UK remains silent on Asia Bibi as asylum calls intensify

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UK remains silent on Asia Bibi as asylum calls intensify

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve has urged the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary to extend to Asia and her family permission to seek refuge in the UK.

 

Mr Grieve said the treatment of Ms Bibi – who spent eight years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy – had been “deplorable” and he urged ministers to intervene.

Referring to Asia and her family, he told Premier: “It seems to me quite clear that their future in Pakistan is an impossible one, in view of the threats they’re under.

 

“They’re, therefore, eminently eligible for asylum and I would hope that the United Kingdom government would be in a position to make that offer.”

Thousands of people took to the streets of Pakistan’s major cities in protest last week after the country’s Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi. Demonstrators demanded she be publicly executed.

Asia Bibi had been accused of insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad during a row with a group of Muslim women in 2009. She had always denied any wrongdoing.

AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad

 

Conservative MP for New Forest West, Sir Desmond Swayne told Premier many Christians in the UK were supportive of Asia Bibi’s plight.

He told Premier: “There’s no question of the right to asylum in this case and I would think, yes, given the strength of feeling that’s been felt by so many of…

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Open Heaven 6 November 2018 – The Fields are Ripe for Harvest

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Open Heaven 6 November 2018 Tuesday Daily Devotional by Pastor E A Adeboye – The Fields are Ripe for Harvest

Topic: The Fields are Ripe for Harvest (Open Heaven 6 November 2018)

Memorise: “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”– John 4:35

Read: John 4:34-38 (KJV)

34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Bible in One Year: Jeremiah 46-48, Luke 17:11-37

Open Heaven 6 November 2018 Tuesday MESSAGE:

In preparation for the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, your involvement in soul-winning is an indicator that shows how big your dream of heaven is. Anyone who has a big dream of the second coming will do everything within his or her power to ensure that not only is the gospel preached all over the world, but also that souls are won in multitudes to the kingdom of God. In Matthew 24:14, Jesus said:

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”

In other words, our dream of a new heaven and a new earth cannot be realized until we have preached the gospel all over the world. It is therefore incumbent on us to pursue the actualization of our dream of the coming kingdom through aggressive evangelism, missionary works and soul-winning.

No matter how much we discuss and study the second coming of Christ, it is of no use if we do not do what will bring the kingdom of God back to the earth. The task ahead of us is very simple if we really want to be true to our Master. He has assigned the easier part of the assignment to us, which is reaping the harvest of fields we did not cultivate, and receiving the accompanying wages. John 4:36 & 38 says:

“36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.”

Others, like the early apostles of Jesus Christ, have labored in the fields, expecting that we as reapers will bring in the harvest in the last days. The work ahead of us is easier than ever before; all we need to do is to make ourselves available for the ready-made harvest of souls all over the world. Romans 8:19 says:

“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”

The world is waiting for us; if we do not fulfill our assignment as reapers, the harvest will be wasted. However, if we put in our sickles as commanded, we and the souls rescued from eternal damnation will be happy. If we choose to be complacent in soul winning, our Lord’s return will be delayed, and this would prolong our suffering in this world (Romans 8:23). Therefore, put in your sickle today.

Open Heaven 6 November 2018 Tuesday Action Point:

Determine to reap the already white harvest around you, and make disciples of your neighbors who are earnestly seeking God’s deliverance.

Also Read: Open Heaven 5 November 2018 – How Big is your Dream?

Open Heaven 6 November 2018 Tuesday Hymn 7: Wonderful Story Of Love

1. Wonderful story of love;
Tell it to me again;
Wonderful story of love;
Wake the immortal strain!
Angels with rapture announce it,
Shepherds with wonder receive it;
Sinner, oh, won’t you believe it?
Wonderful story of love.

Chorus:
Wonderful! Wonderful!
Wonderful, wonderful story of love.

2. Wonderful story of love;
Though you are far away;
Wonderful story of love;
Still He doth call today;
Calling from Calvary’s mountain,
Down from the crystal-bright fountain,
E’en from the dawn of creation,
Wonderful story of love.

3. Wonderful story of love;
Jesus provides a rest;
Wonderful story of love;
For all the pure and blest,
Rest in those mansions above us,
With those who’ve gone on before us,
Singing the rapturous chorus,
Wonderful story of love.

Open Heaven 6 November 2018 Tuesday Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC. Open Heaven 6 November 2018 Tuesday Daily Devotional.

