along with ‘any form’ of interaction with residents, road users or BPAS staff if it relates to terminations, according to a draft document,” reported the Independent.

This ban spreads across six roads surrounding the clinic to create a buffer zone in areas where Richmond Council says protest has grown in recent years. Positive and negative feelings have been reported by women who have attended the clinic. Many have said to have felt judged and targeted by the manner of protest occurring, while others have received support after handed leaflets, and decided not to end their pregnancies.

Some of these women gave testimonies to the council, expressing their “dismay” that the introduction of a censorship zone will prevent “vulnerable women from receiving information about help and support available to them,” as Be Here For Me explained in a press release.

“I told the council my story, but they have not listened,” said a mother who testified to Richmond Council. “I told them that when I met the group outside the abortion centre in Richmond, it was the first time that I felt I had a choice. But now the PSPO means that offering the help I received outside the centre is a crime.”

With the passing of this order, Richmond becomes the second council to us a PSPO to stop people praying and offering women help outside an abortion clinic after Ealing enacted a PSPO last April.

Liberty, an independent human rights advocacy organization in the UK, along with other organizations, has raised concerns that the orders, both at Richmond and Ealing, have been too broad and vague to “render it proportionate,” as it is now a criminal offense to make “any offer of help” to women on Rosslyn Road, and “directed” prayer and council is banned.

A member of the Good Counsel Network, Clare McCullough, told the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) that she offered to limit the vigil to one person with a leaflet offering to help, with “no praying and no placards.” She was told, however, this would be “too distressing for clients and staff.”

The Man Who Was Not Allowed to Board Flight 302: ‘Say Thank You to God’

“When I arrived, boarding was closed and I watched the last passengers in (the) tunnel go in. I screamed to put me in but they didn’t allow it.”

This is how a Greek passenger named Antonis Mavropoulos described his attempt to board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 last Sunday morning.

He was not allowed to board the next flight to Nairobi after the airline lost contact with the flight he was supposed to take. He says that a security staff member “told me gently not to protest and say thank you to God, because I am the only passenger who did not enter the flight.”

Antonis Mavropoulos has abundant reason to “say thank you to God” today. What about those who lost someone on the airplane he tried to board?

The 157 victims of Flight 302 were a small percentage of the 153,424 people who die every day around the world. But the sudden shock of their deaths made their loss especially tragic.

Is the Christian faith truly relevant at a time like this?

IS GOD A CLOCKMAKER?

One of the finest pastors in America, a dear friend of mine, lost his oldest son recently. As the father of two and grandfather of four, I cannot begin to imagine his pain. Or that of the families grieving over the Ethiopian airline tragedy.

At times like this, grief can turn us from God in bitterness and disappointment. If he’s our loving Father, why does he allow his children to suffer so terribly?

Or grief can turn us toward God in faith and hope. Since he’s our loving Father, won’t he help us through these days of despair and pain?

Nothing about the Ethiopian jet crash changed the character of God. If he loved us before, he loves us still. If he was King of the universe on Saturday, he is King on Tuesday.

What we fear is that the tragedy reveals something about God we don’t want to believe. Perhaps he is not as loving or as powerful as we thought he was. Perhaps he is not as relevant to our lives and suffering as we believed him to be.

Maybe he is a clockmaker watching his invention run down on its own. Or maybe he’s not there at all.

WHEN A HAMMER CANNOT DRILL A HOLE

The key is to understand what the Christian faith promises and what it does not.

It is unfair to blame a hammer when it cannot drill a hole or a drill when it cannot drive a nail. Jesus never promised us that his followers would be immune from death and grief. Just the opposite: “In the world you will have tribulation,” he warned us (John 16:33). What Jesus did promise is that he will be with us “to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). He said of his followers: “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand” (John 10:28).

He promised that he would reward his persecuted followers: “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven” (Matthew 5:12). He promised the thief on the cross what he promises us in the moment of our death: “You will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43; Philippians 1:21).

“THE LAST OF HUMAN FREEDOMS”

In the meantime, his Spirit is using our challenges to mold us into the character of Christ (Romans 8:29).

In Man’s Search for Meaning, holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl wrote that he and his fellow prisoners experienced “the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” He discovered that in responding to their suffering, “the sort of person the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision, and not the result of camp influences alone.”

It is precisely here—when we must choose the “sort of person” we become—that Jesus’ presence and power are especially relevant to us.

But there’s a catch.

“WHY DO YOU SEEK THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD?”

