Street preacher arrested in Scotland for condemning homosexuality

Tony MianoDUNDEE, Scotland, January 29, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tony Miano, an American evangelical street preacher and former policeman, must be getting used to being arrested for his beliefs in Britain. Miano was arrested January 8th, in Dundee, Scotland, and remanded in custody to appear before Dundee Sheriff Court the next day. Charged with a public order offence and held for nearly 30 hours, Miano was allowed to return to the US on the condition that he returns to the court in April.

A spokesman for the legal advocacy group Christian Concern told LifeSiteNews.com that the situation of street preachers being arrested is getting out of hand, with police making what are, essentially, arbitrary arrests.

Garry Selfridge, spokesman for Christian Concern said that the Dundee court “is being a little pathetic and backward” in allowing the proceedings to move forward.

“There is an overall blanket of political correctness that cloaks the whole establishment in the UK, so the police are not well advised or well trained to deal with such situations,” he said.

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Does Fatherlessness Produce Faithless Atheists?

A Catholic psychologist says absentee fathers can damage ability to form a relationship with a heavenly father. (Sara K Flickr Creative Commons) 1/14/2014 Kimberly Winston/RNS

A once-popular book that links atheism with shoddy fathering is getting a second life with a new publisher, thanks, in part, to the rise of nonbelief in the United States.

Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism by Catholic psychologist Paul C.Vitz posits that “intense atheists” throughout history—Nietzsche, Voltaire and Madalyn Murray O’Hair—had absent or rotten fathers. This, he argues, damaged their ability to form a relationship with a heavenly father.

Vitz also holds that many notable believers—Renaissance man Blaise Pascal, anti-slavery activist William Wilberforce and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, among others—had great relationships with their dads, and were therefore more able to build relationships with God.

“We need to understand atheism has a lot to do with our emotional attitudes towards life, other people and a lot of other things,” Vitz said from his office at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, a Catholic graduate school in Arlington, Va. “I think that is an important thing for atheists and believers alike to take into consideration.”

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This Viral Video Will Blow You Away: Former Atheist Woman Proclaims “Jesus is Lord” in German Church during Muslim Call to Prayer

Brave German womanTeresa Neumann (Feb 10, 2014) – Dale Hurd – CBN News

(Speyer, Germany)—At a musical interfaith event held in the magnificent Memorial Church of the Reformation on November 10 of last year, a bold German woman was videotaped standing up and shouting a proclamation of the supremacy of Jesus.

That video has now gone viral. (Watch it Here)

Heidi Mund—a former atheist born in communist East Germany, but now an evangelist—interrupted the event, which was meant to bring Christianity and Islam together, just as a Muslim imam began a call of prayer during the concert.

“Jesus Christ alone is Lord of Germany,” she shouted, as she felt something rising up inside her. “I break this curse!”

According to a CBN report, when Mund heard the event was going on she grabbed her German flag emblazoned with the words, “Jesus is Lord” and headed out her door, not sure what she’d do when she got there.

“Until the imam started with his shouting,” she said, “I did not really know what to do. I was just prepared for what God wants me to do.”

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Excellent radio interview with Pr Daniel / Live webcast this Sunday 16th Feb on Christians & Politics with Guest Speaker Pr Asoka Perera

Dear friends & family in Christ, 1)  You may click the following links to listen to an excellent radio interview (92.9 Voice FM in Toowoomba, QLD) with Pr Daniel. https://reformationharvestfire.com/events/interview-with-92-9-voice-fm-part-1/…

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This Pastor Made a Box for Unwanted Babies, and You’ll Praise God for What Happened

This Pastor Made a Box for Unwanted BabiesBy Eric Corpus – January 8, 2014

Every year, hundreds of unwanted babies are abandoned on the streets of Seoul, South Korea. To do something about the crisis, Pastor Lee Jong-rak at the Jusarang Orphanage created the Baby Box.

The Baby Box is a drop box on the side of the orphanage where someone can safely leave an unwanted infant. Lined with blankets, the box is heated to keep the baby warm. When an infant is placed in the box, an alarm alerts a staff member to bring the baby inside.

