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I ran across the most incredible testimony of God&#8217;s miraculous power, I had to share.  I pray that you are blessed beyond measure.  I was!!
Officer Resurrected
An interview with Boris &#8211; an Internal Affairs officer in Ukraine.

1. My Testimony
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<p><span id="more-179872"></span>I ran across the most incredible testimony of God&#8217;s miraculous power, I had to share.  I pray that you are blessed beyond measure.  I was!!</p>
<p>Officer Resurrected</p>
<p>An interview with Boris &#8211; an Internal Affairs officer in Ukraine.</p>
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<p>1. My Testimony</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; I would like to introduce to you, Mr. Boris Pilipchuk, who is 36 years old. Please, Boris tell us about yourself.</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; I am an officer, a Senior Lieutenant on the police force. My position is that of a strategic duty officer in one of the operation sections of the police force in Khemlnitskij District of Ukraine. I fought in the Afganistan war. I am married with three children. We live in a village called Novaya Siniavka, in the Starosiniavskij region of Khemlnitskij District.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; Boris, I know that you are a Believer. How did you get saved?</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; I was a strong atheist, but my wife and her parents were believers. They always wanted me to be saved. On September 16, 1996, Pastor Nikolai Ivashenko, of the Full Gospel Church in the town of Mariopol, came to our village, while he was in town visiting his relatives. My wife asked him to speak to me. However, she warned him that I lacked temperance, was very aggressive, and rude. The training I received in the army left a scar on my character.</p>
<p>When I saw Pastor Nikolai, I thought to myself, &#8220;Now, I&#8217;m going to teach you a lesson…&#8221; However, he walked up to me and began speaking. Suddenly, I began feeling a peace in my heart that I had not experienced since my childhood days. I was trained to give orders, or receive orders and carry them out. It was an environment in which normal human interaction was rare. Something on the inside of me was transformed as I listened to the words of Pastor Nikolai. When I heard the phrase, &#8220;Now we&#8217;ll pray, repeat after me…&#8221; I repeated the sinner&#8217;s</p>
<p>prayer. The power of the Holy Spirit came upon me and the Lord baptized me in the Holy Spirit. Ever since then, I dedicated my life to serve the Lord.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; How did those around you react to this change in your life?</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; My mother was very indignant, at the beginning, because she did not know the Lord at this time. Later on, opposition at my work place began. They threatened to lay me off the job or demote me. They even went to the extent of trying to make me backslide, but I wasn&#8217;t disturbed by this, neither did I worry. In the past, I would have been in a state of confusion, ready to relinquish my officers&#8217; rank. Now, this seemed absurd to me. God&#8217;s word says that if you are taken to court, not to be anxious over what to say, for He will speak for you. So being confident in my faith, I said, &#8221; You cannot do anything to me, because the Lord is with me.&#8221; So my superior officers had to submit to this. Not only did my colleagues adhere to this, they also listened, with pleasure, as I preached during my break period. I told every one about Jesus Christ, in the hope of winning one soul to the Lord. I won&#8217;t go on to describe what hideous things I did before repentance, because the Lord has forgiven me of all my sin. I praise and thank Him for this. The Lord forgives all the sin of anyone who earnestly repents.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; You are in the service and a believer &#8211; this is very unusual. Do people consider this to be normal?</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; I tell everyone that Jesus Christ is Lord over all, including men in the service. The Lord loves each and everyone the same. I have been asked several times, &#8221; How can you serve God, being in the service, handling weapons?&#8221; It is God&#8217;s word that teaches us how to serve Him. When John the Baptist baptized people in the Jordan River, men in the service came up to him and asked, &#8220;What shall we do?&#8221; He responded by telling them that they should be content with their wages. There is no place in the Word of God where it is written that men in the service should not serve the Lord. On the contrary, we know from the Holy Scriptures that two Roman officers repented and that they and their entire household served the Lord Jesus Christ. Each and every believer has a discrete ministry in God&#8217;s sight.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; Boris, I can see that you are in perfect health. Before your remarkable ordeal, were you in the same state of health?</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; Yes. Perfect health is a prerequisite to join the force. It was mandatory for us to undergo routine medical tests.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; Please, tell me what happened to you.</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; I will recount how the Lord raised me from the dead. On the 27th of July 1998, I returned home from work to my village. Something happened to me that I cannot explain. I was completely paralyzed and I lost consciousness. According to my wife&#8217;s account, after I lost consciousness, I was rushed to the hospital and placed in the intensive care unit. Their diagnosis was &#8211; Brain hemorrhage. I remained there for several days in a coma. I was transferred to the intensive care unit of the Khelmitskij District Clinic. The doctors continued to fight for my life. However, I had a heart attack which lessened my chance of survival.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; How serious was your brain hemorrhage?</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; I later found that the doctor had diagnosed internal bleeding in 95% of my brain. All the equipment and the sensors that were attached to my body indicated that I was dead. In their medical report, the doctors detected a hemorrhage that had spread all over my brain; all of the nine tests confirmed my death.</p>
<p>2. Death registered by the Doctors</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; Boris, from what you were told later, after the doctors certified your death, did they immediately call your wife?</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; Yes, they did and she was not the only person they informed. Actually, what happened was that every 15 or 20 minutes my colleagues called the hospital to inquire of my health. They were told that I was already dead. At my job, money was already being collected, a coffin was ordered, and every arrangement necessary for my funeral service was being set in motion. In a nutshell, preparation was made for my funeral. I think the sudden death of such a healthy police officer was a very stunning occurrence, which took everyone by surprise. This was clear, from the numerous phone calls to the hospital, from my colleagues.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; Was your wife present with you when you died?</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; Yes, she was, but she was not allowed to be in the room. Later on my wife told me, that she constantly prayed to God over my salvation. When the doctors began to desperately fight to save my life, my wife phoned Pastor Nikolai in Mariopol. My wife told him what had happened and asked him to pray for me. While he prayed, God told him that the situation would not lead to death, but to the glory of God. He calmed my wife down and told her that a Christian Festival was underway in the town of Mariopol and that all the believers would pray for me. They prayed. During this time, events in the hospital were mounting. The doctors informed my wife of my death and after two hours she was permitted to accompany my body, on the stretcher, to the door of the morgue.</p>
<p>3. Medical information on the possibility of a dead person returning to life</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; For an understanding from a clinical point of view, we make reference to a directory of medical publications. In the Concise Medical encyclopedia (published by &#8220;Soviet Encyclopedia&#8221;, 1974) the following is written:</p>
