AV1611VET said:

I guess I'll just have to add "Ruckmanite" to that ever-growing list of what I am supposed to be.

Fake news travels fast.

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Which parts of Peter S. Ruckman's commentary on Genesis do you disagree with? Any particular pages stand out?

Pommer said:

If they win it all, how many will go to the White House, do you think?

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Apparently there's some immigrants on the team. They might be wise to lay low.

Servus said:

They've seen how badly the alternatives have turned out.

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well, continuing the metaphor, sink or swim, we'll see how it turns out. However unlikely, I do hope you survive.

Captain Blood



~or~ Substitutionary Atonement (your choice )

Richard T said:

Your framework makes sense but one of the biggest questions remains as to who gets to choose the Pastor? In some churches it is the denominational leaders. In other denominations the congregation votes on it. One has to consider too the available talent pool. To me, the best source of new leadership is to create the next pastor within the local church.
I remember the late Dave Roberson's telling of this vision he had. I would not make doctrine out of it, but it is interesting, especially since he went on to become quite the evangelist.

"But as I started to stand up, the associate pastor turned and pointed to the stage curtain. A blond-haired woman came out onto the platform. It was obvious that she was full of God’s love, and the anointing — the power of the Holy Spirit — flowed out of her like honey. It was so thick and sweet, you could almost cut it! I sank back into my chair in utter disbelief. I knew it was supposed to be my meeting. The woman took the microphone and ministered the grace of God beautifully. Then God’s power fell, and all the people got up out of their wheelchairs. The altar filled with people confessing Jesus as Savior. The whole service was full of power and anointing. When it was all over, the rest of the crowd disappeared; it was just me and this woman in the auditorium. Then she looked directly at me and said, “I don’t know why God has given me this kind of ministry; one of you men must have failed.” Testimony Share – Dave Roberson’s Testimony: My Personal Journey to Revelation Knowledge

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Granted, my framework was very legalistic, controlling, etc. I admit, I wouldn't like to be under it.

My reasoning behind it was this. If you reject interpretations of Scripture that allow for women pastors, then surely all the other Scriptural qualifications for pastor / elder / overseer are valid as well (1 Timothy 3:1-7). To put it another way, I don't see how having a woman pastor that meets all the other qualifications could be more Scripturaly unsound than having an angry male who cheats on his wife as a pastor. However, the current system in place is doing its best to ensure the woman pastor is rooted out immediately. While the male pastor may linger, drift from church to church, etc for years or until he retires. Admittedly I was looking for a way try and ensure all the qualfications got the same level of scrutiny as gender is getting.

iluvatar5150 said:

Graham Platner is one guy, who has most of the party cringing themselves into migraines. Who are the other "rising stars" who aren't decent people? James Talarico? Pete Buttigieg?

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For the right half of the spectrum, they've propped up a series of a questionable choices based on criteria that appears to be no deeper than simply who's willing to "kiss the ring of the Don".

On the left half, they have literal socialists rising through the ranks.

Yarddog said:

Crockett's complaint was about prosecutors disqualifying all of the black jurors. that is not racist. It is a valid point.

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Thi was a misrepresentation. She said it was an all white jury to stir up racial divisions. There was no disqualification of black jurors. This is making out that people purposely disqualified blacks to rig the jury and thus the verdict would have been different if blacks were included.

Black jurors were included but did not qualify for good reasons. But the jury was half minorities so was not all white. But Crockett made out this was about race.

She has been caught making several lies. Like Metcalf was this 300ib monster bullying Anthony. She said the the weapon was not deadly when it penetrated through Metcalfs chest and into his heart. Thats a deadly weapon if it kills someone.

She is not only a race baiter but a liar. All to stir up division and hate. Now theres death threats against the Metcalfs with the calling to murder Austins twin brother and people are beginning to resort to violence on the streets.

Yarddog said:

Depends on why the black jurors were actually disqualified.

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One was disqualified for actually stating that he supported Anthony.

Yarddog said:

I didn't hear Crockett making the fight about race.The trial? She has a point.

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You just mentioned how Crockett was complaining about an all white jury and implied some sort of conspiracy to make it all white. Thats bringing in race. She compared this to Floyd. Thats bringing in race. Thats actually stoking racial division and violence on the streets.

