Bethany @bethany@dingdash.com
www.backtojerusalem.com
Joined Jul 2020
@sinbach not to insert myself here, but what happened to the vegan chocolate in Sweden?? Just when I thought you'd seen the light...
@MaryMamuzich I'll keep praying for you 😉
@sinbach have you been? Did you like it?
@sinbach you know sometimes I think it's easier for you to eat out than me. Then again, I guess it depends on the country
@sinbach cheat day?
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There are some extremely troubling signs for China on the horizon.
https://backtojerusalem.com/coming-famine-in-china/
@sinbach so cool 🙌🏼
Bethany
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The adorable BTJ Prayer Bear is avaliable FOR FREE
https://backtojerusalem.com/this-cute-panda-can-be-yours-absolutely-free/
Bethany
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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/
@sinbach you know what you need? Crystals. I knew someone who did a podcast about them once. Can't quite remember who it was....
Bethany
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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.
Bethany
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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
Bethany
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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/
@sinbach Even if we acknowledge a gradient of sin, we have to then assume a gradient of consequence, right? I think that's my sticking point. How are those consequences even measured?
So, some sins lead to death and others to... what? A tap on the hand? I don't know. Maybe. But do I just want to believe that because I don't like the alternative?
Is thinking of sin in 'degrees' helpful, if it actually just causes me to make some small justification for my 'lesser' sin?
... I really don't know
Bethany
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@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?
@GoodToughStuff love that! 🙏🏼
@sinbach I have so many questions....
Bethany
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Iranian Christian receives 80 lashes for partaking in Communion.
https://backtojerusalem.com/iranian-christian-receives-80-lashes/
@sinbach I am in FULL support of this
Bethany
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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🙏
www.backtojerusalem.com
Joined Jul 2020
