General
A selection of the week's happenings to aid your prayers.
- Numerous revelations of Corbyn’s terrorist links: As well as CUFI exposing the truth about Corbyn’s infamous wreath-laying, evidence has also surfaced this week of his presence at conferences with Hamas terrorists and other extremists (here and here), of him making the four-fingered Muslim Brotherhood salute and of him praising the release of 1,000 Hamas ‘brothers’ imprisoned for terrorist attacks that killed 600. The Labour leader is facing fresh investigation over a string of undeclared overseas trips, including to Tunisia and the West Bank. Hamas has tweeted that it ‘salutes’ Corbyn.
- BMA proposes to allow doctors to lawfully kill dementia patients: After a recent court ruling allowing doctors to remove food and water from patients who are minimally conscious with family agreement, the British Medical Association is proposing to roll this out to patients with conditions such as dementia who could live for years. Read more here.
- Christians in Politics urge believers to engage: The charity will be touring the country later this year encouraging Christians to get involved in the public realm and channel their passion for change into action. Read more here.
Church Issues
- Cathedral in X-rated film row: Derby Cathedral is under fire after agreeing to screen a number of graphic and grossly offensive films through September and October. Read more here and here.
- US Bishop forced to apologise over IDF comments: The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts has apologised after Bishop Gayle Harris spread false atrocity stories about the IDF to the denomination’s July convention. Read more here.
- Life charity takes local council to court: After being evicted from a country show in July, the pro-life charity is taking legal action against Lambeth Council, seeking a public apology, compensation and a guarantee of free speech in future. Read more here.
World Scene
- Devastating floods in India: 860,000 have been displaced and at least 350 have died in floods in Kerala, India. Humanitarian help has been arriving from all over the world, including from Israel and the Jewish diaspora. Both the Barnabas Fund and Samaritan’s Purse have launched appeals for aid, with the Barnabas Fund focusing particularly on Kerala’s substantial Christian community.
- Two evangelical ministers in Paraguay’s new government: Two members of Mario Benítez’s new cabinet are well-respected evangelical believers known for their integrity. Read more here.
- Germany approves official third gender option: German birth certificates will now allow people to opt for ‘diverse’ instead of just ‘male’ or ‘female’. Read more here. Meanwhile, in the UK the charity Age UK has released guidance promoting gender reassignment to OAPs.
- Hundreds of babies left to die in Canada: 766 babies born alive after late-term abortion procedures 2013-2018 were presumably left to die, though no official data about their fates has been kept. The Conservative Party of Canada is meeting this week and may consider changing its position so that children born alive receive life-saving care. Read more here.
Israel & Middle East
- Trump to unveil peace ‘agenda’ on 25 September: After promising Palestinians a ‘gift’ earlier this week to compensate for the US embassy move, it seems that a ‘partial outline’ of the long-awaited peace plan will be unveiled at the UN General Assembly in late September. Read more here. There is still no official timetable for the release of the full plan. Meanwhile, Hamas has vowed that it will not disarm or pay any ‘political price’ as part of a deal.
Upcoming Events
- Day of Prayer for Britain: Brexit, Unity & Reformation (Central London): Saturday 8 September, 10am-6pm, Westminster Central Hall. “Until Britain, and the Church, turn back to the Truth of the Word of God, there is no hope for this nation.” Intercessions led by David Hathaway, Dennis Greenidge, Barry Segal and others. Tickets £10 + booking fee. Find out more by clicking here.
- European Creation Conference (Central London): 21-22 September. Creation Ministries International’s two-day conference including fascinating presentations on a range of subjects from 16 speakers, as well as a youth programme. Emmanuel Centre, Westminster. Full price £20, day tickets £12, kids go free. Click here for full details and to book, or call 01162 848999 (normal office hours).
- Foundations 10 (Devon): 29 October-2 November. Theme: Further into the Lion’s Den. Join David Andrew and Steve Maltz for Hebraic teaching and worship at the Sidholme Hotel, Sidmouth. From £280pp. Click here to find out more and for booking information.
Recommended Sources
At Prophecy Today UK we are aware that the world is moving very quickly and it is difficult to keep up with all the latest developments – especially when the material circulated by our mainstream media is increasingly far from reality and definitely not devoted to a biblical perspective!
Though we are not a news service, we want to help keep you informed by passing on updates and reports as we are led. This will be a selective, not an exhaustive, round-up, which we hope will be helpful for your prayers. Click here to browse our News archive.
We also recommend the following news services for regular updates from a Christian perspective:
- Christian Concern (UK)
- Christian Institute (UK)
- JNN News (Barry and Batya Segal, Israel)
- Worthy News (Israel)
- Family Watch International
- Barnabas Fund
- Kehila News (Israel)
