It’s Monday, July 8th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected])
Kevin Swanson heard bombs in Ukraine, asks for prayers for suffering church
Kevin Swanson, the founder of Generations, has been traveling throughout Ukraine. Here is his report.
SWANSON: “Adam, Gerald Huebner and I are in Kryvyi on a mission to bring the family discipleship message to the nation of Ukraine. We have been invited to encourage pastors, Christian leaders, and families from various denominations on the subjects of Christian family life, Christian worldview, and family-based education during a time of very deep crisis for the nation.
“We rode the train overnight into Kryvyi, into south central Ukraine, arriving about five o'clock this morning. I'm gonna say about 7:30am the bombing siren sounded and explosions were heard around the city, probably Ukrainian defenses shooting down missiles launched into the area.
“An Evangelical pastor in Cherkasy told me yesterday they have had more free speech and less persecution at the hands of the state here in Ukraine since gaining independence in 1992. Ukrainians have an independent streak and they appreciate their freedoms here.
“Now, this has been a time of growth for Evangelical Christian faith in the country. But Christians have recently reported 30 Ukrainian Evangelical pastors killed thus far in the war at the hands of the Russians. The two-plus year war is wearing hard on the civilian population here in central, southern, and eastern Ukraine. The power grid is mostly down, maybe two hours a day. Very little air conditioning, not much promise of heating this winter.
“However, these pastors tell us that the Evangelical work of the church must continue despite the war. We still have the obligation to pursue the greatest commission disciple the nations no matter what. And that's why we are ministering here in Ukraine on this day, July 5, 2024. So, pray for the suffering Church in a time of war. These are faithful Christians serving Jesus, but facing extreme hardship.
“This is Kevin Swanson reporting for The Worldview from Kryvyi, Ukraine.”
Revelation 2:10 says, “Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution. … Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.”
Joe Biden’s grimace-worthy post-debate interview
Following the June 27th Biden/Trump presidential debate in which many viewers thought Biden’s performance was so demonstrably poor that he should consider withdrawing from the race altogether, ABC aired an eye-opening interview last Friday in which George Stephanopoulos sat down with President Biden who blamed his bad performance on a cold.
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Let's start with the debate. You and your team have said you had a bad night. But your friend Nancy Pelosi actually framed the question I think is on the minds of millions of Americans. Was this a bad episode or the sign of a more serious condition?”
BIDEN: “It was a bad episode. No indication of any serious condition. I was exhausted. I didn't listen to my instincts, in terms of preparedness, and a bad night.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “You know, you say you're exhausted. And I know you've said that before as well. But you came home from Europe about 11 or 12 days before the debate, spent six days in Camp David. Why wasn't that enough rest time, enough recovery time?”
BIDEN: “Because I was sick. I was feeling terrible. Matter of fact, the docs with me I asked him if did a COVID test because we're trying to figure out what's wrong. They did a test to see whether or not I had some infection, you know, a virus. I didn't. They just said I had a really bad cold.”
Stephanopolous to Biden: "Are you more frail?"
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Do you dispute that there have been more lapses, especially in the last several months?”
BIDEN: “Can I run the 100 [meters] in 10 [seconds] flat? No. But I'm still in good shape.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Are you more frail?”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “I know you spoke with your doctor after the debate. What did he say?”
BIDEN: “He said, ‘You're exhausted.’ I have medical doctors travel with me everywhere I go. Every president does, as you know. I have an ongoing assessment of what I'm doing. They don't hesitate to tell me if they think there's something wrong.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Have you had a full neurological and cognitive evaluation?”
BIDEN: “I get a full neurological test every day. And I've had a full physical.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Have you had this specific cognitive test? And have you had a neurologist, a specialist, do an examination?”
BIDEN: “No. No one said that I had to. They said I'm good.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Would you be willing to undergo an independent medical evaluation that included neurological and cognitive tests and released the results to the American people?”
BIDEN: “Look, I have a cognitive test every single day. Everything I do. Not only am I campaigning, but I'm running the world. There's no day I go through there are not those decisions I have to make every single day.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Yet there are concerns about your age and your health are growing. So, that's why I'm asking you. To reassure them, would you be willing to have the independent medical evaluation?”
BIDEN: “There's a lot of time left in this campaign. There's over 125 days.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “The answer right now is: ‘No.’ You don't want to do that right now.”
BIDEN: “No, I've already done it.”
Stephanopoulos to Biden: "Are you "being honest with yourself?"
Stephanopoulos became more direct.
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Are you sure you're being honest with yourself when you say you have the mental and physical capacity to serve another four years?”
BIDEN: “Yes I am because, George, the last thing I want to do is not be able to meet that.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “But are you being honest with yourself as well about your ability to defeat Donald Trump right now?”
BIDEN: “Yes! Yes, yes, yes.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “You say that and let me challenge you.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Because you were close, but behind going into the debate. You're further behind now, by any measure. It's been a two-man race for several months. Inflation has come down. In those last few months, he's become a convicted felon, yet you're still falling further behind.”
