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Chinese Communists arrested Beijing preacher

Chinese CommunistsarrestedQie Jiafu a preacher from Zion Church in Beijing last week

Zion Church was the largest house church in Beijing before authorities shut it down in 2018 Also the churchs pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and his daughter are banned from leaving the country for three years

This comes as Chinacracksdown on pastors with their new Administrative Measures for Religious Clergy that came into effect this month The measures include a database of clergy Pastors in the database must support the Chinese Communist Party And pastors who refuse to be part of the database are considered criminals

China president Xi Jinping dubbed Helmsman

Chinas President Xi Jinpingrecently assumed the title helmsman

The honorific position represents ultimate authority and has not been used since former dictator Mao Zedong Analysts suspect the move indicates Xis intent to consolidate complete control over China under extreme Communism

Acts 1222-24 warns And the people kept shouting The voice of a god and not of a man Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck King Herod because he did not give glory to God And he was eaten by worms and died But the word of God grew and multiplied

Mike Pence God is not done with America

Last week former Vice President Mike Pence said he believes God is not done with America as he spoke in Columbia South Carolina during an event sponsored by the Palmetto Family Council

Pence criticized the first 100 days of the Biden administration

PENCE After 100 days of open borders runaway spending plans for higher taxes a bigger welfare state more government defunding the police abandoning the right to life canceling our most cherished liberties Ive had enough

Pence also called on Americans to hope for the future

PENCE Even in these challenging times I think we do well to remember that ancient verse Its hung over the mantle of our home for 20 years Its in Jeremiah 2911 It says For I know the plans I have for you plans to prosper you not to harm you plans to give you a hope and a future And I believe as everyone involved with Palmetto Family believes that if we will but put our trust in Him if we will carry the message of our ideals and values to our neighbors and friends there is a hope there is a future and the best days for the greatest nation on Earth are yet to come Thank you God bless you all And God bless America applause

You can watch Pences speech which begins at the 1930 mark here

Lubbock Texas Biggest American city to be sanctuary for unborn

Lubbock Texasis now the most populous city in the US tobecomea sanctuary city for the unborn

Voters in the city of 250000 approved the ordinance 62 to 37 last Saturday

Its the first city to pass such an ordinance where Planned Parenthood is already operating

Biden quadrupled number of refugees Trump allowed

The Biden administrationquadrupled therefugee admissions to 62500 up from the 15000-limit set by the Trump administration

The new cap allows 22000 refugees from Africa 6000 from East Asia 4000 from Europe and Central Asia 5000 from Latin America and the Caribbean and 13000 from the Near East and South Asia

Bill and Melinda Gates getting divorced

After 27 years of marriage Bill and Melinda Gatesfiledfor divorce on Monday

Despite saying their marriage was irretrievably broken the couple said they would continue to work together onthe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation one of the worlds largest charitable organizations

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Canadian authorities have locked down second church

Trinity Bible Chapel in Ontario Canada which has already racked up 40 million in fines for regular in-person meetings is now facing a lockdown on their own building at the hands of local authorities

Over the weekend Pastor Jacob Reumeblogged that the civil authorities took our building because they think that will stop us from worshipping He wrote The early church met in the catacombs under Rome The Covenanters met in fields John Bunyan led his services in forests Churches find ways to worship together as surely as water flows downhill

Hebrews 1025 presents the unshakeable dictate of God Himself for His people Forsake not the assembly of yourselves together so much the more as you see the Day approaching

If you would like to encourage the members of Trinity Bible Chapel in Canada send a short email to infotrinitybiblechapelca

33 Christians killed in Nigeria

In deadly persecution news 33 Christians were killed last week in Benue State Nigeria

According to International Christian Concern The Fulani Muslim Militia is the fourth deadliest terror group in the world and has surpassed Boko Haram as the greatest threat to Nigerian Christians

