JOS, Nigeria, September 21, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (September 17) shot a Christian who was riding on a motorcycle with a policeman in north-central Nigeria, sources said.

Sati Bulus, a member of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Malul village in Bokkos County, Plateau state, was ambushed and shot to death by Fulani herdsmen at about 8:30 p.m. as he made his way home from Bokkos town, said area resident Christopher Luka. The Fulani are predominantly Muslims.

The Rev. Samuel Matawal, a COCIN pastor in Bokkos town, confirmed the killing in Daffo District in a short text message to Morning Star News.

“A member of our local congregation at Malul village was ambushed and shot dead by some Fulani herdsmen on Thursday, Sept. 17,” Pastor Matawal said.

The assailants reportedly killed the policeman riding with Bulus. Nigerian news outlet MK-Reporters added that Fulani herdsmen leaders had met on Sept. 14 in Fass, Barkin Ladi County, to plan resumption of hostilities in Daffo District and three other areas in Plateau state before December.

Donations of 1.3 million naira (US$3,378) for the purchase of weapons were raised at the meeting, the outlet reported.

Prior Attack

Herdsmen had attacked predominantly Christian Malul village in February, killing one Christian and injuring another, Luka said.

“At about 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 14, a group of seven armed Fulani…

40 Days for Life, a pro-life prayer vigil campaign, is set to have record participation due to having the most participating cities this year. The prayer vigil, which will take place from Sept. 23 through Nov. 1, has 588 participating cities, the most since the campaign was first held back in 2007.

Shawn Carney, the president and CEO of 40 Days for Life, told The Christian Post that “Many thought that the pandemic and civil unrest in our streets would be a deterrent, but I am so proud of the local leaders who came out in droves to apply, train, and lead their campaign locally.”

“The desire to help women and their unborn children is at an all-time high despite nearly five decades of legalized abortion. The pro-life movement gets larger and younger by the day and that is illustrated in this record,” he continued. He also said he wasn’t going to let the pandemic stop the prayer vigil. He trained his staff to be ready to take all the necessary precautions to ensure it’s not going to be shut down by the government.

40 Days for Life is a pro-life organization that is working to end abortion by holding prayer vigils and taking pro-life conversations to the streets via community outreach. The organization goes door-knocking to gather signatures for petitions and to inform people on the truth about abortion and why it is wrong and needs to end. They also hold 40-day campus outreaches…

Peace talks between Saudi Arabia and Israel are reportedly progressing, The Times of Israel reports.

Israel has expressed openness to peace with Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia is having a bit of infighting between the older leader, King Salman, and his 35-year-old son, Mohammed bin Salman.

The King, who is 84 years old, is skeptical of a peace deal with Israel over what he sees as national sovereignty and security issues. Meanwhile, the son is pro-peace with Israel.

The main issue is the Palestinians. Salman believes The Palestinians are a good ally for Saudi Arabia, while his son believes they are not as good an ally as Israel. This is because Iran is being seen as a rising force in the region, and Israel has proven a strong partner in helping to curb Iran’s force with other Arab nations. But many seem to agree with the crown prince instead of his father, according to New York-based rabbi, Marc Schneier, who told The Times Of Israel “It’s no secret there’s a generational conflict … for the Saudis, it’s not a question of ‘if,’ it’s a question of ‘when.’ And there’s no doubt that they will establish relations with Israel.”

But not everyone is so quick to dance to that tune. One other ruler in the region, Turki al-Faisal, told The Times of Israel that “any talk of a rift between the king and the crown prince is mere speculation. We’ve seen none of that.”

But either way, sources confirm…

After 39 years, a translation of the Bible in American Sign Language has been completed.

The final books needed, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, were completed this fall.

According to Christianity Today, work on translating the Bible into ASL started in 1981 with Duane King, a minister in the Independent Christian Church.

King, who is hearing, had learned to sign after meeting a deaf Christian couple in 1970. The couple told King they avoided going to church because they did not understand what was going on. King said he felt he needed to help the deaf community.

King and his wife, Peggy, then started a church and a mission for the deaf in Iowa. In 1981, King started work on an ASL Bible.

“Most hearing people don’t understand how difficult it is to learn to read what you cannot hear,” King said in 2019. “Deaf people rely so much on their eyesight that they want everything to be tangible—they want to be able to see everything.”

Translation to sign language begins with the adaptation of the English words to a “front translation,” a version that uses a word order and vocabulary that corresponds to sign language.

