GET READY FOR GOOGLE ‘SKINMARKS’, A SMART TATTOO THAT WILL TURN YOUR SKIN INTO A DIGITAL TOUCHPAD TO CONTROL YOUR DEVICES VIA EMBEDDED SENSORS

GET READY FOR GOOGLE ‘SKINMARKS’, A SMART TATTOO THAT WILL TURN YOUR SKIN INTO A DIGITAL TOUCHPAD TO CONTROL YOUR DEVICES VIA EMBEDDED SENSORS by Geoffrey Grider for Now The End Begins Google is working on smart tattoos that, when applied to skin, will transform the human body into a living touchpad via embedded sensors. Part of Google Research, the wearable project is called “SkinMarks” that uses rub-on tattoos. The project is an effort to create the next generation of wearable technology devices, the CNET reported citing white papers and demo…

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Muslims’ first prayer service in former Catholic basilica explicitly rejects Christianity

Muslims’ first prayer service in former Catholic basilica explicitly rejects Christianity by JEANNE SMITS for Life Site News ‘It is not fitting for the Most Merciful to have a son.’ Headed by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Muslims entered the Basilica of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul on July 24 for the first Islamic Friday prayers since the Byzantine basilica was turned into a museum 86 years ago. “Ayasofya,” as it is known in Turkish, was formerly a Christian basilica, with important parts of the building dating back to the 6th century.…

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COVID-19 Is Disrupting Americans’ Engagement with Scripture

COVID-19 Is Disrupting Americans’ Engagement with Scripture by JOE CARTER for The Gospel Coalition The Story: A recent survey reveals how COVID-19’s disruption of in-person church attendance is directly impacting Scripture reading. The Background: At the beginning of 2020, polling by the American Bible Society and Barna Group found that Scripture engagement by adults in the U.S. had risen to 70.9 million, its highest level since measurement by the two organizations began in 2011. A follow-up survey in June, though, showed that the COVID-19 crisis has significantly reduced Americans’ engagement with the Bible. The State…

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5 THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN YOUR FAITH IS WEAK

5 THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN YOUR FAITH IS WEAK by Timothy W. Massaro for Core Christianity When life is hard and trials seem to flood over us, we can easily feel like we are useless— maybe even worse than useless. Temptation loves to strike us in these moments. Doubts about God’s grace knock us down when we feel weakest. It is in those moments, when our faith seems smallest, that we need to have patience with God himself. We need to remember why we were created and that God gives something to…

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John MacArthur’s Calif. Church Will Defy Newsom’s Church Ban: ‘Christ, not Caesar, Is Head of the Church’

John MacArthur’s Calif. Church Will Defy Newsom’s Church Ban: ‘Christ, not Caesar, Is Head of the Church’ BY PAULA BOLYARD for PJ Media GNN Note – It’s about time churches began recognizing Jesus Christ as the leader and not government. The church we attend stated on Pentecost Sunday that “we are not going back – Jesus Christ is our leader, not the state”. ****** Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, Calif., announced on Friday that it would continue to hold in-person services despite a new edict by Gov. Gavin Newsom shuttering…

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Google, Apple And Amazon Are Leading A $30 Trillion Assault On Wall Street

Google, Apple And Amazon Are Leading A $30 Trillion Assault On Wall Street By Jason Eckerman There’s a multi-trillion dollar trend completely upending Wall Street… With some of the biggest names in the business such as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock jumping on board. And they’re not alone. Apple, Google, and even some of America’s leading automakers are completely shifting gears to accommodate investors’ demands to conform to this new financial reality. But one small startup out of Canada’s Silicon Valley is way ahead of…

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With Constitutional Changes, Russian Lawmakers to Legally Ban Marriage & Adoption by Sodomites

With Constitutional Changes, Russian Lawmakers to Legally Ban Marriage & Adoption by Sodomites by Russian Faith GNN Note – What do you think the odds of something like this legislation passing in the U.S., U.K. or any so-called “developed” “progressive” country? ****** Before the Constitutional changes, the rules were only regulations which could be changed by bureaucrats. Now they will become law, and backed by the clear language in the Constitution, permanent. Seven Russian senators have introduced a package of bills that would prohibit same-sex marriage, ban gay couples from…

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8 Lessons from a Friend Whose Life (and Death) Preached Christ

8 Lessons from a Friend Whose Life (and Death) Preached Christ by SPENCER HARMON for The Gospel Coalition Every Wednesday night at 9:00 p.m., nine college guys, ranging from 18 to 25 years old, would amble into an urban Louisville garage. We called ourselves the “band of brothers.” These meetings started several months earlier when we were crammed into a 15-passenger van on a church trip. We began confessing how we wish we could know more “man skills”: how to change the oil in our car, fix spark plugs, replace a…

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Sabbath Rest for God

Sabbath Rest for God by Ligonier Bible Study for Servants of Grace Hebrews 4:4-5, “For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” 5 And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest.” In chapter 4, the author of Hebrews develops the idea of God’s rest. God began His rest when He ceased from His creative activity and continues His rest today. By faith alone, a person can enter God’s rest and enjoy it…

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Your Spirit-Filled Key to Navigating Challenging Seasons With Grace

Your Spirit-Filled Key to Navigating Challenging Seasons With Grace by DR. SHARON MANCHA for Charisma News With so much discomfort and suffering it is very easy to question why God allows difficulty in the lives of those that love Him. This is an on-going question of theology. If God loves us and cares, why do bad things happen to God’s people? The answer is a complex one, but I would like to attempt to answer it by considering God’s love for all. God loves every person and His entire creation,…

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