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Recently, Pastor Olaf was fined an exorbitant amount of money because he preached from God’s Word that homosexuality is an abomination to our God.
In a stunning sentence late last year, a court in Bremen, Germany, sentenced Rev. Olaf Latzel of St. Martini (part of the Evangelical Church in Germany: EKD) to a fine of €8,100 for “inciting hatred” against homosexuals in private remarks made to church couples. During the seminar, Latzel defended the biblical definitions of gender and sexuality, condemning the Berlin Pride March and referring to gender ideology as “an attack against God’s order of Creation.”
Latzel’s defense lawyer called the sentence, which the pastor is appealing, a “catastrophe” and warned that free speech was under threat: “While today this is about a view found in the Bible, tomorrow it will be about any other opinion.”
Latzel’s lawyer told the court that the Bremen pastor was condemning behavior rather than people, but the judge stated that the “homosexual orientation of a person is a part of [his] personality.” Some Protestant leaders in Bremen appear to be more concerned by how biblical teachings reflect on their popularity rather than by threats to their ability to proclaim the Gospel, announcing in response to the sentence that they “condemned in the strongest terms” Latzel’s words. The EKD is a largely liberal denomination, and Latzel’s traditional views have made him a controversial figure for some time. St. Martini church, where Latzel serves as pastor, has even had services interrupted by LGBT activists.
To discuss the implications of this ongoing case, I reached out to Manfred Müller with the German office of Voice of the Martyrs. Müller told me that Latzel was prosecuted in a “political show trial” in “a huge public space rented in order for many people to attend the public spectacle.” His case, Müller said, needs international attention.
What is the significance of this case? Is there a precedent for it?
There is no precedent for it. It’s the other way around: This will serve as a precedent for future cases. That makes it so significant. We have seen this coming for a long time. Even a few years ago, some conservative Christian might have already said: If I were to imagine persecution coming to Germany, I might imagine it along the lines of moral — especially sexual — ethics.
Now, with Olaf Latzel, for the first time, a German court restricts religious freedom (Article 4, Basic Law) for the benefit of the homosexual lobby. Or to put it in more neutral terms: to protect the feelings and rights of homosexuals.
At the expense of freedom of speech, religious freedom, etc., homosexual rights are protected. This will have consequences (if the judgment will hold against the appeal) for churches in Germany that reject gay blessings and weddings. This could, for example, in the future cause them to lose their status [as charitable organizations]. That would [be] a huge financial disadvantage.
What is the potential outcome for other conservative clergy members?
Already: intimidation to take a biblical stand on this issue. In addition, new realities will be created in the regional church, meaning that in the future, pastors with a critical attitude towards blessing homosexual couples or even conducting weddings will not be admitted to the church as clergy. Before being employed, an interview could be held asking them about their stance on those issues. Thus, facts are created, and pastors with a biblical view of homosexuality will then no longer exist.
How was Latzel’s trial a “show trial” — a very loaded word in the German context?
By relocating the trial to the public arena (a local theater) instead of the courtroom, thus allowing for more people to attend. Plus, the rush to judgment in the media and the prejudice by all the involved parties. All that created prejudgment and pressure on the judge to make the “right” decision.
How was the trial unfair?
The whole accusation does not hold. There was never the intention to publish what Olaf Latzel shared in this internal Bible study group for couples. It was a closed event. No way that this could or even should have served to spark public hate, let alone “incitement of the masses” (the accusation).
So, to begin with, the seminar was not public. It should never be on the internet (actually the recording of the event records Pastor Latzel himself saying this at the beginning: This is not to be published.) In the talk Pastor, Latzel always speaks of “homosexuality,” not of “homosexuals,” differentiating between sin and sinner. This differentiation has not been taken into account by the court, which would have been absolutely necessary for the verdict.
Can anything be done to redress the situation?
Jesus is Lord. HE can change anything and everything. Speak but one word. He only has to speak one word. That is why prayer is so important. If folks could just pray for our Brother Latzel.
Also, pressure. International pressure. It might be helpful to write letters to the church.
How does this bode ill for the future?
The position for those who are faithful to the Bible and for conservative congregations will change and has already become more difficult. We should not forget that the church Pastor Latzel is serving, the St. Martini church in Bremen, is also [being] harassed. In Germany, the Pietists were seen as crown jewels of society (in Württemberg). But today, they are no longer considered socially acceptable. Source
Brethren, this could very well be the future of the Remnant Church in America. We MUST be ready for this. Some of us will probably be jailed. Others may be martyred.
But God is with us every minute of every day, so we should not fear!
“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28).
By: Geri Ungurean
Credit: Life Site News
A family that recently converted to Christianity was banished from their Indian village this year after they stood firm in their faith and refused to recant.
Jaga Padiami and his wife accepted Christ in December after hearing the gospel when a group of Christians visited their home village in Kambawada, India.
But in January, they were called to a village meeting and told by the village chief, Koya Samaj, to renounce their Christian faith. Both refused, according to a report by International Christian Concern.
Residents then began to harass the couple, and Samaj gave them an additional five days to recant their faith or face banishment from the village.
After five days, the couple was called to a village meeting, where Padiami told Samaj and the other villagers, “Even though you will drive me out of the village, I will not leave Jesus Christ.”
“This response enraged local villagers who ransacked Padiami’s home,”
Their belongings were tossed into the street, and their house locked. They were then forced from the village. The couple were told they would be killed if they returned – unless they recant Christianity. They did not.
India ranked No. 10 on Open Doors’ 2021 report of “50 countries where it’s most difficult to follow Jesus.”
“Hindu extremists believe that all Indians should be Hindus, and that the country should be rid of Christianity and Islam,” the report said. “They use extensive violence to achieve this goal, particularly targeting Christians from a Hindu background. Christians are accused of following a ‘foreign faith’ and blamed for bad luck in their communities.”
Christians are “often physically attacked and sometimes killed,” as well as being “under constant pressure from their family and community to return to Hinduism,” the report said.
“If they do not ‘re-convert,’ they may be boycotted by their community, with a devastating effect on their ability to earn income,” the Open Doors report said.
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By Cece Hang’andu —
Just when doctors asked her family members if they could take her off life support and let the “lost cause” die, Lisa Martin woke up from a 40-day Covid coma.
“God had other plans,” a Dec. 31 hospital statement says. “On the 11th day, Lisa broke out of the sedatives and began following Jeff with her eyes and she even moved her hand.”
Now Lisa, a 49-year-old mother of four, is being called a “miracle patient.” In all, she spent 59 days on a ventilator at Memorial Satillo Health in Georgia, including the induced Covid coma. She suffered a frontal lobe stroke during the health ordeal.
When Lisa didn’t come out of the coma (her eyes were fixed), hospital staff approached the family October 20th and asked them to make the hardest decision of their lives: take Lisa off life support.
They held a family conference. Her youngest son was the last to speak and said, “We are not pulling that plug. I’m not ready to be without my mama.”
“They decided to give it 11 days before making a decision. That would have been the end of one month on the vent. Earlier in September, Lisa had created a living will with a ‘do not resuscitate.’”
But when the family was pressed for a decision, Lisa woke up. Today, she’s re-learning how to walk, talk, swallow and eat.
Her daughter, Madison, said the road of recovery “has changed our lives for the better.”
“Did it suck for my mom to get COVID, almost die and now fight to get back to having a normal life? Absolutely!” Madison says. “But if God wanted to use my mom as an example on how to keep faith during struggles, dark times and hardships, then I thank God for using my mom.
Lisa also credits God for the miracle. “I am shocked but amongst all the overwhelming feelings, I feel like this is definitely a God thing,” she told People Magazine. “I got to a point where I felt like no one cared for me. I didn’t have a lot of friends, my kids are all grown up and independent and my husband works all the time. I was lonely, but this experience has shown me how loved I truly am.”
