Islamic State Chickens: Terror Groups Uses Fowl, Goats as Suicide Bombers; Online Pictures Show Hens Strapped With Improvised Explosives

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Islamic State Chickens: Terror Groups Uses Fowl, Goats as Suicide Bombers; Online Pictures Show Hens Strapped With Improvised Explosives

ISIS Suicide Chicken (Screengrab: YouTube)

Christian Post Report – Photos have been posted online purporting to show the Islamic State’s new attack strategy — using innocent chickens and hens as suicide bombers to kill their enemies.

The Daily Mail reports that both pro-IS and anti-IS tweeters have shared pictures of what appears to be chickens with improvised explosive devices strapped onto them.

According to the British news agency, claims have been made that IS is equipping chickens with explosives in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. The chickens are then encouraged by the militants to venture into the opposition’s territory, where IS militants remotely detonate the explosives and kill opposition fighters that are within the striking distance of the birds.

The photos emerged after Kurdish forces claimed to have captured a bomb-strapped chicken in the Syrian city of Al-Hasakah, according to the International Business Times.

Although there’s no verification as to whether or not IS has in fact taken up the practice of using chickens as suicide bombers to carry out militants’ dirty work, an unnamed British man fighting for the Kurdish forces explained to the Daily Mail that IS is using any means necessary to bring about the demise of the opposition.

“IS will use whatever means they can to bring death and destruction,” the British fighter said. “Using animals has little military value. It is just another example of how their twisted minds enjoy dreaming up bizarre ways to kill people.”

As IS has recently suffered a few defeats along its supply lines in Syria, Nasser Kataw — an expert on Iraqi terror groups who lectures at the University of Baghdad — told British newspaper The Daily Star that IS’ ammunition continues to become scarce and could be forcing the terror group to devise more creative ways to utilize the weapons it has.

“The regime has countless small arms like semi-automatic weapons and pistols and lots of field weapons like mortars, but the ammunition is running low and cannot easily be replaced,” Kataw said. “The regime is now desperately trying to fashion its own weapons, but lacks the machine shops to make such precision items.”

According to the Daily Mail, the emergence of the bomb-strapped chicken photos comes after reports surfaced alleging that IS strapped improvised explosives to a goat and sent the goat into a Kurdish base in the Syrian border town of Kobane.

IS has also used children as suicide bombers. In early July, militants forced a 14-year-old boy to carry out a suicide attack in northern Syria that killed over 50 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

The  Iranian AhlulBayt News Agency reports that at least 40 children, aged between 12 and 17, have died in suicide operations for IS in the last seven months.

If the fowl claims are true, it wouldn’t be the first time that IS has massacred chickens. In April, the terror group destroyed two truck shipments of U.S.-produced chicken that were on their way to starving Syrians in the war-ravished nation because it supposedly violated the caliphate’s dietary restrictions.

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Voice of the Martyrs Sends Bibles Into North Korea; Uses App to Track Where the Gospel Lands Inside the Communist State

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Voice of the Martyrs Sends Bibles Into North Korea; Uses App to Track Where the Gospel Lands Inside the Communist State
North Korea (Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji)

Christian Post Report – A girl dressed in a Hanbok, a Korean traditional costume, stands in front of a barbed-wire fence, as her parents prepare for a memorial service for North Korean family members, near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, February 19, 2015, on the occasion of Seolnal, the Korean Lunar New Year’s day. Millions of South Koreans traveled to their hometowns during the three-day holiday which started last Wednesday. Seolnal is one of the traditional holidays when most Koreans visit their hometowns to be united with their families and hold memorial services for their deceased ancestors.

The Korean office for Voice of the Martyrs announced at a press conference earlier this week that the Christian missionary organization will be sending Bibles into the southern part of North Korea.

“In North Korea, even children are aware of the risks of possessing a Bible. Even socks, clothes or food are dangerous. People who pick up a Bible know their choice is very risky, they could probably end up being executed,” said the Rev. Eric Foley, CEO of VOM Korea to NK News, explaining the dangers of owning a Bible in the Communist state.

 

 

VOM will be sending the Bibles, translated into a North Korean dialect, via balloons, a means by which the group has used in the past.

