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Ugandan Muslim man hangs own wife amp child for trusting Christ

Serious Muslim violence is intensifying against Christians in Uganda

Morning Star News reported on a Muslim husband in central Ugandasuspected of hanging his wife and two children because the young mother and oldest child received Christ after attending Christmas Day and Sunday worship services

Chinese Communists fine Christian school administrator 15000

Also China Aid reports that two members of the Taiuan Xuncheng Reformed Church the pastor An Yankui and another church member were arrested three days after Christmas

Also last week Communists raided a Christian school in the Siming District located in Xiamen City They levied a fine of 15000 against the school administrator

The charge was religious training without authorization According to China Aid In the past few years the Chinese government intensified repression on Christian education with constant raids and arrests Also lawmakers issued new policies to tighten control over homeschooling and private education In the Family Education Promotion the government now has authority over education outside and inside the home

Stocks plummeted

The stocks were down Monday with the tech stocks taking the biggest hit

The Nasdaq is down 8 since the first of the year settling in at 14943points on Monday

After gaining 17 trillion in market capitalization between June and November cryptocurrency has lost 12 trillion in market cap since NovemberBitcoin dropped 7000 in the last week ending in the 41850-range on Monday

Meanwhile the total stock market capitalization increased from 26 trillion to 48 trillion sinceMarch of 2020 It was the largest increase in stock market investment in the history of the US stock market

Plus gold prices have held steady around 1800 per ounce since 2020

Irish Christian baking company opposes homosexual agenda

Ashers Baking Company based in Northern Ireland has survived yet another appeal by homosexual activists who were hoping to get the Christian-owned business to violate their conscience

The Christian Institute reports that the European Court of Human Rights has sustained the UK Supreme Court decision to uphold the business owners rights to freedom of expression and religion

77 of Americans say Nation in state of decay

The Convention of States Action and The Trafalgar Group have released a new survey of 1000 likely 2022 election voters

The big takeaway is that 77 of Americans believe the nation is in a state of decay Thats 82 of independent voters 86 of Republican voters and 61 of Democrat voters who take that position

Actor Sidney Poitier and comedian Bob Saget have died

Over the weekend actor Sidney Poitier died at 94 years of age He received the 1963 Academy Award for best actor for the movie Lilies of the Field a Roman Catholic story about nuns who build a chapelPoitier was raised Roman Catholic in the Bahamas

Comedian and actor Bob Saget also died in a hotel room in Orlando Florida at 65 years of age

Ecclesiastes 912says For man also does not know his time Like fish taken in a cruel net like birds caught in a snare so the sons of men are snared in an evil time when it falls suddenly upon them

Bronx apartment fire claims 19 lives

A devastating apartment fire in Bronx New York killed 19 people on Sunday reports the New York Post

Investigators believe it was a faulty space heater that initiated the blaze The 120-unit building was constructed as affordable housing in the 1970s Another apartment fire killed 13 back in December of 2017

Jesus referred to a similar accident that occurred in His day He said ...

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Chinese Communists destroy Buddhist statue large church

In late December the Chinese Communist Party destroyed a 90-foot-tall Tibetan Buddha statue in addition to 40 Tibetan prayer wheels near the Drakgo Monastery reports International Christian Concern

Four years beforehand the Communists tore down the Golden Lampstand Church where 50000 Chinese Christians had worshiped reported LifeWayResearchcom

Bob Fu founder of ChinaAid said these actions reveal that the Chinese government has no respect for religious freedom or human rights

The Communists actions are reminiscent of darker days under the Cultural Revolution that ravaged China for a ten-year period beginning in 1966 Under the leadership of Mao Zedong they targeted the Four Olds referring to the old customs the old culture the old habits and the old ideas At that time the Chinese Communist Party destroyed historic statues persecuted the countrys academics and replaced traditional art and culture with a new pro-communist selection

This revolution heavily targeted Tibetan Buddhism for its pre-Communist heritage and Christianity for its influence from the western world

Lets remember the guidance of Matthew 544 Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you

Victory for Christian nurse punished for wearing cross necklace British

A tribunal has ruled that a Christian nurse who was forced to resign from a hospital over her refusal to stop wearing a cross was wrongfully discriminated against reports The Christian Post

