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Russians killed 30 Ukrainian pastors & destroyed 600 churches, Louisiana wants to require schools display the Ten Commandments, Christian teacher, who refused fake pronouns, wins $360,000 settlement The WorldView in 5 Minutes
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It’s Wednesday, May 22nd, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Russians killed 30 Ukrainian pastors & destroyed 600 churches
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Christians, and especially Evangelicals in Ukraine, have faced persecution from Russian forces.
Time magazine reports persecution incidents where Russians killed over 30 Ukrainian pastors, destroyed 600 Ukrainian church buildings, and over 100 cases of Russians who initiated interrogations, expulsions, or imprisonments. Protestants experienced 34% of the persecution incidents.
For example, Azat Azatyan, a Baptist children’s pastor, faced torture and over a month in captivity. He said, “[This is] what the Kremlin fears about Protestants: we follow God’s law, not theirs. But they want to have everything under their control.”
In Acts 5:29, the Apostles said, “We ought to obey God rather than men.”
Only 35% of Brits think religion is “good for society”
The Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life released a report on religious attitudes in the United Kingdom.
The report found only 36% of adults believe that religion is good for society. Forty-seven percent believe politicians should not speak about religion.
However, 62% of respondents did agree that Christian heritage is important to the United Kingdom. And young adults appear to be more religious. Sixty-nine percent of 18- to 24-year-olds believe their faith significantly impacts their lives, compared to 51% of those over 65.
U.K. teachers prohibited from indoctrinating with “gender identity”
The U.K. released new restrictions on school content regarding Relationships, Sex, and Health Education.
The new guidelines ban teachers from covering such content for children under nine. Teachers also cannot introduce young students to the "contested theory of gender identity.”
This new guidance stated, “In light of the Cass Review, it is important that schools take a cautious approach to teaching about this sensitive topic and do not use any materials that present contested views as fact, including the view that gender is a spectrum.”
The government also said that parents can see what resources schools are using on these subjects.
65% of Americans say inflation made lives worse
In the United States, the Federal Reserve released its Economic Well-Being of US Households report for 2023.
Seventy-two percent of adults said they were doing okay financially, down from 78% in 2021. Sixty-five percent of respondents also said inflation made their financial lives worse, and 19% said inflation made it much worse.
Half of adults said were living paycheck to paycheck, and 17% said they could not pay their monthly bills.
Biden released one million barrels of gas
Speaking of inflation, the Biden administration is trying to tackle gas prices.
The Energy Department announced yesterday the release of one million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve. In March, Congress passed a spending deal that required the reserve to be sold off and closed.
Biden’s beef with pro-lifers
The Biden administration is also tackling pro-lifers.
Already, the administration has put a dozen pro-life advocates in prison. On Monday, the Justice Department filed suit against seven pro-lifers and two pro-life groups, Citizens for a Pro-Life Society and Red Rose Rescue. The Department accuses them of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
Monica Miller with Citizens for a Pro-Life Society said, “We have every confidence that through our great attorneys we will prevail over this bogus attempt by the weaponized [DOJ] to drag [pro-life groups] under its persecution of those who seek to defend the unborn from violence.”
Louisiana wants to require schools display the Ten Commandments
Louisiana may become the first state to require all publicly-funded schools, colleges
It’s Wednesday, May 22nd, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Russians killed 30 Ukrainian pastors & destroyed 600 churches
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Christians, and especially Evangelicals in Ukraine, have faced persecution from Russian forces.
Time magazine reports persecution incidents where Russians killed over 30 Ukrainian pastors, destroyed 600 Ukrainian church buildings, and over 100 cases of Russians who initiated interrogations, expulsions, or imprisonments. Protestants experienced 34% of the persecution incidents.
For example, Azat Azatyan, a Baptist children’s pastor, faced torture and over a month in captivity. He said, “[This is] what the Kremlin fears about Protestants: we follow God’s law, not theirs. But they want to have everything under their control.”
In Acts 5:29, the Apostles said, “We ought to obey God rather than men.”
Only 35% of Brits think religion is “good for society”
The Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life released a report on religious attitudes in the United Kingdom.
The report found only 36% of adults believe that religion is good for society. Forty-seven percent believe politicians should not speak about religion.
However, 62% of respondents did agree that Christian heritage is important to the United Kingdom. And young adults appear to be more religious. Sixty-nine percent of 18- to 24-year-olds believe their faith significantly impacts their lives, compared to 51% of those over 65.
U.K. teachers prohibited from indoctrinating with “gender identity”
The U.K. released new restrictions on school content regarding Relationships, Sex, and Health Education.
The new guidelines ban teachers from covering such content for children under nine. Teachers also cannot introduce young students to the "contested theory of gender identity.”
This new guidance stated, “In light of the Cass Review, it is important that schools take a cautious approach to teaching about this sensitive topic and do not use any materials that present contested views as fact, including the view that gender is a spectrum.”
The government also said that parents can see what resources schools are using on these subjects.
65% of Americans say inflation made lives worse
In the United States, the Federal Reserve released its Economic Well-Being of US Households report for 2023.
Seventy-two percent of adults said they were doing okay financially, down from 78% in 2021. Sixty-five percent of respondents also said inflation made their financial lives worse, and 19% said inflation made it much worse.
Half of adults said were living paycheck to paycheck, and 17% said they could not pay their monthly bills.
Biden released one million barrels of gas
Speaking of inflation, the Biden administration is trying to tackle gas prices.
The Energy Department announced yesterday the release of one million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve. In March, Congress passed a spending deal that required the reserve to be sold off and closed.
Biden’s beef with pro-lifers
The Biden administration is also tackling pro-lifers.
Already, the administration has put a dozen pro-life advocates in prison. On Monday, the Justice Department filed suit against seven pro-lifers and two pro-life groups, Citizens for a Pro-Life Society and Red Rose Rescue. The Department accuses them of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
Monica Miller with Citizens for a Pro-Life Society said, “We have every confidence that through our great attorneys we will prevail over this bogus attempt by the weaponized [DOJ] to drag [pro-life groups] under its persecution of those who seek to defend the unborn from violence.”
Louisiana wants to require schools display the Ten Commandments
Louisiana may become the first state to require all publicly-funded schools, colleges
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