Its Tuesday November 16th AD 2021 This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at wwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

By Kevin Swanson

Myanmar military shelled Catholic cathedral

The Myanmar military has shelled a Catholic Cathedral in the Diocese of Pekhon for the second time reports the Catholic News Service

Thankfully no casualties have been reported from the attack only damage to the facility

In September the military burned down Centennial Baptist Church and shot a youth pastor and father of two sons to death in the city of Thantlang in the Chin State

Then in October the military burned down Rialti Village Baptist Church

Disturbingly the Biden administration has been silent on the attacks on these Christian churches in Myanmar

Journalist released from Myanmar prison

International pressures appear to have worked for the release of American journalist Danny Fenster from a prison in Rangoon Myanmar

Fenster was released yesterday and flew to Qatar just days after receiving a prison sentence of 11 years for reporting on events in Myanmar reports Reuters

Epoch Times Nigerian journalist arrested for writing the truth

Luka Binniyat a Nigerian Roman Catholic journalist for The Epoch Times was arrested last week charged with cyber stalking and jailed

His crime He dared to report on the failure of the Nigerian government to prosecute thousands of murders committed by the Muslim Fulani herdsmen

The story quoted a Nigerian senator who said It is unfortunate that one month after the massacre that killed 38 unarmed men and women both Kaduna state government and the Federal government have not been able to bring a single culprit to book It is using the word clash to disguise another round of killing

Brazils president has loosened gun laws 32 times

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has loosened gun laws 32 times since his election three years ago reports the BBC

Last year the nation counted 186000 new gun registrations with an estimated 13 million guns nationwideThats double the number in 2017

This marks a contrast with 2003 when the government issued a disarmament statute resulting in the confiscation of 500000 weapons

The other pro-gun country the United States is home to about 500 million guns

The economic slippage in Brazil Chile Argentina and Peru

Brazils Gross Domestic Product or the total of the nations goods and services slipped 44

Thats less than all the other leading South American economies during the 2020 COVID crisis Chile slipped 6 and Argentina slipped 99 while Peru did the worst slipping 11

Argentina also removed the ban on abortion last year while Brazils Health Ministry instituted more regulations for abortion on August 27th of last year

Wisconsin governor orders 500 troops to Kyle Rittenhouse trial

As final arguments concluded in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial in Kenosha Wisconsin Democrat Governor Tony Evers ordered 500 National Guard troops to standby outside the courthouse reports KETV

Businesses were boarded up in preparation for potential riots

Rittenhouse argued self defense in the killing of two men on August 25th 2020

Marvel Studios movieEternals features homosexual superhero

Marvel Studios has outed its first homosexual superhero on the big screen with the movie Eternals Ironically the villains in the movie are called deviants while the superhero is the deviant

Isaiah 520 says Woe unto you who call evil good and good evil that put darkness for light and light for darkness that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight

The morally bankrupt movie Eternalshas yielded a dismal119 million at the box office over two weekends That contrasts with the Ave...

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Myanmar military attacked church

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Shan State Myanmar was attacked by Burmese military fire on Tuesday November 9 reports International Christian Concern

Thankfully there were no human casualties But the windows and pews of the church were damaged from the attack

If youd like to donate 35 to help feed a Christian in Myanmar in hiding for a month you can give through our friends at MissiontoMyanmarcom

Austria set to lockdown the unvaccinated

Austrias government is likely to impose a lockdown on people who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus as daily infections have surged to record levels reports Reuters

Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg did not say when the lockdown would take effect but the two provinces hardest-hit by this wave of infections Upper Austria and Salzburg will introduce the measure for themselves today

Roughly 65 of Austrias population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 one of the lowest rates in Western Europe Many Austrians are skeptical about the COVID shot a view encouraged by the conservative Freedom Party the third-biggest in parliament

CNNs Dana Bash to Virginia Sen Are Democrats Too Woke

On Sundays CNN program State of the Union a week ago Dana Bash asked Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner about James Carvilles thesis that stupid wokeness in the Democrat Party is responsible for Terry McAuliffes loss in the Virginia gubernatorial election