The Employment Tribunalruled Wednesdaythat Mary Onuoha had been mistreated by the Croydon Health Services NHS Trust when they demanded that she stop wearing a cross to work

The tribunal rejected the hospitals claim that the cross necklace presented a high infection risk noting that other items like rings and hijabs were permitted at the facility

Kamala Harris blames American malaise for Bidens woes

In an appearance on last Thursdays PBS Newshour with Judy Woodruff Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged a level of malaise among Americans reports the New York Post

Woodruff posed this question

WOODRUFF The Biden-Harris agenda in the beginning a year ago got off to a strong start But its obviously stalled Right now the presidents approval ratings have taken a dramatic hit Did you try to do too much

Eventually Vice President Harris sought to link Americans fatigue with the ongoing COVID crisis to Bidenssinking poll numbersamid rising inflation and high energy costs

HARRIS COVID for example Everybody is frustrated with that And I understand And I fully appreciate There is a level of malaise where two years into this thing we want to get back to normal We all do

Critics quickly seized on the comment which harkens back to Carters so-called malaise speech of July 1979 a disastrous address that blamed Americans for the economic woes that had sparked widespread anger against his administration

While Carter never used the specific word malaise his address 16 months before Ronald Reagan beat him in 1980 was characterized as politically tone deaf and was considered one of the lowest moments of Carters presidency

CARTER It is a crisis of confidence It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America

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Postal Service asks Biden to exempt employees from COVID mandate

The United States Postal Service is seeking a temporary waiver from the Biden administrations mandate that will require large employers to ensure that workers are either vaccinated against COVID-19 or that they test negative weekly reports TheBlazecom

Out of a fear that droves of postmen would quit or need to face disciplinary action Deputy Postmaster General Douglas Tulino wrote that the COVID-shot mandate is likely to result in the loss of many employees either by employees leaving or being disciplined

Michigan Rep becomes 25th House Democrat to retire

On Tuesday Democrat Rep Brenda Lawrence of Michigan announced that she would not seek reelection to the House joining a growing list ofDemocratsto retire before the2022 midterms

Lawrence 67 is the 25th House Democrat to announce theyre retiring before the midterm elections this year

In light of President Joe Bidens low poll numbers political analysts expect that a wave of Republicans will gain seats in the 2022 midterm election

Chicago teachers refuse to teach in person

Chicago officials canceled classes yesterday for the second consecutive day after the Chicago Teachers Union declared that its teachers refuse to teach in person amid COVID fears reports The Epoch Times

The school chief Pedro Martinez told parents We apologize for the disruption that the unions illegal work stoppage is causing for your family

Maranatha Chapel founding pastor died of COVID

Ray Bentley an author radio broadcaster and pastor who helped to found the influential Evangelical megachurch Maranatha Chapel of California died Tuesday from COVID-19 complications reports The Christian Post

In a statement the church elders said We are all in shock and heartbroken We find comfort in knowing that he is rejoicing in heaven with his beloved Jesus

In honor of Ray Bentley Pastor Daniel Bentley will lead special services this weekend which will be live streamed on Saturday January 8th ay 6pm Pacific Time and Sunday January 9th at 830am and 1030 am Pacific Time

Dwayne The Rock Johnson gifts his own truck to deserving fan

And finally a fan showing up to watch the latest movie by Dwayne The Rock Johnson had the shock of a lifetimefirst by meeting the star himself and then when the wrestler-turned-actor handed over the keys to his personal truck reports the GoodNewsNetworkorg

A Navy veteran personal trainer and sole caretaker of his 75-year old mother Oscar Rodriquez is also a leader of a local church group and runs a charity to help victims of domestic violence

JOHNSON So your story really moved me because I hear that youre a personal trainer

RODRIGUEZ Yeah

JOHNSON Right Youre always keeping it positive and motivational and optimistic Youre leader in your church Westside Church right

RODRIGUEZ Yes Amen Praise God

JOHNSON You help make meals for women victims who have been abused by domestic violence

RODRIGUEZ Yes

JOHNSON Thats really amazing work I love that You take care of your mom who is 75 Come on Mamas boys

RODRIGUEZ I didnt even know this was even going to happen This is such a blessing Man its so good to meet you I feel so encouraged right now so uplifted Yeah man Lets do it Lets change the world one person at a time

But the surprises didnt end there

The movie star gave him a card which revealed that he was giving Rodriguez his personal truck prompting the tears to flow

RODRIGUEZ I thought this was your truck bro

JOHNSON It is my truck

RODRIGUEZ What do you mean...

