Ex-Muslim Priest Urges Muslims to Convert to avoid Hell Fire

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Ex-Muslim Priest Urges Muslims to Convert to avoid Hell Fire

While I was working in a muslim mosque as an imam, as a parish priest, I preach in my parish that Jesus Christ is not God, for me, God was only Allah, and I believed Allah never got married, so no sons for Allah. So I preached there that Jesus is not God. Then somebody ask me, who is Jesus?’’ from the crowd. Maybe a muslim, but he asked me, who is Jesus?’’ I was preaching he is not God, but the question is who is he? To know who is Jesus? I read the entire Koran once again: 114 chapters, 6666 in the Koran when I read it, the name of prophet Muhammad.

I found it in Koran 4 places, but the name of Jesus I found in 25 places. There itself, I was a little confused. Why does the Koran give more preference to Jesus? And second thing, I could not see any woman’s name in Koran: the Prophet Muhammad’s mother’s name, or wife’s name, no, in the Koran, there is only one woman’s name that i found is Mariam, the mother of Jesus no other woman’s name. And in the holy Koran chapter 3, the name of the chapter is family of Mariam,’’ and holy Koran chapter 19, the name of the chapter itself is ‘’MARIAM’’ one chapter is ‘’MARIAM’’ so I was very curious to know why does Koran says all these things about MARIAM, holy Koran chapter 3 verse 34 onwards says that Mary was born without original sin, she never committed any sin in her life, she was ever virgin.

Koran chapter 50 verses 23 say that she went to heaven with her physical body. Even the assumption is writing in the holy Koran and then about Jesus, when I read chapter 3 verses 45 to 55 verses, there is 10 point which the Koran makes about Jesus. The first thing Koran says (kallimatulli) the arabic word which means ‘’the of God’’ and second thing is ( ahimokuli ) which mean spirit of God and the third (isa masi) which means Jesus Christ so Koran give the name for Jesus WORD OF GOD, SPIRIT OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST. And then Koran says that Jesus spoke when he was very small, like 2 days old. after his birth he began to speak , Koran says that Jesus created a live bird with mud. He took some mud, he formed a bird; when breathed into it, it became a live bird. So I think Jesus can give life because he gave life to mud, clay, and then Koran says that Jesus cured a man born blind and a man with leprosy, e.t.c

Curiously, the Koran says that Jesus gave life to dead people; Jesus went to heaven; he is still alive and he will come again. When I saw all these things in the Koran I taught of what Koran says about Muhammad, according to the Koran, prophet Muhammad is not the word of God, not spirit of God he never spoke when he was 2 days old, he never created any bird with mud, he never cure any sick people, he never raised any dead people, he himself died, and according to Islam he is not alive and he will not come back.

So there is a lot of different between these two prophets. I didn’t call Jesus, God, you know my idea was ‘’He is a prophet but he is a prophet greater than Muhammad; so one day I went to my teacher, the one who taught me 10 years in Arabic college, and I ask him, teacher, how did God created the universe? Then he said God created the universe through the word,’’ THROUGH THE WORD. Then my question is: ‘’WORD’’ is creator or creation? He must clear this, my question is whether the WORD of God is creator or creation. Koran says Jesus is WORD of God. If my teacher says word of God is creator, which means Jesus is the creator, then muslim must become Christian suppose if he says the word is creation he will be trapped. You know why? He said everything was created through the word. Suppose if he said the word is creation, then how did God created the word? So he cannot say that the word is creator, or creation, so he was quite angry he push me out of his room and said word is not God, not creator or the creation you get out of here, ‘’he said

The reason why Muslim doesn’t accept to be Christian is because they are blinded with the wrong teaching of their priest, Imam. They said that the word is creation they try to prove it wrongly…… they say the word is not creator, not the creation, but not God. And no creation also. They don’t equal with God, that all their problem. So when he said that I told my teacher, word is not the creator or the creation.’’ So, that is why Christian says the word is son of God. Then he told me if there is son for God, I must show him the wife of God.

That without wife no chance of having a son then I showed him a portion from the Koran. Koran says that God can see without eyes, God can talk without tongue, God can hear without ears. It is writing in the Koran. I said if that is the case, so God can have a child without a wife. I took my Koran, I put it on my chest, and I said ‘’Allah’’, tell me what I should do because your Koran says Jesus is still alive, and Mohammad is no more. Tell me whom should I accept.’’ after my prayer I opened the Koran, I didn’t asked anyone, I asked only my Allah. When I opened Koran, I saw chapter 10 verses 94. You know what Koran says? It says if you have any doubt in this Koran which I give to you, go and read the Bible, or ask the people, those who read the Bible. The truth is already revealing that.