<p>Brain hemorrhage is defined as the disruption of normal blood circulation in the brain, which results in the death of the brain material (Part 1, page 506)</p>
<p>Resuscitation of an organism (reanimation) is defined as the restoration of a sudden disruption or total loss of life supporting functions of an organism. Clinical death is the last reversible stage of the death of an organism from the moment breathing and blood circulation cease to the beginning of irreversible changes in the central nervous system, after which death is referred to as being biological. The duration of clinical death depends on the reason that gave rise to the development of a terminal condition, the duration of dying, age etc. In normal temperatures, clinical death extends over a period of 4-6 minutes, after which the restoration of normal activities of the central nervous system becomes impossible.</p>
<p>Reanimation procedures should be started immediately after sudden death has been established. It is also recommended not to allow the complete ceasing of breathing or heartbeat. If the heartbeat is not reestablished, reanimation procedures are advised to be continued until they prove effective. Signs of effectiveness: Disappearance of cyanosis, noticing of spontaneous gasps (the sooner they begin, the better the prognosis), pulsation of the large blood vessels in accordance with the rhythm of the massage, narrowing of the pupils. If these signs do not appear in 20-25 minute, resuscitation procedures should be discontinued (part 2, page 270-271).</p>
<p>I know that doctors have certain rules, which can never be violated by anyone in any medical establishment. In their rules, a person who is lying in intensive care, in a condition of biological death, should not be there more than 2 hours and only after this the person may be transported to the morgue.</p>
<p>That means that after establishing the fact that Boris was in a state of clinical death, the doctors struggled for 30 minutes to save his life. While in the intensive care unit, over two more hours elapsed then biological death was confirmed. This meant that the irreversible processes and death of the brain matter had already begun. The time necessary for resuscitation after clinical death is about 4 to 6 minutes. Boris&#8217; death was confirmed by the doctors and by the medical equipment that was connected to his body.</p>
<p>4. “I saw heaven” &#8211; Boris</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; And now, Boris, tell us how you felt. What did you see?</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; It felt as if I was conscious. I began seeing with my own eyes. I began seeing everything as if from above. My spirit came out of me and looked at my body. Doctors in their white gowns had gathered around me. Numerous pieces of equipment were connected to my body. The doctors tried to stabilize my condition; they ran about, exhausting all their efforts, but to no avail. Then I began to ascend towards heaven. The earth became smaller and smaller. It became so small, that it disappeared totally. During this entire time, I could hear a continuous whistling in my ears. I ended up in an extraordinary place, which was so illuminative that I began to feel good. I saw a golden staircase that shone with glorious splendor. The staircase was rather wide. On either side of the staircase were golden railings, along which from the bottom to the top were winged angels in white clothes, with golden belts. Their hair was white, their faces shone like lightning and their eyes were like two lanterns. Their hands and legs were the color of shiny copper chips. Around the staircase and under it, stood a great number of angels, these were without wings. All the angels were singing psalms in a language I did not recognize at first. After a moment I completely understood the words of the psalm. They sang: &#8220;O worthy are you Lord of all glory and praise. You, Lord, created the heavens and the earth. You are worthy of our praise!&#8221;</p>
<p>Then I saw an extraordinary light at the end of the staircase. The light wasn&#8217;t like that of the sun or of a welding instrument, which has a harmful effect on the eyes. It was extremely bright, warm, calming, full of joy and peace. I was full of delight, to such an extent that mere words cannot describe how I felt. My delight continued to increase and there was no limit to the joy I felt. I don&#8217;t know how to describe this vision, this feeling, in words, but I would like you to imagine the picture the Lord showed me. Later, I heard a voice, coming from the direction of the light, which said: &#8220;My son, come to me and I will show you something. I will help you&#8221;.</p>
<p>From the great number of angels, two angels walked up behind me. One stood on my right and the other on my left, just a short distance from me. I didn&#8217;t turn my head, I didn&#8217;t look behind me and I didn&#8217;t gaze around, but it appeared as if I could see 360 degrees about me. I wasn&#8217;t nervous and didn&#8217;t feel any form of discomfort. I was absolutely calm and so peaceful that words cannot express how I felt, not then and not now. I didn&#8217;t ask anyone any question, such as where I was? What&#8217;s happened to me? What will happen later on? I felt completely confident in myself, as if I was standing in a familiar place. I felt as if I lived there permanently.</p>
<p>Then the Holy Spirit, transferred me to a vast open plain, in which very beautiful white horses pranced. In the center of the field stood a great city, in the form of a cube. When I noticed it, I began to draw close to it. I approached it in a different way, not as a man normally walks on the ground. I moved without my feet touching the ground. It was as if I was gliding. The angels escorted me. The closer I got the city, the more intense was the delight I experienced, from what I saw.</p>
<p>There were several very high walls of various colors. There were 12 colors in all, which radiated and shone like a bright light. (Later on, after my resurrection, when I studied the 21-22 chapter of the book of Revelations in the Bible, I found a confirmation of what I had seen). I saw the foundation of the city, which was made up of the 12 precious stones of this world. I saw a pearl gate, three large pearls on each wall. I didn&#8217;t measure them, but one pearl was larger than two meters, in my opinion. I saw only six gates, because I was led into the city through one of its corners. I saw the two sides of the cube. Then l was taken through one of the gates into the city. As we passed through them, I saw two inscriptions. One was above the gate and the other was under the gate. The name of one of the tribes of Israel was written above the gate, and under it the name of an Apostle was written. Unfortunately I do not remember which gate led me into the New Jerusalem, but now I would like to know that.</p>
<p>When I entered into the city through the gates, I stood in admiration. The city was made completely of gold. The gold was so pure &#8211; I had never seen such brilliance before. I had seen how brightly gold articles in a jeweler&#8217;s store shone, but this was not comparable, to what I saw at that moment. Gold streets, houses of gold, gold doors &#8211; everything was made of gold, transparent like glass. I could never have imagined that gold could appear transparent and so pure. I read about this in God&#8217;s word, but I could not really imagine it. I just couldn&#8217;t imagine how a hard metal could appear transparent. Now that I had seen this fine gold, I just wanted to touch it. I touched the walls and entered some houses observing everything. I did not ask the angels, where I was to go from here. I seemed to know the way. I was overcome with such a feeling as if I was in a place of my own.</p>
<p>As I continued further into the city, I was now near the center. I saw a large tree in one spot that had pear-shaped fruit on it. The size of the fruit was about the size of two average sized fists put together. The leaves on it reminded me of the leaves of a lime tree, only they were larger and like leaves of a burdock tree. When I got near the tree, I wanted to take a fruit from it and began to reach for one. Suddenly with enthusiasm I stretched out my hand, which to my surprise was not like an ordinary hand but was transparent. When I was about to pluck a fruit, the angel who stood a little distance behind me, on my right side, stretched out his hand and stopped me. Motioning with his finger, he informed me that for now, I shouldn&#8217;t pluck the fruit. Without any form of regret or disappointment from the angel&#8217;s action, I left the tree. Generally speaking, within the city, I never experienced any kind of discomfort, or disorder.</p>
