Dear family & friends in Christ,
The following article is written by a very senior leader in the church in Sri Lanka. He is a  much respected and loved man of God around the world. I know him personally and consider him a real hero in the faith. I am sure you will be mightily blessed, […]

By Ruth L. Whitfield      Charisma Channels - Women  
I remember seeing my mother kneeling at the side of her bed and praying aloud for each of her children and grandchildren. That memory is forever etched in my mind and I will never forget sensing a strong presence of God through her intercession. I came away with […]

Dear family & friends in Christ,
As I regularly travel and minister from city to city across our nation of Australia, many have asked me as to why we have not continued to send ongoing updates on the Catch The Fire Meetings in Melbourne, Australia. Well, when every meeting each week is seeing people healed, delivered, […]

Monday, 16 March 2009 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 CHAMBER
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Date Monday, 16 March 2009 Source House
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Speaker Simpkins, Luke, MP Question No.
Mr SIMPKINS (Cowan) (8.50 pm)—I was recently handed the magazine of the Barnabas Fund, Barnabas Aid, which supports hope and aid for the persecuted church. I was fascinated to read of an […]

ASSIST News Service (ANS) - Thursday, April 30, 2009       Gospel for Asia
 Bible college students learn practical ministry and spiritual disciplines.
 
SOUTH ASIA (ANS) — Paresh Segal did all the religious rituals that his parents taught him, but he was full of doubt. The Segals were quite wealthy because Paresh’s father was a building contractor, so their […]

 ”Hand of Hope” Boy Thanks God for Using Him to Save the Unborn
by Teresa Neumann : May 13, 2009 : Joshua Rhett Miller - Fox News (below)
“This photo happened and God used it to show people that this baby in mum’s tummy is alive. He’s pleased that his photo conveyed that message.” (Photo by: Michael […]

By Andrew West
POWERFUL and morally conservative religious leaders and laymen, including Christians, Jews and Muslims, have united to form a lobby group to fight what they say is the growing threat to religious freedom in Australia.
The Ambrose Centre for Religious Liberty will be launched at NSW Parliament House tonight and formally brings together for the […]

By Chuck Colson
As you may know, in Islamic countries such as Afghanistan, converting from Islam to Christianity is a crime punishable by death. While they don’t go that far, certain Indian states and Nepal erect formidable hurdles for would-be converts to Christianity.
 
And then there’s the United Kingdom.
In 2007, a 16-year-old girl was placed into foster […]

Repent America Urges Immediate Action from Christians
PHILADELPHIA - Repent America is urging Christians nationwide to contact their congressmen and senators in effort to defeat the passage of “The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009″ (H.R. 1913), which poses a serious threat to Biblical evangelism and active stances against the sin of homosexuality. […]

By Star Parker - WorldNetDaily
Barack Obama’s obvious comfort level with leaders of unfree countries shouldn’t surprise anyone. He is not only our first black president. He is also our first president who doesn’t like the free country he was elected to lead and feels his job is to change it.
Obama’s cordial encounter with Venezuelan thug […]

Source: National Christian Evangelical Alliance in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Satellite Images, Witnesses Show Shelling Continues
UN Security Council Fails to Act While Civilians Suffer
 (New York, May 12, 2009) – New satellite imagery and eyewitness accounts contradict Sri Lankan government claims that its armed forces are no longer using heavy weapons in the densely populated conflict area […]

By Greg Laurie
A pastor who boarded a bus one Monday morning paid his fare and took his seat before he realized the bus driver had given him a lot of extra change. At the next stop, the pastor went up to the bus driver and said, “Excuse me, sir, but you gave me too much […]

Believers were protesting demand they accept Islam
 
Taliban Islamic radicals have attacked a community of Christians, executing two of them following a rally that protested Muslim graffiti in their neighborhood that ordered them to accept Islam or die, according to an international Christian organization.
The attack in Pakistan follows only by days an expansion of the territory […]

Dear Family & Friends in Christ,
 Lighthouse Christian College in Keysborough, Victoria, Australia recently held its ‘Year 11 Blessing Night!’ This Secondary College is one of the best Christian schools in Australia with more than 500 students and an excellent team of Christian teachers, who are totally dedicated to rising up a godly generation of future […]

By Nick Meo
Muslims have accused Christians of trying to convert Sarah Obama to Christianity.
Mrs Obama, a figure of substance in her homeland since her grandson was elected US President, was reported locally to have been stopped from going to a Seventh Day Adventist Church by Muslims because they thought the church would try to convert […]

Dear Friends and Family in Christ around the World,
We would greatly appreciate your ongoing prayer and diplomatic action regarding a catastrophic crisis in Sri Lanka!
Rising Up Australia and the Nations as His Kingdom Comes,
Jason Golden
According to the independent media reports in the last two days, over 1480 people were killed, mostly women and children, and […]

By Jennifer Riley - Christian Post Reporter
The majority of American Christians do not believe that Satan is a real being or that the Holy Spirit is a living entity, the latest Barna survey found.
Nearly six out of ten Christians either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with the statement that Satan “is not a living being […]

By Bill Muehlenberg
If the above title sounds oxymoronic, well, it is. But according to the secular left US government, such a beast actually exists. A leaked government report of the Obama administration warns that the nation must watch out for new, dangerous, “rightwing extremists,” which include pro-lifers, and others with various conservative concerns, such as […]

Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D.
There is a lot of emphasis on honor in Muslim cultures. We read about so-called “honor killings.” The reasoning behind honor killings is that it “cleanses” the honor of the person or family whose honor has been wounded. Killing the suspected offender is supposed to restore the integrity of the family name. […]

By Sharon Labi - The Sunday Telegraph
 
COUPLES are shunning religious wedding ceremonies in record numbers and going down the civil path to marriage to gain control and avoid pre-marital counselling.
Religious weddings outnumbered civil ceremonies until 2001 when they reached a 50-50 split.
The number of civil marriages has steadily risen to hit a high last year, […]