\",\"settings\":{\"styles\":{\"text\":\"left\",\"align\":\"flex-start\",\"justify\":\"flex-start\",\"position\":\"2/3/20/15\",\"m-element-margin\":\"0 0 16px 0\"}}},\"PrF7QRpGd-section-title\":{\"type\":\"GridTextBox\",\"content\":\"On Sunday, Pastor-teacher John MacArthur of Grace Community Church offered a stern warning to President Joe Biden following last week’s inauguration. MacArthur cautioned Biden on placing his hand on the Bible while pledging “to do the very things that blaspheme His name.”“You can say whatever you want to say,” he began “but when you touch the ark, when you place your hand on the throne of God, because God is enthroned in His Word, and you place your hand on the Word of God and pledge to do the very things that blaspheme His name.” “God doesn't want your respect, He wants your obedience”, MacArthur asserted. “Don’t tell me you advocate for the slaughter of babies in the womb,” he continued. “Don’t tell me you want to destroy masculinity, femininity, marriage. Don’t tell me you want to fill the world with LGBTQ people in leadership, you want to justify transgender activity. Don’t tell me you want to invite more Muslims in who represent a religion from Hell and then put your hand on the throne of God.”
MacArthur, who has been pastoring the Los Angeles based church since 1969, made headlines last year for defying the state’s COVID restrictions on houses of worship that resulted in fines and court hearings.
Over a week ago last Sunday, he addressed how mainstream media outlets like ABC, CNN and the Los Angeles Times along with “ungodly bloggers” attempted to discredit his church, according to reports.
MacArthur addressed the importance of Christ at the heart of the Christian faith as that is the only way Christianity would have any appeal.
Photo credit: ©Grace Community Church
There have been information coming into limelight with the way the governments and health institution are hastening up to make available the Covid’19 vaccines. With the United States recently signing a contract worth $1.9 billion with Pfizer pharmaceutical for the Corona Virus vaccines.
Some of the information the press are gathering include medical experts and professionals concerns, which has to do with the composition of the corona virus vaccines. With the way the various governments are going about it to ensure it is compulsorily administered whenever it is available, and also taking a further step of issuing an identification for whomever is vaccinated, and to as well involve the military in dispensing the vaccines.
All this cause for serious concern on what is really behind their agenda. What are they not telling the people? With so much going on behind the scene with inter-government negotiation that does not make the news.
In an Instagram post, Weston A. Price Foundation shared a photo displaying a quote that says the FDA has “acknowledged that residual human DNA has the potential to cause cancer or to change one’s genetic code.” The quote is attributed to Kendall Nelson, producer of the film “The Greater Good,” which explores the pros and cons of vaccination in the U.S.
The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit charity aimed at spreading information about Dr. Weston Price’s nutrition research, which includes a belief that modern technology should be “a servant to the wise and nurturing traditions of our ancestors rather than used as a force destructive to the environment and human health,” according to its website.
The foundation’s stance on vaccination is that “vaccination as practiced today is a 200-year mistake.” It further claims that childhood diseases are “either mild or non-existent” when parents teach children the nutrition practices for which the foundation advocates.
However, vaccines for chickenpox, rubella and hepatitis A are created using human embryo cells, according to an article from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Some vaccines contains Human DNA. The embryo cells are more specifically fibroblast cells, which are needed to hold skin and connective tissues together. The cells were obtained in the early 1960s via the elective termination of two pregnancies. The FDA also said residual DNA is \\\"not used as an active ingredient in vaccines but can be present as a consequence of the methods used to produce some vaccines.\\\" It has strict guidelines for what qualifies cell substrates to be used in vaccines. When asked for comment, the Weston A. Price Foundation sent an FDA technical report for a 2012 meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. It also sent a second link, which included an article published in The Vaccine Reaction, cited the same document and provided a transcript from the meeting.
At that meeting, members of the committee discussed the appropriateness of the use of cell lines derived from human tumors – not human fetal cells, to which the Instagram post refers.
It is important to note, too, that this meeting was a discussion of the matter, and no conclusion was reached.
The concern of some, as indicated in the Weston A. Price Foundation’s claim, is that vaccines that include residual DNA could cause harm if DNA from the embryo cell mixes with the DNA of whoever is receiving the vaccine.
From another source, here is a sentence from an NIAID press release that mentions one of several research approaches:
“NIAID Vaccine Research Center scientists have initiated Phase 1/2 studies of a universal flu vaccine strategy that includes an investigational DNA-based vaccine (called a DNA ‘prime’)…” This is quite troubling, if you know what the phrase “DNA vaccine” means. It refers to what the experts are touting as the next generation of immunizations. Instead of injecting a piece of a virus into a person, in order to stimulate the immune system, synthesized genes would be shot into the body. This isn’t traditional vaccination anymore. It’s gene therapy. In any such method, where genes are edited, deleted, added, no matter what the pros say, there are always “unintended consequences,” to use their polite phrase. The ripple effects scramble the genetic structure in numerous unknown ways.
Here is the inconvenient truth about DNA vaccines—
They will permanently alter your DNA.The reference is the New York Times, 3/15/15, “Protection Without a Vaccine.” It describes the frontier of research—the use of synthetic genes to “protect against disease,” while changing the genetic makeup of humans. This is not science fiction:
“By delivering synthetic genes into the muscles of the [experimental] monkeys, the scientists are essentially re-engineering the animals to resist disease.” “’The sky’s the limit,’ said Michael Farzan, an immunologist at Scripps and lead author of the new study.” “The first human trial based on this strategy — called immunoprophylaxis by gene transfer, or I.G.T. — is underway, and several new ones are planned.” [That was few years ago.] “I.G.T. is altogether different from traditional vaccination. It is instead a form of gene therapy. Scientists isolate the genes that produce powerful antibodies against certain diseases and then synthesize artificial versions. The genes are placed into viruses and injected into human tissue, usually muscle.”
The punchline:
“The viruses invade human cells with their DNA payloads, and the synthetic gene is incorporated into the recipient’s own DNA. If all goes well, the new genes instruct the cells to begin manufacturing powerful antibodies.”
Read that again: “the synthetic gene is incorporated into the recipient’s own DNA.”
Alteration of the human genetic makeup.
Not just a “visit.” Permanent residence. And once a person’s DNA is changed, he will live with that change—and all the ripple effects in his genetic makeup—for the rest of his life.
The Times article taps Dr. David Baltimore for an opinion:
“Still, Dr. Baltimore says that he envisions that some people might be leery of a vaccination strategy that means altering their own DNA, even if it prevents a potentially fatal disease.”
Yes, some people might be leery. If they have two or three working brain cells.
This is genetic roulette with a loaded gun. Anyone and everyone on Earth injected with a DNA vaccine will undergo permanent and unknown genetic changes… And the further implications are clear. Vaccines can be used as a cover for the injections of any and all genes, whose actual purpose is re-engineering humans in far-reaching ways. The emergence of this Frankenstein technology is paralleled by a shrill push to mandate vaccines, across the board, for both children and adults. The pressure and propaganda are planet-wide. The freedom and the right to refuse vaccines has always been vital. It is more vital than ever now. It means the right to preserve your inherent DNA.
There are also information reaching out that the medical staff administering the vaccines will be able to tap the NFC prefilled label tag number on the syringe into a mobile appliance that will capture the dose level serial number GPS location, date and time then upload the data into a government data base. That aggregated injection data provides health administration the exact involving real time injection map for tracking.
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Reading the Bible during the pandemic has improved the mental health of a large segment of Christians and also eased their anxiety about the future, according to a new United Kingdom survey.
The poll of 1,123 practicing Christians who attend church and read the Bible at least monthly found that 33 percent say reading the Bible has improved their mental health during the pandemic, while 28 percent say it has increased their confidence in the future. Another 42 percent say it has boosted their hope in God. Most in the survey say reading the Bible has allowed their mental health and their beliefs about the future and God to remain the same, rather than decreasing.