BASH I want you to listen to what Democratic strategist James Carville had to say about what he thinks went wrong for Democrats

CARVILLE Stupid wokeness I mean this defund the police lunacy this take Abraham Lincolns name off of schools I mean people see that and it has a suppressive effect all across the country And Democrats some of these people need to go to a woke detox center or something

BASH Are Democrats too woke Senator

WARNER Listen I dont support defund the police Matter of fact I think youve saw Democrats all around who were successful The new mayor of New York youre going to have on has talked about investing additionally in our police forces Are there ways that we need to make that policing more community based Absolutely

Send Gov Ron DeSantis wife Casey get well card for breast cancer

We are all grateful for Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis voice for freedom from COVID-shot mandates school closures and business shutdowns He is a hero for standing up against President Bidens totalitarian decrees

Sadly his beloved wife Casey to whom he has been married for 11 years has been recently diagnosed with breast cancer Pray for her complete healing

Matthew 2122 says And whatever you ask in prayer you will receive if you have faith

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And if you would prefer to send her an email we have that linked in our transcript today at wwwTheWorldviewcom Send it to her atGovernorRonDesantiseogmyfloridacom with the subject line Get Well prayers for Casey You can Bcc me at AdamTheWorldviewcom I know our prayers and heart-felt outreach would mean the world to her right now

John MacArthur Zoom church is not church

And finally streaming church services may be growing in popularity but Pastor John MacArthur cauti...

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Muslim terrorists kill 4 and injure 4 in Cameroon Africa

On Wednesday in the far-north region of Cameroon Africa Boko Haram Muslim terrorists shot dead three men and a woman and wounded four others reports International Christian Concern

Cameroon is the 42nd most dangerous country in the world to be a Christian according to the 2021 Open Doors World Watch List Especially in the far north Christians are targeted and killed by Boko Haram in an attempt to rid the country of so-called infidels and establish an Islamic state

Please pray for the end of the Boko Haram Muslim insurgency and for the Lord to soften the hearts of militants who all too often are children forced to partake in heinous acts of violence And pray for those who have been victims of terrorism for the Lord to heal them and strengthen the church amidst persecution

Matthew 510 says Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven

Bill Bennett Joe Biden is incompetent

If youve been to the grocery store or to the gas station recently you no doubt are feeling the pain in your wallet All items are up 62 food is up 53 and energy is up 30

Appearing on Fox News Channels Special Report former Education Secretary Bill Bennett blasted President Joe Biden for the rising costs of goods

BENNETT Well theyre not good for Joe Biden It is at once pathetic and calamitous You know theres the Midas touch where everything King Midas touched turns to gold This is a family show So I wont say what Bidens touch turns things into but lets say mud

Whether youre talking about Afghanistan or energy or the border or any number of things its just been totally incompetent The American people want to know where relief is Hes the guy whos responsible now Hes the guy who was going to bring us together

One last point This was Lunch Bucket Joe Remember The guy who connects with people across the kitchen table Hes not connecting with people across the kitchen table or anywhere else

20 of Americans want Biden to resign by 2022

TheDaily Wireis reporting that a plurality of US voters want Biden out of office in 2022

That of course would be only midway through his term

But his approval ratings in various polls recently have plunged down into the upper 30s And there have been a multitude of crises since he took office not even a year ago from his southern border disaster and inflation to the economy foreign policy and Afghanistan

When USA TODAYSuffolk Poll asked voters what they wanted Biden to do in the next year the most popular choice of the top 10 responses was to resignretirequit One in five voters wanted Joe Biden to go back to Delaware

Biden forced nurses to help with abortions

A group of more than 80 US lawmakers is expressing outrage that the Biden administration has decided to stop protecting the conscience rights and religious liberties of pro-life Americans reports CBN News

Republican lawmakers are still demanding a response from Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra for his involvement in the dismissal of a lawsuit where a nurse was forced to assist in an abortion despite her objections

A letter signed by dozens of lawmakers was sent to Becerra and Attorney General Merrick Garland in August accusing the men of dropping a case against the University of Vermont Medical Center which had forced the nurse to assist in an elective abortion

The move was led by Republican Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and James Lankford of Oklahoma In their letter they said the nurses conscience rights had been violated

They told Bacerra and Garland Your handling of this c...

