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By Adam McManus
Muslims dress up as Christian cleric and choir members before killing
In a chilling new tactic, Muslim rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces in Congo, Africa, disguised themselves as church officials and choristers before launching a recent fatal attack on Mayi Moya village in Beni Territory, reports International Christian Concern.
The Muslims killed three civilians and kidnapped eight.
The attackers reportedly began their August 13 mission in Ngite village earlier in the morning, where they raided a church, stole clerical robes and choir garments, and posed as members of a religious delegation.
One church official said, “They came into our church and stole the robes of our priests and choir; they then put them on, posing as a delegation from another church. It was a devilish plan. To use the very symbols of worship to deceive and destroy is beyond evil. My heart breaks for those who trusted them, thinking they came in peace.”
When the group arrived in the village around 7:05 p.m., villagers welcomed them warmly, believing they were part of a church mission.
Survivor Jean-Philip Mboosa recalled, “I thought initially that they genuinely were from a church. They greeted us with smiles and songs, and it looked so real. But when I went closer, I noticed guns hidden beneath the robes. That’s when my heart sank. I knew we had been tricked. I walked quietly back and then ran into the bush, praying God would protect me.”
In light of this story, Matthew 7:17 takes on a new connotation. “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
President Trump fired Fed Reserve Board member Lisa Cook
President Donald Trump fired Lisa Cook, a member of the board of governors for the U.S. Federal Reserve.
In a post on Truth Social a week ago Monday, Trump cited a criminal referral presented to Attorney General Pam Bondi on August 15, alleging that Cook made “false statements on one or more mortgage agreements.”
The president went on to say, “The American people must be able to have full confidence in the honesty of the members entrusted with setting policy and overseeing the Federal Reserve. In light of your deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter, they cannot and I do not have such confidence in your integrity.”
Should Trump prevail in the legal case, his nominees would have the power to deliver Trump the rate cuts he has demanded. Right now, the range is 4.2%-4.5%. The president would like to see the rate cut to 1%.
CDC staff who Kennedy fired were promoting abortion
After President Trump fired CDC Director Susan Monarez when she refused to resign, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the leadership overhaul at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in an August 29th interview on “Fox & Friends,” reports LifeNews.com.
KENNEDY: “The CDC has problems. We saw the misinformation coming out of COVID. They got the testing wrong. They got the social distancing [wrong], the masks [wrong], the school closures that did so much harm to the American people.
“Today, on CDC’s website right now, they list the 10 greatest advances in medical science, and one of them is abortion, another is fluoridation, another is vaccines.
“So, we need to look at the priorities of the agency. There’s really a deeply, deeply embedded, I would say, malaise at the agency. We need strong leadership that will go in there, and that will be able to execute on President Trump’s broad ambitions.”
While the CDC euphemistically references “family planning,” under its “Ten Great Public Health Achievements” of the 20th century, everyone knows that includes abortion as a morally acceptable decision for a pregnant mother.
Christian baker who refused to make ‘wedding’ cake for lesbians appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
A devout Christian baker in California filed a request with the U.S. Supreme Court to protect her right to create custom-designed wedding cakes that reflect her faith, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
Cathy Miller, owner of Cathy’s Creations and Tastries in Bakersfield, California, has endured almost a decade of the state targeting her for her 2017 decision not to bake a cake for a lesbian faux “wedding” because of her Christian faith.
MILLER: “In our standards, it says that I ‘cannot participate in a wedding that would be between a man and a man or a woman and a woman.’ But I’ll do their birthday cakes. I’ll do their cookies, you know. And there’s so many other bakeries that are happy to. I’m the only one in Bakersfield that said I can’t participate in that union.”
Genesis 2:24 says, “A man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
Shockingly, within an hour of her polite refusal to make a wedding cake for a homosexual ceremony, the liberals tried to exact a pound of flesh.
MILLER” “I said, you know, ‘I can’t do your wedding cake. I can’t create it for you, but I have someone who’s a really good decorator, and I can refer you to her.’ They got really upset. They grabbed the order form and they stormed out, and within an hour, there was a barrage of phone calls and threats. Social media just went nuts.
“We received death threats, rape threats. I couldn’t go anywhere except for the house, the bakery, and my church for three months. It was devastating to our family. It was devastating to the business.”
One of Miller’s employees also addressed the fallout.
EMPLOYEE: “We had to shut down our emails. We had to shut down the phone calls. Only I or Kathy would answer them because they were very vulgar and threatening. They did break into Cathy’s car and steal her computer and tried to damage the vehicle because it had a Tastries logo on it.”
Miller added, “All I want is to serve my neighbors as the Gospel of Jesus Christ calls me to without being forced to create messages that violate my beliefs.”
Texas House: If you send abortion kill pill, you’ll be fined $100,000
And finally, the Texas House of Representatives passed a major pro-life bill last Thursday aimed at stopping mail-order abortion kill pills, reports LifeNews.com.
The Woman and Child Protection Act — HB 7 sponsored by Sen. Bryan Hughes — will head to the Senate for final approval this week.
While abortion businesses are closing brick-and-mortar facilities, they are shifting their tactics online. Activists send deadly pills into Texas illegally from other states and countries—to the tune of at least 19,000 orders of abortion drugs each year.
Rep. Jeff Leach authored the measure.
LEACH: “I am proud of this compassionate piece of legislation in front of you. This is going to save lives of baby boys and baby girls.”
Democrat Texas Rep. Chris Turner, a pro-abort, asked Rep. Leach a question.
TURNER: “Is your bill, House Bill 7, likely to increase or decrease women’s fear of pregnancy in the state of Texas?”
LEACH: “I am interested, by way of this bill, in protecting Texas babies and protecting their moms, and in building a culture of life here in the state of Texas.
“Representative Turner, we should do everything we can to promote and elevate motherhood.”
The Woman and Child Protection Act would do three things:
- First, allow Texans to shut down companies that sell abortion kill pills;
- Second, let women sue abortion kill pill traffickers; and
- And third, enable Texas to fine businesses which supply abortion drugs with a $100,000 fine.
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