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Afghans Taliban Death to Muslim converts to Christ

Afghanistans Taliban government iscalling for the deaths of peoplewho leave Islam including women and children

Christians there have received threatening letters since they are considered apostates from Islam

Luke International Christian Concerns longtime partner in Afghanistan said Christians are going missing They believe the Taliban is kidnapping them and then torturing and killing them

LUKE The nature of the persecution that the Taliban would bring upon the Christians in Afghanistan is not going to be a court Its not going to be on media Its not going to be similar to some other countries in the Middle East that would have the publicity That will be more like an assassination torture and get rid of them

China Russia France and US Nuclear war must never be fought

In a rare joint statement ChinaRussiaBritain theUnited States and France agreed that it was theirresponsibility to avoid warbetween the nuclear states

As the permanent members of theUnited Nations Security Council the countries said We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought

Meanwhile Americas relationships with China and Russia have fallen to a low point

Alcoholics Anonymous bans Christ-centered chapter

Alcoholics Anonymous removed a local chapterof the organization for having an emphasis on Christianity

The British chapter in Yeovil Somerset came under fire for saying that Jesus is the way to recovery and reciting the Lords prayer

John Palmer the leader of the Yeovil group came to Christ in the 1980s out of a life of drunkenness through AA meetings

Palmer said AA was founded by Christians to save and transform lives Over the years I have seen Christianity being eroded and marginalized from the organization as a whole It is sad to see and I think AA is having less of an impact on peoples lives as a result

Romans 1313-14 says Let us walk properly as in the day not in revelry and drunkenness not in lewdness and lust not in strife and envy But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts

103 Christian-affiliated colleges work with Planned Parenthood

A report by the Institute for Pro-Life Advancement found103 out of 784 Christian-affiliated collegesin the US maintained some kind of relationship with Planned Parenthood

Sadly many Christian schools listed the abortion giant as a student resource or internship opportunity

Methodist Presbyterian and Lutheran schools were the most likely to have ties to Planned Parenthood

As a result of the report 34 schools cut ties with the abortion giant

James 310-11 says Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing My brethren these things ought not to be so Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening

Big Tech continues to censor conservatives

High-profile leaders are finding social media alternatives as tech giants continue their censorship

Facebook and Twitterblocked Republican RepMarjorie Taylor Greenefor anti-COVID-shot posts recently

On Sunday popular podcaster Joe Roganjoined the conservative-leaning social media platformGETTR in case Twitter bans him too In the last couple days over 500000 people joined the free speech platform

Meanwhile Republican Sen Rand Paulof Kentucky announced he isleaving YouTubefor Rumblecom YouTube pulled down one of Pauls videos on the efficacy of masks

Toyota sold most vehicles in America

Japanese automaker Toyotasold the most vehiclesin the US last year

Toyotas sales unseat General Motors as America...

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Kenyan Muslims viciously killed 6 Christians

On Monday suspected al-Shabaab Muslim militants killed six Christians in Kenya

Pastor Stephen Sila of a local churchtold International Christian Concern It is an ugly sight of peoples bodies lying dead and houses smoking with fire This is undeniably an awful terrorist attack

The militants torched seven homes in the Christian village leaving six people shot beheaded or burned beyond recognition

In recent years the Somalia-based Muslim terrorist group has carried out attacks at the beginning of each year

China and Hungary urging married couples to have children

The Wall Street Journal reports that China isincreasing its infertility centerswhile closing abortion mills in a desperate attempt to raise its fertility rate back to replacement levels

However decades of Chinas one-child policy have left fewer women of childbearing age as well as a new generation less interested in marriage or family

