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AUGUST 2020 3 33 14 PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN MAN FACES BLASPHEMY CHARGE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH OVER FACEBOOK POST A Christian man charged with blasphemy for blasphemy for sharing or having blasphe- can easily harass Christians and ‘plant evi- making a theological argument on Facebook mous contents either on their phone or on dence’ on them,” he added. “An example: if that Muslims deemed insulting toward the their computers,” CLAAS-UK Director Nasir someone shares blasphemous content to a Islamic prophet Muhammad is now facing a Saeed said in a statement shared with The Christian’s page, this could result in blas- potential death sentence for the post. Christian Post. phemy charges against the Christian, even The London-based Centre for Legal Aid, As- “It is difficult to prevent the abuse of social if the Christian did not directly interact with sistance and Settlement, an interdenomina- media platforms like WhatsApp when others tional aid agency serving persecuted Chris- uuu FULL STORY ON - 07 tians in Muslim-majority Pakistan, reports that SohailMasih in the NowsheraVirkan in JOHN MACARTHUR ON SUN- Punjab province was arrested on Aug. 5. DAY IN CALIFORNIA CHURCH Following a protest by a crowd of enraged SERVICEPREACHES ON OBEDI- Muslims who heard about Masih’s comment ENCE TO SCRIPTURE online, police officially charged Masih under sections 295-A and 295-C of the Pakistani Pastor John MacArthur, whose California Penal Code. church is holding in-person services in viola- Section 295-C prohibits the use of deroga- tion of the state’s COVID-19 health orders, tory remarks toward Islam or Muhammad and makes violations punishable by death. It is uuu FULL STORY ON - 11 the same charge leveled against Christian mother Asia Bibi, who was sentenced to death and spent over a decade in prison be- fore her acquittal in 2018. “This is not the first case of its kind, and sev- eral Christians like Imran Nadeem, NabeelMasih and Patras, Kaleem and Qamar David [died in Jail] have been charged with US CHRISTIANS INCREASINGLY DEPARTING FROM CORE TRUTHS OF CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW, SURVEY FINDS A new survey shows that the majority of Christian University-based Cul- Americans no longer believe that Jesus is the tural Research Center's American path to salvation and instead believe that Worldview Inventory, the latest being a good person is sufficient. findings — exploring perceptions As part of the ongoing release of the Arizona of sin and salvation — from George Barna, the group's direc- tor, show that nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that having some kind of faith is more impor- tant than the particular faith with which someone aligns. Sixty-eight percent who embrace that notion identify as Christians, including 56% of self- described evangelicals and 62% of those who uuu FULL STORY ON - 07

2Editorial Rev. Manuel Joseph Th.M. Sub-editor, End-Time News The Islamic republic of Pakistan resisted, but was abducted in the broad and surprisingly it overturned the verdict daylight.The eyewitness could not help of the lower court and asked the girl to is known for its rampant persecution of the girl too as the kidnapers had weap- go with her abductor. The verdict came religious minorities. An incident that ons in their hands. Later, she was con- as a surprise as the High Court never shocked the world recently had the verted to Islam, was married to her ab- bothered to care the false documents Lahore High Court involved. The court ductor with the help of fake certificates made and produced by the kidnapper in administrated a judgement in favor of a that said her age to be 18, the legal age the case. Hearing the verdict, Maria Muslim abductor who kidnapped, by force for a girl to be married in Pakistan. Shahbaz screamed in fear and agony converted to Islam and married a minor A case was registered in Faisalabad and while she was still standing in the court. Christian girl named Maria Shahbaz. the family of the girl expressed their fear Then, the judge said, “be a good wife”. Maria Shahbaz, a 14-year-old girl, was on of rape and murder. Following the inves- This is not the first time that such a case her way to work in April 2020 when she tigation, the lower court, Sessions Court has emerged. Formerly, Huma Younus, a was abducted by Muhammad Naqash and in Faisalabad, found out that the girl is a Christian girl who was kidnapped from his accomplice. The assailants were minor and needed to be rehabilitated in her home in Karachi on October 10 last armed and the eyewitnesses reported a woman’s shelter. The kidnapper moved year, was reported to have become preg- that they fired shots in the air. The girl an appeal to the High Court in Lahore uuu FULL STORY ON - 06 EDITORIAL BOARD MANAGER ADVISORY BOARD CHIEF EDITOR Bovas Sreekaryam Pastor Shibu Thomas USA Pastor Asokan Eranakulam Baiju Yacob Edavila USA CO-ORDINATORS M.Jacob Trivandrum SUB EDITORS John Francis (Dallas) Br.Syam USA Manuel Joseph PO.box 125 Daniel Jacob Sis.Saritha Wheat land,6920.S. manin st Sis.Simi Oklahoma EDITORS box zip code-73097 Sis.Lesley Yacob PH-(405) 745-786(H) Pastor A Anilkumar Mob-001(405)778-4341(Whats app) Rev. Joseph Chacko REPORTERS Sis.Sherly Miniesh Kumar(Baharin) Pastor Stephen Disclaimer The views expressed in this online newspaper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of HSM End Time News. The online newspaper will not bear any responsibility whatsoever for them. The images used in the newspaper have been downloaded from the Internet and we acknowledge that the copyright of those images remain with the original owners. HSM End Time News does not claim any copyright for them and does not intend to use them for commercial purposes.

