Boko Haram Releases Video of Christian Killings in Nigeria

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Boko Haram Releases Video of Christian Killings in Nigeria

The Muslim extremist group Boko Haram’s released a video of them killing around 100 non-Muslims with machine guns.

The massacre reportedly happened in a town called Bama, 40 miles from Gwoza – an area known to be Christian.

Boko Haram previously released a video showing the murder of dozens of civilians in a mass grave in Gwoza.

It remains unclear how many of those killed in the attack in Bama are Christians.

In the video, the people were on the floor before militants came in with AK-47 machine guns, firing indiscriminately. They then targeted anyone who reacted to the gunfire.

The speaker in the film said: “We have made sure the floor of this hall is turned red with blood, and this is how it is going to be in all future attacks and arrests of infidels (or non-Muslims).”

“From now, killing, slaughtering, destruction and bombing will be our religious duty anywhere we invade.”

Open Doors’ World Watch List ranked Nigeria the most dangerous country in the world for Christians to reside in 2013.

Boko Haram has killed an estimated 1,800 Christians this year alone, according to International Christian Concern (ICC).

ICC’s Regional Manager for Africa, Cameron Thomas, said: “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims of this inexcusable atrocity.

“Militants, armed with AK-47s and a perverted theology of violence and bloodshed, have decimated community after community on their rampage across Nigeria’s northeast.

“Boko Haram has laid waste to the Nigerian church, slaughtering believers for their refusal to convert to Islam, abducting and enslaving schoolgirls for their Christian faith, and murdering pastors for preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ.

The insurgency can and must be eliminated before its caliphate spreads, claiming innocent lives with each and every advance.”

Source and Original Content by Premier Christian Radio

Just For Laughs: Minions Carol

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Just For Laughs: Minions Carol

No one says “Merry Christmas” quite like the Minions do – and they are bringing festivity and smiles to all with their antics singing these Christmas carols. What a fun and silly way to say Merry Christmas – thank you Minions for making us all smile once again!

#Christmas Means Twitter Campaign Gathers Mass Followership

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#Christmas Means Twitter Campaign Gathers Mass Followership

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York joined with thousands of other bishops, clergy and laity today to promote the”real meaning” of Christmas with #ChristmasMeans on Twitter.

Dr John Sentamu, of York, was one of the first with two tweets, “God is at work amongst us. He is closer than you think. Praise Him!” and “No need to be tongue tied any more – tell it out! #ChristmasMeans There is Good News to discover.”

Church House, the admin headquarters for the Church of England in London, urged congregations and clergy across 12,000 parishes to get out their smartphones and get the topic trending.

Sentamu said: “Christmas means letting the light of Christ shine out in what we do and what we say. Don’t follow the path, rather be bold and set out new paths for others to follow. God’s message is one of great joy and hope for the world – embrace His love”.

Durham diocese said: “#ChristmasMeans being responsive to the needs of others and speaking up for them.”

Lichfield diocese tweeted: “#Christmasmeans a down-to-earth God who cares about us and our lives. Can we make room for Him in ours?”

And endearingly, Hunton church near Winchester ‏@ChurchHunton tweeted: “#ChristmasMeans our noisy nutty nativity at 4 this afternoon.”

CofE comms director Arun Arora said: “We are delighted that #ChristmasMeans gives us this opportunity for parishes to take the good news of the first Christmas beyond churches and into people’s lives and homes.”

#ChristmasMeans follows the #EasterMeans campaign earlier this year which reached 29 million people from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday.

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One Thing 2014 Conference, Mike Bickle and Reinhard Bonnke Join Forces

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One Thing 2014 Conference, Mike Bickle and Reinhard Bonnke Join Forces

While Gov. Bobby Jindal works to plan a stadium prayer event in Baton Rouge so intercessors can respond to a nation in crisis, Mike Bickle is holding a stadium event in Kansas City to help today’s youth focus on one thing.

Thousands of young adults will gather for the International House of Prayer’s Onething conference at the Kansas City Convention Center Dec. 28-31. Believers will gather to set their hearts to live with passion for Jesus through extended times of worship, teaching of the Word and ministering in the power of the Holy Spirit.

“The main theme of the conference is focused on calling people to a Joel 2 response in face of God’s promise of a transforming national awakening and revival and a national crisis,” Bickle, director of IHOPKC, tells Charisma News.

Speakers and worship leaders include Bickle, Allan Hood, president of the IHOP University and associate director of IHOP, Reinhard Bonnke, an international evangelist and founder of Christ for all Nations, Misty Edwards, senior leader and worship leader at IHOPKC, Kari Jobe, worship pastor at Gateway Church, and worship leader Phil Wickham.

