Homeland Security Arrests Missionary at Airport for Allegedly Fleeing After Wife's Murder

The good book says no man shall go unpunished so even if he had fled, i am sure nemesis would have caught up with him. What do you think?

 

Richard Shahan was attempting to board a flight to Germany at the Nashville International Airport on New Year's Day when authorities nabbed him for allegedly killing his wife last summer, according to AL.com.

Shahan, who resigned as children and families pastor of First Baptist Church of Birmingham on December 31, had announced plans at the end of November to work with Bible Mission International in Frankfort for three years, developing teaching materials and discipleship resources for children in Kazakhstan and other post-Soviet countries.

But a "customs lookout" caused Shahan to be red-flagged in the computer system, which led to his arrest by Homeland Security agents, according to his arrest affidavit.

Police chief Jim Roberson told the press that it was important to arrest Shahan before he left the country.

"Obviously once he got over into Germany and ultimately to Russia, the chances of extraditing him are pretty nil," Roberson said. "I mean if we can't get Snowden back, we probably wouldn't get him back."

But Shahan's attorneys, and his former church, said the pastor wasn't aware of the arrest warrant and had no chance to turn himself in.

"I don't know all the facts that the authorities know, but I tend to believe he's innocent," Charles Carter, the interim pastor at First Baptist since October 2012, told Associated Baptist Press. "I do know that he was not fleeing. He was going to a mission assignment."

Baptist Press also reports on Shahan's defenders. His former church posted this statement on its website:

All of us were saddened by the unexpected news that Richard Shahan was arrested by Homeland Security just moments before his planned flight departure for Frankfurt, Germany. There he was to assume his new role working with the Children's ministry of Bible Mission International, primarily in Kazakhstan.

As we know, on November 29 Richard announced his plans to pursue this mission ministry. His resignation from First Baptist Church of Birmingham was effective December 31, 2013.

Our Prayers go out to Richard and his family. We trust that eventually truth and justice can prevail.

A Real Cause for Christian Outrage

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        Believers around the world are dying for their faith. Where’s the  evangelical groundswell for them?

Swiftly on the heels of Christmas comes the feast of the Holy Innocents. On December 28, churches around the world commemorate the first Christian martyrs—those who lost their lives when King Herod ordered the execution of all males two and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem. (Greek liturgy maintains that 14,000 boys were killed, while several medieval writers claimed 144,000. Given the small population of Bethlehem, most modern scholars agree the number to be closer to 20.)

We consider such atrocities relegated to the ancient past, a barbaric time of intemperate, megalomaniac rulers. In today's enlightened era of diplomacy, such evil would not go unchecked.

And yet, Christians today are massacred on a far greater scale than from any edict issued from Herod. According to Open Doors, which provides support for Christians around the world, Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world today, with 100 people martyred for their faith each month. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reports that Christians suffer persecution, discrimination, and harassment in 133 countries—a full two-thirds of all countries worldwide.

In September, 85 congregants were killed in bombing of All Saints Church in Pakistan while a consecutive attack at Nairobi's Westgate mall claimed the lives of 72 people. On October 21, U.S. supported Islamic rebels invaded the Syrian town of Sadad and carried out one of the largest massacres in the country's history. Forty-five Christians, including women and children, were tortured and murdered. The Syrian rebels documented the massacre in YouTube videos. British politicians, including the Minister for Faith and Communities and Prince Charles, have called the rise of Christian persecution a "global crisis" in which Christians are becoming extinct in the birthplace of the Christian religion.

These stories get reported in Christian media here and there, or maybe listed in a roundup of international news. They don't get written up viral blog posts. They don't fuel tweets and retweets. They don't get mentioned over and over again in Sunday sermons. They don't earn Christian leaders a commentary spot on the cable news.

This is what's happening, in our world, to our brothers and sisters in faith: Babies are being ripped apart by bombs, people are losing their lives, limbs, and homes for their faith while we in the West go about our merry business.