<p>When I left the tree, I saw an extraordinary bright light at the center of the city. It was very interesting that I did not see a single shadow, not from the trees and not from the houses. There were no shadows, nor were there any lamps. I did not see the sun nor any object that gave light, but the light was extraordinary bright and so pleasant to the eyes. It was delightful beyond measure.</p>
<p>When I saw the source of the illumination, I bowed my head and felt an overwhelming urge to fall to my knees. But before I could bow, I heard a voice saying, &#8221; My son, I have shown you all that is necessary for you at this time, and you should return now, to declare My glory, power and dominion, to declare all that you have seen and heard&#8221;. Then I began to pray and plead to the Lord, asking Him to let me remain there, where I was. I cried, &#8220;Lord I don&#8217;t want to return&#8221;. But the Lord said, &#8220;You have a wife, and three children. You have to return to them, for it is not time for you to be here yet&#8221;. Then again I began to beseech the Lord saying, &#8220;Lord, I don&#8217;t want to return. Allow me to remain with You&#8221;. But the Lord said to me, &#8220;My Son, be meek and self-controlled, do not murmur, go back. You have to declare My glory.&#8221;</p>
<p>5. Panic among the hospital staff.</p>
<p>BORIS: In the blink of an eye, I moved through space over such a distance that I saw the earth quickly approaching. As I advanced I saw the next scene: the hospital staff was taking a body, on a stretcher, to the morgue where corpses were kept. Looking from above, the body was covered with a cloth and only the feet could be seen. When I saw my weeping wife accompanying the stretcher, I understood I was the one being taken to the morgue. One of the hospital staff was comforting my wife, trying to tell her not to grieve over the incident and tried to prevent her from entering the room where they were taking the body on the stretcher. The doors ahead of my wife closed and the stretcher with my body on it was already in the room. The orderlies and nurses who had brought me to the morgue began to move away.</p>
<p>When I saw all this, I felt a jolt and immediately I entered into my body. At that instance, I felt the blowing of wind, an enormous force, which flung open the doors through which my body was brought. This force tore the doors off their hinges and they fell to the floor. It pushed the trolley with the body out of the morgue. After this, I rose up. The cloth on the upper part of my body fell off as I sat up on the trolley. The orderly slipping along the sides of the wall, fell and the nurse did as well. Both of them lay on the floor in a state of terror. Another nurse came and when she saw me sitting up, went into state of shock. The same supernatural power made the trolley on which I was sitting, stand upright, and I stood vertically on the ground. Then the trolley fell to its normal position and rolled back in to the morgue.</p>
<p>I wanted to move but could not. My body did not respond. I experienced such a feeling, as if I was not in my own body. Then I began to pray, because my senses were returning to normal. I saw everything, I recognized everything, I heard everything, but I did not recognize the voice I heard, it was melodious. The feeling was as if an audiotape was playing at a slower speed than normal. At that instant, I began to call upon the Lord, for the Lord gave me strength to walk. When I finished praying, I felt a great outpouring of energy. I felt as if the hairs on my head were falling off and a thousand needles pricked my forehead. I received such an outpouring of energy that I felt as if my feet were in asphalt. I felt warmth and a great power, from my head to my feet. I began to walk as the Holy Spirit led me, in the direction of the doctor&#8217;s room, where all the doctors were seated. I had perfect orientation of the hospital&#8217;s layout, seeing as I had been there on several occasions as a police officer.</p>
<p>My wife fell down on her knees, thanking the Lord, because he had resurrected me. When she came to herself, she took a cloth and ran after me to cover my complete nakedness. As I continued walking, the hospital staff all ran in various directions screaming out. Some of them fell down, while others shut themselves in the wards. My wife caught up with me just as I was approaching the doctor&#8217;s lounge and wrapped the cloth around me. I reached the doctors lounge and with a gentle push, opened the door of the room. Later on, I learned that the room was locked with a key, and cupboards had been placed in front of the door to prevent entry into the room. The power of the Lord opened that door with such ease.</p>
<p>When I entered the room, some of the hospital staff were in a state of terror, while in the corner, other staff were frantically shouting out, &#8220;Who are you? What do you want from us? Let us alone!&#8221;</p>
<p>I calmed them down and said, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Give me some clothes.&#8221; Looking in their faces, I saw they were stone cold with fear and indescribable horror. I understood there was no sense in explaining my resurrection to these poor frightened doctors. Whatever I would have told them, all the same they wouldn&#8217;t have listened to me. The only thing they could hear was the pounding of their hearts. I repeated, &#8220;Give me my clothes and I&#8217;ll go home&#8221;. The doctors allowed me to leave quickly, because they were in such a state of terror due to my 6</p>
<p>presence. When I came out of the doctor&#8217;s lounge, I stood a while in the corridor and surprisingly, my first four steps left something like a print of water behind, although I was completely dry and the cloth about me was also dry! I got dressed. My wife called a car and we went home.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; Boris, I can imagine the panic and shock of the doctors, when they saw you. What they saw definitely did not conform with the training they underwent in medical school or to what they had previously experienced in their medical practice. It&#8217;s clear that it wasn&#8217;t death that scared them, because they encounter that everyday. Your resurrection is simply incomprehensible to the human mind. It&#8217;s a fact that blood clots in a closed space like the brain couldn&#8217;t possibly go anywhere and even more so, considering the degree of the hemorrhage &#8211; 95%. There couldn&#8217;t possibly have been any mistake. After a futile struggle to save your life, your death was confirmed. All the medical equipment connected to your body, confirmed this fact. You were dead in their presence for about 2 hrs and 30 minutes and after that you were taken to the morgue. The irreversible process in the central nervous system had long taken place. It turned out that a dead man, didn&#8217;t just breathe, but walked in seemingly of his own accord, and even spoke normally. Doctors understand the difficulty and the length of time required in intensive care for a patient to recover who has suffered from a brain hemorrhage. The doctors didn&#8217;t expect such a miracle.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the resurrection was accompanied with such power of the Holy Ghost that the doors were torn from their hinges and fell to the ground with such a noise. The trolley rolled out of the morgue, over turned and then rolled back into the morgue. All this happened in the presence of the medical staff. The news of your resurrection had already preceded you. The doctors had locked themselves in the doctor&#8217;s lounge and barricaded the door. The door being opened by the power of the Holy Ghost was something incomprehensible. They were in such a state of fear. The events that took place were just too incredible for the normal human mind to comprehend.</p>
<p>6. Stunned co-workers.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: And so, we stopped at the point where you were going home in a car. What happened next?</p>
<p>BORIS: I was on my way home, in complete health, seated in the front seat of the car. Along the road, we drove up to a road warden, a vehicle inspection officer, with whom I happened to work. When he saw me, he slumped to the ground. He sat on the ground for a long time stunned. My wife asked me to get out and tell him everything is okay, that I was alive. I said, &#8220;I will not do that because he may end up dying from fear&#8221;.</p>
<p>The driver that drove us had to go into town for some personal matters and he quickly attended to them. We continued our journey into the village, and a police officer, whom which we drove past in his car, increased his speed and caught up with us in order to get a better look at me, making sure I was really the one. Seeing me he took off his cap, wiped away the sweat from his face, shrugged his shoulders and drove on ahead.</p>
