Six Christians killed in Nigeria's Benue state
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday July 16 killed six Christians in Benue state, Nigeria, the latest of 37 Christians slain the past three weeks in the state, sources said.
Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Evil In Nigeria.
The Evil In The Hearts of So Many Leftists. Let Us Never Forget - Hitler Was Actually A Leftist Nationalist!
Lib Dem councillor suggests he would gas anti-Ulez campaigners.
Michael Tarling says he would ‘happily fill the room with carbon monoxide’ in response to post about meeting against new zone
A Liberal Democrat councillor suggested that anti-Ulez campaigners should be gassed with carbon monoxide in a social media post denounced as offensive.
Michael Tarling, a councillor for Christchurch, in Dorset, said on Twitter that he would “happily fill the room with carbon monoxide” in response to a photograph showing a church hall where a meeting against an ultra-low emission zone charge being introduced in Edinburgh was to be held.
Mr Tarling, a chartered construction consultant who once appeared in pantomime, posted his reply on Friday morning.
The Lib Dem leadership has decided not to suspend him, preferring instead to send him on an awareness training course. A party spokesman said: “Michael has apologised for his comments and has agreed to take on the appropriate awareness training.”
The councillor’s account was quickly suspended by Twitter for violating its rules in a move welcomed by several of the social media platform’s users.
One user wrote: “Thankfully, @MichaeljTarling appears to have had his account suspended after a spot of hate speech. Tarling has let his party down [LibDems]. Tarling was apparently happy to fill a room of #Together supporters with carbon monoxide.”
Alan Miller, the founder of the #Together group, which organised the Edinburgh meeting, wrote: “Rather than smears, open debate what’s needed. Neither Liberal nor Democratic it seems.”
#Together opposes the introduction of Ulez charges anywhere in the country, claiming a ban on older diesel cars has no “measurable health benefits” and limits people’s freedoms and ability to earn a living.
In his Christchurch council biography, Mr Tarling is described as having “a keen interest in the environment and sciences”.
He is a member of Discover Science Christchurch, a group of scientists and engineers hoping to open a new science attraction in the town, and says he “is proud to have appeared as the Genie of the Lamp in panto a few years ago”.
Earlier this year, Mr Tarling was instrumental in pushing through plans to introduce 20mph speed limits across Christchurch.
He did not respond to requests for comment. DT.
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Valid Reasons To Lock Down Churches Listed.
Here Is A List Of All Valid Reasons To Lock Down Churches.
Brought to you by: The Essential Church
We've come a long way since the crazy days of COVID-19 lockdowns, haven't we? And yet, it still seems like yesterday when the government was telling churches across the country they had to close their doors, leaving millions of believers without a group of brothers and sisters to join. And that was just for a pandemic! What about other reasons to shut down churches?
The Babylon Bee has compiled the following thoughtful list of valid reasons to lock down churches:
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Was This Not A Sacking Offence?
Bank of England boss refused to stop 'political cleansing' of Brexiteer accounts.
Leading Brexiteers and friends of Nigel Farage have revealed that Barclays closed their bank accounts in 2018 because of their support for Leave but Andrew Bailey refused to intervene.
Two Big Hits From Melanie.
The racial indoctrination of Britain's primary schoolchildren.
Schools are pushing radical propaganda provided by outside sources with an agenda
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The Times (£) reports today that thousands of British schools are indoctrinating children as young as five with prejudice against white people in the name of “anti-racism”.
Educational tools provided by The Key, described on its website as “the leading provider of support for schools and trusts…equipping them with highly accurate, expertly synthesised and context-rich resources, guidance and CPD [Continuing Professional Development]”, promulgate “critical race theory” which holds that white society is intrinsically prejudiced against dark-skinned people.
The Times reports:
In one document, “How to talk to pupils about racism”, teachers are told their pupils are “never too young” to talk about it and directed to a US infographic which states that white five-year-olds are “strongly biased in favour of whiteness” compared with their black and “Latinx” (Latino) classmates, who show no preference towards their own groups…
In separate guidance on dealing with the issue of “white privilege” in a whole-school setting, teachers are told to adapt the way they speak to disadvantaged students who are white but do not feel privileged.
It says that some pupils “may not accept” that they have privilege because of their skin colour and may become “defensive” because they belong to another marginalised group. If challenged by those who say “but I’m gay, poor, female”, teachers are told that this “doesn’t erase their white identity”.
