“As you have noticed, I honor the Lord’s Day and do nothing on this blog. Today is a wonderful exception because it is to honor God the Father, Through our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ, by the power of His blessed Holy Spirit, Amen!’

“While listening to Fox and Friends this morning, I heard the following news report from them. I know you have been praying for this Christian sister in the Lord, and Praise God, the report out of Sudan says she is going to be released in the next couple days. I’ve found the original report from the BBC and provided it below. Please continue to pray that this is a reality and not just some publicity stunt.” JB

31 May 2014 Last updated at 13:27 ET

Meriam Ibrahim: Sudan ‘to free’ death row woman

Meriam Ibrahim has been sentenced to 100 lashes as well as death by hanging

Sudanese authorities are to free a woman who was sentenced to death for having abandoned the Islamic faith, a foreign ministry official says.

Meriam Ibrahim, who gave birth to a daughter in custody, will be freed in a few days, the official told the BBC.

Abdullahi Alzareg, an under-secretary at the foreign ministry, said Sudan guaranteed religious freedom and was committed to protecting the woman.

Khartoum has been facing international condemnation over the death sentence.

In an interview with The Times newspaper, British Prime Minister David Cameron described the ruling as “barbaric” and out of step with today’s world.

The UK Foreign Office this week said that it would push for Ms Ibrahim to be released on humanitarian grounds.

Apostasy debate

Ms Ibrahim, 27, was brought up as an Orthodox Christian, but a Sudanese judge ruled earlier this month that she should be regarded as Muslim because that had been her father’s faith.

She refused to renounce her Christianity and was sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy.

On Wednesday, she gave birth to a daughter in her prison cell – the second child from her marriage in 2011 to Daniel Wani, a US citizen.

The court said Ms Ibrahim would be allowed to nurse her baby for two years before the sentence was carried out.

The court had earlier annulled her Christian marriage and sentenced her to 100 lashes for adultery because the union was not considered valid under Islamic law.

“Did you read that too fast? That’s 100 LASHES. Considered by most civilizations as excessive, because it has been the norm for 40 less one, so that the victim is not whipped to death. This sentence alone demonstrates the excessiveness of Sharia Law.’

“Careful America. It’s coming to a neighborhood near you. Just ask Dearborn, Michigan what doing nothing to stem the tide of Islam and Sharia Law has done to that community. Ask England and France their experiences. Now in some communities Muslims are DEMANDING, (did you get that – DEMANDING) that Islam approved meals be served in school lunch programs. This is NOT going away. This has to be stopped immediately.” JB

Sudan has a majority Muslim population and Islamic law has been in force there since the 1980s.

The ruling has revived a debate over apostasy, with liberal and conservative scholars giving different opinions over whether – and how – the act of abandoning the Islamic faith should be punished.

“Debate over apostasy? What about just honoring someone’s personal choices? Where are all the screamers that like to screech their venom at Christians with some misconceived wrong they think has been done to them because some Christian has simply expressed their faith in God. Their silence here is deafening, and revealing.” JB