The survey was conducted by Christian Research for the Bible Society.
“It’s encouraging to see that the Bible is giving people hope and confidence,” said Andrew Ollerton, author of The Bible Course, a publication and course by the Bible Society.
“The Bible has the ability to stand over our circumstances as something solid, a reference point in uncertain times,” Ollerton added. “It’s like having felt all at sea, and then having a rock to stand on.”
Among other findings:
84 percent of practicing Christians have regular Bible reading sessions.
35 percent say they have engaged with the Bible more frequently since the pandemic started.
16 percent say they read the Bible when lonely or sad.
33 percent of Christians ages 16 to 24 say reading the Bible had helped them feel less lonely.
Naomi Campbell, a mother of two in the United Kingdom, told the Bible Society she has drawn strength during the pandemic from Isaiah 61:3. To grant to those who mourn in Zion the following:
To give them a turban instead of dust [on their heads, a sign of mourning], The oil of joy instead of mourning,
The garment [expressive] of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.
So they will be called the trees of righteousness [strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God],
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
“‘You have given me a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair,’” she said, paraphrasing the verse. “My life has had a lot of challenges, but all the way along, God has given us the opportunity to see his goodness, his creativity in our lives. That verse has stayed with me during lockdown. This verse has been amazing, actually.”
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“During the process, a certain weakness entered my body, and then I saw a light coming from above, and I heard a loud voice saying, ‘Yeshua’ [Aramaic for Jesus] repeatedly,” she recalls. Not long after that, Mansitula saw another vision.
“At midnight I saw a bright light and a man dressed in white clothes crossing the river coming towards me, and He said: ‘Peace be upon you – today I have chosen you to be mine,’” she said. Speaking to media, Mansitula stated that the recurring visions prompted her to visit her Christian neighbour, whose name is withheld for security reasons.
The neighbor prayed with her, and she put her faith in Christ. This development is the latest of multiple accounts that Uganda Christian News has documented, where men and women who, without knowledge of the Gospel, or contact among Christians in their community, have experienced dreams and visions of Jesus Christ.
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during the pandemic, says Release International.
The charity, which supports persecuted Christians, said many had been
denied food and relief aid by governments and NGOs because of their faith.
Some countries have escalated their crackdowns on Christians.
This is the case in China, where there were reports of Christians being
arrested for meeting online to worship and pray during lockdown.
Authorities have \\\"totally prohibited\\\" online church services and prayer meetings, Release partners in China said.
\\\"Nothing constituting a religious service is allowed,\\\" they said.
They believe the Chinese Government is exploiting Covid-19 to increase its long-running crackdown on Christians.
\\\"They have accelerated campaigns such as the forced demolition of crosses against even government-sanctioned churches,\\\" the partners said.
\\\"Pastors have been rounded up for sharing the gospel and distributing facemasks on the street.\\\"
In many countries, Christians have experienced crippling poverty during the pandemic.
In Algeria, there is no social security or government support, leaving many Christians struggling to get by.
A Release partner in Algeria said: \\\"Many Christian families have had to stop work because of the lockdown and have lost their income. They have been rejected by society and their families as a result of their faith. The demand is huge.\\\"
In Pakistan, the situation has been especially difficult for converts from a Muslim background because the only form of financial support comes from families. Muslim families often withdraw this support to family members who convert to a different faith, Release said.
\\\"These individuals have been rejected by society and their families as a result of their faith,\\\" said Release's Pakistan partners.
Just buying food and paying the rent has become a huge challenge for many impoverished Christians, let alone buying face masks and hand sanitizer.
\\\"The government is not able to support Christians in the villages, slums or brick kilns,\\\" the partners said.
In Upper Egypt, there have been reports of Christians being refused food and support from organizations distributing aid.
Release partners report: \\\"The authorities are helping Muslims but not Christians. And churches that try to help are being closed by police order.\\\"
Release partners are distributing aid packages to Christians in Algeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.
It has launched an appeal to support more Christians during Covid-19.
Release International CEO Paul Robinson said: \\\"Covid-19 is having a devastating impact on the lives of many poor Christians. In places hostile to the faith Christians are experiencing increased hardship.
\\\"Food is now in short supply. They are unable to work and can't earn, and support is being withheld because of their faith.
\\\"Their cries for help are being ignored by local charities who are distributing food packages only to families of other faiths. We can't afford to delay. These Christians need our help.\\\"
Culled from Christian News Today
A group of Scottish church leaders is pursuing legal action against the Scottish Minsters' decision to close churches and outlaw public worship during the current COVID lockdown.
Church officials notified the Scottish Ministers on Jan. 15, pleading for them to re-open churches. They explained that closing churches violates the European Convention of Human Rights law and the Scottish Constitution.
Additionally, the emotional and spiritual needs within the congregation and community cannot be addressed if these restrictions remain in effect.
The church leaders pointed out in their claim they clearly understand the significance of COVID-19 and the difficult decisions the Scottish Government has had to make in an effort to protect communities.
But the church officials say they believe the Scottish Ministers' have \\\"failed to appreciate that the closure of places of worship is a disproportionate step and one which has serious implications for freedom of religion.\\\"
The Scottish Ministers' replied by denying the claim and asserted that the state can \\\"regulate the secular activities of Churches…for the purposes of protecting public health\\\" and that churches must \\\"comply with secular law\\\" and remain closed.
According to Christian Legal Centre, Scotland hasn't attempted to close churches since the 17th century during the persecution of the Presbyterian church.
Now church officials are asking for houses of worship in Scotland to remain open so people can attend services and events without fear of prosecution.
In the claim, the church leaders \\\"hold that public corporate worship, involving the physical gathering together of Christians…are fundamental and indispensable aspects of their religion,\\\" and that \\\"in the absence of the gathered people of God, there is effectively no church.\\\"
Scottish Ministers' say they are making decisions based on \\\"science\\\" to warrant several lockdown measures, including church closures.
Church leaders in Scotland are pressing ahead with legal action against the Scottish Government after public worship was banned during the current lockdown.
Unlike in England and Wales, where churches can still open, public worship has been suspended in Scotland since 8 January.
Supported by the Christian Legal Centre (CLC), the 27 church leaders argue that the suspension of public worship is \\\"unlawful\\\" and in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.
They are seeking a judicial review after the Scottish Government ignored a pre-action letter from the church leaders in which they said the restrictions had \\\"serious implications for freedom of religion\\\" and were unnecessarily preventing them from meeting the material, emotional and spiritual needs of their communities.
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The Maronite Cathedral of St Elijah almost did not survive the years of conflict after being bombed countless times, but its roof has been rebuilt and it is set to be re-consecrated on Monday.
The reconstruction of the church was supported financially by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) UK.
The Maronite Archbishop of Aleppo, Joseph Tobji, said the re-construction had \\\"symbolic and practical meaning\\\" for the Christian community in Syria.
\\\"In the symbolic sense, it is a message to the parishioners and Christians in Aleppo and the world that we are still in this country despite our dwindling numbers and the restoration of the cathedral is proof of this,\\\" he said.
The cathedral dates back to 1873 but the site has been a place of Christian worship for much longer than that, with the current building having replaced a smaller 15th century church. Now that it is being re-opened, ACN International Executive President Dr Thomas Heine-Geldern spoke of his hope for the cathedral as a center for Christianity. \\\"We see the cathedral of St Elijah and it is a miracle. It is wonderful to see it shining with its former splendour,\\\" he said.\\\"I hope that it will once again become the center for the whole Christian community just as it was before this terrible war.\\\"
Years of war have taken their toll on Christians in Aleppo, with numbers falling from 180,000 before 2012 to around only 30,000 today. Archbishop Tobji said he hoped the cathedral's restoration would encourage Christians to believe they have a future in the city. He said: \\\"We Maronites have no place to bring us together other than this cathedral and the decision to restore it was self-evident, just like a family who wanted to renovate our only house that brought us together.\\\"
Culled from Christian Today
John Tesh, a Christian known for his soundtrack-style compositions and his rendition of Carol of the Bells, opened up about how reading the Bible helped him stay connected with God as he battled an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
According to CBN News, Tesh also said the Bible brought him comfort as it was the words of God Himself.
