Washing Egypt With the Word of God: “Incredible Things Are Happening” in the Country These Days

Nicole James : Aug 26, 2015 : Operation Mobilization

(Egypt)—Ali*, a local worker, has one goal for his life: to wash Egypt with the Word of God. Before 2017, he hopes to distribute two million Bibles to Egyptian Muslims. He hands out Bibles by the carton-full, according to team leader Jared*.

“Ali is not afraid, in any situation, to offer a Bible as a gift,” Jared said. Often, when one family member receives a Bible, other relatives come back to ask for their own copy.

A couple of times a year, Ali and Ibrahim*, another Operation Mobilization (OM) worker, partner with a local ministry. In a courtyard, event volunteers set up displays of used clothing to sell. When a local leaves the event, they receive a Bible.

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Global Anti-Semitism Now Has a Leader

10th Sept 2015 – Ben Cohen – Senior Editor at The Tower Magazine, New York-based writer on international affairs.

His name is Ali Khamenei, and he has a lot to say about Jews. With the return of Iran to the world scene, he will emerge as the symbol of hate like never before.

At the height of negotiations with the Iranian regime over its nuclear program, Western advocates of a deal found themselves rationalizing the Islamic Republic’s uncompromising belligerence towards Israel. They did so as part of their bid to persuade a skeptical public that the mullahs would honor their agreements. Thus was born the “domestic consumption” theory of Iran’s internal politics, advanced by, among others, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

In a conversation with The Atlantic, Kerry acknowledged Iran’s “fundamental ideological confrontation” with Israel, but wondered aloud whether the regime was materially committed to the goal of eliminating the Jewish state.

One month after the signing of the Iran nuclear deal, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond made a similar observation on a visit to Tehran for the reopening of the British Embassy. “We’ve got to distinguish between revolutionary sloganizing and what Iran actually does in the conduct of its foreign policy,” Hammond told the BBC. “We’ve got to, as we do with quite a number of countries, distinguish the internal political consumption rhetoric from the reality of the way they conduct their foreign policy.”

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Baptist Evangelizer of Muslims in America Says Greatest Challenge Is Christians Are Afraid to Witness

By Michael Gryboski , Christian Post Reporter – July 17, 2015

Raouf Ghattas, pastor and founder of Arabic Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

A Baptist pastor in Tennessee whose young congregation is focused on evangelizing the state’s growing Islamic community has stated that the great obstacle to evangelizing Muslims is the American Church’s apathy on the matter.

Raouf Ghattas, founder and pastor of the Arabic Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, has sought to evangelize among the city’s growing Muslim population.

“Many are apathetic, afraid, or just not sure how to approach a Muslim in witness. We work to train churches and individuals in how to reach out to Muslims, but they still have to be the ones to be active,” said Ghattas to The Christian Post on Friday.

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11 Dhimma rules that Christians must obey in the Islamic State

September 7, 2015 – by Robert Spencer

Zee News begins this story with this assertion: “After massacring hundreds and thousands of Christians, the Islamic State rulers have now decided to allow them the right to live, provided they sign ‘Dhimma’ contract, follow its 11 strict rules, and pay Jizyah tax.”

That sentence gives the impression that the Islamic State had originally intended to kill all the Christians, and has now changed its mind and is letting some of them live. That is not the case. The Islamic State offered dhimmitude, the state of subjugation under the rule of Islamic law, to the Christians from the beginning, demanding from them the jizya soon after conquering the territories where they lived. But at that time the Christians refused or fled the area, making them, in the eyes of the Islamic State, kuffar harbi, Infidels at war with Islam, who according to Islamic law should be killed.

The Christians who remained in Islamic State domains, however, and were not refusing the Islamic State’s demands, were able to take on dhimmi status. These rules listed below are not inventions of the Islamic State. They are as old as the concept of dhimmitude itself. Compare the Islamic State’s rules to the rules for dhimmis enunciated in Umdat al-Salik (Reliance of the Traveller), a classic manual of Islamic law:

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No Matter their Reasons at First, Hundreds of Muslims Are Turning to Christ in Germany

News Staff : Sep 8, 2015 : CBN News

“I invite these people in because I think that coming here does change people, despite their original motivation for doing so.”

[CBN News] In Germany, hundreds of Muslim refugees are turning to Christ at a Berlin church. (Screengrab via CBN News)

The Evangelical Trinity Church has swelled from 150 to 600 members in just two years, and many are Muslims fleeing Iran and Afghanistan.

Mohammed Ali Zonoobi, an Iranian asylum seeker, was recently baptized.

“I feel like I am born again”, he sobbed.

