Author: Dal Stanton
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8/23/2023 – Nazis: A lesson from the past
From Sergei Nakul (Pastor of Big City Church in Kyiv): “I can’t welcome this criminal symbol”… We all know the pastor Dietrich Bongeffer who was killed by the Nazis in 1945. But a little-known other pastor, Paul Schneider, is named the Buchhenwald preacher. He is considered the first Protestant pastor executed by the Nazis in…
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8/23/2023 – But war is not a part of God’s design, rather it is the ultimate result of sin…
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (545th day): I found this quote on a friend’s FB page: “If a person has lived through war, poverty, and love, he has lived a full life” (O. Henry). I am not sure I agree. Yes, living through war certainly makes you appreciate life on a whole new level, crystalizes…
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8/23/2023 – Can we praise God when people are being killed every day?
From Ira Kapitonova near Kyiv (Day 545): Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!Psalm 95:2 Sometimes, when I come across verses of gratitude and praise in my daily psalm reading, bitterness overpowers me, and my whole being resists this praise. Can we praise…
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8/22/2023 – 63% of Russians view bloody dictator and mass murderer Stalin positively. In Ukraine only 4%
Divide in attitude to Soviet dictator Stalin in Russia and Ukraine dramatically widens after Russia’s full-scale invasion
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8/22/2023 – “What are your plans after the victory?“
From Euromaiden Press: “What are your plans after the victory?”“I plan only further offensive and assault actions to bring victory closer. And if I have the honor to meet it alive, first of all, I will remember all those whom we lost during this way,” says Rohoz’, a fighter from Ukraine’s 3rd brigade near Bakhmut,…
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8/22/2023 – One step forward
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (544th day): Over the past three days, groups of saboteurs coordinated by Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine have neutralized five Russian planes, including strategic bombers, which launched missile strikes on Ukrainian cities. These drone operations have caused sensitive losses to the enemy in military aviation. And…
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