<p>Within thirty minutes of my arrival home, my superior officer came to my house to find out if I was really alive or if the police officer that met us along the way was out of his mind. They just couldn&#8217;t believe that after all that had taken place, I was not only alive, but also in perfect health and at home. They couldn&#8217;t understand this. When I went out to meet them, they were afraid and began to step back, as if they had seen a ghost. I asked them to have a seat and began to speak to them about my resurrection. They began to nod their heads, but their faces revealed so much fright. Neither did they believe a word of what I said. They didn&#8217;t even continue listening. They tried to leave as soon as possible, to avoid being around me for too long.</p>
<p>The next day when I arrived to work, my superior officer didn&#8217;t allow me commence my duties. He said:</p>
<p>&#8220;I can not allow you to work, because after brain hemorrhage and other similar sicknesses that the doctor&#8217;s discovered in you, you ought to have been categorized as an invalid. Considering your death and mysterious resurrection…&#8221;</p>
<p>· &#8220;But do you believe your eyes?&#8221; I asked him.</p>
<p>· &#8220;I believe&#8221;, he said.</p>
<p>· &#8220;Can you hear me?&#8221;</p>
<p>· &#8220;I can hear you&#8221;, he replied.</p>
<p>· &#8220;Can you see me?&#8221; I continued to ask.</p>
<p>· &#8220;I can see you&#8221;, he said.</p>
<p>· &#8220;Then pinch me, perhaps you don&#8217;t see me well. I am as healthy as you&#8221;, I said to him.</p>
<p>· &#8220;That&#8217;s impossible&#8221;, he said.</p>
<p>7. Deductions by the Medical Committee &#8211; Completely Healthy.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; Boris, you talked about the reaction of your colleagues, what about the doctors?</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; Yes, for two weeks, 15 different medical committees carried out medical checks on me, to determine if I could remain in on the force. The doctor&#8217;s wanted to prove, that at least some side effects existed. It was impossible for everything to just vanish away without a trace. All their x-rays and their investigations testified of complete health.</p>
<p>A team of doctors, mainly psychiatrists and neurologists, came to a common opinion, that I am absolutely fine, that I could be admitted on a team of astronauts. I was allowed continue my duties as an officer in the district police office.</p>
<p>The doctors came to the conclusion, that I am well, however up to this moment they remain in a state of confusion. As the medical committee was carrying out their duties and the doctors affirmed that I was completely well, they didn&#8217;t believe their eyes. Some of them said that if they hadn&#8217;t personally written the diagnosis, based on the x-rays, cardiographs and many other investigations, they wouldn&#8217;t have believed it. How could blood clots, within the brain disappear by themselves without any surgical procedures?</p>
<p>The doctors asked me to keep silent about all this, or else people would think I was crazy. But I know that every lie is a sin, as it is written in God&#8217;s word, that all liars will have their part &#8220;in the lake that burns with fire…&#8221;, and that they will not inherit the Kingdom of God. I told the doctors: &#8220;For the very reason I stand on the earth, after all that has happened to me, doesn&#8217;t give me the right to remain silent. For as it is written in God&#8217;s Word, that if you remain silent, then stones will sing out. They replied: &#8220;Well, that&#8217;s your own business. We will not record your resurrection&#8221;.</p>
<p>But the doctors that treated me, passed the diagnosis, and later certified death all repented. They all accepted the Lord Jesus as Savior.</p>
<p>I would like to say something in addition, that God doesn&#8217;t only resurrect a person, in order to leave him crippled. He resurrected me to life and gave me complete healing.</p>
<p>I affirm this statement that God &#8211; is not an abstract being. He is a personality, who spoke with me. He is real and heaven is real.</p>
<p>8. What was all this about?</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; I addressed the Senior Pastor of the Word of Faith Bible Church, Pastor Sunday Adelaja, to kindly comment on what happened to Boris.</p>
<p>BORIS: &#8211; It&#8217;s a rare occurrence to know that a person is resurrected to life in our days! When people hear about this, denial is the first thing that comes to their mind. Once dead, always dead. On the contrary, this was either clinical death and the doctors were able to resuscitate the person or an exaggeration &#8211; and people would say, &#8221; there was no death recorded in actual fact; this is just fiction. In short, any other thing may have happened, but not resurrection and what more…God? This is just fiction! We are intelligent people and we can not be deceived&#8221;. This is the typical way most people think.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t be in a hurry to draw conclusions. By investigating and thinking over the matter, let us discuss what the Bible says about God and resurrection. Scientists have already come to the conclusion that the Bible contains historical facts. That Jesus Christ did exists as a historical person. The teachings of Jesus Christ and His works confirm that He is the Son of God, and that He is God Himself. This was confirmed by signs and wonders (read the new Testament). He has been given all power in heaven and on earth. (Mat. 28:18).</p>
<p>In the Bible there are recorded cases of people being resurrected. Skeptics say, &#8220;But all this happened in the time of Jesus, God Himself did this&#8221;. In the Word of God, it is written that the Lord does not change, that He is the same yesterday, today and forever. (Mal. 3:6; Heb. 13:8)</p>
<p>When we talk of something ideal, it means that that thing cannot be further perfected. God is perfect (Mat. 5:48) and therefore He does not change. So what He did before He will do again. His word does not change (Isa. 45:23; Titus 1:2). He is the truth (Jer. 10:10). He is eternal (I Tim. 1:17). He is the Creator of heaven and earth (Gen 1:1; 2:4; Acts 4:24)</p>
<p>The ways of the Lord cannot be searched (Isa. 40:28, Rom. 11:33, Job 5:9 Job 11:7) It is difficult for the human mind to fully understand the Almighty God. However, people often evaluate God by their own standards, they try to gain an understanding of how He does what He wants to do. But this is simply illogical on the part of humanity. Man cannot compare with God, neither can he understand His ability (Job 11:7, Ps. 145:3)</p>
<p><strong>**Unbelievers think in this manner,</strong> <em>&#8220;if I can not understand how God works, then it simply can not be&#8221;</em>. They forget that in studying the laws of physics, they do not argue the fact that they can see only a narrow spectrum of light radiation, or hear definite sound frequencies, etc. The limitations of human capabilities are obvious.</p>
<p>It is understood, that not every one can become an artist, a singer, a mathematician or a machine operator, etc. As an example, not ever one would sit down to play chess with a Grandmaster, having actually evaluated their skill in this game. However, man has the audacity to evaluate God and determine His capabilities. For example, they ask, &#8220;Can God resurrect a person?&#8221; People love to criticize God and His work. People even try to question God, insisting that He may not have done something the way expected or something incorrectly. That is nonsense! This means that a person judges his Creator and a clay vessel commands the potter saying, &#8220;What are you doing?&#8221; (Isa.29:16, 45:9; Rom. 9:20-21).</p>
<p>We are so fascinated over the wonder of creation, however many people deny the wisdom and intellect that are responsible for it. They claim that nature itself is ingenious enough. They conclude that there is no creator to take the credit for such perfection. However, if you show them a television or a watch, they will say that it was created by an intelligent mind, and did not come about by itself. Now you see the contradiction and paradox of reasoning?</p>
