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The Holy Spirit accomplished what a large rescue party using drones, K-9 units, and even aircraft failed to do – find a three-year-old lost in a thick wooded area of southeast Texas. Christopher Ramirez vanished around 1:30 p.m. on October 13th as his mother, Araceli Nunez, unloaded groceries from her car. Apparently, Christopher followed a neighbor’s dog into the woods and
got horribly lost. The Sheriff’s Department organized a search party that combed the woods day and night, but turned up no sign of the child. Meanwhile, Tim Halfin was in a Bible study when he learned about the missing toddler and felt the Holy Spirit’s prompting to join the search. “Words cannot describe how I felt when I held him for the first time,” Nunez said with her arms still
Youth mission trip results in witch doctor’s salvation
clinging to him. “It was incredible.” Nunez gushed over Christopher, telling him she loves him. Halfin was shown a photo of a smiling Christopher after he was reunited with his mom. “That’s what it’s all about right there,” Halfin told ABC. “That’s why everybody was praying. That’s why God laid it on my heart to go look, to reunite that boy with his mom.” +++
Christopher with his mother. (Christopher Ramirez was lost in the woods for nearly four days) days)
Halfin was directed by God to Christopher
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Brant Cole is a fiery tain villages around him. 31-year-old pastor at the During the days,
Walloon Lake Community Church, situated in an affluent Michigan resort town. In 2019, he felt strongly led by the Holy Spirit to take a team of teenagers to their sister church in Haiti, he told God Reports. Students from all three of their church campuses around Walloon Lake participated. The Haitian church they visited in the mountains in Desriveaux has a remarkable pastor who travels by foot or by motorcycle to seven churches he oversees. He tirelessly works to serve the poorest of the poor in the remote moun-
they taught and played with the children, along with distributing food and supplies. On the last day of the trip, Brant felt they had accomplished a lot, but his heart was burning for the “power of God” to be manifested. The night before, they had preached the gospel in the open square. He felt that there was still something left that God wanted to do. Brant was hearing from the Holy Spirit to pay attention. Suddenly as they were driving down a village street, he saw a non-descript woman and
told the driver to stop the truck because he needed to tell her about Jesus. This surprised woman kept saying that she couldn’t receive Jesus because she had too many debts to the devil. Repeatedly they told her that Christ died to take away every debt and every sin in our past. Surprisingly, she invited the team of young people to her house. After sharing the gospel with her more fully in her home, the power of the Word and the Spirit burst into her heart and she was born again.
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Later, they found out from other villagers that this woman was, in fact, the local witch doctor! “Other Christians had for years tried to witness the love of God to her, but she refused,” Brant told God Reports. “Now we see the blessing of how God works. He brought a little team of willing teenagers to a distant land and wrought a miracle!” But this was not the end of the story. The team returned to Walloon Lake and word of the miracle spread. Empowered by the Spirit, the teenagers began spreading the word about the greatness of God. When COVID hit and everything was locked down, including the church, Pastor Brant was shocked to find the youth parking their cars with tailgates open to meet and study the Bible – they were having tailgate parties for Jesus! He was further surprised to find these teens meeting on front porches,
coming together to write sermons. The Word of God began to multiply and expand. “These students were not just changed in their own lives, but are sincerely on fire for Jesus to change the lost around them,” he said. “The impact of what God did was indeed life-changing for everyone who went on the trip.” Pastor Brant said the “z generation” that he ministers to has experienced the greatest change in communication since the invention of the printing press. “They have only known a life filtered through ever changing technology and media. In Christ alone and in the Word of God can they find something certain and unchanging that gives their life value and grounding. The trip to Haiti and the salvation of the witch doctor was a defining moment in their lives!” Watch on Youtube: youtu.be/2dIU5zS5Yk8
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The Spirit Of Truth
Dear Reverend: My family has a very sacred tradition on Halloween, October 31st, and on Nov. 1st, Dia de los Innocentes (the Day of the Children) All Saints Day; and Nov.2, All Souls Day. During the Days of the Dead, we believe that the souls of the departed return to earth to visit with us, and provide counsel and advice to families and loved ones. In my birthplace, Mexico, we visit gravesites and celebrate our deceased loved ones. Candles, flowers, and my grandparents’ favorite foods are placed on their graves. We sing and tell favorite stories about them. Drinks (usually alcoholic beverages) are set out to quench the thirst of our dead. Salt (the spice of life), the scent of marigolds, and the burning of copal ( a resin of the copal tree beloved by the spirits) are all used to call them back home. It’s really a celebration of life. My sister has turned her back on our family, saying all our traditions are unholy. She refuses to let her children join with their cousins as they dance with caricatures of death; we make our own costumes, skeletons, skulls, etc. The children eat skull sugar candy, and I always make Pan de Muertos, a bread baked in the shape of bones, decorated with a skull and bones. In our Native American/ Mexican culture we believe the Monarch butterflies, which migrate to Mexico each Fall, are the spirits of our ancestors coming to visit. When someone dies, we keep a small fire burning to light their path as the spirit-person lives on. My cousin who lives on a reservation keeps a fire
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burning for our deceased uncle, and burns special herbs: it’s called smudging, the smoke of which carries prayers. Can you understand how this sister, who says she is a born-again Christian, can stay away as we celebrate? She won’t go to Catholic Church with me anymore, bake our cross-bone bread with me, arrange festive things on our own grandparents’ graves, or let her children join mine. Because I am a Catholic, we celebrate All Souls Day on November 1st, which is related to our Mexican festival of Dia de los Muertos. I’m confused, because I’m a Christian, too. But, what is this ‘born-again’ ideology? Love Our Traditions --Dear Traditions: This is the season of Fall and it is very beautiful! My thoughts are tuned to our tradition here in the United States, Thanksgiving, which is November 25th. When my children were young, I would go around the table, letting each one take a turn to say what they were thankful for. Then we would all thank God for the food and everything that Jesus has done for us. You see, Jesus became flesh and blood just like us, and tasted death on the cross to destroy the power of death – that is, the power of the Devil. Jesus delivered us from the fear of death because that fear is bondage. Hebrews 2:14-15. Being born again means, among other things, giving up man-made traditions and accepting what Christ did for us by the shedding of his blood, His death and resurrection. In John 3:3 Jesus explained to Nicodemus that a person has to be born of water and of the
