Christian and pro-life groups are calling on the Scottish government to reject "extreme" proposals to allow abortion up to birth.

The controversial recommendation was made by a group commissioned by the Scottish government to review current abortion law in Scotland. It published its final recommendations to the Scottish government on Friday.

They include removing the current safeguard of two doctors signing off on abortion and the provision of specified grounds for abortion up to 24 weeks. Adopting the group's plans would mean legalizing abortion on demand for any reason, up to 24 weeks.

More controversially, the report recommends that abortion be allowed for any reason up to birth where two healthcare professionals agree "in good faith" that it is appropriate. Current law in Scotland only permits abortion after 24 weeks in cases of "serious handicap," or if the mother's life is at risk.

Furthermore, the report states that "no specific reference is made to sex-selective abortion within any updated abortion legislation."

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Dear Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied unto you in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As we draw near to the celebration of our Savior’s birth, my heart grows heavy for our Christian brothers, sisters, and innocent children suffering in bondage under landlords and brick kiln owners across the rural areas of our nation. Many of them work from dawn to dusk, enduring hunger, poverty, and hopelessness yet they still lift their eyes to heaven and whisper,
“Lord, remember us.”

The Word of God commands us:
“Remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” Hebrews 13:3

This Christmas, when we gather around lighted trees and share gifts in warmth and love, let us not forget those who have none. There are children who have never known the joy of a Christmas gift, and families who long simply to know that they are not forgotten by their brothers and sisters in Christ.

Our Lord Jesus began His ministry by proclaiming:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor; He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.” Luke 4:18

Beloved, this same Spirit calls upon us today. Through our prayers, gifts, and acts of compassion, we can become the hands and feet of Jesus bringing light to those who sit in darkness and hope to those who feel forgotten.

I humbly invite you to:
Pray for God’s divine help and deliverance for these families.
Consider a special offering or Christmas gift to bless the children and provide relief to the families. in face of Finance or Warm Clothes, or Food.
Share this burden with others in your church and community, that together we may awaken hearts to love in action.

“Whoever has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his good deed.” Proverbs 19:17
Let us not celebrate Christmas merely in words and songs, but in deeds of mercy and compassion. May the love of Christ stir every heart to give, to pray, and to stand with our suffering brothers and sisters until the chains of injustice are broken and freedom sings in every home.

With heartfelt love and prayer,
Pastor Waris Masih
Servant of God
pastor.waris777@gmail.com
+923443085480

link - Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says

"Martine Croxall altered a script she was reading live on the BBC News Channel, which referred to "pregnant people" earlier this year... Croxall was introducing an interview about research on groups most at risk during UK heatwaves, which quoted a release from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

The presenter changed her script to instead say "women", and the BBC's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) said it considered her facial expression as she said this gave the "strong impression of expressing a personal view on a controversial matter.""

Christians still sin, so what’s the difference between them and the world when it comes to sinning? When believers sin it is not intentional, “willful,” (Heb 10:26) nor “presumptuous” (Num 15:25). Paul said he now never willfully sins. He reveals that it is the “old man” or sin nature within that sins, but not him in his “new nature” (Rom 7:15, 17, 20). Thus, the sins of believers are committed in “ignorance,” unaware that they were going to sin. I know of no Christians that admit they knew they were about to commit a sin, and did it anyway.

Paul said it is like one who is “captive” against his nature, which doesn’t want to sin (vs 23). “For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I do.” This doesn’t mean he never does good, nor that all he does is sin; he is merely demonstrating the normal life of a believer. This could be paraphrased as, “the good I want to do I do not always do; but the evil I do not want to do, I sometimes do. Paul says he does not want to do evil.”

How can Christians say they do not sin with the “new man,” or new nature (Eph 4:24; Col 3:10)? 1John 1:9 writes, “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin (perpetrate - “to execute, commonly in a bad sense” - The American Heritage® Dictionary); for His “seed” (“new man”) remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God:”

John Gill (1697-1771): “Doth not commit sin; does not make it his trade and business; it is not the constant course of his life; he does not live and walk in sin, or give up himself to it; he is not without the being of it in him, or free from acts of sin in his life and conversation, but he does not so commit it as to be the servant of it, a slave unto it, or to continue in it.