When women came to Jesus’ tomb to finish his burial, “they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus” (Luke 24:2–3). “While they were perplexed about this,” two angels appeared to them (v. 4). They asked the women, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” (v. 5).

We are comfortable with theology (“a word about God”), less with Theo (“God” himself).

Twenty centuries after Easter, Christians can still do the same. We “seek the living among the dead” when we treat Jesus as anyone or anything other than our living Lord. When he is an idea, a theology, a model, a movement, he is as “dead” as if he were Muhammad or Buddha. When we experience him as a living person, only then do we not seek him among the dead.

It is hard in our materialistic culture to trust that which must be known through faith rather than through experience. We understand cemeteries more than resurrections. We are comfortable with theology (“a word about God”), less with Theo (“God” himself).

“I FEEL THE BOTTOM AND IT IS GOOD”

What grief are you carrying for yourself or for someone you know?

Bring it to the risen and living Christ. Ask him to use it to make you more like him—more dependent on your Father (John 5:30), more obedient to his will (Matthew 26:39), and more compassionate for those who suffer (John 11:35). Then ask his Spirit to make you the presence of Jesus for someone who is hurting (1 Corinthians 12:26–27).

And know that whatever you face, the worst is only the gateway to the best.

Yandall Woodfin was one of my professors and mentors in seminary. His marvelous textbook, With All Your Mind: A Christian Philosophy, ends with these words:

“It can be for any of us who trusts in Christ as it was for Christian and Hopeful in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. As they approach the river of death, which has no way around nor bridge across, they ask about the depth of the water and are told, ‘You shall find it deeper or shallower, as you believe in the King of the place.’

“Upon entering the water Christian begins to sink and cries to his companion that the billows and waves are going over his head. To this Hopeful responds, ‘Be of good cheer, my Brother, I feel the bottom and it is good.’ Christian soon finds solid ground to stand on and ‘the rest of the River was but shallow.’”

Volume 7 Issue 10

Posted on 16 March, 201916 March, 2019 by admin

2 Ch 32:31 “However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart”.

God tests human beings to know what is in their heart. To know whether one has the full heart or half a heart for Him.

When a child was born to Abraham, the Lord tested him to know how much love he has for his son and how much for God. God the creator wants His children to love Him above everything. Once a 12th Std student who is a worshiper of other gods, during the training sessions, raised a question to me.

“Why should God demand all the love, glory, honour, praise and worship for himself?”

Even though I answered him, I could not answer to my full satisfaction.

Next day during class, he said, “Sister, I got the answer for my question.”

“Last night during sleep a conversation was going on between me and somebody. I think it is God.

He asked me, Why do you purchase mixy at home.?

I said, ‘For my mom, to help her in kitchen.

‘What if it refuses to grind?’

“Dad will throw it away and buy a new one.”

‘I have created you to worship me. That is the only purpose for which man is created. If he refuses to worship me, he is failing in the very purpose for which he is created. He won’t be of any use to me thereafter. Fit only to be thrown away”.

He accepted God then and there.

There are certain timings for tests. Students will have their final exam after the completion of the course.

Gen 22 begins with “After these things, God tested Abraham…..”

After what?

After all the incidents in Gen 21.i.e. Sending Ishmael away from his home for ever.

If the test had come before it, (before i.e.sending away Ishmael) it wouldn’t have hit Abraham so hard.

God chose the exact time for the test and the exact method for test.

When Abraham was full of sorrow for his son Ishmael, the demand came to sacrifice Isaac.

God may allow such situations in your life too! Just to test and know the intentions of your heart!. After that promotions alone will await us.

Now you understand the reason why many Christians live a lethargic nominal life without any promotions!

They are failures in tests! Or skippers of tests!

Soldiers of God! Welcome problems for Christ’s sake! Face it! Score good marks! Lead a victorious life!

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The Real Reason Why Globalists Are So Obsessed With Artificial Intelligence

It is nearly impossible to traverse web news or popular media today without being assaulted by vast amounts of propaganda on Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is perhaps the fad to end all fads as it supposedly encompasses almost every aspect of human existence, from economics and security to philosophy and art.

According to mainstream claims, AI can do almost everything and do it better than any human being. And, the things AI can’t do, it WILL be able to do eventually.

Whenever the establishment attempts to saturate the media with a particular narrative, it is usually with the intent to manipulate public perception in a way that produces self fulfilling prophecy. In other words, they hope to shape reality by telling a particular lie so often it becomes accepted by the masses over time as fact.