It was a straight up murder full stop. Anthony got a relatively short sentence for murdering someone. he could be out in 16 years. How would black jurors find Anthony not guilty of murder. It was not self defense.

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It was murder but was it also self defense? Is 35 years a proper sentence? Would it have been much lower had the black jurors not been dismissed?

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How was it self defense. Anthony was told to leave the tent and he did not. he provoked the whole incident. Eye witnesses said that Metcalf did not touch him prior. But only afte Anthony pulled the knife and plunged it into his chest.

But even so its still not self defense as metcalf had no weapon and was not posing a threat to anthony's life. Crockett lied in trying to make out some big white bully deserved to be stabbed. Its all lies and stiring up division and hate and now death threats towards the Metcalfs and violence on the streets.

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Who said that?

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By suggesting racism is in the police in a murder trial that had nothing to do with police is inciting racism. Its bringing in an irrelevant issue into a straight out murder of an innocent person. Police racism has nothing to do with it and its an example of how race is brought in when it has nothing to do with race.

I have seen many examples of people of all races commit murder in hate and rage over trivial matters. That Anthony was carrying a weapon into a school meeting is part of the problem and mentality that leads to murder.

A lot of young people think that using a weapon is normal when its not. Regardless of race murder is murder and most murderers do long times in jail. Anthony got a relatively light sentense.

And with changes at midterm elections maybe we can refocus for the common good. Not swing to the other extreme but fond virtue and wisdom in the middle with dialogue and collaboration.

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What's more puzzling is why anti-trump people expect pro-trump to share in their anti-trump beliefs, views and attitudes.

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I expect it to happen for many, but too late.

Such is the way with "conservatives". Remember when they were all hot for the Iraq war? And then sloooowly came around to their no new useless wars position. Too late to make a difference tho.

Somewhere down the road many maga people will look back and be like what was I thinking?

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As if the sheer volume of words and accusations changes anything. The reason he states that it is old is because he is stating, calling the second New. If some thing is new there must be something that is old. So with that in mind, it is growing old and is ready to vanish away. Not vanished away, is vanishing away.

The Old Covenant is "the" law.

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It seems prudent to point out a few things concerning this popular religious philosophy that exists in this world God placed us in. As it seems important to consider all that is written, in searching for God's Truth.

In Gal. 3, Paul talks about "A LAW", that Abraham didn't have, that was to lead Israel to Christ, "because of transgressions". (Scripture points to the Golden calf event that almost ended in their complete destruction) Paul said "this law", that was to lead Israel to Christ, wasn't "ADDED" until 430 years after God Said, "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. (Gen. 26:5) So the Covenant God promised to change, wasn't "The Law" of God, but "A Law" of God.

In. Rom. 3 the Jews were promoting "a law", not "the Law" to justify them of their willful sins. You can read about them in Isaiah 1:1-20. These men despised God's Judgments, full well rejected God's commandments that they might keep their own religious traditions, taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and went about establishing their own righteousness, refusing to Submit to the Righteousness of God. And yet every week they would offer to God for their willful transgression of "The LAW", the blood of an unblemished, innocent Life, as Per "A Law", Added 430 years after Abraham, to justify their wicked flesh.

So the teaching that the Old Covenant was "THE LAWS of GOD", although popular in this world God placed us in, doesn't reflect what is written in the actual Scriptures, as indicated above. In my understanding of Scriptures.

HIM said:

It will be as long as sin is in this world for they tell us what sin is and are what bring us to Christ. Rom 3 and Gal 3

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Again, Israel was kept under "A Law" for the remission of sins, "Till the Seed should Come", as a Mercy after the Golden Calf. God could have wiped them all out and been justified, and made a great nation out of Moses. But HE showed them mercy, and placed them under a "Law of Works", Till the Seed, "After the Order of Melchizedek", (no beginning, no end) should come. A NEW Covenant for Israel.

Both Noah and Abraham sinned, just as other men, and were given God's Laws, Statutes Commandments and Judgments so as to know what sin is. What covenant were they under? How is it Noah, a man who sinned, walked with God, while other men who sinned were destroyed? How is it Abraham saw Christ's Day and was glad, but the men of Sodom, who were also given "The Law" to know what sin was, were destroyed by God?

I think you answered this question when you said, "Until people accept God's Spirit in their hearts", like Abel, Noah and Abraham did.