One difference this year is unlike past balloon distributions, VOM has a computer app to track where the Bibles will land in North Korea.

Speaking about the contributions defectors have made in spreading the Gospel, Foley added: “Eighty percent of defectors are communicating with their families and relatives in their hometown, and this channel hasn’t been used properly.”

A VOM in a blog entry from earlier this month notes that “a scientist in Australia has partnered with us to provide us a computer app that enables us to enter the full range of launch data … and receive a precise projection of where Bibles will land, before we ever leave our office.

“Our field tests to date have proven the app to be astonishingly accurate in its predictions when compared to the GPS data we receive from actual launches.”

According to the Christian persecution watchdog group Open Doors USA, North Korea — a small Communist state with nuclear weapons — has approximately 300,000 Christians among its 25 million inhabitants.

For the past 13 years, North Korea has consistently appeared at No. 1 on Open Doors’ World Watch List, a list that notes the worst persecutors of Christians abroad.

“The god-like worship of the leader, Kim Jong-Un, and his predecessors leaves little room for any other religions and Christians face unimaginable pressure in every sphere of life,” noted Open Doors.

“Meeting with other Christians is virtually impossible. Anyone discovered engaging in unauthorized religious activity is subject to arrest, arbitrary detention, disappearance, torture and/or execution.”

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Islamic State Militants Blow up Baby in Booby-Trap for Training Video

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Islamic State Militants Blow up Baby in Booby-Trap for Training Video

Iraqi Christians (Photo: Reuters/Youssef Boudlal)

Christian Post Report – Iraqi Christians, who fled the violence in the village of Qaraqosh, seek refuge inside a church building in Arbil, north of Baghdad, August 11, 2014. Iraqi Christian families sought sanctuary in the church after fleeing towns and villages to escape the advance of Islamic State militants.

Sadiq al-Husseini, chief of Iraq’s security committee in Diyala province, claims Islamic State fighters blew up a baby for the purposes of a training exercise to teach militants how to operate remote explosives.

While the age and sex of the infant is unknown, the baby was reportedly killed in the Iraqi northern Salahuddin region on July 10 after IS militants arrested the father for purportedly killing fighters at a training facility. Iraqi officials are uncertain what happened to the infant’s mother. It is believed that dozens of militants witnessed the horrorific murder.

Al-Husseini told IraqiNews.com: “The booby-trapping of the baby was a training mission for IS to teach its elements the booby-trapping mechanisms. The organization does not care for the most basic human values.”

“IS’ crimes against all segments of Iraqi society have not been stopped and doesn’t exclude an elderly man or woman or even young children,” he added.

The Christian Post reported Thursday that IS militants are increasingly targeting and torturing disabled civilians. One Syrian refugee reported that she fled with her family because of numerous reports regarding “fighters abusing and killing disabled people.”

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    A masked man speaking in what is believed to be a North American accent in a video that Islamic State militants released in September 2014 is pictured in this still frame from video obtained by Reuters, October 7, 2014. The FBI said it was seeking information on the man’s identity, and issued an appeal for help in identifying individuals heading overseas to join militants in combat.

IS has regularly killed children, beheading young Christians for refusing to convert to Islam and killing Muslim children in June for purportedly refusing to fast during Ramadan. CP has also repeatedly reported on the barbaric sexual crimes IS militants commit against young girls.

Renate Winter, an expert with the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, told Reuters in February that the “scope of the problem is huge.”

“We have had reports of children, especially children who are mentally challenged, who have been used as suicide bombers, most probably without them even understanding,” Winter told Reuters.

“There was a video placed (online) that showed children at a very young age, approximately 8 years of age and younger, to be trained already to become child soldiers,” he added.

Several media outlets this week reported that IS uses dolls to teach abducted and brainwashed Yazidi boys beheading techniques to expand their reign of terror.

IS has released several videos of young children training for jihad and released a video last week of a boy believed to be younger than 13, beheading a Syrian Army officer.

The U.N. Security Council has stated that IS’ actions warrant prosecution for war crimes.