Galatians 67 says Do not be deceived God is not mocked for whatever a man sows that he will also reap

Meanwhile in Europe Hungary is working to bring itsbirth rate to replacement levelsby 2030 The country logged a rate of 159 last year the highest in 27 years For a decade Prime Minister ViktorOrbn has worked to implement pro-family policies based on Christian values

Abortion accounts for 42 of deaths in 2021

Worldometer reports the murder of unborn babies was theleading cause of deathlast year

In 2021 there were 426 million abortions worldwide accounting for 42 of deaths

The topic of COVID-19 deaths covered the news last year as 54 million people reportedly died from it

Based on those numbers abortion killed nearly eight times as many people as COVID-19 did However headlines had little to say about the staggering murder of unborn children

MacArthur to pastors Preach on Biblical sexuality on January 16th

California Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Churchissued an open letterto fellow pastors last week

MacArthur called on pastors to stand with the church in Canada by preaching about biblical sexual morality on Sunday January 16

Pastors across Canada will be preaching on Gods design for marriage and sexuality that day illegally

Pastor James Coates of GraceLife Church in Alberta said the government passed a bill banning conversion therapy which goes into effect next week The bill comes directly against those who would seek to offer biblical counsel with respect to sexual immorality and gender

Texas Judge to Biden Stop your Navy COVID-shot mandate

On Monday a US District Court Judge in Texasissued a preliminary injunctionagainst the US Navys COVID-19 shot mandate

Represented by First Liberty Institute 35 US Navy personnel filed the lawsuit which includes 26 Navy SEALs Plaintiffs argue the mandate violates their religious liberty rights

Judge Reed OConnor said the Navy is not protecting religious liberty writing There is no COVID-19 exception to the First Amendment There is no military exclusion from our Constitution

Appearing on Fox News First Liberty general counsel and Afghan war veteran Michael Berry called the militarys behavior aform of religious hostility

BERRY When the military allows hundreds possibly thousands of medical exemptions administrative exemptions but doesnt grant a single religious exemption that is just blatant religious hostility Its unconstitutional It violates federal law Were thrilled that the court agreed with us and ruled against the Navy and against the Department of Defense

50 of Americans fear bad economic year

After a year dominated by shutdowns manda...

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Indias violent year for Christians

2021 marked the most dangerous year for Christians in India

United Christian Forum counted 486 violent incidents last year compared to the previous record of 328 set in 2019 Sadly only 34 of the violent incidents received an official police investigation last year

Thailand Benin and Mexico liberalized abortion laws

On the pro-life front the nations of Thailand Benin West Africa and Mexico liberalized their abortion policies in 2021

In a vote of 352 to 58 Polandsparliament rejected a law that would have banned abortion in cases of rape and incest in October 2021 And Germany is considering several laws which would further promote abortion in that country

Since 2014 ten additional nations have liberalized abortion laws including New Zealand Northern Ireland Australia Argentina Chile and South Korea

US surgical and chemical abortions are up

Despite efforts to regulate surgical abortion in some US states the use of chemical abortions has increased

Plus according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute the overall abortion rate in this country is on the upswing

In 2019 it increased by 23 with another 23 rise in 2020 This represents the first increase in both the surgical and chemical abortion rate in America since 1981

Chinas low fertility rate compounded by gender imbalance

CNN reports that Chinas fertility rate stands at 13 lower than Japans fertility rate This has happened despite the shift from Chinas one-child policy to their two-children policy in 2015 when the fertility rate was up around 166

Also the gender ratio is severely out of balance which compounds the problem Disturbingly among the 0 to 24-year-old age group there are 117 males for every 100 females according to the British Medical Journal

Omicron fears leads to 2320 cancelled flights

Flightawarecom listed 2320 flights which were cancelled yesterday morning as Omicron fears throttle US airlines These are flights within into or out of the United States

Leading cancellations were Southwest Airlines with 13 of flights cancelled followed by Skywest Republic and JetBlue

Frontier Airlines saw only a 4 cancellation rate and American Airlines only 2

New US COVID cases vs deaths

According to official data there are 348000 new US COVID cases on the 7-day average