Bickle will speak on this crisis and call to prayer on the first and last nights of the conference, Dec. 28 and Dec. 31. Hood will speak on the national crisis and intercession on Dec. 29. Bonnke will speak on revival on Dec. 30.

“We feel very urgent about the crisis in the America and along with our conviction of a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit,” says Bickle. “People can join us by the web steam without any charge.”

Source and Original Content by Charisma News

Pastor Tunde Bakare Sets Record Straight on Presidential Candidate

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Pastor Tunde Bakare Sets Record Straight on Presidential Candidate

The Pastor and the Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has set the record straight about the APC’s presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.

The controversial pastor, in an exclusive interview with SaharaTV, has debunked insinuations and impressions that the social media has circulated that he is against General Muhammad Buhari. It would be recalled that Bakare ran with Buhari in 2011 on the presidential ticket of the Congress For Progressive Change.

In the new video, Pastor Bakare explained that the audio tape being circulated was a talk he gave immediately after the last governorship election in Ondo state in 2012, saying he made it clear for those who cared to listen that he supports Buhari’s ambition come rain, come shine.

In the new video, Bakare pledged his utmost loyalty to Buhari, making it known that he knows what he is doing and when he supports someone, he does so fully. The pastor, who had just arrived from a trip to the United States, told Sahara Reporters that he was knowledgeable about the behind-the-scenes political horse-trading that produced Yemi Osinbajo as Buhari’s VP candidate.

The interview was conducted at the Latter Rain Assembly church in Lagos, and Pastor Bakare spoke on a variety of topics. Enjoy watching the revealing video below:

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Australian Bishops Commend Steadfast Faith of Middle East Christians

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Australian Bishops Commend Steadfast Faith of Middle East Christians

Christ is being “reborn again in the lowly stable” this Christmas because of the remarkable faith of Iraqi Christians who were driven out of their homes, a group of Australian bishops have said after visiting refugees in Lebanon and the displaced in Erbil, Iraq.

The December 15-19 mission of the seven bishops was aimed at offering spiritual support, humanitarian aid and hope to Christians exiled from their homes in Mosul and the Nineveh Plain after they refused to convert to Islam.

Around 120,000 Christians were displaced in the incursions last summer by ISIS militants. Nuns and clergy, including bishops, are among the displaced in Irbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

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During the visit to Iraq, the bishops met families still camped in tents on church grounds, in half-finished buildings or in pre-fabricated huts in Erbil as well as in some surrounding villages.

“So many of the people we met said, ‘We lost our homes, our lands, our jobs, all our possessions — everything — but we will not lose our faith,” Archbishop Julian Porteous of Hobart told Catholic News Service in Beirut. “You can feel the faith.”

An elderly woman told the bishops that when she was threatened by the Islamic militants and ordered to convert to Islam, she defiantly responded: “I am a Christian. I will not convert. You can kill me if you want.”

“We saw extraordinary courage and depth of commitment to the Christian faith,” Archbishop Porteous said. “It is quite remarkable…Read More

Source and Original Content by Catholic Herald

Phillipine City Where all Taxis Are Required To Have A Bible Verse Painted on Them

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Phillipine City Where all Taxis Are Required To Have A Bible Verse Painted on Them

One city in the Philippines requires that a Scripture be painted on the main public transportation method—a three-wheeled motorcycle. (Photo via CBN News)

Any driver caught without a Bible verse is fined or has their license revoked. The city wants the world to know how much they love God’s Word.

Smack in the middle of the Philippines, 395 miles south of Manila, lies a tropical paradise dripping with natural beauty.

It’s easy to see why the island province of Bohol is one of the country’s famous tourist destinations.

Mile after mile of pristine white sandy beaches and crystal clear water attracts scores of outdoor enthusiasts from around the world.

But the tranquil island getaway is also famous for something else: thousands of noisy, but fast three-wheeled motorized taxis known as tricycles that serve as the island’s main mode of public transportation.

“It can get you to any part of the island. It’s cheap and you can fit between four and seven people at one time,” said Dennis Cantina, who has built these tricycles for 10 years. (Photo via CBN News)

But he and many others who live in Bohol will tell you these are no ordinary tricycles.

“Not only is this the most reliable form of transportation, but on the back of every tricycle is a message of hope and that makes me very proud to build them,” he said…Read More

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Nokia working on Smartphone With Android 5.0 Lollipop

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Nokia working on Smartphone With Android 5.0 Lollipop

After launching its first Android tablet in November, the Nokia N1, the Finnish firm is now rumoured to be working on an Android 5.0 Lollipop-based smartphone called Nokia C1. If the rumour is true and smartphone is released as the Nokia C1, the firm would be breaching the Microsoft acquisition agreement.
According to Techweb, Nokia is working on a device codenamed Nokia C1 that runs a custom build of Android 5.0 Lollipop based on the Nokia Z Launcher.

