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Bible references are not included below unless the text does not make clear which passage is being cited.
Not on pause - COVID-19 update from David Yeghnazar | Elam Ministries
https://www.elam.com/Iran30/not-pause-covid-19-update-david-yeghnazar
Don't
blame the rats for spreading the Black Death | Science News for
Students
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/dont-blame-rats-spreading-black-death
Who invented the Internet?
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001016.htm
History and Future of Plastics | Science History Institute
https://www.sciencehistory.org/the-history-and-future-of-plastics
Reversing Babel?
https://www.amen.org.uk/studies/rh/pt-art4.htm
National Days of Prayer – 1899-1957
https://ctntp.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/national-days-of-prayer-research-document.pdf
Seven National Calls to Prayer in WWII
https://ctntp.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/seven-national-calls-to-prayer-in-wwii.pdf
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Situation Dashboard
https://covid19.who.int
Coronavirus and travel to China: Foreign Secretary's statement, 4 February 2020 - GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coronavirus-and-travel-to-china-foreign-secretarys-statement-4-february-2020
World GDP
Ranking 2020 - StatisticsTimes.com
https://statisticstimes.com/economy/projected-world-gdp-ranking.php
The Economist explains - What is China’s belt and road initiative? | The Economist explains | The EconomistRepetitive
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/05/14/what-is-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative
How much of Europe does China own? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-47886902
China coronavirus fury: How Beijing could cripple UK’s economy even further | World | News | Express.co.uk
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1263392/china-coronavirus-news-cripple-uk-bonds-europe-economy-spt
Some
Say China’s Belt and Road Helped Create This Pandemic. Can It
Prevent the Next One? – The
Diplomat
https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/some-say-chinas-belt-and-road-helped-create-this-pandemic-can-it-prevent-the-next-one
Eyam
Plague Village | Eyam Village in the Peak District | Plague
https://www.eyamvillage.org.uk/plague
Faith and
courage in response to a deadly virus – Grace + Truth
https://gracetruth.blog/2020/03/10/faith-and-courage-in-response-to-a-deadly-virus
Karl Marx
quotation - religion is the opium of the people
https://www.age-of-the-sage.org/quotations/marx_opium_people.html
Enlightenment
Period: Thinkers & Ideas - HISTORY
https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/enlightenment
Renaissance
Period: Timeline, Art & Facts - HISTORY
https://www.history.com/topics/renaissance/renaissance
The
Queen's broadcast to the UK and Commonwealth | The Royal Family
https://www.royal.uk/queens-broadcast-uk-and-commonwealthJamaica
holds weekend of prayer amid
The
Queen's Easter message | The Royal Family
https://www.royal.uk/queens-easter-message
COVID-19
concerns - The Christian
Institute
https://www.christian.org.uk/news/jamaica-holds-weekend-of-prayer-amid-covid-19-concerns
Coronavirus:
Where will be the last place to catch Covid-19? - BBC
News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52120439
'Father,
give us strength': Australian PM Scott Morrison holds online prayer
to bolster fight against
coronavirus
https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/father-give-us-strength-australian-pm-scott-morrison-holds-online-prayer-to-bolster-fight-against-coronavirus
Trump,
Pence join 700 pastors in prayer call during coronavirus outbreak -
The Christian
Post
https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-pence-join-700-pastors-in-prayer-call-during-coronavirus-outbreak.html
Rationalism
- Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalism
Baruch
Spinoza (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza
Karl Marx
- Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx
Sigmund
Freud - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud
Carl Grünberg - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gr%C3%BCnberg
Felix Weil
- Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Weil
From the EU to the USA, this economic collapse threatens the entire world order
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/05/eu-usa-economic-collapse-threatens-entire-world-order
WHO has good intentions but it must answer serious questions before it is trusted with leading a Covid-19 inquiry
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/03/whohas-good-intentions-must-answer-serious-questions-trusted
China
Concealed Coronavirus Outbreak Extent: U.S. Intelligence -
Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/china-concealed-extent-of-virus-outbreak-u-s-intelligence-says
BBC
iPlayer - HARDtalk - Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000grfw/hardtalk-antonio-guterres-un-secretarygeneral
We’re
not ready for the next epidemic | Bill Gates
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/We-Are-Not-Ready-for-the-Next-Epidemic
I’m
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA
about COVID-19. : Coronavirus
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/fksnbf/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/fkuk2bu
Gordon
Brown: 'We not only saved the world ... ' PM makes gaffe during prime
minister's questions | Politics | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2008/dec/10/gordon-brown-saves-the-world
Gordon
Brown blames ‘populists’ for global coronavirus chaos -
‘No more America first!' | UK | News |
Express.co.uk
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1257279/gordon-brown-coronavirus-news-donald-trump-america-first-covid-19-china
Gordon
Brown calls for global government to tackle coronavirus | Politics |
The
Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/mar/26/gordon-brown-calls-for-global-government-to-tackle-coronavirus
Equipping
Governments to Respond to COVID-19 -
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrOIWs7y7Ao
A
Message to Leaders From Tony Blair: How to Mobilise Government to
Fight Covid-19 | Institute for Global
Change
https://institute.global/tony-blair/message-leaders-tony-blair-how-mobilise-government-fight-covid-19
Today - 07/04/2020 - BBC Sounds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000h0f0
Gordon
Brown and Tony Blair lead calls for global fund to fight coronavirus
spread - Mirror
Online
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/gordon-brown-tony-blair-lead-21823637
Coronavirus:
Sir Patrick Vallance says Government not trying to 'suppress'
COVID-19 to develop 'herd immunity' |
inews
https://inews.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-sir-patrick-vallance-covid-19-herd-immunity-2449703
Herd
immunity is the only way out of this
impasse
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/29/herd-immunity-way-impasse
WHO
COVID-19 Dashboard
https://who.sprinklr.com
Estimate
of influenza deaths due to respiratory disease
https://www.who.int/influenza/surveillance_monitoring/bod/WHO-INFLUENZA-MortalityEstimate.pdf
Doctor at
Queens Hospital in the UK advises on potential lifesaving corona
virus breathing technique - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwLzAdriec0
China
Uighurs: Detained for beards, veils and internet browsing - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51520622
China
Uighurs 'moved into factory forced labour' for foreign brands - BBC
News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51697800
Tesco
shuts down production at China factory amid claims Christmas cards
‘packed by prison slaves’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tesco-christmas-cards-china-prison-slave-labour-charity-a9256771.html
Sinicization
- Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinicization
Chinese
Communist Revolution - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Revolution
The CCP’s
Plan to ‘Sinicize’ Religions – The Diplomat
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/the-ccps-plan-to-sinicize-religions
ChinaAid:
Walking with the persecuted faithful
https://www.chinaaid.org
Bitter
Winter | A magazine on religious liberty and human rights in
China
https://bitterwinter.org
China
brings in mandatory facial recognition for mobile phone users | World
news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/02/china-brings-in-mandatory-facial-recognition-for-mobile-phone-users
Chinese
authorities use facial recognition, public shaming to crack down on
jaywalking, criminals - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting
Corporation)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/china-deploys-ai-cameras-to-tackle-jaywalkers-in-shenzhen/9567430
China’s
aggressive measures have slowed the coronavirus. They may not work in
other countries | Science | AAAS
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/china-s-aggressive-measures-have-slowed-coronavirus-they-may-not-work-other-countries
Is facial
recognition a step too far in combating COVID-19? - CGTN
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-02-19/Is-facial-recognition-a-step-too-far-in-combating-COVID-19--OcDlezcrRK/index.html
COVID-19
Phone Location Tracking: Yes, It’s Happening Now—Here’s
What You Should Know
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/03/27/covid-19-phone-location-tracking-its-moving-fast-this-is-whats-happening-now
Chinese
smartphone health code rules post-virus life
https://apnews.com/88f837f24461c6e40480c96b55a4b6db
How China
is using QR code apps to contain Covid-19 · TechNode
https://technode.com/2020/02/25/how-china-is-using-qr-code-apps-to-contain-covid-19
China
'social credit': Beijing sets up huge system - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-34592186
How China
Is Using Big Data to Create a Social Credit Score | Time.com
https://time.com/collection/davos-2019/5502592/china-social-credit-score
ChinaAid:
Wall Street Journal: Inside China’s War on Christians
https://www.chinaaid.org/2019/05/wall-street-journal-inside-chinas-war.html
ID2020 |
Digital Identity Alliance
https://id2020.org
I’m
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA
about COVID-19. : Coronavirus
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/fksnbf/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/fkupg49
Bill Gates
will use microchip implants to fight coronavirus – Biohackinfo
https://biohackinfo.com/news-bill-gates-id2020-vaccine-implant-covid-19-digital-certificates
LISTEN:
Lord Sumption on the national 'hysteria' over coronavirus - The Post
https://unherd.com/thepost/lord-sumption-on-the-national-coronavirus-hysteria
Are we
becoming a police state? - Christian Concern
https://christianconcern.com/comment/are-we-becoming-a-police-state
Churches
Together in England : Light a candle of hope: A national call to
prayer
https://www.cte.org.uk/calltoprayer
Churches
Together in England : Holy Week Statement from British and Irish
Church Leaders
https://www.cte.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=572255
Christian
Medical Comment: COVID-19 – What does the Bible say about
epidemics? Some uncomfortable truths
http://pjsaunders.blogspot.com/2020/03/covid-19-what-does-bible-say-about.html
Hermeneutics
#1: Why is accurate Bible study important? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuP16bnYu_g&list=PLo_bXLgsvI8s0B5yawqwLU5cUNRtnRGfV
The
Question Christians are not Asking - Index
https://www.amen.org.uk/question
Uganda
fury at David Cameron aid threat over gay rights - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15524013
Brunei
says it won't enforce death penalty for gay sex - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48171165
Meaning
Behind the Phrase to Cross the Rubicon
https://www.thoughtco.com/meaning-cross-the-rubicon-117548
Reversing
Babel?