3News LEBANON'S PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AMID from Warehouse 12, next to the port's huge PROTESTS AFTER DEADLY BEIRUT EXPLOSION grain silos.Shortly after 18:00 (15:00 GMT), the roof of the warehouse caught alight and reported, adding that there was a large initial explosion, followed they were referring to the by a series of smaller blasts that some wit- Iran-backed Shi'ite Mus- nesses said sounded like fireworks going off. lim terrorist organization. About 30 seconds later, there was a colossal “They feel that interna- explosion that sent a mushroom cloud into tional money [for recov- the air and a supersonic blastwave radiating ery] should not be going through the city.That blast wave levelled to this government,” buildings near the port and caused extensive news reported days be- damage over much of the rest of the capital, fore the resignation was which is home to two million people. Hospi- a n n o u n c e d .“ M a n y tals were quickly overwhelmed.\"What we are witnessing is a huge catastrophe,\" said the Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab an- people who have been protesting for the last head of the Lebanese Red Cross, George nounced his government's resignation Mon- nine months, they say that this government Kettani. \"There are victims and casualties day following last week's massive explosion will not spend it on the things that people everywhere.\"Beirut Governor Marwan in Beirut that killed at least 163 people and actually need.” Abboud said as many as 300,000 people had resulted in over 6,000 injuries. Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, Maronite Pa- been made temporarily homeless and that “I declare today the resignation of this gov- triarch of Antioch, whose denomination has collective losses might reach $10-15bn (£8- ernment,” said Diab, who cited “huge cor- a strong presence in the country, called the 11bn). ruption” as a problem at a press conference devastation of the explosion “a war scene The blast destroyed the immediate dockside amid large-scale public protests in response without war.”“Beirut is a devastated city. A area, creating a crater approximately 140m to the explosion, News reported. “May Allah catastrophe struck there because of the mys- (460ft) wide, which flooded with protect Lebanon.”Diab tendered his resigna- terious explosion which occurred in its port,” seawater.The warehouse where the initial tion to Lebanese Christian President Michel said the cardinal, as reported by the Catho- fire and explosions were observed was oblit- Aoun who will remain in his office for the lic Telegraph. erated and an adjacent grain silo was heavily time being in what News dubbed a “caretaker “The Church, which has set up a relief net- damaged.Satellite images show complete capacity.” work throughout Lebanese territory, today devastation in the port area, with one ship The resignation decision came after days of finds itself faced with a new great duty which apparently blown out of the water and onto protests against the regime, with protesters it is unable to assume on its own.” the dockside.The explosion's shockwave blew arguing that the government was guilty of out windows at Beirut International Airport's negligent handling of the explosives that trig- BEIRUT EXPLOSION passenger terminal, about 9km (5 miles) gered the blast.Last Tuesday, an explosion A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tues- away from the port. caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of am- day (4th August 2020), flattening much of the The blast was also heard as far away as monium nitrate, used in fertilizers and bombs, city's port, damaging buildings across the Cyprus, about 200km across the Mediterra- occurred at a warehouse in a port in Beirut, capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud nean Sea, and seismologists at the United a major metropolitan city in the country of 6 into the sky. More than 70 people were killed States Geological Survey said it was the million people, many from Muslims Christian and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the equivalent of a 3.3-magnitude faiths. rubble, officials said. earthquake.Based on an analysis of videos, The exact cause of the explosion remains un- a team from the University of Sheffield esti- known. However, soon after the blast, the It was not clear what caused the blast, which mated that the explosion was the equivalent government put several port officials under struck with the force of a 3.5 magnitude of 1,000 to 1,500 tonnes of TNT - about a house arrest as part of its earthquake, according to Germany's geo- 10th of the intensity of the nuclear bomb investigation.French President Emmanuel sciences center GFZ, and was heard and felt dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.