The "ADDED" Law that the Pharisees corrupted that Abraham didn't have, and were promoting to the Galatians and Gentile Converts in Acts 15, was their corrupted version of the Levitical Priesthood "after the Order of Aaron", with it sacrificial "works of the Law" for remission of sins, and their corrupted circumcision laws. But not everyone was deceived by them, even as Zacharias, Simeon and Anna, and no doubt others, were lead to Christ though the Levitical Priesthood.

HIM said:

The destruction of the physical temple 70 ad has nothing to do with it.

Until people accept God's Spirit in their hearts there will be a need for that which was written on stone and parchment to lead them to Christ, so that which was without will be within.

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I don't believe it matters if God writes His Laws on Paper, parchment, stone, or simply tells men what His Instruction in righteousness is. Until a man from the heart, Glorifies God, "AS God", as Wisdom, as Light, their foolish heart will be darkened, in my view. As personal experience has shown me.

You and I, we have the Oracles of God in our own Homes. We don't need to go find a Levite Priest, or any preacher to know what Sin is, as in the Old Covenant. Consider the Words of the Christ, the Word of God through Moses.

Duet. 11: 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

17 And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul,(Like Abraham, Caleb, David and their Savior, Christ Jesus) and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

For me, the Kingdom of God Dwells within me, and the Temple of God is my mind. And the thoughts coming and going are the people of my Kingdom. And I am to bring "every thought" into captivity to the obedience of Christ, so as to discern between those thoughts that are wrought in God, and those that are not.

In this way, God's Laws are written on my heart, and through Christ all the thoughts and imaginations "Nations" (Traditions, lusts of the flesh, worldly influences and adopted false doctrines etc.) that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God are exposed so they can be ruled over. Thus God drives out these nations before me little by little, as promised.

This is the Covenant of Christ that I am under, in my understanding.

Gen. 17: 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

And I press toward the mark for the prize of this high calling of God that was in Christ Jesus. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

On March 15, 2019, Ksor Ruk, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the People’s Court of Gia Lai Province. Ksor was accused of being allegedly involved with FULRO, an exiled group in America, and charged with ‘undermining the state’s unity policy’, Article 116 of the 2015 Criminal Code.

Ksor Ruk, a Montagnard (Jrai) Christian, was first imprisoned in 2007, charged with ‘undermining the state’s unity policy’. However, after being released, he continued his missionary work in his local area. He is married with five children. His youngest child was just one month old when he was arrested in October 2018.

Charged with undermining unity policy.

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Aussie52 said:

To be without the Law is to be 'lawless', antinomian.

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What is written in the moral law has not been abolished, righteousness of obeying it has been

Christ's Bride said:

you are correct --- luck will be of no value to those that refuse to allow Christ to rule them, In other words for those He showed and told -- how they are to live. with out iniquity, which is lawlessness.

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Are you claiming that I am not allowing Christ to rule over me? I guess walking in the Spirit does not count for you?

On April 10, 2018, Montagnard Church of Christ leader Y Pum Bya was arrested during a police raid at a church member’s home during an unregistered church meeting. He was accused of spreading false information about Vietnam’s violations of minority rights, and religious freedom, in order to convince people to join efforts to establish an independent state.

At the police station, he was interrogated, tortured, and forced to sign a statement agreeing to stop worshipping in a group while belonging to the Gospel Missionary Church.

Y Pum Bya had previously been threatened with arrest for his religious activities. On March 15, 2017, he requested permission to register unregistered religious activities in Ea Dron Commune, but his request was rejected and police threatened him with arrest and imprisonment if he continued to engage in his religious activities.

On January 31, 2019, Y Pum Bya was sentenced to 14 years in prison and four years probation, for ‘undermining national unity policy’ under Article 87/1999. He is currently imprisoned at Gia Trung Prison in Gia Lai Province.

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Y Pum Bya is married with children

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Bradskii said:

Gosh, like at night? That's just when you need power for lighting. Maybe no-one has taken that into account.

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Simple, you switch the lights on and aim them on the solar panel. It will generate the power you need.

Saturday 13 June 2026 – Algeria​

Pray for the 6,000 Algerian Bibles still held up in the port of Algiers after more than three years. Pray that the Bibles will be released and distributed and be a source of blessing for all who read them.