<p>Looking at the Bible, I meditated on the resurrection of Lazarus…Jesus Christ loved Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary (John 11:5,35,36) I thought, why did Jesus delay, knowing that Lazarus was dying? Why didn&#8217;t he immediately go to save his friend? Why did He allow his death to occur? Jesus Christ came only after four days, when the body had started to decay already (John. 11:39). I understood that God allowed this for all to be convinced that Lazarus was really dead, so that God&#8217;s glory, power and might would be revealed through his death. He showed us that there is nothing impossible for Him.</p>
<p>Listening to the testimony of Boris Pilipchuk, and seeing him absolutely healthy, we see the hand of God in this. God performed a miracle according to His own will…&#8221; I will do all that pleases Me&#8221;, says the Lord (Isa.46: 10). In these last days the Lord has decided to reveal Himself through man, in this case through Boris. We cannot deny the fact of Boris&#8217; resurrection. This took place in our days, just like when the Lord Jesus Christ resurrected Lazarus.</p>
<p>The belief in resurrection is everyone&#8217;s personal business. God has given man freedom of choice. Remember when Jesus was raised from the dead, not every one believed. However, the fact of resurrection is not dependent on our views. A fact remains a fact. We can obtain eternal life, only if we believe in Jesus and His resurrection. (Jn. 3:36). He is The Way, The Truth and The Life &#8211; Jn. 14:6.</p>
<p>I believe that through this testimony many eyes will be opened. People will understand that God performs miracles, that He is alive, real and the Almighty. They will understand that there is everlasting life that is being prepared for us.</p>
<p>&#8220;Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?&#8221; &#8211; Isa. 53:1, that is to say to whom has the Power of the Lord been revealed?</p>
<p>May the Lord bless and reveal Himself to all of you.</p>
<p>INTERVIEWER: &#8211; In conclusion, I express my confidence that many who have acquainted themselves with the testimony of Boris, will be convinced that for God there is nothing impossible and He performs miracles of resurrection in our day.</p>
<p>The audio and videocassettes (Russian only) of Boris Pilipchuk&#8217;s testimony of resurrection are available at the Word of Faith Bible Church. You may acquire a copy for yourself.</p>
<p>Embassy of God</p>
<p>Not to overload you BUT&#8230;this video segment confirms the same miracle of resurrection happened across the world in Nigeria.   Enjoy!  God wants us to understand the rhyme and reason for such an incredible act &#8211; that lives would be saved.</p>
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		<title>Mommy Your Butt Is Too Big</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarvenia Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My five year old son, Joshua told me not so long ago that my butt was too big.  I was in total denial about my weight up until that moment.
I didn’t chastise him for using the word butt instead of bottom.  I actually burst out laughing.  But then I stopped laughing and took a long [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My five year old son, Joshua told me not so long ago that my butt was too big.  I was in total denial about my weight up until that moment.</p>
<p><span id="more-178552"></span>I didn’t chastise him for using the word butt instead of bottom.  I actually burst out laughing.  But then I stopped laughing and took a long hard look in the mirror.  And guess what?  My five year old was absolutely right.</p>
<p>Let’s keep it real.  I used to say it was baby fat from having a baby.  Heck, Josh is five years old now!  A’int that much baby fat in the world!  It’s bad English but you get the point.  I also had knee surgery in November of last year  Now that’s a viable excuse right?  WRONG!  The physical therapy I was put through to rehab the knee clearly indicates I can do more than sit at my desk!  So I got off of my big butt and purchased an exercise bike.</p>
<p>This is very humbling because I ran track from like the fifth grade of elementary school all the way through college.  Whenever I go home to Jersey, a few people will be so bold to ask:  “What happened to you?  How did you get so big?”  I always say one word:  Eating.  Is there another way?  I’m working right now on a show called “My Black Is Beautiful”.  We have been doing some research regarding black women and their health.  It’s no surprise to know that a lot of black women don’t work out because we don’t want to mess up our hair.  It may not be a surprise but it is sad.  We are dying of heart disease and diabetes at a higher rate than any other group of women.  Hey but we’ll look cute right?  WRONG!  There’s nothing cute about being out of shape.</p>
<p>Let’s talk about this whole concept of being “thick”.  I’ve had brothers tell me and other women I know that they like ‘em thick like me.  Ur ra ta…here’s a newsflash:  You Are Not Thick.  You Are Fat!  I’ve decided to no longer be fat.  I am not trying to look like these Hollyweird women either.  You know the ones who look like they could really use a sandwich and a bag of Dorritos?  However, I do want to be healthy.  I want to be around for my son.</p>
<p>So I’m professing right here and now that I will continue my three days a week workouts and one day on the weekend.  I’m on a mission.  Yes I’ve read the scripture that says our bodies are temples.  I know that overeating is gluttony.  I get it.  But I won’t lie either and say I will never have another White Castle burger again in life.  I doubt I will turn down my mom’s homemade sweet potato pie the next time she visits southern California or I’m on the east coast.  BUT!  What I will do is not eat three and four slices of pie.  I will not go crazy on the White Castle burgers when I am on the east coast.  Thank sweet peppermint patty Jesus there’s no White Castle here in California!  Chile Please!</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Never Too Early To Get Your Parents&#8217; Affairs In Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oretha Winston</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Thirty percent of adults do not know where their parents keep important papers such as their health insurance card, financial statements or will.&#8221;- - Family Circle and Kaiser Foundation
It’s the beginning of a New Year. This the time of the year in which we should lay out a plan that is helpful for our families. [...]]]></description>
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<p><em><span style="color: #888888">&#8220;Thirty percent of adults do not know where their parents keep important papers such as their health insurance card, financial statements or will.&#8221;- </span></em>- <em><span style="color: #888888">Family Circle and Kaiser Foundation</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #888888"><span id="more-156622"></span></span></em>It’s the beginning of a New Year. This the time of the year in which we should lay out a plan that is helpful for our families. As we age and live longer, financial, legal, health care and long term care issues affect families, not just individuals. The overview below addresses some key areas of concern, suggested questions to ask, and ways in which families might initiate conversations about these often difficult to discuss topics with their aging parents.</p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Key Considerations</strong></span></p>
<ol>
<li>Find out what      financial benefits are provided by your parents&#8217; Social Security and      pension. Determine if they are eligible for other financial programs.</li>
<li>Be certain each      family member has a living will. Know where all your parents&#8217; insurance      policies, wills, trust documents, tax returns, investment and banking      records are located.</li>
<li>Understand that      Medicare generally does not cover long term care (e.g. nursing home or      extended home care), and Medicaid pays only for low-income individuals.</li>
<li>Investigate what type      of long term care insurance coverage may be best for your parents or for      yourself! Generally, premiums are lower when policies are purchased at      younger ages.</li>
<li>Identify what      community services are available that can help your parents maintain      independence in the home for as long as possible-such as home modification      programs that can install assistive devices (i.e., bathroom rails and entry      ramps), and home health and chore assistance. Learn whether housing      options are available to meet their changing needs.</li>
<li>Family members may      not understand how their parents&#8217; estate planning could impact their own      financial status as well as that of their children.</li>
</ol>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong> Ask…</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li>Are pension savings       from all jobs over the years being collected?</li>