Nepalese Christians asked for help from Worldview listeners directly

After four Nepalese Christians were arrested and imprisoned back in 2016 for proselytizing they have asked Generations and The Worldview listeners to help in the reconstruction of their homes which were destroyed

The support would help two single moms and two other families rebuild their lives All told the four families account for 10 children

Thus far The Worldview in 5 Minutes and Generations ministries have collected 1500 of the 2000 needed to support these familiesIf you would like to contribute please go to Generationsorg click on the Give tab and select International Outreach

Matthew 2537-40 says Then the righteous will answer the King saying Lord when did we see You hungry and feed You or thirsty and give You drink When did we see You a stranger and take You in or naked and clothe You Or when did we see You sick or in prison and come to You And the King will answer and say to them Assuredly I say to you inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren you did it to Me

61 pro-life bills signed into law across America

The 2021 legislative season is wrapping up for 50 state legislatures And the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute is complaining of The most devastating anti-abortion session in decades Out of 536 pro-life bills introduced 61 were signed into law

Twenty-eight were signed just last week Five statesArizona Arkansas Indiana Kentucky and Oklahomaenacted restrictions on abortion mills Arkansas now has 20 restrictions on the books

Biden funded 479 billion in abortion pushes Kill Pill by Mail

Contrast those pro-life victories at the state level with President Joe Bidens oppressive pro-abortion roll-out on the national level

First the Biden administration has made it much easier for women to abort using the Kill Pill by Mail program as recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration

Second President Biden has restored federal funding for organizations providing abortions

In fact Family Research Council Action documents that President Biden has assigned 479891600000 of federal funding to abortions and abortion businesses in the last monthThis is 1000 times more money than the annual allocation provided by Title X over the years

Take a look at Bidens 100 Fails in 100 Days through a special link in our transcript today at wwwTheWorldviewcom

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Chinese Communists shut down Bible apps Christian WeChat accounts

In a move to crack down on Christianity nationwide the Chinese Communists are targeting the cyberspace They have removed Bible Apps and Christian WeChat public accounts reports International Christian Concern

According to a tweet by Father Francis Liu from the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness a few snapshots of Christian accounts landing page such as Gospel League and Life Quarterly no longer show any content

Instead a message reads We received report that this account violates the Internet User Public Account Information Services Management Provisions and its account has been blocked and suspended

Finnish Christian MP faces 6 years in prison for tweeting Bible verses

A Christian member of the Finnish Parliament Pivi Rsnen is facing six years imprisonment for allegedly committing three crimes including hate speech for supporting a Biblical view of marriage and human sexuality on social media on television and in a pamphlet reports The Christian Post

A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Rsnen took to Facebook on June 17 2019 to criticize her denominations participation as an official partner of the Helsinki Homosexual Pride parade She tweeted How does the churchs doctrine the Bible fit together with the cause where shame and sin are raised as a topic of pride Plus she included a picture of Romans 124-27

The passage declares Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served created things rather than the CreatorWho is forever praised Amen

Because of this God gave them over to shameful lusts Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another Men committed shameful acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis America is not systemically racist

During a special Fox NewsIngraham Angle Town Hall last Thursday evening Laura Ingraham asked Florida Republican Gov Ron DeSantis what he thinks of the assertion by President Joe Biden and the political left that America is a systemically racist country

INGRAHAM You watched Joe Biden last night Apr 28 deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress He repeated twice this proposition that we are a systemicallyracistcountry --your reaction

DESANTIS Well its a bunch of horse manure I mean give me a break This country has had more opportunity for more people than any country in the history of the world And it doesnt matter where you trace your ancestry from

Weve had people that have been able to succeed and all and heres the problem with things like critical race theory that theyre peddling he said Theyre basically saying all our institutions are bankrupt and theyre -- theyre illegitimate Okay so how do you have a society if everything in your society is illegitimate

So its a very harmful ideology and I would say really a race-based version of a Marxist ideology Weve banned it in our schools here in Florida Were not going to put any taxpayer dollars to critical race theory And we want to treat people as individuals not as members of groups

Nebraska Governor condemns Defund Police movement

Appearing on ABCs Good Morning America Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris talked about racism

HARRIS One of the greatest threats to our nation...