The tipped specifications by the Chinese blog (via Phonearena) include a 5-inch display; an Intel processor coupled with 2GB of RAM; 32GB internal storage; an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera for the alleged Nokia C1.

To remind you about the Microsoft-Nokia acquisition agreement, the Finnish company Nokia can no longer use the Nokia brand on smartphones till Q4 2016, and on feature phones for 10 years. To bypass the restriction, Nokia may very well launch the smartphone under a different brand.

Microsoft had completed the acquisition of the devices and services division of Nokia in in April this year. After the deal, Nokia was left with its core network equipment and services business, Here mapping and navigation unit, and Nokia Technologies. Since then the two new consumer-facing products from Nokia have been the Z Launcher and the N1 tablet.

Earlier this month, Nokia announced its Here maps app will only be developed by it for Android and iOS, while Microsoft would take over development of the application for the Windows Phone platform.

Last month, Nokia had announced its “first Nokia-branded Android tablet” called the Nokia N1. The tablet will be launched in China in Q1 2015 with a brand-licensing agreement extending to an OEM partner (Foxconn) that will manufacture, distribute, and sell it.

The Nokia N1 will cost $249 (roughly Rs. 15,400) before taxes, and will be made available in other markets globally, said company during the unveiling. The Nokia N1 features a 7.9-inch (2048×1536 pixel) IPS LED-backlit display protected by Gorilla Glass 3; a 64-bit 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580 processor (4 cores, 4 threads) coupled with a PowerVR G6430 GPU; 2GB of LPDDR3 (800MHz) RAM; 32GB of inbuilt storage (non-expandable); an 8-megapixel rear autofocus camera; a 5-megapixel fixed focus camera; 5300mAh battery, and predictive Nokia Z Launcher interface on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop.

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Prayer Vigil Held for Slain NYPD Officers

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Prayer Vigil Held for Slain NYPD Officers

Family and friends of the two New York police officers killed on Saturday have responded by attending a candlelight vigil on Sunday evening and calling for peace.

Officers Wenjian Liu, 32, and Rafael Ramos, 40, were shot in the head while they were sitting inside a police patrol car in Brooklyn.

The suspected gunman, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, indicated on social media before the attack that he wanted to kill two policemen in the wake of the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases, where police had killed unarmed black men.

Brinsley, who has a criminal record, reportedly shot his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore, before travelling to New York, and after shooting the officers, later killed himself in a New York subway station.

Liu, who had been a police officer for seven years, got married just a few months ago. Ramos was married with two children, and known as a devoted family man and Christian.

According to the Wall Street Journal Ramos’ cousin, Ronnie Gonzalez, said: “My cousin had a couple of priorities in his life. One was God, because he was a God-loving man.

“I wish I could be half the man my cousin was,” Gonzalez added. “He was sweet. He didn’t deserve…to die.”

His aunt, Lucy Ramos, said in a statement that she hoped they could “move forward and find an amicable path to a peaceful coexistence.”

Ramos was also due to be commissioned as a lay chaplain on the day that he was killed.

Rev Marcos Miranda, the president of the New York State Chaplain Task Force where Ramos was training to become a chaplain, told the Christian Post: “I will remember his kindness the most — even the kindness in his eyes — in our talks, he asked what I thought of him being a police officer, and I said it was an honourable job. He said he thought it was ministry because he was helping those in need.

“He never thought he could be a chaplain, he saw himself doing this type of ministry after he retired from the NYPD. He was very excited about that possibility,” Miranda said…Read More

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Christians Remaining in Syria Fight to Keep Their Land

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Christians Remaining in Syria Fight to Keep Their Land

Thousands of Christians have been forced out of the Hasaka province in Syria this Christmas.

Syria’s Christian population was about 2.2 million, or 10 percent of Syria’s population. Many fled their homes because of fear of persecution for allegedly supporting the Syrian government.

The Christians say they do not support the government.

“We used to have big Christmas celebrations here and now look at the streets,” said a resident named George. “What is there to celebrate? I can’t and won’t leave my home.”

The Syriac Union Party has created a Christian militia to support and to protect the Christians still in the area. The militia, called Sutoro, formed in 2013.

“We are protecting what has been ours for hundreds of years,” said Aboud, who only gave his first name to reporters. “We are the original owners of the land.”

Said Ashur Abu Sarkun, general commander of Sutoro: “It’s very connected to the land. People don’t want Christians around … We welcome an autonomous region where Christians make decisions with the Kurds and Arabs.

Source and Original Content by Christian Headlines

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