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Scientists Sign Petition to Argue That Gender Is Not Biological

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Scientists Sign Petition to Argue That Gender Is Not Biological


Scientists Sign Petition to Argue That Gender Is Not Biological


Some 1,600 scientists have signed an open letter to the Trump administration that denounces the administration’s plan to try to define gender as a biological condition determined at birth.


Eight Nobel laureates are among the scientists who signed the letter, arguing against a Department of Health and Human Services memo that said the legal definition of sex is determined at birth.


“As a trans woman and as a scientist, [the memo is] inherently an attack on my humanity, my ability to exist in the world, and to safely navigate certain spaces,” Mika Tosca, an assistant professor of climate science at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, told BuzzFeed News. 


“It was really important that we gather as many scientists as we could to say that so scientists ourselves were not complicit in promoting this wholly flawed, non-scientific effort.”


The letter asks for the Trump administration to withdraw the proposal to legally change the definition of gender, calling the proposal “unscientific” and promoting “pseudoscience.”


“There are no genetic tests that can unambiguously determine gender or even sex,” the letter states, and “even if such tests existed, it would be unconscionable to use the pretext of science to enact policies that overrule the lived experience of people’s own gender identities.”


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France Gives 30 Million Euros of Aid to Gambia in Push for Stability – Urban Christian News

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France Gives 30 Million Euros of Aid to Gambia in Push for Stability – Urban Christian News

France gave 30 million euros ($34 million) of aid to Gambia on Monday as part of efforts to support its democratic transition and ensure stability in a region Paris deems vital to its interests.

Born of British and French colonial rivalry in the 19th century and surrounded by francophone Senegal, Gambia – a tourist haven and groundnut producer – won independence from Britain in 1965.

President Adama Barrow won the December 2016 election by beating exiled authoritarian former leader Yahya Jammeh, who fled Gambia after regional militaries launched an operation to remove him.

“What’s at stake is consolidating democracy and stability in Gambia,” said a French diplomatic source, as French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited Gambia.

Paris has major economic interests in Senegal and wants to ensure a rebel movement in the southern Casamance area, separated from the more affluent north by Gambia, does not flare up after Jammeh broke ties with Dakar and destabilized the area.

The International Monetary Fund has warned Gambia against any new borrowing after its debt stock reached 130 percent of gross domestic product at the end of last year.

The aid provided by France comprises 5 million euros for budgetary support, 20 million for drinking water projects and 5 million for agriculture.

Under President Emmanuel Macron, France is attempting to broaden its economic influence in Africa to anglophone regions.

French firms including Bollore and energy group Total are among those vying for contracts in Gambia.

Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Janet Lawrence

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Nun deported after criticism of President

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Nun deported after criticism of President

An Australian nun who had criticised the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s policies, including his brutal war on drugs, arrived home from the Philippines on Sunday, more than six months after the president ordered her arrest and deportation.

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Sarah Silverman’s Hulu Show Mocks Christianity with Cursing ‘Pansexual’ Jesus

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Sarah Silverman’s Hulu Show Mocks Christianity with Cursing ‘Pansexual’ Jesus


Sarah Silverman’s Hulu Show Mocks Christianity with Cursing ‘Pansexual’ Jesus


Comedian Sarah Silverman, who has made a career out of mocking religion, took her crass humor to another level last week with an Election Day skit involving a cursing “Jesus” who is promiscuous. 


The skit, which appeared on Hulu’s I Love You America, shows Silverman in a line on Election Day when she spots “Jesus” (played by Fred Armisen) at the front and calls out his name. Newsbusters first reported about the controversy. 


“Sarah, my child, how are you?” she asks.


“I’m great, how are you?” he responds.


The discussion quickly devolves into a discussion of his genitalia – which he happily talks about – before the conversion turns to politics.   


“I don’t want to say who I’m voting for,” he says.


Silverman asks him which issues are most important to him.


“I just want a law that says you can’t force your kid to die publicly by bleeding to death on a cross,” he says. 


The discussion then turns back to sex, with Silverman saying she wished he wasn’t celibate. 


“I’m essentially pansexual,” he says, before adding that he had “sex” with an oak tree recently. 


When Silverman lets an f-bomb slip, he curses, too, saying, “I curse all the time. F— f— f—. D–n. P–s. H–l. B—-rd. S–t.”