In an interview with Fox News, Tesh shared that following his cancer diagnosis, he\\\"was trying really hard to believe that everything was going to be all right.”
He added, “I was begging God for healing. And when Connie and I read the scriptures together, we learned that God wants us to have health and wellness, healing and prosperity. And the Bible speaks truth. It's the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.”
Tesh was diagnosed with cancer in 2015.
Opening up in the Fox News interview he shared that \\\"Initially, I was angry at God. I was angry at everybody. And for some reason, I was angry at my wife. I was drinking too much scotch whiskey. When you get a cancer diagnosis like this, you become very popular and people are whispering around you and you can get anything. You can get Vicodin if you want. You can drink as much as you want and you can just feel sorry for yourself as much as you want.\\\"
But Tesh later came to realize the Bible says nothing like that, stating \\\"I think people will really be surprised to read what the Bible has to say if they take a break from their phones and just read the scriptures each day. I really recommend the Book of Romans and just take a deep breath.\\\" Tesh, who is now in remission, concluded by telling Fox News, \\\"I thank God every day for my healing. I can’t just put aside that suffering I’ve experienced. It’s a part of me. And it’s taught me that when faced with an enemy, I’m strong enough to pick up that sword.\\\"
Photo courtesy: ©Getty Images/Scott Gries/Staff
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President Biden signed an executive order Monday allowing individuals to serve openly under their gender identity. A biological man who identifies as a woman, for example, can serve alongside women under the new policy. The executive order said “gender identity should not be a bar to military service.”
The executive order reversed the Trump-era policy limiting the service of transgender individuals.
Calvert wrote, “How is rejecting reality (biology) not evidence that a person is mentally unfit (ill), and thus making that person unqualified to serve? There is little difference in this than over those who believe and argue for a ‘flat earth,’ despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The motivation is different, but the argument is the same. This person is a MedBoard for Mental Wellness waiting to happen. What a waste of military resources and funding!”
The Army's Security Force Assistance Command said in Twitter and Facebook posts Calvert’s comments were under investigation. Calvert declined to comment in an Army Times story about the matter.
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Some of the information the press are gathering include medical experts
and professionals concerns, which has to do with the composition of the
corona virus vaccines. With the way the various governments are going
about it to ensure it is compulsorily administered whenever it is available,
and also taking a further step of issuing an identification for whomever is
vaccinated, and to as well involve the military in dispensing the vaccines.
All this cause for serious concern on what is really behind their agenda.
What are they not telling the people? With so much going on behind the
scene with inter-government negotiation that does not make the news.
In an Instagram post, Weston A. Price Foundation shared a photo
displaying a quote that says the FDA has “acknowledged that residual human DNA has the potential to cause cancer or to change one’s genetic code.” The quote is attributed to Kendall Nelson, producer of the film “The Greater Good,” which explores the pros and cons of vaccination in the U.S.
The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit charity aimed at spreading information about Dr. Weston Price’s nutrition research, which includes a belief that modern technology should be “a servant to the wise and nurturing traditions of our ancestors rather than used as a force destructive to the environment and human health,” according to its website.
The foundation’s stance on vaccination is that “vaccination as practiced today is a 200-year mistake.” It further claims that childhood diseases are “either mild or non-existent” when parents teach children the nutrition practices for which the foundation advocates.
However, vaccines for chickenpox, rubella and hepatitis A are created using human embryo cells, according to an article from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Some vaccines contains Human DNA. The embryo cells are more specifically fibroblast cells, which are needed to hold skin and connective tissues together. The cells were obtained in the early 1960s via the elective termination of two pregnancies.
The FDA also said residual DNA is \\\"not used as an active ingredient in vaccines but can be present as a consequence of the methods used to produce some vaccines.\\\" It has strict guidelines for what qualifies cell substrates to be used in vaccines.
When asked for comment, the Weston A. Price Foundation sent an FDA technical report for a 2012 meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. It also sent a second link, which included an article published in The Vaccine Reaction, cited the same document and provided a transcript from the meeting.
At that meeting, members of the committee discussed the appropriateness of the use of cell lines derived from human tumors – not human fetal cells, to which the Instagram post refers.
It is important to note, too, that this meeting was a discussion of the matter, and no conclusion was reached.
The concern of some, as indicated in the Weston A. Price Foundation’s claim, is that vaccines that include residual DNA could cause harm if DNA from the embryo cell mixes with the DNA of whoever is receiving the vaccine.
From another source, here is a sentence from an NIAID press release that mentions one of several research approaches:
“NIAID Vaccine Research Center scientists have initiated Phase 1/2 studies of a universal flu vaccine strategy that includes an investigational DNA-based vaccine (called a DNA ‘prime’)…”
This is quite troubling, if you know what the phrase “DNA vaccine” means. It refers to what the experts are touting as the next generation of immunizations.
Instead of injecting a piece of a virus into a person, in order to stimulate the immune system, synthesized genes would be shot into the body. This isn’t traditional vaccination anymore. It’s gene therapy.
In any such method, where genes are edited, deleted, added, no matter what the pros say, there are always “unintended consequences,” to use their polite phrase. The ripple effects scramble the genetic structure in numerous unknown ways.
Here is the inconvenient truth about DNA vaccines— They will permanently alter your DNA.
The reference is the New York Times, 3/15/15, “Protection Without a Vaccine.” It describes the frontier of research—the use of synthetic genes to “protect against disease,” while changing the genetic makeup of humans. This is not science fiction:
“By delivering synthetic genes into the muscles of the [experimental] monkeys, the scientists are essentially re-engineering the animals to resist disease.” “’The sky’s the limit,’ said Michael Farzan, an immunologist at Scripps and lead author of the new study.” “The first human trial based on this strategy — called immunoprophylaxis by gene transfer, or I.G.T. — is underway, and several new ones are planned.” [That was few years ago.] “I.G.T. is altogether different from traditional vaccination. It is instead a form of gene therapy. Scientists isolate the genes that produce powerful antibodies against certain diseases and then synthesize artificial versions. The genes are placed into viruses and injected into human tissue, usually muscle.”
The punchline:
“The viruses invade human cells with their DNA payloads, and the synthetic gene is incorporated into the recipient’s own DNA. If all goes well, the new genes instruct the cells to begin manufacturing powerful antibodies.”
Read that again: “the synthetic gene is incorporated into the recipient’s own DNA.”
Alteration of the human genetic makeup. Not just a “visit.” Permanent residence. And once a person’s DNA is changed, he will live with that change—and all the ripple effects in his genetic makeup—for the rest of his life.
The Times article taps Dr. David Baltimore for an opinion: “Still, Dr. Baltimore says that he envisions that some people might be leery of a vaccination strategy that means altering their own DNA, even if it prevents a potentially fatal disease.” Yes, some people might be leery. If they have two or three working brain cells. This is genetic roulette with a loaded gun. Anyone and everyone on Earth injected with a DNA vaccine will undergo permanent and unknown genetic changes… And the further implications are clear. Vaccines can be used as a cover for the injections of any and all genes, whose actual purpose is re-engineering humans in far-reaching ways.
The emergence of this Frankenstein technology is paralleled by a shrill push to mandate vaccines, across the board, for both children and adults. The pressure and propaganda are planet-wide.
The freedom and the right to refuse vaccines has always been vital. It is more vital than ever now.
