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Evangelist Joyce Meyer claims tattoo is not bad, Says She might get one soon. Christian speaker and Evangelist, Joyce Meyer, has wowed everyone after she made a biblical case for getting tattoos. In a video clip posted by Joyce Meyer Ministries which has since gone viral, Meyer explained the difference between being holy and religious in her defence to why tattoo is okay. She further explained that religious people have made a mess of holiness by putting a bunch of rules and regulations on people. She listed drinking, dancing, wearing makeup and more among those rules. Evangelist Joyce Meyer Meyer quoted Isaiah 44:5 in defense of getting permanent markings. “Holiness is not legalism,” Meyer declared. The scripture says,  “One will say, I am the Lord’s; and another will call himself by the name of Jacob; and another will write [even brand or tattoo] upon his hand, I am the Lord’s, and surname himself by the [honorable] name of Israel.” She also shared t...

Parish priest condemns President Buhari’s trip to Lagos, says it’s holy Thursday Rev. Fr. Anthony Okoro , the Parish Priest of St Christopher Catholic Church, Oke Odo, Lagos has faulted the planned visit of President Buhari to Lagos state on Thursday, noting that the timing was wrong. “Holy Thursday and Good Friday are special days for Christians to reflect the Paschal mysteries. The organizers didn’t take into account the nature of the days. I humbly conclude that such ignorance is not excusable and should not repeat itself lest, it gives room for interpretation”, he said. The parish priest made this known via his official facebook handle on Wednesday. According to him, “as a Lagosian by birth and as one who has spent all his life in Lagos, it is a thing of joy that our President will be visiting. “This visit will draw federal attention to Lagos and will bring many more benefits to Lagos. On like Jonathan’s visit that was more of a campaign than a working visit. “However...

Teacher is Fired for Sharing Biblical View on Homosexuality with Student A teacher in the UK was fired for answering honestly when a student questioned her about her beliefs about homosexuality. According to CBN News, Svetlana Powell had been a teacher for 17 years. She was dismissed from her position at T2 Apprenticeship Academy in Bristol, England and even reported as a “radicalization threat” to an anti-terrorist government watchdog group. The controversy began when Powell was asked by one of her students about her views on homosexuality. The student reportedly identified as a lesbian. Powell responded that, as a Christian, she believes that the Bible makes it clear that homosexuality is against God’s will. However, she went on to tell the student that God loves her. Shortly following this conversation, Powell was terminated for “gross misconduct.” "I was surprised that my contract was terminated," Powell said of being fired. "I was telling them abo...

Port Hacourt-based church vows to use its offering and tithes to send withheld Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, to school + build a three bedroom house for her parents A Port Harcourt based church, Omega Power Ministries, has offered scholarship to Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi school girl who is still in Boko Haram captivity after she refused to denounce her faith as a Christian. The church says it will use its offering and tithes to buy land and build a house for her parents if they chose to relocate to Port Harcourt. See the chuch's post below...

ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY CAN NOW MAKE WATER FROM THIN AIR Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hailing an extraordinary water-generation technology invented in Israel that he declares "can change the world." In a speech to AIPAC in March, the Israeli leader told the story of an African woman who used to walk "eight hours a day to give water to her children -- four hours one way to a well, four hours back." Now, Netanyahu says, an Israeli firm has designed a device that produces clean drinking water from ambient air, literally transforming her life. Netanyahu calls it "technology that improves on Moses." "You remember Moses?" Netanyahu quipped.  "He brought water from a rock. "They bring water from thin air," he said. "They bring water to Africa, to millions of people in Africa -- Israeli technology." The news of a seemingly miraculous water-generation device came as no surprise to Yehuda Kaploun and Ed R...

PRAYER ALERT: GIRL—KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM—STILL HELD BECAUSE SHE WILL NOT RECANT HER CHRISTIAN FAITH; CHURCH CALLS ON NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT BUHARI TO WIN HER RELEASE "They said she was a Christian, that's why they could not release her. They said she cannot be released until she becomes a Muslim. And my daughter said she would never be a Muslim." -Leah's father, Nathan Sharibu Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria retained the only Christian among more than 100 kidnapped girls who were freed last week, prompting the head of her church denomination to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to obtain her release. Boko Haram refused to release Leah Nathan Sharibu, 15, because she would not renounce her faith and convert to Islam, according to released Muslim girls. The Rev. Jeremiah Gado, president of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), said in a press statement on Friday (March 23) that her parents are members of the ECWA congregation in Dapchi, Yobe ...