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Nigerian Muslim gunmen raid Baptist service abduct 4 worshipers kill 1

Armed Nigerian Muslim radicals raided Haske Baptist churchs Sunday service killing one person injuring another and abducting four women as violence accelerates in the Kaduna state reports The Christian Post

Khataza Gondwe of the human rights groupChristian Solidarity Worldwide said the Muslim militant groups threaten everyone but Christians face particularly bad treatment

Nigeria Africas most populous country ranks 9 on Open Doors World Watch List for Christian persecution worldwide due to an extreme level of Islamic oppression

2 Timothy 312 says All those who live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution

Biden applauds transgenders mourns Americas systemic racism

In a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night President Joe Biden had a message for Americans who pretend to be the opposite gender reports CNSNewscom

BIDEN I also hope Congress would get to my desk the Equality Act to protect LGBTQ Americans applause To all transgender Americans watching at home especially the young people who are so brave I want you to know your president has your back

Family Research Council notes that the Equality Act which should be called the Inequality Act would gut religious liberty legislate abortion on demand and add subjective sexual preference and gender identity categories to the civil rights statutes based on innate inborn involuntary and immutable characteristics

To oppose the so-called Equality Act call your Senators at 202-224-3121

President Biden rightly addressed his concerns with terrorism

BIDEN We have to remain vigilant against the threats to the United States wherever they come from Al Qaeda and ISIS are in Yemen Syria Somalia other places in Africa and the Middle East and beyond

But then Biden made a dramatic and seemingly unsupported claim

BIDEN And we wont ignore what our intelligence agencies have determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to the homeland today white supremacys terrorism Were not going to ignore that either

Somehow the handful of fringe skinheads of America dont seem as threatening as the Islamic terrorist groups which perceive America to be the Great Satan Nor did he mention violence from leftist groups such as Antifa

And President Biden urged passage of the Democrat police reform bill by the first anniversary of George Floyds death next month

BIDEN With the plans outlined tonight we have a real chance to root out systemic racism plagues America

One of those reforms according to the Heritage Foundation would force police departments to consider an individuals race or gender when engaging in many routine law enforcement activitieswhich would be in plain contravention of the bills goal of ending racial profiling

For a complete analysis of Bidens joint session of Congress check out The Daily Signals comprehensive overview

By the way Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was caught on camera fast asleep in the middle of Bidens speech He didnt back away from it though He said For the millions of Americans who found something better to do tonight than listen to Joe Biden outline his socialist vision for our country I can summarize his speech in three words for you Boring but radical

Trump open to Florida Gov Ron DeSantis as Vice President in 2024

Appearing on Fox Business Channels Mornings with Maria Bartiromo former President Donald Trump was asked if he would consider Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis as a possible running mate in 2024

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Egyptian Muslims killed Coptic Christian

Islamic State militantskilleda Coptic Christian last week in the Northern Sinai region of Egypt

ISIS abducted 62-year-old Nabil Habashi Salama last November

Nabil was a successful businessman in Bir Al-Abed where he also built the towns only church ISIS killed him as a warning to Christians in the area

Nabils son Peter said We were forced to close our businesses and leave our homes to another city and we continue to receive threats In the militants efforts to have him abandon the faith they humiliated my father and broke all his teeth to torture him Yet through all this he held on and we are so joyful for him

Revelation 1211 says And they overcame the Devil by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives to the death

London March for Freedom against COVID Tyranny

On Saturday over 10000 peoplejoinedthe March for Freedom in London to protest COVID-19 restrictions vaccine passports and lockdowns

One male marcher for freedom referenced his objection to a totalitarian state

MALE MARCHER I think weve been taken over by whats becoming a totalitarian state which is based on very bad science