Spirit. John 3:16: Jesus went on to say that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. It’s a beautiful chapter. Have you read it? I have the same heritage as yourself, but thankfully God placed me in a home with a Christian Mom who was a Mennonite, and a Dad who was a Catholic. Mama told me how my relatives have religious things in their homes, like Ojo de Dios (the Eye of God), which is spiritualism. This weaving of yarn is said to watch over a person for good health, fortune and a long life. It is associated with the Native Americans of Mexico. The four points of the weaving represent earth, fire, air, and water – important natural elements. The center of the eye, called God’s eye, is supposed to give power to see and understand things that are otherwise unseen. My aunt would write to me and send a picture of Kokopelli, a fertility god. Once your eyes are opened and Jesus Christ lets you see the Truth, it is very difficult to come against traditions and to bring the Gospel (Good News) to those who are lost and misled. I was able to pray for my aunt and uncle and explain salvation to them before they passed. My Dad also became born again. I am a missionary and evangelist, and I tell people on the reservations and also here in Florida, that you can’t mix religion and traditional things with the Word of God. You can’t have both. God is a jealous God, and He will not share His Glory with anything or anyone. God is without sin. He hates idolatry. He passionately loves us and
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does not want us to be destroyed. Exodus 20:56. We are not to make idols. A lot of cultures bow down to such idols. People bow down to Saints, Mary the mother of Jesus, St. Christopher, and so on. The practice of ungodly traditions mentioned here are a form of bowing down to the devil, whose main objective is to prevent everything holy, righteous, and moral. I was having Bible Study this morning with my husband, and I asked, “Why do people have all these traditions? Don’t they know better?” His reply was, “People do everything to hide their fear of the unknown.” People want to see and experience something supernatural. UFO’s, prophets, new exciting songs in church services which are called praise and worship, but which sound like the worldly music of today. Flashy, loud preachers. Pastors who entertain, soloists in jeans full of holes. On and on. A lot of people do not examine what is behind such traditions. Listen to your born-again sister with an open heart. I believe your whole family will be saved! Once you know Jesus, you will never go back to ungodly things. Remember, Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 2nd Corinthians 11:14. The dead know nothing. Ecclesiastes 9:5-6. Upon death, the bornagain believers go immediately to Heaven to await the resurrection of their bodies (2nd Corinthians:5:8) to live with Jesus Christ eternally. The wicked unbelievers go to hell and will also be resurrected and judged and sent to eternal hell. There is no such thing in the Bible as purgatory. Turn now from communicating with the dead and the making of idols and from teaching your children such ungodly and dangerous beliefs. This is God’s Truth! The Spirit of Truth! Rev. MMD Notes: October 31st is (Halloween) – All Hollow ((Holy)) Eve; The Eve of All Saint’s Day The Day of the Dead – Families Honoring the Dead: November 1st is All Saints Day (the 1st Day of the Dead) the Day of the Children (deceased); Dia de los innocentes. November 2nd is (the 2nd Day of the Dead); All Souls Day; -+Dia de los Muertos (deceased Adults).
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TWO FAITHS
By Dr Rod D Hoskins 2 Thess 3:1-5 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, 2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; FOR NOT ALL HAVE FAITH. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you. 5 Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. As the Apostle Paul closes his letter to the Thessalonians, he makes several requests and a statement of great interest to the Church. He starts with a request for prayer: First, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly, and secondly; that they may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men. It is interesting how he defines unreasonable and wicked men as those without faith…“for not all have faith”. HOW OFTEN
Rom 12:1-8 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, TO EVERYONE WHO IS AMONG YOU, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, AS GOD HAS DEALT TO EACH ONE A MEASURE OF FAITH. 4 For as we have
many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. After reading the full context, SOMEONE MAY ASK
THE QUESTION: DO ALL PEOPLE HAVE FAITH OR NOT? Before we answer
that question, we need to ask another question. ARE WE CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE? The Bible is quite clear that we are
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In Genesis 17:8 God spoke to Abraham and promised He would gie all the land of Canan to him and his descendants as an everlasting possession. Instead, we see Israel in bondage for 400 years. What happened? Did God lie? Of course not. God cannot lie. Are you personally experiencing the promises of God or just wondering why things are not going the way they should? Look inside the lives of the Patriarchs and discover these answers. You will also understand that what happened in Biblical times is still occuring today.
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created in God’s image (Gen. 1:26 -27). It is also clear from reading about earth’s creation, that FAITH IS A PART OF GOD’S ESSENCE OR BEING (HEB 11:3). This should
lead us to conclude that we are made in God’s image and that God did not exclude faith from man’s original design, as we are an exact likeness of God. When God breathed spirit into us, HIS life was imparted into us. It is in the HAVE WE HEARD ANOTHER spirit that we find faith, as QUOTE FROM PAUL (“GOD a part of our DNA. HOWHAS DEALT TO EACH ONE A MEASURE OF FAITH”), AND CONCLUDED THAT ALL MEN HAVE A “MEASURE OF FAITH” IMPLANTED INTO THEM BY GOD.
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EVER, WITH ADAM’S FALL IN THE GARDEN, CHANGES OCCURRED. WE NOT ONLY EXPERIENCED BROKEN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, BUT ALSO EXPERIENCED A CORRUPTION OF OUR FAITH THAT LEFT MAN WITH A SPIRITUAL DEFICIENCY – WE MAY CALL IT DEAD OR VAIN FAITH. WHAT IS CORRUPTED DEAD OR VAIN FAITH? The
DENT THAT CAIN PUT HIS FAITH IN THE WORKS OF HIS TOILS. Howev-
er, Abel put his faith in God and the process God had established for offerings. How angry do men get when they place their corrupted faith in the works of their hands, only to hear that it is not acceptable to God? How many times are we warned about the consequences of man’s corrupted or dead, vain, human faith, and how many of us have experienced its failure? Isa 31:1-3 WOE TO
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Ps 20:6-9 Now I know first time we read about that the LORD saves His corrupted vain faith is in anointed; He will anGenesis chapter four. swer him from His holy Here we find the sto- heaven With the savry about Cain and his ing strength of His right brother, Abel. Most peo- hand. 7 SOME TRUST IN ple know the story about CHARIOTS, AND SOME IN Cain slaying his brother. HORSES; BUT WE WILL However, many fail to REMEMBER THE NAME recognize that it all start- OF THE LORD OUR GOD. 8 ed because of corrupted They have bowed down vain faith. and fallen; But we have Gen 4:1-7 Now Adam risen and stand upright. knew Eve his wife, and 9 Save, LORD! May the she conceived and bore King answer us when Cain, and said, "I have we call. acquired a man from Ps 44:6-8 For I will not the LORD." 2 Then she trust in my bow, Nor bore again, this time his shall my sword save brother Abel. Now Abel me. 7 But You have was a keeper of sheep, saved us from our enbut Cain was a tiller of emies, And have put to the ground. 3 And in shame those who hated the process of time it us. 8 In God we boast came to pass that CAIN all day long, And praise BROUGHT AN OFFERING Your name forever. OF THE FRUIT OF THE Ps 49:6-7 Those who GROUND TO THE LORD. trust in their wealth And 4 Abel also brought of boast in the multitude of the firstborn of his flock their riches, 7 None of and of their fat. And the them can by any means LORD respected Abel redeem his brother, Nor and his offering, 5 but give to God a ransom He did not respect Cain for him. and his offering. And Ps 78:21-22 Therefore Cain was very angry, the LORD heard this and his countenance fell. and was furious; So a 6 So the LORD said to fire was kindled against Cain, "Why are you an- Jacob, And anger also gry? And why has your came up against Israel, countenance fallen? 7 22 BECAUSE THEY DID If you do well, will you NOT BELIEVE IN GOD, AND not be accepted? And DID NOT TRUST IN HIS if you do not do well, SALVATION. sin lies at the door. And With this understanding, its desire is for you, but it becomes obvious that you should rule over it." all men have some type AS WE READ THE FACTS of faith, and can direct... OF THIS STORY, IT IS EVIContinuation on Page:5