It means the right to preserve your inherent DNA.
There are also information reaching out that the medical staff administering the vaccines will be able to tap the NFC prefilled label tag number on the syringe into a mobile appliance that will capture the dose level serial number GPS location, date and time then upload the data into a government data base. That aggregated injection data provides health administration the exact involving real time injection map for tracking.
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Evangelist Luis Palau's son preached a sermon at the Space Coast CityFest, an evangelistic festival held by Palau's family, that reportedly resulted in 2000+ people giving their lives to Christ.
Last week, the family told the world that Luis Palau's health was failing, but decided to host the festival anyway to show that the work to spread the gospel doesn't end because an evangelist cannot be as mobile as he used to be.
Space Coast CityFest included music from multiple popular Christian artists. Some of the artists, according to CBN News, were: Mac Powell, Mandisa, Social Club Misfits, Casting Crowns, Zach Williams, and Andy Mineo. Additionally, illusionist John Michael Hilton also performed.
The event took place in Brevard County, Florida and included a Family Fun Stage, skateboard and BMX trick shows, and even freestyle motocross shows. The festival lasted two nights, where both nights Andrew Palau, Luis Palau's son, shared a message, which you can watch on the event's Facebook page.
The event was free and took place on March 6-7. Hundreds of churches reportedly came together throughout the Brevard County area for the evangelistic festival.
In addition to the festival, Andrew Palau led multiple outreaches and gatherings in prisons, holding a first responder breakfast, a luncheon for civic and business leaders, and two women's gatherings that were led by Andrew's wife, Wendy, CBN News reports.
According to the Palaus' website, the \\\"event marks 14 years since the Palau Association last came to Florida. The last campaign in 2007 was led by Andrew’s father, evangelist Luis Palau ... The movement has also been providing opportunities for the churches of Brevard County to set aside differences and unite in service.\\\"
The festival is the first in a series of similar local community outreach programs and festivals in several locations around the U.S. and in other countries.
The Palaus plan to “move on to support similar campaigns in cities across the globe,” their website says. “Upcoming cities and countries include Hermiston, Oregon; Blantyre, Malawi; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Egypt; Mendoza, Argentina; Naples, Italy; Pakistan; Manchester, New Hampshire; Manchester, United Kingdom; and Ghana.\\\"
Credit: Christian Healines.
A court in Somaliland on Wednesday extended the detention of four Christians for evangelism in the self-declared republic, which is mainly Muslim.
Police also hold an infant of a Christian couple among those in custody, said advocacy group Middle East Concern (MEC).
The troubles began January 21 when police in Hargeisa, the capital, arrested Mohamed and Hamdi and their newborn baby.
That same day an Ethiopian woman, Aster, was taken into custody, added MEC, which closely followed the cases. Soon after, police searched Mohammed and Hamdi’s house had detained another person, according to Christians familiar with the situation.
“Besides confiscating material belonging to the couple, they arrested Hamdi A, a woman living with Mohamed and Hamdi. All four, and the baby, remain in police custody.”
More details or names were not revealed amid security concerns.
CHRISTIANS IN COURT
MEC said that during Wednesday’s court appearance, the four Christians were told that the detention is needed as “the investigation period is being extended.”
The law allows “the prosecutor up to 45 days from the day of arrest to finish his investigation and file charges,” MEC added. On January 25, a judge reportedly informed them they “are suspected of spreading Christianity.”
MEC said the defendants’ lawyer first said his clients were “all in good health and being treated well on an initial visit.”
But since then, he has been denied access, “despite a verbal complaint and assurances from the public prosecutor’s office,” MEC said.
The case underscored broader concerns about devoted minority Christians in the country. Last year another married Christian couple was detained for evangelizing in Muslim-majority Somaliland. There were released after some six weeks in custody, well-informed sources told Worthy News at the time. They were later deported to Somalia.
APPEALING FOR PRAYERS
MEC said that Somali Christians appealed for prayers for the detainees that they “will experience God’s closeness and strength – and be released soon.”
In remarks distributed by MEC, local Christians asked prayers for the “Christian community who are feeling vulnerable, with these arrests coming after similar events last year.”
They urged supporters to pray for “wisdom for the Somali church leadership in how to respond.”
MEC quoted Christians as saying that they also wanted prayers for “strength, wisdom, and boldness for the lawyer and that he will be allowed to visit his clients.”
The charges related to evangelism could make their case complicated, Christians suggest. Islam is the official religion of Somaliland, and its constitution prohibits Muslims from converting to another faith.
FORCES CHURCH CLOSURE
It bars the “propagation of any religion other than Islam” such as evangelism and says all laws must comply with the general principles of “sharia” or Islamic law.
In August 2017, the only remaining (Catholic) church in Somaliland was already closed by authorities a few days after it opened temporarily following Muslim protests.
Somaliland broke away from Somalia after the overthrow of Somali military dictator Siad Barre in 1991 in a conflict that killed tens of thousands of people.
However, anti-Christian policies continue under President Muse Bihi Abdi, who has ruled the breakaway, semi-desert territory on the coast of the Gulf of Aden since November 2017.
Those turning to Christ in Somalia and its breakaway Somaliland also face attacks from Islamic militants including from the influential Islamic group al-Shabaab. There are hundreds of devoted believers in the region, according to Christian aid workers
Credit: Worthy News.
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In his post, Gagnon said the executive order will endanger women, and noted that those who promote transgenderism are allowing males to invade women’s athletics and shelters. He also likened transgender ideology to a “religious cult” and said it “is indeed a pseudo-science,” in that it forces people to reject basic biology. That Facebook suspended his friend for similar comments proves the cult-like dimension, he said. Facebook subsequently sent Gagnon a notice, informing him that his words violated their “Community Standards on violence and incitement.”
Facebook subsequently sent Gagnon a notice, informing him that his words violated their “Community Standards on violence and incitement.” “There was
absolutely no incitement to violence on our part. We abhor violence done to any person,” Gagnon told PJ MEDIA on Tuesday. “This is just a thinly veiled and
pathetic excuse for censorship of any critical views toward trans-tyranny over our consciences, religion, and reason.”
A clampdown on Christianity in Morocco has led to the repeat arrests of Christians, Aid to the Church in Need reports.
Jawad Elhamidy, president of the Moroccan Association of Rights and Religious Liberties, told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that converts to the faith were being arrested up to three times a week.
During police interrogations, they report experiencing harassment and coming under pressure to abandon their Christian faith. When they refuse, they face abuse.
In some cases, police have also threatened their spouses and children with arrest, Elhamidy said.
Christians accused of blasphemy report being subjected to violence and held by police for several days.
Morocco only recognizes two faiths - Islam and Judaism. Foreign Christians living in the country can freely worship according to their faith, but not indigenous Moroccans.
\\\"The penal code holds that all Moroccans are Muslims, so those who convert to Christianity face legal problems, beside threats to their security,\\\" Elhamidy said. He told of one Muslim convert to Christianity in Al Hajeb city, who was threatened with death by his employer. When he complained to the police, they told him not to speak about his conversion.
Then six months later, after an argument with his employer, he was arrested and sentenced to six months in prison.
Indigenous Christians form a tiny minority in Morocco, accounting for only around 8,000 out of the country's total population of 34.6 million.
Converts to Christianity often have to worship in secret house churches to avoid harassment and state sanctions, Elhamidy said. Even foreign pastors are reluctant to permit Moroccans into their churches for fear of being charged by the police with proselytism, he continued. \\\"If a Moroccan enters a church, one of two things can happen – either a policeman sitting in front of the church arrests him or her, or the cleric in charge of the church asks the person to leave, unless the purpose is tourism,\\\" he said.