And a female Jewish marcher compared Englands COVID Tyranny to the German Nazis

FEMALE MARCHER This is like being in a Nazi state and as someone who is Jewish

REPORTER A Nazi state

FEMALE MARCHER Yes of course we are We are in a prison here People dont even realize were in a prison

The UK is not set to fully reopen until June 21st

Nearly 20000 people joined a similar event in Berlin Germany the same day

Membership drops in German Catholic and liberal Protestant churches

Mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches in Germany areexperiencingbig losses in membership

Surprisingly recent research found that 64 of Germans under age 30 believe in God Of the general population only 48 believe in God

Free Evangelicals were the most likely to be sure God exits at 90 Roman Catholics at 75 and mainline Protestants at 64

Hebrews 116 says But without faithit isimpossible to pleaseHimfor he who comes to God must believe that He is andthatHe is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him

Idaho Governor signs Heartbeat Bill

On Tuesday Republican Idaho Gov Brad Little signedthe Heartbeat Bill which bans abortions on babies with a detectible heartbeat If a heartbeat is detected the baby is protected

Idaho is the 13th state to pass a Heartbeat Bill

Unfortunately the law includes exceptions in cases of rape incest and medical emergency

On Monday Republican Oklahoma Gov Kevin Stitt signed a similar bill into law

New Mexico unshackles churches

New Mexico became the latest state toliftcoronavirus restrictions on houses of worship over the weekend

Nora Sackett the press secretary for Governor Michelle Grisham wrote This change was made in light of recent US Supreme Court decisions that enjoin states from enforcing capacity limits on churches that are more restrictive than other entities like factories and schools

68 of Christians continued their church giving

LifeWay Researchreportsthat 68 of Americans gave to their church the same or more last year compared with 2019

Twenty-three percent of respondents said they gave less and 10 said they did not give at all

Proverbs 39-10 says Honor the LORD with your possessions and with the firstfruits of all your increase so your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine

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India Russia Syria and Vietnam among top persecutors of Christians

The US Commission on International Religious Freedomreleasedtheir 2021 Annual Report this month

The report recommended that the US State Department add India Russia Syria and Vietnam to its list of worst countries for religious freedom violations The list already includes Myanmar China Eritrea Iran Nigeria North Korea Pakistan Saudi Arabia Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

All of these countries are also on the Open DoorsWorld Watch Listof nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian

The report noted how countries used COVID-19 restrictions to target religious minorities and how China has become a major source of religious freedom violations not only within its borders but also in countries around the world

Indias COVID cases amp deaths skyrocketed

Last week new daily coronavirus cases and deathsskyrocketedin India

The surge has caused a meltdown in Indias medical infrastructure as hospitals are overwhelmed and turning people away

The US the UK and Germany have pledged to send medical supplies to India

Canadian church fined 10000 for Easter in-person services

Authorities in Manitoba Canadafineda church 10000 for holding in-person services on Resurrection Sunday in violation of coronavirus restrictions

Officials called the churchs behavior abusive and aggressive However the Christian Church of Morden said their gathering was not an act of rebellion or resentment towards our government but an earnest desire to minister to our society during this crisis

Proverbs 1715 says He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the just both of them alikearean abomination to the LORD

96 million babies have died by abortion in United Kingdom

This weekmarks53 years since the Abortion Act went into effect in the United Kingdom

Since then an estimated 96 million babies have been murdered in the womb

Sadly abortions will likely increase there since the decriminalization of abortion in Northern Ireland and policy changes to allow for at-home abortions across the UK

Bruce Jenner pretending to be a woman running for California Governor

Californias office for the secretary of stateannouncedthis week that enough signatures have come in to force a recall election of Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom

If Newsom survives the recall election this year he will face re-election next year

Republicans running against Newsom include former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Olympic gold medalist and reality TV star Bruce Jenner who now goes by the name Caitlyn and pretends to be a woman

Appearing on ABCs Jimmy Kimmel Live former GOP California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was asked about Bruce Jenners candidacy