\"Whatever the Macron visited the country once controlled as far away as Cyprus more than 200 kilo- precise charge size, this is unquestionably by France on Thursday, expressing solidarity meters (180 miles) across the Mediterranean. one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in with the victims of the explosion. Lebanon's interior minister said it appeared history, far bigger than any conventional During his visit to one damaged neighbor- that a large cache of ammonium nitrate in weapon,\" said Professor Andy Tyas, an ex- hood, Macron was met with a large crowd the port had detonated. pert on blast protection engineering. demanding government reforms and an end Lebanon's Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, to the current Lebanese regime. The disaster was preceded by a large fire at blamed the detonation on 2,750 tonnes of As he walked the streets of the hardest-hit the Port of Beirut, on the city's northern Medi- ammonium nitrate that he said had been neighborhoods, Christians shouted: \"Mr. Ma- terranean coast. In videos posted on social stored unsafely at a warehouse in the port. cron, free us from Hezbollah,\" a news agency media white smoke could be seen billowing

4DEVOTION Quarantine/Isolation know, the tree was programmed that way. Laxmi Francis the tree, being fairly new, produced a good With all that being said, the Holy Spirit number of pears hence I've been eagerly pointed something out as I was trying to Quarantine/Isolation has gotten waiting for some more this year as I had \"figure it out\". Aren't we like this pear the best of us, its been rough and tough worked on its upkeep. Sadly, I was kind of tree? We are the dwelling place of our Lord but God has been so so good and He has bummed to find just 1 pear produced thus and when the Holy Spirit is within us, we been with us thus far! I hope you are do- far and no signs of more. :( bear ing well, hang in there friend. fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23 AMP While I got over this, I asked myself: what says, With the illusion of extra time in hand, I did I do wrong? Did I miss out on But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His have tried to revisit my hobbies and I have something?Since Google has been my presence within us] is love [unselfish con- developed some new ones too. One of teacher, I researched what could possibly cern for others], joy, [inner] peace, pa- which is gardening and growing produce. be wrong. I learned that pear trees only tience [not the ability to wait, but how we I like to learn about pruning, natural fer- bear their first fruits for the first 3 years act while waiting], kindness, goodness, tilizers, a lot of trials with different stuff, of being planted and they don't bear full faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. etc. We happen to have a pear tree in our crops until the next 5 to 6 years. It didn't How are the fruits of the Spirit displayed? backyard yay! I have been looking forward make sense to me but I was happy to It is by how we exercise these fruits. Like to new pears after applying all my ac- that tree, we work on it, prune ourselves, quired knowledge from Google. Last year, uuu FULL STORY ON - 05

5News TURKEY CONVERTS ANOTHER RENOWNED CHURCH INTO A MOSQUE on the law of immovables, which states that ternational Religious Freedom, the only mem- once a building becomes a mosque, it can- ber of NATO to appear on the list. Religious International Christian Concern (ICC) has not become anything else. This argument was freedom in Turkey has significantly deterio- learned that on August 21, 2020, Turkish affirmed by Turkey’s Council of State in No- rated since the 2016 coup attempt, with the President RecepTayyipErdogan issued an of- vember 2019. ruling AK Party leaning even more heavily into ficial order converting the Byzantine Holy A unique aspect of the Chora Church is the Islamic nationalism. Turkey is currently fac- Savior Chora Church into a mosque. This vast amount of medieval mosaics and fres- ing a number of domestic crises impacting presidential order was issued nearly one cos covering most of the church’s walls and approval ratings. It is common for Turkey to month after Turkey converted the Hagia domes which feature Biblical scenes. Accord- pursue religious freedom violations in an at- Sophia Cathedral into a mosque, and nine ing to the precedent set by Turkey, the Chris- tempt to distract and control the public nar- months after the Turkish Council of State tian artwork of churches which have been rative. approved changing the Chora Church into a converted into mosques are covered. How Claire Evans, ICC’s Regional Manager for the mosque. The Chora Church, located in this will look for the Chora Church is unclear. Middle East, said, “Unfortunately, today’s Istanbul, is considered second in renown During the Ottoman conquest, the artwork announcement was not surprising. We have compared to the Hagia Sophia. was hidden under a layer of plaster. been waiting for the implementation of the The Chora Church was originally built in 534 Like the Hagia Sophia, the Chora Church is Council of State’s decision regarding the AD and converted into a mosque during the registered as a UNESCO heritage site. It is Chora Church for many months now. The Ottoman conquest. It was later converted