When you have a sore throat or if you’re congested, you might not want to eat. You feel worn down and swallowing can be very painful. Here are 12 of the most amazing foods and antioxidants that will help alleviate symptoms and even shorten the duration of any cold or flu. Read More The Top 12 Best Foods and Antioxidants While You Are Sick With The Cold or Flu.
Many American children are looking forward to the arrival of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, bearing presents for good little boys and girls. But most of those celebrating don’t know that there is a real man behind the story of Santa Claus, and that real man was a Christian persecuted because of his faith and actions. Read More Persecution Blog: Most-Read Posts of 2014: #5.
One of the ways that VOM sometimes encourages American Christians to support our brothers and sisters facing persecution is by asking our government leaders to speak out and act on their behalf. These efforts go back even to VOM’s founder, Richard Wurmbrand, who testified before a Senate committee and even took off his shirt in the hearing to show the deep torture scars on his body. But what is the best way to advocate for persecuted Christians to US officials? And does it make a difference? Do they listen? We’ve got answers to those questions and others this week on
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“It’s hard to believe that a body named the “Food Safety Authority” would make such an insane ruling since the dangers of GMO crops are well documented. They are clearly not interested in food safety but in furthering corporate interests at the expense of everyones health.” Admin Nations and regions which want to stay free of genetically-modified crops will be banned from doing so under a devastating ruling by EU scientists. The decision, the first from the new European Food Safety Authority, means governments will be unable to stop the controversial plants being grown on their soil – effectively opening
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A new study released in September of this year gives even more evidence that GMOs should have been banned before they were ever allowed on the market. Read on to find out how “Genetically Engineered Crops, Glyphosate and the Deterioration of Health in the United States of America” pinpoints a significant correlation between GMOs and 22 diseases. Why does the biotech industry keep hiding the toxicity of their products? Well, there are numerous reasons – the corruption of the American and international governments, the fact that the USDA’s main man appointed by Obama was a former Monsanto executive, and the
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On September 11, 2001, I was on the phone at my desk in 2 Chase Manhattan Plaza, a few blocks away from the World Trade Center. The second plane had hit. I was frantically trying to warn people in the downtown buildings I supervised. “We gotta get out of here,” my buddy Andre said. “The Towers are collapsing!” We made our way to the lobby, where blackness enveloped us. People were screaming. “Where do we go?” someone cried. “Here,” I called out, and Andre and I led a few others into the terrifying dark cloud of smoke and dust outside
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What was I thinking? On top of my night rotation as a nurse, I’d volunteered to manage First Lutheran Church’s Thursday night Share a Meal program. It was a worthy cause–we’d provide a balanced meal to more than 50 people. And I was just filling in for a friend this one week. But I was already overwhelmed by my work schedule, and didn’t completely trust myself not to mess up. “Don’t worry,” I’d told my friend. “You can count on me.” At least I hoped so. In the days that followed, my calendar became a balancing act. I hadn’t factored
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She had a vision of a little girl … and an angel. That vision soon became a reality. Was this a church? The high, vaulted ceilings made it seem like one–almost, but not exactly. That’s the way things often are in dreams, and I was dreaming now. Deeply. A woman entered the room. With her was a small child, a little girl in soft, lavender footie pajamas. She was barely a toddler, still a baby in many ways. Her brown hair was braided and her big, dark eyes were beautiful. But it wasn’t their beauty that struck me so much
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“Please remember to pray for him. With the new Republican majorities in both Houses now would be an excellent time to contact your senators and representative about working on securing Pastor Abedini’s release. It’s for sure Mr. O our supposed Christian president who is such a great admirer of Islam won’t do anything about it.” Admin Saeed Abedini has written a heartbreaking letter to supporters about his painful time in prison. The pastor, currently imprisoned in Iran, will experience his first Christmas in prison entirely alone as all of his Iranian family have left the country. In the letter released
