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Why Doomsday Prepper Billionaires Like Peter Thiel Are Building Huge Underground Survival Bunkers in New Zealand in Case of the Apocalypse

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World

At least seven Silicon Valley billionaires preparing for apocalyptic events have installed survival bunkers in New Zealand over the past two years.

Fearing nuclear war, pandemics or violent social unrest targeting the rich, the tech entrepreneurs have constructed elaborate contingency plans to flee the US.

The 150-tonne bunkers, which cost up to $11.5million and are buried four metres underground, are made by Texas bunker manufacturer Rising S Company.

Rising S Co. General Manager Gary Lynch said New Zealand was the ideal destination for survivalists and doomsday preppers.

‘New Zealand is an enemy of no one. It’s not a nuclear target. It’s not a target for war. It’s a place where people seek refuge,’ he told Bloomberg.

The two most recent 92sqm survival bunkers to be sent to New Zealand were transported from the US on 19 trailers each after being broken into sections.

One was installed in the rugged Northland region after landing in Auckland, while the other was taken to a mystery location on the west coast of the South Island.

Former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said his country has become known as a safe and remote location for rich Americans to escape to in the event of a major disaster.

‘I’ve had a lot of people say to me that they would like to own a property in New Zealand if the world goes to hell in a handbasket,’ Mr Key said.

New Zealand’s doomsday reputation has attracted billionaires such as PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, who bought two properties, one equipped with a panic room.

A geographically isolated stable democracy with a thriving…

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Archbishop must step in to stop Wonga borrowers being ‘terrorised’

Church and Ministry
Europe

MP Frank Field has written to Justin Welby, asking him to put together a consortium of “good people” to buy the collapsed payday lender’s loan book.

In a letter to the cleric, the Work and Pensions Committee chair said: “The Wonga loan book will be sold and, if past record is any guide for the future, they will be sold at knockdown rates. Within these loan books will be some I assume devoted exclusively to their exploitation of the poor.

“Is there a possibility please of you asking the Church Commissioners quickly to assemble a consortium of good people with money who will attempt to buy those poor people’s loan books at a knockdown price?”

This, Mr Field said, would prevent money lenders and bailiffs “terrorising” the poor and would be an “example of the jubilee in setting slaves free of their debts”.

According to the Book of Leviticus, a jubilee year occurs every 50th year, during which slaves and prisoners are freed and debts forgiven.

Existing borrowers are thought to total around 220,000 and administrator Grant Thornton is running Wonga’s circa £400 million loan book while it looks for a buyer.

The MP said that a sale through his proposed method could also mark the beginnings of a “people’s bank”.

He told the Press Association: “Wonga targeted people who are beyond the abyss.

“This is an ambulance rescue operation,…

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Pro-life Pregnancy Centers Save Communities $161M Annually, Served 2M People in 2017: Study

America
Church and Ministry

(Photo: The Christian Post, Brandon Showalter)A Save the Storks van fitted with ultrasound technology for use outside of abortion clinics at CPAC 2017.

New research reveals that pro-life pregnancy centers across the nation have in just one year helped 2 million people, mostly women and youth, and saved communities $161 million in costs.

In an 80-page report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of the pro-life advocacy organization Susan B. Anthony List, researchers Moira Gaul and Mai W. Bean note that their study “A Half Century of Hope, A Legacy of Life and Love” commemorates five decades of life-saving pregnancy center outreach. The first freestanding pregnancy center opened in 1968 in Toronto, Ontario and ever since similar kinds of centers in the United States have followed their pattern.

The report provides a thorough analysis of the impact of 2,600 of the estimated 2,750 centers in the U.S. last year, examining the scope of their medical and social services and featuring moving personal testimonies of clients who accessed them as far back as 35 years ago.

The pregnancy care center outreach movement has thus seen birth of a third generation impacted by pregnancy center outreach, the report explains. The centers that were studied completed one of two online surveys pregnancy centers across the country distributed by their national network, parent organization, or pregnancy center state coalition or regional leader.

In 2017, those pregnancy centers provided approximately 2 million people in the U.S. with free services, saving communities $161 million annually in…

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The 20 Nations That Exercise the Least – Urban Christian News

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World

The laziest 20 nations in the world have today been named and shamed in a major new report of exercise levels across the globe.

Kuwait has the lowest levels of physical activity – with 67 per cent of its population failing to hit recommended targets.

