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Swifts travel thousands of miles from Africa to Britain every year, returning with remarkable precision to the exact same nesting sites they have used for generations. Not just the same building, but the same tiny gaps in stonework. These spaces are not optional. Without them, swifts do not breed.
At Chapel Milton in Derbyshire, some of those spaces have now been deliberately sealed.
During a £7.5 million refurbishment of historic railway viaducts, at least three known swift nesting holes were filled with mortar. This was done despite local campaigners identifying at least nine nesting sites and submitting 38 pieces of evidence showing exactly where these birds were nesting. That information was shared directly with Network Rail.
And still, the holes were blocked.
Network Rail says its initial ecological checks found no evidence of swifts. It says it later worked around nesting birds. It says it may install nest boxes. None of that changes the reality. Known nesting sites were sealed when they did not need to be. This was not unavoidable. It was a choice.
Swifts do not simply move on when their nest is destroyed. They return to the same entrance year after year, and when that access is gone, many fail to relocate and stop breeding altogether. This is how a species disappears, not in one dramatic moment, but through a series of decisions like this.
Swifts have declined by 66% in the UK since 1995, largely because the spaces they depend on are being removed. Roofs are sealed, buildings are repaired, and the gaps they rely on are quietly erased. What makes this case so infuriating is that it was completely preventable. The evidence was there. The locations were known. The solution was simple. Leave the gaps open.
Instead, those spaces have been filled, and swifts are now returning from Africa to find the entrances they depend on gone.
Deb Pitman and Jason Adshead stand under a blocked swift hole on the railway viaduct at Chapel Milton.
There is still time to fix this, but only if Network Rail acts immediately. The birds are just beginning to arrive, and the blocked nesting holes can be reopened before the breeding season is lost. This is not complicated. It is not expensive. It just requires the decision to put it right.
Network Rail has said it is willing to work with local groups and improve the site for swifts. If that is true, then it should start by undoing the damage that has already been done. Future nest boxes do not replace destroyed nest sites, and they do not help birds returning right now.
This should never have happened. But it can still be put right.
We are calling on Network Rail’s Chief Executive to act immediately and reopen these nesting holes before it is too late. If you want to see that happen, add your name to the petition and demand action now.
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Dear Peter,
As we start a new week, there is great uncertainty about the future for the Jewish state and the Jewish people. They are surrounded by enemies who want to see them destroyed, just as they have been since the miracle rebirth of Israel in 1948. Whatever comes this week, we know for certain that there are thousands of suffering Jewish people who urgently need our help, and I’m asking you today to reach out to them in Christian love. We have received a generous matching gift challenge that will double your gift to help twice as many people—so please be as generous as you can when you send your gift today.
The situation is urgent. So many people have lost homes, family members, and even everything they owned in the missile attacks. I’m thinking about families like the Cohens. They buried six family members on the day their son was supposed to have his bar mitzvah. We helped them with the medical bills, buying clothing, and more, and they were so grateful. But there are so many others in urgent need.
The people of Israel are suffering greatly right now, and while they need our prayers, they also need our help. Together we are answering the command of God, “Comfort ye My people.” Together we are telling, and more importantly showing, the people of Israel that they are not alone. Please send your most generous gift today and share this with everyone you know.
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(4) For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, (5) And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, (6) If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. (7) For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: (8) But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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Those who live their lives in union with God in this age will take part in the resurrection to eternal life. However, those who have tasted what God offers and rejected it—”those who have done evil” (John 5:29)—will be resurrected to face their Judge, and then they will be cast into the Lake of Fire and die the second death (see Revelation 20:12-15; 21:8).
Verse 8 then relates that the fate of such people is to be burned. They will have died once already, yet that first death will not satisfy the penalty for sin. Death by old age, disease, accident, or violence (including suicide) does not pay the death penalty for sin. Only a life taken in judgment for sin satisfies the debt.
Christ’s sacrifice is one such payment. However, if an individual will not allow Christ’s blood to pay that debt, the only recourse is for his life to be taken in payment for his sin. If he is determined to live in opposition to God, unconcerned about obeying God’s commands, that person would be miserable living forever anyway. He will not be given the gift of eternal life in a state of mental or physical torment.
Instead, John 5:29 speaks of a “resurrection of condemnation.” Paul says there will be “a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust” (Acts 24:15). Similarly, Daniel 12:2 mentions those who “shall awake . . . to shame and everlasting contempt.” Anyone remaining in such opposition to God will be resurrected to physical life, judgment will be passed, his body will be burned in payment of his debt, and he will cease to exist. If he is even remembered, the memory will be contemptible.
This is why the second death continues as a theme throughout Scripture, always in the background but rarely mentioned. It is the final event for those who choose to remain in opposition to God after being given the opportunity to know Him. Paul describes this in Hebrews 10:26-27: “For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.”
We who are in Christ have eternal life. We will still undergo a physical death, but eternal life is ours—and ours to lose. When we survey the warnings given in the New Testament, they are largely not about a sudden, dramatic turn away from God. Rather, they are about smaller things—little decisions of death that require time to bear evil fruit.
So there are warnings about false teachers, who will, over time, damage the faith on which we stand. The writers warn about deception, the cares of this life, and the enticements of this world. They caution us about growing weary and apathetic and neglecting this great salvation. They admonish us against letting the wrong attitudes take root. The dangers are subtle and incremental, but each one has the potential to lead us slowly away from God.
While any one thing may not seem critical today, the problem is what is produced tomorrow—which we often cannot foresee. Carelessness takes us to where our hearts no longer care about overcoming, and we become hostile toward God and the things of God. It opens us to the same lie that Eve fell for: that we can do as we please and continue living. The fact is, though, the spiritually dead do not know they are dead—they believe they are alive.
It is unlikely that anyone sets out to choose the second death. Instead, it is chosen incrementally, with all the little choices over time creating a character that is set and unchangeable. That character will either be intent on overcoming, on hearing Christ’s voice, and on trusting in God, or set in opposition to God and His law (Romans 8:7) and thus rejecting life. The choice is ours.
— David C. Grabbe
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What Is the Second Death?
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After months of buildup, we’re finally starting to see how the 2026 NFL Draft might shake out. We already know Fernando Mendoza will almost certainly be the No. 1 overall pick, and Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson might join him in the first round.
But is a first-round evaluation of Simpson the correct one? Are the first-round evaluations of other top prospects also correct?
We surveyed numerous scouts and executives across the NFL to figure out which prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft are underhyped and overhyped as we’re less than two weeks from one of the league’s grand events. One of the things we came away with was that there wasn’t even a consensus on Mendoza, let alone Simpson and some of the other quarterbacks.
So, which prospects should we be keeping our eyes on ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft? Here are the prospects executives think are getting too much hype, and the ones who aren’t getting enough hype.
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Final member of Power Rankings Top 5 rocketed up 14 spots
While the Dodgers held on to the top spot in this week’s Power Rankings, a division rival made the biggest jump as the Padres surged all the way from No. 19.
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APR 13
The market tried to price in peace.
Then the weekend reminded everyone just how fragile this situation really is.
That matters, because last week’s biggest winners were not random. Money kept flowing into the areas with real scarcity, real policy support, and real insider conviction.
In my new Rotation Report, I break down where capital is moving now, why one $11.9 million insider buy stands out, and what it may be telling us about where opportunity is building next.
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