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A JOURNEY TO JOY By Sarah Jansson, Evangelist/Prophet | sarahjansson.com Expect good things from our Lord this season my friend. Look up, not down, and look into His holy Word for all your answers. Jesus say’s His mercies are new every morning. Every morning we have the choice to make on how we are going to See life that day. With each situation we can choose to see the best in every circumstance we encounter, or we choose to see the dark and gloomy side of what is before us. We can see each glass either half empty or half full, it is our choice each and every day. When we have Jesus in our life, we have hope no matter what we are facing. We know one thing for sure, and that is we are going to live with Him, ruling and reigning with Him forever and ever in eternity. We also know that as a Christian we have the Holy Spirit within us, to lead, guide, help, strengthen us, and infuse us with the richest measure of His divine presence, each and every day. We know that He will never leave us, nor forsake us, no matter what we are facing. We know He will always be there, no matter what! We also know that our heavenly Father has assigned His holy angels to encamp around those that are heirs of Salvation. As long as you have received Jesus Christ into your life to be your Lord and Savior, then you have at least one angel assigned to you to help you through this life. As for me, I know I have at least seven, because I have seen them, their functions, and what they look like. I am aware many times in life that they are with me to watch over me. So with that in mind, we can make the choice each and every day, to do as Philippians four verse eight says,
“Whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue or excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and take account of these things, (fix your mind on them) . We are also told in His Word in Second Corinthians four and five that the weapons of our warfare are not physical weapons, but they are mighty before God to the overthrow and destructions of strongholds. We are told to cast down imagination and every high and lofty thing that sets itself up against the true knowledge of God, and to lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ. We have the mind of Christ, so by the Holy Spirit who lives within us to help us, we can make the choice to think on only that which lines up with the Word of God. Whereas we are not necessarily thankful for all things that come our way in life, as everything that comes our way is not necessarily from God. We know that there is a thief that comes to steal, kill and destroy, but there is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who came to give us life, and life abundantly, and He already won the battles for us. So, we can be thankful in all things because we know that through Christ, we are more than conquerors, and that we overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of our testimony. So, with the mind of Christ, we can see all things, peoples, and situations as He sees them. We can see the end results, and how to attain those victories, as we cooperate with His Holy
Spirit within us. Psalms One hundred tells us to enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting. His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations. So, as we make the choice to look at life through His Word, and by the power of the Holy Spirit within us to see what He sees, hear what He hears, and perceive the things that are on His heart, we will walk this life’s journey with a joy we have never known before. So, with a heart of worship and praise, thank Jesus every day, for all that is good, lovely, and kind and of a good report that is in your day, your circumstances, your life, your family, your ministry, and all that attains to your daily affairs. Know that by the power of His Word, you can take authority over any thing that is a spiritual hindrance on your pathway. You are the Redeemed of the Lord, if you are His, and so you have authority over all matter of evil, so that nothing shall by any means hurt you. You have overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of your testimony. So, keep the Word of God in your heart always, and speak it forth out of your mouth, going not by what you see, hear, or feel, but by the Word of the Lord. Many Blessings, Sarah Jansson Heart of Mercy Ministries An Apostolic/Prophetic Ministry sarahjansson.com Go to Amazon.com for my books (Out of Your Seats and Into the Streets, Breaking Loose, Deep Calls Unto Deep, The Divine Visitation)
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... it toward anything. (met-am-or-fo'-o), which RESTORED TO LIFE OR How- ever, the better means to change the es- HEALTH; TO RESTORE questionshould be: CAN sential form or nature of FROM SICKNESS, DISAND CORRUPT VAIN FAITH something - 'to become COURAGEMENT, BE RESTORED INTO LIV- different from what you FAINTNESS (Brown DrivING INCORRUPTIBLE are' (Greek-English Lex- er& Briggs Hebrew LexFAITH? THE ANSWER TO icon). It is this transfor- icon). THAT QUESTION IS OB- mation in faith by the It is this kind of life-giving VIOUSLY – YES! How is word of God, that will faith that Jesus encourthis be achieved? Je- prove (allow) the good ages us to experience sus gives us the answer and acceptable, perfect in Mark 11:22, So Jein John 6:63-64: It is will of God to be mani- sus answered and said to them,"Have faith in the Spirit who gives fested in our life. life; the flesh profits IT IS LIVING FAITH, BEING God”. The original Greek nothing. The words CLEANED BY THE FIRE OF words it this way; Echete that I speak to you are GOD’S WORD THAT WILL pistin Theou, which is a spirit, and they are life. PRODUCE ALL THAT WE mere Hebraism mean64 But there are some of WILL EVER NEED IN LIFE. ing: have the faith of Clark’s you who do not believe." It is this kind of faith that God (Adam and The Apostle Paul goes prompted Habakkuk to Commentary, on to tell us the process write: THE JUST SHALL Barnes’), or HAVE THE of how corrupted, vain LIVE BY HIS FAITH (Hab GOD KIND OF FAITH. WHAT KIND OF FAITH IS “THE GOD faith can restored and 2:4). bring the God kind of life How are we to live? KIND OF FAITH”? IT IS THE with it. The word, live, comes LIFE-GIVING FAITH - THAT Romans 10:14-17 How from the Hebrew CAN MOVE THE MOUNthen shall they call on word, chayah (khaw- TAINS IN YOUR LIFE INTO Him in whom they have yaw'), which offers great THE SEA! not believed? And how insight as to the kind of This brings us back to shall they believe in Him life, living faith can pro- the question: DO ALL of whom they have not vide. CHAYAH, MEANS TO HAVE FAITH? YES. HOWheard? And how shall REVIVE, TO LIVE, TO HAVE EVER, NOT ALL MEN HAVE they hear without a LIFE, TO REMAIN ALIVE, THE LIVING, GOD KIND OF preacher? 15 And how TO SUSTAIN LIFE, TO LIVE FAITH, GOD REQUIRES… shall they preach unless PROSPEROUSLY, TO LIVE AND WITHOUT LIVING they are sent? As it is FOREVER, TO BE QUICK- FAITH, THEY MAY AS WELL written: "How beauti- ENED, TO BE ALIVE, TO BE HAVE NO FAITH AT ALL. ful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!" Rod Hoskins Ministries is pleased to announce 16 But they have not all the new release of Dr. Rod latest book. "Is There obeyed the gospel. For Not A Cause". Now available at Amazon Books, Isaiah says, "LORD, who book stores, and soon Kindle. You may order now has believed our report?" at www.amazom.com