“For His seed remains in him; not the word of God, or the Gospel, though that is a seed which is sown by the ministers of it, and blessed by God, and by which He regenerates His people; and which having a place in their hearts, becomes the engrafted word, and there abides, nor can it be rooted out; where it powerfully teaches to avoid sin, is an antidote against it, and a preservative from it: nor the Holy Spirit of God, though He is the Author of the new birth, and the principle of all grace; and where He once is, He always abides; and through the power of His grace believers prevail against sin, and mortify the deeds of the body, and live (Rom 8:13): but rather it is the grace of the Spirit, the internal principle of grace in the soul, the new nature, or new man formed in the soul, is meant His “seed.”

Paul also wrote, “You are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit” (Rom 8:9). The “flesh” is in us, but we are not in it! To be in the flesh in this sense means to be after the old man, desiring it. In the NT the word “flesh” nearly always means the “old man” or sin nature. In the OT, flesh is always in reference to the physical flesh of the body.

Though we still sin, God never sees the Christian as a sinner, which answers to why there is no Scripture reference relating the believer as a “sinner.” “If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear” (1Pe 4:18)?

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Peace in Christ.

We are to bear about the dying of the Lord Jesus so that the life also of Jesus be made manifest in our body….in our MORTAL flesh. This is the revealing of the Son of man to the world. His manifest life gives our mortal bodies an age-lasting life (aka “eternal life.) We shall not die but will live to the last day of this age.

2Co 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

But right now, we do not see the revealing of the life of Jesus in anyone’s mortal flesh as His life is being actively cut off by the GREAT MULTITUDE who are following after Judas. This is a current situation.

The Son of man is being betrayed NOW into the hands of sinners. This is going on in the man-based churches.

Mat 26:45-47 KJV
(45) Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

This is why we must “RISE” and be going from the man-based churches where the sinners are giving up (betraying) the Son of man so that His life is not being made manifest in the mortal flesh of any that they are deceiving. Behold, he is at hand that does betray Him. They are following in the footsteps of Judas by doing so.

(46) Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
(47) And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

They do not confess in their preaching that Jesus Christ IS COMING NOW in the flesh….in our mortal flesh. You do not hear this being preached in any man-based church.

They are leading MULTITUDES astray away from the way that leads to His life being made manifest in the mortal flesh and down the broad way to the destruction of the mortal flesh without His manifest life. There is no age-lasting life to be found among them. Why look for the living among the dead man-based churches?

The “Jesus” that they are preaching is “another jesus” and not Jesus the Christ. Their words are not of the spirit of truth but of error.

2Jn 1:7 KJV
(7) For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come (IS COMING)in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

If they do not bring this doctrine….the doctrine of the true Christ (that Jesus IS COMING NOW in our mortal flesh), then we are not to receive them in our house neither bid them “God speed”….that is, rejoice.

2Jn 1:10-11 KJV
(10) If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed (REJOICE):

If we bid them “rejoice,” we are partakers of their evil deeds. We bid them “rejoice” when we go to their “churches” and support their evil deeds of cutting off the life of Jesus from being made manifest in this earth.

(11) For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

Judas wanted Jesus to REJOICE (“hail” = rejoice) when he came with a GREAT MULTITUDE to take Him away.

Mat 26:47-50 KJV
(47) And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Those who are flattered by the “great multitude’s” kiss of the flattering lips are having the life of Jesus being actively taken out of their lives by them. The Son of man is being betrayed by the hands of sinners who are following after Judas.

They come as “friends” and come to lead you away from the way that leads to His life. They are betraying the Son of man by what they are doing. They are actively cutting off His life from being made manifest in the multitudes of people that they are deceiving.

(48) Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

“Hail” = rejoice. They want you to come and rejoice with them in this terrible situation as they lay their hands on Jesus and take Him out of the lives of those they are deceiving.