A year ago in January the new case 7-day average rate was about 200000However the 7-day moving average on COVID deaths is down to 1200 per day

Thats only about one-third of what the daily average COVID death rate was a year ago when it was hovering around 3000 deaths per day

Psalm 304-5 encourages us to sing praise to theLord you saints of His and give thanks at the remembrance ofHis holy name ForHis angeris but fora moment His favoris forlife Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning

Evangelical author getting a divorce

Lysa TerKeurst a top-selling evangelical author and the founder of Proverbs 31 Ministries has announced that she and her husband are getting a divorce after 30 years of marriage

TerKeurst has three of the top 10 best sellers and six of the top 20 best sellers in the Amazon Christian Womens category for 2021

She had revealed that her husband Art had been unfaithful

Psalm 113-4 declares If the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do TheLordisin His holy temple theLordsthroneisin Heaven His eyes behold His eyelids test the sons of men

Seattle Americas most mentally ill city

Seattle is the most mentally-ill city in America reports the Seattle Times Twenty-one percent of Seattle residents received a ...

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Why a Christian Pakistani medical student dropped out

Last month Ayesha Masih a Christian student at a medical college in Lahore Pakistan was forced to drop out after she experienced intense harassment from her Muslim classmates reports International Christian Concern

Knowing that she was a Christian she said They started abusing me for allegedly insulting the Islamic textbooks by putting my backpack on the ground I refused this allegation as I did not put my backpack on the ground However none of them listened and they started beating me

Fearing she could be falsely accused of blasphemy by a Muslim classmate Ayesha dropped out of the medical college for her safety

In Pakistan false accusations of blasphemy against Islam are widespread and have the potential to spark mob lynchings and vigilante murders

Matthew 1022 says You will be hated by all because of My name but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved

South Dakota Gov to Biden Your COVID mandates are unconstitutional

Appearing on Sean Hannitys Fox TV show with guest host Pete Hegseth Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem offered advice to governors of other states such as New York New Jersey and California on how to handle COVID reports RealClearPoliticscom

NOEM The number one thing that people can do to slow down the spread of a virus go wash your hands If youre sick stay home And if youre scared stay home But let the people that need to go out and make a living and get their kids educated let them go do that Because thats really what needs to happen in this country is that we still need to continue to live

Fox Host Pete Hegseth asked this

HEGSETH How can people be reassured that their future isnt vaccine mandates and double masks

NOEM Well Im thrilled that President Biden is finally agreeing with me We have asked him to back off of these mandates We have told him and now were suing him in court Frankly the federal government doesnt have the authority to take these types of actions by requiring people to get vaccinated for their job or to receive federal funding or if they want to have a contract with the federal government or even participate in Headstart contracts

So we are suing Biden in court and those will be heard within a week in the Supreme Court It will win And I think the President does know that hes on very shaky ground here Its interesting to me for him to say that the federal government isnt the answer that the answer has to come from the States when thats exactly what US has governors have been asking to let us do

The South Dakota governor was responding to what President Joe Biden said a week ago Monday on a conference call with the governors

BIDEN Look there is no federal solution This gets solved at the state level Im looking at Governor Christopher Sununu of New Hampshire on the board here He talks about that a lot

3 people feared dead amp 991 homes destroyed by Colorado fires

An update on the Colorado fires

Boulder County Colorado Sheriff Joe Pellesaid a total of 991 homes have been destroyed and another 127 were damaged in the Marshall Fire on Thursday night reports CBS News

Plus three people are feared dead in the fire that raged through Louisvillle and Superior Colorado

Steve Kingswood told The Guardian It was by the grace of God we still have a beautiful house standing hereHis home was literally surrounded by the charred remains of other homes

Decembers tornadoes caused 18 billion in damage

Accuweather reports that Decembers tornadoes caused an estimated 18 billion in damage

Hurricane Ida caused 9...