Daddy freeze attacks Nigerian Pastors over Leah Sharibu who is being held by Boko Haram Controversial on-air personality, Daddy Freeze has attacked Nigerian pastors over their silence on Leah Sharibu, the Christian Dapchi girl who has remains in Boko Haram captivity for refusing to denounce her faith. Following the release of Dapchi school girls, father to one of the abducted girls, Sharibu Nata, had disclosed that his daughter, Leah Sharibu was not released by Boko Haram terrorists because she refused to abandon her Christian faith for Islam. Freeze, on Instagram, wondered why Nigerian pastors, who are quick to collect tithe from members, are quite on Leah’s ordeal. He wrote, “Sad to see this poor girl and her family go through this. Where are all those thieving Daddy GOs on this matter? Oh sorry, my bad, it doesn’t concern tithes. The only Christ they are about is the one that fuels their jets, buys their Gucci sweaters and funds the tomfoolery their ridiculous doctrine ha...

Turkey Calls Evangelism An Act of 'Terrorism,' Charges American Pastor Andrew Brunson, an American pastor who's been locked up in a Turkish jail for more than 500 days, could spend the rest of his life in prison. Until now, he's been held without charges, but last week, a Turkish court approved a 62-page indictment against him. The charges include membership in an armed terrorist organization and military espionage. The American Center for Law and Justice, which is helping Brunson's Turkish attorney, says the charges effectively make sharing the gospel an act of terrorism. "Turkey has literally taken the position that Christianization is terrorism," ACLJ Senior Counsel Cece Heil told CBN News . "They have no specific evidence that Pastor Brunson has committed any crime. The fact that he is a Christian, and specifically a Christian pastor, is what they are equating as terrorism." "They use terms that he 'acted as an agent o...

24 Vietnamese Christians Attacked, Forced to Renounce Christ Two dozen Christians in Vietnam were recently attacked by a mob for their faith. The incident happened in the north-western highlands of the country when members of an ethnic group known as Hmong decided to accept Jesus Christ. Their conversion provoked the village chief who threatened to expel the believers from the community if they didn't renounce their new-found faith. The Hmong Christians refused to recant, prompting a mob to attack them. According to the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), four of the Christians were hospitalized with injuries to the head and arms. The attacks come on the heels of the new Law on Belief and Religion passed earlier this year giving Vietnam's government more powers to control religious practices in the country. "Such attacks and acts of harassment against religious communities have multiplied recently in Vietnam," VCHR noted in a statement . "The...

I am very happy - Father of Dapchi schoolgirl who refused to denounce her Christian faith speaks Despite the terrorist holding on to her, father of Dapchi schol girl, Liya Sharibu, Nata Sharibu, says he is very happy his daughter held on to her faith and refused to convert to a Muslim as instructed by her abductors. Liya was not returned by the terrorist group yesterday March 21st. Her friends told her father that Liya's refusal to convert to Islam made the terrorists hold on to her. Speaking in an interview with The Cable, Nata Sharibu said '' All of them were released. They said some were dead there and my daughter is alive but they cannot release her because she is a Christian. They gave her the option of converting in order to be released but she said she will never become a Muslim… I am very sad but I am also jubilating too because my daughter did not denounce Christ. ”

11-Year-Old Genius Out to Prove Stephen Hawking Wrong After His Death: “God Does Exist” (Faithit) William Maillis is not your typical 11-year-old. At an age when most kids are focused on beating the next level in a video game, or working toward actually hitting the ball in their baseball game on Saturday, William is consumed with becoming an astrophysicist. Most kids dream of becoming a firefighter, a doctor, maybe an astronaut or a teacher, but William isn’t just dreaming of becoming an astrophysicist, he’s already becoming one. The boy from Pennsylvania, graduated high school in May of 2016, at the age of 9. After attending community college classes, he enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University last fall. According to his father, Peter Maillis, William began speaking in full sentences at just seven months old. He was doing addition at 21 months, and multiplication by the age of two — a time when he was also reading children’s books, and writing his own nine-page book, “Hap...