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Malaysia bans Christian conversion of Muslims

The northeastern Malaysian state of Kelantan updated its criminal code toban attempts to convertpeople out of Islam The new code also bans distorting Islamic teachings and disrespecting the month of Ramadan

Violators could face imprisonment for three years fines of over 1000 or canings

The Southeast Asian nation is mostly Muslim and Christians make up less than 10 of the population Christians engaged in evangelism become a target for Malaysian officials Open Doors lists it as the 46th worst nation in the world for Christian persecution

Some of 16 kidnapped American missionaries still alive

The US government has seen proof that at least some of the 16 American missionaries kidnapped by a gang last month in Haitiare still alive The group of missionaries includes five children one of whom is less than a year old Nearly half of Haiti is under thecontrol of gangs

Meanwhile over400 US citizensare still left in Afghanistan after the US military withdrawal from the country Nearly 200 of those Americans want to leave while the others want to stay or arent ready to depart yet

Biden wants to limit religious exemptions for federal contractors

The Biden administration has proposed tolimit the use of religious exemptionsby federal contractors in their hiring decisions

The Obama administration added sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected employment classes for federal contractors

In response a Trump-era rule protected the faith-based hiring decisions of federal contractors who did not want to hire people living sexually perverted lifestyles However the Biden administration is now rolling back that protection

Biden gives 5 million for abortion devices amp abortion-inducing drugs

On November 1 the US State Department announced a5 million inaugural giftto the United Nations Population Fund No administration has funded the program before

Under the guise of promoting sexual and reproductive health the funds offer women around the world access to contraceptives abortion-inducing drugs and portable abortion devices

Tony Perkins RNC Chairwoman should resign over LHBT promotion

The Republican National Committeeannounced its first homosexual Pride Coalition at an event over the weekend

The RNC partnered with a group known as the Log Cabin Republicans who support sexually perverted lifestyles

Yesterday Family Research Council President Tony Perkins went on theTodd Starnes Radio Showto take issue with the failure of the Republican Party leadership

PERKINS The leadership of the RNC I think is moving the party in a direction that is incompatible with religious freedom and many of the things that we see parents fighting for across the country Weve affiliated with a party that is very clear about religious freedom Its very clear about marriage human sexuality There are those now that want to change that And as you move to be inclusive with those that have radical ideas of human sexuality which are hostile to religious freedom the Republican Party becomes just Democrat Light

Perkins called on RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel to resign

PERKINS This was something that Ronna did on her own Quite frankly I think its time for her to take up something else

STARNES So she needs to step down is what youre saying

PERKINS I think so Yeah she needs to step down She has outlived her purpose at the RNC

Proverbs 2526 says A righteousmanwho falters before the wicked Is likea murky spring and a polluted well

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Radical Hindus beat Christians in 14 homes

International Christian Concern reports a mob of 50 radical Hindusattacked 14 Christian householdsin Indias Chhattisgarh state

The mobs goal was to make Metapal Village a Christian-free village

The mob savagely beat the Christians including women and children and left nine seriously injured

A report by the United Christian Forum found Hindus carried out 300 attacks on Christians across India during the first nine months of 2021 This year is on track to become Indias worst year on record for Christian persecution

US lifted international travel ban if youve gotten COVID shot

On Monday the USlifted its international travel ban for travelers who have gotten a COVID shot

The travel ban from last year applied to 33 countries including the UK South Africa Brazil and much of Europe

Business travelers report their readiness to get back to in-person meetings despite the convenience of communications technology

Court blocked Biden COVID-shot mandate for businesses

On Saturday the 5th US Circuit Court of Appealstemporarily blockedthe Biden administrations COVID-shot mandate for private businesses

The court cited grave statutory and constitutional issues with the mandate

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration officially announced the mandate last Thursday and didnt offer a period of public input