At the other end of the scale, just 5.5 per cent of people in Uganda don’t do enough exercise to keep themselves healthy.

The findings, released by the World Health Organization, also ranks Britain as 46th out of 168 countries in its league table. The US was even higher.

The World Health Organization ranked 168 countries based on the percentage of their population who don’t take part in the recommended amount of exercise each week (graph shows the results for men)

Globally, 32 per cent of women and 23 per cent of men fail to hit the activity target, according to the major report by the WHO, published in the Lancet medical journal (graph shows the results for women)

Some 36 per cent of Britons are putting their health at risk by not doing at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise each week.

But women appear to be lazier than men – with 40 per cent of women and 32 per cent of men failing to hit physical activity targets.

Experts have described the figures as a ‘damning indictment’ of the nation’s health.

The WHO urges people to do least 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week, such as cycling or brisk walking, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise, like running.

More British adults fail to hit these targets than people in Africa, South America and most of Asia. In poorer countries, people tend to have to walk further…

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Why the NFL misses Peyton Manning

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Opinion
Sermons

Only five players in the NFL are more popular than Peyton Manning. This despite the fact that Manning has not played in the NFL since 2016.

According to sports columnist Dan Wetzel, the league’s TV ratings have dropped in part because no current players can match Manning’s cultural presence. In addition to a career destined for the Hall of Fame and two Super Bowl victories, Manning hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared on The Simpsons, American Idol, The Tonight Show, Live! with Kelly, and Fox News Sunday, among others.

Wetzel notes: “Just consider the breadth of those audiences.”

Manning is in the news again today for supporting a lung transplant patient and delivering new equipment to a middle school football team. His popularity continues unabated, in large part due to his generosity.

Likeability may be the most critical factor in success today. The research on this subject is compelling.

A Columbia University study discovered that popularity is the most important key to workplace advancement. Doctors have been found to give more time to patients they like than those they don’t. One study showed that children with likable parents received better health care.

“Great crowds followed him”

Early in his ministry, Jesus Christ was perhaps the most popular person in all of Israel: “Great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan” (Matthew 4:25).

His popularity was tied to his ability to heal the sick (Matthew 5:23-24), teach with divine authority (Matthew 7:28-29), and feed massive crowds (Matthew 14:13-21).

Most significantly, he forgave every sinner who sought his pardon and grace (cf. Matthew 9:10-13). Charles Spurgeon noted: “That hand which multiplied the loaves, which saved sinking Peter, which upholds afflicted saints, which crowns believers, that same hand will touch every seeking sinner, and in a moment make him clean.”

The Savior does indeed save us in…

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RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual 9 September 2018 Lesson Two – Thanksgiving: When and How?

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RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual 9 September 2018 Lesson Two – Thanksgiving: When and How?

TOPIC — Thanksgiving: When and How?

OPENING PRAYER: Almighty Father, let my mouth open to praise you always. Let me have the right attitude to thanksgiving always. (Scroll down for RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL 9 SEPTEMBER 2018 HYMN)

MEMORY VERSE: “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” – Psalm 34:1

BIBLE PASSAGE: Luke 17:11-19 (RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual 9 September 2018)

11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

LESSON INTRODUCTION:

In the world we live, many believe that most things they get are their rights. They believe in their sweat, smartness and intellect, hence, they see no reason they should give thanks to anyone, not even the Almighty (Zechariah 4:6). For believers, this is not only wrong but wicked and dangerous act. For instance, in Luke 17:17-19, only one of the lepers returned to give thanks to the Lord. He was heal and also made whole while the remaining nine were only heal but not make whole.

TEXT REVIEW: Luke 17: 11-19 “MERCY” IS BY MERCY.
We all owe our existence to the mercy of God (Like 17:13)
Lamentation 3:22 unequivocally pronounced, “it is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassion fail not”.

Some people may think that only the sick need mercy as the case with the ten lepers (Luke 17:12). No , we enjoy journey mercies(Psalm 121:8) without which they would have consumed us. We enjoy res/ sleep mercy (Psalm 4:8) or else we would have slept the sleep of death ( Psalm 13:3). We enjoy locational mercy (Psalm 91:12). How many times have we returned thanksgiving to God for His constant mercies?