\",\"settings\":{\"styles\":{\"text\":\"left\",\"align\":\"flex-start\",\"justify\":\"flex-start\",\"position\":\"2/3/13/15\"}}},\"7oW7BXFNXK-section-title\":{\"type\":\"GridTextBox\",\"content\":\"China ordered the Christian villagers to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ and worship the nation's Communist Party leaders instead.
Chinese authorities visited Christian homes in Linfen in the northern province of Shanxi in April and told residents who were on welfare benefits that they had to take down all crosses, and replace any displays of Jesus with portraits of Chairman Mao and President Xi Jinping, according to religious freedom magazine, Bitter Winter.
Any Christians who refused to comply with the demand had their welfare subsidies annulled.
One local pastor reported to Bitte Winter: \\\"All impoverished households in the town were told to display Mao Zedong images. The government is trying to eliminate our belief and wants to become God instead of Jesus.\\\"
In one village, a Christian from the state-sponsored Three-Self Church reported how authorities forcefully eliminated all Christian imagery including any images of Jesus in his home. Officials replaced the images with a portrait of Mao Zedong.
The officials told the Christian: \\\"Impoverished religious households can't receive money from the state for nothing — they must obey the Communist Party for the money they receive.\\\"
In another incident in May, authorities entered the home of a Christian in the eastern province of Shandong. There they posted up portraits of Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping and said, \\\"These are the greatest gods. If you want to worship somebody, they are the ones.\\\"
In Henan's Shangqiu city, officials visited the home of an elderly Christian woman and cancelled her minimum living allowance because they discovered an image of a cross posted on her door.
The elderly Christian reported: \\\"They tore it down immediately. Afterward, both my minimum living allowance and poverty alleviation subsidy were canceled. I am being driven to a dead end. I have diabetes and need injections regularly.\\\"
In June, authorities in Henan province arrested one Christian man, and two other Christian women were injured when officials raided Sunzhuang Church. They demolished the church using cranes and other heavy duty machinery.
By Nate Flannagan CT
“My Brother’s Keeper” hit theaters this month on over 200 screens nationwide, bringing to the silver screen a role that
Christian actor T.C. Stallings described as one of the “most challenging” of “his career so far.”
\\\"I've been blessed to do over 20 films and a lot of times, the roles are kind of one dimensional, meaning you either
got to be really mean, or you got to be this or that,” the “War Room” actor said in an interview with The Christian Post.
“When I played Tony Jordan in 'War Room' that was really the first character that had a crazy emotional arc, where it was really challenging to play Tony Jordan. People got to hate you, then like you a little bit and want to be mad at you again. It's just taking you on this ride.”
In “My Brother’s Keeper,” Stallings plays war veteran SFC Travis Fox who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after returning home from battle.
\\\"I've never been in the military. I had to knock down that persona, that attitude, their standards, the way they think, and all of that,” he explained. “Then his arc and the way he is, he's a very untrusting person. He's been through a lot, [has] a lot of scars. But then you have the PTSD aspect of it; I've never had it, I had to study PTSD. And studying that and hearing people tell their stories ... and watching ... PTSD YouTube videos and talking to soldiers in person.”
\\\"You want to be authentic to the role when you do it. So when all these soldiers watch, I don't want them to be like, 'Man, we don't act like that; this dude is exaggerating.' And I also don't want them to say, 'Dude, you have no idea that PTSD is so much harder than that, you're making light of it,” he continued. “You want to do it justice. So that's why it was really, really challenging.”
Stallings told CP that after watching the film back, he believes he was able to capture the heartbeat of the film and give a sincere performance.
Alongside Stallings, “My Brother’s Keeper” also features actors Joey Lawrence (“Melissa & Joey,” “Blossom”), Robert Ri’chard (“Coach Carter,” “Empire”), and Keshia Knight Pulliam (“The Cosby Show”).
According to the film's synopsis, Travis Fox and his “best friend SFC Ron “Preach” Pearcy (Lawrence) are in their sixth combat deployment when Preach and his entire Ranger platoon are killed in a deadly improvised explosive device attack. Travis returns to his hometown to settle the affairs of his parents who had passed away years before. In searching for answers about his parents, he also discovers a new obstacle in PTSD. He finds support from church counselor Tiffany Robertson (Knight Pulliam) and slowly begins to rediscover his faith in God until he discovers a secret. Travis uncovers a secret hidden by his best friend Donnie Berry (Ri’chard) that threatens his new-found faith, restores his guilt, and causes him to consider the unthinkable.”
The movie was scheduled to be released before the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 but was delayed and released in March.
\\\"If it had come out, then it would have got crushed at the theaters,” Stalling told CP.
\\\"What's funny is, leading into this as an actor, all of the team, everybody's excited, like 'I can't wait!' You’re just impatient, and you're ready, but it kept getting pushed out just a little bit. Then when the pandemic hit, I'm like, 'Man, I'm just so glad that we didn't do it.”
Following the trauma that came with the pandemic, as well as social and political unrest, Stallings, who suffered a string of unimaginable tragedies this season, including the loss of his mother to COVID-19, offered advice for those who are struggling to trust God through difficulties.
\\\"This is the thing that gets me in all areas of Christianity. I think the simplicity of Scripture is just too simple for people. Meaning literally, when I go through stuff like that, the pain the scars, I'm like, 'Lord, you said in Scripture that where I'm weak, you're strong. So I'm weak in this area,'” he confessed.
Stallings noted that PTSD does not only affect soldiers who come home from war. It can occur after experiencing any kind of trauma.
According to Ptsd.va.gov, about “7 or 8 out of every 100 people (or 7-8% of the population) will have PTSD at some point in their lives.\\\" During any given year, some \\\"8 million adults have PTSD.”
\\\"I lost my mom, and I can see another person's mom and I could have remembrance of when I got the phone call and someone literally said to me, 'Your mother has COVID-19, she's four days in and she's going to die.' To hear that — not wanting to see pictures of caskets. It's all kinds of things people go through,” he said of his own experience going through a traumatic event.
“So I'm like, ‘Alright Lord, I'm weak here, I need you to give me the ability to press into this and have the right kind of mindset when I have this stuff happen. I don't know how you will do it. But I just know you can. Please help me; I don't want this to run my life. I don't want this to own me. I don't want this to freeze me up in life. I don't want to be a prisoner to this; please deliver me.'” he added.
The actor, who's also an author, said he doesn't understand why some feel that God’s comfort is not enough.
“He does it. I can tell you in Scripture, I can guarantee you He can if He wants to. So now, I look at it as ‘OK, let me rest in that.’ Then if He doesn't, I go back to Scripture again and see when Paul wanted a thorn removed from him and Jesus said, 'My grace is sufficient.' So you got to have that,” Stallings insisted.
“I stay in prayer. This PTSD thing keeps me on my knees with the Lord. And you know what? I'm comfortable with being in that spot,” he added. “And if you don't understand that, man, I'm like, ‘You got to try for yourself. Ask the Lord to help you navigate through your pain. And he will do it because He loves you.’ It's that simple. Easy? No. Simple? Yes.
Stallings said that “My Brother’s Keeper” grapples with “trusting God and it not being easy” to continue trusting God in the “midst of all the chaos.”
\\\"People think it's trusting God, and then, now they're looking for that tangible thing so they can maybe go to their corner store and grab it. Well, it's trusting God and wait,” he advised.
\\\"I wake up every single day and do the same thing every day. Which is start off with prayer and Bible study. I believe Psalms 139:16 – God has a plan for my life. He wrote it out, mapped it out before I was born. That means every day has a purpose. So my thing is leaning into my purpose, constantly asking the Lord, 'What exactly have you made me to do? Why am I still breathing? Why am I still here? This day has a purpose. What do you want me to do?'” he explained.
Stallings emphasized that holding on to Scripture and childlike faith has helped position him to win in the midst of tragedy in his life.