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American missionary doctor issues dire warning about Haitian gangs Dr. David Vanderpool, M.D., oversees a surgical hospital, school, church, and demonstration farm 25 miles east of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In 2015, four gang members attempted to kidnap his wife, Laurie, at the compound. “They beat her and cut her with a machete,” he told God Reports. When Dr. Vanderpool was alerted to what was happening, he grabbed a large wrench and went running toward the attackers. “I was swinging that wrench with all the power an old guy can muster. They left her and I sewed her up.” Their 63-acre compound is protected by armed guards, razor wire, and rottweiler dogs. But two years after his wife was attacked, their base manager was murdered at the front gate. In 2018, two team members were kidnapped by gang members and ultimately released after enduring severe trauma. But he believes the most recent kidnapping of 16 American missionaries and one Canadian by the 400 Mawozo gang on October 16th has taken the country in a disturbing new direction. “Haiti is under the thumb of gangs. They are powerful and have no fear. It is a combustible mixture,” he observed. “We have suffered substantially at the hand of this exact gang that has these missionaries. They are brutal and brazen.” The missionaries are affiliated with Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries, which says the abducted group includes five children, ranging from 8-months to 15 years old. The kidnappers are demanding $17 million for the group’s release. Dr. Vanderpool is aware of Christian Aid’s activities in Haiti. “We actually know some people who have been in that group. They are housed across the valley from us and their missionaries have come to our hospital. We have made friends with these folks. They do great work; they do a good job with education and nutrition,” he said. In the past, the gangs kidnapped wealthy Haitians, but stayed away from Americans. “They thought the American military would show up and beat them,” Dr. Vanderpool noted. “This is an enormous shift in the gang policy and this means nobody is safe in Haiti, whether or not you are missionar-
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ies. It is a very very dramatic change in the way business is done.” The political situation is desperately broken, which compounds the country’s descent into gang rule and anarchy. On July 7, 2021 President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and there is currently an acting president. “Two weeks prior to his death, the leader of the Supreme Court died,” Dr. Vanderpool noted. “They blamed it on Covid, which is suspect. Poisoning is a common event in Haiti. The timing is unbelievable. The Prime Minister stepped down and now there is no parliament. “It’s really a dire situation. We have a country that has no constitutionally supported leader at all. Nothing is functioning. The Justice Department is destabilized, the police are not getting paid and not showing up for work. Even more troubling, the gangs have increased their firepower. “The gangs have always had automatic weapons, but they have been seen with Russian PKM 59 calibers mounted on a truck, a belt-fed machine gun. It can shoot hundreds of rounds at a time. It will shred a vehicle unless it is armored.” Dr. Vanderpool is committed to staying longterm in Haiti, but the gangs’ new weaponry gives him pause. “When I saw the Russian machine guns, that stopped me in my tracks. I don’t have anything to answer a machine gun like that,” he said. If the missionaries and NGOs leave, the fragile society will further implode. “If the NGOs are not there, Haiti falls. They take care of education and nutrition for children and most of the
Kaduna State, Nigeria (ANS) – At least 100 Christians were abducted after armed bandits stormed a church service in Kaduna State, Nigeria, according to Open Doors UK and Ireland. The Christian charity reports gunmen also killed one member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Kakau Daji in the attack on Sunday, October 31. Open Doors workers praying with victims of Fulani herdsmen violence against Christians in Kaduna and Nassarawa State, Nigeria. People were unable to call for help because of a shutdown of telecom services in the state at the time. According to a BBC report, two people are also critically ill in hospital. Open Doors Sub Saharan Africa spokesperson Jo Newhouse warned that insecurity in the region is ‘creating an ideal breeding ground for ex-
tremism’. She said: “This kidnapping is a shocking example of the audacity of the so-called bandits and the impunity that is escalating, seemingly without bounds in Nigeria. “The government is grossly failing its citizens in this matter and the continuing lawlessness is creating an ideal breeding ground for extremism. “We call on the international Body of Christ to remain in fervent prayer for the release of the church members and that the Lord will use this situation to bring a breakthrough in this situation. “Pray for the Lord’s protection over these believers and that they will experience His peace in the midst of the situation.” Reverend Joseph Haya of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kaduna branch told the national newspaper, Politics Ni-
geria that contrary to the government’s claim that the security situation was at its best, security in the Kaduna State was getting worse. “We are seriously worried now,” said the Reverend. “Gunmen are gradually approaching the township. Emmanuel Baptist Church, which is in Kakau Daji, is just less than three kilometres to Sabon Tashan.” According to CAN, the family of one victim said the kidnappers told them that they had to pay more on ransom because the gunmen had to go the extra mile for network service before getting the victims’ relations. Rev Haya warned that unless the government was to take appropriate measures against insecurity in the state, the situation would continue to worsen. +++
medical care,” he noted. The NGOs are predominantly American with a handful of French and Canadians. When two of Dr. Vanderpool’s staff were kidnapped previously, he told their abductors: “We provide all the medical care in this entire area. If you mess with us, we will shut it down and there will be no medical care in this area.” The head of that gang got the message and released his staff. Dr. Vanderpool is conJESUS IS LORD! cerned about the precedent that may be set if the multi-million dollar ransom is paid. “If they pay that, we’re done. Then they will go crazy. They have to defeat these guys.” There are reports the FBI * Sundays, 9AM to 12PM is involved in negotiating for the release of the Email:Odman.Charles@NHCoalition.org * Saturdays, Fouye Bib missionaries. The physiNewHopecMission2012@gmail.com Leadership School, cian has written Op-eds 9AM to 12PM advocating for the return of U.N. troops to restore We have High School order. “Probably a battalDiploma. We need WE EXIST TO HELP YOU! ion of Marines would be donations for Haiti ministry. more appropriate. If we SERVING THE PHYSICAL TO Our Address: 7215 1st Ave don’t mount that effort, IMPACT THE SPIRITUAL we will be in trouble,” he West, Bradenton, FL 34209 Every Thursday Food Pantry said. For more info, contact: “Haiti is a failed state. It is 10AM to 2PM Rev. Byron Odman Charles, Somalia in our backyard. Every Thursdays &Saturdays Thrift Founder / President It will only get worse Store: 9am-1pm unless a tremendous Phone number: We accept Donations. amount of energy is put 941-462-6825 / into this equation.” visit our website: 941-554-7701 David Vanderpool, M.D., www.newhopecoalition.org is the founder of LiveBeyond, a faith-based humanitarian development and relief organization working on the ground in Haiti to bring disaster aid and medical care to Haitians facing increasing food shortages along with the escalating violence. Dr. Vanderpool’s book “Live Beyond: A Radical Call to Surrender and Serve” tells the story of their decision to sell everything they owned and move to Haiti fullPhone: 941-447-4538 time.
