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God has confounded the astronomers; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. affirms abortion on demand; Myanmar military’s martial law forbids church The WorldView in 5 Minutes
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It’s Tuesday, May 14th, A.D. 2024,. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Myanmar military’s martial law forbids church
The Myanmar military junta has placed seven townships in the Chin State under martial law, forbidding church gatherings in this Christian-majority area of the country.
Military authorities are also requiring pastors to submit lists of church congregants. Pray for persecuted believers in Myanmar.
Pakistani court annulled forced marriage of Christian girl to Muslim man
Good news! A Pakistani court has annulled a forced marriage of a Christian girl who was abducted on her way home from school in 2019. Reeha Saleem was forced into a marriage by her Muslim abductor.
She has forthrightly denied conversion to the Islamic faith, and still holds to the Christian faith, according to Alliance Defending Freedom International, which supported her case.
U.K.’s growing Chinese Christian community
The Chinese Christian community is the fastest-growing church in the United Kingdom, according to a report published by the Bible Society.
The community has grown by 25,000, or 28%, over the last three years, largely driven by immigration from Hong Kong into the United Kingdom. The report stated that these believers have a much higher view of the Bible than other groups.
Church of England’s plummeting attendance
Church of England attendance has fallen to 654,000 as of last year. By these numbers, the Chinese church-attending population makes up a full 15% of the total attendees of the Church of England services.
Another survey found that people of color constitute 14% of the United Kingdom’s population, and yet they make up 25% of the practicing Christians there.
In the words of Psalm 22:27, “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You.”
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. affirms abortion on demand
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the independent candidate for President of the United States, affirmed his stand for abortion. He opposed the reversal of Roe v. Wade, and supported the federal legalization of abortion up to full term.
He stated his position last Wednesday on the Sage Steele podcast.
Steele asked Kennedy if he preferred leaving abortion “up to the states.”
STEELE: “Keeping it as is, with Roe v. Wade having been overturned, and leaving it up to the states to determine if and when a woman can have an abortion?”
KENNEDY: “No, I wouldn’t leave it to the states.”
STEELE: “You wouldn’t? Right.”
KENNEDY: “We should leave it to the woman. We shouldn’t have government involved.”
STEELE: “Even if it’s full-term?”
KENNEDY: “Even if it’s full-term.”
STEELE: “I know there is no simple answer. As a Catholic, it would be okay to allow a woman to do that.” (inaudible)
KENNEDY: “I don’t think it’s ever okay.”
STEELE: “It would be allowed. It would be allowed.”
KENNEDY: “I think we have to leave it to the woman, rather than the state.”
Subsequently, Kennedy tweeted that he learned that “Sometimes, women abort healthy, viable late-term fetuses. These cases of purely ‘elective’ late-term abortion are very upsetting. Once the baby is viable outside the womb, it should have rights and it deserves society’s protection. …
“I support the emerging consensus that abortion should be unrestricted up until a certain point. I believe that point should be when the baby is viable outside the womb. Therefore, I would allow appropriate restrictions on abortion in the final months of pregnancy.”
In recent polls for the 2024 presidential election, Kennedy is holding anywhere from 8-11% of the vote.
America’s low-level commitment to unborn babies
The American electorate’s commitment to the pro-life vote is still low.
Only 10% of Americans call themselves pro-life AND would avoid voting for a pro-abortion ca
It’s Tuesday, May 14th, A.D. 2024,. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Myanmar military’s martial law forbids church
The Myanmar military junta has placed seven townships in the Chin State under martial law, forbidding church gatherings in this Christian-majority area of the country.
Military authorities are also requiring pastors to submit lists of church congregants. Pray for persecuted believers in Myanmar.
Pakistani court annulled forced marriage of Christian girl to Muslim man
Good news! A Pakistani court has annulled a forced marriage of a Christian girl who was abducted on her way home from school in 2019. Reeha Saleem was forced into a marriage by her Muslim abductor.
She has forthrightly denied conversion to the Islamic faith, and still holds to the Christian faith, according to Alliance Defending Freedom International, which supported her case.
U.K.’s growing Chinese Christian community
The Chinese Christian community is the fastest-growing church in the United Kingdom, according to a report published by the Bible Society.
The community has grown by 25,000, or 28%, over the last three years, largely driven by immigration from Hong Kong into the United Kingdom. The report stated that these believers have a much higher view of the Bible than other groups.
Church of England’s plummeting attendance
Church of England attendance has fallen to 654,000 as of last year. By these numbers, the Chinese church-attending population makes up a full 15% of the total attendees of the Church of England services.
Another survey found that people of color constitute 14% of the United Kingdom’s population, and yet they make up 25% of the practicing Christians there.
In the words of Psalm 22:27, “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You.”
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. affirms abortion on demand
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the independent candidate for President of the United States, affirmed his stand for abortion. He opposed the reversal of Roe v. Wade, and supported the federal legalization of abortion up to full term.
He stated his position last Wednesday on the Sage Steele podcast.
Steele asked Kennedy if he preferred leaving abortion “up to the states.”
STEELE: “Keeping it as is, with Roe v. Wade having been overturned, and leaving it up to the states to determine if and when a woman can have an abortion?”
KENNEDY: “No, I wouldn’t leave it to the states.”
STEELE: “You wouldn’t? Right.”
KENNEDY: “We should leave it to the woman. We shouldn’t have government involved.”
STEELE: “Even if it’s full-term?”
KENNEDY: “Even if it’s full-term.”
STEELE: “I know there is no simple answer. As a Catholic, it would be okay to allow a woman to do that.” (inaudible)
KENNEDY: “I don’t think it’s ever okay.”
STEELE: “It would be allowed. It would be allowed.”
KENNEDY: “I think we have to leave it to the woman, rather than the state.”
Subsequently, Kennedy tweeted that he learned that “Sometimes, women abort healthy, viable late-term fetuses. These cases of purely ‘elective’ late-term abortion are very upsetting. Once the baby is viable outside the womb, it should have rights and it deserves society’s protection. …
“I support the emerging consensus that abortion should be unrestricted up until a certain point. I believe that point should be when the baby is viable outside the womb. Therefore, I would allow appropriate restrictions on abortion in the final months of pregnancy.”
In recent polls for the 2024 presidential election, Kennedy is holding anywhere from 8-11% of the vote.
America’s low-level commitment to unborn babies
The American electorate’s commitment to the pro-life vote is still low.
Only 10% of Americans call themselves pro-life AND would avoid voting for a pro-abortion ca
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