I beg all muslim to give their life to Christ because he is the only way to the kingdom of God. Please don’t perish like other muslims that is serving the god they do not know. I welcome you into Christ Jesus as you change your mind to accept him today. God bless you.

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Kenyan Christian NGOs hit by Anti- Terror Laws

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Kenyan Christian NGOs hit by Anti- Terror Laws

Several Christian charities are among 510 non-governmental organisations that have been shut down in Kenya.

New ‘anti-terror laws’ have allowed the government to deregister the groups, freeze their bank accounts and remove the work permits of foreign employees.

The measures were introduced after an increasing number of attacks from Islamist militants at the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group.

Last month Al Shabab killed 64 people, mostly Christian, in two separate attacks.

But the new laws faced fierce criticism and at one point sparked a punch fight in the Kenyan parliament.

Henry Ochido, the deputy head of the government-appointed NGO Co-ordination Board, said the NGOs had lost their position because they had failed to submit financial records.

He told the BBC 15 of the 510 were suspected of money-laundering and financing “terrorism,” but he refused to name them.

Many people in Kenya fear the government is using the threat posed by militant Islam to restrict freedom.

The AFP news agency says many of the charities are Christian although it’s understood none are from the UK.

Fazul Mahamed, the executive director of the board, told Kenya’s privately owned Standard newspaper: “The NGOs with accounting issues can only be allowed to operate if they successfully go through a thorough vetting process. Otherwise, they will remain deregistered indefinitely.”

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Pregnant Pakistani Christian Beaten Unconscious for Refusal to Deny Faith

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Pregnant Pakistani Christian Beaten Unconscious for Refusal to Deny Faith

A 26 year old pregnant Christian woman has been beaten unconscious in Pakistan for refusing to deny her faith.

The mother of four was attacked in Rana Town after saying she would not convert to Islam.

It’s reported a Muslim woman had been trying to force her to abandon her Christian faith but when she refused the woman became angry.

Charity Release International says the woman’s brothers stripped her, paraded her in public, robbed and kicked her, then beat her unconscious.

She’s now being cared for by Christian charities in the country.

Her condition and that of her baby are unknown.

It’s claimed local police had initially refused to investigate or accept the crime but have since reversed that decision.

Last month a Christian couple was beaten and burnt alive amid claims they had offended Islam.

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U.S. Christian Aid Worker Arrested Near North Korea Border

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U.S. Christian Aid Worker Arrested Near North Korea Border

China arrested on Friday a Korean American Christian aid worker who was being held near the country’s border with North Korea, signaling a toughening crackdown on Christian activists in the sensitive region.

Peter Hahn, 74, is being charged with embezzlement and counterfeiting receipts, his lawyer, Zhang Peihong, told Reuters.

Zhang said he believed authorities were targeting Hahn because of his Christian faith and because he ran a non-governmental organization.

“The charges leveled against him are just excuses,” Zhang said.

Hahn, who ran a vocational school in the border town of Tumen, had been under investigation for months, along with several colleagues. In an interview last month, Hahn’s wife, Eunice Hahn, said the building that houses the school was a “mission base camp for our missionaries.”

Eunice Hahn said those under investigation among Hahn’s staff included two U.S. nationals and three South Koreans. Both Zhang and Eunice Hahn said Hahn had aided North Korean defectors more than a decade ago, but he was no longer doing so.

China has long worked to curb the flow of North Koreans who flee persecution and poverty in their homeland and illegally enter China before going on to other nations, usually ending up in South Korea.

A spokesman for the U.S. embassy said he could not comment on the matter. Both Zhang and Eunice Hahn said U.S. consular officials had been able to meet Hahn.

In August, sources told Reuters hundreds of Christian missionaries had been forced out of China, most by having their visas refused, in a far-reaching crackdown.

China said in August it was investigating a Canadian Christian couple who ran a coffee shop in Dandong, further south near the North Korean border, on suspicion of stealing state secrets.

China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the charges against Hahn in a statement, but said he was criminally detained. Zhang said law enforcement authorities in Yanbian prefecture, where Hahn is being held, told him on Friday Hahn had been formally arrested—a more serious status than criminal detention.

Zhang said police had been allowing Hahn to see a doctor regularly. Eunice Hahn said her husband had diabetes and had two strokes this year.

“I just want to bring this to some sort of conclusion,” she said.

Eunice Hahn said she had asked a U.S. diplomat to deliver a letter to her husband with Christian messages but Hahn had not been allowed to read it.

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Megachurch to Hold ‘Spiritual Flash Mob’ on Christmas Eve

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Megachurch to Hold ‘Spiritual Flash Mob’ on Christmas Eve

New Jersey-based Liquid Church announced this week its plan to equip churchgoers to participate in a “spiritual flash mob” on Christmas Eve.