(49) And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail (REJOICE), master; and kissed him.
(50) And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

They are REJOICING (nourishing their hearst) in this day of slaughter as the people they are deceiving are not having the life of Jesus being made manifest in their mortal flesh as they are not preaching the doctrine of the Christ to them. They condemn and kill the Just One...the Prince of life... and He does not resist them as they do this.

Jas 5:5-6 KJV
(5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
(6) Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

They come with a feigned kiss and with their “swords” as they cause divisions among us. Their “staves”…their handwritings of ordinances…are contrary to the doctrine of Christ. We must avoid them.

Rom 16:16-18 KJV
(16) Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
(17) Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

They are not serving our Lord Jesus Christ but their own belly as they come to us with a feigned kiss…good words and fair speeches…to deceive the hearts of the simple.

(18) For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

The “simple” believe every word ….their good words and fair speeches….that they hear them saying.

Pro 14:15 KJV
(15) The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

They lead the simple away from keeping His commandments which are written upon our hearts and minds and into their church bondage of keeping their church handwritings of ordinances instead.

If we do not remember to keep His commandments, then the deceivers have power to deceive us. Remembering to always do His commandments shall keep us away from the “strange woman”….the strange “church” gathering where they are keeping and serving man’s written commandments rather than His.

Pro 7:1-10 KJV
(1) My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
(2) Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
(3) Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
(4) Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

The “simple” fall for the good words and fair speeches of the deceivers whose words are directed at them. And so the simple of heart go to their “house”…to their churches. They believe “every word” that they say to them.

(5) That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
(6) For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
(7) And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

The simple believe every word that the deceiver says (their flattering words) and go to “her house”….the harlot church… where they are serving the sin and His life is not being made manifest. Their “house” leads instead to our mortal death.

(8) Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
(9) In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
(10) And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

The simple of heart fall for their “fair speeches”….and they go straightway to their churches.

Pro 7:21-27 KJV
(21) With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
(22) He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

They do not know that is for their lives as the life of Jesus is being actively taken away from them by doing so. There is no age-lasting life to be had by going to the man-based churches where MANY are being cast down to the grave by them.

(23) Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
(24) Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
(25) Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Their “church”….the “house” of the harlot church….is the way to the grave…for broad is the way to destruction…going down to the chambers of death.

(26) For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
(27) Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Let us hear the commandment of the Father and do it. His commandment is to “ARISE and go from that place.” We are to arise and come out from among the harlot churches and be separate.

Joh 14:31 KJV
(31) But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

This is the “Holy commandment” that is delivered for us to keep and not turn away from. We must not keep company with them any longer.

2Co 6:16-18 KJV
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Let us hear the FULL knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and come out from them. Do not listen any longer to those who are speaking “great swelling words of emptiness.” Let us not return back to them.

2Pe 2:18-21 KJV
(18) For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
(19) While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
(20) For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

For this is the WAY of righteousness…to come out from among them and be separate and not be attached to the unclean church body that is serving the sin. This is the “Holy commandment” …to be separate from them for our sanctification…that is delivered for us to keep. Let us not turn from keeping it.

(21) For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Let us retain His wisdom that we hear Him saying. Out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Pro 2:6-21 KJV
(6) For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
(7) He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
(8) He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
(9) Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
(10) When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
(11) Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

In doing so, it will deliver us from the way of the evil….who will not do His Holy commandment to come out from among the man-based churches. They will leave the paths of the uprightness as they will not do it as commanded by the Father.

(12) To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
(13) Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

They will rejoice to do evil towards what they will hear Him saying.

(14) Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
(15) Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

It will deliver us…those who love His knowledge … from the “strange woman”….the harlot church.

(16) To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
(17) Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
(18) For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Those who are going to “her” are not taking hold of the paths of life. They will reject the way that leads to His life. They will turn from the Way of righteousness and will not keep it.

(19) None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

But those who walk in the way of good men and keep the paths of the righteous shall dwell in the land…in the earth…and the complete shall remain in it as they will receive an age-lasting life. They will depart from the “strange woman” who flatters with the lips.