Harold Noe, a Hebrew and Greek scholar who worked with Deaf Missions, said in an interview in 2004 that the translation can be difficult because ASL has a different syntax than English.

“The same sign used for `resurrection’ is the sign for `stand up,'” Noe said. “I recall working…

In a recent string of Twitter posts, author and pastor Tim Keller exhorted Christians to vote with a “liberty of conscience,” rejecting the idea that Christians must vote for a specific candidate.

According to The Christian Post, Keller shared that though the Bible teaches Christians important principles, it does not tell us how to carry out these ideas in our current political structure.

“The Bible binds my conscience to care for the poor, but it does not tell me the best practical way to do it,” he said. “Any particular strategy (high taxes and government services vs low taxes and private charity) may be good and wise and may even be somewhat inferred from other things the Bible teaches, but they are not directly commanded and therefore we cannot insist that all Christians, as a matter of conscience, follow one or the other.”

…and may even be somewhat inferred from other things the Bible teaches, but they are not directly commanded and therefore we cannot insist that all Christians, as a matter of conscience, follow one or the other. The Bible binds my conscience to love the immigrant-but it doesnt

— Timothy Keller (@timkellernyc) September 17, 2020

He continued to explain the same idea with immigration. The tweets spurred heavy debate amongst Twitter users who argued that Keller was loose on abortion.

“Some folks are missing the point of…

Rapper and former That’s So Raven actor Orlando Brown says a Christian recovery program has helped him break his addiction to drugs.

According to The Christian Post, Brown, who is most famous for his role as Eddie Thomas on the Disney Channel show That’s So Raven, will be graduating from Rise Discipleship in November.

Rise Discipleship is a 6-month in-patient recovery program for men struggling with addiction, homelessness and other issues. The program is sponsored by Rise Church in Abilene, Texas.

“I can tell you that I’m OK. I’m alive. I was in an unsafe position and it has been shaky but at the end of the day all I can tell you is I’m OK and I’m graduating and I will be getting married,” he said.

Brown, 32, was first arrested in February 2016 for domestic battery, obstruction of justice, drug possession with intent to sell and possession of contraband.

In 2018, he tried a rehabilitation facility, but was later arrested for drugs and prostitution charges.

Then this year, he claimed television host Nick Cannon once performed fellatio on him while dressed as a woman. Cannon denied the claims.

Also this year, Brown said actor Will Smith raped him as a child.

In a fundraising video for Rise Discipleship, Brown said he found acceptance “for who I am.”

“My fiancée told me about this place and when I came it was amazing,” he said. “I had a blast. These brothers…

Patricia Heaton, who is best known for her role in the hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, warned of an imminent anti-religious onslaught as President Trump plans to announce a Supreme Court nominee in the wake of the passing of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

“Friends, be prepared for social media to be filled with an onslaught of arrogant pronouncements based on breathtaking ignorance of religion in general, Christianity specifically and Catholicism in particularly by people who wouldn’t recognize God if He bit them on the bum.” Heaton, a professing Catholic, seemingly wrote in regards to the impending nomination on Sunday.

Friends, be prepared for social media to be filled with an onslaught of arrogant pronouncements based on breathtaking ignorance of religion in general, Christianity specifically and Catholicism in particularly by people who wouldn’t recognize God if He bit them on the bum.

— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) September 21, 2020

Faithwire reports that President Trump has confirmed that his nomination will be a woman. Many have pointed to Amy Coney Barrett, a circuit judge on the Chicago based U.S Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit as a potential successor to Ginsberg’s seat on the Supreme Court.

Barrett had previously served as a law clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia and as a law professor at Notre…

On Sunday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered remarks at Jack Graham’s Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. As a Christian himself, Pompeo encouraged believers not to shy away from expressing their faith in the public square despite opposition from critics.

Pastor Jack Graham, who leads the Texas-based megachurch, highlighted Pompeo’s resume and his Christian faith as “a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ and a believer in our Savior.”

According to The Christian Post, Pompeo stated that the eyes of the world are on America for direction and the world must know “America’s foundation as a Judeo-Christian nation.”

“Faith in the public square is not only lawful but righteous. This faith is not only powerful, but required by the American tradition,” he said.

Pompeo also quoted George Washington, America’s first president and one of the Founding Fathers: “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable support.”

Regarding the Founding Fathers, Pompeo noted that they “put protection of human dignity and human freedom at the heart of our founding documents … To this day, America reflects this.”

The Secretary of State added that the work of the State Department must likewise reflect it.

Pompeo proceeded to highlight China’s oppression of Uyghur Muslims as an example of what a…