The Connection Between Fear & Idolatry

Mar 26, 2023

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We experience fear because of things we cannot control. What is the connection between fear and idolatry?

Timestamps, Links, and Resources

0:00- Doing things you think you can’t

An Unexpected Journal: Mystery Launch Party

March 28, 2013: April 6 event, video: Luminaries gather at Holocaust March of Remembrance in Kingwood
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/atascocita/news/article/April-6-event-video-Luminaries-gather-at-9404392.php

Review of Invisible Enemies by Jim Croft

22:27- The connection between fear & idolatry

July 27, 2022: ‘Thou Shalt Not Seethe a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk’: Peculiar Scripture Illuminated by Archaeology
Why is this biblical command repeatedly used in the context of harvesting fields?
https://armstronginstitute.org/740-thou-shalt-not-seethe-a-kid-in-its-mothers-milk-peculiar-scripture-illuminated-by-archaeology

29:18- Thanks to our supporters

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33:47- Update on Afghan Christians

46:20- International hostility towards Afghans

March 23, 2023: Pakistan steps up crackdown on Afghan refugees, adds new restrictions
‘We are treated like we are criminals.’
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2023/03/23/pakistan-crackdown-afghan-refugees

50:35- Gaslighting in the Media

Denmark announces tht it is granting asylum to all female Afghans

February 24, 2023- Denmark, Sweden Offer Protection to All Women, Girls from Afghanistan
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/09/denmark-sweden-offer-protection-all-women-girls-afghanistan

Oh … but wait …

February 24, 2023- INFO ABOUT AFGHAN WOMEN AND ASYLUM IN DENMARK
http://refugees.dk/en/news/2023/february/info-about-afghan-women-and-asylum-in-denmark/

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IDS International Government Services Inc

IDS is making a big deal out of helping with evacuations …. but is not providing contractors the recommendation letters they need for SIV applications … making those evacuations complete irrelevant

February 9, 2022: IDS International Partners With No One Left Behind

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October 13, 2022: Trump ordered rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan after election loss
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/10/13/trump-ordered-rapid-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-after-election-loss/

February 16, 2016: Afghanistan: Taliban Child Soldier Recruitment Surges
Children Trained in Madrasas to Fight, Plant IEDs
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/02/18/afghanistan-taliban-child-soldier-recruitment-surges#:~:text=(New%20York)%20%E2%80%93%20Taliban%20forces,Human%20Rights%20Watch%20said%20today.

January 13, 2019: ‘The Taliban Made Me Fight’: What to Do With Child Recruits After They Serve Time?

1:08:58 UNHCR update & Welcome Corps

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Carla Alvarez is the founder of Raised to Walk and a founding board member of An Unexpected Journal, a Communications Director at Legacy Marketing Services where she uses her BS in Marketing to create communication strategies for business, and an unlikely case manager and Bible Study teacher for the Afghan Christians of Kabul Hope Latest Series: Hacked: the Saga How an oily politician and a band of intellectual property and identity thieves conspired to erase a third-grade Sunday school teacher, Read more of her work on Google Scholar and Substack or contact her to write for you.