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Pastor Convicted for Preaching John 3:16 Outside Hospital

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Retired Pastor Clive Johnston plans to file an appeal after he was convicted in Northern Ireland for preaching John 3:16 outside the buffer zone of a local hospital. Johnston, 78, was fined $604 and convicted of two charges of “influencing” people on abortion under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act while standing within 328 feet of Causeway Hospital during an open-air service in 2024, despite his sermon not mentioning abortion, The Christian Post reported.  Speaking on the ruling, Johnston says it “sets a deeply troubling precedent” and plans to appeal.  “I was not protesting abortion. I was peacefully preaching the Gospel, reading from the Bible, and pointing people to the hope found in Jesus Christ,” he said.

  “If this conviction is allowed to stand, it will signal that basic Christian witness and public expressions of faith can be criminalized simply because they take place in the wrong location,” Johnston added.

“That should concern every person who values freedom of religion and freedom of expression, regardless of their views on abortion.” The Christian Institute, which is supporting Johnston’s case, cautioned that the ruling warned that the ruling poses a “serious threat” to freedom of religion and freedom of speech across the U.K. “This case was never about harassment or intimidation — nobody has alleged Clive Johnston engaged in anything close to this form of behavior. It is about whether the state can criminalize the peaceful expression of Christian faith in a public place under abortion buffer zone laws,” said The Christian Institute’s Simon Calvert in a statement.

Source: Pastor Convicted for Preaching John 3:16 Outside Hospital – Milton Quintanilla | Crosswalk.com

You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:17-18

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Ireland Out of Gas

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Things have been dicey for a while on the Emerald Isle. But great googly moogly, do they look just awful right now. Mass protests have broken out across the country over the cost of living and the exorbitant price of fuel, with a paralyzed, intransigent government seen as unsympathetic and unwilling to do anything to relieve the suffering of the Irish working class. Fuel taxes, nut zero climate policies, and now the price shock of the Strait of Hormuz closure. For three straight days, convoys of farmers, their tractors, truck drivers, and many other angry citizens have been queuing on highways and city streets, effectively blocking traffic, although they have attempted to leave a lane free for emergency vehicles and the like.

Source: Ireland Out of Gas – HotAir

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
James 3:2

Man charged with attempted murder after Dublin mum set on fire in horror attack at her home

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Alexis Lee Campion was left with severe burns to most of her body and was in a coma for weeks after she was set alight in a shocking attack at the front door of her home in Clondalkin, west Dublin last November

Source: Man charged with attempted murder after Dublin mum set on fire in horror attack at her home – Irish Mirror

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.”
Malachi 3:10

Plague in Russia?

Russian authorities have sought to allay global worries over the death of a young woman who worked at a Siberian anti-plague laboratory. But moves to isolate her contacts…

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Confusion over abortion rights in Northern Ireland highlighted by reported case

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The case of a schoolgirl reportedly sent from Northern Ireland to England for an abortion, and reportedly left traumatized by the experience, shows how confusion remains about abortion rights, an evangelical advocate for mothers and children has told Christian Daily International.

Source: Confusion over abortion rights in Northern Ireland highlighted by reported case – Christian Daily International

Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
2 Timothy 1:9

Israel marks three years since October 7 attack with memorials and protests

Three years to the minute after the start of the deadliest single day in Israel’s history, the country marked the somber occasion with a series of ceremonies, memorials and protests at more than 400 locations. At 6:29 in the morning on October 7, 2023, Hamas-led gunmen stormed Israeli communities along the border with Gaza, killing…

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Russian plague scare — what we know so far

Russian authorities have sought to allay global worries over the death of a young woman who worked at a Siberian anti-plague laboratory. But moves to isolate her contacts and introduce new disease-control measures at local hospitals have raised concerns among people who fear they’re not being told the full story. The woman was a lab…

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Kemp expands fuel relief for Georgia farmers and truckers

Georgia is giving truckers and farmers more time and flexibility as high fuel costs continue to strain their budgets. Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the state’s motor fuel tax suspension through Nov. 5 and temporarily waived state penalties for using off-road “dyed” diesel in vehicles traveling on public roads. The changes are part of an…

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Twin baby girls separated in NICUs at 2 Boston hospitals. Parents pleading to get them back together.