Friday 12 June 2026 – Algeria​

Algerian Christians face discrimination in many aspects of daily life, whether registering a birth, marriage or death, opening a bank account, applying for a job or running a business. Pray that they will be treated fairly.

Thursday 11 June 2026 – Algeria​

Pray that our partner’s wife’s ministry among Algerian women would flourish, despite the pressures they face.

Wednesday 10 June 2026 – Algeria​

Lift up in prayer our partner, Pastor ‘Yuba’, and his wife, who continue to minister to Algerian Christians in these difficult times. Pray for God’s protection over them, their family and their ministry.

Tuesday 9 June 2026 – Algeria​

Pray for the 50-plus church leaders who have been convicted. Some have already been jailed and released while others are held in legal limbo by suspended sentences and long appeals. Pray that they and their families would know God’s grace and patience as well as the energy to continue with their ministries.

Monday 8 June 2026 – Algeria​

Pray that the Supreme Court of Algeria (which can overturn convictions and suspend sentences of pastors and can order the re-opening of closed churches) would act with courage, integrity and wisdom and would deal swiftly with church cases and appeals.

Sunday 7 June 2026 – Eritrea​

Pray that exiled Christians, who are often homesick, would be able to settle in their new communities and have fellowship with other believers.

Aussie52 said:

While you are praying, include the 62,000 Palestinians that Israel killed, amongst them,20,000 children.
And also pray that God would bless and strengthen the IDF as they rape, pillage, displace and kill Palestinians in the West Bank.

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Opinions may differ regarding political and military strategy in the Middle East, but accusing an entire army of systematic crimes does not lead to an objective discussion.

My prayer expresses a clear intention. It is for the protection of soldiers, the defeat of Hamas’s terror, and the establishment of justice, not for the suffering of civilians. The Bible teaches us to pray for victory over evil and for the protection of those who fight against terror
(2 Sam 22:28).

The concerns you mentioned regarding injustice and violence are already included in the prayer. The prophetic context in Isaiah clearly shows that G-d is a G-d of vengeance in the dispute over Zion, and His judgment strikes the powers that seek to destroy Israel
(Isa 34:5 .8). At the same time, however, He is a holy G-d before whose face no human wrongdoing goes unpunished. By praying that His will be done, we entrust the final judgment to Him: He will break evil powers such as Hamas, but He sees, hears, and judges every injustice on this earth with absolute infallibility in stark contrast to us humans, who often perceive things only selectively.

Praying for His will therefore automatically entails the exposure and end of all injustice. It never involves taking pleasure in the suffering of the innocent, for every human being is created in His image. I therefore pray specifically that Muslims in Gaza may find peace and salvation through Jesus Christ, as I wrote in my post.

What does persecution look like in Burkina Faso?​

Burkina Faso has experienced a broad collapse in state authority. This insecurity has led to Islamic extremists being able to dominate areas of the country and freely commit violence. These groups are able to rule as a form of quasi-government with little opposition. Extremist religious leaders encourage communities to be hostile towards Christians.

Due to this, churches have been forced to close and have been burned, and Christian homes and businesses have been destroyed and looted. Christian communities can face threats, violent attacks and displacement from their homes. Anyone who leaves Islam to follow Jesus is especially vulnerable to threats and violence.

Who is most vulnerable to persecution?​

Burkinabe Christians in rural areas controlled by Islamic extremists are most vulnerable to targeted attacks, harassment and discrimination. They are also often expected to follow strict religious rules. Those who deviate from these rules, especially converts from a Muslim background, risk the most serious persecution from their families and communities.

Meet Pastor John​

"I couldn’t pray, because when I prayed, I wept. But when I wept, I prayed with tears."
PASTOR JOHN, WHOSE SON WAS KILLED IN AN ATTACK BY ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS. HE RECEIVED TRAUMA CARE THROUGH OPEN DOORS’ LOCAL PARTNERS.

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What has changed this year?​

Burkina Faso has risen four places on this year’s World Watch List. Violence has increased, as well as pressure on church life. Christians in Burkina Faso face ongoing threats, instability and displacement. On top of persecution, believers face deepening poverty and a worsening human rights’ crisis. Burkina Faso is one of the least developed nations in the world. Its problems are heightened by geopolitical rivalries playing out in the region, along with the rise of extremist groups, organised crime and corruption.