<li>Is there a need to       apply for Supplemental Security Income benefits?</li>
<li>Who can access your       important financial information in case of emergency?</li>
<li>Where do you keep       these important documents?</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Ask…</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li>Do you have a will?</li>
<li>Have you executed a durable power of attorney or considered who you might want to handle your finances or health care decisions in the event that you are unable to so?</li>
<li>Are important legal documents up to date?</li>
<li>Where are these important documents kept?</li>
</ul>
<p>Families may avoid potential problems and be in a good position to deal with later life needs by understanding and being prepared.</p>
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		<title>The &#8220;N&#8221; Word Just Won&#8217;t Die</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarvenia Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been several discussions, debates and demands regarding the N word.  There’s a group of black folks that feel it’s okay to use the word Nigga and not Nigger.  Nigga, “they” say is a term of endearment and not used to demean nor offend.  Nigger, “they” say is meant to disrespect and discredit a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="more-153412"></span>There have been several discussions, debates and demands regarding the N word.  There’s a group of black folks that feel it’s okay to use the word Nigga and not Nigger.  Nigga, “they” say is a term of endearment and not used to demean nor offend.  Nigger, “they” say is meant to disrespect and discredit a race of people.  CHILE PLEASE!!!</p>
<p>Now before I come off self righteous and holier than thou, I will confess that I have used the term Nigga.  I’ve said it while so called joking to make a punch line stick…for example:  “Nigga please”  or “Nigga, What!” have been particular favorites in the past.  But lately I’ve been thinking about my mother and her southern roots and the hurt the mere use of that word brought on.  My mother told me on several occasions how that word would strike something in her even as a child.  You see, my mom grew up in an era where black folks were being lynched and beaten for simply being black.</p>
<p>A lot of hip hop artists have made it cool and okay to use the N word.  Jay-Z and Ludacris told Oprah Winfrey that it’s a term of endearment in so many words.  Do you feel endeared when you’re called a Nigga?  When did it become cool to use the term against each other?  Like what was the turning point?  After slavery?  After the death of Dr. King and Malcolm X?</p>
<p>I went to the dictionary to find out what the other “they” thought the word meant and it’s use.  Here’s what I found:<br />
nig⋅ger<br />
/ˈnɪgər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [nig-er] Show IPA<br />
Usage note:<br />
The term nigger is now probably the most offensive word in English. Its degree of offensiveness has increased markedly in recent years, although it has been used in a derogatory manner since at least the Revolutionary War. Definitions 1a, 1b, and 2 represent meanings that are deeply disparaging and are used when the speaker deliberately wishes to cause great offense. Definition 1a, however, is sometimes used among African-Americans in a neutral or familiar way. Definition 3 is not normally considered disparaging—as in “The Irish are the niggers of Europe” from Roddy Doyle&#8217;s The Commitments—but the other uses are considered contemptuous and hostile.<br />
–noun<br />
1.     Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.<br />
a.     a black person.<br />
b.     a member of any dark-skinned people.<br />
2.     Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc.<br />
3.     a victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by blacks; a person who is economically, politically, or socially disenfranchised.<br />
Origin:<br />
1640–50; &lt; F nègre &lt; Sp negro black<br />
Dictionary.com Unabridged<br />
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.<br />
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Word Origin &amp; History</p>
<p>nigger<br />
1786, earlier neger (1568, Scot. and northern England dialect), from Fr. nègre, from Sp. negro (see Negro). From the earliest usage it was &#8220;the term that carries with it all the obloquy and contempt and rejection which whites have inflicted on blacks&#8221; [cited in Gowers, 1965]. But as black inferiority was at one time a near universal assumption in Eng.-speaking lands, the word in some cases could be used without insult. More sympathetic writers late 18c. and early 19c. seem to have used black (n.) and, after the American Civil War, colored person. Also applied by Eng. settlers to dark-skinned native peoples in India, Australia, Polynesia. The reclamation of the word as a neutral or positive term in black culture, often with a suggestion of &#8220;soul&#8221; or &#8220;style,&#8221; is attested first in the Amer. South, later (1968) in the Northern, urban-based Black Power movement. Variant niggah, attested from 1925 (without the -h, from 1969), is found usually in situations where blacks use the word. Nigra (1944), on the other hand, reflects a pronunciation in certain circles of Negro, but meant to suggest nigger, and is thus deemed (according to a 1960 slang dictionary) &#8220;even more derog. than &#8216;nigger.&#8217; &#8221; Slang phrase nigger in the woodpile attested by 1800; &#8220;A mode of accounting for the disappearance of fuel; an unsolved mystery&#8221; [R.H. Thornton, "American Glossary," 1912]. Nigger heaven, &#8220;the top gallery in a (segregated) theater&#8221; first attested 1878 in ref. to Troy, N.Y.</p>
<p>&#8221; &#8216;You&#8217;re a fool nigger, and the worst day&#8217;s work Pa ever did was to buy you,&#8217; said Scarlett slowly. &#8230; There, she thought, I&#8217;ve said &#8216;nigger&#8217; and Mother wouldn&#8217;t like that at all.&#8221; [Margaret Mitchell, "Gone With the Wind," 1936]</p>
<p>When I’m on stage, I sometimes tell a joke that gets a lot of laughs from blacks and whites.  I have decided I have to stop telling it because really it’s terrible.  You may laugh and you may not but the truth is I got the joke from my high school track coach many years ago.  I start by saying black folks always claiming they’re mixed with Indian…always trying to claim they’re anything but black.  So I usually ask them what tribe are they from…the MoNig tribe?  Mo Nigga than anything else.  See…Terrible.</p>
<p>It’s 2010 folks.  We have a black man as President of the United States of America.  There’s a black woman, name Oprah Winfrey and she’s a billionaire.  We are dreaming big dreams again.  We are seeking better not just for ourselves but for our children too.  Let’s make this the year of Death to the N word.</p>
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		<title>Boy Killed In Church On New Year&#8217;s Eve</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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A four-year-old boy has died after a bullet fired from up to five kilometres away fell through a church roof and struck him in the head.
Marquel Peters was playing a portable video game at the church in Decatur, Georgia, on New Year’s Eve when he suddenly slumped to the ground and began bleeding profusely, [...]]]></description>
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<p>A four-year-old boy has died after a bullet fired from up to five kilometres away fell through a church roof and struck him in the head.</p>
<p>Marquel Peters was playing a portable video game at the church in Decatur, Georgia, on New Year’s Eve when he suddenly slumped to the ground and began bleeding profusely, US networks report.</p>
<p>His parents sitting next to him had no idea what was happening as they leant down and spotted a gaping wound in his head.</p>
<p>&#8220;I saw his Nintendo game fall on the floor, and I heard a sound and I heard him scream a little bit and I looked around and all I saw was blood coming from his head,&#8221; Marquel’s mother Nathalee Peters told Channel 2.</p>
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		<title>E.B. Williams, Mother of Tonex Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chappelle Coston</dc:creator>
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Gospel recording artist Tonéx is mourning the loss of his mother Dr. E.B. Williams who passed away on December 28, 2009. Williams served as the assistant pastor of Truth Apostolic Church in San Diego, CA where Tonéx became senior pastor after the untimely 2004 death of his father Dr. Anthony C. Williams.