(20) That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
(21) For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth and transgressors shall be rooted out of it. They will stay put in the man-based churches and will speak evil of the way of righteousness and those who will go in that way

(22) But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

The number of people who believe their faith does not depend on attending Mass has increased as more Catholics are cultivating a personal relationship with Jesus, according to a recent survey of U.S. Catholic beliefs.

ACS Technologies, a church management software and data analysis company, investigated the trends in “American Beliefs Study: Religious Preferences and Practices.” The study researched the religious preferences, practices, beliefs, and media habits of Americans.

Initially conducted in 2012-2013 and repeated in 2016-2017, 2020-2021, and 2024-2025, the study reflects the responses of roughly 60,000 participants over time. The most recent version of the study surveyed more than 15,000 Americans on Christian preferences, affiliations, values, and beliefs.

ACST Catholic, a business of ACS Technologies, specifically examined the feedback from 3,100 self-identified Catholic participants in the most recent survey. The updated findings were published in a recent guide: “The Evolving Landscape of Catholic Beliefs in 2025.”

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My how the errors in choices creep in.



Adam received “the command” from God, the quite entirely infamous “do not eat OR ELSE” command that we apparently all fell under.

Eve was not yet separated and formed from Adam. But Eve apparently had heard the command. How so?

Gen. 3:
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

So we have 3 basic possibilities where this repeating of the command from God came from. We have no record of God repeating it to Eve. She may have had an inert or inner understanding of the command, being “within” Adam at the time, (God called them BOTH Adam on the day they were created-Gen. 5) OR the most likely source, Adam himself.

In any case Eve clearly got the command wrong, adding to it the statement that they may not “touch it.” God never said that. In fact they were meant to tend to the Garden and presumably every tree therein, inclusive of the infamous tree of knowledge of good/evil. An error was already in place and an unknown violation of God's Intentions for them, again most likely from the recount of Adam of that command, which would essentially prove his own fault in listening or retelling or tending the Garden. Or Eve made up the error herself, again showing error was in her own mind. In any case the command was mangled in her own mind and statements in stating the command to the serpent. She basically erred to the serpent and of course the serpent struck from there, getting her to consider making a “MORAL CHOICE.” Perhaps not even cognizant of the fact that she already erred.

So Eve starts her decision making with a built in fault. An error in recounting the exact command, to not “touch” the tree.

And here is where her decision making starts, all quite in line with making a good moral decision for herself:

Gen. 3:
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

A classic setup for making a moral choice.

Good/Pleasant/Wise. What could possibly go wrong?

What’s wrong with the picture is that we fail to see that lawlessness was already at work within both Adam, who never even bothered to correct Eve’s misstatement of the command, and Eve, showing that LUST, LUST and PRIDE was already within her, referring to this pattern stated by John in:

1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Basically the things of the Father were NOT in Eve, but things of the world: good for food, pleasant to the eyes, the pride of being wise. All seemingly legitimate on the surface using the world’s decision making moral choice methods.

I honestly would hardly find fault in the decision making process, that we all employ daily. In many ways this decision making course is required to even survive. We have to eat. We like to eat things that please our eyes and we certainly are not rewarded for making foolish decisions.

But you see none of these observations are even accurate. What is accurate is that the package of Adam and Eve came PREPACKAGED with FAULTS.

Paul outlined this clearly in 1 Cor. 15:42-46 showing us exactly the conditions that
Adam and “all” natural people are planted in. These 3 things also correlate to Eve’s built in flaws:

Planted in corruption
Planted in dishonor
Planted in weakness

Is there supposed to be some surprise if outcome of making decisions with those pre-existing conditions is not and can never be moral? We make every decision from those planted conditions. Basically being seeded in dung, within the darkness of earth, our own dust body.

And lets not ignore what really happened to both Adam and Eve. Where the Word is sown, Satan comes immediately in our hearts to STEAL, to SIN in our own hearts via THEFT.

Obviously both Adam and Eve were stolen from within.

I believe the tempter was already at work within them both from the moment they first heard the Words of God. Yet hardly a one of us can see it, because we too have been stolen from.

And in this state we can’t even be honest with ourselves about it.

Instead we’ll claim that we justify ourselves by making good moral decisions, even with the hard line fact of EVIL CHOICES WITHIN TO CHOOSE FROM.