The Key also provides tools including a “whole-school anti-racism audit” and a curriculum review guide to help staff “decolonise” lesson plans and school trips, and diversify recruitment.
In history lessons, teachers are told to avoid teaching “white saviour narratives” by focusing lessons on slavery around white abolitionists such as William Wilberforce. Music lessons should aim for at least 50 per cent of the musicians or composers in the curriculum to be from an ethnic minority background.
It’s shocking to learn once again how schools are promoting propaganda rather than education. The Key’s activities have been brought to light by the pressure group Don’t Divide US, which campaigns against the promotion in schools of radical ideas about race, sex and gender and has found dozens of examples of such indoctrination tools being provided to schools by outside bodies and interest groups.
As I myself wrote in The Times (£) in June, a report by Professor Eric Kaufmann for Policy Exchange published earlier this year revealed that 59 per cent of school leavers said they were explicitly taught, or at least had heard from an adult at school, about “white privilege”, “unconscious bias” or “systemic racism”.
This rose to 73 per cent if included in this were ideas of the “patriarchy” or that there were many genders. Two thirds of young people taught such concepts said they weren’t told that there were respectable counter-arguments to these ideas. They were being taught, wrote Kaufmann, that these radical-left ideas were truth.
As Don’t Divide Us has written:
Unproven assertions about race, gender and sex are being introduced into schools by activist influenced groups who are more concerned with promoting political interests than in educating the next generation.
Schools have a duty under the 1996 Education Act to teach impartially and in ways that are compatible with the values of parents. This has wide support: 69% of parents polled for our report agreed that schools should teach in an impartial way. Critical Social Justice (CSJ) – whether the focus is race, sex or gender – is a politically partisan ideology that goes against majority norms and beliefs on these issues and condemns alternative views as being ‘part of the problem’. CSJ dismisses impartiality and objectivity as a political ruse rather than something essential for education.
As an ideological creed CSJ is not suited to promoting positive child development. Introducing radical ideas about race, sex and gender within schools can cause confusion and anxiety. These radical claims disrupt children’s psychological and emotional world in order to normalise a one-sided, pessimistic and anxiety-inducing world-view where there is nothing but oppressive relations of power.
At the education select committee last December the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, was pressed on these matters by Tory MP Miriam Cates. Yet Keegan dismissed such concerns, questioned whether this was indeed “indoctrination” and waffled about transparency, the “wider debate” and the need to “navigate” such issues.
It’s even more shocking that an education minister can be so indifferent to this hijack of education by propaganda and the systematic twisting and closing of children’s minds in the very places where there’s a duty to open them to the disinterested pursuit of knowledge and truth.
And this is taking place under a Conservative government. What in heaven’s name is wrong with these people?
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Tuesday, August 01, 2023
Appalling Sentencing. Out of Prison In Just Over A Year??
Paul McSharry, 46, has been jailed after attacking his wife Carolyn at their home in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, over a 'petty nothingness of irritation' when she fell asleep as they watched a film. Mail.
This Blogger Now Boycotts Costa - Please Join Me.
The UK's largest coffee chain defended its use of the image to promote 'inclusivity and diversity' but was branded 'crass and irresponsible' and 'absolutely bonkers' - and there were calls for a boycott of the company on social media. The image, depicting an androgynous-looking character wearing long shorts with scars below each nipple, is taken from a mural designed by the chain for Brighton and Hove Pride last year. Use of the image on a mobile coffee van used at events around the country was condemned by feminist campaigners and people who had breasts removed due to cancer. Feminist writer Julie Bindel (inset), who is concerned about the impact of trans activism on 'vulnerable' girls and young women, said: 'I remember stories about when a woman was thrown out of a Costa shop (in 2018) because she was discreetly breastfeeding. Are we not allowed to breast feed but you are allowed to celebrate a woman having breasts removed for reasons of social contagion and vanity? It's absolutely bonkers.' Mail.
A Terrific Test Win To Level The Series But The Ashes Lost Because ...
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Declaring too early in the 1st innings at Edgbaston cost England. The game might well have been a win or draw. Then England would have won the series 2-1.
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Prepare. The End Is More 'Nigh' Than Ever Before!
David Jeremiah shares how Christians should prepare for the End Times: ‘Ignore it at your own peril’ (part 2)
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor
David Jeremiah | The Christian PostORLANDO — Respected pastor and author David Jeremiah addressed how Christians should be preparing spiritually for the End Times — and warned that those who ignore the reality of Christ’s imminent return do so at “their own peril.”
