Voice of the Martyrs reports the man was a Saudi sheikh who had been providing Islamic training to fighters in Syria, but then said he became “sick of the killing.”

On Sunday, June 28 a fire started along the Wenatchee River in eastern Washington State and moved up a steep bank to the south. Over the next two hours it would spread quickly in the direction of the city of Wenatchee. With strong winds and dry fuel due to a low snow fall in the mountains the previous winter it overtook all efforts to stop it and reached the outskirts, an upscale neighborhood called Broadview. Residents were evacuated and a Red Cross evacuation center was set up at the high school in East Wenatchee across the Columbia River.

Evangelist Will Graham recently returned to Africa for the Arusha Love and Peace Celebration in the city of Arusha, Tanzania. Approximately 27,200 attended the three-day outreach, June 26-28, with more than 1,700 responding to the invitation to make a commitment to Jesus.

An ebook authored by Avé Murray will be released this year on September 8 in honor of International Literacy Day. It is now available for pre-order at major online retailers including iBooks, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.

Across the nation, Americans rededicated the USA to God on July 4. The massive rededication started on June 26th with the Supreme Court’s decision against traditional marriage. “We are seeing a revival as people want to do God’s will and turn away from homosexual and other sins,” said Rev. Steven Andrew, president of USA Christian Ministries and author of “God’s Plan for the USA.”

Happy Birthday U.S.A.! This weekend city streets and town squares across America were lined with the Stars and Stripes. The flag that is recognized around the globe as the symbol of the United States was flown with respect and appreciation by most Americans. The flag elicits a range of emotions from those who view it. With a sense of pride, I fly the flag from the front of my home. I don’t fly it with blind patriotism believing America has a spotless history, or that we make righteous decisions today. I fly it because our forefathers valued freedom and were willing to make the sacrifices to obtain it, while acknowledging freedom could not be of their own initiative and therefore they publicly voiced their faith and proclaimed, “In God We Trust.”

One of the most successful Christian movies of 2014 was a low-budget film about apologetics called God’s Not Dead. It was made for a little over $1 million, but grossed $100 million at the box office, including DVD sales. It now has more than 7 million fans on Facebook.

God’s Word says that He is love, (1 John 4:8 and 4:16).  If He is love and we are to be like Him, then we should be love.

Although I believed I was healthy and fit, by the time I reached my 22nd birthday, my 6-foot-2 frame had skyrocketed to 270 pounds and I was diagnosed with borderline hypoglycemia. My blood pressure and my cholesterol levels were high and my health was rapidly deteriorating.