Since thenmany organizationshave filed suit

The Daily Wire a conservative news outlet filed a petition minutes after the announcement Alliance Defending Freedom is representing multiple religious groups against the mandate And 11 Republican-led states have joined the suit

Maines right to food constitutional amendment

Last week voters in Mainevoted to passthe nations first right to food constitutional amendment

The referendum asked if voters wanted this language added to the states constitution All individuals have a natural inherent and unalienable right to grow raise harvest produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment sustenance bodily health and well-being

Campaign supporters want to take back control of the food supply from big corporations so that local communities can be more involved

Psalm 14515-16 says The eyes of all look expectantly to the Lord and You give them their food in due season You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing

Protestant churches have returned to in-person services

A new survey from Lifeway Research found most Protestant churches havereturned to in-person services

Ninety-eight percent of Protestant pastors reported their church met in person in August

However attendance is down significantly compared with last year

Only 13 of churches reported attendance levels of 90-100 of their pre-COVID attendance But nine percent of churches reported growth in attendance since the pandemic

Anson Texas passes Sanctuary City for Unborn ordinance

On Monday the City Council of Anson Texas voted unanimouslyto pass a Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance

Anson is now the 42ndcity in the US and the 38thin Texas to pass an abortion ban

The ordinance provides an immediate private enforcement which allows relatives of any baby killed in abortion to sue abortionists and those who help them

Bidens approval rating plummets to 38

A USA TODAYSuffolk University Poll found that President Joe Bidens approval ratingsank to a new lowof 38

Sixty-four percent of Americans saythey do not want Biden to run for a second term in 2024 including 28 of Democrats

If a mid-term election were held today res...

Its Tuesday November 9th AD 2021 This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at wwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

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Russia India Syria and Vietnam should be put on naughty list

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom is recommending that the US State Departmentadd Russia India Syria and Vietnam to the list of nations abridging religious freedoms as Countries of Particular Concern

Also rising to levels of interest requiring Special Watch includeAfghanistan Algeria Azerbaijan Egypt Indonesia Iraq Kazakhstan Malaysia Turkey and Uzbekistan

The report pointed to Vietnam for carrying out physical assaults detention imprisonment and forcible confiscation of church properties and assets against certain Christian communities

The Commission made similar recommendations in its 2020 report for India However the Biden State Department thus far has refused to act and protect the international Christian community

Christian leader defends using aborted babies for research

In an interview with The Christian Post the retiring Director of the National Institute of Health Mr Francis Collins a professing Christian spoke favorably of using the bodies of murdered children for scientific research

In his words People have elective terminations of pregnancy every day and those materials are being discarded Suppose it was possible on a rare instance for something thats about to be discarded -- with full consent after the decision by the mother to be used to develop something that might save somebodys life In that case I think even God could look at that and go OK its not the thing that I would have wanted to see happening Still as an ethical choice between discarding or using for some benevolent purpose maybe thats defensible

31 of Americans say 2020 election was stolen from Trump

A Public Religion Research Institute survey of Americans on the 2020 presidential election found that 31 believe the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump

The opinion was shared by 68 of Republicans 60 of evangelicals and 37 of mainline Protestants

Federal debt climbs to 29 trillion

The Congressional Budget Office now estimates the US budget deficit for 2021 at 277 trillion reports the Associated Press Thats almost equal to the 2020 Trump deficit of 313 trillion These constitute the two highest national deficits in the history of the world

And the Infrastructure bill just passed by the US House henceforth locks in an additional 256 billion of deficit per year The federal debt stands at 29 trillion Thats up from 10 trillion when Barack Obama was elected president just 13 years ago

The federal government debt stands at 125 of the Gross Domestic Product or the total of all American goods and services That about double what it was in 2008 when the ratio stood at 63Amazingly only Sudan Venezuela Japan Greece Lebanon Eritrea and Italy are doing worse than the United States on this ratio

Cryptocurrency market cap soared to 3 trillion

The cryptocurrency market cap has touched 3 trillion Thats up from 400 billion just a year ago in what appears to be a blind unrestrained grab for quick wealth

