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2 U.S. Troops Killed in Attack on U.S. Base in Afghanistan

Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said. Read More

World

North Korea Raises Tension with 4 Missile Launch

North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles on Thursday, further stoking already high regional tension due to its nuclear test and threats to boost its nuclear arsenal in response to UN sanctions. Read More

World

Cynthia McKinney: I'm in Jail in Israel

Former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney revealed in a phone call posted online that she is in an Israeli prison with others who attempted to run a blockade to deliver supplies to Gaza. Read More

World

For First Time, Taliban Capture American Soldier in Afghanistan (Video)

Insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Thursday. Read More

National

Obama's First Major Military Operation Underway in Afghanistan

Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.

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World

India's Highest Court Overturns Homosexual Sex Ban

In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gays and lesbians in India, New Delhi's highest court decriminalized homosexuality. Read More

World

Son of Martyred Pastor: Iran Cannot Be the Same Anymore

While the results of Iran's contested presidential election have very little chance for change, the country cannot and will not be the same again, points out an Iranian Christian whose father was martyred more than two decades ago. Read More

World

Israeli Supreme Court Declares Jew for Jesus 'Kosher'

A Jew for Jesus who demanded kashrut supervision from the Chief Rabbinate won a Supreme Court decision on Monday likely to spark another confrontation between the nation's highest legal arbiter and the Orthodox rabbinical establishment. Read More

Eye on Africa/World

VIDEO: On the Edge of Johannesburg, Crime is out of Control

In a settlement near Johannesburg, South Africa, crime is rampant, there are hardly any policemen, and justice sometimes falls into the hands of violent mobs. Warning: Video contains graphic images. Read More

Christian

Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Christian Aid Worker Murder

Al-Qaida's North Africa branch on Thursday said it killed an American aid worker in Mauritania this week for allegedly trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, according to the Associated Press (AP).

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Christian

Top Indian Official Apologizes for Anti-Christian Violence

India's top government official infused a message of hope and confidence into the Christian community after visiting Kandhamal district in the state of Orissa on Friday. Read More

World

Bones Underneath St. Paul's Basilica Confirmed to be Those of the Apostle Paul

Pope Benedict XVI said last night that bone fragments found inside the tomb of St Paul in Rome had been carbon dated for the first time, "confirming the unanimous and uncontested tradition that they are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul". Read More

Christian

All 18 House Church Leaders in China--Previously Arrested--Released in Sichuan

All 18 house church leaders arrested in Langzhong city, Sichuan province on June 9 were released due to pressure from many supporters who called the PSB office after seeing ChinaAid's press release. Read More

World

Now Honduras on the Brink

Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to stay in power. Read More

World

China Calls for World Currency

The People's Bank of China report is very significant news for the international monetary system and for the gold market. Their call for a new global reserve currency or super sovereign currency will likely lead to further pressure on the dollar. Read More

World

Iraq Steps Up Security Ahead of US City Withdrawal

Iraqi security forces bolstered checkpoints and banned motorcycles from the streets of Baghdad as they prepared Sunday for more violence before this week's withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Baghdad and other cities and towns. Read More

World

Iran Detains 8 Local British Embassy Staff

Iranian media reported Sunday that authorities have detained eight local employees of the British Embassy in Tehran for what was described as their alleged role in post-election protests, signaling a hardening stance of Iran's rulers toward the West.

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World

Jerusalem Mayor Shuns Gay Parade

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat will not attend Thursday's 'Gay Pride' march, saying the reasons are "my own."

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World

U.S. Prepares to Give Reins to Iraqi Troops

U.S. forces will re-deploy to bases outside of Iraqi cities on Tuesday and Iraqi forces will be in charge of security. Read More

Christian

U.K. Preacher Threatened for Anti-Homosexual Remarks

British street preacher Andy Robertson says all he wants from his community in eastern England is the freedom to disagree. Police have threatened to arrest the U.K. preacher for allegedly making homophobic statements.

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World

Iran: Secret Believers in Jesus Growing Despite Persecution

"When they unpacked the Bibles in a house church, the Christians there were overjoyed. Their leader said: 'Here are brothers and sisters who have converted through Christian radio programs and have been waiting for a Bible for years. So we decided to fast and pray for one week. Today it's the last day!'" Read More

World

North Korea Threatens to Wipe Out U.S. 'Once and For All'

North Korea accused Washington of seeking to "provoke a second Korean War" as the regime prepared to hold maritime military exercises off the eastern coast. Read More

World

Obama Extends Sanctions on North Korea

On the eve of North Korean naval exercises, President Obama has extended economic sanctions against Pyongyang for another year, heightening tensions over the communist state's nuclear and missile programs.

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World

Obama's First Meeting with Pope Could Yield Economic Common Ground

It's official: President Obama will have his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI on July 10, while in Italy attending a G8 summit. Read More

World

8 Mennonite Men Held on Rape Charges (Video)

Eight men from a Mennonite farming community in eastern Bolivia have been accused of raping dozens of females at the settlement, a prosecutor said Tuesday, indicating at least one victim was an underage girl. Read More

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"But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined."

--Job 23:10-11

"It is because of the hasty and superficial conversation with God that the sense of sin is so weak and that no motives have power to help you to hate and flee from sin as you should."

--A.W. Tozer

MOTIVATING VERSE:

"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him."

--1 John 5:14-15

PRAYER QUOTE:

"Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I move that prayer imploring the assistance of Heaven be held every morning before we proceed to business." [turning point of success for the 1787 Constitutional Convention]

--Benjamin Franklin

MOTIVATING VERSE:

"But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake."

--Acts 9:15,16

SOUL-WINNING QUOTE:
"Lost people matter to God, and so they must matter to us."

--Keith Wright

Fred Hodge, author of The Access Point

Dr. Fred L. Hodge Jr. is the founder and pastor of Living Praise Christian Center in Chatsworth, Calif. Alongside his wife, Linda Hodge, they are committed to building people of purpose, power and praise. Dr. Hodge's unique man- date from the Lord is to develop the believer in the area of family prayer, worship, and missions. With over 30 years in ministry, Dr. Hodge has trav- eled extensively imparting his many years of ministry experience and wis- dom into ministers and church leadership across the nation. Dr. Hodge is anointed to teach and preach a life changing word that will inspire you to move to the next level of life.