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Supreme Court Stops New York State From Forcing Christians to Fund Abortions
The Supreme Court issued an important ruling today stopping New York state from forcing Christians to fund abortions in their health care plans. The ruling comes on the same day SCOTUS is holding oral arguments related to two pro-abortion lawsuits seeking to block the Texas abortion ban. In its ruling today, the Supreme Court just ordered New York courts to reconsider Diocese of Albany v. Emami, a case challenging New York’s coercive abortion mandate that requires employers to cover abortions in their health insurance plans—even if the employers are religious groups. The Sisterhood of Saint Mary, an Anglican order of nuns, filed a lawsuit against the abortion funding mandate. After New York courts upheld the coercive mandate, attorneys for the Anglican nuns filed suit and other legal groups filed suit on to represent the Diocese of Albany and other Christian groups at the Supreme Court, which today vacated the lower courts’ rulings and ordered a rehearing of the case. In light of the unanimous victory for the Little Sisters of the Poor in its case against an abortion funding mandate, the Supreme Court issued yet another decision striking down an abortion funding mandate. “New York clearly learned nothing from the federal government’s own attempts to force nuns to pay for contraceptives and is now needlessly threatening charities because they believe in the the dignity and humanity of every human person,” said Eric Baxter, vice president and senior counsel at Becket. “Punishing faith groups for ministering to their local communities is cruel and counterproductive. We are thankful that the Supreme Court won’t allow the New York Court of Appeals’ bad ruling to be the last word on the right
of religious ministries to serve New Yorkers of all faiths.” New York’s law has only a limited religious exemption—for religious groups that primarily serve and employ people of their own religion. This exemption, which is so narrow that Jesus himself would not qualify for it, excludes the Sisterhood of St. Mary because they sponsor a 4-H club and allow local youth to lease some of their prized Cashmere goats as part of their agricultural outreach ministry. Other religious groups targeted by the abortion mandate include the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the First Bible Baptist Church of Hilton, New York, and Catholic Charities, the Catholic Church’s charitable arm, which all joined forces against the abortion mandate. What all of these diverse groups have in common is that they seek to serve all people in their communities: the First Bible Baptist Church conducts outreach via its local youth ministry, Catholic Charities provides adoption and maternity services to its community, and the Carmelite Sisters operate the Teresian Nursing Home in Albany. But because they offer these services to people in their communities regardless of their faith background, the state holds that they must offer abortion services in their insurance plans—or else. “We believe that every person is made in the image of God,” said Mother Miriam of the Sisterhood of Saint Mary, the oldest Anglican religious order founded in America. “That’s why we believe in the sanctity of human life, and why we seek to serve those of all faiths— or no faith at all—in our community. We’re grateful that the Supreme Court has taken action in our case and hopeful that, this time around, the New York Court of Appeals will preserve
our ability to serve and en courage our neighbors.” “We are gratified and grateful that the Supreme Court has recognized the serious constitutional concerns over New York State’s heavy-handed abortion mandate on religious employers,” said The Most Rev. Edward B. Scharfenberger, bishop of the Diocese of Albany, New York. “We are confident that now that the Court has ordered the case remanded for reconsideration in light of last year’s Fulton v. Philadelphia decision, the unconstitutional regulatory action taken by New York State will ultimately be completely overturned as incompatible with our country’s First Amendment guarantee of religious liberty.” The position puts Christian charities in an “intolerable position”; the state is forcing them to choose between paying for the killing of unborn babies in abortions or giving up their ministries that help people in need, lawyers for the Christian groups argued. Funding the killing of unborn babies in abortions for these and other reasons is “a grave moral evil,” and Christian employers should not be forced to pay for them, they continued. Without relief, the charities and churches said they will be forced to either stop providing health insurance to their employees or close. The charities and churches involved in the case include the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Albany and Ogdensburg; the Anglican Sisterhood of St. Mary; the Brooklyn, Albany, and Ogdensburg chapters of Catholic Charities; St. Gregory The Great Catholic Church Society of Amherst; First Bible Baptist Church; Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Albany; the Carmelite charity Teresian House Nursing Home Company; and the Catholic senior living nonprofit Depaul Housing Management Corporation.
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Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Will March for Life Because “True Equality Begins in the Womb” By Slavic Gospel Association | www.sga.org
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When pro-life Americans gather Jan. 21, 2022 in Washington, D.C. to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, they will remind society that unborn babies are precious, valuable human beings who deserve equal rights under the law. On Wednesday, the March for Life revealed its theme for the 49th an-
nual march: “Equality Begins in the Womb.” The march is held every year on the anniversary of the infamous U.S. Supreme Court ruling to call for an end to abortion and restored protections for babies in the womb. “The pro-life movement recognizes the immense responsibility this nation bears to restore equal
rights to its most defenseless citizens in the womb,” March for Life president Jeanne Mancini said. “Since Roe v. Wade, scientific ad vances have undeniably confirmed the humanity of the unborn, and today most Americans agree there should be significant limits on abortion.” The Supreme Court
Pro-life Leader Stuns; Agrees with Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Roe v Wade By: Author Brian Johnston | www.christiannewswire.com
forced states to legalize abortion on demand in 1973, making the U.S. one of only seven countries in the world that allows elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Since then, nearly 63 million unborn babies have been killed in abortions. As pro-life advocates prepare to march next
year, Mancini said they have a new reason to hope. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a major abortion case out of Mississippi, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, that could allow states to pro tect unborn babies’ right to life again. “We hope the Supreme Court honors the existing constitutional protections for the unborn as they hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. No child’s life, either here or abroad, should be threatened by the injustice of abortion,” Mancini said. That case and other progress for the unborn have the pro-life movement more energized than ever before, she said. Mancini encouraged Americans to participate in the 2022 March for Life and take a stand for equal rights for all human beings, includ
ing those who are not yet born. “As pro-life advocates, we work towards a future world where the beauty and dignity of every human life is equally valued and protected,” her organization said. Along with the theme, the March for Life announced that actor Kirk Cameron will speak at the rally and award-winning Christian musician Matthew West will perform. Father Mike Schmitz, host of the world-renowned “Bible in a year” podcast and a prominent media figure at Ascension Presents, will be the keynote speaker for the Rose Dinner. The March for Life is a peaceful pro-life rally that draws hundreds of thousands of people from all across the United States every year. More information is available at MarchforLife.org.