unclear how UNESCO will respond to the con- mindset and logic used to justify the conver- into the Kariye Museum following World War version of these churches into mosques. On sion of historic churches into mosques is II. However, a lawsuit filed in 2005 chal- its website, UNESCO describes the Chora alarming. In many ways, we are looking at lenged this decision. The lawsuit was based Church as one of Istanbul’s “masterpieces.” the tip of an iceberg. These conversions are According to the November decision made an expression of a larger disregard for reli- uuu FULL STORY ON - 04 by Turkey’s State Council, a mosque “cannot gious freedom by the authorities. They are be used except for its essential function.” the consequence of Turkey’s attempt to erase get right with God and slowly but surely Critics have pointed out that that this lan- Christianity from the country’s history. We fruit will appear. As these fruits bear, I guage implies that “Turkish authorities ap- must keep the Church in prayer, as these ac- encourage you to wait upon the Lord, that pear to think that the original function of the tions signal a disregard for freedom of con- what He has begun in you, He will finish former churches/museums was to serve as science.” and when He finishes,it's beautiful and mosques. They thus completely ignore the pleasing to God and for His glory! Christian roots of the Chora Church and Submissions Invited countless other churches in the region, as In this season of waiting and unknowns, I well as the Christian history of pray for hope over your life and circum- Constantinople [Istanbul].” stances; that we bear fruit of the Spirit; Turkey is recommended for a special watch that we grow closer to the Lord and we list by the United States Commission on In- keep searching Him in us and others. I pray we love without wanting anything in return; that we have inner peace during these uncertain times and we share the reason for this peace in any means we can; that we rejoice in today. I pray that we refine our waiting; we show kindness to our fel- low believers and to strangers and to fami- lies because that may give them hope. I pray that we are faithful wherever we are and whatever we are called to; that our gentleness and self-control show more of Jesus and less of us. That we always re- member our Lord is merciful, wonderful, mighty and His mercies are new each day. Reflect on that with Him and all this and more is possible

6Meditation Pastor Shibu Thomas Oklahoma, USA THE BIBLICAL WAY OF RAISING CHILDREN! Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. Isaiah 8: 18 Children are a gift from the LORD; they God’s will for them, which is good, pleasing weapon of offence as per the world, but a and perfect. The Bible says of the such kids spiritual weapon Satan is sacred of. When our are a reward from him. It is the responsibility who are brought up according to the will of churches and families are filled with children of the parents to bring up the children in the God that “they are like arrows in the hand of and youngsters who are wrapped by the grace fear of the Lord and in sound doctrine. The a warrior” (Psalm 127: 4). Yes, the weapons of God, who are rooted in the word of God parents have the obligation to lead their that destroy the enemy and the weapons that and who also grow spiritually, then Satan and children in their Christian life so that they will trample enemy’s schemes. This is not a his army will shrink in number and power and not confirm themselves to the behavior and ultimately will become ineffective! customs of this world, but will learn to know So build up your families fearing Him and by obeying His commandments. Train your children in the way they should walk and bring them up in obedience in order to hold your head up high. Live in front of them showing an example in holiness and demonstrating the real faith on God. They will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate (Psalm 127: 5). Then, we can say that Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion (Isaiah 8: 18). The family that is blessed of God is a symbol of heavenly peace and joy. Such families will praise God forever! Prayer – Dear God, make me and my family to serve you only through our life. Amen! uuu FULL STORY ON - 02 nant due to the continuous sexual vio- lence carried out by her abductor Abdul Jabbar. As per the report, she was con- fined to the four walls of one room in the abductor’s house and was not allowed to meet her parents. What can we do for these “good wives” of Pakistan? Obviously, we can pray for them earnestly! We need to pray for the country so that the people of the reli- gious minority there will have religious freedom and acceptance. The country has always been hostile to other religions as it has been in the case of AssiaBeevi who had to seek asylum in Canada after she was freed from prison. The people got out into the road in protest and van- dalized the public property. Unless there is religious liberty, the country will con- tinue to witness incidents such as this more often.