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<p><span id="more-151917"></span>Gospel recording artist Tonéx is mourning the loss of his mother Dr. E.B. Williams who passed away on December 28, 2009. Williams served as the assistant pastor of Truth Apostolic Church in San Diego, CA where Tonéx became senior pastor after the untimely 2004 death of his father Dr. Anthony C. Williams.</p>
<p>Before she was known as E.B. (Elder Betty), she was simply Betty Lou Williams. After singing for various girl groups in the 60’s, Betty was on the verge of signing a major recording contract just a mere week before she got saved. She never abandoned her love for music appearing on choir and family album releases from the 70’s forward.</p>
<p>Even after giving birth to six sons, the youngest of which became known to the world as Tonex, E.B. remained driven. Continuing her education at the International Apostolic University of Grace and Truth, she eventually received a Bachelor’s Degree in Christian Education/Church Administration, a Masters of Theology, and a Doctorate of Divinity, all Magna Cum Laude.</p>
<p>E.B. Williams came full circle and returned to her ambitions as a recording artist in 2000 with the release of her debut solo album <em>Simply Because</em> produced largely by Tonéx. It was on this album where Tonéx first displayed his amazing talent for mixing traditional gospel styles with contemporary, a sound that he has employed with great success on later projects with Ann Nesby and the “first lady of gospel” Shirley Caesar.</p>
<p>Dr. Betty was a beautiful and youthful woman who touched many lives, was kind to all, and fully devoted to the call of God on her life. She will be truly missed.</p>
<p>No other details on Dr. Williams’ passing have been released at this time, but cards and condolences can be sent to Truth Apostolic Community Church, 8318 Jamacha Rd., Spring Valley, CA 91977. A post on Tonéx’s official website requests that you not send flowers.</p>
<p>For more information, please contact Judy Groover at 202-361-3939, e-mail <a href="mailto:tonex@sweetfinesse.com">tonex@sweetfinesse.com</a>, or visit <a href="http://www.theofficialtonex.com/">www.theofficialtonex.com</a>. Details on the memorial service are to be released.</p>
<p>Written by <strong><a href="http://www.elev8.com/author/markchappellecoston/">Mark Chappelle Coston</a></strong> for <a href="http://www.elev8.com/"><strong>Elev8.com</strong></a>.<br />
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		<title>VIDEO: New Bride Hires Hit Man to Kill Husband</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarvenia Jones</dc:creator>
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A woman in Florida decided to hurry the &#8220;til death do us part&#8221; of her weddings vows.  Dalia Dippolito, 26 years old was married to her husband, Mike, for six whopping months before she decided,&#8221;Well this has been real, but I think I’ll go ahead and hire a hit man to end this marriage before [...]]]></description>
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<p>A woman in Florida decided to hurry the &#8220;til death do us part&#8221; of her weddings vows.  Dalia Dippolito, 26 years old was married to her husband, Mike, for six whopping months before she decided,&#8221;Well this has been real, but I think I’ll go ahead and hire a hit man to end this marriage before the good times last too long!&#8221;</p>
<p>I’m a late night TV watcher.  I like to catch stories on CNN and MSNBC.  So I’m up late a few nights ago watching Nancy Grace and the story is about this woman Dalia.  Now the thing that makes this a hot mess is not only did she try to&#8221; off&#8221; her husband, but the entire thing is on tape!  Yes, video tape.  But what makes this story even more outrageous is Dalia didn’t realize the hit man she thought she hired was actually an undercover detective who got wind of her plot via the streets!</p>
<p>The hit man (undercover detective) agreed to go into the family home that Dalia shared with her husband and kill him and make it look like a robbery, while Dalia was conveniently at the gym.  The police then staged a crime scene, complete with yellow tape and plenty of onlookers and police officers.  When Dalia came home from her work out at the local gym here’s what happened next:</p>
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<p>Someone should give that girl an Academy Award for that crying performance.  But my absolute favorite part is when the jig was up!  The police inform Dalia at the police station that she can cut the act now because the hit man she thought she hired was actually an undercover police officer and that she’s going to jail for the solicitation of first degree murder.  But Dalia stayed in character and refused to admit that she actually tried to have her husband of only six months killed.  My girl Dalia continued to deny deny deny!  Check out the video:</p>
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<p>The officer interviewing Dalia was so annoyed with her that it made me laugh out loud for real when he told her she’s going to jail and she kept denying it.  I have been asking over and over again why do people behave this way?  What makes someone want to do something so foul?  The reports are that Dalia wanted to kill her husband so that she can have the townhome they shared all to herself.  Seriously, all of this for a townhome?  When the police officer revealed to her that her husband was actually alive and well, Dalia took her acting abilities to a new level, screaming &#8220;Mike, come here&#8221; as if she could just explain and this would all go away.  Chile Please!</p>
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		<title>Physician Quits Performing Abortions: Now Faces Death-Threats</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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SEOUL, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; After two decades of watching too many patients cry too many tears, enough was enough for obstetrician Shim Sang-duk, who vowed that he would no longer perform abortions, a financially lucrative business in South Korea, reports the Los Angeles Times. But refusing to perform abortions in a nation [...]]]></description>
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<p>SEOUL, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; After two decades of watching too many patients cry too many tears, enough was enough for obstetrician Shim Sang-duk, who vowed that he would no longer perform abortions, a financially lucrative business in South Korea, reports the Los Angeles Times. But refusing to perform abortions in a nation dubbed the &#8220;Abortion Republic&#8221; carries a steep price for this doctor: Shim must live with death-threats from abortion seekers turned away and the knowledge that loss of profits from abortion could lead to the shuttering of his medical practice.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, Shim stands by his decision and is spearheading a movement of ob-gyn doctors to end the practice of abortion in Korea, by transforming the medical profession, and by encouraging the government to enforce a long-standing ban on abortion that has been routinely ignored since the 1970s.</p>
<p>&#8220;Over time, I became emotionless,&#8221; Shim told the LA Times. &#8220;I came to see the results of my work as just a chunk of blood. During the operation, I felt the same as though I was treating scars or curing diseases.&#8221;</p>
<p>Shim attributed his own pro-abortion mentality in part to the Republic of Korea&#8217;s former population-control policy that for decades encouraged the medical profession to provide abortion and contraception to Korean women for patriotic reasons.</p>
<p>&#8220;I bought into the government&#8217;s argument that it was OK to do this,&#8221; Shim continued. &#8220;It was good for the country. It boosted the economy.&#8221;</p>
<p>The government has now abandoned that policy, and has frantically moved in the opposite direction to save the nation from a self-inflicted demographic implosion that threatens to undermine the nation&#8217;s economic and social survival.</p>
<p>However, Shim&#8217;s own conversion on the issue of abortion occurred through observing the behavior of post-abortive mothers. He noted that most of these patients cried after abortion, but the tears disturbed him because they were quite unlike the tears of mothers after childbirth. &#8220;These were a different kind of tears,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Shim performed his last abortion at the request of a longtime patient who begged him to kill her unborn child even though he had already stopped performing abortions. After giving her extensive counseling Shim relented, but the woman wept like the other post-abortive women Shim had seen, and that was the last time he broke his rule.</p>
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		<title>Shaq Pays For Shaniya Davis Funeral</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NBA star Shaquille O&#8217;neal is planning to cover the cost for the funeral of Shaniya Davis, the five-year old who was recently kidnapped and murdered in a story that rocked the nation. The cost of the funeral is expected to be about $4,500. According to media reports, the child was killed by 29-year old Mario [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="more-131627"></span>NBA star Shaquille O&#8217;neal is planning to cover the cost for the funeral of Shaniya Davis, the five-year old who was recently kidnapped and murdered in a story that rocked the nation. The cost of the funeral is expected to be about $4,500. According to media reports, the child was killed by 29-year old Mario McNeill on the same day that she was found to be missing.</p>
<p>The Shaniya Davis case broke all of our hearts. Shaquille O&#8217;neal&#8217;s intervention was likely welcomed by the family, since funeral costs are usually another problem that families are not prepared to face after the death of a loved one.</p>
<p>Shaniya Davis&#8217; mother, 25-year old Antoinette Davis, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. Her case is a reminder of the dangers of drugs in America and opens a frightening door into the underworld of child prostitution. In spite of the fact that there are ways to save on the cost of a funeral, it is highly unlikely that Shaniya Davis&#8217; mother had anything in place to pay the cost of her child&#8217;s burial. So, I give Shaq major &#8220;props&#8221; for stepping up to the plate, since we all know that it takes a village to raise and protect a child. It is my hope that the other Shaniya&#8217;s in the world get the protection they deserve from all of us before it is too late.</p>
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		<title>Stop Praying For Our President To Die</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart McDonald</dc:creator>
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There they go. The Christians! They’re at it again. They’re praying for Obama’s demise.
