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The Man Who Was Beheaded
the Day He Became a Believer
by Minister Michael Brown
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 Mexico Second Deadliest in 2016—Build the Wall! 
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Unsurprisingly, Syria is once again the number one global hotspot for armed conflict, the International Institute for Strategic Studies reveals. But the second worst hotspot is located nowhere close to the Middle East, where one would normally expect it. In fact, it couldn't be closer to home. The IISS says that 23,000 Mexicans were victims of mostly drug-related guerrilla warfare last year, which is just under half of the 50,000 lives taken in Syria.
          IISS director general John Chipman points out that "Mexico is a conflict marked by the absence of artillery, tanks or combat aviation," which only adds shock value to the alarming toll. In Syria, the opposite is true. The report also proves just how effective Donald Trump's immigration clampdown has been. According to The Washington Times, "Illegal immigration across the southwestern border is down a stunning 76 percent since President Trump was elected, with the flow of children and families dropping even faster as analysts say the administration's commitment to enforcing the law has changed the reality along the border."
          That's a remarkable drop, yet it's nary enough, given the threat. The degree to which violence is devastating Mexico is more evidence of our need for a border wall. Gangs and drug runners have found numerous ways to exploit border security (or lack thereof), and the statistics demonstrate both how serious the threat truly is and what they are capable of. Meanwhile, here's a question for "compassionate" Democrats that will leave them looking like a deer staring in the headlights: Why do leftists support open borders to the world's second most deadly country?  ~The Patriot Post
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EPA Removes liar-nObama-Era Roadblock
Stopping Proposed Alaskan Mine
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by Jack Davis
{westernjournalism.com} ~ A proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska that the liar-nObama administration would not even allow to begin the permitting process can now go forward... in the wake of a settlement between the Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency and the company hoping to develop the mine. The EPA and the Pebble Limited Partnership are now asking that a lawsuit against the proposed Bristol Bay project be dropped so the company can follow normal channels to get the permits it needs for the mine. “The agreement will not guarantee or prejudge a particular outcome,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a statement, “but will provide Pebble a fair process for their permit application and help steer EPA away from costly and time-consuming litigation.”... http://www.westernjournalism.com/epa-removes-obama-era-roadblock-stopping-proposed-alaskan-mine/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=libertyalliance&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=libertyalliance
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Snake clown-Schumer Pushes Plot To
Steal White House From President Trump
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by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ It’s simultaneously nauseating, outrageous and laughable to hear the words “patriotism” and “the needs of this country” come out of the mouth of the vile Chuck clown-Schumer... He’s the last person who should be directing anyone as to their patriotic duty and is only concerned with the needs of the Democrat Party. He’s more than willing, in fact is actively seeking, the destruction of our Republic in the pursuit of his Party’s agenda. clown-Schumer gets the assistance of his Fake News CNN accomplice as they continue the progressive effort to wrestle the presidency away from President Trump through the phony Russia scandal...All they do is attack and never do what they are elected to do.  http://rickwells.us/snake-schumer-pushes-plot-steal-white-house-president-trump/
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North Korea says it launched missile
that can carry nuclear warhead
{foxnews.com} ~ North Korea said Monday that the medium-range strategic missile it tested over the weekend was "capable of carrying a large-size heavy nuclear warhead."... Dictator Kim Jong Un was said to have witnessed the test early Sunday and "hugged officials in the field of rocket research, saying that they worked hard to achieve a great thing," according to the communist dictatorship's official Korean Central News Agency. The claim, if confirmed, would mark another big step forward in the country's escalating efforts to field a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. Outside experts have said they do not believe the rogue nation can do that yet, but each new test may push them closer to that goal... http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/14/north-korea-says-it-launched-missile-that-can-carry-nuclear-warhead.html
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Californians Are Revolting Against Dems
Who Voted For Gas Tax Hike
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by Chris White
{dailycaller.com} ~ Californians are pushing back against the Democratic lawmakers who passed the largest gas tax in the state’s history last month... Citizens have signed signatures for a recall effort against Democratic state Sen. Josh Newman for his vote in favor for the Road Repair and Accountability Act, and another lawmaker is moving forward on an initiative to repeal the unpopular gas tax. The law, passed April 6, imposes a 12 cents a gallon hike on citizens and raises the tax on diesel fuel by 20 cents a gallon. It also implements an additional charge to annual vehicle license fees ranging from $25 to $175 depending on the car’s value... http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/14/californians-are-revolting-against-dems-who-voted-for-gas-tax-hike/?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=TheDC%20Morning&utm_campaign=TheDC%20Weekend
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Scholar Unravels ‘The Big Lie’ Surrounding
The Tump Campaign And Russian Collusion
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by Ginni Thomas
{dailycaller.com} ~ Scholar Victor Davis Hanson says there’s a “big lie” surrounding the “boogeyman of Russian collusion” that Democrats and the media rally around, according to an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation... Hanson’s analysis begins by reminding us of the recent massive Democratic losses, which he places at the feet of President Barack liar-nObama’s policies and identity politics gone awry. “The blue wall crumbled,” he says, turning working people against the Democrats in droves. The party then scrambled for any alternative to explain the electoral defeats... http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/13/scholar-unravels-the-big-lie-surrounding-the-tump-campaign-and-russian-collusion-video/?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=TheDC%20Morning&utm_campaign=TheDC%20Weekend
VIDEO:  at the site
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The Man Who Was Beheaded
the Day He Became a Believer
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by Minister Michael Brown
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Most of us are familiar with the story of the 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt who held fast to their faith and were beheaded by ISIS in February, 2015. But did you know that only 20 of them were actually Copts from Egypt? Did you know that one of the martyrs was from Chad, and he had not been a Christian prior to the day of his beheading?