7FULL STORY uuu FULL STORY ON - 01 losing the foundations that have enabled the ‘American experiment’ to succeed for more the content.” than two centuries. We can only hope that According to the Union of Catholic Asia our critical moral institutions — particularly News, Masih’s Facebook comment stems the family and the church — will wake up from a discussion online about the Islamic and help the nation to get back on track.” sacrifice tradition of Eid-al-Adha, which took The results are from a January 2020 survey place on July 30-31. among a nationally representative sample of “It is not possible that the blood of goats and 2,000 adults, with a maximum sampling er- bulls can wash away sins,” Masih was ror of approximately plus or minus 2 percent- quoted as writing in a post. “The incident of age points, based on the 95% confidence in- Miraj [an Islamic belief that Muhammad as- terval. cended to Heaven to talk with the prophets] is based on a lie.” uuu FULL STORY ON - 01 identify as Pentecostals. Sixty-seven percent of mainline Protestants and 77% of Catho- lics also embraced that idea, the findings show. Slightly over half of Christian respondents said they believe someone can attain salvation by \"being or doing good,\" a figure that in- cludes, 46% of Pentecostals, 44% of main- line Protestants, 41% of evangelicals, and 70% of Catholics. In addition to the viewpoint that eternal sal- vation can be earned, survey results show that 58% of Americans believe that no abso- lute moral truth exists and that the basis of truth are factors or sources other than God. Seventy-seven percent said that right and wrong is determined by factors other than the Bible. Fifty-nine percent said that the Bible is not God's authoritative and true Word and 69% said people are basically good. “If you look at some of the dominant ele- ments in the American mind and heart to- day, as illuminated by the Inventory, most people believe that the purpose of life is feel- ing good about yourself,\" Barna said in a statement sent to The Christian Post. \"Most people contend that all faiths are of equal value, that entry into God’s eternal presence is determined by one’s personal means of choice and that there are no abso- lutes to guide or grow us morally. “That philosophy of life contradicts a funda- mental basis of what may be the two most significant documents to the longevity and success of America – the Bible and the Con- stitution of the United States. Those docu- ments agree that this nation will only be healthy and fruitful if it is populated by moral people. By abandoning our moral standards and traditions, and replacing them with in- clusive and conditional preferences, we're

8News CHRISTIAN APP LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUDIO BIBLE The makers of the Christian meditation understand what it is that our hearts are Similar to other meditation apps that are app Soultime have announced the believing,” Wagner told Premier Christian popular, the Soultime app when it’s development and release of the world’s Radio last year. “To do that, we need a opened plays sounds of nature such as first-ever audio version of the Bible read certain amount of calm, a certain amount the wind and birds chirping. It includes a in its entirety by an artificial intelligence of peace, we need a certain amount of daily “mood check” and features calming voice amounting to 100 hours of audible time.” music and voices who guide users scripture. Soultime helps believers do that through through themed meditations. Soultime said in a statement that it music, graphics and a series of guided Silk, one of the “guides” featured in the “evaluated a range of text-to-speech meditations with various themes, including app who help users through a meditation, platforms but found Google’s Wavenet “Jesus carries our anxieties away,” explained, “Soultime is very much about the most natural sounding,” however, “Freedom with Forgiveness,” and building a hunger for the presence of because “the Bible text is extremely “Exploring the Lord’s Prayer.” God, the voice of God, the person of complex” it had to “work hard to modify The app has been endorsed by Justin Jesus Christ.” the basic reading to create something Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury. It seeks to “build, strengthen, tune your that both sounded natural and was truly “Soultime is a wonderful app. I warmly heart with the Word of God with the voice enjoyable to listen to.” recommend it,” he was quoted as saying. of God, the presence of God. It’s going Citing an example, the statement said to be focused on Jesus, the focus on the Wavenet for some reason couldn’t You are cordially invited presence of God, the focus on the Bible. pronounce “for His name’s sake,” as to send submissions to No other apps are focused on that.” found in the most