‘I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen.’ — Rev 1.18a
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ALIVE! March 2016 • Vol. 3, No. 3
Hallelujah Hixon and Mary Pugh
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Heart attack victim raised from the dead! Sees end time vision while dead
By Charles Gardner. DONCASTER, UK (ANS – 2016) -- A man from the Yorkshire town of Doncaster in the north of England, was restored to life after being clinically dead for nearly an hour during hospital treatment. In this exclusive interview with this journalist, Joe Stevenson, he now shares his amazing story for the glory of God. The “miracle” happened six years ago, and has been verified by the surgeon involved. Joe was admitted to Doncaster Royal Infirmary for a total knee replacement but, at the initiation of physiotherapy the day after surgery, he suffered a massive heart attack.
For the next 55 minutes he had “no cardiac output and no respiratory effort other than what was maintained by the resuscitation team,” according to Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Mr. A. S. W. Bruce. When informed by the patient’s son-in-law that Joe had died, his church friends began to pray – not for the Lord to raise him up, but for his family to be comforted. Then, amazingly, his heart started beating again – “spontaneous cardiac output and respiratory effort were returned,” said Mr. Bruce – and he was in a coma for the next 72 hours. But there was no brain damage and, although initially suffering acute renal failu-
re, this completely settled in time. “Having seen him in clinic, he has made an uneventful recovery,” Mr. Bruce added in a letter dated January 25th 2011. Now 75 and in continuing good health, Joe lives in Coniston Road, Askern, with his wife Wilsie. Dr. David Garrard, a senior lecturer at the Assemblies of God Bible College at Mattersey, Doncaster, and a fellow member at the time of the Reachout Christian Fellowship at Christ Church in central Doncaster, said: “The miracle of the resurrection power of Christ is evidenced in what happened to Joe.” Joe was admitted for his operation [surgery] on December
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Joe Stevenson at home in Askern, near Doncaster, with his wife Wilsie.
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Islamic extremism, persecution, and you By Katey Hearth International (MNN) — The war between the people of the Caliphate and the people of the Cross goes beyond ISIS and the Middle East. In reality, the battle is a spiritual one played out on ideological lines. Satanic influences woo hearts toward hatred and violence, and culture calls it “Islamic extremism.” On-the-ground, jihadists aim their rage at people committed to Christ, those known to the radicals as “infidels.” “As as we look at the world situation–ISIS in the Middle East… Boko Haram in Nigeria…al-Shabaab in northern Kenya and Somalia, Islamic extremism is sort of the ‘cutting edge’ of persecution,” notes Todd Nettleton, spokesman for Voice of the Martyrs USA. “It’s time to talk about what’s happening, to talk about the
persecution that Christians are facing…. The majority of that [persecution] is coming from radical Islam.” What drives Islamic extremism? Some parties propose that Islamic extremism springs from poverty, or a lack of education. To be fair, this could be true in some cases. However, going “straight to the source” provides another perspective. As explained here, the Quran “contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule.” The leaders of countries around the world are trying to achieve one goal: stopping ISIS. They’re primarily seeking military solutions, but the former commander of U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) thinks their eyes are on the wrong goal.
(Photo courtesy VOM) “Sunni Islamic extremism is an idea, and it is hard to destroy an idea. It’s an ideology,” states General (Ret) John P. Abizaid in the CTC Sentinel. “It will be very difficult for the United States to discredit someone else’s religious ideology. It takes the moderate people in the region to discourage this ideology from moving forward.”
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Why do radicals persecute Christians? Once again, direct instructions laid out in the most holy book of Islam–the Quran– provide insight to extremists’ intentional targeting of Christians and other non-Muslims. Quran (9:29) – “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been
SOUTHERN CHINA (ANS - 2016) -Perhaps it was a rip tide, but Sister Mei also had a vision of a malevolent hand pulling her out to sea. While she enjoyed the beach in southern China for the first time in her life, she worried about hardships she faced and her prospects for the future. She was divorced — abandoned by her husband. And she was on vacation at Sanya Beach with her boyfriend, a married man. “I had never seen the ocean before,” she told the U.S. Center for World Mission, currently known as Frontier Ventures. “For some reason, I felt that if I could see the ocean, a lot of my questions could be answered.” “My husband left me after I gave birth. On the third day, he came to the hospital for the last time. He just disappeared. It really hurt me,” she said. Continued in Page 6... forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” “People of the Book” the religion of Truth refers to Christians and Jews. According to this verse, they are to be violently subjugated... Continued in Page 3...