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Eugene Peterson’s Son Reveals His Father ‘Fooled’ Everyone, Had Only One Real Sermon for the World

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Eugene Peterson’s Son Reveals His Father ‘Fooled’ Everyone, Had Only One Real Sermon for the World

(Screenshot: YouTube/jaker599371)Memorial service on November 3, 2018 for Eugene Peterson at First Presbyterian Church in Kalispell, Montana.

The family and friends of Christian author Eugene Peterson celebrated his life at his memorial service on Saturday, with son Leif revealing the one message his father had for the world.

Peterson, most famous for The Message Bible, passed away at the age of 85 in October, leaving behind a legacy of influence.

Leif Peterson touched on that legacy during his speech at First Presbyterian Church in Kalispell, Montana, recalling that his family for years received messages from people explaining how Peterson led them to ministry and saved their marriages.

He said that in the latter stages of his life, his father didn’t always understand the full context of the letters that were sent to him, but appreciated that they were good news.

“My dad’s message was that good news always plays out best in relationships. The writer of Genesis tells us that at the end of each day of creation, God looked around the world that He had done, and saw that it was good,” Leif Peterson said.

“I think my dad did that a lot. He was always looking around at the mountains, at the flowers, at the birds, at the relationships forming and playing all around him, and…

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Sources Say Venezuela Is Seeking to Repatriate $550 Million in Gold From the Bank of England – Urban Christian News

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Sources Say Venezuela Is Seeking to Repatriate $550 Million in Gold From the Bank of England – Urban Christian News

Venezuela is seeking to repatriate about $550 million in gold bars from the Bank of England because of fears it could be caught up in international sanctions on the country, two sources with direct knowledge of the effort told Reuters.

Venezuela’s hard currency holdings have dwindled as existing U.S. financial sanctions have effectively blocked President Nicolas Maduro’s government from borrowing on international markets.

The Trump administration on Thursday issued a new round of sanctions banning U.S. citizens from having dealings with anyone involved in “corrupt or deceptive” gold sales from Venezuela, as part of efforts to boost pressure on Maduro.

Maduro’s government is seeking to bring 14 tonnes of gold held in the Bank of England back to Venezuela, according to two public officials with direct knowledge of the operation, who asked not to be identified.

The Bank of England has sought to clarify what Venezuela wants to do with the gold, one of the officials said.

Venezuela’s central bank did not respond to a request for comment. The Bank of England declined to comment.

The plan has been held up for nearly two months due to difficulty in obtaining insurance for the shipment, needed to move a large gold cargo, one of the officials said.

“They are still trying to find insurance coverage, because the costs are high,” the official said.

Venezuela is in its fifth year of recession with annual inflation at more than 400,000 percent, leading to increased incidence of hunger and disease and spurring an exodus of some 2 million citizens.

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Missing vicar found safe

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Missing vicar found safe

Police had been searching for Reverend John Paul Hoskins after he was reported missing at around 11pm on Saturday.

 

The 43-year-old, who is the priest-in-charge at Winchcombe Parish, had last been seen at his home in Langley Road.

Gloucestershire Police said Mr Hoskins was found on Sunday.

The force tweeted: “We are very pleased to say that the Rev John Paul Hoskins has been found and is safe. Thank you to everyone for sharing our appeal.”

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Michael Bublé Praises God Following His Son’s Cancer Remission

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Michael Bublé Praises God Following His Son’s Cancer Remission


Michael Bublé Praises God Following His Son’s Cancer Remission


Michael Bublé joined The Late Late Show host James Cordon for an episode of Carpool Karaoke where he gave all the glory to God for healing his son from cancer. 


While driving through Los Angeles for some lighthearted fun and Michael Bublé karaoke, Cordon asked the Canadian singer how he and his family got through the last several years following his oldest son’s cancer diagnosis.


Bublé told the British show host, “We all moved and we lived at [Children’s Hospital Los Angeles] and we just had the best doctors and, God, thank you, Jesus Christ, God.”


Bublé said that that time in his life was too hard to talk about saying, “We got the diagnosis and that was it man, my life ended.”


The Grammy winning artists said, “Basically they just said that it wasn’t great. And so, we took it day by day.”


Bublé noted that their entire family including several extended family members uprooted their lives and moved to the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles for the duration of his son Noah’s treatment.


According to CBN News, Noah was diagnosed in 2016, at the age of three, with liver cancer. As of 2018, Noah is now in remission from his cancer.


Still, that time in the singer’s life is painful. Bublé told Cordon, “I’m not OK.” 


He continued, “My wife and I, when this all started, I became the strength to somehow pull us and lift us and to be…

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