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NATO plans more support for eastern Europe RTE News: NATO will discuss new steps to reinforce eastern European countries worried by Russia's annexation of Crimea and on how to bolster Ukraine's armed forces. NATO members in blue  (source of graphic ) This may be the answer to Ukrainian Christians' prayers.  Think about this. NATO votes and approves a message to Russia:  either withdraw the troops from Ukraine's borders or we will install permanent NATO bases in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania (on your borders).  If Russia doesn't budge, move the troops and material there.  If they respond by putting troops on the borders there, remain strong and put some more in Hungary, Romania, etc.  Re-issue the demand:  you withdraw from Ukraine's borders and we will withdraw the new forces from the border countries.  I think it is a winning formula for everyone and we can be the next ones to bring victory without firing a shot (at least at ...

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State Of War An article from the Kyiv (Kiev) Post March 28, 2014, 12:37 a.m. | Ukraine — by Christopher J. Miller , Mark Rachkevych Picture's description: Ukraine’s new National Guard trains on March 17. The nation is scrambling to mobilize 40,000 National Guard and reserve members to bolster a Defense Ministry with 180,000 personnel. Fears are high of a Russian invasion of Ukraine’s mainland, following its invasion and annexation of the Crimean peninsula. As you can see from this image from the article "State of War," Russian military units surround Ukraine from the North, South and East.        See expandable image from source The article states in part:  Estimates of Russian troops on war footing vary, from the West’s estimates of more than 30,000 to the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council’s calculations of 100,000 soldiers ready to strike. There are, in addition, 700 tanks and armed personnel carriers staging nea...

World Vision update from June 27, 2014: World Vision Under Internal Reformation After Support of Homosexuality? June 26, 2014  Google people out, strong evangelical leaders in Free e-book (expires 03/28/14): On Kindle   $3.82 as of June 27, 2014 Also on Vyrso, Google Play, iBooks, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, etc.  Does God have a path for me? How do I make the right choices in life? Why is it so difficult to uncover God's will? Trusted pastor and teacher John MacArthur answers these vital questions and more. Found: God's Will shares six powerful principles that will give you direction, fill you with purpose, and give you the confidence to live out His plan for you. Another alternative for those who sponsor children through World Vision is to lead an effort to either withhold monthly sponsorships until resignations and reform comes about at World Vision or an effort that says they have a deadline for such action or the petitioners will end their support....

03/27/14 Update:   Now McCain insults Russia and Putin Beacon2Light: I don't think it's terribly smart to say that Putin is acting out of weakness (Obama) or to say that Russia is no more than a gas station (McCain).  This invites further aggression.  Putin may wish to show who is weak and it won't be him/show what a "gas station masquerading as a country" can do.  It would be better to show resolve and seek to lower aggression through a process of peace through strength (Reagan).  Where are NATO troops mobilized in NATO countries with shared borders with Ukraine? Those troops could be reduced as Russian ones are reduced on the opposite border with Ukraine. But alas, it's far better that we forbid Putin's inner circle from visiting the Grand Canyon or Disney World.  That will fix them (sarcasm).   US intel: More indications than ever Russia could invade Ukraine New U.S. intelligence assessments say there are more indications than ever that Russi...

A couple of decades ago, I remember seeing a bumper sticker:  "American abortion, Hitler would've loved it" Well, perhaps the maker of that bumper sticker or the originator of that quote wasn't too far off. This story isn't about America but it is what is done with fetuses in UK hospitals.   There are those who say that the world is getting better.  Things like what Hitler did are an aberration, they claim.  However, stories like this wake us up to the fact that people are sinners in need of a Savior and the only way to get peace on Earth, goodwill to men is through the Prince of Peace, the Lord Jesus.  I could provide countless other examples from the world at large but unless you live in a shell, you know many of them. Even so, come Lord Jesus! Aborted babies incinerated to heat UK hospitals The remains of more than 15,000 babies were incinerated as 'clinical waste' by hospitals in Britain with some used in 'waste to energy' pla...

What is a Paradox? A paradox is a statement that apparently contradicts itself and yet might be true. The Bible has paradoxes in it due to the fact that our understanding is limited. Remember, Christ often explained spiritual truths that were difficult to understand by tying them to physical things that His followers did understand (like a fig tree or a grape vine). Since God is unlimited in understanding and unfathomable by us mortals, it is only logical to expect that things will appear to us to be paradoxes (seemingly self-contradictory but nevertheless true). What Are the Paradoxes We Will Discuss? 1) God Chose Us and We Chose Him 2) Our Salvation is Free and It is Very Costly 3) Jesus is 100% God and 100% Man God Chose Us  Elect — a person or group chosen by God for special favor and for the rendering of special service to Him. ( Nelson’s New Ill. Bible Dic. ) Election — the gracious and free act of God by which He calls those who become pa...