KIMMEL Caitlyn Jenner is running for Governor of California They announced today that there will be a recall election Caitlyn Jenner wants to run No doubt inspired by the fact that you ran for governor during a recall election and you won Do you think Caitlyn Jenner has any chance of winning this election

SCHWARZENEGGER Anyone has a chance because I think that the people are dissatisfied with whats going on here in California I hope that as many people as possible jumping into the race and going for it because remember when I was in the recall election there were 150 candidates there And it was a huge circus It was kind of fun to run for governor at that time

The key thing about all of this is doesnt matter if its Caitlyn or it its anyone else Do you have a clear vision of where you want to go What are the kinds of changes you want to make And why are you qu...

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Arizona Governor is okay with homosexualtrans indoctrination

Arizonas Republican Governor Doug Ducey vetoed legislation last week that would have restricted homosexual indoctrination in public schools for fifth grade kids reports LifeSiteNewscom

The legislation had required parental involvement in sex ed on homosexuality and transgenderism by requiring an opt-in for classes

North Carolina and Utah have also recently repealed laws that would have restricted homosexual indoctrination in public schools

There are only six states left now with laws that restrict homosexualtransgender indoctrination They includeAlabama Louisiana Mississippi Oklahoma South Carolina and Texas

Matthew 186-7 reminds us that Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depth of the seaWoe to the world because ofoffenses Foroffenses must come butwoe to that man by whom the offense comes

Florida House bans disability abortions Will FL Senate as well

Late Friday the Florida House approved legislation to ban abortions of children with fetal disabilities like Down syndrome reports WINK News

However the measure is not likely to be taken up by the more moderate Republican-dominated State Senate Justice for Down syndrome babies will rely on the interposition of Almighty God in this case

US Supreme Court to take up Second Amendment case

After more than a decade of silence on the issue the US Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will take up a Second Amendment caseThis time the high court will look at a New York law banning concealed carry for handguns reports NBC News

Court observers suggest this move to consider a liberal states restriction of gun rights comes by the addition of Amy Coney Barrett to the bench

California Florida and Illinois have banned open carry of all firearmsNew York and South Carolina ban open carry for long guns

Canadian father imprisoned for objecting to minor daughters cross-sex hormones without his consent

A Canadian father has been sentenced to six months in jail for speaking out publicly against the treatment of his daughter with cross-sex hormones in public schools -- without his consent

Robert Hoogland argues that his parental rights were violated by public school officials and public health officials who allowed and encouraged his minor daughter to receive cross-sex hormones without his consentDespite a judges injunction to the contrary Hoogland continued to speak out for his daughter and to protect other Canadian families

According to World Magazine his concerns are first sexual orientation and gender identity policies that allow school officials to socially transition children to the opposite gender without parents knowledge or consent second the British Columbia Infants Act that allows doctors to sidestep parents and give minors puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones experimental treatments with serious known risks and third increasing cases of rapid-onset gender dysphoria a term used to describe social clusters of transgender-identifying adolescent females

Another Canadian father Chis Elston has taken up the cause protesting across Canada displaying a sign bearing the words Children Cannot Consent to Puberty Blockers

In a 13-minute YouTube video Elston said this is a major social concern for every family in Canada

ELSTON His crime is that he was given an order by the court not to discuss the case of his daughter who was medically transitioning to become a boy which of course is an impossibility But his daughter when she was in grade six she with ...

