Yes and Please Pray Too For Sudan.

 Christians call on British government to help end Sudan war.

Christians call on British government to help end Sudan war Staff writer Sudan has been in a state of civil war for most of its post-independence history.

Sudan has been in a state of civil war for most of its post-independence history.

The End of The Road For Socialist Governments in Spain?

 A survey in Spain found some 80.5 percent of individuals aged 17 – 25 reject the socialist government’s mass amnesty plans for half a million illegal migrants, the digital newspaper El Español reported on Sunday.

Un 67% de españoles y un 80% de los jóvenes se opone a la regularización... El 72% cree que producirá un efecto llamada y el 74% que tenía que haber sido pactada con el PP y la UE. Atribuy...

The survey was conducted by the polling and research firm SocioMétrica for El Español between April 15 and 18 — the same week that the socialist government led by Prime Minster Pedro Sánchez began its mass amnesty process to benefit 500,000 illegal migrants in Spain with legal residence and work permits.

Spain Begins Mass Amnesty Process for 500k Illegal Migrants Christian K. Caruzo Spain's socialist government officially started the process to grant mass amnesty to half a million illegal migr...

The Spanish government launched the highly criticized amnesty process despite a fierce rejection from the nation’s population and parliament.

Demoralised But NOT Apathetic.

Young men are demoralised, not apathetic, says report.

Young men are demoralised, not apathetic, says report Obianuju Mbah A new report is challenging familiar assumptions about the struggles facing young men, arguing that the problem ...

https://www.christiantoday.com/news/young-men-are-demoralised-not-apathetic-says-report

Birdie.

 

Walking By Faith.

Can Anybody Possibly Be Surprised?

Green Party Supporters Least Tolerant of Other People’s Opinions, Research Finds.

Green Party voters and the highly educated are those most likely to say they feel intolerant of other people’s opinions, research in Germany shows.

Oliver JJ Lane

Oliver JJ Lane, Author at Breitbart Oliver JJ Lane, Author at Breitbart

18 Apr 2026.

Be Aware.

 SongBird Survival.

 

From:dawn-chorus@songbird-survival.org.uk

Tue 21 Apr at 16:32

Toxic pesticides from pet treatments contaminating songbirds in UK gardens Hi, Many of us use spot-on flea and tick treatments for our dogs and cats every month without really thinking about what’s in them. But a number of these products contain pesticides that are banned for agricultural use as they are considered too toxic. New research, funded by SongBird Survival and published today by the University of Sussex, has found these pesticides - fipronil and imidacloprid, ingredients in products such as Frontline and Advocate - in bird feathers, eggs and chicks. One study found them both in the feathers of five common garden songbirds: blackbirds, blue tits, chaffinches, dunnocks and goldfinches. The second study revealed the pesticides can transfer from contaminated fur-lined nests, sadly being found in dead chicks and unhatched eggs. Read more Research also continues to show widespread contamination of waterways with these pesticides, far beyond the pets they were designed to protect. Pet owners should be able to trust that the products they use protect their pets without impacting the wider environment. That’s why, together with conservation organisations Buglife and WildFish, we’ve coordinated a letter to government, signed by over 30 scientists and conservation groups, including the RSPB, the Wildlife Trusts, BTO, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace calling for urgent action.   Read the open letter UK Government ministers are currently investigating whether these products, which can currently be sold anywhere and do not require any professional advice from vets or suitably qualified persons on their use, should be restricted to distribution only by veterinary practitioners or pharmacists. We are urging the government to move them to prescription-only. This would ensure vets provide tailored advice for each pet, and unnecessary use is reduced. What you can do right now to protect pets and save songbirds Don’t put fur outside if you treat your pets for fleas and ticks Check the product label for usage instructions Speak to your vet and get advice tailored to your pet Veterinary medicines are vital for protecting animal welfare and human health. The more people understand the issue, the more people can help protect pets AND save songbirds. Get involved in protecting songbirds from toxic pesticides. Sign up to support urgent action, receive practical advice, and help us push for safer regulation. Sign up to the campaign With best wishes, Emma Phipps, Scientific Research and Impact Manager, SongBird Survival

ADF UK.

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Bible App.

 YouVersion's Bible app sees record engagement over Easter.

YouVersion, the company behind the world’s most popular Bible app, has said that this Easter saw its highest level of engagement with scripture ever recorded.

CT.

Renewal.

Phew. Wow. Super!

 If God is all-knowing, how can man have free will?

By Sam Jones

, Op-ed contributor Sunday, April 19, 2026

If God knows everything you’re going to do, can you still be free?

It’s one of the oldest questions in philosophy. For centuries, theologians and skeptics alike have wrestled with the tension between divine foreknowledge and human freedom. If God already knows every decision you will make, are your decisions real? Or is the future already written — unchangeable, mechanical, and determined?

For many, this leads to a fatalistic view of history: that every action, every thought, every choice is merely the outworking of a divine decree. Foreknowledge, they assume, demands determinism. But that only seems true if you start with a false assumption about time and an impoverished view of God.

The dilemma collapses when you stop imagining God as a cosmic spectator watching a chronological timeline unfold. Because the God of the Bible is not bound by time — time is bound by Him.