In February of 2014, Foreign Policy magazine published an article titled “Children of the Caliphate.” The article depicts how children as young as 6 are being groomed to fight against the West. Children are routinely used for the purposes of child soldiers, human shields on the battliefield, blood transfusions for IS fighters, and snitches in local towns.

“The militants are preparing for a long war against the West, and hope the young warriors being trained today will still be fighting years from now,” according FP.

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Joyce Meyer, Former Focus of Senate Probe, Was Paid $250K While Ministry Earned $110.5 Million in 2014

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Joyce Meyer, Former Focus of Senate Probe, Was Paid $250K While Ministry Earned $110.5 Million in 2014

Christian Post Report – Joyce Meyer, popular Bible teacher and preacher, has shared with her supporters the latest financial report detailing her ministry’s assets, expenditures, and the results of its charitable and evangelistic undertakings. The ministry’s production of publicly-available yearly financial reports was just one change Meyer made after being named years ago in a Senate probe of the finances of six notable Christian televangelists.

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Christian speaker Joyce Meyer at the 44th Dove Awards Nominees Luncheon in Nashville, Tenn., 2013

Meyer, named in 2005 by Time magazine among the 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America, is a prolific author, having written more than 70 books, including the bestselling Battlefield of the Mind (1995). The 72-year-old minister is also a powerhouse on social media (totaling about 13 million followers across Twitter and Facebook), perhaps falling second only to Joel Osteen where evangelical Christian preachers are concerned.

The Fenton, Missouri-based Joyce Meyer Ministries, founded in 1985, claims that Meyer “reaches a potential audience of 3 billion people worldwide” through her “Enjoying Everyday Life” broadcasts. Meyer’s 32nd “Love, Life Women’s Conference,” the only conference for which she charges an entry fee, attracted 14,000 women who paid $69 per ticket for the Missouri event last year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

The ministry’s 2014 annual report reveals that 49,930 people “received Christ” at its free conferences (which reportedly number “close to 15 annually”), 1.1 million copies of Meyer’s books were distributed globally, and 4.5 billion people were potentially reached via the nonprofit’s television program.

The financial report states that 83 percent of the ministry’s total expenditures were “for outreach and program services directed at reaching people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and meeting the physical needs of the less fortunate all over the world.” Some aspects of the ministry’s missions work, done through its Hand of Hope relief wing, is helping to build clean-water wells in seven countries, assisting women and young girls escaping sexual slavery, and providing meals to children around the world and in Missouri via Meyer’s St. Louis Dream Center.

A breakdown of Joyce Meyer Ministries’ statement of activities for 2014 shows that “total unrestricted revenue and other support” yielded $110,528,277, while the ministry’s “total operating expenses” were $114,400,756, leaving it with year-end net assets totaling $48,312,112 ($3,872,479 less than it started the year with). The biggest areas of expense were Meyer’s radio and television ministry ($30,867,736), missions and outreach ($29,837,903) and print media, which includes salaries, printing and production and postage costs ($15,866,419).

Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc.'s Statement of Financial Position presented in the organization's 2014 Annual Report. (Photo: The Christian Post)

Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc.’s “Statement of Financial Position” presented in the organization’s 2014 Annual Report.

Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc.'s Statement of Activities presented in the organization's 2014 Annual Report. (Photo: The Christian Post)

Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc.’s “Statement of Activities” presented in the organization’s 2014 Annual Report.

As a 501(c)3 nonprofit operating as a “church,” Joyce Meyer Ministries, like other public charities, is exempt from federal income tax and is eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions, according to the IRS. A nonprofit ministries classified as a church, specifically if it is a large operation, is not required by the IRS to report its financial dealings, a privilege that some Christian ministers have been accused of abusing to secretly and illegally amass personal wealth.

For basic comparison, here is what other charitable Christian organizations have made publicly available about their recent earnings and assets: multi-campus NewSpring Church based in Anderson, South Carolina, reported $59,340,144 total income in its 2014 financial report; LifeChurch.tv, also a multi-site church and based in Edmonton, Oklahoma, reported closing out 2014 with total assets valued at $154,972,715; Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church pastor Tony Evans reported that his Urban Alternative ministry’s 2014 income totaled $8,971,167; Franklin Graham’s global relief organization Samaritan’s Purse reported $346,712,522 in total assets.

