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Throughout the day today, numerous politicians were targeted with mail that included explosive devices and white powder. This behavior is not acceptable in any manner and no matter who the target may be.
Our nation needs to come together on many issues, and we certainly hope and pray that violence and attempted violence cannot be condoned by anyone, and that ZERO tolerance is to be the response.
Things are booming on the interview portion of the Ed Boston Podcast! In the next couple of week’s here’s what is currently booked and there are even more interviews being worked on as this is being written.
Pastor Paula White, Rupert from Survivor Fame and Rupert’s Kids, FormerNavy Seal Ephriam Mattos, and Christian Comedian Jeff Allen are all scheduled for the podcast. Check out some info on each of these guests below.
Pastor Paula White
Paula White Ministries is a global ministry in both vision and reach. Utilizing the Internet, Television, Radio, Literature, and Public Speaking as its primary vehicles of communication. It is guided by the God-inspired vision of Paula White who founded it with a strong desire to see lives transformed for the better through relationship with God. Paula White Ministries operates under the premise that the solutions to all of the problems we face in Life are rooted in discovering, nurturing, and propagating a lifestyle of engagement with God through Jesus Christ.
Check out this video of Pastor Paula giving the invocation at the Inauguration of President Trump.
Rupert from Survivor Fame and Rupert’s Kids
Rupert competed on Survivor a total of four times. He was the first contestant to compete in back to back seasons, first appearing on Pearl Islands and then on All-Stars. Out of his four seasons, he placed highest on All-Stars, earning himself the fourth place spot. He was also awarded one million dollars on Survivor: America’s Tribal Council after being voted the fan favorite.
Rupert says this about Rupert’s Kids :
I have shown for 25 years how you take a person who has only been trained to hold their hand out and teach them… empower them.. show them that they have that energy and ability to take care of themselves. There is no one out there who can’t go to work.
Taking young men and women, that have never been shown how to make a legal living and raising them… by the time they are 20 or 30 years old, do you really think they’re ever going to get it? No… they’re going, for the rest of their life’s, to be holding their hand out… we’re creating a giant problem.
Former US Navy SEAL Ephraim Mattos
Former US Navy SEAL Ephraim Mattos teamed up with New York Times bestselling author Scott McEwen (American Sniper) to write the upcoming book, City of Death: Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul — available everywhere on October 23 from Center Street / Hachette Book Group. City of Death tells the unforgettable story of an American warrior turned humanitarian forced to fight his way into and out of a Hell on Earth created by ISIS.
City of Death is the true story of Ephraim Mattos and what he witnessed while volunteering as a frontline combat medic during the historic battle to retake Mosul from ISIS – the deadliest urban combat the world has seen since WWII.
After leaving the US Navy SEAL teams in 2017, Mattos, age 24, flew to Iraq to join a small group of volunteer humanitarians known as the Free Burma Rangers, who were working on the frontlines of the war on ISIS.
Until being shot by ISIS on a suicidal rescue mission, Mattos witnessed unexplainable acts of courage and sacrifice by the Free Burma Rangers, who, while under heavy machine gun and mortar fire, assaulted across ISIS minefields, used themselves as human shields, and sprinted down ISIS-infested streets – all to retrieve wounded civilians.
The moment Mattos was shot was actually captured on video. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/3P0pZvn22xk
In City of Death, Mattos recounts in vivid detail what he saw and felt while he and the other Free Burma Rangers evacuated the wounded, conducted rescue missions, and at times fought shoulder-to-shoulder with the Iraqi Army against ISIS. Filled with raw and emotional descriptions of what it’s like to come face-to-face with death, this is the harrowing and uplifting true story of a small group of men who risked everything to save the lives of the Iraqi people and who followed the credence, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Jeff Allen, Christian Comedian
Jeff Allen combines clean, hilarious humor with inspiration like no other comedian working today. He performs sidesplitting standup and, when requested, riveting testimony. As such, he is a favorite at outreach events where church members can freely invite their unchurched friends, knowing that they’ll be sharing world‐class entertainment. For three decades, Jeff Allen has been performing at churches, on television and radio, for fundraisers and at corporate functions all across the country.
Jeff Allen is the best at what he does – making people laugh as hard as humanly possible. His Happy Wife, Happy Life® message of a marriage gone wrong and redeemed has given laughter and encouragement to millions of people. Jeff’s comedy drives home the humor in everyday family life and the joy derived from a healthy marriage.