Pope Francis condemns the use of 'Crucifix' as a fashion accessory Pope Francis has said use of the religious symbol `the Crucifix ’ (cross) as a fashion accessory contributes to abuse of the religious object. In a speech at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican, Pope Francis said that the religious symbol should be “contemplated and understood”, and “not be abused”. Highlighting the religious meaning of the cross, he said: “the crucifix is not an ornamental object or a clothing accessory which is sometimes abused, but a religious sign to be contemplated and understood. The image of Jesus crucified reveals the mystery of the death of the Son as the supreme act of love, the source of life and salvation for humanity of all times. How do I look at the crucifix? Like a work of art, to see if it’s beautiful or not beautiful? Or do I look inside, within the wounds of Jesus up to his heart? I look at the mystery of God annihilated to death, like a slave, like a criminal.” His c...

Church building collapses, kills pregnant woman, five others in On A Cherubim and Seraphim Church under construction in Ija-Ugbo area of Arogbo Ijaw in Ese Odo Local Government of Ondo State has collapsed and killed a pregnant woman and five others. The incident which occurred around 10:am on Tuesday (today) also caused high degrees of injuries on four other persons. It was learnt that the building collapsed on the victims while fetching fire wood from the Church site, where renovation and construction was still ongoing. It was gathered that the casual workers handling the construction had vacated the site a long time ago after extending the building to accomodate large worshipers. According to an eyewitness, the six people were killed instantly as soon as the building suddenly collapsed on them. The eyewitness blamed the incident on the use of fake materials, adding that the ugly incident was the first in the community. He said the incident was reported to the traditiona...

Christian Woman in Hiding after Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Husband in Jos A young Christian mother of three has been in hiding for more than four months since Muslim Fulani herdsmen threatened her after killing her husband, she said. Soon after the herdsmen killed her husband in an attack on Zanwra village, near Jos in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, 25-year-old Lami Bulus was forced to flee, she said. “We had to leave the village after my husband was killed as we received death threats from the herdsmen for reporting the killing of my husband to security agencies,” she told Morning Star News. In tears, she added, “Please, I need your prayers for strength and for means to care for my children.” After killing Bulus John, 30, on Nov. 5 in Zanwra village outside Jebu Miango, the herdsmen found her phone number in his mobile phone and called her several times, warning her that she, her family and other residents of Zanwra would be killed, she said. The herdsmen have since ...

75-year-old popular evangelist, Prophet Samuel Abiara, set to remarry 75-year old popular evangelist and founder of Christ Apostolic (CAC) Worldwide, Prophet S. K. Abiara, will be getting married in a few days time. Prophet Abiara who lost his 70-year old wife, Evangelist (Mrs) Christianah Abiara, in September last year, disclosed his plans to remarry at his retirement service held at All Saints’ Chapel, CAC General Secretariat, Bashorun, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday March 17th. Speaking at the service, the clergyman said his decision to remarry was in line with the provisions of the Bible. “It’s a year and a half that my beloved wife, Christianah Aduke Abiara, went to be with the Lord. I missed her so much. A lot of people were wondering and asking questions about what I would do. I told them I was waiting on God, and that whatever He tells me, I would do. Well, by God’s grace, I will remarry in a few days’ time and you will be informed.” he said

Lightning Kills 15 Worshippers as Government Cracks Down on Unsafe Churches As the Rwandan government continues to shut down houses of worship it deems unsafe and dissenters charge it with trampling on religious rights, lightning struck and killed 15 worshippers in the country’s south. The strike Saturday (March 10), which also injured 140 parishioners, was further proof to those who support the closures that they are necessary to protect people from structures that pose lethal risks. “This is a tragic but apt rejoinder to those who have been complaining about the authorities’ closure of places of worship that do not meet the minimum safety, security and health requirements imposed on places where large numbers of the public are expected to congregate,”  wrote Rwandan Mwene Kalinda in a letter to The New Times, a government-owned English-language daily. The government last month closed more than 700 churches in Kigali — plus hundreds of churches and mosques outside t...

Turkey Calls for Life Imprisonment of US Pastor Andrew Brunson Turkish prosecutors demanded life imprisonment for jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson in an official indictment presented to Izmir’s 2nd Criminal Court yesterday, 13 March. Arrested without bail since October 2016 , Brunson is accused of being “a member and executive” of the Islamic movement led by self-exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, accused of orchestrating the failed July 2016 coup attempt to overthrow the Turkish government. According to the semi-official Anadolu Ajansi, the formal indictment also charges the pastor with establishing links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and obtaining espionage information for political and military purposes. If the indictment is accepted by the court, formal trial proceedings are expected to be set in motion against Brunson. To date, neither the pastor nor his lawyer have been allowed any access to the legal file of investigations conducted by T...