Baptist University Cancels Abortion Activist’s Speech After Pro-Life Students Complain By: Micaiah Bilger | LifeNews.com
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ars, few Americans know that Roe v. Wade is in fact composed of two, conjoined decisions. And it is the second decision, Doe v Bolton, that actually 'packs the real punch' in the Roe v Wade regimen. A new book from Brian Johnston, Western Director of the National Right to Life Committee, breaks open the myth of Roe v Wade. Evil Twins – Roe and Doe, How the Supreme Court Unleashed Medical Killing dispels the idea that Blackmun wrote the decisions for women. Blackmun himself admitted and many commentators on both sides agree, Blackmun first had to change the medical profession. He had to remove the Hippocratic Oath as a definitive standard for American medical law and for medical ethics. In Doe, Blackmun authorized individual doctors to use their personal opinions alone to perform abortions throughout pregnancy, even if there was no physical problem with either mother or child (the famous 'Health exception'), Doe v Bolton @ 183). This 'carte blanche' was explicitly licensed in Doe v
Brian Johnston Bolton, the 'conjoined decision.' Popular media commentary usually ignores this important aspect of the twinned-decisions. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not ignore this and agreed with Johnston's analysis that the combined decisions focus, not on women's rights, but instead on 'freeing the doctor to do whatever they wanted' in performing abortions. In Roe, Blackmun dismissed a woman's authority or 'right' to make the decision (Roe @ 153). In Roe, the Court expressly rejected the suggestion that abortion is somehow about a woman's 'right to her own body' (Roe @ 154). In July 2013 Justice Ginsburg told the Chica-
go Sun-Times that the combined decisions, both now simplistically referred to as "Roe," are, "about a doctor's freedom to practice his profession as he thinks best. It wasn't woman centered. It was physician centered." The popular media regularly ignores key facts of Roe v Wade. By ignoring the key elements of Doe, the popular press has offered a simplistic and distorted view of Roe v Wade to the American public. Evil Twins - Roe and Doe: How the Supreme Court Unleashed Medical Killing is available on Amazon and wherever fine books are sold. Evil Twins book promo on You Tube: youtu.be/kNCmwtfP1NA
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Baptist University Cancels Abortion Activist’s Speech After Pro-Life Students Complain
A celebrated author and abortion activist will not be speaking at a Southern Baptist university in Alabama this month after pro-life students complained. Newsweek reports Samford University leaders recently decided to cancel the speech by Jon Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer who advocates for the billion-dollar abortion chain Planned Parenthood. “Jon Meacham is significantly involved with the Planned Parenthood organization. He has spoken at their fundraising events, his book is used for the Planned Parenthood fundraiser, and overall his beliefs and core values do not align with those of Samford University, as it is a Southern Baptist institution,” students said in a petition calling for his speech to be canceled. Meacham was scheduled to speak about civic discourse this week at the inauguration of the new university president,
Beck Taylor, according to the report. However, university leaders said they decided to cancel Meacham’s talk at the inauguration due to concerns that his pro-abortion beliefs do not match the university’s pro-life values or its purpose for the inauguration. They said they will reschedule his talk on civic discourse for a later time; the talk is not about abortion. “Mr. Meacham, who is a noted historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential biographer, has been invited to our campus to highlight his work in analyzing the current state of civility and discourse in our country. We look forward to hosting him at a later date,” they said in a statement. In a letter, Taylor said he support free speech at the university, but he felt that the controversy about Meacham’s abortion advocacy would detract from the inauguration, AL.com reports. “Although I am disappointed by the narrative
that has combined important conversations about pro-life issues and Mr. Meacham’s planned appearance at Samford, it is vitally important to me that next week’s events unify and draw our community together to celebrate the history and future of Samford University, a place we love and for which we all care deeply,” Taylor wrote. Meacham spoke at a Planned Parenthood fundraiser in Texas in October. Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion chain in the U.S. It reported more than 354,000 abortions last year, which represents about 40 percent of all unborn babies aborted in America that year. The Southern Baptist Convention is solidly pro-life. During its annual meeting in June, church leaders approved multiple pro-life resolutions, including one that calls for the “immediate abolition of abortion without exception or compromise.” +++
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Supreme Court Denies Request From 2,000 Christian Health Care Workers to Block COVID LibertyCounsel | LifeNews.com Vaccine Mandate
Following the Supreme Court’s decision not to grant the extraordinary relief of an injunction pending appeal (IPA), Liberty Counsel will file a petition for the Supreme Court to review the merits of the case on behalf of more than 2,000 Maine health care workers, some of whom were terminated today. The Supreme Court needs to resolve the splits in the circuits and the lower courts. Only Maine, New York, and Rhode Island have state executive orders banning employers from even considering the sincere religious beliefs of employees. Maine Governor Janet Mills threatened to revoke the business license of any employer that granted an employee a religious exemption. Gov. Mills has ordered employers to disobey the federal law known as Title VII. However, states do not have the authority to order employers to disobey Title VII feder al employment law that prohibits religious discrimination. Liberty Counsel filed an emergency IPA on October 18 asking the High Court for immediate relief for these health care workers until it decides to review this case. Today, the High Court denied immediate relief from Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ unconstitutional edict that mandates all health care workers to be fully “vaccinated” by today or be terminated. In today’s decision, Justice Gorsuch dissented from the denial, along with Justice Thomas and Justice Alito. Gorsuch wrote “Maine has adopted a new regulation requiring certain healthcare workers to receive COVID–19 vaccines if they wish to keep their jobs. Unlike comparable rules in most other States, Maine’s rule contains no exemption for those whose sincerely held religious beliefs preclude them from accepting the vaccination. The applicants before us are a physician who operates a medical practice and eight other healthcare workers. No one questions that these individuals have served patients on the front line of the COVID–19 pandemic with bravery and grace for 18 months now. Yet, with Maine’s new rule coming into effect, one of the applicants has alrea-
dy lost her job for refusing to betray her faith; another risks the imminent loss of his medical practice. The applicants ask us to enjoin further enforcement of Maine’s new rule as to them, at least until we can decide whether to accept their petition for certiorari. I would grant that relief.” “No one questions that protecting patients and healthcare workers from contracting COVID–19 is a laudable objective. But Maine does not suggest a worker who is unvaccinated for medical reasons is less likely to spread or contract the virus than someone who is unvaccinated for religious reasons. Nor may any government blithely assume those claiming a medical exemption will be more willing to wear protective gear, submit to testing, or take other precautions than some one seeking a religious exemption,” wrote Gorsuch. Gorsuch concluded his dissent: “This case presents an important constitutional question, a serious error, and an irreparable injury. Where many other States have adopted religious exemptions, Maine has charted a different course. There, healthcare workers who have served on the front line of a pandemic for the last 18 months are
now being fired and their practices shuttered. All for adhering to their constitutionally protected religious beliefs. Their plight is worthy of our attention.” Justice Barrett, joined by Kavanaugh, concurred in the denial of injunctive relief, noting that the injunction pending a cert petition is an extraordinary request that would require the High Court to rule on the merits before it had the opportunity for full briefing and argument. Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “This case is far from over. We will file a petition with the Supreme Court to review the merits of the case after full briefing and argument. The High Court’s decision to not grant the emergency relief is not a ruling on the merits. Maine has no authority to order employers to disobey federal Title VII employment law. While we should ultimately prevail on the merits, the tragedy is that today many health care heroes are being terminated. Since 2019, Maine has suffered from a shortage of health care workers and that shortage will increase as of today. The people who will suffer are not only the health care workers but patients who need care.”