The globalists have long held AI as a kind of holy grail in centralization technology. The United Nations has adopted numerous positions and even summits on the issue, including the “AI For Good” summit in Geneva. The UN insinuates that its primary interest in AI is in regulation or observation of how it is exploited, but the UN also has clear goals to use AI to its advantage. The use of AI as a means to monitor mass data to better institute “sustainable development” is written clearly in the UN’s agenda.

The IMF is also in on the AI trend, holding global discussions on the uses of AI in economics as well as the effects of algorithms on economic analysis.

The main source for the development of AI has long been DARPA. The military and globalist think tank dumps billions of dollars into the technology, making AI the underlying focus of most of DARPA’s work. AI is not only on the globalist’s radar; they are essentially spearheading the creation and promotion of it.

The globalist desire for the technology is not as simple as some might assume, however. They have strategic reasons, but also religious reasons for placing AI on an ideological pedestal. But first I suppose we should tackle the obvious.

In most white papers written by globalist institutions on AI, the thrust centers on mass data collection and surveillance. The elites are careful to always assert that their interests focus on the public good. This is why the UN and other agencies argue that they should be the leaders in oversight of mass data collection. That is to say, they want us to believe that they are objective and trustworthy enough to manage rules for data surveillance, or, to manage the data itself.

For the safety of the public, the globalists want centralized management of all data collection, ostensibly to save us from those evil corporations and their invasion of data privacy. Of course, most of those corporations are also run by globalists that fill the guest books of events like the World Economic Forum to discuss the advancements and advantages of AI. The WEF has made it a mandate that AI be promoted widely and that the business world and the general public be convinced of AI’s advantages. Bias against AI must be prevented…

So, what we have here is yet another false paradigm in which globalist institutions are opposed to corporations in terms of how AI is used. Yet, globalist corporations and globalist institutions both develop AI as well as pro-AI sentiment. The public, with its innate distrust of corporate moral compass, is supposed to be convinced to support UN regulatory reforms as a counterbalance. But in reality, corporate powers have no intention of fighting against UN control, they will ultimately welcome it.

This was the goal all along.

The actual effectiveness of AI as a means to help humanity is questionable. AI is primarily about “learning algorithms”, or machines that are programmed to learn from experience. The problem is that a learning algorithm is only as effective as the human beings that program it in the first place. That is to say, learning is not always a cause and effect process. Sometimes, learning is a spontaneous epiphany. Learning is creative. And, in some cases, learning is inborn.

When a machine is pitted against a human in a system built on very simple and concrete rules, machines tend to prevail. A chess game, for example, is designed around hard rules that never change. A pawn is always a pawn and always moves like a pawn; a knight always moves like a knight. While there can be moments of creativity in chess (which is why humans to this day are still on occasion able to beat computers at the game), the existence of the rules makes AI seem smarter than it is.

Human systems and natural systems are far more complicated than chess, and the rules tend to change, sometimes without warning. As quantum physics often discovers, the only thing that is predictable when observing the universe and nature is that all things are unpredictable. How well would an algorithm do in a chess game where a pawn could suddenly evolve to move like a knight, without any specific predictable patterns? Not very well I suspect.

And this is where we get into the crux of how the image of AI is being inflated into a kind of electronic god; a false prophet.

Missouri Targets Abortion with Bill Stating ‘God Is the Author of Life’

The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that has been labeled the “strongest pro-life bill in the country” and that even states “God is the author of life.”

The bill, H.B. 126, passed by a vote of 117-39 and now heads to the Senate. Both are controlled by Republicans. Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, supports it.

The bill has multiple provisions related to abortion — including bans on abortion when there is a heartbeat and when the unborn baby can feel pain — but is unique in mentioning God.

“In recognition that God is the author of life and that Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of Missouri provides that all persons have a natural right to life,” the bill begins, “it is the intention of the general assembly of the state of Missouri” to “defend the right to life of all humans, born and unborn” and to “declare that the state and all of its political subdivisions are a ‘sanctuary of life’ that protects pregnant women and their unborn children.”

Republican Speaker Elijah Haahr called it “the strongest pro-life bill in the country.”

The bill, among other things:

— bans abortion at eight weeks gestational age or later, when a heartbeat can be detected.

— bans abortion at 20 weeks or later, when an unborn baby can feel pain.

— bans abortions for a race, gender or a Down syndrome diagnosis.

— bans abortion in the state if Roe v. Wade is overturned, unless it’s for a “medical emergency.”

— requires a second custodial parent be notified when a minor seeks an abortion.