We're incensed when a millionaire is suspended from a reality television shows for expressing his faith in a coarse manner. We march out in support of a multi-million dollar business when the CEO comes under fire for expressing his views on traditional marriage. But we turn our heads and avert our eyes when the blood of the martyrs, our fellow Christians, cry out to us from the ground.

The Problem With Trying On Atheism

                                     

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We’re confused by one California pastor’s “year without God.”

Laura Turner

Ever since A.J. Jacobs's The Year of Living Biblically, we've watched people take on—and write about—their annual religious challenges, both the spiritually significant and the gimmicky.

I enjoyed following Rachel Held Evan's Year of Biblical Womanhood and Ed Dobson's Living Like Jesus. Now, though, comes Ryan Bell's year of atheism. Bell, a former adjunct professor at Azusa Pacific University and Fuller Seminary, announced that 2014 would be the year he tried atheism.

A Seventh-day Adventist, Bell resigned from a pastoral position months ago following outspoken criticism of a number of the church's stances, including its treatment of women. His work for peace and justice and interfaith dialogue "earned me rebuke and alienation from church administrators," he writes for the Huffington Post. Bell's theological concerns led him to undertake a "year without God." For 12 months, he writes:

I will live as if there is no God. I will not pray, read the Bible for inspiration… I will do whatever I can to enter the world of atheism and live, for a year, as an atheist. It's important to make the distinction that I am not an atheist. At least not yet. I am not sure what I am. That's part of what this year is about.

Bell's year without God raises plenty of questions. How does one try atheism on, as if it were no more than a pair of jeans to wriggle into? I applaud Bell's pursuit of truth here, though not his methodology. Every person should have the freedom and ability to seek out truth, so Bell's curiosity and honesty are commendable. But this notion that he can turn his faith off for one calendar year, then flip the switch back should he so desire strikes me as strange.

I love what Dallas Willard had to say about finding truth in the person of Jesus: "Indeed, no one can actually believe the truth about him without trusting him by intending to obey him. It is a mental impossibility." Belief, in this case, is more than mere mental assent. So I wonder why Bell chose to turn to atheism rather than, say, a more progressive version of Christianity—especially when he is employed by so many Christian organizations.

The issues Bell has with the church, and even his interest in atheist thought, doesn't require a turn to atheism. There must be room for doubters in the church, and this is certainly a good reminder to those of us who fill the pews on Sunday to make a place for them.

Christians Can't Be Too Busy to Love Their Neighbors

Even as "living in community" and "intentionality" become buzzwords among Christians, our lives seem to be getting busier than ever and our packed schedules—and misplaced priorities—can keep us from taking the time to get to know one another.

Many of us build barriers that prevent us from reaching out to the people that we encounter on a daily basis, those that live right next to us, and even the parents of those kids that play with our kids. Barely half of us know our neighbors' names.

It's not that we simply don't care; in fact, we are quick to respond to someone in need, we bring food, offer money or a ride to work, and even pet sit. But that's only as long as it is just temporary assistance, something we can do once, or only when it is really needed. We like to feel that have contributed and have somehow acted "Christianly" enough.

It can be uncomfortable to suggest that that's not enough, that we are called to much closer community and much greater sacrifice than we're allowing for right now. A couple of books I've recently read (and asked my students at Oklahoma Baptist Unversity to read) propose these questions: Do we have a responsibility, as believers, to build more genuine relationships with our neighbors? And is part of the Christian life being intentional about getting to know and care for our immigrant brothers and sisters in particular?

In The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside our Door and Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion, & Truth in the Immigration Debate, the authors propose that living in isolation from our immediate neighbors and keeping a distance from the immigrant community often lead to fear and misunderstanding, and most importantly, a missed opportunity to care and love for others just as God has loved us.

In The Art of Neighboring, pastor Jay Pathak and nonprofit director Dave Runyon tell us that neighboring is about "empowering people and breaking down walls. It's about doing something together for the common good." In essence, each of us can better our communities and advance the Kingdom by being engaged and involved in the lives of others via service, friendship, and daily interactions with one another.

