Miscellaneous Websightings Include a Free Kindle Book on a Former Rock Musician, Ebola Outbreak is Killing/Making Sick Ministry Leaders, Guess Which Country Offers Mosul Christians Asylum, Hamas Hits Gaza Hospital and Refugee Camp while World Media Blames Israel and Show Solidarity with Iraq's Christians


Free on Kindle:

Sinner's Creed

Sinner’s Creed is the uncensored memoir of Scott Stapp, Grammy Award–winning leader of the multi-platinum rock band CREED. During CREED’s decade of dominance and in the years following the band’s breakup, Scott struggled with drugs and alcohol, which led not only to a divorce, but also to a much-publicized suicide attempt in 2006. Now clean, sober, and in the midst of a highly successful solo career, Scott has finally come full circle—a turnaround he credits to his renewed faith in God.

In Sinner's Creed, Scott shares his story for the first time—from his fundamentalist upbringing, the rise and fall of CREED, and his ongoing battle with addiction, the rediscovery of his faith, and the launch of his solo career. The result is a gripping memoir that is proof positive that God is always present in our lives, despite the colossal mess we sometimes make of them.

“Never before since the Holocaust, have we seen such a situation as today”



Hamas rockets fall short, striking Gaza hospital and refugee camp. World media jumps to blame Israel




Son of Hamas founder converts to Christianity, goes on CNN, exposes Hamas
article by Joshua Riddle on July 27, 2014

My thought: the bright spot of what this interview reveals and the subsequent article below is that one of the major reasons people are coming to Christ is the evil they see being done in the name of Islam.

Tens of Thousands of Muslims Coming to Christ, Says Iranian Ministry Leader


Ebola outbreak is killing pastors
Also, Samaritan's Purse Doctor Gets the Virus
and a missionary with SIM
90% of people who are infected with Ebola are killed by the virus; however, early detection has reportedly brought that rate down to 60% in this outbreak. Symptoms include headache, fever, and fatigue, but they don’t appear immediately.

Once symptoms do appear, victims usually have about 10 days before massive internal bleeding occurs.

France Offers Iraq Christians Asylum 



The above is an Arabic letter, the equivalent of an "N," put on Christian homes in Mosul. It stands for "Nazarene," a term meant as an insult. After these appeared, the Christians of Mosul, already greatly diminished in number, decided to leave in mass. They were only allowed to take the clothes on their backs. Would you consider posting this on your Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc., to show solidarity with Iraq's Christians?

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