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Israel-Hamas War: Ukrainian Jews 'Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire'
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- By Slavic Gospel Association (SGA)
Local church leader says terrifying rocket attacks 'interrupt efforts to share Gospel'
LOVES PARK, Ill. -- Jewish Christians, including refugees from war-torn Ukraine, continue to brave rocket attacks to deliver aid and hope door-to-door on the frontline of the Israel-Hamas war.
Israel is home to roughly 40% of Jews from the former Soviet Union, who make up more than 15% of the entire Israeli population.
They include Ukrainian Jews who recently completed Aliyah — immigration to Israel — only to find themselves "out of the frying pan and into the fire," according to Illinois-based mission organization Slavic Gospel Association (SGA, www.sga.org).
One Ukrainian family being helped by SGA-supported local church workers only just moved to Israel from their war-torn homeland. After enduring heavy bombing day after day in Ukraine, they thought they'd escaped war — only to find themselves suddenly in the middle of Israel's deadly conflict.
GFA World Responds to Devastating Nepal Earthquake
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- By Christian Newswire
More than 150 killed; local church teams scramble to aid survivors
WILLS POINT, Texas -- A U.S.-based global mission agency says several of its partner churches were left "broken" by a devastating earthquake that struck remote Western Nepal Nov. 3, killing more than 150 people.
"We have also lost cherished members of our church family in this heart-wrenching tragedy," said K.P. Yohannan (Metropolitan Yohan), founder of Texas-based GFA World (www.gfa.org). "Our prayers are with all the affected families, and we share in their grief during this most challenging time."
EXCLUSIVE: Israeli Recounts CHILLING Oct. 7 Survival Story From Hamas Terrorists
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On The Rosenberg Report, host Joel Rosenberg sits down with Israeli journalist Amir Tibon who shares his family's incredible survival story from Hamas terrorist invaders on October 7th, 2023. Don't miss this powerful testimony of God's miraculous protection over Tibon and Israel on The Rosenberg Report on TBN!
Israel-Hamas War: Russian-Speaking Jewish Christians Rush Aid to War Victims
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- By Christian Newswire
Local evangelical churches distribute groceries, hot meals to hundreds of traumatized Israeli families
LOVES PARK, Ill.-- Jewish Christians in Israel, including Russian-speaking immigrants who’ve fled the war in Ukraine, are delivering aid to traumatized Israeli families, even as rockets continue to rain down.
Hamas continues to fire rockets at the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, where many frightened families are huddled in bomb shelters.
Partnering with Illinois-based Slavic Gospel Association (SGA, www.sga.org), members of local Russian-speaking evangelical churches in Israel are distributing free groceries and serving hundreds of hot meals daily to overwhelmed Israelis.
They began providing aid within hours of the first wave of attacks on Israeli cities.
‘There Is a Palestinian Refugee Crisis Today Because of Arab Nations’: Expert
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How should we approach Israel’s ongoing conflicts from a historical perspective? Dr. A.J. Nolte, chair of the Government Graduate Program and director of the International Development M.A. Program at Regent University, sat down to discuss this and more on “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins” on October 19.
TONY PERKINS: Many of us know our Old Testament history. God gave the land to Israel, but [we know] less about the 20th century history of Israel and the actions and decisions that brought us to that point. Help us understand the more modern history of Israel, the Palestinian Mandate, and how we arrived [here].
A.J. NOLTE: Okay, very good. And I will try to be as succinct here as possible. There’s a lot of history, and it can get dense, but I do want to start, actually, with a brief dip into the 19th century, because one of the terms that you’ll often hear thrown around in this discussion of modern Israel is “Zionism.” And especially with the U.N. often talking, and some of the Palestinian activists talking, about Zionism as racism. I think we need to quickly define that, because it’s hard to understand the story of Israel without it. So Zionism, at its core, is the idea that the Jewish people ought to have their own nation state. So it is a subspecies of nationalism. That aspect is true, but it’s a nationalism that is, I would say, in many ways kind of civically oriented. And … it is trying to answer the question of “What does it mean to be a Jew in the modern world?” And this question is actually first prompted — not by pogroms and not by the ghetto — but by the fact that Jews in Europe were emancipated, that they’re given their full civil rights in many European countries.