Many of the refugees are seeking asylum in Germany and converting to Christianity can increase their chances of staying. If they’re sent home, converts can be persecuted—even put to death—for leaving Islam.

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Iraqi Authorities Document Christian Persecution for the First Time

Jeremy Reynalds : Sep 2, 2015 : ASSIST News

A Christian member of Iraq’s parliament, Imad Youkhana, issued a statement on July 9 calling for greater protections for the country’s Christian population.

(Baghdad, Iraq)—[ANS] Christian persecution in Iraq is being officially documented for the first time under orders of the country’s government.

Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi has authorized the establishment of a committee that will work to end the ongoing abuses against Christians that have escalated since the rise of Islamic State.

Quoting a story by Fides News Agency, Christian Today (CT) reporter Carey Lodge said the heads of the committee have already met with Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael I to collect data, and will carry out a census of the homes and properties illegally seized from Christians.

NGO Baghdad Beituna (Baghdad Our Home) estimates that there have been more than 7,000 violations against properties belonging to Iraqi Christians in the city since 2003.

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At a Berlin church, Muslim refugees converting in droves

By Kirsten Grieshaber September 5, 2015 BERLIN (AP) — Mohammed Ali Zonoobi bends his head as the priest pours holy water over his black hair. “Will you break away from…

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Donald Trump Condemns ‘Great Assault on Christianity,’ Vows to Fight ‘War on Christmas’ if Elected

Leah Marieann Klett : Aug 26, 2015 : Gospel Herald

“There’s an assault on anything having to do with Christianity…” -Donald Trump

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump recently defended his Christian faith and condemned the “great assault on Christianity,” vowing to fight the “war on Christmas” if he is elected.

“There’s an assault on anything having to do with Christianity,” Trump said on Yellowhammer Radio with Cliff Sims on Friday. “They don’t want to use the word Christmas anymore at department stores.”

“There’s always lawsuits and unfortunately a lot of those lawsuits are won by the other side,” the controversial businessman continued. “I will assault that. I will go so strongly against so many of the things, when they take away the word Christmas.”

In continuing his comments, Trump charged that he goes out of his way to use the word “Christmas.”

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Journalism at its lowest (Youtube video by Ps Daniel) / Pro-Life March in Melbourne / Encouraging email from Ps Ruth Webb after Bendigo rally

Dear friends & family in Christ,

1) Please watch and share the above video by Ps Daniel, titled ‘Journalism at its lowest’.

It is sickening and sad to see the media lie and distort the truth to sell its own agenda. Journalism is supposed to be un-bias?? In this video Ps Daniel is calling on the general public to rise up and protest by calling or writing to all media outlets against the wrongful reporting of the10/10 Anti Islam Rally in Bendigo.

2) In Melbourne a team of intercessors from CTFM went to the Victorian Parliament steps, the location of the Pro-Life March.  They worshipped, praised the Lord and blew their shofars declaring God’s victory.

I was told, by many who attended the Pro-Life March from our church that there was hardly any opposition at all. Only around 10 pro-abortionists, but they too had just disappeared.

Praise God that praise and worship to our King of kings is very powerful!

We thank God for His hand at work!

3) Following is an encouraging email received from Ps Ruth Webb in Bendigo after the rally.

“After you had the Scripture 2 Chronicles 20 about the worshippers going ahead of the army, a couple of groups  prayed at the crossroad of the Red ribbon Rebellion site on Thursday.

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God’s hand of prophetic destiny and protection on Bendigo rally (with uncut video footage) / Ps Daniel on SBS & Channel 7

Dear family & friends in Christ,

The anti-Islam rally saw Gods amazing hand of protection, peace and prophetic significance. More than 1000 people attended the rally, with a group of around 150-200 protesting against us.

I was asked by several people whether I was doing the right thing by speaking at this rally and I responded that I felt a real sense of peace, as did my wife.

However, I was asking the Lord for a word to confirm that it was His will for me to speak at the rally.

Four days before the rally in the early hours of the morning when I was praying I felt led to read 2 Chronicles Ch 20 and there was the confirmation. Please read this chapter.

When three countries came together to attack King Jehoshaphat in Israel, he cried out to the Lord for an answer with all of his people.

God spoke through His prophet and said, this battle belongs to Me, you don’t have to fight. I want you to take your stand. Send the worshippers before you to prepare the place and see what I will do.

So, he did exactly what God told him to do. As the worshippers worshiped, the enemy armies got confused and fought each other. By the time Israel came, there was no one to fight as they were all dead.

So, I immediately called a couple of pastors in Bendigo and asked them whether they could go and pray at the location, worship and blow the shofars.

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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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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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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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