First-Ever State Dept. Ministerial on Religious Freedom ‘More Than Talk,’ Pompeo Says
Verse of the Day
1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Commentary
This is great news, and I believe that action to protect religious freedom, especially of Christians, will be taken by the President. He is aware of how Christians are severely persecuted throughout the world and vowed to help them. This is his way of getting it started.
May the Holy God of Israel bless and protect you.
John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
American Christianity
“First-Ever State Dept. Ministerial on Religious Freedom Will Be ‘More Than Talk,’ Pompeo Says”
Matthew 25:34-36 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
“”This has not happened ever in the world and we are delighted that we are the first to host it,” U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback told reporters on a conference call. Pompeo announced the ministerial in May during the release of the State Department’s annual international religious freedom report.
The ministerial comes as the State Department has been criticized for years for not taking the issue of religious freedom seriously when it comes to the priority it takes over other U.S. interests. However, the Trump administration has vowed since coming into office to place religious freedom as one of its top priorities — at home and abroad.
“For years, the foreign policy establishment has really not wanted to engage on the issue of religion and just seeing and not being sure how to handle it or what to do,” Brownback said. “But now, you are seeing more people saying that it is a key component for what is taking place in the world today and we just got to deal with this.”
Hard Left Attack on Believers and 1st Amendment
“Christian Family Sues Over Order to Stop Hosting Bible Studies, Church Retreats on Property” This seems to be yet a part of the never ending battle with various layers of the government to restrict our religious freedom. It just never ends.
Fortunately, there are law firms which defend our rights, and they often win in court.
1 Peter 5:8,9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
“”The borough has no business overseeing a group of people reading and discussing a book together on private property — even if that book is the Bible,” Randall Wenger, chief counsel for the Independence Law Center, which is representing the couple, said in a statement posted by Pennsylvania Family Institute on its website.
The couple were served a Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order last October and intimated that their activities could come under zoning restrictions such as those applicable to “places of worship,” while parties, political fundraisers and other secular activities had not been banned.”
Muslims vs Christians
“The Genocidal Assault on Nigeria’s Christians” This is about the latest outbreak of Muslims slaughtering Christians in Nigeria. There is no end to the killing of which the Hard Left ignores.
“Open Doors, an organization dedicated to serving persecuted Christians throughout the world, describes these targeted villages as Nigeria’s Plateau State, and describes the region as “the epicenter of Christianity in northern Nigeria’s Middle Belt.” The organization is still trying to piece together the events surrounding the genocidal attack of Nigerian Christians on June 25th,
According to reports, 120 villagers were hunted down and hacked to death by machete-wielding Muslims while traveling home from the funeral of an elderly villager in In the Nigerian ward of Gidin Akwati. Also slaughtered that day was a Christian pastor, the Reverend Musa Choji – murdered by these savages along with his wife and son.
These terrorists scorched the entire community of Gidin Akwatito the ground. Reports claim that some of those forced to flee their homes are now hiding in the Bush – remaining ever vulnerable to future attacks.
In a neighboring community of Gidin Akwati , another Christian pastor reported “more than 50 heavily armed Fulani herdsmen” laid waste to his whole village via fire and murdered 100 of his neighbors. Predictably, these Islamic militants destroyed that town’s Christian churches while also laying waste to all the homes in the community. Remarkably few people managed to save themselves that day.”
North Korea Update
“Images Show North Korea Dismantling Key Facilities at Satellite Launching Station” Let’s hope that this is real and NK is dismantling these weapons.
“While several members of the media have decided President Donald Trump’s negotiations with North Korea have mostly failed, new commercial satellite imagery of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station may soon have some reporters eating crow.
Images sent to CBN News by 38 North show North Korea’s main satellite launch facility is starting to be dismantled. “Commercial satellite imagery of the launch pad from July 20 shows that the rail-mounted processing/transfer structure has been moved to the middle of the pad, exposing the underground rail transfer point — one of the few times it has been seen in this location,” 38 North’s Joseph Bermudez Jr. stated.”
Trump vs Iran
“TRUMP DOCTRINE VS. ROUHANI” This is a great article laying out what President already has done against Iran and what his plans are for stopping Iranian aggression in the Middle East. This is a very good article.
“The proximate cause for Trump’s tweet was a threat by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani the day before to close the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping traffic, where he warned Trump, “Do not play with the lion’s tail; you will regret it forever.”
Rouhani himself was responding to a momentous speech at the Reagan Library by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, where he outlined the new “Trump Doctrine” toward Iran.
“The mission set for our team is clear,” Pompeo said. “It’s to deny the Iranian leadership the resources, the wealth, the funds, the capacity to continue to foment terrorism around the world and to deny the people inside of Iran the freedoms that they so richly deserve.”
If you’re reading this page, you’ve probably already had your fill of the hysterics and bombast from the organized left in response to this latest Trump tweet, starting with Rachel Maddow, the Atlantic, and their fellow gutter-creatures. So here is what you need to know to determine whether this President is serious.”
Hard Left Arrogance
“GOP Bill Would Ban Gay Pride Flags Over U.S. Embassies” I was humiliated seeing the “homosexual flag” flying over USA embassies during Obama’s reign. What an insult to Americans.
I hope this bill passes.
Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
“Legislation targets any symbols other than Old Glory if they’re flying atop buildings that represent America. The bill was introduced after recent incidents in which a rainbow flag — the symbol of gay pride and LGBT rights — was flown above several U.S. embassies. The bill would ban all other flags, not only the gay rights flag, from ard Left flown together with the American flag.
“The United States flag is the single greatest symbol of freedom the world has ever known, and there’s no reason for anything but Old Glory to be flying over our embassies and posts around the globe,” Duncan said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.”
Interesting History
“Maria Yudina – the woman who killed Stalin?” This article is a difficult read, but I wanted to point out that God even gave Stalin a witness of his mercy! Maria Yudina was a great Russian pianist who had contact with Stalin. He loved her music. She was fearless for the Lord and witnessed to Stalin! The last thing Stalin heard before he died was her music!
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
“Soon after, Yudina received an envelope with 20,000 rubles and she was informed that it came on the express orders of Stalin. (Another version of the story claims this came with the Stalin Prize for Music, a claim dismissed by one scholar as baseless.) Yudina, however, wrote back to him saying something like: “I thank you, Joseph Vissarionovich (Stalin’s real name), for your aid. I will pray for you day and night and ask the Lord to forgive you your great sins before the people and the country. The Lord is merciful and He’ll forgive you. I gave the money to the church that I attend [to pray for his soul, according to one variation].”
Stalin read it, set it aside and did not say a word. Nothing happened to Yudina. Her rendition of Mozart was on the record player when Stalin was found dead in the dacha. It was the last thing he had listened to. (But, of course, he was not simply “found dead”, as most accounts show.)”
Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
