Pakistani court denies bail to Gujrat Christians accused of blasphemy

CLAAS Press Release – 3 August 2015

Gujranwala’s Anti-terrorist court has denied bail to all Christians’ bail but granted it to Muslim Zulfiqar who printed the posters.

On 1st September CLAAS lawyers Tahir Bashir appeared in the Anti-terrorist court of Gujranwala for the confirmation of bail, but the Judge, Bushra Zaman, rejected all of Christians’ bail but granted it  bail to Muslim man Zulfiqar, who printed the posters in question.

These posters are said to have offended some local Muslims by using the word Rasool (Apostle) for late Pastor Fazal Masih, the founder of the Biblical Church of God.

They took this matter to the police, civil lines, where a case was registered against 14 people, including one Muslim, Zulfiqar.

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“As the President of Rise Up Australia Party, I call on all people to promote love and free speech, not violence of any sort.”

Daniel Nalliah the RUAP President stated from his office this morning: "I have and always will be an advocate for free speech and nothing will stop me from doing so.…

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March for the Babies in Melbourne- Saturday 10 October 2015 @ 1 pm

On October 10, 2008, the Victorian Parliament passed the Abortion Law Reform Act, one of the most extreme abortion laws in the world. This law eliminated all legal protection for…

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How One Arab’s Hatred for Israel Turned to Love: All Things Are Possible!

Charles Gardner : Jul 16, 2015 : Israel Today

Even Christians in Egypt are encouraged to hate Jews. In writing essays, for example, the more vitriol you could express against them the higher marks you would get.

(Israel)—[Israel Today] An Egyptian church leader now based in West London has told how hatred for their ancient enemy Israel turned to love through reading the Bible. (Photo via Israel Today)

Sameh Metry leads a lively 100-strong Arabic congregation in Ealing while at the same time serving as vicar of an English-speaking church in nearby St Hugh’s, Northolt. And he showed his keyboard skills as he led a high-octane worship session during a conference in Manchester aimed at building bridges between Middle Eastern followers of Jesus.

He was born into a Coptic Orthodox family in Upper Egypt and became a born-again Christian at 15.

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African Bishop Points Out Hypocrisy of Obama’s Pro-Homosexual Agenda

Aletelia ^ | July 29, 2015 | DIANE MONTAGNA

US leader stands accused of the same bullying he himself denounced on eve of African trip.

President Barack Obama’s cajoling of Kenyan leaders to accept “LGBT rights” has met with a notable backlash from African bishops and other state and religious leaders, with one African bishop drawing attention to the hypocrisy of Obama’s LGBT agenda.

Obama arrived in Kenya for a two-day visit on Friday, his first visit to his father’s homeland as US president, before heading to Ethiopia on Sunday for a one-day visit. At a joint press conference held with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday, Obama advocated for his administration’s pro-LGBT agenda, comparing Kenya’s policy toward gays to the treatment of blacks in the United States prior to the civil rights movement.

“As an African American in the United States, I am painfully aware of the history of what happens when people are treated differently under the law. There were all sorts of rationalizations that were provided by the power structure for decades in the United States for segregation and they were wrong,” he said.

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Syrian Christians Wed in Bombed-Out Church

Women of Grace ^ | July 31, 2015

More than 2,000 locals who were driven out of their hometown of Homs, Syria, returned on July 12 to witness a moment of sweet triumph as a young couple married inside the wreckage of their beloved church.

The Daily Mail is reporting on the bitter sweet story of Fadi and Rana, 28, two refugees of the years-long Syrian civil war, who met in a refugee camp. Fadi, a university graduate who was working at a pharmaceutical factory in the city before he was forced to flee, fell in love with Rana while they were both working for the U.N. Refugee Agency.

When they decided to marry, the two wanted the ceremony to be where they had always dreamed it would be – inside their hometown church, St. George’s, an Orthodox church in the Christian Hamidiyah section of Homs.

Unfortunately, when the couple returned to their old neighborhood, they found the church and almost every other building, reduced to rubble. Almost nothing was left of the beautiful St. George church except the old stone walls. Everything else, the roof, the ornate interior, the pews, were all gone.

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Catch the Fire & Rise Up Australia in Mildura

Dear friends & family in Christ,

Ps Daniel, with a team, spoke and ministered in Mildura over the last weekend.

His inspiring messages focused on his political journey thus far and what he believes will be the inevitable for Australia if Aussies will not recognize the developing multicultural trend of Islam in this country.