Biblical Parallels to Israel Tragedies Call for Lamentation
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- By Joshua Arnold - The Washington Stand
**Editor’s note: The following article contains graphic descriptions of violence that may be inappropriate for children. Parental and reader discretion is advised.
Enough time has elapsed since Hamas’s coordinated strike against Israeli civilians to uncover some of the horrific deeds they perpetrated. As of Wednesday morning, Israeli casualties exceeded 1,200 killed and 3,000 injured, most of which were civilians, according to Israel’s U.S. embassy. While tragic, this gruesome carnage is not entirely unprecedented; parallels are recorded even in Israel’s own history.
As more details emerge, so do more biblical parallels. Hamas slaughtered hundreds of young people gathered at a desert music festival near the border, leaving behind “bodies cut in half, heads, hands, arms,” according to one volunteer assisting with the cleanup. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have discovered 40 babies, some of which were beheaded, among the dead at a kibbutz near the Gaza Strip. Terrorists raped women, kidnapped children and the elderly, and posted videos of the captives to taunt Israelis.
Hamas Horrors Rock Israel: 'This Is the Day of the Greatest Battle'
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- By Rob Schwarzwalder - The Washington Stand
By now, most readers of the Stand have heard the news of the radical Palestinian group Hamas’s attack on Israel. As of Sunday, about 600 people, both Israelis and Palestinians, have been killed and an estimated 1,700 injured. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “ordered a call-up of reservists after Palestinian militants fired thousands of rockets, invaded several Israeli towns and took hostages.”
Fighting has occurred in dozens of places along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, the narrow wedge of land between Israel’s western border and the Mediterranean Sea. Hamas’s assault has come by land, sea, and air, obviously the fruit of extensive planning and the stockpiling of aggressive weaponry of all types.
Out of War: Girl Becomes TV Inspiration in Troubled Middle East
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SAT-7 KIDS TV presenter Christina Issa draws on Syria war experiences to bring hope to others on Int'l Day of the Girl, Oct. 11
EASTON, Md. -- As a young girl, Christina Issa found a way to block out the horror of war raging in her homeland of Syria — by watching a faith-based television channel for kids, broadcast in her native Arabic.
She never dreamed that a few years later she'd be a presenter on the same channel, SAT-7 KIDS, encouraging other girls and boys living amidst war, violence and devastating loss.
To watch her story, click here.
On International Day of the Girl — a global awareness event held on Oct. 11 each year — Issa, now age 21, is using her platform to show girls living in even the most desperate circumstances that faith in God can change their lives.
United Nations Staging Major "Summit of the Future" in 2024
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- By The John Birch Society
Last week, the United Nations wrapped up its General Assembly regular session, along with its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit. The globalist organization wasted no time pushing for greater global control — with the goal of one-world government.
For example, the UN pledged to double down on implementing its totalitarian Agenda 2030 plan and associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN General Assembly passed a resolution to accelerate Agenda 2030’s implementation, and the UN is working to create a new global financial system to help implement the SDGs. More broadly, the UN also promoted greater global integration, touting “multilateral treaties” as “essential tools for Member States to achieve the objectives of the UN Charter,” and it continued its use of climate-change hysteria to help achieve global, totalitarian control.
Poland Challenges European Union on Draconian Climate Regulations
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- By James Murphy - The New American
Poland has asked the European Union’s highest court — the European Court of Justice — to cancel three of the bloc’s most extreme climate-change policies on the grounds that they threaten the nation’s energy security and the well being of its citizens. Poland is claiming that the policies are in breach of EU treaties, as they were adopted without the unanimous backing of the European Council.
The Polish government argues that EU policies regarding banning cars that emit CO2 by 2035, national emissions targets, and a law reforming the bloc’s carbon market will burden Polish citizens who can least afford such drastic changes. They further argue that the extreme regulations infringe upon Poland’s national sovereignty.
Morocco Quake Survivors Turn to Social Media for Spiritual Support
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EASTON, Md. -- Earthquake survivors in Morocco are turning to social media and satellite television for spiritual support in the aftermath of the disaster that has killed more than 2,900 people.