While Welcoming the Stranger focuses on our relationships with and understanding of immigrants, both books point to fear as the main obstacle hindering our developing real relationships. In the book, the authors—World Relief's Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang Yang—give examples of how listening to the stories of others helps clarify, connect, and erase misunderstandings we might have about them.

Jesus Is More All Right with Jews

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Whether more Jews are accepting Jesus remains a matter of debate. But more American Jews seem to be increasingly accepting of other Jews who accept Jesus.

A Pew Research Center study released in October reported that 34 percent of American Jews think believing Jesus is the Messiah is compatible with being Jewish. Thirty-five percent of ultra-Orthodox Jews agreed. By comparison, 94 percent of all U.S. Jews said a person can be Jewish and work on the Sabbath, and 68 percent said a person can be Jewish and not believe in God.

"This does not mean that most Jews think those things are good," said Alan Cooperman, deputy director of Pew Research Center's Religion and Public Life Project. "They are saying that those things do not disqualify a person from being Jewish. [But] most Jews think that belief in Jesus is disqualifying by roughly a 2-to-1 margin."

Still, some see the survey positively. "The Pew survey highlights a quantum shift," said Richard Harvey, senior researcher for Jews for Jesus. "Jewish identity is more and more seen in cultural and ancestral ways rather than through religious expression."

Markers for Jewish identity have shifted, said Russ Resnik, executive director of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations. "The gatekeepers are still holding the line against us, but a lot of Jewish people in the larger community recognize we're here to stay, that we're part of the Jewish community, that we're concerned about Jewish causes."

According to Pew, messianic Judaism is still small: Of Americans with a Jewish background or identity who practice a religion other than Judaism, only 2 or 3 percent say they're messianic. A similar percentage say they're "Jewish and Christian." (About two-thirds just say they're Christian.)

Yet they are a distinctly visible minority. One reason for that is their mission efforts. For example, Chosen People Ministries recently opened the multimillion-dollar Messianic Center in Brooklyn, New York, to attract the borough's many ultra-Orthodox residents. It launched with the organization's largest outreach campaign ever. "We've had very little opposition," said president Mitch Glaser. "The Jewish community is more used to us."

But suspicions remain. Ruth Guggenheim, director of the Baltimore-based Jews for Judaism, warned members of the Brooklyn community that the missionaries will, as she told The Times of Israel, "make inroads because they are offering free services to the community and unconditional love."

Derek Leman, rabbi at Tikvat David Messianic Synagogue in Roswell, Georgia, said faithful Jewish living has worn down opposition more than overt evangelism has. In recent decades, he said, "more messianic Jews have participated in the mainstream Jewish community. Many of us see ourselves as fellow travelers on a journey with God with the rest of the Jewish community, and we take a posture of humility about the reasons we believe in Yeshua."

Messianics are being accepted in the academy as well. The 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies included a first-time panel on messianic Jewish studies. Gershon Nerel, a historian of Jewish believers in Jesus, said organizers included the panel "because the topic reflects not only a developing social reality within contemporary Jewry but also a growing field of scholarly research." Though Jewish believers in Jesus are marginal, they are salient and impossible to ignore, he said.

Still, Glaser noted, there is "considerable prejudice in the Jewish community toward those who believe in Jesus. And there are far more of us than the Jewish community is ready to admit."

Can We Date Outside the Faith?

Type the word "dating" into your Bible search tool, and what comes up? Nothing.

I remember wishing there was an entire book of the Bible dedicated to the topic when I was single, or at least a chapter. Now, I get emails from singles across the country looking for guidance on who and how to date.

While many start off with intentions of finding a godly partner, with each passing year the waiting feels longer and the hoping gets harder. Slowly, we can find ourselves starting to second-guess our original standards, wondering if we've been too extreme or unrealistic. Within that struggle, inevitably the question comes up: Can a Christian date a non-Christian?

