Future mothers stockpile Abortion Kill Pills; Trump selects Tom Homan to run border & Huckabee as ambassador to Israel; Augustine of Hippo: The prodigal son who repented

It’s Wednesday, November 13th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)

By Jonathan Clark

Iranian prison releases pastor for hosting worship in his home

Praise God! Officials in Iran released an Armenian-Iranian pastor from prison, according to International Christian Concern.

Authorities imprisoned Pastor Anooshavan Avedian in September 2023 for having worship services in his house. They charged him with “establishing and leading an illegal group with the aim of disrupting the security of the country through educational and propaganda activities contrary to, and disturbing the holy religion of Islam, through the dissemination of false claims.”

Pastor Avedian faced 10 years in prison for his ministry. However, officials released him only a year into his sentence after public outcry. 

Iran is ranked ninth on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian. 

Secular society: “Blasphemous” to claim gender change is impossible

The Evangelical Alliance of Northern Ireland took a closer look at the craziness of gender ideology recently, reports The Christian Post.

David Smyth with the Christian group warned the region’s Education Committee, “I do think we need to be careful not to create new secular blasphemies. Is it secular blasphemy to believe that a man cannot biologically become a woman?”

In light of the woke ideology that pervades all government-run schools, anyone who rejects biologically inaccurate pronouns or names is treated as a societal scoundrel.

Plus, such a politically correct worldview leads to both the marginalization of the Christian worldview as well as the use of age-inappropriate material.

Ireland’s bold March for Jesus that condemned abortion

Meanwhile in Ireland, Christians held the first-ever “March for Jesus” in Dublin last month, reports Christian Daily International.

The event celebrated the Christian heritage of the peoples of Ireland going back to missionary St. Patrick in the fifth century.

Participants sang and prayed, holding signs that read, “March for Jesus,” “Jesus is the Way,” and “Jesus is King.”

Pastor John Ahern of All Nations Church spoke the truth and prayed a powerful prayer.

AHERN: “God will not bless the shedding of innocent blood. God will not bless euthanasia. God will not bless the sexualization of children. God will not bless the erasure of women. And God will not bless churches that are so cowardly they refuse to call evil exactly what it is.

“And so, Father, we stand in the gap for this nation. We pray blessing over Ireland. We pray blessing over Northern Ireland, over Great Britain, Lord God, over Europe, and over the nations. And we pray, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, that as we come to the darkest time of the year, that we want to lift You up as the light of the world.</