Many people living in Morocco — a highly-religious nation where Christians are often isolated and cannot meet openly in public — are "struggling to understand why God allows such disasters to take place," said Rex Rogers, president of Christian broadcaster SAT-7 USA (www.sat7usa.org).
"Right now, they're desperate to find peace and answers amid the chaos and devastation," he added.
America’s International Influence Wanes as Communist Nations Craft Partnerships
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- By K.D. Hastings - The Washington Stand
Economic weakness and radical policies are pushing nations away from the U.S. and into the arms of China and Russia, a well-known business school head stated Friday.
“The U.S. is clearly losing our authority on the world stage,” former Congressman Dave Brat said on August 25’s “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins.” Brat is dean of the Liberty University School of Business.
He noted that BRICS, a bloc of nations that already included China, Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa, announced Thursday the group was adding Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina, and the United Arab Emirates as members in a concerted effort to overturn what has been a world order dominated by U.S. interests since the mid-20th century.
Ukraine: 'Kids of War' Grapple with Trauma, Life-Changing Injuries
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- By Slavic Gospel Association (SGA)
Illinois-based mission helps stage summer Bible camps, local churches bring hope as suffering intensifies
LOVES PARK, Ill. -- Ten-year-old Maryna kneels beside her bed and prays for the war in Ukraine to end.
For Maryna, the horrors of war have already left lifelong scars. Surgeons had to amputate her crushed leg after a shell exploded next to her home. Now she wears a prosthetic.
Any loud noise brings her panic, revealing the immense trauma she's suffering. Hearing a sudden bang, Maryna hops into her mother's bed and cries "I'll never leave you, Mom."
Crisis-Hit Lebanon 'Needs Miracle,' Christian Media Ministry Says
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- By Christian Newswire
New U.S. 'super embassy' causes stir as Middle East nation battles deepening economic crisis
EASTON, Md. -- Lebanon "needs a miracle" as the nation faces a deepening economic crisis, says a Christian media ministry based in the region.
The Middle East nation between Israel and Syria has experienced surging unemployment, triple-digit inflation, a collapsing currency, rolling blackouts, and fuel shortages.
"The Lebanese people are really hurting,” said Rita El-Mounayer, the Lebanon-born CEO of faith-based, Arabic-language broadcaster SAT-7 (www.sat7usa.org). "We're praying for a miracle, and our hope is that many will turn to God in this hour of anxiety."
Wife, Son of Chinese Human Rights Attorney Who Died Suspiciously
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WASHINGTON -- The wife and son of Dr. Li Baiguang, the Chinese human rights attorney who died under suspicious circumstances in 2018, have escaped to the United States, according to the Christian nonprofit groups ChinaAid and Voice of the Martyrs Korea. Hanmei "Hannah" Xu and Qingxin "Pure Heart" Li arrived in the United States last month and are presently seeking asylum, according to representatives of the two groups.
Dr. Li Baiguang, known for his self-described "ant strategy" of traveling around China to take up hundreds of individual cases defending the religious freedom and human rights of ordinary citizens, rose to prominence internationally after receiving an award from the Washington-based National Endowment for Democracy in 2008 and being invited for three visits with then-U.S. President George W. Bush. Both Ms Hanmei Xu and Qingxin Li were summoned to local police station nearby where they used to stay in Jiangsu province for intensive interrogation about Dr. Li's human rights activities. Dr. Li reported to international observers that he had been abducted, beaten, and threatened with dismemberment by Chinese officials in Zhejiang province in October 2017 for defending farmers whose land was seized by the government.
Ukraine War, Desperate Times Lead to Surge in Summer Bible Camps
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- By Slavic Gospel Association
75,000 vulnerable children, orphans expected to attend Bible camps across former Soviet Union during 'summer of suffering'
LOVES PARK, Ill -- The Ukraine war and growing desperation in hard times are driving a surge in the number of children expected to flock to Bible camps this summer across the former Soviet Union, a region once steeped in atheism.
Amid fears the Ukraine conflict could escalate at any moment, Illinois-based Slavic Gospel Association (SGA, www.sga.org) says it expects more than 800 local evangelical churches partnering with the ministry to run summer Bible camps in Ukraine, Russia and neighboring countries this year, hosting a total of 75,000 orphans and vulnerable children.
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