In areas under their control, extremists increasingly exploit the poverty and anti-Western sentiment among local clans to exert pressure on Christians. They attempt to indoctrinate young people, enforce strict religious codes and justify violence against Christians as being divinely mandated.

This year, brutal attacks by extremists on Christian communities have claimed more lives, destroyed churches and homes, and displaced an estimated two million people. Converts from Islam face significant pressure to return to the faith. They can be ejected from their communities or face violence.

What does Open Doors do to help Christians in Burkina Faso?​

Open Doors serves the church in Burkina Faso through persecution-awareness training, relief efforts, spiritual care and trauma care. Behind these is the vision to see the church respond biblically to persecution by spiritually empowering her members and caring for those most affected.

How can you pray for Burkina Faso?​

• Pray for stability and that the people of Burkina Faso would be cared for by the authorities. Since the 2022 military coup, Burkina Faso has been led by a military government. Promises to return to civilian rule have so far not come to pass.
• Pray these extremists would encounter the truth of Jesus and put aside their violent aims. Islamic militants continue to carry out periodic attacks.
• Ask God to help Christians who have been displaced or have lost loved ones in the violence. Pray they would be comforted and experience the true peace of Christ.
• Pray for Open Doors partners as they care for displaced believers. Pray that God would bless these efforts and ignite a gospel fire that spreads across Burkina Faso.

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A PRAYER FOR BURKINA FASO
Lord, we ask You to bring Your peace, wisdom and strength to Your people in Burkina Faso. So many face such difficult situations: losing their homes, their communities and even their loved ones. We ask that You protect them, provide for their needs, and that they would feel and know they are supported by their worldwide church family. We thank You for their willingness to serve You and to build Your kingdom, even in the face of such hostility. Amen.

BelieveItOarKnot said:

Definitely


Clever plays on words are common in cults. Even though the SDA is not considered by some to be a cult, others in orthodoxy will say they are definitely a cult and the above is part of why.

• Psalm 8:5
  For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
• Hebrews 2:7
  Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
• Hebrews 2:9
  But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

So much for "ruler OVER angels." And as a sidenote, the term angel means, simply, messenger. In this way the term can be applied to "holy" messengers, "wicked" messengers, people as messengers, Jesus as a messenger, and even God as a Messenger. We are advised to lean heavily, even totally on every Word of the last 2 Messengers herein.


In God's Axiom, The Greatest Is Servant of ALL. Kind of an exact reverse on survival of the fittest rule of the flesh world.

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SDA’s do not believe that Jesus is a created angel. This is not an honest view of what we believe. Jesus is everlasting no beginning no end, King of kings, Lord of lords.

What people accuse is really of no consequence, the majority got it wrong about Jesus when He came the first time and the names people called Him, most confessed believers of God. God will sort all of this out soon enough.

President Trump announced late Friday that U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) launched a strike that killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

A “swift and lethal kinetic strike” killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. Tren de Aragua is a U.S.-designated terror organization.

“This action was coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well,” Trump’s post reads. “As a result, Tren de Aragua terrorists no longer have safe haven in Venezuela or anywhere else and, under my leadership, we will find these vicious murderers and drugs lords anytime, anyplace, and send them to the depths of hell where they belong.”

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Great post! But I'd to add that idolatry is also putting something equal to or above God. That doesn't just mean sins in general, but can also include your spouse being an idol. A spouse becomes an idol when a person values that relationship more than God Himself. This happens when pleasing a husband or wife becomes more important than pleasing God, when fear of losing the relationship causes a person to compromise God's commands, or when their identity, security, purpose, and happiness become rooted primarily in the spouse rather than in the Lord.

What does persecution look like in Burkina Faso?​

Burkina Faso has experienced a broad collapse in state authority. This insecurity has led to Islamic extremists being able to dominate areas of the country and freely commit violence. These groups are able to rule as a form of quasi-government with little opposition. Extremist religious leaders encourage communities to be hostile towards Christians.

Due to this, churches have been forced to close and have been burned, and Christian homes and businesses have been destroyed and looted. Christian communities can face threats, violent attacks and displacement from their homes. Anyone who leaves Islam to follow Jesus is especially vulnerable to threats and violence.