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Biden calls Turkeys slaughter of 15 million Armenians genocide yet silent about 60 million US babies killed by abortion

International Christian Concern a persecution watchdog group has commended President Joe Biden for standing up to Turkey and becoming the first president since Ronald Reagan to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide on Saturday reports the Christian Post That was the 106th anniversary of when the Ottoman Empire modern-day Turkey began to massacre its Armenian Christian minority resulting in 15 million deaths

Bidens predecessors chose not to use the word genocide in annual statements on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day due to pressure from the Turkish government

Will President Biden also now call the surgical deaths of 60 million unborn babies at the hands of American abortionists a genocide as well And will he reverse his pro-abortion policies We can only pray

Matthew 2327-28 says You are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean In the same way on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness

Palestinian rockets launched against Israel

Palestinian terrorists launched multiple rockets toward southern Israel on Saturday night one of which was shot down while another struck an open field as attacks from the enclave continued into a second day and threatened to intensify reports The Times of Israel

The first rocket attack came at 9 pm triggering sirens and sending residents into bomb shelters Soldiers operating the Iron Dome shot down the incoming projectile

The Left introduces bill to make Washington DC a state

Last Thursday Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer a Democrat from New York introduced in the Senate the bill that had passed the House to make the District of Columbia a state thatlike all other stateswould send two members to the Senate reports CNSNewscom

The billHR 51passed the House on Thursday by a vote of 216 to 208 No Democrat voted against it No Republican voted for it

Former Vice President Walter Mondale died

Former Vice President Walter Mondale died on April 19th in hisMinneapolis Minnesota home at the age of 93 from natural causes during his sleep

Known as Fritz Mondale was an active vice president under President Jimmy Carter breaking new ground for the role as he maintained an office in the White House and served as a close advisor to the president in a way no vice president had done before reports Legacycom

Prior to his vice presidency he was a Democratic US senator from Minnesota serving from 1964 to 1976 and the attorney general of Minnesota from 1960 to 1964

Mondale ran for president in 1984 winning the Democratic nomination though he lost the general election in a landslide to incumbent PresidentRonald Reagan 19112004 Mondale made history during his presidential run by choosingGeraldine Ferraro 19352011as his running mate She was the first woman nominated for vice president by a major party

Mondale vs Reagan on taxes and age

Theres no doubt that the death nail in Walter Mondales political coffin came when he confessed at the Democratic National Convention that he would raise taxes if he won the 1984 presidential race against Ronald Reagan

MONDALE Mr Reagan will raise taxes And so will I He wont tell you I just did

Truth be told Reagan ran on and delivered on tax cuts when he was first elected beating out President Jimmy Carter

REAGAN In 1981 our critics charged that letting you keep more of your earnings would trigger an inflationary explosion send ...

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Pastor in India brutally attacked

A pastor in Indias Karnataka state was brutally attacked and forced to preform Hindu rituals by a mob of radical Hindu nationalists reports International Christian Concern Local church leaders claim the incident is only one of eight attacks on local Christians

On April 5th Pastor Sanjay Bhandari and his wife were visiting relatives in Halaga village when the mob pulled Pastor Bhandari out of his relatives house beat him mocked him and dragged him to a rented worship hall he used to lead Sunday worship services The mob falsely claimed Pastor Bhandari engaged in illegal religious conversions to justify their assault

Pastor Bhandari said They abused me and Jesus Christ in filthy language and pressured me to say Jai Sri Ram as they beat me They hit me on my private parts my face chest and all over my body accusing me of trying to convert my sister-in-law I tried telling them that the home belongs to my sister-in-law and that they are already Christians and members of my church

When the mob arrived at the worship hall they forced Pastor Bhandari to perform several Hindu rituals including the application of Kumkum powder to his forehead and to his wifes head They also demanded that he close the church he has led for the past seven years

1 Peter 314 says Even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness you are blessed

Biden accused US of systemic racism weighs in before verdict

After the guilty verdict against former police officer Derek Chauvin was announced in Minneapolis on Tuesday President Joe Biden said that systemic racism is a stain on Americas soul

BIDEN The jury in Minnesota found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd last May It was a murder in the full light of day and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the Vice President just referred to The systemic racism is a stain on our nations soul a knee on the neck of justice for black Americans Enough Enough of these senseless killings Todays verdict is a step forward

Oddly enough earlier in the day while the jury was in the midst of deliberation President Biden weighed in