TheBank of Englands Deputy Governor for Financial Stability Jon Cunliffe compares the situation to the 12 trillion sub-prime mortgage crisis that sparked the 2008 worldwide depression

CNBC reports the Deputy Governor issued concerns in October that cryptoassets pose a financial stability concern since the majority have no intrinsic value and are vulnerable to major price corrections

Navy launches ship named after homosexual predator Harvey Milk

The US Navy launched a ship named after a well-known homosexual and sexual predator Harvey Milk reports the BBC

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Chinese Communists shut down Christian school with special needs kids

In September Chinese Communists shut down a Christian school in Beijings Tongzhou district leaving 100 students schoolless

China Aid reports that the authorities have now ordered Golden Reed Kindergarten amp Primary School Learning Center to vacate its property

Thanks to its Christian background some students who were discriminated against in public schools such as those with Autism or special needs had been able to get a solid education there

All religious schools need to submit to the control of the Chinese Communist Party

Luke 622 says Blessed are you when people hate you when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man

Syrian man stabbed three Germans on train

On Saturday a knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany left three people severely wounded A 27-year-old Syrian man was arrested in Seubersdorf where the train stopped after the attack reports the Associated Press

The train was traveling between the Bavarian cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg at the time of the attack

Abortion pills leads to thousands of hospitalizations

Abortion pill complications arising from incomplete abortions in Britain seem to mirror recently published data from a study in the US reports Live Action News

Kevin Duffy a formerGlobal Director at MSI Reproductive Choices an abortion chain tweeted that 1 in 17 pregnant women who obtained an abortion pill in the UK were subsequently treated for complications and needed hospital treatment arising from an incomplete abortion Some of these women needed surgical abortions to evacuate the dead baby Others had been treated for hemorrhages

Duffy secured this information through a freedom of information request

Biden passes trillion-dollar infrastructure bill

On Saturday President Joe Biden hailed Congress passage of his 1 trillion infrastructure package after fractious fellow Democrats resolved a months-long standoff reports The Associated Press

In a vote of 228-206 late Friday the House passed the measure prompting prolonged cheers from the relieved Democratic side of the chamber

Thirteen Republicans mostly moderates supported the legislation while the six most liberal Democrats opposed it

The Republican Congressmen who voted for Bidens bloated bill include Rep Don Bacon of Nebraska Rep Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania Rep Andrew Garbarino of New York Rep Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio Rep John Katko of New York Rep Adam Kinzinger of Illinois Rep Nicole Malliotakis of New York Rep David McKinley of West Virginia Rep Tom Reed of New York Rep Chris Smith of New Jersey Rep Fred Upton of Michigan Rep Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey and Rep Don Young of Alaska

Crowd surge at Houston rapper concert killed eight people

Two teenagers and at least five people in their 20s were among the eight victims who were killed after a crowd surged Friday night during rapper Travis Scotts sold-out Astroworld music festival in Houston reports NBC News

Of the 25 people who were taken to hospitals 13 remained hospitalized Saturday More than 300 people were also treated throughout the event Friday at an on-site field hospital

Fire Chief Samuel Pea explained what happened

PENA We had an attendance of approximately 50000 to the Travis Scott AstroWorld Festival At approximately nine oclock 915pm the crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage That caused some panic and started causing some injuries People began to fall out become unconscious

Timothy Perez one of the concert attendees shared this first-hand account on Fox News

PEREZ We were jus...