Premature twin baby girls are separated, hospitalized in two different neonatal intensive care units in Boston. The parents, from Canton, Massachusetts, say they know the babies are getting the vital care they need, but it’s nearly impossible to support both girls equally when they’re apart. “It’s difficult. They’re in a glass enclosure with feeding tubes…

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FBI arrests alleged Chinese agent at LAX after she allegedly surveilled son of Taiwanese president

The FBI arrested a suspected Chinese agent at Los Angeles International Airport after she allegedly surveilled the Taiwanese president’s U.S.-based son, law enforcement sources told CBS News. Wanying “Heather” Zhang, an Irvine, California, realtor, was cuffed by federal law enforcement on Sunday before she boarded a flight to Shanghai, China, from LAX, on a charge…

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Skateboarder ends 1,200-mile journey

Skyler King has completed his 1,200-mile journey from Oxford to New York City on a skateboard. He left Oxford on Aug. 1 and arrived in NYC on Sept. 12. King made the trip to honor his late brother while raising awareness and support for suicide prevention and mental health. The trip, called “Push for Prevention,”…

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Baby rhino and baby zebra raised together after losing their moms

Since 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has led one of the biggest rescue and rehabilitation wildlife operations in East Africa. Although they specialize in elephant care, their sanctuaries are home to a variety of animals that arrive orphaned or injured, including giraffes, zebras, and rhinos.  “Rhinos are special animals,” Edwin, a keeper at the Sheldrick…

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Christian Persecution September 25-October 2 2026

Recent reporting (roughly September 25–October 2, 2026) on Christian persecution centers on continued lethal violence in Nigeria, house-church detentions in China, and related pressures elsewhere. Nigeria Attacks attributed to Fulani militants continued in Plateau State’s Barkin Ladi area and nearby communities. Around September 19–20, gunmen killed a Baptist pastor (Samuel Nandi) and others while they…

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Irish households told to stockpile 72 hours of supplies as WW3 fears escalate

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The European Union has urged Irish households to stockpile at least 72 hours’ worth of food, water and essential supplies amid rising global tension and escalating conflicts in the Middle East.

Source: Irish households told to stockpile 72 hours of supplies as WW3 fears escalate – Irish Mirror

And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
Mark 8:34

DPS arrests man for threatening ‘violent attack’ on Texas Capitol

The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a Bexar County man Wednesday in connection with the threat of a “violent attack” on the Texas Capitol. He has since been charged federally with possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Keep Watching 4 DPS special agents worked alongside the FBI and local law enforcement to…

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SpaceX launches Starship on giant rocket’s first flight to orbit

SpaceX launched the company’s Super Heavy-Starship on its first flight to orbit Monday — an abbreviated three-hour mission that marked a major step toward perfecting the world’s most powerful rocket for commercial flights and NASA moon missions. One of the Starship upper stage’s six Raptor engines shut down early during the climb to an initially…

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Christians Came Together to Help Defeat UK’s Assisted Dying Bill

When Alicia Edmund heard the Parliament vote count for the UK’s assisted dying bill last week—286 noes to 270 ayes—her immediate reaction was shock. The bill had been defeated.   As head of policy for the Evangelical Alliance in the UK, Edmund had spent countless hours in the past two years briefing evangelicals on how…

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Trump and Rubio question U.K. handling of possible plot against air base after 5 men released on bail

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have criticized British counterterror police’s handling of a possible plot targeting a U.K. air base used by U.S. forces, with Rubio calling it a “very serious” incident and alleging that it “clearly involved” a foreign actor, and the president suggesting it “might be” Iran. Five British nationals,…

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Rat birth control program expanding to Albany Park

Chicago is consistently named one of the “rattiest” cities in America and an effort to change that is expanding. As more communities are turning to rat birth control, community leaders on the Northwest Side are trying something new — getting neighbors involved. A community info session was held on Tuesday night a few weeks ahead…

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