The culture in South Korea places heavy value on physical perfection, so many of the infants left in the Baby Box were born with disabilities, including deafness, blindness, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome.

Since 1998, the orphanage has taken in dozens of children, and raised and loved them. That’s dozens of miraculous stories of faith and love, dozens of tragedies averted.

“One of the mothers told me that she had poison to kill both herself and her baby,” Lee said. “So I told her, ‘Don’t do that. Come here with your baby.'”

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Crying wolf? – Is free speech being suppressed in the UK?

Crying wolf – Is free speech being suppressed in the UK3 January 2014  |  David Robertson

It’s happened again. Another high profile case of a street preacher being arrested in the UK simply for seeking to spread the Word of God. As previously reported in Christian Today and numerous Christian websites, podcasts and American Christian radio shows, Tony Miano was arrested in the city of Dundee on 8 of January. (You can read the account here).

Unlike his previous arrest in London, this time he has been charged and the case will go to trial in April. The case is therefore Sub Judice and it would be inappropriate for me to go into detailed comment about what actually happened. But as a pastor based in the City of Dundee it would be wrong to leave this situation alone, especially as it has been reported all over the world as another example of how lunatic and intolerant the UK in general and Scotland in particular has become towards the Gospel.

One commentator declared: “It’s alarming that in a country such as the UK which helped spread Christianity to the world, we’re seeing police oppression of God’s word being preached in the streets of our towns and cities.” Another slightly more extreme Facebook poster excitedly observed “and you wonder why helicopters fall out of the sky in your country?!”

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Help save true marriage – PM Tony Abbott’s Federal Coalition party room next Monday or Tuesday 10-11 February

Dear friends & family in Christ, Following is a very important email from Roslyn Phillips of Family Voice Australia for your urgent prayer and action. Please note that you can…

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Christians & Politics – A seminar not to be missed with Guest Speaker Pr Asoka Perera 14th – 16th Feb 2014 / Newspaper article about CTFM

Dear family & friends in Christ, 1) At the recent Rise Up Australia Party National Conference in Melbourne, all who came were tremendously blessed by the message given by the…

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Great Australia Day weekend in Melbourne as hundreds of Christians unite to pray for Australia’s transformation

Dear family & friends in Christ,

The Australia Day weekend gone by was an exciting one to remember, including the grand opening and dedication of our new Catch the Fire Ministries Centre in Hallam.

On Saturday morning, around 350 people from 50+ nationalities, many denominations, churches and generations united as the Body of Christ to storm heaven in prayer and worship for our nation Australia.

Prayers was led by a Catholic Priest, Anglican Minister, Presbyterian Minister, Salvation Army Minister, Baptist Pastor, Marketplace Minister, Messianic Jewish Minister, Indigenous Minister and several Pentecostal Ministers.  They prayed for Government, Marketplace, Schools, Universities, Armed Forces, Families, Protection from Terrorism and Bush fires, Revival, Israel, for Pastors & their Families, Churches, etc.

The prophetic worship was absolutely amazing with many thanks to a special Indonesian dance and worship team from Sydney.  

As the crowd sang ‘This is our Nation – The Great South Land of the Holy Spirit,’ the anointing fell mightily in the place. People waved their Aussie flags and sang with passion.

 Many were in tears as the presence of God was so mighty.

You may click the following link to watch an 8 min video clip.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ajxDHkF40&feature=youtu.be

People from across the country from every state were present at the meeting which went on for more than 3 hours.

Pr Daniel Pandji from Indonesia greatly challenged the people to Rise Up in Prayer and push forward to take Australia For Jesus.

His powerful message and testimonies greatly impacted the people.

The National Australia Day Prayer in Melbourne was also followed by very special series of meetings with Pr Daniel Pandji from Indonesia, where many lives were radically impacted.

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Economist says Christianity is Helping India’s ‘Untouchable’ Women Rise from Poverty

By CLG on DYoung professional women walk along the street in Bangalore, India. - CNA/Hilary Senourecember 30, 2013

A Georgetown University researcher’s pilot study found positive improvements for India’s Dalit women after converting to Christianity.

A researcher at Georgetown University in Washington has found that impoverished women in India are more likely to improve their economic circumstances after converting to Christianity.