” Pastors who anoint women on their breasts are not from God” – Pastor Adeboye Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the senior pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, has condemned men of God who anoint women in sensitive parts of their body. According to Pastor Adeboye, pastors that anoint women on their body and other parts are not from God. He said this while preaching in his church recently. Any man who anoints women on their breasts is not from God. The head is the headquarters for the anointing in your body. Search your heart and be honest with yourself if you have missed it in your relationship with God. Holiness is crucial in sustaining the anointing because whenever the anointing dries up, the devil steps in. It is better never to be anointed than to be an ex-anointed. If you abuse anointing, it can destroy you. Samson is an excellent example. To be specially anointed, you must be holy” (CorrectNG)

Former Iranian Muslim Encounters Jesus, Leads 1,500 Muslims to Christ Annahita Parsan is emerging as one of the most prominent religious leaders in Europe because of her work reaching Muslims in Sweden with the Gospel. "My life is completely different since coming to Jesus," she said. However, when the former Iranian Muslim first heard about Jesus she wanted nothing to do with Him. That all changed when she found herself living in a new country and trapped in an abusive marriage. Parsan and her family fled Iran as refugees in 1984. She recounts her escape in her memoir Stranger No More: A Muslim Refugee Story of Harrowing Escape, Miraculous Rescue and the Quiet Call of Jesus , which was published in November of last year. Her journey to Christ began when she arrived in Denmark. "In about the first or second month there, a woman came to the door to speak about God. But it was not in my interest," Parsan told Fox News. "I was so angry, I was s...

Former Muslim Radical Explains Why He Traded Jihad for Jesus Jews in terror attacks around the world, but that all changed when he met Jesus. Jay grew up in a conservative Muslim family in Afghanistan. In 2001, when he was just 15-years-old, he fled to the UK to escape the fighting between US forces and the Taliban, the Christian Post reported. However, when he came to Britain, he found himself becoming gradually attracted to the same radical extremism he fled in Afghanistan. Related 'I got a Qur'an from a mosque in English translation and I read it," he told CBN News. "The deeper I went into the faith, the more I got extreme, to the point where I glorified some of the attacks around the world and even thinking of going and joining some group." Fortunately, Jay never joined a terror group or waged jihad. Instead, he eventually questioned the appetite for violence he had adopted over time. Jay says he was deeply bothered by the disgust Muslims had...

No Christian should feel guilty for not paying tithes - Pastor Sam Adeyemi Sam Adeyemi, a world-renowned prosperity preacher based in Nigeria, who previously taught that tithing was a requirement for Christians to allow God's blessings to flourish in their lives, stunned followers and critics in a recent message when he declared the requirement had expired because Jesus freed them from the practice. "So I say again, tithing as practiced under the Law of Moses as a regulation has expired. No Christian should feel guilty for not paying tithes. No Christian should be made to feel guilty for not paying tithes," Adeyemi said in a hotly debated video clip posted online. Adeyemi is the founder and senior pastor of the more than 20,000-member Daystar Christian Centre , which is one of the fastest growing churches in Africa. Quoting Romans 8: 1-4 , the influential preacher who challenged leaders at Willow Creek's 2017 Global Leadership Summit to build hope...

President Trump is the Cyrus of our time WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he may travel to Israel for the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem expected in May. The president told reporters his staff is looking at the possibility during a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office today. The two men praised the close relationship between their two countries. Prime Minister Netanyahu says it's "never been stronger." It's his first visit to Washington since President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and started making plans to move the US embassy there. In his remarks, Netanyahu mentioned the great leaders through history who have had a profound influence on the Jewish people and the state of Israel, including King Cyrus who liberated the Jews and issued an edict for the rebuilding of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem. Some Christians have compared President Trump to King Cyrus , a bit of triv...

(Photo: Bibles being burned/via MorningStar News) High extremist group calls Christians useless - Sets Bible ablaze Hindu extremists in southern India issued harsh threats to Christians distributing Bibles before snatching their car keys, taking Bibles out of their vehicle and setting the Scripture on fire, sources said. Christians associated with Gideons International, all senior citizens, told Morning Star News that their advanced age did not temper the vitriol they received in Singotam village, Nagar Kurnool District, in Telangana state on Jan. 21. "From now on, if any of you distribute Bibles, we will attack you brutally [till your genitalia are damaged]," one of the Hindus warned the Christians, according to a video the extremists took of the attack. "How dare you promote Christianity?" The video shows the group harassing Christians after one of the group snuck into the car, took the keys and tossed the Bibles out, which the group then began k...