A former California pastor who miraculously recovered from six brain tumors credits the Lord for his cancer remission. Scott Erdman was first diagnosed with melanoma in 1981, and fought the disease for decades. He expressed gratefulness that he has been cancer-free since 2010. Erdman's battle began when he was a student at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. The then 24-year-old found a lump in his armpit, and doctors eventually removed a tumor and 24 surrounding lymph nodes. Erdman decided early on that he would trust God for his restoration. ‘I've always been an individual that's really wanted the most for what I could give. So when this happened. God really took the issue of what was going to happen with my life, and I didn't ever really take it back,’ he told FoxNews.com.

SAT-7 TÜRK has become the first Christian channel on Turkey's national satellite. It has begun broadcasting on the government-regulated Türksat 4A satellite, meaning that it can now reach more than 50 million viewers across the country as well as other Turkish-speaking viewers around the world. Executive Director Melih Ekener has expressed his delight at the development. He said: ‘We are overwhelmed and truly believe it is a miracle that we can finally broadcast on Türksat. We have hoped, dreamed and prayerfully anticipated this launch since the station began airing on SAT-7 ARABIC in 2006. It is really a miracle and we are very thankful to God for what he has been doing. This would not have been possible without the Turkish authorities taking the time and interest to engage with Christians and accept our applications, granting us a frequency on the official state satellite. We praise God for this moment.

Baroness Jane Campbell, Dr Phil Friend OBE, Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick OBE and many other leading disabled people have organised a campaign to prevent a change in the law on assisted dying. Much media attention has been given recently to campaigns for voluntary euthanasia but the collective voice of disabled people on these life-and-death issues has not yet been heard by the media, courts, the legislators, the medical profession, social and health care policy makers and healthcare practitioners. ‘Not Dead Yet’ (NDY) campaigners are addressing this lack of information. On Wednesday this week there was a seminar to discuss the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords and NDY campaigners were given 5 minutes each to pitch ideas that could be built on and implemented when the Assisted Dying Bill returns to the political arena after the general election. For insights into issues raised by the Assisted Dying Bill click the 'More' button. see also: 

In forthright evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into Britain’s rapidly-growing aid budget, Adam Smith International (ASI), which runs Government reform projects around the world and is a major contractor of the Department, said it is ‘concerned’ at how a growing volume of British aid is being ‘pushed’ into the hands of wasteful third parties as ministers seek to hit the government’s target of spending 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) on foreign aid. But ASI warned this represented a ‘false economy’ in helping the world’s poorest people as the global bodies are far less efficient and have higher administrative costs than projects run directly by Britain. It highlighted the World Bank’s $350 million (£227 million) programme in Afghanistan, towards which Britain has given some £300,000. Just 38 per cent of the project’s money has been released after three years, amid corruption and chaos under the former president, Hamid Karzai.