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“Please remember to pray for those and other believers around the world who are suffering greatly for their faith.” Admin A Ho Chi Minh City Bible school that has often been the target of police activity in recent years was attacked and destroyed for the seventh time on Wednesday, Nov. 12 by hired thugs accompanied by the police. The thugs used hammers and metal cutters to destroy doors, walls, and furniture. Police then raided the college and arrested nine Christians who did not have proper paperwork — documents that had been confiscated by police in earlier raids. The Bible school
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Hope is birthed out of some of the most surprising of places. If you have been a Christian for even a small amount of time, you have heard the biblical Christmas story many times. We sing peaceful songs like Silent Night and Away in a Manger. You can feel the magic of Christmas when the lights are hung on the tree and the smell of cider is in the air. The reality is though, the first Christmas probably didn’t appear very peaceful or magical to those who lived in that time. Surely most of us are even aware of the
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“Great article on what’s happening in that war torn area and how the Gospel is spreading there.” Admin Atrocities by the Islamic State (ISIS) are softening the hearts of Muslims to Christianity, and evangelistic techniques and technologies are proving effective, but locally-based missionaries say the main reason for the spike in conversions in the Middle East is simply that former Muslims are finding God is real. In war-torn areas of Syria and Iraq where ISIS is fighting to establish a caliphate, Muslim refugees to neighboring countries, Internally Displaced People and people remaining at home are learning about Christ from native
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“Good article on preparing for the challenging times ahead.” Admin Jewish holiday holds ‘blueprint’ for today’s Christians, rabbi says The story of Hanukkah is a story of defiance. Defiance by a people refusing to conform under immense pressure from a popular culture that had become hostile to the God of the Bible. Antiochus IV issued a decree in 167 B.C. that was pretty cut and dry. If you were an observant Jew, it was game over. You could no longer read the Torah, couldn’t observe the Sabbath, couldn’t circumcise your male offspring, couldn’t practice your faith. Antiochus, leader of the
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“It looks like the state of FL will be turned into a GM experimental lab with unknown consequences. If you live in FL you may want to voice your concerns, the article tells you how.” Admin Are you aware that genetically modified mosquitoes are being set for release worldwide? Right after GM mosquitoes were let loose in Brazil, dengue fever cases spiked. Now, the Florida Keys are in danger of facing a similar fate. The mosquitoes haven’t even been officially approved, but Oxitec, the British company who created the mosquitoes, has already shipped them to Florida. The only hope is
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From our environment, to our food, medicine and lifestyle, we are surrounded by things that depress our immune system. Knowing the culprits can make a big difference in how long and how often you encounter illness. Read More 11 Things Guaranteed to Depress Your Immune System – Waking Times : Waking Times.
The CDC recently admitted that this year’s flu shot likely won’t protect you from the flu, but did it ever? Though the CDC has issued a formal apology regarding the issue for this season, flu vaccinations have long been seen as ineffective by a horde of experts. But don’t worry – here you will find more than 20 natural flu remedies using natural antivirals. No surprise here, but there won’t be any refund for insurance companies or patients who have already taken a flu vaccination early as preparation for the 2015 flu season in January and February, despite the CDC’s
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More than any time in our nation’s history, Americans are skipping church on Sunday. Identifying exactly who those people are — from a demographic and psychographic perspective — the latest research shines some light on what groups of people the Church are failing to evangelize. Collecting data from tens of thousands of unchurched Americans over the past three decades, The Barna Group set out on a quest to determine what attitudes and behaviors instigate a removal from the Church culture into secular society. Also discovered from the numerous interviews is interesting information giving believers a different take on what their
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Dimly lit, the stone slab, or stele, doesn’t look particularly noteworthy, especially when compared to the more lavish sphinxes, jewelry and cauldrons one encounters en route to the room where it is installed. Indeed, in a Twitter post this fall, art journalist Lee Rosenbaum described the nearly 13-by-16 inch c. 830 BCE rock, as “homely.” What’s significant about this stone — on view at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of its “Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age” exhibit running through January 4 — is its inscription: “the earliest