First — or at least the first I wrote about — it was Reverend Wiley Drake, former vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, who was practicing “imprecatory prayer” or seeking a divine curse that would cause the president to die. Then it [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><span id="more-126207"></span>There they go. The Christians! They’re at it again. They’re praying for Obama’s demise.</p>
<p>First — or at least the first I wrote about — it was <a href="http://stuartmcdonald.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/death-to-obama-really/">Reverend Wiley Drake</a>, former vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, who was practicing “imprecatory prayer” or seeking a divine curse that would cause the president to die. Then it was Arizona pastor <a href="http://elev8.com/daily-offerings/stuartmcdonald/you-thought-god-would-kill-the-president-why-i%E2%80%99m-embarrassed-to-be-a-christian/">Steven L. Anderson</a> from the <a href="http://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/index.html">Faithful Word Baptist Church</a> in Tempe, Arizona, who said in a TV interview, “I hope that God strikes Barack Obama with brain cancer so he can die like Ted Kennedy, you know? And I hope it happens today.” And now, it’s not even a specific pastor from any certain church, it’s a wave of <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/pray+for+obama+psalm+109+8+bumperstickers">bumper stickers, t-shirts, and hats</a>, going around requesting that we pray for Obama, giving the scripture reference, <a href="http://read.ly/Ps109.8.NIV">Psalm 109:8</a>. Oh wait&#8230; praying for Obama using the scriptures, that’s great, right?</p>
<p>Wrong.</p>
<p>Have you read the scripture? Let’s look at it. <a href="http://read.ly/Ps109.8.NIV">Psalm 109:8</a> says, “May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.”</p>
<p>“Well,” you might say, “that’s not so bad. I mean, what’s wrong with wanting someone else to take his place? Maybe it’s just a jest at hoping it doesn’t get elected to a second term”</p>
<p>And you’re right. Perhaps that’s all it means. After all, there’s really nothing wrong with wishing someone else were in office. But what’s wrong with this idea, is that the scripture wasn’t meant to be used in this way — out of context. Perhaps more importantly, we need to look at the scripture in it’s context, taking into account the surrounding verses. So let’s do just that.</p>
<p>The scripture says, “may his days be few,” but we don’t know who “his” is. Let’s define that, because it’s certainly not Obama that David was referring to here. The “his” in <a href="http://read.ly/Ps109.8.NIV">Psalm 109:8</a> is referring to “wicked and deceitful men” who have opened their mouths against David. They have spoken against him with lying tongues and they’re attacking him without cause. So, while you may not agree with the President, to say that he’s wicked and deceitful is a bit of a stretch. And I don’t think he’s speaking against with a lying tongue, nor is he attacking you for no reason.</p>
<p>Furthermore, when we look at the context from which the scripture was so eloquently ripped, we see that it’s not just that David wishes that his enemy be taken from his place of leadership. Instead, we see that David gives, honestly, a quite impressive list of things he wants done to his enemies. He says, in <a href="http://read.ly/Ps109.9.NIV">Psalm 109:9-15</a>, “May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes. May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children. May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation. May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.”</p>
<p>All that because you don’t like the President? Verse nine clearly states that we wish him dead — his children being fatherless, and his wife being a window only happens when he dies, right? Oh, but before he dies, we’d like the creditors to seize all of his assets and his estate. Then we’re going to wish that his children — Sasha and Malia — become, “begging street urchins, evicted from their homes.” Then after that, we’re wishing death on all his offspring? Remind me why we’re doing all this? Because that’s what, “he deserves since he was never once kind, [and he] hounded the afflicted and heartbroken to their graves.” Really? President Obama did all that? I occasionally disagree with President Obama, but I wasn’t aware that he hounded the afflicted and brokenhearted and that he was never once kind.</p>
<p>Are you serious, people? I’m sick and tired of having to call out Christians because they wish the President was dead. That’s ridiculous!</p>
<p>Why would you, as a Christian, someone who is supposed to be acting Christ-like, wish death on another human being? How quickly we forget that God commands us to love our enemies. In fact, Christ takes it one step further, when, in <a href="http://read.ly/Luke6.35.NLT">Luke 6:35</a>, he says, not only to love your enemies, but also to, “do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked.” Does that sound like what’s going on here? I think not. Have we forgotten that Jesus, the one we’re supposed to model our life after, came that we “may have life and have it abundantly” (<a href="http://read.ly/John10.10.NIV">John 10:10</a>).</p>
<p>While I’m embarrassed far too often because of Christians and their foolishness, I’m more embarrassed for them than because of them. I’m embarrassed because they’re embarrassing themselves. And what’s worse, they’re representing my — our — Savior in a rather unsavory light. And that’s ultimately what’s unacceptable to me.</p>
<p>So next time you think about doing something, anything, think about how it represents Christ and the Christians around you and hopefully I won’t have to blog about this topic for quite awhile. But somehow, I feel that won’t be the case.</p>
<p><em>[Written by Stuart McDonald for Elev8.com. For more from Stuart, <a href="http://stuartmcdonald.wordpress.com/">check out his personal blog</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/StuMcDnld">follow him on Twitter</a>]</em></p>
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