Joyce Meyer Ministries has nine international offices and 25 field offices, 500 employees at its U.S. headquarters and an additional 184 people working at its international offices. Listed on its board of directors are Meyer, her husband and two sons (Dave and Daniel and David L. Meyer, respectively). Also listed on the board are: pastor Tommy Barnett; John Bevere; pastor Don Clowers; Dru Hammer; Paul Osteen; Paul Schermann; Kurt Warner; and pastor Bob Yandian.

The Board of Directors of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. includes: (L-R) Joyce Meyer, President; Dave Meyer, VP; David Meyer, CEO Hand of Hope; (L-R) Daniel Meyer, CEO U.S. Operations; Pastor Don Clowers, Grace Church USA; Pastor Bob Yandian, Grace Fellowsh (Photo: The Christian Post via joycemeyer.org)

The Board of Directors of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. includes: (L-R) Joyce Meyer, President; Dave Meyer, VP; David Meyer, CEO Hand of Hope; (L-R) Daniel Meyer, CEO U.S. Operations; Pastor Don Clowers, Grace Church USA; Pastor Bob Yandian, Grace Fellowship Church; (L-R) Dru Hammer, Hammered Heart Foundation; John Bevere, Messenger International; Kurt Warner, First Things First; (L-R) Dr. Paul Osteen, Lakewood Church; Paul Schermann, President of FSHS & Associates, Inc.; Tommy Barnett, Phoenix First Assembly of God and Dream Centers: Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York.

A “Management Report to Supporters Regarding Compensation” addresses Meyer’s “salary and fringe benefits,” which the board of directors decided last year was $250,000, in addition to a housing allowance and contributions to retirement plans. The compensation letter, signed by Chief Financial Officer Delanie Trusty, adds that the ministry’s gross profits from Meyer’s books and honorariums received by the ministry from her speaking engagements “exceed her total compensation stated above.”

Joyce Meyer, president of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc., approved compensation was 0,000, according to her organization's 2014 annual report. (Photo: The Christian Post)

Joyce Meyer, president of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc., approved compensation was 0,000, according to her organization’s 2014 annual report. It also notes that ministry’s gross profits from Meyer’s books and honorariums received by the ministry from her speaking engagements “exceed her total compensation stated above.”

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Ebola Survivor Dr. Kent Brantly Has No Regrets After Near-Death Experience in Liberia: ‘That’s What God Called Us To’

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Ebola Survivor Dr. Kent Brantly Has No Regrets After Near-Death Experience in Liberia: ‘That’s What God Called Us To’

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    One year after nearly losing his life in Liberia, American Ebola survivor, Dr. Kent Brantly, is speaking out about why he has no regrets about serving as a medical missionary in the West African nation. He also shares his hopes that his story might inspire others to answer God’s call in their own lives.

    In July 20Christian Post Report – 14, Brantly, who was serving in Monrovia with the medical mission group Samaritan’s Purse, contracted Ebola — also known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever — while treating sick patients. He was given the experimental drug ZMapp and flown back to the United States where he underwent three weeks of intensive treatment at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital.

    Despite his traumatic near-death experience, the married father of two recently told The Christian Post that he has “never” regretted serving abroad as a missionary with his wife Amber.

    “That’s what God called us to,” Brantly told CP. “And in the whole time throughout this ordeal we knew that we were doing the right thing and were in the right place. So no matter what happened, we didn’t have regrets about it.”

    Brantly and his wife, who live in Texas, moved to Liberia with their two young children back in 20Christian Post Report – 13 while answering God’s call on their lives, and at the time they had no idea that a year later they would be forever changed.

    Brantly became ill while treating Ebola patients, and even though he was distraught by the diagnosis, he said, Email me: [email protected]
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    Kierra Sheard Says She’ll Use New Eleven60 Fashion Line to Share the Gospel, Build Up the Body of Christ (Interview)

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    Christian Post Report – Kierra Sheard currently serves as a judge on BET’s “Sunday Best.”

    Kierra Sheard’s dreams of becoming a clothing designer have officially come to fruition, but not without the gospel singer facing her fair share of challenges. Nonetheless, Sheard says she’s holding onto her faith so God can get the glory for her Eleven60 fashion line.

