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A Reason For Hope: Gaining Strength for Your Fight Against Cancer [Kindle Edition] Michael S. Barry (Author) Note: not sure of the theological perspective of this Presbyterian chaplain. Check it our for yourself.  20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists : Discover Why Believing in God Makes So Much Sense [Kindle Edition] Robert M. Bowman (Author), Ken Boa (Author) Remember Ashley Smith? Please note that I don't know enough about this program to recommend it in general. However, this particular two part clip of the interview with Ashley Smith is excellent. Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero [Kindle Edition] Ashley Smith (Author) Kindle price 99 cents Why Russia’s Evangelicals Thank God for Putin Despite the Crimea takeover and Ukraine conflict, many church leaders are grateful for Putin's leadership. Mark R. Elliott/ JANUARY 7, 2015 A Christmas Greeting from Ukrainian Pr...

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This Is What A Pastor From Donetsk Told Me Today (click on the headline above this for the full article.  Intro. is below).  08/20/2014 Posted by Caleb Suko, missionary to Ukraine Today I sat down with a pastor friend (name withheld for safety reasons) from Donetsk. He and his family fled the city over a month ago with hopes that they would soon be able to return. However, the situation has only deteriorated in the past few weeks and along with it their hope for a return to normal life in their home city. Workers remove a body from a home that was shelled                                                                             just outside of Donetsk (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) Please pray for Eastern Ukraine and if you’d like to help believers like Caleb's pastor friend a...

Update:  04/23/2014 Ukraine crisis: Russia 'to respond if its interests' attacked My analysis: Now it is just a matter of when. Perhaps they are also signaling what the new entity would be like. Just Google South Ossetia.  Watch and pray.   Update:  04/22/14 I believe that recent events are indicative of a Russian invasion of Eastern Ukraine, if not all of Ukraine, before the May 25 elections.  The Rhetoric The head of a Russian think tank affiliated with Putin compares Putin to pre-1939 Hitler - the comparison is meant to highlight Hitler's efforts to unite German speakers in one country (i.e. Putin with Russian speakers in Eastern Europe) There are no Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine (but then Putin said the same thing about those in Crimea -- and now he admits they were Russian) The recent violence Deaths of pro-Russians at military checkpoint, torture deaths of two men (one who was a politician in the Ukrainian acting presid...

pic's source Update 04/19: More walking on egg shells foreign policy. Yeah, that should be as effective as it is in human relationships in general How is a company or two going to convince Russia or our Eastern-flank of allies that we are serious? You would think a community organizer could organize a more significant response, especially one who is the United States commander in chief and can just call it into being. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/19/world/europe/us-plans-military-drills-in-eastern-europe.html?hp Update 04/18:  What a shock! (sarcasm in full swing) Pro-Russian "activists" or "protesters" reject Geneva deal. Really, you are surprised? Why? Mr. Putin is one clever comrade. Perhaps you would agree with me that he is likely behind this charade so that he can say, "See, we don't control them." The Geneva Deal The Pro-Russian Militants React Yet another parallel with Hitler's Germany and World War II: ...

Ukraine fears Russia 'ready to attack' "The aim of Putin is not Crimea but all of Ukraine... His troops massed at the border are ready to attack at any moment," Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council chief Andriy Parubiy told a mass unity rally in Kiev. Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya reaffirmed that message in an interview broadcast on Sunday on a top US political talk show. "We do not know what Putin has in his mind and what would be his decision. That's why this situation is becoming even more explosive than it used to be a week ago," Deshchytsya told ABC's "This Week". Crimea's Russia-backed prime minister Sergei Aksyonov said in an impassioned address he posted on Facebook and read out on local TV that Crimea began facing a "sad fate" the moment three months of deadly protests involving a mix of nationalist and pro-Western forces toppled the pro-Kremlin regime in Kiev. "But we resisted and won! Our...

How People Change Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp Jesus' work on the cross targets our hearts, our core desires and motivations, and when our hearts change, our behavior changes. It's amazing to watch people who once seemed stuck in a pattern of words, choices, and behaviors start living in a new way as Christ changes their hearts. Update: How People Change is no longer free but still a great deal at $3.74 (as of 03/22/14) Also, check out Lost in the Middle by Paul David Tripp for $1.99 about mid-life and God's grace Broken-Down House  by Paul David Tripp for $1.99 Sin has ravaged the house that God created. This world sits slumped, disheveled, and in pain, groaning for the restoration that can only be accomplished by the hands of him who built it in the first place. The bad news is that you and I are living right in the middle of the restoration process. The good news is that the divine Builder will not relent until everything about his house is made totall...

Update:  3/18/14:   Putin says he has no interest in the rest of Ukraine but stays defiant on Crimea My thought:  Let's hope he's telling the truth.  However, the damage may be done to the world.  Not only is Crimea lost to Russia (the annexation is nearly complete) but China may now be emboldened to go after disputed islands with Taiwan, North Korea with disputed islands with South Korea and on and on.  In a related matter,  Israel's defense chief says U.S. projecting weakness "We had thought it would be the United States that would lead the campaign against Iran," said Yaalon, who pointed to the Ukraine crisis as an example of Washington "showing weakness".  Yaalon said that although "people know Iran cheats", the United States and other nations chose to negotiate with Tehran on restricting activities they fear are aimed at developing atomic arms. "Therefore, on this matter, we have to behave as though we have nobody to look out...

Update: Putin Asks Russia’s Senate to Use Military Force in Ukraine By ALISON SMALE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN   MARCH 1, 2014 As Russian-backed armed forces effectively seized control of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula on Saturday, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia requested — and received — authorization from the Russian Senate to use military force in Ukraine. My opinion:  I think President Obama should send rapid reaction forces to the Ukraine.  We need to follow the George H.W. Bush model in the Persian Gulf War -- a build-up of forces (perhaps with NATO allies) to secure the rest of the Ukraine against a Russian takeover (like he protected Saudi Arabia from Iraqi invasion with the goal of the removal of troops from Kuwait).  We should set a red line at the border of the Crimea and do all we can internationally to get the peaceful withdrawal of Russian forces from the Crimea peninsula.  I don't think we should threaten war over Crimea, unfortun...