The Bible addresses the hardships that come with marrying a nonbeliever, so that's rather clear. But single Christians may be tempted to say, "Well, it doesn't talk about dating. Can't we just date?"

To answer, it's important to take a step back and look at some principles found in Scripture. In Corinthians, Paul writes to a new group of Christians, who've asked him what's okay and not okay for them to partake in as believers in Christ. Paul then challenges the church not to simply ask, "Is it okay?" but instead to ask, "Is it beneficial?" (1 Cor. 10:23).

When a topic isn't directly addressed in the Bible, this can be a helpful guide for us. Because yes, it's okay for us to date someone who doesn't profess Christ. But to ask Paul's question, does it benefit our walk? Does it push us closer to Jesus? God doesn't call us to simply go after the acceptable in life, but the best, most enriching, most God-glorifying. Dating a nonbeliever may not be a sin, but we can do ourselves an injustice when okay gets in the way of what is best for us.

Again, God's Word doesn't talk about dating in particular, though many of its principles can guide our relationships. 2 Corinthians 6:14 reminds us of the importance of being bound together with believers. Genesis 2:24 tells us there is no greater binding experience than the commingling of two people into one, in this thing we call marriage. God knows the difficulty that comes with making two into one, and he encourages his children to be yoked together with someone with whom they can become fully one—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We are holistic beings, and in order to truly connect, we must find someone with whom we can connect on every level.

Many Christian singles, even those considering pursuing relationships with people outside of the church, know this deep down. But waiting for love can be trying. It's easy to grow weary in waiting and attempt to jump into a relationship with someone that you may connect with physically and emotionally, but not spiritually—believing that this is as good as it gets and settling for less than best. For people who find themselves in this situation, it's important to remember the reason for the waiting.

Where Is God for the Suffering, Starving, and Freezing?

Washington, D.C. isn't used to the kind of sub-freezing weather we've had this winter. I can't wait to scamper home after work, where my warm house, teenage daughters, two happy dogs, and husband are waiting for me. As I emerge from the Metro, I see a homeless, addicted woman begging at the top of the escalator. She is not wearing a coat or gloves. It is dark and sleety drizzle is coming down.

For a very long time, almost my entire adult life, I did not believe in a good God because of suffering and mental illness and torture and genocide and homeless people with frozen hands. It happens that my life has been greatly blessed – or, rather, greatly lucky. I had a good family, a good education, good health, and meaningful, valuable work to do. But I strongly believed there was no integrity to believing in God if one had my life. Who wouldn't be grateful? The real difficulty for me was the apparent absence of a loving Lord from the lives of the suffering, the despised, the raped, and the hungry. My refusal to enjoy the comfort and joy of faith was my own act of solidarity with them.

But I learned that people actually feel God's presence most tangibly when they are in the depths of suffering and loss. A Ugandan landmine survivor named Margaret made that clear when I met her in 2001 at an international conference to ban landmines. Margaret had been on a bus, returning home from work, when it was ambushed by Ugandan rebel forces of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The fighters pulled women and girls off the bus and raped them. To escape, Margaret scrambled off the road into the bush. She stepped on an antipersonnel mine; it tore her leg off.

Now in my 2001 worldview, Margaret's horrendous injury – the stump of her leg was badly infected when we met and she was in incredible pain – should have been reason enough for her to curse God and go on about her business. But she didn't. When she got up on the podium to speak to several hundred activists from around the world, Margaret thanked God for her amputation. She said she experienced Jesus' presence much more after her injury, that he had blessed her daily with love and friends and had given her good work to do in helping other land mine survivors.

I was embarrassed. I was a lifelong atheist and so were most of my friends in the crowd. This woman was apparently a religious nut – who knew? But my thoughts shamed me. Margaret had something I didn't. She was powerful and gracious, and she lived a life of radiant gratitude. I didn't live a life of any gratitude, come to think. In addition to being embarrassed, I was envious.