In today’s Bible passage, one leper did not take God’s mercy for granted. He returned and gave thanks with a loud voice ( Luke 17:15). God wants believer who has been cleansed from sin( which is worse than leprosy) to stop standing after off (Luke 17:12). Many only returned on thanksgiving Sunday to give thanks to God. Some, during Easter or Christmas. This is standing afar off. Some don’t even return at all because they thought they are qualified for mercy. A few one return to the Lord to thank him only when they see miracles. Teacher! You should know better. Miracles or no miracles, you are embodiment of God’s mercies and therefore, you are to come near to him daily, fall down on your face at His feet and give Him thanks(Luke 17:16). He had shown you mercy because of His mercies ( Psalm 145:9-10).

LESSON OUTLINES 1: WHEN SHOULD WE OFFER THANKSGIVING?

QUESTIONS:
i. When do people usually thank God?
ii. When do people don’t feel like thanking God?
iii. When should believers thank God?

ANSWERS TO QUESTION 1
i. When it is well/rosy. Psalm 103:1-2, 136:1-4
ii. When people see miracles. Like 17:15
iii. When we can do all things including paying our bills. Phil. 4:13

ANSWERS TO QUESTION 2
i. When in adverse conditions 2 Cor.11:26-30 Job 1:20-22
ii. When disappointed, abandoned or rejected. Psalm 42:5, 10-11, job 19:25
iii. When going through trials. Psalm 59:16-17, Daniel 3:17-18, Act 16:25-31
iv. During persecution / temptation. Daniel 6:10, James 1:2-4
v. During delay Psalm 13:1-6.

ANSWERS TO QUESTION 3:
i. All times. Psalm 13:1-6
ii. All circumstances and situations. 1 Thess.5:18.

LESSON OUTLINES 2: HOW TO OFFER ACCEPTABLE THANKSGIVING
i. Find out from the students how they have been offering their thanksgiving to God.
ii. Identity necessary precautions or avoidable pitfalls in thanksgiving.
iii. Give guidelines for proper/acceptable thanksgiving.

A. AVOIDABLE PITFALLS
i. Do not give thanks out of necessity/ grudging 2 Cor. 9:7
ii. Do not give thanks from an unrepentant heart. Psalm 51: 16-17.
iii. Do not give thanks from waves of sin/proceeds of iniquity. ROM. 3:23; Numbers 22:7.

B. GUIDELINES FOR ACCEPTABLE THANKSGIVING
i. Give willing. Exodus 35:5
ii. Give it with joyful noise. Psalm 95:2
iii. Give songs to the Lord. Psalm 13:6; 126:1-2
iv. Give clap offering to the Lord. Psalm 47:1.
v. Give thanks to the Lord with dancing and musical instruments. Psalm 150: 3-6.
vi. Give quality substance, time, materials, property, money e.t c to God. Prov. 3: 9-10.
vii. All thanksgiving should represent a sweet smelling savior to God in holiness and obedience. Genesis 4:4; Psalm 107: 22.

CLASS ACTIVITIES 1&2: Those who participate in the discussion should score 20 marks.

SUMMARY: Give acceptable thanksgiving to God always.

CONCLUSION:
According to Romans 1:21,only people of vain imaginations and foolish or darkened heart will not be thankful (Psalm 50:14)

EVALUATION: Even and how can believers give thanks to God.

CLOSING PRAYER: Father, don’t let me ever be tired of giving acceptable thanks to you.

ASSIGNMENT: Identify five (5) conditions under which a person thanksgiving can be rejected.

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RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL 9 SEPTEMBER 2018 HYMN

1. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
O how I love Thee well,
I am happy, it makes me glad
To rejoice at Thy birth.

2. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day, Thy friendship suits me well,
Both young and old will sing Thy song,
We long for Sunday School.

3. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Christ was Thy first teacher,
The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
Does manifest in thee.

4. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
This testimony is sure,
That God, the Father Almighty,
Poured His blessing on Thee.

5. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Though the sun be so bright,
Or if the clouds black with rain,
I’ll be in Sunday School.

6. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?

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RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual 9 September 2018, Lesson 2

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RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual 9 September 2018, Lesson 2

RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual 9 September 2018 — Thanksgiving: When and How?

TOPIC — Thanksgiving: When and How?

MEMORY VERSE: “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” – Psalm 34:1 (scroll down for RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL 9 SEPTEMBER 2018 HYMN)

BIBLE PASSAGE: Luke 17:11-19 (RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual 9 September 2018)