In a sit-down interview with The Christian Post, the 82-year-old founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, Jeremiah urged Christians to be “ready” for the return of Christ.
“There’s no excuse for us, if we read the Bible, to be surprised. Because the Bible tells us that this is going to happen,” The World of the End author said. “He talks about the upheaval in the world that's going to take place before the Lord returns. There’s no sign of the return of Christ and the rapture, but there certainly is a prediction of the kind of season it's going to be, and I think we're living in that season right now. I believe that Christians really need to stay glued to the Scripture and not get too far away from the truth because it's pretty precarious right now.”
Jeremiah, who frequently discusses biblical prophecies regarding the End Times in his sermons and writing, stressed that the rapture is a “signless event."
However, there are some signs outlined in the Bible that point to the tumultuous season ahead of Christ's return including the prevalence of deceitfulness, wars, and rumours of wars as well as the recent global pandemic, he said.
“The Bible says, ‘Be careful that no man deceives you.’ Well, we live in a time when the truth is almost gone, and nobody knows what to do with that,” he said. “And then the Bible talks about wars and rumours of wars and all kinds of sickness and pestilence, and we just went through the COVID experience. It's the first worldwide pandemic that I've ever been a part of, and maybe the first one that was totally worldwide.”
“Those things get your attention, and we read about those in the Bible,” he said. “And when you start seeing some of those things happening in the world where you live, you should sit up and take notice.”
A November 2022 Pew research study found that nearly two in five Americans, including both Christians and the religiously unaffiliated, responded affirmatively when asked if they believe "we are living in the End Times.” Those who believe so include those who believe Jesus will return to Earth someday and global events will worsen until then (14%), and the others who believe these are the End Times (25%).
The pastor addressed the challenge of discerning true biblical prophecy from false teachings about the End Times. He warned against those who predict specific dates for Christ's return, as the Bible clearly states that no one knows the day or hour. He encouraged Christians to exercise caution and distance themselves from such claims.
“The Bible never predicts the date,” he stressed. “The first thing you should do is if you hear somebody say He's coming back, and they start saying dates, you should walk away because that's not the truth.”
Still, he warned against ignoring the reality of the rapture and the End Times, urging Christians to embrace the truth and live with a sense of readiness. He stressed that ignoring the End Times robs Christians of the right to share its truth with others.
“You can ignore it all you want to, it’s going to happen anyway,” he said. “If you do what I do, you meet a lot of people who think that because they don't believe it, that makes it untrue. Well, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, it's true anyway, and you better wake up to it. Because if you don't, one day, you're going to experience it. … You can ignore it if you want to, but it's you do it at your own peril.”
The pastor weighed in on some common misconceptions about End Times, clarifying the distinction between The rapture and the Second Advent and cautioning against the confusion of these two events.
The Second Advent refers to Jesus' glorious return to Earth, where He establishes His Kingdom after winning the war of Armageddon, he said, adding: “That’s not the rapture.” He emphasized that the rapture occurs before the tribulation, offering believers the blessed hope of being spared from the trials to come.
“The biggest problem people have with prophecy is they confuse those two events. And if you do that, it then won't make any sense, he said.
The New York Times bestselling author challenged believers to share the urgency of the Gospel and live lives marked by preparedness, eagerly awaiting the return of Christ.
He shared how preaching on the rapture has led people to convert and seek salvation: “People have been converted; people have gotten saved in every service,” he said. “They come forward and what they say is, ‘I don't want to miss this, pastor, I want to become a Christian.’ The rapture and the coming again of Christ is strong motivation to get your life right.”
“That's the way we should live our lives as believers. We shouldn't say, ‘Oh, I think Christ is coming next week. I better hurry up and get ready.’ We're supposed to live our lives always ready, always waiting, always watching, always working because Jesus Christ is coming back.”
Leah M. Klett is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: leah.klett@christianpost.com
Tragic Accident.
Community mourns after pastor is fatally struck by police car.
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter
Tommie Jackson, a pastor at Rehoboth Fellowship Church and Faith Tabernacle Church in Stamford, Conn., and an assistant director of the city's Urban Redevelopment Commission died after he was hit while crossing the street by a vehicle being driven by a local police officer. | Screenshot/Facebook/Rehoboth StamfordA Connecticut community is grieving after Tommie Jackson, a beloved pastor at Rehoboth Fellowship Church and Faith Tabernacle Church in Stamford, who also served as an assistant director of the city's Urban Redevelopment Commission was killed after he was hit while crossing the street by a vehicle being driven by a local police officer Wednesday.
