Almost 7,000 people belonging to the largely Christian minority group in Kachin, northern Myanmar, have fled their houses since fighting between the army and a rebel group flared up in early April, according to recent figures from the Red Cross.

“It’s a war where civilians are being systematically targeted by members of Burma Army … [yet] the international community chooses to overlook it,” political analyst and writer Stella Naw told the UK’s Guardian newspaper yesterday (14 May), with international attention on Myanmar focused on the humanitarian crisis facing the country’s Rohingya Muslims.

Thousands of lives have been lost and at least 120,000 people have been displaced in the decades-long conflict between the army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) since the military seized control of the country in 1962.

“It is an invisible war,” said San Htoi, the joint secretary of Kachin Women’s Association Thailand. She told the Guardian that on a recent visit representatives of the United Nations Security Council went only to Rakhine state and “left the country without knowing [about Kachin]”.

And according to Thomas Muller, an Asia analyst for Open Doors International, a charity that supports…

The Rev. Franklin Graham has made note of prophecy surrounding the return of Jesus Christ as Christians and Jews mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Israel and the U.S. embassy’s official opening in Jerusalem.

“[Seventy] years ago today, the State of Israel was established. In fulfillment of prophecy, God brought the nation into being, and He is sustaining them for the day when the Lord Jesus Christ Himself will return and establish His throne in Jerusalem as Scripture tells us,” Graham wrote on Facebook Monday.

“I believe it is significant that the United States has formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and is moving our embassy there,” he added, referring to the U.S. government’s major decision that was announced last year, with the ceremony taking place on Monday.

“This has been promised by past U.S. presidents and administrations, but it had never become a reality, until now,” wrote the evangelist, who is president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

Several big-name evangelical preachers and megachurch pastors have all commented on the link between biblical…

Don’t believe everything you read. Many pro-abortion advocates gleefully point to the recent Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll as “proof” the May 25th referendum will reject the protection of human life from conception and adopt abortion. Only 47 percent of the sampling rate are in favour, meaning just over half the population remains undecided or against the change in legislation.

If an upcoming vote sacrificing the unborn was already a given, would “big gun” pop stars and Irish showbiz elite — the likes of actor Liam Neeson and rock band U-2 — be weighing in at the last minute to support a repeal? This was tried…and failed…before. Back in 2015, 250 artists also unsuccessfully called for a repeal. Upping their game, hundreds of thousands of pounds from outside the nation have been poured into forcing abortion on the Irish this time by George Soros, Amnesty International and International Planned Parenthood Federation alone. And now, most recently, although those supporting Life have repeatedly been denied internet platforms, the persecution continues: Google and Twitter are refusing to place ads on either side of the debate. Facebook is a hold-out so far, stating it will only reject foreign ads. We already knew – witness Facebook’s recent hearings in Washington, D.C. – these services routinely discriminate against the pro-life…

Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has asked for “forgiveness” on behalf of the entire convention and explained why he can’t remove controversial Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson as a speaker at this year’s SBC annual meeting in Dallas.

Gaines, an alumnus of SWBTS and the pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, issued a public statement in response to past controversial statements made by 75-year-old Patterson about women, abuse and divorce. Thousands of evangelical women are calling on him to step down.

“I praise God for the leadership [Patterson] gave to the SBC during the Conservative Resurgence. I am also grateful for his leadership at my alma mater, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,” Gaines said in a statement Friday. “I have talked with him in person and by phone regarding his comments and told him that I disagree with the counsel he gave to a woman who was married to an abusive husband.”

Late last month, a clip from an interview from 2000 that Patterson did with the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood was posted to a Baptist