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Even though most of the laws and guiding principles that govern this nation are predicated on the Bible, a surprisingly large proportion of young Americans have developed not only an ambivalence toward Scripture, but an extremely negative view of it, as well. A Closer LookIn the largest study ever undertaken by the Barna Group on a single generation’s take on the Bible, it found many trends in Millennials (Americans ages 18 to 29) that some might find disturbing when it comes to the unchurched and heartening — when looking at the practicing Christians surveyed. Partnering with the American Bible Society
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“After being hit by a car an angel takes a young boy to see Jesus who promises his healing.” Admin On the Friday before school started, I was cleaning and equipping the bus I would drive that year. I had parked it near my mom’s town house, and while I scrubbed the seats and made the windows sparkle, Travis Daniel, my four-year-old, played inside at Mom’s. At least that’s where I thought he was until he startled me from the street: “Hi, Mommy!” “Danny, you’re supposed to be with Grandma.” He was all smiles at the foot of the steps
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“You can make everyday a “be an angel” day if you want.” Admin August 22nd is National Be an Angel Day, a holiday created to promote acts of kindness around the world. Here is a list of 10 ways you can celebrate this angelic holiday and bring a little heaven to earth. Read More 10 Ways You Can Be an Angel – Guideposts.
“A lesson in forgiveness.” Admin In this excerpt from Dreams of Angels, a grieving daughter begs God to help her see her alcoholic mother in a new light. By Lou Dean “So we’ll do the service on Saturday morning, right?” I said to my brother David as we stood looking down on the Arkansas River. We’d decided to scatter Mama’s ashes there because the precious few good memories we had of her were connected to water. The times when she was sober and would join us kids in the rain-swollen creek to catch fish and play with turtles, her contagious
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Big Food is at it again, hiding ingredients they know we really don’t want to consume in their products. This time it’s the presence of a new version of high fructose corn syrup. But this is not the innocuous fructose that has sweetened the fruits humans have eaten since time began. This is a questionable ingredient with many names that could be causing all sorts of health problems. The product is General Mills’ Vanilla Chex, an updated version of the Chex cereal sold in most conventional grocery and discount stores for many years. The front of the box clearly states
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“To find out more about Bro. Duduman visit the ministry site, hand of help”. “Michael Boldea Jr. is Dumitru Duduman’s grandson and he was his interpreter when he had speaking engagements in the US. Michael now heads the ministry his grandfather founded since his passing to Heaven. I remember in 2006 receiving their newsletter in which he had written about this dream which you will read below. Here is an article talking about the geologic plates in this area being in a locked and increasingly strained position. When this finally gives there will undoubtedly be a massive earthquake in this
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“To find out more about Bro. Duduman visit the ministry site, hand of help”. “This ties in with other peoples dreams and visions of a Russian attack on the US. You’ll also notice there is no mention of a pre-trib rapture but of a much later rapture.” Admin September, 1984 Late one night, I could not sleep, The children were sleeping on the luggage. My wife and daughter were crying, I went outside and walked around. I didn’t want them to see me cry. I walked around the building, crying and saying, “God! Why did you punish me? Why did you bring me into this
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“To find out more about Bro. Duduman visit the ministry site, hand of help”. “We see how this is now being fulfilled. Mr. O recently said the US is no longer a Christian nation but is now a Muslim nation, Hindu nation, Jewish nation, Buddhist nation etc.” Admin Given in 1984 Why did God name America Mystery Babylon? “Tell them, because all the nations of the world immigrated to America with their own gods and were not stopped. Encouraged by the freedom here, the wickedness began to increase. Later on, even though America was established as a Christian nation, the American
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Years ago Josh set out to write a book against Christian beliefs but was compelled by the evidence he uncovered to become a believer. In this presentation he shares some of the evidence he found. Christianity isn’t completely by blind faith. There is logical and historical evidence that provides proof for the Bible being true. Don’t be wrong when it comes to your beliefs about Jesus Christ. You might have eternity to pay.