Why Egypt's Christian Families Are Paying Ransoms

In 2011, Nadia Makram, 13, was walking home from church near her working-class Cairo neighborhood when she vanished.

Her mother, Martha, went to the police, who refused to file a report. Soon after, Martha received a call demanding $15,000. She went back to the police, who registered a complaint but noted only Nadia's disappearance.

When the police did nothing, Martha gathered money from family and friends and traveled to a village 65 miles south.

Martha met Nadia's 48-year-old kidnapper in the home of the local mayor. After she handed over the money, the men showed her what they called a "marriage certificate." Nadia, they said, had converted to Islam and married her abductor. Martha left empty-handed—an increasingly common story among Coptic Christians. Abductions have increased sharply in the past few months.

Nadia's case is being followed by the Association for Victims of Abductions and Enforced Disappearances (AVAED), which has documented 500 similar cases since the 2011 revolution. Hers appears to be a straight kidnapping, but AVAED says these are only a small proportion of disappearances. Sixty percent of them begin with a love relationship built on false pretenses.

"The girls are told, 'What will your family do to you if you go back to them? Convert to Islam so we can be together,' " said Ebram Louis, founder of AVAED. Kept against their will, Louis says, some of the girls are later found in brothels.

But some kidnappings turn out to be runaway stories instead. If a young Copt has found a Muslim lover, her shamed family may invent a tale of kidnapping by Muslim extremists.

Still, no matter the reason for the disappearance of a minor, says Cairo pastor Rifaat Fikry, "The state must investigate with complete neutrality."

But some feel police response is professionally lacking, due to sympathy with or fear of fanatic Muslims. "We file an official police report, though it is often ignored," said Louis. "They say, 'There are a million girls missing. Why should we go after yours?'"

One Islamist indicated that certain groups do target Copts. According to the Middle East Christian News, Mostafa Kamal Issa, governor of Minya, admitted the presence of a gang that kidnapped Copts for ransom. He claimed they were too well armed to be stopped.

Since the state is perceived as doing nothing, Christians often just pay the ransom.

Coptic bishop Kyrillos of Nag Hammadi, 300 miles south of Cairo, recently held a press conference to complain of 34 kidnapping cases in his diocese since the revolution. Of these, 11 were returned after ransom payments, which totaled $435,000.

Hany Hanna's family pooled its money for a ransom to free his kidnapped uncle, but the abductors killed his uncle before the family could pay. "Within a system that does nothing to prevent kidnapping, I say yes, to purchase back his humanity, it is worth it," said Hanna, a professor at the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Cairo. "Paying the ransom can communicate that I am rewarding the criminal for what he has done. But God has paid our ransom, and he is not rewarding sinners—he is taking upon himself the consequences of restoring the relationship."

Corps Member Sinks Borehole Worth N1.5m In Lokoja

                 I really do wish all well to do Nigerian Corp Members will take a cue from what Mr Onochukwu has done...God bless you sir.

A corps member serving in Lokoja the Kogi State capital, Mr. Stanislaus Toochukwu Onuchukwu with state code number KG/13A/0442, has sank a motorised borehole worth N1.5m in Government Day Secondary School, Adankolo, Lokoja to meet the water needs of students and other denizens of Adankolo community.

Speaking during the commissioning of the borehole on Thursday, Mr. Onuchukwu said he was moved into carrying out the project when he observed students of the school arbitrarily going out of the school compound with buckets in search of water during class hours. This made him ask why they left their lessons to go searching for water. He was told they had to do so to afford them water to use in flushing their toilet.

Having seen this needs, the corps member liaised with the principal and staff of the school alongside some parents to seek their approval and support for the project. At the end of the consultations, he went about sourcing for funds to embark on the project. Two months thereafter, the project is now being commissioned.