Remember these Words from Jesus: EVIL COMES FROM WITHIN.

It’s not optional, so let’s not try to pull Jesus’ Leg about it claiming we’re legally obedient and making good moral cnoices. Evil thoughts defile us all, period.

Mark 7:21-23

You have to love an HONEST BOOK. And of course not everything is as it appears on the surface, or in the mirror

I am learning more about the Bible.

What happens in the future? Where there be an eternity of people being on Earth then dying later to be judged or will there come a point where there is no longer a need to judge and either people are in heaven or hell. And there are no more people left for God to judge?

If that is the case, what happens next? Is it possible for another rebellion to occur and people get kicked out of heaven? Remember the angels rebelled from the very beginning.

St. Albert the Great was considered the “wonder and the miracle of his age” by his contemporaries. He was an assiduous Dominican whose accomplishments and gifts to the Church are difficult to exaggerate.

Born around 1206 and joining the Order of Preachers in 1223, Albert quickly became a master of almost every academic subject. Notwithstanding the standards of his own time, he became a pioneer of the natural sciences — both empirical and philosophical. His teachings on nature and theology were revolutionary, and he captured the attention of a young and taciturn Dominican — St. Thomas Aquinas.

While surpassing all his contemporaries in intellect and cogency, it was his own student who managed to shine brighter than he. If Albert blazed the path, then it was Aquinas who reached and held the summit. Then, tragically, when the quick flash of Aquinas’ life was over, it was Albert who defended him and held him up as a beacon of light for the whole Church. St. Albert the Great was a teacher, a bishop, and a forerunner to some of the greatest theological gifts the Church has received.

After joining the Dominicans, Albert went to Paris in 1245 and successfully received his doctorate. He then began teaching in Paris and then in Cologne, Germany. It was during his time in Cologne that he noticed a young man named Thomas. The quiet student was nicknamed “Dumb Ox” by his peers, because of his weight and the mistaken notion that his silence was due to an obtuse mind. In time, Albert realized the great acumen of the young man, and Albert took him on as a disciple.

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Here is a roundup of recent pro-life- and abortion-related news:

Nearly 70 Planned Parenthood centers have closed nationwide in 2025​

Nearly 70 Planned Parenthood centers have closed this year due to Medicaid and Title X funding cuts, according to a recent Planned Parenthood report.

Planned Parenthood has closed 20 facilities since federal defunding earlier this year following a round of nearly 50 other closures.

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act prevented federal taxpayer dollars from being used to subsidize abortion providers for one year, meaning abortion providers don’t currently qualify for federal Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.

Rather than giving up abortion offerings, abortion providers like Planned Parenthood are closing clinics across the country.

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A new Vatican-set thriller based on a true story is currently in the works, according to Variety.

“Santo Subito!” will follow Father Joseph Murolo, an American priest asked by the Vatican to serve as the “devil’s advocate” in the investigation of Pope John Paul II’s life and his path to sainthood.

The film will take place after the pontiff’s death and follows Murolo, who “must make sure that nothing undermines the sanctification of Karol Wojtyla, the first non-Italian pope in 450 years,” the synopsis reads, as he interviews candidates and witnesses. The description goes on to say that the priest will navigate a “moral labyrinth” that will “put his own faith to the test.”

Murolo will be played by actor Mark Ruffalo, known for his role as Bruce Banner, or the Hulk, in “The Avengers” movies.

Filming is expected to begin on March 9, 2026, on location in Italy and Poland.

“The film offers a genuine behind-the-scenes investigation of the Vatican world, while also taking us into the deeper realm of faith and values,” a co-producer of the film, Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, said. “The script itself is a page-turner, and I can’t imagine any audience remaining indifferent to Father Murolo’s journey.”

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Hello!

I'm undecided about eschatology but doing some research on it. I think good points are made for both amillennialism and premillennialism. The only view I currently hold to with is inaugurated eschatology (or "already and not yet") where most prophecy has double fulfillment. It's normally associated with George Eldon Ladd, who was a premillennialist, but I don't see why one can't be amillennial and also agree with inaugurated eschatology.

