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American inflation hits 40-year high in September

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A month after US President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law on Aug 16, 2022, America’s inflation rate hit another 40-year high in September. It was a higher-than-expected increase. The New York Post reports: US inflation surged 8.2% in September — a steeper-than-expected increase as stubbornly high rent and food costs look poised to ensure another sharp Federal Reserve interest rate hike next month. The September reading of the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index, a closely watched measure of the costs of goods and services, showed a 0.4% increase compared to August — more than economists expected. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and gas prices, spiked 6.6% in September, up from 6.3% in August. The annual core increase was the largest of its kind since August 1982. On a monthly basis, core prices increased 0.6%. READ: Inflation hits 8.2% in September — higher than expected — as rent, food prices soar Economists were warning back in August that the Democrat’s Inflation Reduction Act would actually increase inflation not end it. You …

‘Jesus was not crucified on a Gucci cross’

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Christian actress Candace Cameron Bure recently shared a video with her nearly six million Instagram followers of a young Nigerian girl, Cherry Paul Ede, reciting a poem by African poet Fragile Dogubo, Christian Post report. Bure’s post quickly went viral, as the poem was in some ways, a criticism of today’s Christian celebrity culture: “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Jesus was not crucified on a Gucci cross. He didn’t have on a crown of Versace thorns or Nike shoes on his feet when the nails pierced through. There was nothing bougie about Calvary.” “That old raggedy wooden cross wasn’t even befitting to hold the carpenter’s son, but there our God hung, held on by His love for us, by His love for all. “I thought the crucifixion was like the Grammys, an award show only for a self-righteous view. But the Bible didn’t mention an ovation — only wrongful accusation, hate speech and boos from fools. The King of Glory came through.” READ: ‘Jesus wasn’t crucified on a Gucci cross’: Candace …

If You are Over 60, You Could be Part of the ‘Joshua Generation’

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By Dr Michael Brown If you’ve been in church circles over the years, you may have heard people refer to “the Joshua Generation,” meaning young people who are full of spiritual fire and zeal, ready to make an impact for the Lord. But if we want to be accurate biblically, while the people Joshua was leading were all under 40, he himself was at least 60.  How do we know this? The math is simple. He was one of the 12 leaders sent out by Moses and the people to spy out the land of Canaan while the nation of Israel was still in the desert. He and his colleague Caleb came back with a good report. “It’s true,” they said, “that there are giants in the land. But God is with us and we can take the land.”  The other 10 spies, however, were totally negative. “They will kill us all! We’re doomed to die!” (This is a paraphrase; for the actual text, see Numbers 13-14.) Unfortunately, the nation as a whole believed the …

Why did Chase Bank close the account of a religious non-profit?

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According to a report by the Christian Post, an American, non-partisan faith-based organization recently had its account closed by Chase Bank with no explanation. National Committee for Religious Freedom (NCRF), which was started by the America’s former ambassador for religious freedom Sam Brownback, had opened their bank account at Chase in April. However, on May 6th, when a member of the committee tried to deposit some money into the organization’s account, he was told it was closed. The Chase employee could provide no reason for the closure other than stating it was made at the corporate level. NCRF Executive Director, Justin Murf, alleges that Chase’s decision to close the account may have been politically motivated. The Christian Post provides more details: After looking further into the issue, a representative from the Chase executive office identified only as “Chi-Chi” contacted Murff and explained that it might be possible to continue the business relationship if NCRF could provide some further details about the nonprofit’s political activities. Murff told CP that included providing a list of donors who …

Pfizer vaccine was never tested on whether it prevented transmission of COVID

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In a shocking admission to European Parliament’s COVID-19 committee, a spokesperson for Pfizer admitted that the company had never tested its COVID vaccine to see if it would stop the spread of the virus. The Blaze provides more details on the exchange: During questions, Dutch Member of Parliament Rob Roos, a conservative and opponent of Europe’s COVID-19 passports, asked Small [Janine Small is Pfizer’s president of international markets] whether Pfizer could provide lawmakers with evidence it believed the vaccine would prevent coronavirus transmission before bringing it to market. “Was the Pfizer COVID vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market?” Roos asked. “If not, please say it clearly. If yes, are you willing to share the data with this committee?” […] “Regarding the question around, did we know about stopping immunization before it entered the market? No,” she admitted. READ: Pfizer executive admits COVID-19 vaccine was never tested to prevent transmission: ‘This is scandalous’ Though Pfizer executives were uncertain if their vaccine could stop the spread of COVID, they …