“Thousands will be commissioned to put their faith into action with a special twist on the crowd-favorite that infuses a Biblical approach,” organizers stated while listing the schedule for 12 Christmas Eve services at all four of its locations.

“We’re excited to see what happens as thousands of unsuspecting people meet our ‘conspiracy of kindness’ face-to-face and receive the love coming their way this Christmas,” lead pastor Tim Lucas said. “Especially on a night like Christmas Eve, when others might not take notice of their circumstances, we want them to know that they really do matter to God.”

Organizers promise that “if you are one of 5,000 people expected to attend Christmas Eve services … you will be equipped to participate in a spiritual flash mob planned that day.” Full details will be revealed to attendees during each service on how everyone attending on Christmas Eve can participate.

The church states that being asked to partake in community service and acts of generosity isn’t a foreign concept to attendees of Liquid Church.

“The statewide spiritual flash mob incorporating ‘a conspiracy of kindness’ element is planned on the heels of a recent event in December, where 700 volunteers from the church assembled over 10,000 hygiene kits for families in need in Nicaragua,” organizers said.

Liquid Church is one of New Jersey’s fastest-growing Christian churches, the church states on its website. Founded in 2001 by Lead Pastor Tim Lucas, the church’s vision is to “take church to the people” with campuses in Morristown, Mountainside New Brunswick, and Nutley. Approximately 3,500 people experience Liquid Church’s worship services each weekend in New Jersey and around the globe through Church Online. As a part of its global outreach Liquid provides clean drinking water to the poorest of the poor with dozens of completed projects in Central African Republic, Nicaragua and El Salvador.

Details available at: www.LiquidChurch.com/xmaseve.

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Despite Threat of Lawsuits, Fire Chief Refuses to Remove ‘Happy Birthday Jesus’ Sign

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Despite Threat of Lawsuits, Fire Chief Refuses to Remove ‘Happy Birthday Jesus’ Sign

Despite numerous complaints and threatened lawsuits from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), fire chief Russell Brooks said Firehouse No. 4 in South Utica, New York will keep its “Happy Birthday Jesus” sign.

Brooks received multiple letters from the organisation asking him to remove the “Happy Birthday Jesus, We Love You” placard from outside the firehouse. The Station 4 firefighters have been putting up the sign every Christmas season for about a decade now.

According to Brooks, the firefighters started the tradition after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

“9/11 brought a lot of the guys closer to God, and they just wanted to show their faith in Jesus,” Brooks said. “They had no idea a controversy would arise.”

The FFRF, an organisation founded in Wisconsin in 1978, was formed to keep religion and government separate. A spokesperson for the group said that the sign was brought to their attention by a Utica resident who called them to complain about it.

According to Syracuse.com, FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor released a statement saying that an estimated 20 per cent of Utica citizens, including some firefighters, are nonreligious, while others follow non-Christian faiths.

“The Utica Fire Department should not send them this exclusionary and alienating message,” Gaylor said. “How would Brooks feel if his local government put up a sign saying, ‘Happy Birthday, Mohammed. We love you!’? This sign is equally inappropriate because government bodies should not take sides on religion.”

Brooks however is baffled as to why his firehouse’s sign has been singled out by the church-state separation advocates, reported CBS Connecticut. He said that other emergency service stations have similar displays.

“Pledge of Allegiance has God in it, money has God on it,” the fire chief further pointed out. “This case isn’t unique.”

Brooks said the Thomas More Law Center, a Christian nonprofit law firm, has vowed to take the case to court pro-bono if the FRFF decides to pursue legal action against the fire department.

The fire chief said that the law firm has previously advised him that “we were well within our rights to display our Christmas sign.”

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Pastor Gives Away over 10,000 ‘Christmas is all about Jesus’ Signs

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Pastor Gives Away over 10,000 ‘Christmas is all about Jesus’ Signs

Pastor Jimmy Terry has given away over 11,000 “Christmas is all about Jesus” yard signs in his campaign to put Christ back in Christmas.

The Clarksville pastor paid $30,000 for 10,000 signs in November, but gave them all away after his story made national news.

“That 10,000 went just like that,” Terry said, snapping his fingers.

The Tabernacle Baptist Church leader felt that even Christians had lost the meaning of Christmas, and wanted to put Jesus on the hearts and minds of all who saw the signs.

“Christmas is no longer about Jesus Christ,” he told The Leaf-Chronicle last month. “It’s all about materialism. These yard signs are just one way we can help keep Christ in Christmas.”

The pastor said the holidays have become more and more commercialised, and the materialism is a distraction to the true meaning of the season.