I'm wondering if one can hold to a non-literalistic premillennialism?

Like, I don't think the events in Revelation are strictly chronological and probably could be oit of order or just the same events from different angles.

I also don't know if I believe the 1,000 years mentioned in the book to be be a literal millennium.

Could one believe in a Millennial State after the Second Coming, but not think the Millennial Kingdom will be a literal 1,000 years?

As the centenary of the Calles Law, which precipitated the bloodiest wave of religious persecution against Mexican Catholics, approaches in 2026, the Mexican Bishops’ Conference (CEM, by its Spanish acronym) paid tribute to the more than 200,000 martyrs of the Cristero Resistance, recalling that they said “with their lives what they proclaimed with their lips: Christ is King, not the oppressive state; Christ is King, not the dictator of the day who is wrapped up in his pride.”

The Mexican bishops expressed this sentiment in their message to “the people of God,” titled “Church in Mexico: Memory and Prophecy — Pilgrims of Hope Toward the Centenary of Our Martyrs,” released Nov. 13.

The message is a fruit of the 119th plenary assembly of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference held Nov. 10–14, which brought together 121 bishops at Casa Lago in Mexico state.

The bishops recalled that “just a few months after the proclamation of the solemnity of Christ the King, in July 1926, the so-called ‘Calles Law’ came into effect in our country, unleashing the most brutal religious persecution in our history. This is why, in January 1927, the repressed Catholic population began the armed uprising known as the Cristero Resistance.”

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to improve the nation’s foster care system, including the modernization of the current child welfare system, the development of partnerships with private sector organizations, and prioritizing the participation of those with sincerely held religious beliefs.

The executive order issued Nov. 13 states that the Trump administration is “dedicated to empowering mothers and fathers to raise their children in safe and loving homes.”

The order says current problems with the foster care system include overworked caseworkers, antiquated information systems, and policies that “prohibit qualified families from serving children in need as foster and adoptive parents because of their sincerely-held religious beliefs or adherence to basic biological truths.”

The legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has represented Christian families who were barred from serving as foster parents because of their faith, suing on behalf of Brian and Katy Wuoti and Bryan and Rebecca Gantt after the Vermont Department for Children and Families informed the two families that their belief that persons cannot change biological sex and that marriage is only between a man and a woman precluded them from serving as foster parents in the state.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a U.S. official said, turning the ship into Iranian territorial waters in the first-such interdiction in months in the strategic waterway.

15 November 2025 – Laos​

Much of the population in rural Laos fears evil spiritual forces and feels compelled to placate them. When villagers come to Christ they are seen to be angering these spirits and as a result face persecution. Pray that the light of Christ will shine in this darkness.

14 November 2025 – Eritrea​

Praise God that the gospel continues to have an impact on Eritrean lives despite the Government’s clampdown; at the same time pray that the persecution of Christians would end.

13 November 2025 – Eritrea​

Continue to remember long-term prisoners, some of whom have been behind bars for more than 20 years, and their families. These include Kiflu Gebremeskel, Futsum Gebrenegus, Million Gebreselasie, Tekleab Menghisteab, Haile Naizghe, Rev G. Gebregiorsis, Kidane Weldou and Mussie Ezaz. They covet our prayers.

12 November 2025 – Eritrea​

Pray that, despite missing their families, exiled Eritrean Christians would be able to settle in their new environments and be accepted by the communities.

11 November 2025 – Eritrea​

Pray that the families of Christian prisoners would remain faithful to the Lord in spite of often many years of separation from their loved ones.

10 November 2025 – Eritrea​

Please pray for the protection of Christian workers who are involved in prison ministry in Eritrea. Thank God for their courage and that they have access to the jails; pray that this may continue.

09 November 2025 – Eritrea​

Pray that church leaders in Eritrea would have wisdom and courage as they lead underground cell groups.

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Apologist Wes Huff recently responded to an influencer who claimed that the Bible was created hundreds of years after the time of Jesus “by a pagan emperor for political reasons.” In a post on Instagram, Adam Allred made a series of unorthodox claims about Jesus, Christianity, and the Bible.