The Commissioner of Water Resources, Barr. Hadiza Onotu Muhammed, who was represented at the commissioning by the Director of water in the ministry, said: "we all know the importance of water. More than 75 per cent of our body is made up of water. No one can live without water. In fact, water is said to be life..." She ended by appreciating the corps member with the sum of N20,000.

The Commissioner of Education, Mrs Grace Elebiyo was also represented at the event. She expressed delight for the vibrant corps member who has 'contributed a great quota to the development of Kogi State', stressing that the corps member has by the project left an indelible mark on the sands of time. She disclosed that her ministry is highly impressed by the borehole Mr Onuchukwu has sank.

The Etsu of Adankolo, Chief David Agbayi on behalf of the Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Dr. Muhammadu Kabiru showered praises on the corps member for his achievement which he said will be so beneficial to members of his community. In a letter of commendation, the entire people of Adankolo and the School management wished for the authorities to retain the corps member wherever his service will be needed.

The NYSC Zonal Inspector in charge of Lokoja Zone, Mr Felix Ajayi who represented the State Coordinator said: "it is a thing to the Scheme for Toochukwu to do what he has done here today."

He continued that NYSC complements the three tiers of government which is why corps members embark on projects for their host communities which the government should have done. He further disclosed that what is happening here today is happening in other LGAs in the state and in other states across the federation.

The motorised borehole was constructed in such a way that there are three taps both inside and outside the school compound to smoothly serve the community dwellers without them having to come into the school to disturb the serenity of the school environment.

Some students who were interviewed appreciated the corps member for providing them with a source of water. They said the project will afford them water to clean the school compound, carry out experiments in their labs, flush their stool when they use the toilet and save them the N10 they use in buying sachet water.

APC EQUIVALENT TO EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD •.. Agenda is to Islamise Nigeria

An Islamic cleric and a group under the aegis of Religious Equity Promotion Council… (REPC) have accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of championing an Islamic agenda in Nigeria just like the Egypt Muslim Brotherhood, explaining that that is why all the members of the Interim Executive Committee of the party are Muslims. 

In two separate a statements by the REPC's Secretary General, Tanko Garba and Muslim cleric, Ambassador Yusuf Garba, they queried the rationale why almost all the members of the National Interim Executive Committee of APC and their presidential aspirants were mainly Muslims, “if not with the intention of Islamising Nigeria like the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt.” 

According to the statement, “It is not out of the ordinary that the executive Interim committee of APC are Muslims. Does it mean that the APC would be the Nigeria version of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Party? Check out this, party leader for the North is General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) is a Muslim; the party leader for the South, Senator Bola Tinubu is also a Muslim. “The National Chairman of APC, Bisi Akande, is a Muslim; the Deputy National Chairman, Aminu Bello Masari, is a Muslim; the National Secretary of APC, Tijani Musa Tumsah; the Deputy National Secretary, Nasir el-Rufai and the National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, are all Muslims. “The National Treasurer of APC, Sadiya Umar Faruq; the National Financial Secretary, Shaibu Musa; the National Youth Leader, Abubakar Lado; the National Legal Adviser, Muiz Banire the Deputy National Auditor, Bala Jubrin and the National Woman Leader, Sharia Ikeazor (Muslim Convert), are all Muslims.” 

Also, the members of the ex- officio members, the statement said, are mostly all Muslims, citing for instance that ex officio members, Muiru Muse and Yemi Sanusi, are all Muslims. 

The now asked: “Does it mean that there are no Christians worthy enough to occupy these executive positions of the APC, where is their sense of religious balancing, if not to deliberately cause religious disharmony in Nigeria.” 

The group said Nigeria is a secular nation, alleging that the plan of the APC was to cause religious crisis in the country by concentrating all its executive positions in the hands of die-hand Muslims, who believe that the Christians were second hand citizens of the free country called Nigeria. Accordingly, the group alleged that: “What the APC wants to do is to cause the dislocation of the harmonious existence of Nigeria as the Egypt Muslim Brotherhood is currently doing in Egypt.” 