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Two Nigerian Christians killed one wounded after Christmas caroling

After a night of Christmas caroling three Nigerian Christians were ambushed while driving home on a motorcycle last week by Muslim gunmen reports International Christian Concern

Gideon Amba 33 the driver and Laraba Sunday 16 one of the passengers were confirmed dead Veronica Sule survived gunshot wounds and was hospitalized

A Christian youth leader in the area said the government had abandoned them to the mercy of Jihadist gunmen He added that the Fulani Muslim militants were killing Christians daily while Americans and the rest of the international community are keeping silent

Psalm 941-5 says The Lord is a God who avenges O God who avenges shine forth Rise up Judge of the Earth pay back to the proud what they deserve How long Lord will the wicked be jubilant They pour out arrogant words all the evildoers are full of boasting They crush your people Lord

US Marines kick out 206 Marines for refusing COVID shot

The Marine Corps announced Thursday that it has kicked out more troops for refusing the COVID-19 shot The total number of discharges has risen to 206 up from 169 last week reports Politicocom

Thankfully the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act which President Joe Biden signed into law Monday dictates that the military services cannot dishonorably discharge members for refusal of the COVID shot The discharges must be either honorable or general under honorable conditions

The service received 3247 requests for religious accommodation At this point 3115 of those have been processed but not one of them have been approved

Colorado wildfires destroy 600 homes

A wind-whipped grassfire roared east near Boulder Colorado Thursday afternoon destroying at least 600 homes closing major highways and causing the evacuation of more than 30000 people in two towns including hospital patients reports the Denver Post

The Marshall fire which officials said likely was sparked by downed power lines in the winds that reached gusts of more than 100mph grew to 1600 acres by 5 pm Thursday

Listen to what Russell Haythorn a reporter with The Denver Channel had to say

HAYTHORN Ive never experienced anything like this in my life Incredibly high winds here in Boulder County smoke and ash I mean Im wearing my sunglasses just to keep the ash out of my eyes Weve got fire just to the west of us Its incredible Ive covered dozens of wildfires and this one is catastrophic Its going to be catastrophic

Residents of Superior Colorado home to 12500 people and Louisville Colorado population 21000 have been evacuated as the fires continue reports The Daily Mail

XCel Energy Colorado reported that 26000 people were without power as of 7pm local time in Colorado

And Colorado Democrat Governor Jared Polis declared a state of emergency and tweeted Fast winds are spreading flames quickly and all aircraft are grounded

USA Swimming official resigns after man allowed to compete against women

A veteran swimming official with three decades in the sport has resigned in protest over the allowance of a biological male to compete on a female swimming team reports CBNcom

Cynthia Millen delivered a resignation letter on December 17 to USA Swimming in which she said she can no longer take part in a sport that allows biological men to compete against women Everything fair about swimming is being destroyed

Millen appeared on Tucker Carlsons Fox News Channel show

MILLEN Swimmers are divided by sex and by age group -- eight and under 9 and 10 etc USA Swimming recognizes that boys swim differently from gir...

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Mother Teresas Missionaries of Charity in India had foreign funding blocked

India recentlyblocked foreign fundingto Missionaries of Charity an organization founded by Mother Teresa This comes after India falsely accused the charity of forced religious conversions

Attacks against Christians in India continue to rise as more states pass anti-conversion laws

Plus two churches in India were vandalized last week

One attack happenedbefore Christmasat an historic church in Indias Karnataka state The other attack took place at a church in Haryana state theday after Christians celebrated Christmasthere No one has claimed responsibility

100000 Russian troops along Ukrainian border

US and Russian officialsagreed to security talksnext month

Tensions are rising as Russia has positioned 100000 troops along the Ukrainian border

US intelligence suspects Russia will launch an invasion next year

The Biden administration threatened unprecedented sanctions against Russia if it does invade Ukraine

North Carolina sheriff defends Bible verse on office wall

A North Carolina sheriff isstanding by a Bible verseon his office wall

The Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter this month demanding that Sheriff Jody Greene of Columbus County take down the verse

In responseGreene postedthat he will not waiver in his Christian beliefs The verse is one of my favorite Bible verses and it seemed fitting for all the adversity I have had to endure Before we execute a search warrant or any service that puts our people in immediate harms way we ALWAYS go to the Lord with a group prayer

The verse is Philippians 413 which says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

Senator Harry Reid of Nevada died at 82

Former Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid died on Tuesdayafter afour-year battle with pancreatic cancer He was 82