famous of all Psalms, A New Mexico-based ministry, Faith Psalm 23, according to Premier. The The End Time News Comes By Hearing, provides audio Google platform insisted on saying “for magazine, including versions of New Testaments. Scripture His name’s saké,” like the alcoholic articles, short stories, recordings are available in 1,354 beverage. poems, cartoons, etc. If languages with the potential of reaching “AI readings have some great over 85 million people with the Gospel. advantages,” the makers of the Christian you would like to The ministry, which seeks to help fulfill the app added. “Having developed the initial contribute, please Great Commission in this generation by version, further Bible reading versions contact us at our email providing access to the Word of God in can be easily produced in different every translated language, offers free accents, genders or languages. Also as address : access to its digital resources. text-to-speech voices improve over time, the readings can be easily updated.” [email protected] Founded by London-based Mark Wagner, Soultime is an app for Christian meditation.”This is not an intellectual process so much as a spiritual and emotional process of trying to

Sparkling Wisdom! 9 uuu FULL STORY ON - 12 Sparkling Wisdom! that he said he was serious about providing v. We are secured not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because he assistance to Christian families and solving their problems. holds tightly to us. - RC Sproul “We are glad that Christians will return to Iraq and contribute to its reconstruction. Ira- v. God proved His love on the cross. When Christ hung, and qis of all sects are yearning for a new Iraq that believes in peace and rejects violence,” bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, “I love you.” said the prime minister, who assumed office - Billy Graham May 7. The Christian community in Iraq has been v. “When you understand that life is a test, you realize that under pressure for years, but the invasion of the Islamic State group in 2014 made things nothing is insignificant in your life.” - Rick Warren even worse. Aid to the Church in need re- cently issued a report warning that the Chris- v. “Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called tian population could dwindle to 23,000 in the next four years. Many fear that ISIS is to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry planning a comeback and are hesitant to re- our share of the misery which lies upon the world.”- Albert turn to their homes. Schweitzer uuu FULL STORY ON - 12 v. “God will meet you where you are in order to take you where word “Allah” is exclusive to Islam and that He wants you to go.”- Tony Evans its use in Christian publications is likely to confuse Muslims and draw them to Christian- v. “Having the answers is not essential to living. What is ity. Among the Bibles confiscated were the essential is the sense of God’s presence during dark seasons Malay-language ones that the Bible Society of questioning.”- Ravi Zacharias of Malaysia had imported from Indonesia. Approximately 10,000 others also were con- v. “I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our fiscated from Gideons International, which places free copies in hotel rooms and else- happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not where. on our circumstances.”- Martha Washington While ethnic Chinese Malaysian Christians can obtain Bibles in Mandarin without diffi- v. “The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of culties, historically the government has placed more red tape around the Malay God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in Bibles. the storm.”- Matt Chandler Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi clari- fied in April 2005 that there was no ban on v. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in Bibles translated into Malay. However, they are required to be stamped with a disclaimer: moments of comfort and convenience, “Not for Muslims.” The word translated in but where he stands at times of challenge English as “God” is translated as “Allah” in and controversy.”- Martin Luther King some Malay Bibles, which is illegal as non- Jr. Muslims are prohibited from using the term “Allah.” v. “There is no one who is insignificant in In 2007, customs officers and Home Minis- try officials detained the Alkitab (Malay the purpose of God.”- Alistair Begg Bible) at ports of entry and confiscated the publications, Sunday school children’s books, Abigail Thyvilayil John and CDs. This has led to SidangInjil Borneo Dec 2007 and Jill Ireland Binti Lawrence Bill in July 2008 initiating a judicial review against the power of the Home Minister. In March 2010, the Malaysian Home Minis- try seized 30,000, and in March 2011 another 5,000 Malay Bibles from a port in Kuching, Sarawak.