    The 28-year-old singer-turned-entrepreneur debuted pieces from her fall and winter plus-sized collection Eleven60 at www.MyEleven60.com earlier this summer. The singer told The Christian Post that her line combines quality and stylish garments for more than just women in church, but everyday women who wear size 10 and over.

    As a judge on the BET reality TV gospel singing competition “Sunday Best,” fans of the singer and the show will see her wear pieces from her new clothing line. But Sheard explains to CP that the road to premiering her Eleven60 pieces was fraught with hardships.

    The daughter of Grammy award-winning singer Karen Clark Sheard of the gospel music group The Clark Sisters, and Bishop J. Drew Sheard, has had to support her passion project with her own finances. Still, she insists that God has been showing her His divine provision in the process.

    “Honestly, I haven’t had every dollar that I needed to make this happen, but I’m learning the providing side of God,” says Sheard to CP. “I’m not at my parents’ house anymore, so He is providing everything. Every bill that has been due, I’ve been able to cover it because God has given me money out of nowhere.”

    Although the gospel singer and fashionista acknowledges that her clothing line has the potential to provide her with another stream of income, she insists she’s not invested in it because of its earning potential.

    “A lot of people think that I’m taking the clothing line and just want every dollar. Yes, I want the dollars that come with it, but I believe that this clothing line is going to allow me to walk into doors where I’ll be able to meet people that never would have listened to my music,” Sheard explains. “I’ll be able to introduce or re-present Christ to them. So I look at all of my purpose in life as a way to assist Jesus Christ in building the body.”

    The singer first dreamed of creating her own plus-sized clothing line over a decade after seeing the demand for it as a full figured young woman who was previously bullied about her weight.

    “This clothing line has been a dream for me and it’s been something personal for me, too, because I’ve been a big girl, a plus-sized woman who has always wanted to look good,” Sheard says. “Big women run in my family and I’ve always been picked on about my weight, My mama always told me, ‘Baby, always be healthy, but wear your thick well.’ That’s where the clothing line comes in.”

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    ‘God Hears Us,’ Says Roma Downey, Host of New TLC Series ‘Answered Prayers’ on Miraculous Stories of Divine Intervention (Interview)

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      Roma Downey, host of the TLC series “Answered Prayers.”

    Christian Post Report – Miracles happen — and not just in the movies. That’s what actress/producer Roma Downey wants to share in her new TLC series “Answered Prayers,” where she’ll invite viewers to follow the miraculous stories of real people who experience divine intervention.

    “I’m thrilled that we’ve been able to make this,” says Downey to The Christian Post about the new series, which she executive produces with her husband Mark Burnett. “People of faith will be drawn to this. It’s a breath of fresh air.”

    “Answered Prayers” is a six-part series that features the gripping stories of real people, told through emotional interviews which are interwoven with real footage as well as reenactments. Audiences will be introduced to “brave families willing to share their darkest moments,” Downey says.

    In the series premiere this Sunday, viewers will meet an Indiana family who get caught in the crosshairs of a Category 5 tornado that rips through their town, snapping trees and tossing homes like Monopoly game pieces. But just before tragedy strikes, the mother is led by an inner voice that provides specific instructions on how to protect her family.

    But you don’t need to be a believer to watch the new TLC miracle series. Skeptics may find interest in the story of a paramedic who is involved in the rescue attempt of a boy who has become submerged in a sand dune. The operation has gone from rescue to recovery when emergency responders finally unearth the boy’s body. As they’re taking him away, they discover that the boy is bleeding and make a surprising conclusion.

    These miraculous accounts are what motivated Downey to visit churches across the country to collect stories. “We could probably run for 20 years with the amazing stories that we have,” says Downey, who shares the story of a young Florida boy who suffers a tragic lawnmower accident. When the boy and his parents are faced with the life-altering choice to amputate his leg, a chance encounter on the way to the hospital for surgery gives them the clarity they seek.

    “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous. ‘Answered Prayers’ is a reminder of the power of prayer. It reminds us that we’re not alone. God hears us,” Downey offers.