Chinese Whispers? - Not In This Case.
Chinese Whispers?
Critics of the Gospels sometimes declare that they believe that the time between the death of Jesus (appx. 33 A.D.) and the date of the actual writing of the Gospels (appx. between 60 A.D. - 90 A.D.) allowed time for exaggeration and elaboration to creep in. Critics will say it is something like Chinese whispers. One person says one which in turn is passed on to someone else. They in turn pass this on to another and more elaboration is added on, and so on and so fourth. The end result is that the original story has been greatly changed. Is there any weight to this argument? A look at some of the evidences in support of the reliability of the Gospel texts show that there are actually many very good reasons for believing them to be accurate representations of the life of Jesus just as it happened.
- During the period when the Gospel writers wrote their accounts many eyewitnesses would still have been alive and would have objected if the Gospels were exaggerated in some way. This would be something like a group of people trying to fictionalise a whole series of events that happened during World War II. There are too many people still living who would be able to challenge inaccuracies.
- Similarly, as with the second world war the events that occurred were striking and significant, making long lasting impressions upon the minds of the people who went through the experience. This is even more so with the Gospels. The things that Jesus said and did would have had powerful impact and long lasting impression upon the memories of those who witnessed the events. The culture of Jesus' day held to `oral tradition'. People spent much time and effort in memorizing texts. Michael Green observes that many Jews memorized the whole Pentateuch and that there were Greeks who could recite large portions of Homer's Iliad (The Truth of God Incarnate, p. 124).
- As the Jews were expecting a political leader rather than a miracle worker, it would not have helped the disciples cause to present Jesus as a miracle worker.
- Other non-Christian historical sources verify some of the people and events described in the Gospels. For example: Thallus
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Josephus - If the disciples fabricated the stories of Jesus then why did they include material that could have been potentially embarrassing to the Church? Surely, if these stories had been changed as time went on they would have omitted such sections in the Gospels. Examples of these are: Peter's denial of Christ, Jesus' apparent difficulty in healing a blind man, many disciples deserting Jesus because of His hard teachings, His family believing He was out of His mind, being unable to do miracles in His home town because of people's lack of faith in Him, etc. Even the crucifixion itself was a difficult thing for the Christians. It would have been easier for them to have left this out rather than keep it in the Gospels had they been fabricated. Crucifixion in the ancient world was for slaves and criminals. Consequently, the early Christians had difficulty in presenting this message to people who were familiar with it. It would have been far easier to have left all this out had they made the stories up.
- If the disciples fabricated the stories of Jesus then why did they include material that was an issue to them? The early Church faced many difficulties regarding doctrine and Church order. Examples of these are: circumcision, speaking in tongues and spiritual gifts, divorcing when deserted by an unbelieving spouse, meat offered to idols, etc. If the early Church had fabricated the life of Jesus they would have had a golden opportunity to add their own solutions to these difficult problems, but, as the Gospels stand, there is no record of these issues being tackled.
- Why should anyone assume that the Gospels are fabricated? We do not do this with other historical documents, so why the Gospels? Paul Copan points out in his book, "True for You But Not For Me", that we listen to what someone says as being factual and truthful and only have cause to doubt them if something arouses our suspicions. Historians approach ancient documents this way and take an `innocent until proven guilty' approach. Interestingly, it is most often the case that historians are more likely to accept the Gospels as basically true and reliable documents whereas liberal scholars, who are not experts as historians, are more likely to approach the Gospels with an already presupposed scepticism.
- If the Gospels had been fabricated by Jesus' disciples why did they put such high demands on themselves by putting their own words and concepts into the mouth of Jesus? Surely, if the disciples themselves were responsible for putting their own words into Jesus' mouth they would have allowed themselves more freedom for their own ends.
- Gospels based on earlier written accounts: "undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word" (Lk.1:1-2).
- The Gospels are all set in an historical, geographical, cultural, religious, and political context, and reflect this in their contents.
Far Too Late, Rishi But A Good Call.
Rishi Sunak declares war on Just Stop Oil and Labour by vowing to approve hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licences.
- PM said move vital to avoid the UK being beholden to 'dictators' like Putin
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