The former boxer-turned-politician served four years in the US House and 30 years in the Senate as Nevadas longest-serving member of Congress

Reid was known for dealmaking in the middle of Washington gridlock

He helped pass Obamacare the 2008 bank bailout and new Senate rules that allowed President Barack Obama to appoint more judges

Reid was a Mormon who entered his political career in opposition to abortion and faux homosexual marriage However he shifted his views over the course of his life

Ghislaine Maxwell Jeffrey Epsteins accomplice found guilty

The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein reports the Associated Press

The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14 told by four women who described being abused as teens in the 1990s and early 2000s at Epsteins palatial homes in Florida New York and New Mexico

Jurors deliberated for five full days before finding Maxwell guilty of five of six counts With the maximum prison terms for each charge ranging from five to 40 years in prison Maxwell faces the likelihood of years behind bars Thats an outcome long sought by women who spent years fighting in civil courts to hold her accountable for her role in recruiting and grooming Epsteins teenage victims and sometimes joining in the sexual abuse herself

North Carolina County Commissioners protect babies from abortion

Stokes County Commissioners in North Carolinaadopted a resolutionthis week in favor of restoring legal protections for unborn babies

The resolution supports North Carolinas heartbeat bill which lawmakers recently introduced

Four other counties in the state have...

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Burkina Faso and Nigeria will be hot spots of persecution in 2022

Release International reportsWest African countries like Nigeria and Burkina Faso are set to be persecution hotspots for Christians next year Islamist extremists there are carrying out bombings killings kidnappings school burnings and assaults on religious leaders and places of worship

Other countries of growing concern for persecution next year are Afghanistan India and North Korea

Christians in Afghanistan face new threats under a Talibanregime India is cracking down on churches through anti-conversion laws and increased Hindu extremist attacks

And in North Korea looming famine could further destabilize the country and lead to more persecution However the church is growing there as Bible requests have increased dramatically during the pandemic

Jesus said in Matthew 1618 On this rock I will build My church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it

Russian Supreme Court shuts down oldest human rights group

On Tuesday Russias Supreme Courtshut down the countrys oldest human rights group International Memorial

Memorial persevered the legacy of innocent people who were imprisoned and executed during the Soviet era

The court labeled Memorial a western-influenced public threat to society

Biden bans imports from Chinese region due to forced labor camps

Last Thursday President Joe Bidensigned a billthat bans imports from Chinas Xinjiang region

The US has condemned China for human rights abuses and forced labor of the Uyghur Muslims in that area

The bill also applies sanctions to individuals involved in forced labor of the Uyghur Muslims

US Air Force No religious exemptions to COVID-shot mandate

The US Air Force announced it hasapproved zero religious exemption requestsfor the COVID-shot mandate

Service members with denied requests have five days to get the shot submit an appeal or retire

The Air Force still has over 8000 requests to process

The US Navy also announced it hasapproved zeroof its nearly 3000 religious exemption requests

Omicron illness 50-70 less likely to be hospitalized than with Delta

Preliminary data from the UK government found people with the omicron variant of COVID-19 were50-70 less likely to be hospitalizedcompared to people with the delta variant

Meanwhile the CDCslashed its estimateof omicron prevalence in US cases from 73 to 22 for the week ending December 18 As of last week the variant accounted for 58 of cases The CDC alsoshortened its recommended isolationtime period after a positive COVID-19 test from 10 days to just five days

As cases increase President Biden made this comment to the governorson Monday

BIDEN Look there is no federal solution This gets solved at a state level Im looking at Republican Governor Christopher Sununu of New Hampshire on the board here He talks about that a lot

40 Days for Life saved 2260 babies this year

40 Days for Life announced that their previous prayer vigils at abortion millssaved 2260 babies this year Thats double the number of babies rescued from abortion in 2020

Plus prayer vigils this year also helped bring 18 abortion workers into a saving faith in Jesus Christ and closed seven abortion mills

1 John 514-15 says Now this is the confidence that we have in Him that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us And if we know that He hears us whatever we ask we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him

Funding for religious apps skyrocketed from 6 million to 175 million

As churches across the country closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic venture-...