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over 30 years old, you probably remember what life was like before the internet, smartphones, and social media. Communicating and obtaining information, generally speaking, happened at a slower pace. With today’s technology, you can post, watch, or create anything your heart desires, at any time of day, as long as you have WiFi. Digital media offers an opportunity most Christians miss. “It allows you to bring the Gospel, the hope of Jesus, to the ends of the earth,” Doug Hutchcraft of Ron Hutchcraft Ministries says. “The enemy has been using technology. He has put sin at the fingertips of every person; he is where people are hanging out and offering what he would like them to turn to,” Hutchcraft continues. “How exciting is it that we can be hanging out in the public square as well, drawing people to Jesus through these amazing technologies?” You don’t have to be under the age of 30 to take advantage of these opportunities. “If it’s in your heart to do it, then see what platform you’re excited about, what the Lord draws you to, and just learn how to use it,” Hutchcraft suggests. “Don’t allow the fact that you don’t know how to use it (technology and platforms) intimidate you; most of them are simpler than you think.” The Gospel and technology Hutchcraft compares the present opportunity to one of Protestant Christian history. “It sounds funny to call a printing press ‘technology,’ but that is exactly what it was – cutting-edge technology [in 1440],” he says.
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“By using this technology – the Gutenberg press – Luther was able to get God’s Word to the masses [and] had an enormous impact on the Christian world. Before that, the Word of God was not in the hands of people; it was only in the hands of religious leaders who would use it to oppress people.” Ron Hutchcraft Ministries uses the “Gutenberg presses of today” to flood desperate hearts with the hope of Christ. “We’ve used radio, books, and traditional speaking engagements in the past [and] we still do those things. But we’re passionate about [finding] new formats and mediums [as well],” Hutchcraft says. RHM uses digital media
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OPINION, Nov. 5, 2021 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Richard Harris, Executive Director of the Truth & Liberty Coalition: Recent election results from across the nation shocked leftists and the liberal media, as Americans rejected the radical progressive agenda of modern Democrats. Since Joe Biden's controversial win in 2020, the country has witnessed an onslaught of leftist, ideologically driven policies. Biden threatened to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices. He surrendered to (and left behind $85 billion in military equipment for) the murderous Taliban in Afghanistan. He opened our borders and welcomed a million unvetted migrants with no regard to the rule of law, safety, violent crime, or COVID. He has attempted to purge the U.S. military of service members with conservative views and is forcing businesses to fire employees who refuse to be vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID tests. In the Democrat-controlled Congress, progressives have attempted to enact a federal takeover of elections that would enable widespread fraud and one-party control. They sought to elevate LGBT ideology above religious freedom and punish anyone with different views. They have borrowed trillions of dollars for corrupt and fruitless programs, and given billions of taxpayer dollars to the abortion industry. In the last 20 months of pandemic-related hysteria, Americans saw their businesses destroyed, cities burn, cost of living skyrocket, and constitutional liberties threatened. They also discovered that radical, progressive Democrats installed ideological indoctrination programs in the public schools. With children learning online during school lockdowns, parents got to see with their own eyes what their kids were being taught. They found students weren't learning
the 'three Rs' of reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic, but rather radicalism, racism, and revolution. Critical race theory divided children into groups of "oppressors" and "oppressed" —pitted against each other by race in a new form of segregation. Young people were poisoned against their nation and its values by curriculum based on the historically fictional 1619 Project. Like Soviet propagandists, progressives told parents not to believe their lying eyes because critical race theory was supposedly not being taught. Never mind that many of the parents making their voices heard at school board meetings were racially diverse – white, black, Asian, and Hispanic – their complaints were just a symptom of toxic whiteness, said media pundits. Influenced by the LGBTQ agenda, students were encouraged to choose their gender and – with the help of educators – pursue sex change treatments without notifying their parents. At a Loudon County, Virginia, school board meeting in June, officials considered allowing biologically male students to use girls' restrooms, another crazy cultural transformation idea from the radical left. A school official claimed that no sexual assaults had been reported in restrooms. Local father Scott Smith was at that meeting, became enraged, and was restrained by police. His arrest was later used to justify federal Department of Justice and FBI investigations of concerned parents for "domestic terrorism" against leftist school boards. As it turns out, Smith's daughter had been sexually assaulted in a girls' bathroom the previous month by a boy wearing a skirt. School officials reportedly knew about the crime and covered it up. The tipping point came when Terry McAuliffe, Democrat candidate for governor of Virginia, declared in a televised debate, "I don't think parents
should be telling schools what they should teach." The resulting 'wokelash' on Election Day caught nearly everybody in the media and Democrat Party by surprise. When it became clear that educators and leaders had no interest in listening, parents and concerned citizens around the country mobilized as candidates, taking a stand against indoctrination and the oppressive mandates that left many children falling behind academically. School boards across the nation – in non-partisan races – flipped largely to conservative candidates. Just weeks ago, Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris said Virginia would be a bellwether for the rest of the country. Republicans swept the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general races, while also taking control of the state House of Delegates. Polls suggested New Jersey's Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy – a proponent of harsh COVID-related lockdowns – would easily win re-election, but days after the vote his Republican challenger was still within reach of an upset victory. An unknown everyman truck driver running as a conservative Republican spent pennies on the dollar compared to his Democrat opponent – and unseated the New Jersey State Senate president. As the real agenda and the Marxist roots of CRT become exposed, Americans are recoiling. More people are rediscovering traditional values as a foundation for the future, and fighting back. Now more than ever, patriotic Americans need to unify and press forward to reclaim and rebuild America according to its original design — one nation under God with liberty and justice and for all. Richard Harris is executive director of Truth & Liberty Coalition, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization based in Woodland Park, Colorado. info@truthandliberty.net +++
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Haitian immigrants flock to US-Mexico border By Kevin Zeller | www.mnnonline.org
Mexico (MNN) — Driven by poverty and gang violence in their home country, thousands of Haitian immigrants have converged on the U.S. southern border. Last month, pictures circulated of Haitians being chased by border patrol agents on horseback. The photos produced outrage in the U.S. and beyond. The U.S.-Mexico border has long been a source of political tension, but Claudia Adame with e3 Partners says that’s not the whole picture. God is working in amazing ways among the immigrant communities. She tells of one commun-
ity in the city of Reynosa, where e3 Partners works with refugees from countries like Columbia, Venezuela, Honduras, and Haiti. “What I saw was a peaceful camp. People were taking care of each other, even taking turns doing night watch to just keep things safe. And for the most part, the city of Reynosa has responded very generously.” Stories from Reynosa The Christian community there has grown to about 2,000 people in recent months. E3 Partners brings humanitarian aid, listens to their stories, and shares the story of Jesus with them. Adame says, “That first week
when we were there, we saw God start a church in six or seven days. New believers were discipled about sharing God’s story, but also demonstrating His love. They heard that the Lord accepts them unconditionally.” This new community has reached out with love to others as well. Claudia tells of one man who the church encountered. “He had been deported from the U.S. to Mexico. They didn’t know why. We didn’t know why. He had no food or shelter. So they embraced him. And they were able to share their food with him. They found him a tent. And they were able to share
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/ Christian Newswire/ -- Award-winning filmmakers, The Kendrick Brothers (WAR ROOM, COURAGEOUS) deliver an inspirational and emotional experience in their first-ever documentary SHOW ME THE FATHER debuting on DVD and Digital December 7, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and AFFIRM Films. The fourth Kendrick Brothers film to earn a rare A+ CinemaScore®, SHOW ME THE FATHER features personal interviews from former NFL player Sherman Smith, best-selling author and pastor Dr. Tony Evans, former NFL player Deland McCullough, Focus on the Family President Jim Daly, former NFL player Eddie George and Filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick. Everyone has a unique father story. Whether positive or painful, it's always personal and can deeply affect the core of our identity and direction of our lives. The Kendrick Brothers' SHOW ME THE FATHER is their first documentary film and features a variety of amazing, true stories. This captivating movie takes audiences of all ages on an inspiring and emotional cinematic journey. Providing a fresh perspective on the roles of fathers in today's society, SHOW ME THE FA-
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differently about how you view your earthly father and also how you personally relate to God. The DVD and digital release comes with an extensive array of bonus material, including over 30 minutes of behindthe-scenes content. It also includes a special feature with Dr. Tony Evans and a moving, in-depth look at the power of reconciliation and mentorship. A special Kendrick Brothers DVD double feature will also be available beginning December 7. The set will contain SHOW ME THE FATHER and COURAGEOUS LEGACY. Including bonus
scenes and a new ending, COURAGEOUS LEGACY is a remastered, extended version of the Kendrick Brothers' classic film that has been impacting fathers and families around the world has a runtime of approxsince its initial release 10 imately 91 minutes and is rated PG for some theyears ago. SHOW ME THE FATHER matic elements.
