This Week In The News
Current Events
by Norbert Link
Our new StandingWatch program, titled, “Demons Rule the World,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIeCgnf0UHE covers the terrible murder of innocent schoolchildren in Minnesota, as well as other demonically inspired incidents in Russia and the USA.
In other news, we begin with the highly “suspicious” FBI raid on the home and office of John Bolton, former national security adviser and outspoken critic of Donald Trump; continue with the dubious testimony of Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and other crimes in the Epstein case, and reactions of family members of one of the victims, Virginia Giuffre.
We address the ongoing developments in the Russia-Ukraine war; with no hope in sight to end the killing any time soon; and point out Putin’s contact with “spirits.” We also speak about Germany’s ineffective and disunited government, as well as further interesting developments in Germany.
We address a frightening escalation between the EU Postal Service and the USA, due to Trump’s ill-conceived tariffs; as well as home sales in the USA being way down.
We report on the American intention of creating a “universal” vaccine; and we speak on bad memories regarding an army base used for WWII Japanese internment, which will be the nation’s largest ICE detention center, and which is being justified with the same troublesome rationale and the application of a highly problematic law; address the possibility of mass deportations in the UK, thereby following Trump’s lead; and America’s current policy NOT to approve a two-state solution.Throughout this section, we have underlined pertinent statements in the quoted articles, for the convenience and quick overview of the reader.
Editorial
The Importance of Being Thankful
A long time ago, when I was in paid employment, I read an article by an instructor in leadership in one of my engineering magazines. She remembered back in her college days that the dean, over a period of several months, had invited all the students to dine with him and his wife. I will quote her words. “He had been doing this for over ten years. After my dinner, I wrote a thank you note. To my great surprise and trepidation, they asked to see me. They wanted to thank me for being the only student ever to thank them for their hospitality.”
This was one in maybe hundreds. In the days of the New Testament, when Jesus Christ healed ten lepers, only one turned back to thank God and show appreciation. In this case, it was one in ten. And that one was a foreigner (compare Luke 17:15-18).
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Are Christians currently involved in war?
With all that is going on in the world at present, war is on many people’s minds. War is a terrible thing, showing the worst excesses of sinful man. On the website worldpopulationreview.com, we read that there are currently 12 different countries involved in war, civil war, drug wars and terrorist insurgencies.
We have a 78-page booklet entitled, “Should You Fight in War?” This is a thorough exposition well worth reading, or re-reading, showing that it is not the way that man should behave, ever! On pages 17 and 20, we read under the heading “THE CHRISTIAN DUTY—TODAY!” the following:
“True Christians need to understand that they must already have God’s attitude toward peace and war, knowing that PEACE, not WAR, will be the reality of the future world under God’s rule. They must lead by their good example TODAY, showing others that we can live the way to peace and avoid the way to war.
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