BIDEN Im praying the verdict is the right verdict which is I think its overwhelming in my view I wouldnt say that but the jury is sequestered now not hearing me say that

Fox News Channels Tucker Carlson was beside himself

CARLSON When was the last time a sitting President weighed in on a jury decision before it was made Answer Never

A White House reporter asked Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the appropriateness of Bidens comment before a verdict had even been reached

REPORTER The President has talked about the importance of an independent judiciary Why is it appropriate for him to weigh in on the verdict

PSAKI I dont think he would see it as weighing in on the verdict He was conveying uh what many people are feeling across the country

Tucker Carlson was aghast

CARLSON Yeah Biden was just conveying what many people are feeling He wasnt weighing in as the single most powerful man in the world on a jury verdict that hadnt been reached yet He didnt say what you saw him say

Gingrich Chinese President could close propaganda office in light of Bidens anti-American comments

Appearing on Fox News PrimeTime former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Chinese President Xi Jinping should close the Communist propaganda office and just use film of American politicians like President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attacking America

GINGRICH The Chinese Communis...

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Eritrea Africa arrested 35 Christians for prayer meetings

Authorities in the African nation of Eritrea arrested35 Christians last week for conducting prayer meetings Most of the believers were women

Christians are often arrested without charges and imprisoned indefinitely in the country

The arrests reverse a six-month trend of officials releasing nearly 200 Christians An estimated 165 believers are still in jail Some have been there for 15 years under harsh conditions

Eritrea has cracked down on churches since 2002 when the country outlawed most religions It is the sixth worst nation in the world for the persecution of Christians

These believers faithfulness remind us of how the prophet Daniel prayed despite the kings decree Daniel 610 says Now when Daniel knew that the decree was signed he went home He knelt down on his knees three times that day and prayed and gave thanks before his God

UK might ban helping people embrace heterosexuality

Officials in the UK areconsideringa ban on conversion therapy The practice involves trying to help people embrace their God-given heterosexuality

The Evangelical Alliance sent aletterto Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning that such a ban could pose a direct threat to religious liberty The letter warns that Christian leaders could be prosecuted for preaching or counseling about sexuality and marriage

Johnson reportedlyrespondedto the letter saying the ban would not apply to pastors and churches

Evangelicals represent 54 of French Protestants

Evangelicals nowrepresent54 of French Protestants up from 10 in the 1960s

Of French people who profess a religion 9 are Protestant 53 are Roman Catholic and 16 are Muslim

Evangelicals areconcernedabout a new proposed law to curb Islamic violence Christians say the bill targets all religious groups not just Muslims

Nebraska towns become Sanctuary Cities for Unborn

Two towns in Nebraska became the first in the state to become Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn this month

Hayes Centervotedto outlaw abortion in the town on April 6 The ordinance declares human life begins at conception categorizes abortion providers as murderers and calls theRoe v WadeSupreme Court decision lawless and unconstitutional The ordinance also outlaws abortion-inducing drugs

The City of Blue Hill passeda similar ordinance on April 13 living up to the citys seal which says Preserving Our Heritage for Future Generations

Arizona GOP Governor declared southern border an emergency

Arizona Republican Governor Doug Duceydeclareda state of emergency at the border with Mexico this week

Ducey called in 250 National Guard troops amid increased illegal migration

Border patrol agents made over 160000 arrests last month compared with about 70000 last December

57 of US churchgoers attended fewer services in 2020

A new LifeWay Researchstudyfound fewer US churchgoers attended church services and Bible studies during the coronavirus pandemic

This year 37 of respondents said they participated in a church small group down from 59 before the pandemic And 57 of churchgoers said they attended services less often last year compared with 2019

However young adults were the most likely to increase their participation in worship services and Bible studies last year

Scott McConnell executive director of Lifeway Research said Our research has shown that Christians involved in in-person small group Bible studies are more likely to exemplify Christlike behaviors of serving those outside the church volunteering within the church and investing in spiritual disciplines During the pandemic fa...