APC EQUIVALENT TO EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD •.. Agenda is to Islamise Nigeria

An Islamic cleric and a group under the aegis of Religious Equity Promotion Council… (REPC) have accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of championing an Islamic agenda in Nigeria just like the Egypt Muslim Brotherhood, explaining that that is why all the members of the Interim Executive Committee of the party are Muslims. 

In two separate a statements by the REPC's Secretary General, Tanko Garba and Muslim cleric, Ambassador Yusuf Garba, they queried the rationale why almost all the members of the National Interim Executive Committee of APC and their presidential aspirants were mainly Muslims, “if not with the intention of Islamising Nigeria like the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt.” 

According to the statement, “It is not out of the ordinary that the executive Interim committee of APC are Muslims. Does it mean that the APC would be the Nigeria version of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Party? Check out this, party leader for the North is General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) is a Muslim; the party leader for the South, Senator Bola Tinubu is also a Muslim. “The National Chairman of APC, Bisi Akande, is a Muslim; the Deputy National Chairman, Aminu Bello Masari, is a Muslim; the National Secretary of APC, Tijani Musa Tumsah; the Deputy National Secretary, Nasir el-Rufai and the National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, are all Muslims. “The National Treasurer of APC, Sadiya Umar Faruq; the National Financial Secretary, Shaibu Musa; the National Youth Leader, Abubakar Lado; the National Legal Adviser, Muiz Banire the Deputy National Auditor, Bala Jubrin and the National Woman Leader, Sharia Ikeazor (Muslim Convert), are all Muslims.” 

Also, the members of the ex- officio members, the statement said, are mostly all Muslims, citing for instance that ex officio members, Muiru Muse and Yemi Sanusi, are all Muslims. 

The now asked: “Does it mean that there are no Christians worthy enough to occupy these executive positions of the APC, where is their sense of religious balancing, if not to deliberately cause religious disharmony in Nigeria.” 

The group said Nigeria is a secular nation, alleging that the plan of the APC was to cause religious crisis in the country by concentrating all its executive positions in the hands of die-hand Muslims, who believe that the Christians were second hand citizens of the free country called Nigeria. Accordingly, the group alleged that: “What the APC wants to do is to cause the dislocation of the harmonious existence of Nigeria as the Egypt Muslim Brotherhood is currently doing in Egypt.” 

APC Is An Islamic Party, PDP Insists

This political parties in Nigeria sha...only God knows where they are taking us to.

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Wednesday that it was standing by its statement that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is promoting religious divisions.

The PDP challenged it the opposition APC that has benefitted generously from crisis on the ruling party to be bold enough to publish the list of its 35 interim officials and state their offices.

A statement by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Wednesday, said, "It is shocking that the APC would attempt to hoodwink Nigerians even in the face of incontrovertible facts exposing its religious inclinations and plots to divide the nation along religious lines.'

The PDP said contrary to the denials posted by the APC in a statement on Wednesday, 'the revelations by an Islamic cleric, Ambassador Yusuf Garba and the Religious Equity Promotion Council (REPC) that APC seeks to impose an agenda like the Egypt Muslim Brotherhood remains a fact that cannot be brushed aside.'

And contrary to claims by the APC that the PDP was playing a religious card to overheat the polity, the ruling party said it decided to 'buttress an alert to Nigerians on the evil machination of the APC with every sense of duty to ensure that Nigeria remains united as one and not fall to the evil plot of the APC.'

PDP reiterated that it 'remains committed to the interest of all Nigerians irrespective of religious, tribal, ethnic or regional affiliations' adding that it will continue to expose and resist anything that seeks to cause divisions among the people and balkanise the country.

The party therefore called on Nigerians not to succumb to the antics of the APC which, according it said, is now bitter that its plans have been exposed, but to be alert and ensure that the enemies of the nation are not allowed to have their way. 

Pastor ‘Sign Fireman’ Arrested For Alleged Murder

Latest news this morning is.........

