Bethany @bethany@dingdash.com

China has just proposed new laws to punish foreign Christians doing personal ministry inside China. We outline the specific laws that are the most problematic.
https://backtojerusalem.com/china-proposes-new-laws-targeting-christian-missionaries/

today is a sad day. I just learned that my dear friend, a house church pastor in Anhui province, and very dear BTJ partner, his wife passed away.

This isn’t new info out of China, but just more burdens for our brothers & sisters there.....😢
Chinese Government requires churches to worship communist government or close....
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2020/november/chinese-government-tells-churches-to-worship-the-communist-party-or-be-closed?fbclid=IwAR3acTAUdIBUm9AGSTvwhCWVSCVIx8K4axYH0T4v3BX7z0LruveYXyUtZd4

this morning as we attend Sunday worship service, let's remember the 10s of thousands of children in Yemen that are dying. According the UN, this is the worst humanitarian disaster on the planet and Yemen is on the cusp of losing an ENTIRE GENERATION of children. LET US - THE CHURCH - BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS.
https://backtojerusalem.com/world-silent-on-entire-generation-of-children-dying-of-starvation-in-yemen/

@bethany and I were discussing the question, "are there different degrees to sin?"
Jesus said that sinning in your heart makes you guilty of sin, but are all sins a felony or there spiritual misdemeanors? Both felonies and misdemeanors are law breakers, but have different consequences.
I am studying this question today.
Is lust in my heart equal to the act? Will the sin of rape or murder reap the same as lying to my grandma about her pie being good if it isnt?
thoughts?

Iranian Christian receives 80 lashes for partaking in Communion.
https://backtojerusalem.com/iranian-christian-receives-80-lashes/

I've read it before but it's been awhile. In the BTJ devotional this morning and this missions fact so shocks me still. I am so grateful for BTJ and for now having DD as it keeps the reality of it all ever before me. Lord have mercy on our fattened, prideful hearts and bring us into the reality of the chasm that you died and rose again to fill🙏

New to DingDash, but don't know how to use?
here is a quick tutorial to help you understand more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DstXnh90QA

Here's another movie I produced available free now on YouTube.
"Touched by Grace" is an anti-bullying family drama about a group of popular high school students who wage a fake campaign to elect a girl with Down Syndrome as the school’s Homecoming Queen -- as a senior prank. It is inspired by real bullying events that the teenagers in our community have witnessed happening in their local high schools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFoURg1Y6o&t=612s

Badge of Faith, one of the movies I produced here in America under StoneTable Films is now available for free on YouTube. Kindly share the link so many more can watch this inspirational true story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ofKTHKvME&t=301s

Shocking Video! Muslims teaching young girls how behead infidels. YouTube allows it even though they have a record of removing Christian videos for 'offensive' Bible teaching.
https://backtojerusalem.com/shocking-video-muslim-teachers-teach-young-students-how-to-behead-infidel/

Please pray for Brother Ren the translator of Brother Yun. They were on their last evening of tour in Sweden when he grew really sick. He has a fever and sore throat. He has had heart surgery and has a pace maker.
Thanks for the prayers.