BIDEN: “You guys keep saying that. George, look, you know polling better than anybody. Do you think polling data is as accurate as it used to be?”
Number of Americans who think Biden is too old has doubled
The ABC anchor cited the dramatic increase in American voters who believe Joe Biden is too old to run for re-election.
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “The number of Americans who think you're too old to serve has doubled since 2020. Wouldn't a clear-eyed political calculus tell you that it's going to be much tougher to win in 2024?”
BIDEN: “Not when you're running against a pathological liar. Not when he hadn't been challenged in a way that he is about to be challenged. Not when people …”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “You have had months to challenge him.”
BIDEN: “Well, sure I had months, but I was also doing a lot of other things like wars around the world, by keeping NATO together.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Do you really believe you're not behind right now?”
BIDEN: “All pollsters I talked to tell me it's a toss-up.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “When you look at the reality though, Mr. President, I mean, you won the popular vote in 2020, but it was still deadly close in the Electoral College.”
BIDEN: “by seven million votes.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Yes, but you're behind now in the popular vote.”
BIDEN: “I don't, I don't buy that.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “Is it worth the risk?”
BIDEN: “I don't think anybody's more qualified to be president or win this race than me.”
Democratic Senator Mark Warner and other senators think Biden should step down
While Biden was incredulous that Trump wanted to undo all of the policies he has implemented in the last three and a half years, Stephanopoulos zeroed in on the question of whether Biden is the best man to defeat Trump.
BIDEN: “He’s the guy who wants to undo every single thing I've done, every single thing!”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “I understand that's why you want to stay in the race. But have you convinced yourself that only you can defeat him?”
BIDEN: “I’ve convinced myself of two things. I'm the most qualified person to beat him. And I know how to get things done.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “If you can be convinced that you cannot defeat Donald Trump, will you stand down?”
BIDEN: “Well, it depends. If the Lord Almighty comes down and tells me that, I might do that.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: Well, I mean, on a more practical level, the Washington Post just reported in the last hour that Senator Mark Warner [of Virginia] is assembling a group of senators together to try to convince you to stand down because they don't think you can win more.
BIDEN: “Mark and I have a different perspective.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “And if Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries and Nancy Pelosi come down and say, ‘We're worried that if you stay in the race, we're going to lose the House and the Senate, how will you respond?”
BIDEN: “I’d go into detail and I've spoken to all of them -- in detail. They all said I should stay in the race.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “But if they do?”
BIDEN: “They're not going to do that.”
STEPHANOPOLOUS: “You're sure?”
BIDEN: “Yeah, I'm sure. If the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get out of the race,’ I’d get out of the race. But the Lord Almighty is not coming down.”
Matthew 24:42 says, “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.”
Girl Scouts pushes homosexual “pride” patch, rewarding girls for attending perverse parades
And finally, as Kevin Swanson travels and speaks abroad, I guest host for him today on Generations Radio.
I chatted with Patti Garibay, founder of American Heritage Girls, a Christ-centered scouting program for girls in which my 12-year-old daughter Mercy participates.
Back in the 1990s, she founded American Heritage Girls when the Girl Scouts abandoned loyalty to God in their pledge and began endorsing abortion. Did you know that today the Girl Scouts is now giving the 1.7 million girls in its program the opportunity to earn a homosexual pride patch?
GARIBAY: “On their Facebook page, June one, they encourage the girls to earn their LGBTQ+ ‘Pride’ patch, and to march in their local parades, as well as research some famous people in the LGBTQ community so that they can learn more. And this goes all the way down to the little 5-year-old Daisies. They are to learn about these kinds of the famous authors, the famous artists from the LGBTQ.
McMANUS: “I'm looking directly at the Girl Scouts homosexual Transgender Pride badge. The Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Girl Scout levels, which consists of children beginning in kindergarten, must participate in three Pride-related -- meaning homosexual/transgender-related activities to earn the patch. Older Girl Scouts at the Cadet, Senior, and Ambassador levels must participate in six activities, ‘Pride’ homosexual events to earn the patch.
“Girl Scouts are encouraged to identify five books by homosexual/transgender authors, create a painting of a homosexual/transgender artist, create a music playlist of 12 homosexual/transgender musicians and the list goes on.
“It's just baffling! They're just falling all over themselves to cave to the culture.”
In Matthew 18:6, Jesus said, “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in Me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”
To listen to my interview with Patti Garibay, the founder of American Heritage Girls, just go to Generations.org/radio. That’s Generations.org/radio.
(Garibay discusses the AHG 35-page e-book entitled “Raising Godly Girls Guide to Gender and Identity.”)
Join me on the Colorado Father/Son Retreat
Join me, Adam McManus, and my two sons, Honor and Valor, at the Colorado Father-Son retreat Thursday, August 15th through Sunday, August 18th.
It'll be a great time filled with fun activities time for fathers and sons to connect in a meaningful way, and inspirational speakers. For more info, visit the website, ColoradoFatherSon.com.
And that's The Worldview on this Monday, July 8th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.