Sighting the persecution that is currently happening in Europe especially the plight of the Christians due to the current invasion of Islamic Refugees, Ps Daniel urged us all to be vigilant. Islamic populations in some parts of Europe have swollen to a disturbing 25%.

Many people in the meeting spoke out support and gratitude for his stand in Australia against Islam and for righteousness and our nation’s Judeo-Christian values.

Also, completely unexpected, a prominent Melbourne journalist, writer and Radio / TV presenter, who has been following the activities of Pastor Daniel for some time, walked into the meeting on Saturday.

At the end of the meeting, he was so touched that he talked with Ps Daniel for more than 1 hr and then gave his heart to the Lord Jesus when Ps Daniel laid hands and prayed for him. He came to church on Sunday morning and spent more than 3 hours in the presence of God and with Christian believers.

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Study Finds American Evangelicals Stand Behind Israel

Study Finds American Evangelicals Stand Behind Israel; Here Are the NumbersBob Smietana/For Lifeway : Jul 27, 2015 : Charisma News

Slightly more than half of men (51 percent) say they support Israeli statehood, compared to a third (33 percent) of women.

A recent LifeWay Research study shows that American evangelicals remain among the strongest supporters of the nation of Israel. (Photo via YouTube)

Most believe God has plans for that nation, both now and in the future. And many of America’s preachers say Christians need to support Israel.

Those are among the findings of a LifeWay study of American attitudes toward Israel and the Bible. As part of the study, researchers conducted two separate surveys of 1,000 Americans, along with a survey of 1,000 senior pastors of Protestant churches.

“No piece of literature has had more impact on American culture than the Bible,” said Scott McConnell, vice president of LifeWay Research. “No country is more intertwined with the ancient Biblical narrative than Israel, and evangelical Americans see a contemporary connection with the nation.”

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‘Super blood moon’ odds ‘off the charts’

September 19, 2015- Posted on World Net Daily

The grand finale of the rare blood-moon tetrad will be a spectacular “supermoon” eclipse, the first in more than three decades.

And the scholar who discovered the correlation between a sequence of four blood moons and events in the history of the Jewish people thinks the extremely rare conclusion of the tetrad with a supermoon is a message from God to the nations of the world: Do not divide the land of Israel.

Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries told WND the final blood moon of a series of four occurring on Jewish holy days in 2014 and 2015 is “a loud call to Israel and to the nations.”

The coming super blood moon will be seen in Jerusalem.

“The land of Israel belongs to the God of Israel and is on lease to them. They have no authority to sell or give away the land of Israel to another people, as it is their heritage,” he said.

The fourth blood moon comes as the 70th United Nations General Assembly moves to recognize a Palestinian state, which Israel sees as a threat to its existence.

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Kenya Stands Firm for Morality Despite President Obama’s Urging for “Gay Rights”

Isaiah Narciso : Jul 28, 2015 : Gospel Herald

“Unfortunately, we are living in a world where these things have now become quite acceptable but for the fact that they are acceptable doesn’t mean that they are right.” -Cardinal John Onaiyekan, the Archbishop of Abuja Diocese in Nigeria.

(Kenya)—In his historic visit to East Africa over the weekend, President Barack Obama went to his father’s ancestral homeland and made the case for gay rights there. However, some pastors in socially conservative Kenya, along with the country’s president, have voiced their objection to Obama’s remarks. (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

U.S. President Barack Obama delivered remarks at an indoor stadium in Nairobi. Obama told Kenya on Saturday the United States was ready to work more closely in the battle against Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab, but chided his host on gay rights and said no African state should discriminate over sexuality.

According to Kristen Holmes and Eugene Scott of CNN, the president met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. One of the topics focused on Kenya’s gay rights record.

“When you start treating people differently not because of any harm they are doing to anybody, but because they are different, that’s the path whereby freedoms begin to erode,” Obama said. “And bad things happen.”

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Media Release – RUAP National President to speak in Mildura on Refugee Crisis, National Security, Islam & Multiculturalism

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – TUESDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 2015

The National President of Rise Up Australia Party, Daniel Nalliah, will be addressing the residents of Mildura this Saturday the 26th & Sunday the 27th of September.

The Saturday night meeting is open to the public and will be held at 7:00pm at Sandors Motor Inn, 179 Deakin Avenue, Mildura.

Mr. Nalliah will be speaking on issues including the current Refugee Crisis from the Middle East, National Security, Islam & Multiculturalism.

Having lived and worked in Saudi Arabia, and being the recent author of the book entitled “The 21st century culture war in the West”, he brings great insight into the current conflict and our necessary response.

This morning from his office in Melbourne he stated, “I am looking forward to meeting the residents of Mildura this weekend as I have much to share with them.