Monday Night, professional wrestler shocked the world by announcing the leukemia that he overcame 11 years ago has returned. Here are the full details at Wrestling News Blog, a site that I am the co-founder of. “I Have Faith” Roman Reigns Announces Leukemia Has Returned
There is also an article and video with the commentary crew talking about how entertainers are just real people who have real problems. Emotional Reactions From Michael Cole, Renee Young & Corey Graves To Roman Reigns Leukemia
Please keep Joe (Leati Joseph Anoaʻi – his real name) and his family in your prayers.
Those who have lost a parent will probably relate to what John Schneider shared in this video.
Friend of the podcast, Evie Clair made a major announcement earlier this week. Here’s what she had to say:
Here it is! My big announcement. I’ll be headlining a show in Reno for two months!! Plan a trip for the holidays to come see it!! Details at www.evieclair.com
We are so proud of her and are honored that she and her family remain our friends!
The story below from Fox News tells details, but we want to say just how awesome this scene is and the fact that it happened in the Oval Office of the White House absolutely thrills us.
Freed American pastor Andrew Brunson met and prayed with President Trump in the Oval Office Saturday, thanking him for having “really fought for us” — a day after his release from house arrest in Turkey.
Brunson, from North Carolina, arrived in the U.S. earlier Saturday after stopping in Germany on Friday. Brunson was imprisoned in October 2016 due to his alleged ties to an outlawed group as part of a crackdown on a failed coup in Turkey against President Recep Erdogan’s government. A Turkish judge on Friday ordered him freed from house arrest on Friday after sentencing him to time served on terror and treason charges.
Brunson thanked Trump in the Oval Office, saying “you really fought for us, unusually so, from the time you took office.” He also thanked members of Congress on both sides of the aisle who had worked for his release.
“We’re so grateful to so many people in Congress who stood with us, who prayed for us, who fought for us,” he said.
In a dramatic moment, Brunson knelt down and prayed with the President — asking God for “supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you have for this country and for him.”
In his remarks, Trump said it was a “great honor” to have Brunson in the White House and thanked a number of lawmakers and members of the Cabinet for their assistance in securing Bunson’s release.
You can read the remainder of the article by going here.
From Franklin Graham:
As I write this, Samaritan’s Purse disaster relief units are on the way to the Florida Panhandle and other hard-hit areas that were ripped apart and flooded by Hurricane Michael’s destructive winds and rain. This was one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States in the past 50 years. Thousands of people are facing unimaginable devastation, and they need our help.
In the days and weeks to come, our teams will be helping these hurting homeowners by clearing storm debris, tarping roofs, and mudding out inundated houses. Most importantly, they will be sharing the hope and comfort of the Gospel with those who feel desperate and helpless in the wake of this catastrophic storm.
Even as we rush help to those who are suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, we are still working hard to assist homeowners struggling to recover from Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas and Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
Your support is critical to this effort. We need volunteers who are willing to serve with us in Jesus’ Name. Above all, please pray for these storm victims, many of whom who have lost virtually everything.
Thank you and may God bless you.
“In the shadow of your wings I will take refuge until the storms of destruction pass by”
Psalm 57:1 (ESV)
Use this link to go donate to or volunteer for Samaritan’s Purse.
Please join us as we pray for everyone who is affected by the devastation that will come with Hurricane Michael. The hurricane is expected to hit shore near Panama City, FL as an unprecedented Category 4 storm.
I wanted to share this with our followers, and I will talk about this topic in the near future. Pastor Ed
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The article caught the attention of evangelist Franklin Graham who says Hell isn’t a concept but a “reality.” He says it’s important not to doubt it because it’s the reason Jesus died on a cross to save us from our sins.
“Jesus spoke about it a great deal. The Bible describes it as a ‘blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ It will not change with the maturing of human culture, or anything else we might dream up. Hell is a very real place that will be the eternal destination of souls who reject the forgiveness and salvation that a loving God offers us through His Son, Jesus Christ,” Graham writes in a Facebook post.
Here is the link to our latest podcast on iHeart Radio.
Abused and left for dead at the age of five, Victor Marx’s young life was marked by trauma, rejection and unimaginable pain. He escaped his dysfunctional home life and joined the US Marine Corps where years of anger and rage was turned towards the Arab people. Years later, post-traumatic stress and the suppressed issues that stemmed from his childhood caused him to nearly take his own life.
Tragedy turned into triumph when, as a young Marine, Victor was healed from his past through faith in Jesus Christ. After he shared his testimony with a group of incarcerated youth in 2002, Victor and his wife, Eileen, founded All Things Possible Ministries, a faith-based organization that works on a global scale to free children from abuse and the effects of trauma.
Pastor Ed Boston