“The Bible was literally voted on by a bunch of politicians and bishops in a room deciding what made the cut and what didn’t out of mounds of texts, centuries after the fact,” Allred said. “That’s like building your spiritual life around the minutes of a corporate board meeting.”

“This reference to a pagan emperor who supposedly compiled the books of the Bible,” said Huff in his response, “I only have to assume is referring to Constantine and the Council of Nicea. But there are some truly serious problems with this.”

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The Church Under Fire

Chapter Six

Crazy for Jesus

May 27, 2023


When we follow Jesus Christ with our lives, and we do what he has called us to do, as his followers, we are going to be called all sorts of names, and “crazy” may be one of them. For even many professing Christians and even some pastors and elders of church congregations will find us odd and peculiar if we actually take the word of God seriously and we put it into daily practice. For it appears not many people do these days.

But it isn’t just “these days” I was recalling as I recorded the video to go along with this. For I recalled when I was a youth that our youth leader told us that we are to pray for the missionaries. And then he added, “But none of us do.” And so I shyly raised my hand and I said, “I do.” For, you see, I was one of those children and youth who took God seriously. And if I was told that I was to pray for the missionaries, that is what I did.

Now I was not a perfect child, but I also was not a willfully rebellious and defiant child, either. I don’t believe I ever thought of talking back to my parents and I rarely disobeyed them, partly because my father was an abuser, and I feared him greatly, but also because it was wrong, and it would be treating them badly. But that doesn’t mean that I did everything right, either. But generally speaking I was a rule follower, and I took God and his word seriously, and I wanted to obey the Lord.

When I was in college and I was in our college youth group from my local church fellowship, we gathered together at someone’s home some Sunday nights after the evening service, and we had a devotion of some kind and some snacks. And I recall many of them were buying into the whole thing of evolution, and they were questioning, to some extent, the story of creation as it is told us in the Scriptures. And I thought that was just wrong, and so I was regarded as odd. I just didn’t fit in with most people my age.

But the Scriptures teach that we are to be God’s holy people, and that we are to be holy in all our conduct. And to be holy is to be different from the world because we are being conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ. But if we are different, we are regarded as odd, peculiar, religious fanatics, crazy, antiquated and as dinosaurs, i.e. as “a person or thing that is outdated or has become obsolete because of failure to adapt to changing circumstances” (Oxford Languages).

But I think of it this way. Jesus’ family members thought he was crazy, and they wanted to put him away, for he was probably an embarrassment to them. I know Paul was called “crazy” (out of his mind), and so was Jeremiah, I am fairly certain, as probably were some of the other prophets and apostles in the Bible times. So, if they call us crazy, well we are then in good company – the company of Jesus, Paul, Jeremiah and the others who served the Lord faithfully and who did what God said.

The other comfort I find in this is that I know I am speaking the truth of God’s Word, not that I am saying I have everything down perfectly, but that I am a diligent student of the Scriptures who works hard to make certain that I am sharing the truth and not the lies. And I am one who is walking in obedience to the Lord Jesus and who is doing what he called me to do. So, if they call me names, it is okay, for I know that what I am sharing is what is necessary to people’s faith, salvation, and eternal life with God. And so I am at peace. And if people find me odd, well then, praise the Lord!

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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The burial of a 19-year-old who died in the June bombing at the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, has come to symbolize the "ethno-religious cleansing" of Syria's Christian indigenous people, says a Swedish investigative journalist who is urging the United States to ensure Syria's religious minorities are protected as the Trump administration embraces the new government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Nuri Kino, founder of A Demand for Action, an organization advocating for better protection of minorities in the Middle East, was one of several witnesses who spoke before the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom during a virtual hearing on Thursday.

During the hearing titled "Religious Freedom in Syria's Post-Assad Transition," Kino opened his remarks by reflecting on Maryana, a teenage girl killed in the bombing of the Greek Orthodox church in Damascus five months ago, the deadliest attack on Syria's Christian community since the 1860 Damascus Massacre.