Steve Rupp, president of Missouri Right to Life, said the bill is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.

“All pro-life Missourians are extremely grateful to the Missouri House for their leadership in passing the most pro-life bill ever attempted in our country,” Rupp said. “Missouri is a pro-life state and we will not stand by as liberal states around the country legalize abortion up to birth and even infanticide. This legislation will save thousands of lives and ensure the safety and legal recourse for women in Missouri who seek abortions.”

At Least 40 Christians Killed in Two Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria

In this week’s attack in Maro, the Fulani herdsmen also damaged church buildings and property, and the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) reported that many of its missionaries working among the area Adara (known as Kadara by the Hausa) and Katari ethnic groups have been displaced.

A boarding school for the missionaries’ children in Kufana town has been closed, said the Rev. Bakari Ibrahim, director of the ECWA’s Evangelical Missionary Society (EMS).

“Please pray for peace in Kaduna state – hundreds have been displaced and hundreds killed by the Fulani jihadists,” he told Morning Star News in a text message. “We evacuated about hundred EMS kids from Kufana for safety. Many of our missionaries working among the Kadara tribe and some in Katari areas have been displaced. Please keep praying for our nation.”

A women’s fellowship leader of the ECWA congregation in Maro who requested anonymity told Morning Star News that women were meeting at the church building when the herdsmen invaded.

“We ran out of the church building as the shooting was going on,” she said on Tuesday (Feb. 26). “Many have been killed, and I have not seen my family members since morning. I have escaped out of the area.”

Blogger Mercy Musa Swanta of Kaduna state wrote on Facebook that local residents offered some defense.

“The villagers stood against the Fulani who came fully clothed in military uniform,” she wrote. “But they had to withdraw due to high number and superior firepower of the Fulani. Mobile policemen came but also retreated, one operation Yaki [police] vehicle burnt. Military now engaging the Fulani. Battle still going on. Casualties unknown but could be high.”

At least 32 bodies had reportedly been buried at this writing, including that of a policeman, with many Christian residents still unaccounted for.

A spokesman for the governor said the government was saddened by the attack, and that security agencies were working to contain the aggression in Kajuru and neighboring Kachia County.

Attack in Angwan Barde

The Feb. 10 Muslim Fulani herdsmen attack on Angwan Barde that killed 11 people wounded five others, residents said.

Survivors told Morning Star News that armed herdsmen in large numbers surrounded the village at about 11 p.m. that Sunday night. Area resident Ja’afaru Samaila, 21, said by phone that the herdsmen killed five members of his family.

“We heard gun shots, and this forced me and my family to remain in our bedrooms as it was difficult for us to run out of the house,” he told Morning Star News. “The Fulani gunmen surrounded our house and were shooting and shouting, ‘Allahu akbar [God is greater].’ They killed my father, mother, two brothers, and one of my sisters-in-law.”

The village head of Angwan Barde, Daniel Audu, 48, told Morning Star News by phone that the attack came as a surprise as they’ve never had any problems with the herdsmen.

“We have never had any misunderstanding with the Fulani herdsmen, so I don’t know why they attacked our village,” Audu said. “Ten members of my community, including a pregnant woman, were killed during the attack, thus making the unborn child to be the eleventh victim.”

He identified those killed as John Abbah, Moses Kabiru, Philemon Gomna, Samaila Jonathan, Maria Abbah, Ladi Samaila, Mairo Daniel, Marvelous Daniel, John Samaila and Joseph Samaila, along with the unborn baby.

Christians make up 51.3 percent of Nigeria’s population, while Muslims living primarily in the north and middle belt account for 45 percent.

Nigeria ranked 12^th on Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List of countries where Christians suffer the most persecution.

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"INHERITANCE WILL BE OURS"

Mark 12:7 "But those vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir! Come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours".

Today in my usual Bible meditation this verse, especially the word "inheritance" touched me.

From January 20th, "Inheriting the Land" is the theme we are dealing with. Here in the above verse we see a word "inheritance".

Our enemy's goal is always one and the same . His eyes are fixed on "inheriting the land" . With this sole motive, he killed the "Son" because He was the heir. By killing the heir, he thought , the "inheritance" will become permanently his and he can establish his ruler ship on earth. But the stupid satan's schemes were all defeated thoroughly. By handing over Jesus to death, the Almighty Father shared the "inheritance" with the whole descendants of Adam permanently.

But the enemy still did not give up. He has done another mischief. He has blindfolded the eyes of the children of Adam to believe lies. Now the believers are not aware of their rights. Instead of inheriting the land in the name of Jesus, they bow down to the enemy giving their shoulders to captivity.

