Bridge of Grace

In the year 1941, Mullah Maududi founded the Jamaat-e-Islami, a Muslim Brotherhood style organization that Pakistani Human Rights Activist Qasim Rashid identifies as the "KKK of Pakistan."  Formed to not only oppose British rule in India, the goal of the Jamaat-e-Islami is to resurrect the "Caliphate" and place the entire world under a Sharia enforced Islamic Empire.   Maududi stated “Islam wish to destroy all states and governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and program of Islam regardless of the country or nation which rules it…Islam requires the earth-not just a portion, but the whole planet…because the entire mankind should benefit from the ideology and welfare program [of Islam]…Towards this end, Islam wishes to press into service all forces that can bring about a revolution and a composite term for the use of all these forces is “Jihad.” …the objective of the Islamic “Jihad” is to eliminate the rule of an un-Islamic sys

Ukraine Being Bombed The recent breakout of war between Russia and Ukraine has taken the entire world by storm.  The images that we see of buildings exploding and civilians being injured in a war of aggression is very sad and disheartening, but the sad truth it is only one of many wars that are raging across our world.  Whether it's Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the raging Civil War in Syria, the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, or the continuing conflict between Armenia & Azerbaijan, there is one thing that all of these wars have in common, they're the Fruit of the Devil.   Matthew 7:17-18 teaches us that a good tree bears good fruit, and a bad tree bears bad fruit.  The seeds of the good tree is Jesus, who sows the seeds of love, compassion, empathy, and forgiveness.  The Devil sows the seeds of hatred, envy, arrogance, abuse of power, and greed.  These are what motivates the conflicts we see all over the world.  When we allow the Devil to plant his seeds wit

In the nation of Iran, a man recently beheaded is wife in the city of Ahvaz and posted an image of himself online smiling and holding her severed head.  The victim was 17-year-old Mona Heydari.  At the age of 12, she was forcibly married to her cousin, Sajjad Heydari, and was constantly subjected to physical violence and rape.  Impregnated as a young teenager, Mona leaves behind a 3-year-old son.   Mona constantly pleaded with her family to help her obtain a divorce from Sajjad, but they kept refusing to help her.  Eventually, she fled to Turkey to try and escape from him.  However, Mona was alone in a strange nation and frightened.  Her brother eventually persuaded her to return home, assuring her that everything would be fine.  Upon returning home, Sajjad and his brother tied Mona up, and beheaded her.  The commander of the Iranian State Security Fore (SSF) declared that the murder was motivated by "family differences."   For man in the West, this explanation is seen as &qu