“Conversion actually helps launch women on a virtuous circle. A woman feels better; she’s part of an active faith community; she works more; she earns more money: The extra money she earns and saves encourages her to earn more and save more and plan and invest in the future,” said Rebecca Samuel Shah, research fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.

Shah presented her initial findings of a pilot study looking at “patterns and directions where conversion had an impact” on Dalit women in Bangalore, India, at a conference on “Christianity and Freedom,” held in Rome Dec. 13-14.

Shah and her team studied 300 women who lived in a Dalit slum community over the course of three years. When they began their research, they did not know that 23% of the women being interviewed were actually converts to Christianity.

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Local Media Advertising for National Australia Day Prayer, Holy Spirit Revival Meetings & Grand Opening of CTFM Apostolic Centre in Hallam

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Media Release – Aussies unite to pray in Melbourne on Australia Day weekend / Grand Opening of Catch the Fire Ministries in City of Casey

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Aussies unite to pray in Melbourne on Australia Day weekend / Grand Opening of Catch the Fire Ministries in City of Casey

On Saturday January 25 from 10am – 1pm on Australia Day weekend, hundreds of patriotic Aussie’s from different churches, denominations, ethnicities, and states will gather in Melbourne to pray for Australia and to also celebrate the Grand Opening of Catch the Fire Ministries in the City of Casey.

“This National Prayer Day for Australia is a major opportunity for reconciliation and unity as different ethnicities, churches, and denominations, including Anglicans, Catholics, Presbyterians, Protestants, Pentecostals, Charismatics, Evangelicals, Salvation Army and others, come together to corporately pray for our nation’s Government, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, and protection over our country from bush fire & terrorism.

With special guest speaker Pastor Daniel Pandji from Indonesia (the largest Islamic country in the world with 250 million people). He will share with Aussie Christians on ‘How to take a stand as a Christian.’

Pastor Daniel Nalliah said today in Melbourne, “It is a day when everyone who calls Australia home, no matter which land they came from, can be proud to be a part of this great nation. I encourage all patriotic Australians to fly an Australian flag from their rooftops, windows, on their cars or in their front gardens, as a symbol of appreciation of all that Australia means to us.”

“The Australian flag, with its Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star and the five stars of the Southern Cross, is the flag under which our brave forefathers fought and died to keep this nation the free, independent, democracy that we all enjoy today.”

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Training Christian leaders in North Korea

Praying for the church in North KoreaBy Mark Ellis- December 20, 2013

He escaped from North Korea 15 years ago and became a Christian in South Korea. On a recent mission trip to North Korea’s Hamgyong province, he found young leaders well-trained in Christian theology, eager to build God’s underground church in one of the most repressive and isolated governments on earth.

“I taught three North Korean Christians,” says Jihoon *.  “All of them were from my hometown. It was really good to meet them. They had already studied theology and were trained very well.”

The men discussed the peculiar ideology that rules North Korea – “Juche” – which became a cult of personality centered around its founding proponent, Kim Il-sung, now considered the ‘eternal president’ of North Korea following his death in 1994. The Juche idea states that “man is the master of everything and decides everything.”

“I told them that Kim Il Sung’s parents were Christians and he also knew about the Bible so that Kim Il Sung made the Juche ideology based on the Bible,” Jihoon recounts. “Kim Il Sung twisted the truth of the Bible to establish his own idea.”

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Youtube link to another amazing miraculous healing from near death of a 17 year old girl / Upcoming CTFM schedule in Hallam

Dear friends & family in Christ,

1) You may click the following link to watch another miraculous healing from near death of a 17 year old girl last May 2013 when Pr Daniel prayed for her and family at the Monash Hospital ICU in Melbourne.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QfmEtmsyPc

All glory to our Lord Jesus Christ, our miracle working God, who brought back hope when there was no hope!

We thank everyone who was praying for this girl and will continue to pray for her total recovery.

2) Our weekly 9.30am & 6.30pm worship services are this Sunday 12th January at CTFM at our new premises at 30 Star Crescent in Hallam, Melbourne.

Pr Daniel will be praying for people at both services.

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