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God is Always There By: Elder Andrew Vance
We grew up very poor. I can remember just going to the bathroom and sometimes there would be a rat inside the toilet swimming around in the bowl trying to find a way of escape. I remember at night demonic stuff going on in the house. There would be footsteps heard, but not see anyone. One night my sister let out a scream. I heard something running but I did not see anything. One morning I went to visit my grandmother. She came to the door sweating and when I asked her what was wrong, she told me she had just been visited. Immediately I ensured, “Who”? She said a hench! At the time I did not understand she was meaning an evil spirit! Anyway I took off running to my home. That night I had a visit. I
woke up about 3 o’clock in the morning. Gazing out the window at the big full moon when all of a sudden I heard a growl. Then the Holy Spirit through my inner voice told me not to turn around. When I did not turn, the growl got even louder. The Holy Spirit warned me not to turn around but I could not resist and when I did, I saw a man standing there looking like a voodoo doctor with an uncanny evil ugly face. I jumped under the cover as I was so afraid I was in shock. I laid there trembling until daylight. It really messed me up mentally as even tough I was a child I was having to deal with grown up situations. On another occasion my sister and I were playing outside. She climbed into this big tub and the same Holy Spirit in my inner man spoke to me to
check in her. So when I reached the tub and looked in,it was full of maggots! My sister was in there playing while maggots were crawling all over her, even inside her diaper. I picked her up out of the tub and quickly brushed all the nasty maggots off her while running to tell mom what had happened so she could clean her up. She was ok thank the Lord. That is why I love my mother so much, she never gave up on us even when she was going through a lot, and I mean a lot. But God is good. One night my mom was outside talking with a friend. We were all laying in moms bed watching TV. After personally having to deal with so much in my family, protecting my sisters and brothers since I was the oldest, while lying there I
Andrew Vance & wife Beverley would usually put them in the back of the bed and I slept in the front. While everyone slept and I was watching TV I heard my mom outside laughing and having a good time. All of a sudden I saw a shadow coming down the hallway from the kitchen toward us. As the shadow approached the bedroom, the Holy Spirit told me to hide us all under the covers, but I made a peep hole to look out. First I saw a gun, then an arm, and then his face! He was frowning like he was ready to kill. He looked at me watching him through my small peephole and I tried to keep still. He stared my direction but then my mom laughed out loudly and it scared
him. When he heard both her and her friend laughing he slowly backed back down the hallway and out the back door. When I told my mom about it she and her friend searched everywhere but could not find him. God has brought me through so much. Once I crushed my finger off in a door at church. They sewed it back on. I was stabbed in the leg with a piece of steel, experienced two concussions, crushed my spine, cut my wrist in high school, drank an 8 oz bottle of pine sol trying to commit suicide, and lived! Once I took 7 days worth of pain killers along with other meds and lived. I fell off the top of a cement truck
drunk and did not burst my head open. While working at Tropicana, I almost fell into the wire brushes. I have had two wives murdered, two spine operations, almost drowned in my neighbors pool, almost had both my legs severed swinging from a train, and almost but by a gator at wares creek. There is so much more but I just want to let you get the idea that God is always there. I have learned that God is so faithful and watches over us. I have learned without a doubt if we don’t faint, we will be blessed, for it is written! Elder Vance +++
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When the Roll is Called Up Yonder By Pastor Chuck Kennedy | www.God-isReal.com | www.facebook.com/Godisreal2013
The next great Biblical event will be the catching away of the church to meet the Lord in the air. Immediately after there will be darkness as never was before and never will be again on planet earth. The Bible warns us of a time called the “great tribulation” or “time of Jacobs trouble” that will begin after our departure. The inquiring mind will ponder the verity of masses of people worldwide suddenly vanishing and then a time of great darkness to follow. What do the scriptures say about it? Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to
to stand before the Son of man. 1Thess 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Time does not permit me to discuss all the promises proclaiming this next great event so I will just point you to the forefathers. Noah and his family were saved from judgment while the rest of the world drowned. Lot and his family were thrown out of Sodom before God
could destroy the disobedient there. Enoch walked with God and was physically not anymore! Elijah was taken off the earth in a chariot of fire without suffering death. With God all things are possible. There is a point God has to say, enough! Enough sinning, enough murdering innocent babies, enough homosexuality and perversion, enough greed, lying and power grabbing. I do not know that exact time or point where He is filled to the brim, but history shows it does happen. He has made a way out for those who have ears to hear and willing to repent. We live in a time of great darkness. Our liberties and freedoms men
and women have died for are being stolen from us daily. Medical tyranny abounds with greed as its primary motivator. We are seeing it today. Homosexuals being exalted and righteousness being criminalized. Lying from government officials and agencies to spread propaganda while they censor truth. Where is that point of no return? I believe we are at the threshold. Father will soon say, Son go get your Bride. Yes, Jesus is coming soon! When the roll is called up yonder, will you be there. That is the most important question you will ever answer, bar none. Think about it… +++ JESUS IS COMING SOON.
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