\\\"True faith puts you in the ... position of, 'I don't know where I'm going. But as long as you're leading, I'm good. I don't know how you're going to do it, but as long as you're the one that's orchestrating it, I trust it.' That's it,” he maintained.
“So for me, it's like, OK, we're in a pandemic, we're in all these different things that happened this year, 'Lord, how am I supposed to operate in it? What am I supposed to do? 'And then 'I trust you to show me.' Meanwhile, let me do what I know to do, which is read Scripture, pray, tell people about Jesus, and live out my God-given purpose. That doesn't change regardless of what changes around me.”
\\\"Satan is the one that makes it way difficult. If sin didn’t exist, if evil didn't exist, if bad didn't exist, then good would be easy,” he declared.
Filled with a star-studded cast of mainstream actors, the former football player turned Christian actor said that “My Brother’s Keeper” brought together a really “cool” set of actors to tell this story. And he enjoyed being able to share his faith with his castmates.
\\\"I don't necessarily always look at the situations as I'm the faith-based guy and they're the secular/mainstream guys and gals, or whatever, we're all actors. For me, personally, I just like clean work. I don't care if it's mainstream or faith-based as long as it's not dishonoring God,” Stallings clarified.
The Ohio native never anticipated becoming an actor or writer but vowed to use his gifts to share Christ with others.
\\\"I was trying to play NFL football, I wasn't thinking about acting. You walk in one day, you come out your trailer and there they are, and you have these conversations, and you just see they are people just like you. You all actors in the same industry,” he said of working with famous mainstream stars.
“A lot of times, conversation and discussions about Christ do come up, you get a chance to share your testimony with them; they can do whatever they want with it. But I'm not there to preach to them,” he stressed.
\\\"All my gifts, I'm just like, 'Look, as long as I'm breathing, God's going to get my gifts. And hopefully, that helps people get to know Him,’” he added
“My Brother’s Keeper,” directed by Kevan Otto (“A Question Of Faith”) and written by U.S. Army veteran Ty Manns (“A Question Of Faith,” “The 5th Quarter”), is now available in theaters nationwide.
Credit: By Jeannie Law, CP.
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“We've seen over 100,000 students give their life to the Lord in public school systems worldwide through our Kill the Noise tour,” Ries, who founded the group with P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval, told The Christian Post.
“We're getting into public schools through the Christian clubs and we're filling the gymnasiums at lunch. We're seeing a revival break out with hundreds of thousands of kids coming down to the floor, praying to be forgiven of their sins.
“I tell them that they're dirty sinners, they all start laughing — because they know they are; no one has to tell them — and they're repenting, they're receiving Jesus and they're getting filled with the Holy Spirit. We're giving them Gospels and plugging them in to local churches to get disciples,” he said of how the ministry reached youth before public schools were shut down last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The lockdowns forced Reis to rethink how, exactly, to do ministry. A seasoned skateboarder, he felt God calling him to the skate park — an outdoor space rife with teens experiencing hurt, neglect and addiction.
“God just gave me this idea like, ‘Hey, there are skate parks in every single city across the U.S.,” he recalled. “I’ve been skateboarding my whole life, so I thought, ‘This is a perfect idea.’”
Ries explained that many teens and young adults who frequent skate parks have troubled home lives. For them, skating is a way to take out aggression and pain.
\\\"It's an environment for misfits,\\\" he said. “I grew up as a skateboarder since the '80s, and I can tell you this lifestyle is about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. It’s a very loose environment for young people to get into trouble, to start smoking cigarettes, look at pornography, do drugs, drink alcohol. There’s a lot of brokenness, depression and suicide.”
Answering God’s call without hesitation, Reis, his family and The Whosoevers team packed their bags and went to Idaho to begin witnessing in skate parks across the state.
“I made 10,000 fliers saying there was going to be a $100 best trick contest, and about two weeks before the event, I literally drove to every skate park to pass out flyers and talk to the skaters,” he said.
On the day of the event, the skate park was “packed,” Ries recalled, and a number of kids ending up getting saved.
“We'd go to the skate parks, have conversations, and get the party started,” Reis said. “From there, we gave out money as they landed the tricks. At the end, we gave out our products, and from there we shared the Gospel. By the time we shared the Gospel, we'd already developed a relationship with them. There was really no bait-and-switch. We were able to pray over hundreds of kids before the end of the day.\\\"
The Whosoevers’ Idaho tour is the subject of a new documentary, “The Whosoevers Full Send Tour: Spreading the Gospel During Difficult Times in the Pandemic,” which was released earlier this month.
The documentary follows Ries and The Whosoevers team as they travel to skate parks across the Midwestern state, sharing the Gospel and praying over teens struggling with physical, emotional and mental ailments. Impressive skate action is also sprinkled throughout the documentary, along with an upbeat soundtrack.
“So many of these kids come from broken homes. When I read about Jesus, He went from town to town, hanging out with disreputable sinners among the crowd. We’re following the model of Jesus, going from town to town, village to village, meeting the people right where they’re at,” he added.
While there’s always a “huge need” for the Gospel among young people, Ries said the demand is greater than ever amid the pandemic. He cited statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that show anxiety, depression and suicide have increased to an all-time high because of the ongoing lockdowns.
“Kids are depressed, suicidal and struggling, and these issues are the same both with kids in the Church and in the secular world,” he stressed. “When you sugarcoat the Gospel and don’t hit on those hard issues like self-harm, suicide and anxiety, you do them a huge disservice. We’ve got to be honest about how this stuff happens in the Church too. That’s the only way freedom will take place.”
“The harvest is so ripe,” he added. “The fruit is so ripe it’s literally falling off the trees up to this point. Everyone is giving their life to the Lord, but you’ve got to have conversations and be genuine with them and let them know that you love them and will meet them where they are.”
Ries and his team are going beyond Idaho, taking their Full Send Tour to skate parks nationwide.
“We want to continue to get in front of as many people as possible,” he said. “Right now is the most crucial time because the youth are in a dark place, and they need to hear the Good News of the Gospel and they need to encounter the love of a loving Father in Heaven.”
Ries’ heart for the next generation comes from his own testimony of how God saved him from a life of pain and addiction — a story he recounts in his forthcoming book, Kill the Noise: Finding Meaning Above the Madness. Despite growing up in a Christian home, Ries found himself struggling with addiction at an early age.
“I'm a perfect example of a kid that got caught up in pornography at second grade, smoking cigarettes and drinking by fifth grade,” he shared. “It wasn’t long before I was off to the races.
“I found God in a hotel room after nine days of cocaine, Xanax, and alcohol,” he added. “From that point, I started going to church and discovering who Jesus Christ was. I felt God calling me to dedicate my life to ministry.”
The Whosoevers movement, he said, takes its name from John 3:16: \\\"For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whosoever believes would not perish, but have everlasting life.\\\"
“Whosoever means anyone, from bum to president,” Ries said. “We want to go out and break down walls between all the different denominations and unite a brotherhood and sisterhood and proclaim our testimonies of what Christ did on the cross for us.”
Ries, who also hosts a radio show, challenged other Christians to “step out in faith” and allow God to use them for His glory. The next generation, he said, is \\\"craving\\\" discipleship.
“Jesus sent out His disciples and told them to preach the Gospel because the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. He said to lay hands on the sick and cast out demons. That is the Great Commission and that is our call in life, to obey and walk by faith,” he said.
“God can do extraordinary things with the ordinary man,” Ries added. “If we are in tune with the Holy Spirit, God will use us. It just depends on our availability. Are you available? Are you willing to answer the call? When you are, God will move in power.”
Credit: Christian Post
By Leah MarieAnn Klett
Seminary president Albert Mohler says a new USA Today column labeling Oral Roberts University as “bigoted” should serve as a warning to Christians and faith-based institutions everywhere of the direction society is heading.