The problem lies not in foreknowledge itself, but in our insistence on mapping God’s knowledge onto human temporality. We picture God like a being ahead of us on the timeline, peeking around the corner to see what we’ll do. But God is not ahead of us in time — He is outside of time, or better put, time is inside of God. He is not watching history like a surveillance reel. Time is not His limit. It’s His creation.

Foreknowledge doesn’t demand determinism when the Foreknower is not trapped inside the system. If time exists within God — rather than God existing within time — then His knowledge of the future does not erase our agency. He does not cause our choices simply by knowing them. He sees the whole canvas, but we are still brushing the strokes.

This is not merely philosophical — it is thoroughly biblical. Romans 8:29–30 reveals a divine sequence that cannot be ignored: “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover, whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.”

The order is clear:

1. Foreknowledge
2. Predestination
3. Calling
4. Justification
5. Glorification

This is not just theological trappings — it is divine logic. As Pastor Cary Gordon succinctly puts it: “God’s powers of predestination operate according to His foreknowledge. God’s foreknowledge does not operate subject to His powers of predestination.”

To reverse that order — to make God’s knowing dependent on His decreeing — is to collapse moral agency into mechanical fate and reduce the sovereignty of God to a caricature of control. But Scripture is not vague. It presents foreknowledge as the fountainhead from which God’s redemptive plan flows.

This is especially evident in Scripture’s treatment of redemptive history. The Bible does not treat time as a flat, forward-marching progression. It presents a view of time centered not on chronology, but on redemption. The cross of Christ is not merely an event within time — it is the axis of divine purpose. It is the center point of a redemptive structure that extends forward and backward.

Even in the act of judgment, God anchors time in redemption. As He cursed the serpent in Genesis 3, He declared: “He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” This wasn’t just prophecy — it was the planting of a redemptive timeline. God wasn’t merely observing history from start to finish; He was initiating a story that flows from the cross outward.

Abraham, Moses, and the saints of old were saved by looking ahead to the cross, just as we are saved by looking back. God’s redemptive time flows from the center of His redeeming work, not from the beginning of the universe. This means salvation — and therefore moral agency — is not bound to the clock but to covenant. It isn’t determined by sequence, but by submission. Time in God’s story is teleological, not mechanical — it moves toward purpose, not fate.

When we understand time as teleological and not mechanical, we soon realize that time flows strongest from the cross and empty tomb. This is how we can obey Ephesians 5:16: “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Time can be redeemed when we place redemptive purpose within it. When we ignore the redemptive purpose of time, it certainly does become mechanical, unfolding our eternity toward Hell. But that isn’t the purpose of time. Time is not merely something that moves us forward — it reveals the redemptive work of God.

And here’s where the Scriptures go further than most philosophers dare. While God is omniscient, the Bible plainly records moments where God speaks as if learning, responding, or waiting. In Genesis 18, He says, “I will go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry.” In Genesis 22, after Abraham’s obedience, God says, “Now I know that you fear God.”

These phrases are not divine gaps in God’s all-knowing nature. They are divine decisions to engage relationally within time. They reveal that omniscience is not surveillance. God’s power is not diminished by His restraint. He may choose not to know certain details in order to test, reveal, and relate without violating the moral agency of His creatures.

What the Bible is teaching is that God is so sovereign that even His knowledge is under His command. He governs His omniscience. He is self-sovereign in every area. God knows the end from the beginning.

Consider that a fruit of the Spirit is self-control. Self-control, simply put, is sovereignty over one’s being. We are to be able to bridle ourselves. God is not lopsided in His attributes; rather, He is all of them all at once. This means that His love is a just love and likewise His justice is a loving justice. This is true of His omniscience and sovereignty as well — they are relational, redemptive, and transcendent.

This understanding safeguards what both the Bible and your own soul already testify: that your choices matter. You are not a puppet in a pre-written play. You are a moral agent acting in real time, accountable to the One who both sees and judges. And that God — infinitely wise, infinitely good — can foreknow the end without forcing your decisions.

His knowing is not your undoing. It is the backdrop against which your freedom gains its value.

God’s sovereignty doesn’t cancel agency. It elevates it. And His foreknowledge does not nullify your choice. It gives it eternal weight. More than this, though, God’s foreknowledge and sovereignty are elevated in the presence of our legitimate moral agency. We do not elevate God — rather, it is His design and redemptive purpose that show off the pinnacle of His sovereignty.

Because while He knows the end from the beginning, He still says, “Choose this day whom you will serve.” And that choice isn’t a figment of your imagination. It is the weight of eternal destiny.

Pastor Sam Jones serves Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Humboldt, IA as Senior Pastor. He married the love of his life, Sarah, in 2013; they have two sons, Thomas and Henry. He is most known for his teachings on the 4 spheres of delegated government and for being a voice for the pre-born. 

In addition to his Pastoral schedule, Pastor Sam is an avid podcaster and has been known to dabble in radio as well. His political commentary has appeared in dozens of news outlets across the country including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and The Iowa Standard. 

Pastor Sam is the author of 5 Steps to Kill a Nation. He is also a co-author of Social Injustice, Church and State, and Enemies Within the Church Bible Study.

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