Since Mildura is one of several locations in Australia where Muslims refugees are resettled in large numbers, could this become another ghetto or sharia zone”?

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The Godly Role of a Mother and Grandmother

Written by Lillian Penner – 28th July 2015

“I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.” (2 Timothy 1:5)

If Timothy’s grandmother Lois had not been faithful in passing on her faith to her daughter Eunice and her grandson Timothy we probably would not have First and Second Timothy in the Bible today. This is a good generational example of the importance of passing on the faith to future generations. Lois is our forerunner who modeled grandmothering for us.

Isn’t it interesting that nowhere in the Bible does it say that the church has the primary responsibility to pass on our faith to the next generation? It makes clear that parents and grandparents are the principal conduit to instruct their children about God and His love for them.

Mother and Grandmother’s role

Many grandparents are greatly concerned that their children are not passing on the values and faith by which they were raised. Parents and grandparents have a crucial role to fill, if faith is to be found on earth when Jesus comes back for His own. According to God’s word, God wants parents and grandparents to focus on passing on a godly legacy to the next generations. The demonstrations of our faithful walk with the Lord and our prayers for our children are powerful ways to pass on our faith to the next generation.

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My response to Leadership (office of PM) change in Australia – Ps Daniel / Live webcast Sun 20th Sept about honouring God & leadership

Dear family and friends in Christ,

On Monday night when the news broke that Tony Abbott was no longer the PM and that Malcolm Turnbull has taken over the top job of PM, I was very sad and disappointed.

The Liberal party had just done what Labor did to Kevin Rudd. My night was quite messed up, as I am sure many of you would have felt the same.

6 months after Mr Abbott took up the office of PM, I told my team, “the greatest threat to PM Abbott was not Labor but Malcolm from inside the Liberal Party”, and at this point I did ask my team to pray about this.

Well, in the most shocking way it happened overnight.

I woke up very early the next morning (Tuesday Sep 15th  2015) and started praying, asking the Lord for wisdom. To my surprise, I started getting the prompting by the Holy Spirit, “Bless the office of PM and do not curse it,” as I was very upset in my heart.

The following is what I believe the Lord would want the Church to do; to start praying for PM Malcolm Turnbull (also his family) and bless the office he is holding as PM of Australia.

I have also put this on video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/EyrrniooKyY

In God’s heavenly courtroom, Jesus is our advocate, but remember the devil is constantly accusing us in the sight of God. Every word which comes out of our mouths is taken by the devil or Jesus, so we must speak blessings and let the Lord be the judge.

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RUAP National President calls on churches & Aussie homes to open up to help refugees (mainly Christian minorities from Syria & Iraq)

FOR URGENT RELEASE – MONDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 2015

Last week, the National President of Rise Up Australia Party sent out an email to his church and political party network asking for churches and Aussie homes to open up and accommodate refugees from Iraq & Syria; under PM Tony Abbott’s plan of taking 12,000 refugees from “persecuted minorities”.

From his office today, Mr Nalliah stated, ”I am so humbled and overwhelmed at the feedback I have received in just the last 2-3 days from churches & simple Aussie families wanting to house these refugees. This shows the real heart of our nation’s people. Thank you so very much for your kindness and willing heart of help.”

Following is a video link to a message on this issue from RUAP President Mr Nalliah.

https://youtu.be/GfzN8lWyNzg

This morning we spoke with the offices of Government Ministers Peter Dutton (Immigration Minister) & Scott Morrison (Minister for Resettlement, etc.) and they were very interested in our plan to house these refugees. They were also very appreciative of the initiative taken.

We hope the media will run this article and challenge more churches and people to come forward to help these severely persecuted minorities (Christian communities) wanting to flee Syria & Iraq from the wrath of ISIS.

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Megachurch Trend Sees Global Growth: World’s Largest Congregations Are Now in Africa and Asia

July 25, 2015 – Beatrice Gitau – Christian Science Monitor

While the United States may have started the trend of megachuches, a new study shows that the future of super-size congregations lies abroad.

A survey by the Leadership Network, a Christian nonprofit organization, reveals that the world’s biggest churches are not in the United States, but in Asia and Africa.

For example, the world’s largest megachurch, Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea has an attendance of 480,000 people. India is now home to more Christians than at any time in its history.

According to a list compiled by the Leadership Network, attendance is high in western and eastern Africa, and at least 25 of Africa’s megachurches are in Nigeria. Lagos, the capital, ranks second in the world after Seoul, with a combined weekly attendance of 346,500 people.

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