David Sweetland @Toolman@dingdash.com

I have NOT been vaccinated.
Go ahead and gasp in shock. I will wait.....
I am thinking about getting vaccinated.
NOW the other half of the room can gasp in shock.
I await ALL of your article links informing me how uninformed I am.
The truth is, I have spent the entire pandemic traveling the world. This year, in 2021, I have been on a plane flying to a different country about every week. I have been pretty irresponsible - speaking in large groups, hosting illegal meetings, not wearing a mask, hugging, shaking hands, licking door knobs - you know the usual.
I have also been tested more than anyone reading this post.
Let's be honest - there will a huge group of people celebrating when I finally get COVID.
But after traveling around the world, experiencing the lockdowns in China, US, and Europe as well as enjoying the relative freedom of movement in Sudan, Iraq, and Sweden - I have a few opinions.
You asked for them. Now you got them.
https://backtojerusalem.com/podcast/episode-603-should-i-take-the-vaccine-my-thoughts/

What the....??
These mysterious heavenly signs seem to be happening every week in China.
https://backtojerusalem.com/mysterious-light-in-china-baffles-crowd/

We are on one of our biggest adventures right now. can't say much about it but would appreciate your prayers.

This Sunday we want to thank God for preparations that He has made in Afghanistan.
Last year our Afghan partners told us that their electronic devices were being checked for Bible apps. BTJ hackers began working together on a solution for them and we were able to launch Operation Black Trumpet in Afghanistan.
Today the Taliban, in an event that few saw coming, is said to be going door-to-door looking at people's phones searching for Bible apps. If they have launched Operation Black Trumpet on their device, the Taliban would not be able to find the Bible on their phone. Not many Afghan Christians know about it, but it is spreading through the underground church.
Please keep them in your prayers.
https://backtojerusalem.com/taliban-going-door-to-door-looking-for-christians-with-bible-app-on-phone-but-btj-has-program-to-help/

Perhaps Twitter believes preaching Jesus in the Middle East must be more dangerous than the Taliban?
https://backtojerusalem.com/twitter-blocks-btj-and-keeps-taliban/

JUST RELEASED! Podcast with Frank Viola about his new book.
When everything with politics, jobs, pandemic, LIFE seem out of control - it is because it IS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL - BUT it is NOT out of God's control. Letting go of the troubles and clinging to Christ is SUCH a powerful message for today.
https://backtojerusalem.com/podcast/episode-596-hang-on-let-go-with-author-frank-viola/

China quotes top expert to argue about the origin of the coronavirus. There is just one problem with the expert that they quoted.
https://backtojerusalem.com/china-quotes-expert-on-origin-of-coronavirus-theres-just-one-problem/

This is concerning for ALL Christians.
APPLE is using access to photos, messages, and videos on iPhones and iCloud to report criminals, but could their cozy relationship with China change what crimes they report? https://backtojerusalem.com/revealed-apple-uses-access-to-iphone-and-icloud-to-catch-criminals/

Read Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand. After learning about the type of Juche communism in NK it’s amazing to read this original take on the earliest form of Christian persecution from communists.

“Communism is demonic”, is common to hear, but I often feel when people say “demonic” they aren’t really being literal. It’s more like they’re using the word to get the point across that it’s just evil &wrong in the worst immoral way.

This is what Wurmbrand says:
“What the Communists have done to Christians surpasses any possibility of human understanding. I have seen Communists whose faces while torturing believers shone with rapturous joy. They cried out while torturing the Christians, “We are the devil!”
We wrestle not against flesh & blood but against the principalities and powers of evil. We saw that communism is not from men but from the devil. It’s a spiritual force-a force of evil-& can only be countered by a greater spiritual force, the Spirit of God.” Amor vicit omnia