    Years ago, God heard Downey after her mother died when the actress was only 10 years old, a trauma which she says left a hole in her heart. “I was a girl looking for a mother, I ached for that. I often prayed for that.” Years later, Downey’s prayers were answered when she starred in the CBS drama “Touched By An Angel.”

    “The first day, Della Reese took me in her arms — she didn’t shake my hand. She just took me in her arms and rocked me,” Downey shares. “She’s my mama. She was a gift to me. She’s been a mom to me all these years.”

    In recent years, Downey and Burnett have been delivering faith-based entertainment for the masses, producing hits like “The Bible” and “A.D. The Bible Continues.” Now “Answered Prayers” will be added to their faith-based portfolio.

    The series is already resonating with faith leaders around the country. Victoria Osteen, wife of pastor Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, says, “This is not just a television series. It’s a message of hope to a world in need. ‘Answered Prayers’ will inspire you.”

    President and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters Jerry A. Johnson adds, “Roma Downey has put together some amazing stories to remind us to trust the Lord and call out to Him in urgent need. Watch this series to be inspired and reminded of God’s love and care for you.”

    Downey says she knows she’s created something very special. “It’s a privilege to be able to bring this kind of project to television.”

    “Answered Prayers” debuts on TLC at 10 p.m. ET Sunday, July 26.

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    Pleading with God

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    Christian Post Report – So the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.
    — Exodus 32:14

    I find it amazing that Moses negotiated with God and got away with it. But he wasn’t the only one. Another man who negotiated with God was Abraham, and he was called the friend of God.

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      Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California, shares the Gospel with a sold-out crowd of 19,000 for Harvest America at the American Airlines Center and Victory Park in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 5, 2014.

    When God was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham started praying. He said, “Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes? . . . Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” (Genesis 18:24–25). He was actually telling God about His own nature.

    God said, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city” (verse 26).

    Then Abraham said, “Even though I am but dust and ashes. Suppose there are only forty-five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” (verses 27–28).

    Next Abraham threw out the prospect of forty people, then twenty people, and finally ten. Even then, God said He wouldn’t destroy the city if He could find only ten righteous people. But God couldn’t find ten people, and ultimately He judged Sodom.

    Abraham could talk to God that way because he was His friend. It might seem irreverent, but it speaks of the closeness of his friendship with God.

    In the same way, Moses negotiated with God to spare the Israelites after they worshiped the golden calf, and God spared them. Moses had changed from an impulsive prince of Egypt into a seasoned man of God who put it all on the line for his people.

    Does this mean that we should argue with God? Not really. But it does mean that we should plead with God. We should intercede for people whom we care about.

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    ‘Life Has Stopped:’ 70 Niger Churches Struggle to Rebuild After Islamist Revenge Rampage for Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

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    Churchgoer Romain Oke poses for a picture inside an evangelical church that was destroyed in riots demonstrating against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, in Niamey, Niger, January 23, 20Christian Post Report – 15. At least five people were killed last Saturday in protests in Niger against Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, authorities said, bringing the death toll from two days of violence in the country to Christian Post Report – 10.
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    • Men start reconstruction works on an evangelical church that was destroyed in riots demonstrating against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, in Niamey, Niger, January 23, 20Christian Post Report – 15. At least five people were killed last Saturday in protests in Niger against Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, authorities said, bringing the death toll from two days of violence in the country to Christian Post Report – 10.
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    • The burnt entrance of an evangelical church that was destroyed in riots demonstrating against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, is pictured in Niamey, Niger, January 23, 20Christian Post Report – 15. At least five people were killed last Saturday in protests in Niger against Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, authorities said, bringing the death toll from two days of violence in the country to Christian Post Report – 10.
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    • A man (2nd L) holds a sign reading “Charlie and his allies are damned” during a protest against Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou’s attendance last week at a Paris rally in support of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which featured a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as the cover of its first edition since an attack by Islamist gunmen, in Niamey, January Christian Post Report – 17, 20Christian Post Report – 15.
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    • A man holds a copy of the Quran during a protest against Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou’s attendance last week at a Paris rally in support of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which featured a cartoon of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as the cover of its first edition since an attack by Islamist gunmen in Niamey, January Christian Post Report – 17, 20Christian Post Report – 15.

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