Who is most vulnerable to persecution?​

Burkinabe Christians in rural areas controlled by Islamic extremists are most vulnerable to targeted attacks, harassment and discrimination. They are also often expected to follow strict religious rules. Those who deviate from these rules, especially converts from a Muslim background, risk the most serious persecution from their families and communities.

Meet Pastor John​

"I couldn’t pray, because when I prayed, I wept. But when I wept, I prayed with tears."
PASTOR JOHN, WHOSE SON WAS KILLED IN AN ATTACK BY ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS. HE RECEIVED TRAUMA CARE THROUGH OPEN DOORS’ LOCAL PARTNERS.

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What has changed this year?​

Burkina Faso has risen four places on this year’s World Watch List. Violence has increased, as well as pressure on church life. Christians in Burkina Faso face ongoing threats, instability and displacement. On top of persecution, believers face deepening poverty and a worsening human rights’ crisis. Burkina Faso is one of the least developed nations in the world. Its problems are heightened by geopolitical rivalries playing out in the region, along with the rise of extremist groups, organised crime and corruption.

In areas under their control, extremists increasingly exploit the poverty and anti-Western sentiment among local clans to exert pressure on Christians. They attempt to indoctrinate young people, enforce strict religious codes and justify violence against Christians as being divinely mandated.

This year, brutal attacks by extremists on Christian communities have claimed more lives, destroyed churches and homes, and displaced an estimated two million people. Converts from Islam face significant pressure to return to the faith. They can be ejected from their communities or face violence.

What does Open Doors do to help Christians in Burkina Faso?​

Open Doors serves the church in Burkina Faso through persecution-awareness training, relief efforts, spiritual care and trauma care. Behind these is the vision to see the church respond biblically to persecution by spiritually empowering her members and caring for those most affected.

How can you pray for Burkina Faso?​

• Pray for stability and that the people of Burkina Faso would be cared for by the authorities. Since the 2022 military coup, Burkina Faso has been led by a military government. Promises to return to civilian rule have so far not come to pass.
• Pray these extremists would encounter the truth of Jesus and put aside their violent aims. Islamic militants continue to carry out periodic attacks.
• Ask God to help Christians who have been displaced or have lost loved ones in the violence. Pray they would be comforted and experience the true peace of Christ.
• Pray for Open Doors partners as they care for displaced believers. Pray that God would bless these efforts and ignite a gospel fire that spreads across Burkina Faso.

DOWNLOAD SUMMARY REPORT

A PRAYER FOR BURKINA FASO
Lord, we ask You to bring Your peace, wisdom and strength to Your people in Burkina Faso. So many face such difficult situations: losing their homes, their communities and even their loved ones. We ask that You protect them, provide for their needs, and that they would feel and know they are supported by their worldwide church family. We thank You for their willingness to serve You and to build Your kingdom, even in the face of such hostility. Amen.

BelieveItOarKnot said:

Oh Henny

Omniscience Omnipresence Omnipotence

It is the classic form and baseline of theology held by orthodoxy across the spectrum for the most part as noted prior with the exception of various fringe cults

IF they don't teach it, they are probably avoiding the subjects for sake of novel puncture theories (sticking pins in classics)

Open theism would be an example of just a little twist on the Om's subjects. Not a wild twist but just enough to not accept that God has comprehensive exhaustive foreknowledge, which appears to be kind of where you're at

People who employ heavy use of freewill and works for salvation are often in the open theism camp and may not even be aware of it

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lol Thanks. I suspected that is what it meant but I wanted to be sure. My argument, however, has nothing to do with the heresies but with the fact that God can do as He pleases. If He chooses to remove Himself from a location He can certainly do that.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher and Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Founder Ian Bremmer stated that OPEC’s cartel has effectively been ended, which is beneficial, and that the region building pipelines will help undercut Iran’s power.

Bremmer said, “OPEC is over. The Emiratis have pulled out. And that means that they want to produce as much oil as humanly possible because they don’t want that to be a stranded asset. They know it’s not going to be worth so much over time. They want to become a global node as a city-state. That’s — by the way, that’s a monopoly, it’s a cartel over energy, over fossil fuel energy that is not good for anybody. Glad to see them go. The Americans are the largest producer in the world right now. … That’s a big thing that has happened, not because Trump was planning it, but it matters.”

Maher responded, “Yeah, well, also, they’re building pipelines now.” Which Bremmer agreed with.



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