Russia closing down non-orthodox churches and arresting pastors in its illegally seized territory

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According to a report by Release International based in the United Kingdom, Russian forces that have illegally occupied parts of Ukraine are shutting down non-Russian Orthodox churches and in some instance arresting their pastor, Premier Christian News report. This includes the closure of a Grace Baptist Church in Melitopol on Sept 11, 2022, which was raided by armed Russian troops during its Sunday morning worship service that was being broadcast live. Melitopol, located in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast region of East Ukraine, was occupied by Russian forces in late February. The Russian soldiers entered as church members were singing a hymn. They ended the service, took down the names of all the attendees and arrested several of those leading the service. The senior pastor, Mikhail Brisyn was ordered to leave the city within 48 hours. Other churches were also raided and shut down in August including Melitopol Christian Church, which has a 1,000 seat auditorium and is the city’s largest church. But the raid of a church in the small town of Chkalovo revealed what may …

Taxing cow burps in New Zealand, the left’s attack on agriculture continues

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In a bizarre move, the government of New Zealand’s socialist Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern has announced it is now going to tax cow burps as part of Ardern’s grandiose plan to tackle climate change. The government is bragging that it would be the first country in the world to implement such a tax. Farm groups are warning that such a move would mark the end of family and dairy farms and the destruction of rural New Zealand, a major part of New Zealand’s economy. Global News reports: The government has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the country carbon neutral by 2050. Part of that plan includes a pledge that it will reduce methane emissions from farm animals by 10% by 2030 and by up to 47% by 2050. Under the government’s proposed plan, farmers would start to pay for emissions in 2025, with the pricing yet to be finalized. READ: Taxing cow burps? New Zealand’s novel climate change plan has farmers crying foul With a looming food crisis, we are seeing the …

Young professionals fleeing New York and California

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According to a study conducted SmartAsset, workers who are under the age of 35 and earn $100,000 or more a year, are abandoning states which have embraced left-wing ideologies, the New York Post reports. SmartAsset gained this information from studying data from tax returns submitted to America’s IRS. In other words, these woke states are being abandoned by a key demographic, young, rich taxpayers. The New York Post reports on the findings: New York had the largest net outflow of young professionals — 15,788, the study found. A whopping 28,741 moved out, while 12,953 moved to the state. […] California saw the second-highest net outflow of young professionals. In 2019 and 2020, 20,568 young professionals moved to the state, but 28,528 left, according to the SmartAsset study, making for a net outflow of 7,960. Illinois has also been hemorrhaging under-35 workers, the study found. The Prairie State lost 9,386 young professionals while gaining just 6,527 — a net outflow of 2,859. Several large companies have recently announced they were moving their headquarters out of Chicago, citing soaring levels of crime. …

What does the Bible say about ghosts?

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With Halloween around the corner, what does the Bible have to say about ghosts? Most of us are probably familiar with the story in the Gospels, when the disciples were crossing the sea of Galilee on a stormy night and thought they saw a ghost. Because of the storm, everyone was already apprehensive and Christ who had chosen to remain behind, joined them a bit later, walking out to them on the water. Seeing this apparition hovering over the rolling waves, the disciples immediately were fearful that they were seeing a ghost. They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” (Luke 24:37-39, NIV) The Greek word, ‘phantasma’, translated ghost by most modern translations in this verse, referred to how people believed that the souls of the dead could still …

Is California more dysfunctional than North Africa?

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A railway company, owned by the French government, has decided to pull out of the project to build a high-speed rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and will instead be building a railway line in Morocco. Despite Morocco experiencing what Transparency International called ‘severe and systematic’ levels of government corruption, the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) made the decision describing the California government as being more ‘politically dysfunctional’ than Morocco. SNCF had been contracted to build the line in 2010 at an estimated cost of $33 billion. However, because of continued political interference and changes, the SNCF decided to pull out of the project in 2020. If constructed, it is now estimated that the line will cost California taxpayers upwards of $113 billion. READ: Foreign Railway Company Decided Not To Build In California Because It’s More ‘Politically Dysfunctional’ Than Morocco