Eight of the ten most surveilled cities in the world are in China, the two other top cities being London and Atlanta...The Chinese national police force in 2015 called for a "omnipresent, completely connected, always on and fully controllable" system of national surveillance... China is developing a new high-tech system of mass surveillance and coercion …
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The Scot’s Confession (1560)
The Scots' Confession was written in 1560 at the direction of the Scottish parliament. Bitter struggle had erupted between the supporters of the Roman Catholic Church led by the Queen Regent Mary of Guise and those who embraced the Reformation and opposed Catholicism, which is derogatorily referred to as Papism. Mary had adamantly opposed all …
Preaching & Persecution!
To Prison and Death When five men were arrested and imprisoned in Lyon, John Calvin didnʼt leave them to their own fate, he wrote to them with the same message, “stand firm men", he said, "stand firm.” And he made it known personally that he was praying for them and that he was making representation …
Preaching & Purpose! (2)
Fruit of Reformation So reformation is brought about by the living voice of God in Christ coming to us, thus the church is reformed, it is built up. God breathes faith into his church. In the preaching of the word of God resides the power to save and restore the church. John Calvin appeals to …