10Bible Study Fatherhood is God's plan Asokan P.K Its from Heavenly Father only all father- The Best way to become a best father is hood on earth takes its title and derives to copy only the heavenly Father . Fatherhood presupposes off- it's name. Fathers are to reflect the nature and springs. Fatherhood is a parcipation in the nature charector of our heavenly father before Becoming father is one of the most God- of God, for He was revealed Himself as our the children in providing ,caring, forgiv- like things a man can do, for we share heavenly Father.Throughout the Bible,we ing, protecting and standing with them in some of God's creative power in our own are we are called His children , and He ex- all situations with all capacity till the last procreation. Power of procreation is God's ercises care and offers provision for us breath with unfathomable compassion, gift to man. ares our Father. becuase You are the Father of your chil- Fatherhood on earth represents the fa- dren . therhood of God,the heavenly Father. Fatherhood is a blessing from God. Chil- dren are not biological accident, they are You have a great reward from the Father Paul said in Eph 3:14,15 \" For this reason not liabilities but are assets.They are a gift in heaven for representing and reflecting ,I bow my knees before the Father of our from our Father. your heavenly father on earth. God bless. Lord Jesus Christ. For whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

11Fullstory uuu FULL STORY ON - 01 greatest treasure.” lice department, all in authority, because they The mark of a true Christian is the love of recognize what an honorable congregation opened his most recent sermon by welcom- Scripture, MacArthur said, adding: “God's this church has been,” he said. ing his congregation to \"the Grace Commu- true church has always been a place where “But never before has the government in- nity Church peaceful protest.” people hunger for the truth from the Bible. vaded the territory the belongs only to the \"Good morning, everyone. I'm so happy to That’s why we're here.”“If this pulpit was not Lord Jesus Christ and told us we can't meet, welcome you to the Grace Community Church the place for the proclamation of the Word we can't worship, we can't sing,” the pastor peaceful protest,” MacArthur, senior pastor of God, this place would begin to be empty,” continued. “There's no power given to the of Grace Community Church, a megachurch he added. “That's why you're here ... it's clear government to make those kinds of calls in Sun Valley, California, said Sunday morn- to me that you love the word of God. That's against us. ... We love our neighbors. We're ing, drawing cheers and applause from wor- why you're here.”\"We're not smarter than not spreading anything but the Gospel,” shipers. anybody else,\" MacArthur stressed. \"We’re MacArthur said, noting that out of 7,000 MacArthur went on to explain that, “based not more spiritual. We're not better people. church members, “no one has had any ef- on the Word of God,” his church is “pro-life, We’re as wretched as any and all sinners are. fect if they’ve had COVID.” pro-family, pro-law and order, and pro-church But we've been chosen. And then we've been Officials from the Los Angeles County De- of the Lord Jesus Christ.” called. And then we are being saved, sover- partment of Public Health reportedly threat- The preacher then invited a chaplain from eignly, supernaturally.\" ened MacArthur with “repercussions such as the Los Angeles Police Department to deliver “We're the nobodies, we get it,\" he con- fines and even possible arrest” if his church the service’s opening prayer. The chaplain cluded. \"We're the nothings. We’re nonex- doesn’t comply with state orders. prayed that MacArthur and his congregation istent. We’re the low of the low. But we have MacArthur and Grace Community Church would have the “wisdom and faith to the wisdom of God, because God in His grace have since received special counsel from weather all of the things going on in church and mercy, called us.\" President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, and outside church.” MacArthur has made headlines in recent Jenna Ellis, and religious freedom expert MacArthur preached from 1 Corinthians 1, weeks after his church opted to meet in de- Charles LiMandri. which reads in part, “For the foolishness of fiance of Gov. Gavin Newsom's second round God is wiser than human wisdom, and the of lockdown orders affecting church gather- weakness of God is stronger than human ings. strength.”“We are here in obedience to our “We are a church that has a reputation for Lord, we are here because He has given us the last 50 years of obeying the government,” commands, not in a personal esoteric way, the pastor said in a recent interview with Fox not through some vision or dream, not be- News’ Shannon Bream. “We are a friend to cause I hear voices from Heaven, I don’t, but this society, to every level of this society. We because I have a Bible,” he said. “Grace have been given awards and accolades and Church is defined by its commitment to Holy plaques from the city government, the po- Scripture. For true Christians, the Bible is our