Although this story was previously reported, I had not heard it before this week. But at this week’s World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which I had the privilege of attending, a Coptic leader shared the account. It is a remarkable story and yet another tribute to the faith of these martyred Copts.

All 21 men had been working in Libya when they were kidnapped by ISIS. But as can be seen in pictures where they are lined up on the beach to be killed, one of them had darker skin and different facial features. This was the man from Chad.

The Coptic Christians were given a choice to deny Jesus or die. They refused to deny Him, knowing it would cost them their heads.

When the terrorists ordered the man from Chad to deny Jesus or die, he answered, “Their God is my God,” thereby sealing his fate.

That’s how moved he was by the faith of these Christians. Their refusal to deny their Savior, even at the point of death – literally, at the point of a knife to their throats – moved him to make a profession of faith, one that would cost him his head as well. Can we grasp the intensity of this story?

The man had not been a believer. All he had to say was, “I don’t believe in Jesus” or, “Jesus is not the Son of God,” and he could walk away a free man.

He would be with his family again. He would not die a brutal death. He would live to see another day.

How many Christians would be sorely tempted under such circumstances? How many would waver and, for that moment, deny their Lord, just to avoid beheading?

Yet this man, who had not been a follower of Jesus before then, was so moved by the dedication of these Christians that he became a believer on the spot.

“Go ahead and behead me,” he was saying. “Your god is not my God. Their God is my God.”

That is the power of the gospel, and that is how we overcome Satan, by not loving our lives to the point of death (Revelation 12:11).

That is why this story needs to be told and retold until the faith of those martyrs becomes our faith, until people look at our lives and say, “Your God is my God, whatever may come my way.”

And here’s something striking. As I have listened this week to the stories of persecuted Christians, even hearing from family members of martyrs, I have not heard a word of self-pity. Not a word.

I have heard words of courage and dedication. I have heard words of great love for Jesus. I have heard requests for prayer and help. But I have not heard any self-pity.

The daughter of an Iranian pastor martyred 20 years ago spoke of her own life experience and of her father’s refusal to back down. Now, 20 years after her father was buried in an unmarked grave, she could speak of multiplied hundreds of thousands of Iranian Muslims coming to faith in Jesus. Her father’s blood was not shed in vain.

That is how a seed planted in the ground first dies and then produces much fruit (John 12:24-25).

A Syrian Christian leader shared how a radical Islamic group offered to arm them to fight against another radical Islamic faction. He replied, “We already have two arms, love and forgiveness. We don’t want to become another militia.”

That is how we overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21). Some Christians even said to ISIS, “Thank you for helping to unite us!”

Yet it would be wrong to think of these suffering believers as super saints, which is another lesson for us all.

Most of them are just ordinary Christians, not preachers or pastors, and certainly not big-name evangelists. They are mothers and fathers, young people and old people, laborers and housewives, educated and uneducated. Yet they have remained faithful under hellish pressure, enduring unspeaking suffering.

Yet rather than curse God, they bless Him, and rather than retaliate against their enemies with hatred and vengeance, they offer forgiveness and love.

Earlier this year, a couple told me about their trip to Ethiopia where they met with family members of the Ethiopian Christians beheaded by ISIS. They spoke with the widow of one of the martyrs who was pregnant when he was killed, making his death even more painful.

But when they talked with this young woman, rather than bemoan her terrible loss, she said to them, “How is it that I had the privilege of being married to a martyr for Jesus?” She was an uneducated woman with no social status, and she was humbled beyond words that she was chosen to be the wife of a martyr.

This is why radical Islam will ultimately fall before the name of Jesus and why every other force that seeks to wipe out the Church will fail in the end. It’s also why we should stop feeling sorry for ourselves when things get a little rough. Are we not also more than conquerors through Him who loved us? (See Romans 8:37)
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