Senior pastor of the Perfect Christianity Mission, Pastor Ofuche Ukoha, , has been arrested by police in Lagos over an alleged ritual killing of a 12 year old girl.

The pastor, Who is popularly known and called,Dr. Sign Fireman, was allegedly implicated by a young, aged 18, who was arrested for strangling a 12-year old girl while trying to obtain feaces from her for ritual purposes. 

The suspect told the police how he had been sent on the ritual mission by Pastor Fireman.

According to the suspect, he killed the girl named 'Bose', because he wanted to become rich and therefore approached the pastor who reportedly requested for the feaces of a virgin girl to help jom get hos own miracle.

According to the key suspect, the pastor also promised him a reward of N100,000 for the assignment.

Police which had earlier declared pastor wanted, now have him in and has since been detained in police custody after he was declared wanted by the police in Lagos. 

THE NAMES OF JEHOVAH

THE NAMES OF JEHOVAH AND MEANING Jehovah   El- shaddai My all sufficient Almighty God (Genesis 17: 1)   Jehovah  Hoseenu The Lord our maker (Psalm 95:6) Jehovah   Eloheenu The Lord my God   (Psalm 99: 7)  Jehovah  Shalom The lord my Peace (Judges 6: 24) Jehovah   Nissi The Lord my banner (Exodus 17: 15) Jehovah  Elolam The everlasting God (Genesis 21: 33) Jehovah  Eloheeka The Lord my God (Exodus 2: 2, 5, 7) Jehovah  Sabaoth The Lord of Host (1 samuel 1:3) Jehovah  Shammah The Lord is Present (Ezekiel 48: 35) Jehovah  Elohin The eternal Creator (Genesis 1: 1) Jehovah  Makaddishkem The Lord my Sanctifier (Exodus 31: 15) Jehovah  Rapha The Lord my healer (Exodus 15: 26)   Jehovah  Elyon The Lord Most high (Genesis 14: 18) Jehovah  Jire The Lord my Provider (Genesis 22: 14) Jehovah  Adonai My Sovereign God (Genesis 15: 2) Jehovah  Elgibbor My mighty God (Isaiah 9: 6) Jehovah  Rohi The Lord my Shepherd (Psalm 23: 1) Jehovah  Tsidkenu The Lord my Righteousness (Jeremiah 23: 6)

THE SECRET OF PSALMS

The book of Psalms holds te solution to many of our life's problems. Many cross through the wilderness of life not knowing what to do to get out of it. Starting from today. I pray for the grace a strength to write until your joy be full.

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 A pregnant woman should use this Psalm with deep faith and these Holy names EL-SHADDI, JEHOVAH SHALLOM along with it three times after which a prayer should be said.

PRAYER FOR THIS PSALM

EL-Shaddi, Jehovah Shallom may it please Thee not to allow this woman to suffer miscarriage. Please prevent her from delivering a dead child, above all we pray that she delivers in peace and safety. Mercifully give the child strength and lasting happiness for the sake of Thy most Holy name Amen.

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 With full devotion read this Psalm when travelling on water o land or when an enemy rises against you. At the end of this psalm call El-Shaddi 8 times..This Psalm is also used for headache and backache.

PRAYER fOR THIS PSALM

Shaddi, Almighty God by Thy Holy love mercifulli stop the raging of this tempest s o that it my cease, be our Guide most merciful Father and lead us safely to our port of destination, Thou only art able to help us and Thou shall surely help us to the honour and glory of Thine Holy name Amen.

.......................................PSALM 3
For Headaches and Backaches pray this Psalm into water and wash with it and you will be relieved immediately. The only name is Adonai at the beginning. This is to be read three times with the Holy name Jehovah Rapha before washing with the water.

PRAYER FOR PSALM 3
Thou God of Heaven and Earth, be Thou my healer and helper, relieve me from this painful headache and backache that is now troubling me for Thou art my maker and healer by Thy powerful Holy Name Jehovah Rapha.