https://www.amen.org.uk/studies/rh/pt-art4.htm
History of
Facebook - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook
iPhone
(1st generation) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation)
The Mercy
Judgment | The Age To Come
https://theagetocome.net/2020/03/12/the-mercy-judgment-3
The social
effects of the coronavirus crisis - Christian Concern
https://christianconcern.com/comment/the-social-effects-of-the-coronavirus-crisis
Ezekiel
16:50 The Message Bible - Bible Gateway
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+16%3A50&version=MSG
Stop
hooking-up for casual sex during coronavirus lockdown. Immediately
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=472426
LGBTQ
History Month: The road to America's first gay pride march
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-history-month-road-america-s-first-gay-pride-march-n917096
Comprehensive
sex education - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_sex_education
IPPF's new
project sets to change discriminatory laws related to sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression in 12 countries | IPPF
https://www.ippf.org/news/announcements/ippfs-new-project-sets-change-discriminatory-laws-related-sexual-orientation
Division
381, Education - Hansard
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-03-27/division/23A6CD3B-B3A3-4DC4-9E53-2DD2ABCCBEA8/Education?outputType=Names
Relationships
and Sex Education - The Christian Institute
https://www.christian.org.uk/campaign/rse
Teaching
Muslim kids gay sex is like force-feeding their fathers pork
https://www.julesgomes.com/single-post/Teaching-Muslim-kids-gay-sex-is-like-force-feeding-their-fathers-pork-fat
Spielman:
LGBT protests 'setting terrible example for children'
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/spielman-lgbt-protests-setting-terrible-example-for-children
School
closures caused by Coronavirus (Covid-19)
https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse
Mark
13:1-8 NASB - Birth Pangs - Bible Gateway
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A1-8&version=NASB
About –
Lance Lambert Ministries
https://www.lancelambert.org/about
The Lord's
message: Israel and the Church
https://www.prophecytoday.uk/general/item/53-the-lord-s-message-israel-and-the-church.html
Joining
the Dots of Disbelief in the Church of England
https://www.amen.org.uk/studies/rh/Disbelief.html
Francis A.
Schaeffer (Author of How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of
Western Thought and
Culture)
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7491463.Francis_A_Schaeffer
How
Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and
Culture by Francis A.
Schaeffer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/535494.How_Should_We_Then_Live_The_Rise_and_Decline_of_Western_Thought_and_Culture
Basilea
Schlink
|
http://womenofchristianity.com/single-women/basilea-schlink
Countdown
to World Disaster: Hope and Protection for the Future by Basilea
Schlink
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50401449-countdown-to-world-disaster
The God of
Darkness
https://amen.org.uk/pdf/The_God_of_Darkness.pdf
David
Noakes | Saltshakers
http://saltshakers.com/main/kesherweb/david-noakes
Prophecy:
'Walking on Water'
https://prophecytoday.uk/study/prophetic-insights/item/1777-walking-on-water.html
Set your
mind on the things above... Randall Hardy
https://www.amen.org.uk/studies/rh/fixminds.htm
Family
Education
https://www.amen.org.uk/family
Absent
fathers are fuelling knife crime in Britain, warns police chief |
Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8058381/Absent-fathers-fuelling-knife-crime-Britain-warns-police-chief.html
Boris
Johnson is all for unconventional families – unless they're
poor, of course | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/carrie-symonds-boris-johnson-baby-wedding-engagement-news-a9369986.html
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