12News ISRAEL-UAE SIGN HISTORIC DEAL TO BEGIN DIPLOMATIC TIES the Oval Office, Mr Trump state is reached.Senior Palestinian official described the agreement HananAshrawi wrote on Twitter: “Israel got as a \"truly historic rewarded for not declaring openly what it’s moment\".The deal marks been doing to Palestine illegally & persis- a diplomatic win for tently since the beginning of the Trump ahead of occupation.“Please don’t do us a favor. We November's election, are nobody’s fig leaf!” with the UAE and Israel A joint statement by the leaders of the UAE, being among Trump's Israel and the US said: “Opening direct ties closest foreign allies dur- between two of the Middle East’s most dy- ing his term in office. namic societies and advanced economics will Israeli Prime Minister transform the region by spurring economic Benjamin Netanyahu had growth, enhancing technological innovation sought to build settle- and forging closer people-to-people ments on lands sought by relations.\"It said delegations will meet in the coming weeks to sign deals on direct flights, Israel and the United Arab Emirates will es- the Palestinians and embraced a Trump pro- security, telecommunications, energy, tour- tablish full diplomatic ties after the two coun- posal that would allow him to annex large ism and healthcare. The two countries also tries reached an historic peace deal.The an- parts of the occupied West Bank while grant- will also partner on fighting the coronavirus nouncement makes the UAE the first Gulf ing Palestinians limited autonomy in other pandemic. Arab state to do so and only the third Arab areas.For Palestine, it marks both a win and Among Arab nations, only Egypt and Jordan nation to have active diplomatic ties to Is- a setback. have active diplomatic ties with Israel.Egypt rael. While Thursday’s deal halts Israeli annex- made a peace deal with Israel in 1979, fol- US president Donald Trump said Israel will ation plans, the Palestinians have repeatedly lowed by Jordan in 1994.Mauritania halt planned annexation of occupied land urged Arab governments not to normalize re- recognised Israel in 1999 but later ended sought by the Palestinians for their future lations with Israel until a peace agreement relations in 2009 over the Israel’s war in state as part of the agreement.Speaking in establishing an independent Palestinian Gaza at the time. CALL FOR CHRISTIANS TO RETURN HOME TO THE BIBLE BAN IN IRAQ: PRIME MINISTER MUSTAFA AL-KAZEMI. MALAYSIA Christians are the “original children of the handling of the Al-Kazemi government with In Malaysia, the Bahasa language, which is country,” said the Prime Minister of Iraq, the Christian file.” spoken by the majority, does not have a Bible Mustafa Al-Kazemi.Al-Kazemi readily available. The authorities in Malay- encouraged Christians who left According to a government statement, the sia have seized more than 20,000 Bibles in Iraq in recent years to return to prime minister said that “Iraq is the country recent years, as the reference made to God their homeland, Vatican News for everyone, and that Christians are the in these Bibles are printed as “Allah,” a term said, citing a report in the original children of the country, and there is considered offensive in the Muslim-majority Assyrian International News no difference between the people of the country. Agency. same country, as everyone is a partner in These Bibles were written in the country’s Al-Kazemi on Sunday met with building the future of Iraq.” AINA reported official language, Malay – in which the word Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, the for God is “Allah,” as it is in Arabic. How- Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, and uuu FULL STORY ON - 09 ever, the Malaysian government claims the a number of other bishops in Baghdad. The patriarch said there are a large uuu FULL STORY ON - 09 number of Christians who want to return. “The Church supports Al-Kazemi’s steps to- wards achieving security and stability throughout Iraq,” said Patriarch Sako. “Chris- tians are proud of their Iraqi identity, and they feel more reassured, in light of the serious

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