The column by USA Today writer Hemal Jhaveri criticized Oral Roberts’ Bible-based policies, including its handbook that says students should avoid “sexual promiscuity,” such as “adultery, any homosexual behavior [and] premarital sex.” Jhaveri said the “university’s deeply bigoted anti-LGBTQ+ policies can’t and shouldn’t be ignored” even if its men’s basketball team has advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.
Oral Roberts and schools like it, she argued, should not be allowed in the NCAA Tournament and should be booted from the NCAA itself. “Any and all anti-LGBTQ+ language in any school’s policies should ban them from NCAA competition,” she wrote.
Mohler, speaking Thursday on his The Briefing podcast, said the column represents a “huge development” in framing the issue.
“Just imagine the language that was used in this article … and recognize if it's said about Oral Roberts University today, it will be said about you, your school, your church, your organization, your Christian congregation, tomorrow. Count on it,” Mohler said.
The column by Jhaveri, Mohler said, is “an indictment of any Christian college, any Christian university, any institution, any chartered organization, any church and denomination that would dare to stand against, or even against the tide, of the moral revolution.”
Mohler said his own school, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., has a similar code of conduct.
“This is exactly the kind of student conduct statement, the kind of student honor code that you should expect in any legitimately Christian organization,” he said. “You're likely to find a similar policy statement in an institution committed to, say, Orthodox Judaism, or any traditional Roman Catholicism, or for that matter, an Islamic institution.”
Mohler’s podcast was posted alongside the headline, “They’re Coming for Oral Roberts University, And That Means They’re Coming for You Too.”
He expressed concern about the future of Christian schools in the NCAA.
“I think the most dangerous letters when it comes to the continuation of Christian higher education are the letters NCAA, because the NCAA is indeed adopting policies and pointing in directions that will make it impossible for Christian institutions that hold to a biblical standard of morality, or even a biblical definition of male and female, to continue in participation,” Mohler said.
“We're about to find out just how many Christian schools are going to be willing to stand on biblical standards, and those who are determined they have to be members of the NCAA, no matter what,” Mohler added. “In other words, we're about to find out just how many schools are actually serving the cause of sports, and how many are going to serve the cause of Christ.”
D.L. Marshall, the co-founder of GJC also warns in his recent podcast that, “these are really certain times, there is nothing uncertain about these times. The Bible predicted all of these and Jesus Christ made us to understand, in as much as they came after me, they are coming for us all as well.”
D.L. Marshall went further saying “when you look at the global situation and the unending policies being implemented against Christians and faith-based organizations, the laws being passed, which are against biblical standard in a Christian nation, and the unending persecution of Christians around the world, it is so glaring that they are coming all out to shut down anything that represent or has to do with Christians and the body of Jesus Christ. It’s high time Christians needs to begin to bond and support one another like never before. Build their own economy, support fellow Christians businesses. Christians should build their own financial system, educational institution, social media communication platform, housing and property system. We should also not neglect to dive into tech development and other research for our own good.\\\"
\\\"There is no wisdom and common sense in giving our resources and finances, to support those organizations that are planning to de-platform, prosecute and eliminate Christians and what they represent from all platform, even in social communities and on the global stage as well. Christians should patronize Christian owned institutions, businesses and products. These are part of the progress that will sustain we Christians on a long run.”
Credit: Michael Foust | Christian Headlines
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The congregation, Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., experienced a movement of God during a baptism service on December 20, when about a dozen people were scheduled to be baptized, but dozens more – for a total of 99 – followed through with baptism that day, according to Baptist Press, the news service of the Southern Baptist Convention.
In December, Pastor Robby Gallaty called it a “movement of God that I’ve never experienced.”
Little has changed since December. On April 11, the church passed 1,000 baptisms since December, Baptist Press reported. Gallaty estimates that about 70-75 percent of the baptisms are first-time confessions of faith.
“It’s been completely out of our control and an overwhelming move of God,” Collin Wood, the church’s executive pastor, told BP.
Sunday services that once flowed like clockwork now include a few more interruptions, including baptisms during songs. The altar at the front of the church is always open, and baptisms take place for as long as 45 minutes after the service. Gallaty credits the revival to God and prayer.
The revival began after Gallaty became introspective following the deaths of two close friends, Jarrid Wilson and Darren Patrick. Each committed suicide.
“Both of those men preached at Long Hollow within six months of their passing,” Gallaty told Baptist Press. “They both sat at my dining room table. It made me realize that the last person to say he’s burning out or that ministry is tough is usually the one burning out. The Lord allowed me to take an introspective look at my own life. I was tired. Tired of trying to keep people happy. Tired of trying to keep them from leaving. I went to my porch to pray for the Lord to fix the problems in our church and our country. God showed me that the problem … was me.” Gallaty began praying more and listening to God more.
On December 20 – one week after a sparsely attended service – the church held a baptism service, with Gallaty asking others to come forward, BP reported. Dozens did. The following Tuesday, the church held another baptism service, and 81 people came forward. Just over 200 were baptized on Easter. Gallaty calls it a “genuine move of God.” By comparison, the church baptized 162 people in all of 2018 and 222 in 2019. Revival, he told Baptist Press, can happen at other churches, too.
“I really believe that if all of us, as pastors, begin to press in and seek the Lord in prayer, calling out for God to move in our churches, that’s a prayer He’s going to answer,” Gallaty told Baptist Press. “The greatest hindrance to a move of the Holy Spirit is formality and structure. If God wanted to break into our services today, we’d have no time for Him. [At Long Hollow] we still have a plan, but we’re OK if God interrupts the service.”
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“Christians are one of the main targets” of the “savage violence of Islamist militants in northern Mozambique,” said the Christian aid and advocacy group Barnabas Fund.
An organization calling itself Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP), affiliated with the Islamic State group, has claimed some of the attacks in the natural gas-rich region.
The militants are known locally as al-Shabaab (“the youth”), although they have no known links to the extremist group of that name operating in Somalia.
Beheading, skinning, and cutting off the limbs of their victims are the group’s typical methods, Barnabas Fund said. “What they do to the people they capture and kill I have never seen anywhere in Africa,” it quoted an expert in the area as saying.
“It is little wonder northern Mozambique is now called ‘the land of fear,’” the group told Worthy News. “Around three-quarters of a million people are displaced, that is, a third of the population of Cabo Delgado province where the militants operate.”
Some reputedly fled to the bush, while others took boats to the regional capital Pemba and set up makeshift shelters on the beach.
“Some have found shelter with other families – families who have little enough even for themselves in this poor and underdeveloped country. The result is that almost a million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, according to the World Food Programme,” Barnabas Fund explained.
The group said it is distributing food through Christian partners in Pemba “to some of the neediest displaced Christians.”
This includes ‘ePap,’ a “porridge containing protein, vitamins, and nutrients to bring health to the malnourished and those trying to survive on rice alone,” the group said.
Aid workers have witnessed massive human misery. “Many walked days to find a place of safety, arriving with swollen and injured feet. Families have often got separated in their hasty departure, sometimes in the middle of the night,” Barnabas Fund added.
“Then there are those still trapped in the war zone because they could not reach safer areas – including many elderly, disabled and sick.”
RAISING MORE SUPPORT
Barnabas Fund said it is raising money among donors to “God willing” send 25 tonnes of ePap from South Africa to Mozambique. That is enough “to provide more than 500,000 daily rations of ePap,” it explained.
“For a typical family of two adults, two older children, and two infants, 250 grams of ePap a day would ensure they all have the nutrients they need.”
Aid workers suggested the need is urgent as violence intensified in recent months in the impoverished African nation of 24-million people.
Militants have stepped up attacks as part of a campaign to establish an Islamist caliphate in the area, according to aid workers and journalists.
The violence has undermined economic efforts by Filipe Nyusi, who was sworn in as president in January 2015 and was inaugurated for a final five-year term in 2020.
Credit: By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
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