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New Christian film Sabina Tortured for Christ the Nazi Years

No doubt you already know the name Richard Wurmbrand the brave Romanian pastor who dared to speak out against the Communists during World War II After he was imprisoned and tortured for eight years he wrote the book Tortured for Christ

Now Voice of the Martyrs the ministry he founded is releasing the movie about his equally courageous wife Sabina entitled Sabina Tortured for Christ the Nazi Years

Its the story of how Gods love transformed an ambitious atheistic hedonist into one of the greatest Christian women of the 20th century The film opens with Sabina Wurmbrand risking her life to show Christs love to a trio of Nazi soldiers

SABINA Whosoever will save his life shall lose it And whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it We believe this or we dont

Sabinas cast and crew filmed on-site in Romania and earned the Best Feature Audience Choice and Best Original Film Score awards at the Christian Worldview Filmmakers Guild and Festival

In our transcript today at wwwTheWorldviewcom watch the trailer and get tickets for one of only 3 days in the theaters Monday November 8 Tuesday November 9 or Wednesday November 10

New Jersey Governors race still undecided

In the race for governor in New Jersey the Associated Press officially declared Democrat Phil Murphy the incumbent the victor over Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli

However its not the media that decides elections Its the people And Ciattarelli has no plans to concede reports NJcom

Out of the 24 million ballots cast in New Jersey fewer than 30000 votes currently separate the two candidates And get this there are still 326611 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots yet to be counted

In an email to his supporters Ciattarelli wrote This race is far from over Listen to a soundbite from a 2-minute video he tweeted

CIATTARELLI There are still tens of thousands of vote-by-mail and provisional ballots yet to be counted And so the governors victory speech last night was premature No one should be declaring victory or conceding the election until every legal vote is counted

Protests against COVID-shot mandates

Thousands of people across America took the day off from work on November 3rd to participate in walkouts and demonstrations in protest of COVID-shot mandates reports The Epoch Times

In Phoenix Arizona more than 200 people gathered in protest outside the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza Many carried homemade signs and wore patriotic clothing in support of their message of medical freedom

A government contractor in his 20s an engineer said theyre going to fire me by the deadline of December 8 He added Im looking for other jobs They have no regard for an employees choice

In Michigan more than 250 protesters from a dozen southeast communities gathered in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak in Oakland County to demonstrate against COVID-shot mandates

Ken Gulock a health care industry worker said he was already fired by his company two weeks before the firm pays out its annual bonuses He said You have to be employed on the payout day My decision not to take the vaccine cost me and my family 30000 I have no regrets I wouldnt change a thing

Lynn Mills a mother of four said One of my grown sons gave up an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii rather than be vaccinated I am very proud of him for standing by his principles

And 500 people gathered in front of the James Thompson Center in Chicago to protest against the COVID-shot mandate

San Francisco First city to require COVID shot for kids

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Sunday is Intl Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians

Churches around the world plan tounite in prayerthis coming Sunday for the International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians

The World Evangelical Alliance started the day of prayer back in 1996

David Curry with Open Doors USAspoke to CBN Newsabout the day of prayer

CURRY Well over 340 million Christians are persecuted or oppressed because of their faith in Jesus Now some of those places like North Korea are exceptionally difficult If youre caught with the Bible or whatever you may spend the rest of your life in prison or even lose your life But then there are other places around the world where the Gospel is opposed You may be harassed and bothered and these kinds of things So there are any number of ways people can be persecuted for their faith

In China youre observed and monitored with technology and then scored worse on your social score for being a follower of Jesus We want to motivate the American church to pray for all of these circumstances One day a year November 7 the International Day of Prayer we ask people to pray for your brothers and sisters around the world who are oppressed for their faith

1 Corinthians 1226 says If one member suffers we all suffer together if one member is honored all rejoice together

500th anniversary of Martin Luthers NT translation into German

TheGerman stateof Thuringia iscelebrating Martin Luthers translationof the New Testament into German 500 years ago

Luther finished the translation in 11 weeks during his stay at Wartburg Castle between 1521 and 1522

German officials announced a year of festivities on October 31 Reformation Day Of course thats the day he nailed the 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Church door proclaiming his biblical objections to the bad theology in the Catholic church

GOP Iowa Governor Its okay if workers object to COVID shot

Republican Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds signed a billlast Friday protecting workers who do not get a COVID-19 shot

The law requires employers to suspend COIVD-shot requirements for employees who have medical or religious objections

Workers who are fired for not getting the shot would be eligible for unemployment benefits