Many of them do not even know that the whole sale deed satan executed in the garden of Eden was cancelled on the cross and Jesus transferred it in name of Adam's descendants. By creating a scheme called "religion" the enemy has captured and put them in prison. The enemy makes them fight with each other, kill one another in the name of "religion" so that he can hold "inheritance" for some more time.

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Iran: Mounting Persecution of Christians

The persecution of Christians in Iran in 2018 increased to a new level, according to an in-depth report jointly released by Open Doors, Middle East Concern, Article 18, and Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

"The end of 2018 saw an unprecedented wave of raids on private house gatherings, leading to a large number of arrests. Many Christians received prison sentences, or had sentences upheld by the Court of Appeal," noted the report. Despite this roaring abuse, and violations and attacks against Christians being significantly ratcheted up, the international community continues to label the Iranian government, run by President Hassan Rouhani, as "moderate.

What is puzzling is that while the Iranian authorities boast that Christians and other religious minorities are treated fairly under Islam, the Iranian regime is, in fact, increasingly targeting Christians solely for daring peacefully to practice their faith. Even though these actions are frequently documented, their claims do not match up with the ever-increasing numbers of arrests and punishments suffered by those practicing a religion other than Islam. For example, in a single recent week, more than 100 Christians were arrested.

There was also an unprecedented "surge during November and December 2018 as arrests were reported in the cities of Ahvaz, Chalus, Damavand, Hamedan, Hashtgerd, Karaj, Mashhad, Rasht, Shahinshahr and Tehran. In one week alone, one hundred and fourteen Christians were reported to have been arrested."

Two of the Islamic Republic's state organs seem to responsible for initiating these violations against Christians. The Ministry of Intelligence and its affiliated agents carry out sophisticated surveillance of the Christian communities, and their actions are documented and recorded throughout their daily lives. The information is then passed to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a security service that has morphed into a terror group. As the Guardian reports:

"Prisoners are often tortured physically and mentally. They are subjected to near-daily interrogations, including prolonged beatings, and forced to endure twisted acts of persecution. While he was in prison, church teacher and ex-prisoner Morad recounted how the guards would bring him tea but not allow him to go to the bathroom. Ex-prisoners report sleep deprivation and threats of harm to family members -- as well as pressure to recant their faith."

The IRGC does not limit itself to individuals. It has repeatedly raided entire churches, shut them down, or confiscated the Christians' properties. As a result of this runaway torment, an increasing number of Christians have resorted to practicing their faith privately in their homes, a practice known as hosting "house churches". Even being in their own homes provides no safety: the IRCG continue to increase their crackdown on any Christian religious practice.

The regime's authorities then usually create trumped up charges against Christians such as, "endangering the national security" of the country. Shamiram Issavi Khabizeh, the wife of Rev. Victor Bet Tamraz, for instance, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for "membership in a group with the purpose of disrupting national security." One objective of these kind of violations against Christians by Iran's Islamic forces seems to be to threaten and intimidate the entire Christian community, whose ancestors have lived in this country for thousands of years, to flee in fear of imprisonment, torture and death.

The Revolutionary Guards strategy seems to be to continue to apply pressure on the Christian community to decrease the number of Christians living in Iran, allowing the proportion of Muslims to increase, thereby affording the majority an even greater level of control. Another objective seems to be driving the practice of Christianity into the shadows. Their mistreatment not only keeps Christians on edge and terrified; it also prevents them from spreading their gospel in a public manner and adding others to their faith. The Iranian government views Christians who stay in the country as outsiders, so it treats them as such.

Under international law, the Iranian government has an obligation to respect freedom of religion. Yet, while the rights of Christians are being violated in Iran at an unprecedented level, how long will the international community remain silent? What will it take for these endlessly preening moralists to act against those human rights violations so that one day people will not have to hide their gospel, or live their daily lives in fear of severe persecution? If the Iranian government refuses to take steps to protect the rights and freedom of the Christians, these innocent people can only plead for humanitarian aid from the community outside their borders, in the hope that one day they might live in a land where their beliefs and prayers are not a reason for imprisonment and torture.

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Constitutional Amendment Ends Abortion in Pro-Life States

Pro-life supporters and pro-life state and national leaders say state amendments recently passed in Alabama and West Virginia may be a way for states to deny abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned in the future.

In November 2018, Alabama and West Virginia passed state constitutional amendments that deny the right to an abortion.