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The fragile peace between the government and guerilla groups in Colombia has made limited impact—violence seems to have died down somewhat, but guerrilla groups (often linked to drug gangs) have grown more powerful and control more territory. These groups often target Christians for violent attacks, especially if they perceive that believers are opposing the "business" of the cartels/gangs. Church leaders are particularly at risk because they are seen as competitive influences for the young people that make up much of the guerrilla groups'

Further, in some indigenous communities, Christian preachers and indigenous converts can face hostility because they are seen as traitors who betrayed the tribe or community. These believers live at risk of expulsion from the community, imprisonment, ostracism and other punishements.

And finally, there are signs that Colombia's public sector is less committed to true pluralism; Christians speaking in public about their beliefs are sometimes targeted for supposedly being discriminatory or promotors of hate-speech. For this reason, some choose to self-censor to avoid becoming targets.

Who is most vulnerable to persecution?

Christians who live in areas controlled by guerrilla groups and/or drug gangs (sometimes the same thing) are often pressured or targeted because their faith goes against the aims of the cartels. Church leaders are particularly targeted if they are seen as opposer to the drug trade.

Believers who come from an indigenous faith background may also face pressure in some communities, where they can be targeted because of their conversion.

Meet 'David'

I'm not close to my brother, nor to my sister, and I'm estranged from my brother-in-law. Because you preach the gospel, you are no longer considered part of the family. And because you preach, you also lose the right to work in the community. I no longer have the right to work because, as a Christian, I have lost their trust.

DAVID, AN INDIGENOUS BELIEVER IN COLOMBIA

What has changed this year?

Colombia fell 12 spots on the World Watch List, but this shouldn't be taken as a sign that everything is well. The success of the peace plan between the government and rebel groups has been spotty—some people blame the government's peace with rebel groups for the rise in cartel/gang violence. Whatever happens to the peace process, Christians remain at risk if they live in areas dominated by these guerrilla groups, especially if they are seen as advocating for lifestyle values outside of the cartels' goals. The political instability makes the future uncertain.

What does Open Doors do to help Christians in Colombia?

Open Doors strengthens the persecuted church in Colombia through Bible distribution, training, trauma care, community development projects, emergency relief aid and assistance in legal proceedings.

How can you pray for Colombia?

• The peace between guerrilla groups and the Colombian government remains tenuous at best. Pray that God would work on the hearts of warring parties and that Christians would be peacemakers.
• Praise God for the faith of believers who come to faith in indigenous contexts—even if it means they will experience persecution from their communities who view faith in Jesus as a betrayal.
• Pray for Christians living in areas controlled by cartels. Pray for their protection and and wisdom as they seek to follow Christ.

About a week ago, my family and I watched Bonhoeffer on Angel. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a kid-friendly account of WWII from inside Germany. One thing that struck me was how Deitrich Bonhoeffer and his family were stunned by Hitler’s rise to power, and the wave of anti-Jewish hatred that spiritually consumed their nation. It was not something they expected.

Previously, they’d written off Hitler as fringe, a vocal minority, and a problem to be ignored until it disappeared on its own.

Americans in 2025 are not more intelligent than the Germans were in 1925. We are not more evolved. We are not more educated. We are not morally superior.

We would be naive to think that someone like Hitler could never take power in America. And I’m not only talking about political power. We live in the age of social media, where dangerous people can influence the minds of millions from a webcam.

We would be wise to study and learn from the German’s mistakes.

Over the past few months it’s become increasingly clear that Charlie Kirk was the North Star of moral clarity and rationality for many conservative influencers. Without him, people like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson have devolved into ravings about antisemitic conspiracy theories, chemtrails, dream interpretation, and bizarre stories about being physically attacked by demons. It’s as if Kirk were a dam holding back a flood of paranoia, or a tether keeping them dubiously linked to rationality.

Since his murder, Owens and Carlson have increasingly platformed men like Andrew Tate and Nick Fuentes. I am not talking about investigative journalism in which tough questions are asked and lies are contradicted. I’m talking about PR-stunts portraying Tate and Fuentes in a rosy light, spinning them as misunderstood victims of prejudice, and growing their audiences.

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