Ohio introduces similar bill to Texas Heartbeat law

Ohio Republican state Reps Jena Powell and Thomas Hall introduced a new anti-abortion bill

Like the recent Texas Heartbeat law the bill allows private citizens to sue anyone who performs or assists in the killing of unborn babies Unlike the Texas law the Ohio bill bans nearly all abortions not just when a babys heartbeat is detectable

Bill sponsors called it the2363 Actsince there are an estimated 2363 unborn babies killed in abortions every day in the US

The Red Wave in Virginia

Republicans won big on Tuesday in Virginias elections

Republican Glenn Youngkin won therace for governorwith 509 of the vote becoming the first Republican governor in the state since 2009

YOUNGKIN Alrighty Virginia We won this thing applause How much fun

Governor-elect Youngkin declared what would happen in light of the defeat of the radical leftist Democrat Terry McAuliffe

YOUNGKIN Together we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth applause Friends we are going to start that transformation on Day One

Not only did Governor-elect Youngkin promise the introduction of school choice but also the restoration of parental rights

YOUNGKIN Were going to introduce choice within our public school system applause How about that Choice within the public school system applause Were going to start with 20 charter schools and we are goi...

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Chinese Communists cut off pastors electricity

A preacher from Early Rain Covenant Church in Chinafaced harassmenton Sunday

People vandalized preacher Dai Zhichaos front door early in the morning and later that day someone cut off his power

Dai leads a small group of Early Rain Covenant Church that faces heavy persecution from the police in the city of Chengdu

Just last week authorities detained Dai and his family for over 10 hours

Dai wrote after Sundays incident When they hear us worship God during Sunday services they get angry and come attack us Actually they are not attacking us but attacking Christ God please help us better understand the sweetness of the cross and that the most powerful force is the Gospel May the Holy Spirit be with us

Luke 622 says Blessed are you when men hate you and when they exclude you and revileyouand cast out your name as evil for the Son of Mans sake

Yahoo pulls out of China

Tech company Yahoo Incofficially pulled outof China on Tuesday

Yahoo joins Microsofts LinkedIn social network to end services in China as the country has increased regulatory control over tech companies

MeanwhileApple compliedwith communist China and removed a Bible app and a Quran app from its App Store in China The Bible App by Olive Tree had over a million downloads The apps reportedly violated local laws by hosting illegal religious texts

Britain wants to ban conversion therapy

The UK governmentlaunched a public consultationlast week on its plan to ban conversion therapy

The proposal would specifically target talking conversion therapy which has the intention of changing a persons sexual orientation or changing them to or from being transgender

The consolation says the ban would not affect everyday religious practice However the Christian Institute has launched a Let Us Praycampaign to raise awareness about the law

Let Us Pray spokesman Simon Calvertspoke to CBN Newsabout how some want to use the law against Christians

CALVERT The concern that we have is that some people would like the law to go much further and to reach in and affect the ordinary work of churches You get some people who have a pretty repressive idea about using the criminal law to target essentially the beliefs of evangelical churches and the people who worship in them Thats what we need to avoid

Supreme Court heard arguments about Texas Heartbeat law

On Monday the US Supreme Courtheard oral argumentsin two cases involving the new Texas Heartbeat Act

The law bans most abortions when a heartbeat is detectable and gives enforcement to private citizens instead of the state

At issue is whether the state can create laws enforced by citizens instead of the government

Anew studyby the University of Texas in Austin found the number of abortions in the state fell by 50 after the Texas Heartbeat Act went into effect in September compared with last year

GOP gubernatorial challengers in Virginia amp New Jersey could be victorious

Late Tuesday night tight races for governor unfolded in Virginia and New Jersey with the Democratic candidates narrowly trailing their Republican rivals in states that President Joe Biden easily captured a year ago reports the Associated Press

Near midnight the elections were still too early to call As the vote count progressed both races looked to be tight

With 94 of the precincts reporting Republican Glenn Youngkin had earned 509 of the vote and Democrat Terry McAuliffe had secured 493

CNN political commentator Van Jones said theinitial tally of Virginias gubernatorial race is a big big wake-up call for Democra...