“It is the public policy of this state to recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, most importantly the right to life in all manners and measures appropriate and lawful,” Alabama’s state amendment says.

The Alabama amendment passed with some 60 percent of voters.

In West Virginia, a similar amendment passed with 52 percent of votes in favor.

“Victories in West Virginia and Alabama show that putting life right on the ballot and letting voters decide can be a valuable means of achieving greater protections for the unborn,” said Mallory Quigley of the national pro-life group, The Susan B. Anthony List.

Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Rhode Island and Tennessee all have state constitutional amendments denying the right to abortion.

Other states may also be looking to pass similar state amendments.

“Other states will likely consider similar measures, particularly Iowa, where a one-sentence neutrality amendment has already been introduced, and Kansas, in the event the state supreme court recognizes a right to abortion,” said Paul Linton, an attorney who worked with Americans United for Life.

lizabeth Slattery, legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation, said state amendments such as the ones Alabama and West Virginia recently passed “provide guidance” if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

“Thus, these state constitutional amendments are preemptive and would only take effect if the Supreme Court eliminated the federally recognized right to abortion,” she said.

Persecution Rising in China: And Things Could Get Worse

The steadily deteriorating state of religious freedom in China has been a frequent topic of late, both here on BreakPoint and other media outlets. The picture is bleak. An estimated one million Muslim Uighurs have been detained in what are essentially re-education camps, as part of an attempt to erase their religious and cultural identity.

There’s also been a strong assault on Chinese Christianity. What little freedom Chinese Christians had is now being taken away: Provincial officials have demolished crosses, cracked down on house churches, arrested pastors, and put officially-recognized churches under tighter control.

Thus, the recent report out of Liaoning province, a region near the border with North Korea, shouldn’t surprise us. It should trouble and appall us, but not surprise us.

According to the Australian website MercatorNet, the Education Bureau of Lishan district” in Liaoning “issued a plan for the campaign to resist religious beliefs in kindergartens.”

The plan prohibits schools from “hiring [new] teachers who hold religious beliefs.” With regard to existing teachers, it calls for increased supervision, including “comprehensive inspections of teachers’ preparation for lessons in order to root out any and all religious content.”

But the plan doesn’t stop with teachers. Students, as well as teachers, are now required to “sign a commitment statement promising they won’t browse religious websites or participate in religious forums.” The statement reads in part, “I will adhere to the correct political direction, advocate science, promote atheism, and oppose theism.”

These are kindergartners!

It’s not only in that province. Students in other parts of China have also been coerced into signing anti-religious pledges. And there are reports of students who, because they refused to sign, have been beaten.

Unfortunately, short of divine intervention, it may be that things will get significantly worse. As I’ve told you before on BreakPoint, Xi Jinping has become the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao. Like Mao, Xi has fostered a cult of personality. He calls himself lingxiu, a reverential term for “leader” not heard since the days of Mao. It’s very similar to what Fuehrer means in German. Fawning coverage of Xi in official media borders on self-parody.

Christians have been in the crosshairs of the Xi Jinping cult. Believers in south China have been forced to take down pictures of Jesus from their walls and replace them with pictures Xi Jinping.

Not only is he a jealous would-be god, he’s also an insecure one. To understand why, you need to understand that the source of the Communist Party’s legitimacy has been economic growth. For the past forty years, the Chinese people have been asked to trade certain freedoms that we take for granted, such as freedom of speech and religion, for increasing prosperity. That trade has preserved a measure of social order.

But now, many economists see signs that the good times are coming to an end in China. In fact, that may be an understatement. It could be something even worse. As the Wall Street Journal reports, “China’s consumers and businesses are losing confidence. Car sales have plunged. The housing market is stumbling. Some factories are letting workers off for the big Lunar New Year holiday two months early.”

In other words, the Communist Party may not be able to keep up its end of the bargain. If they fail, ordinary Chinese people could remember everything they’ve had to put up with and get angry. Very angry.

So how will Xi respond to this? We already know the answer to that question. He will crack down even harder. Cult leaders don’t admit mistakes, much less give up their power voluntarily. They look for scapegoats and hunt for heretics.

In China, Christians qualify as both. As adherents to what many Chinese regard as a “Western” religion, their loyalties can be called into question. And they’ll likely not join Xi’s cult of personality, so they will be ideal targets.

All of this is why our brothers and sisters there need our prayers. And our voice. We must urge our government and U. S. corporations that do business in China to use their influence on behalf of persecuted Chinese Christians.

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