“It is a holiday, but first and foremost, it is a holy day,” Terry insisted. “Christmas is not supposed to be about Black Friday and the success of America’s retail stores.

“But, that is what Christmas is all about and has been for too long. The public is obsessed with buying that ideal gift for someone. That is deeply troubling to me.”

The signs were paid for by donations, and were initially placed in front of businesses and churches across Tennessee. After his story spread, however, people in Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, and other states contacted him to receive signs.

Now, he is considering sign campaigns for the next Christian holiday.

“I’m still dreaming up ways now,” Pastor Terry said. “What else can I do for my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? I’m waiting for Easter. I’m waiting for Easter now.”

Terry has received $13,000-$14,000 in donations towards his signs, and is relying on his faith to recoup the balance.

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Archbishop Calls for Step Up in Security after Pakistan School Massacre

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Archbishop Calls for Step Up in Security after Pakistan School Massacre

Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi says the Peshawar attack shows the Taliban “will stop at nothing now”.

The leader of Catholics in the country has urged the government to increase security, arguing that the terror threat to schools, hospitals, churches, mosques and other public places has grown.

During an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) he said the attack, which killed over a hundred children, was “a sign of desperation”, adding:

“The Taliban are prepared to carry out brutal attacks, killing school children, shooting them in the head. They will stop at nothing now.

“They should be increasing security in public places. We are dealing here with people who have no conscience; It is just blind hatred.”

“The Taliban are wanting to show [the military] that they can hit the [army’s] children and all their families. Their message is: ‘We can get you in your own territory’.”
“I don’t think it was a show of strength. It is more likely to be a last ditch attempt to show what they can do.”

Archbishop Coutts, who is President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan, has called on Christians to pray for the 141 victims of the attack earlier this week, and also for peace:

“It is the duty of every Christian to be a promoter of peace, reconciliation, harmony and unity … work[ing] together with fellow citizens [so] that Pakistan may be free from the scourge of violence and terrorism.”

He called on church communities to “celebrate Christmas in a sober manner as a mark of respect for all victim[s] of terror attacks”, adding:

“On the birthday of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, all Christians must pray fervently for peace.”

In a statement, Archbishop Coutts also asked Christians to remember those persecuted in Pakistan, such as Christian couple Shama Bibi and Sajjad Maseeh, who were burned to death earlier this month for alleged blasphemy…Read More

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Bill to Fast-Track Women Bishops into House of Lords Passed

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Bill to Fast-Track Women Bishops into House of Lords Passed

A bill to fast-track women bishops into the House of Lords was introduced in Parliament yesterday.

The legislation proposes that the 21 “spiritual” seats be given to women bishops as they become available, rather than to the longest-serving bishop as is currently law. This provision would remain in place for 10 years.

Constitution minister Sam Gymiah explained in a statement to MPs that unless the current law is changed, “it would be many years before women bishops were represented in the Lords”.

“With the way clear for the first women to be appointed, it is right that those women should be among the bishops who occupy seats in the House of Lords (known as Lords Spiritual),” Gymiah said.

“The government’s bill, which is supported by the Church of England, proposes a modification of this rule for the next 10 years, so that if a female bishop is available when a Lords Spiritual seat becomes vacant, they will automatically be appointed to the House of Lords.”

Gymiah added that were no female bishop available, the vacant seat would be given to the next most senior male bishop, as is the current custom.

The Church of England has welcomed the Lords Spiritual (Women) Bill. Bishop of Leicester, Tim Stevens, who is convenor of bishops in the House of Lords said women bishops would “enrich and strengthen the leadership of the Church of England”.

“We are very confident that they will also enrich and strengthen our voice in the House of Lords,” he added.

“We have reason to suppose that this is supported from all sides of both Houses and we are grateful to the business managers for making time to get this minor amendment to the law in place as soon as possible…Read More

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Pass the Light

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Pass the Light

Pass the Light – Steve Bellafiore (played by Cameron Palatas) is a very special kid; he’s a bright, religiously devout teen who yearns to become a football starter and works twice as hard as his high school peers to accomplish that goal.

Steve’s work ethic and kindness radiate through his life. Currently upset by his parents’ seeming estrangement, Steve is even more disturbed by the message of hatred and intolerance espoused by Franklin Baumann (played by Jon Gries), a candidate for Congress. Steve wants to make the point that Baumann’s exclusionary and fear-based doctrine has very little to do with his Christian perception of Christ’s teachings.

In retaliation, Steve announces his own candidacy for Congress. What begins as a tiny movement soon grows into a phenomenon, as people throughout the area embrace Steve and his Faith Crusade, whose “Pass the Light” campaign unites the community as never before.

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