On Saturday, thousands of protestors huddled around a stage to hear Abby Johnson, subject of the pro-life movie Unplanned, amplify her unborn baby’s heartbeat.

“This is a baby. This right here is a baby,” Johnson said while patting her stomach after her ultrasound, according to Fox News. “Life is winning. We will see a day when abortion in this country is unthinkable.” 

Retired NFL player Benjamin Watson voiced his support, too. “That’s where is starts,” Watson said from the stage. “It doesn’t start when the baby is out. The relationship you have with the mother, the relationship you have talking to that child in utero. Fatherhood begins in the womb. There are millions of reborn children and courageous, precious mothers that are depending on us men to be men. So let’s do it.”

The Focus on the Family event, called “Alive From New York”, featured the heartbeat, as well as live music and inspirational abortion survivor speakers, as a message to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

“We wanted to make a statement. Gov. Cuomo has said something along the lines of pro-lifers aren’t welcome in New York,” Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life, told Fox News. “Well, here we are in Times Square and life should be welcomed wherever we are, and from what we’ve heard pro-life New Yorkers are really appalled by this legislation and they want to…

In a shocking video shared to YouTube, children at the Philadelphia Islamic Center sang about fulfilling Allah’s promise by leading an army and chopping off the heads of unwarranted people. 

“We will defend the land of divine guidance with our bodies, and we will sacrifice our souls without hesitation,” the young children sang. “We will chop off their heads, and we will liberate the sorrowful and exalted Al-Aqsa Mosque. We will lead the army of Allah fulfilling His promise, and we will subject them to eternal torture.”

The disturbing video was shared to YouTube by the Middle East Media Research Institute, also known as MEMRI a Middle Eastern watchdog group, who wanted to uncover what was taking place in Philadelphia. 

“These are not isolated incidents; they are happening in major centers of the country – including in Pennsylvania,” MEMRI said in a statement to Fox News about the video. 

MEMRI originally stumbled upon the video on The Muslim American Society (MAS) Islamic Center in Philadelphia, when the group shared the video to their Facebook page in honor of “Ummah Day.” 

The day was celebrated by children wearing traditional Palestinian scarves, singing, and poetry readings, which mentioned killing for Allah, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. 

In just the short video alone, multiple children are heard saying…

Renowned Christian author and pastor Warren Wiersbe passed away on May 2 at the age of 89, just two weeks shy of his 90^th birthday.

The author of more than 150 books, the “pastor’s pastor” is known for his “Be” commentary series which dive into the central themes of most books of the Bible. 

According to Christianity Today, Wiersbe – who came to Christ after hearing Billy Graham preach at a Youth for Christ rally – became an ordained minister in 1951 from the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. 

After receiving his ordination, Wiersbe began pastoring at Central Baptist Church in East Chicago, Indiana until 1957.

From 1961 to 1971, Wiersbe pastored at Calvary Baptist Church in Covington, Kentucky before becoming the pastor at Moody Memorial Church in Chicago from 1971 to 1980. 

While at Moody Memorial Church, Wiersbe’s sermons were broadcasted on the church’s radio station, he regularly wrote for the church’s newsletter, and the prolific pastor began to teach and develop a curriculum for a DM in preaching at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. During this time, Wiersbe also began to mentor up and coming pastors. 

According to the Baptist Press, after leaving Moody, Wiersbe continued writing, sharing his sermons via radio and teaching.

Wiersbe is regarded by many as a mentor, a friend, a champion for the Christian faith and…

A Pennsylvania state representative is being criticized after posting a video showing him chasing and harassing a pro-life protester, calling her an “old white lady” and threatening to demonstrate outside her house. 

Rep. Brian Sims, a Democrat, posted the eight-minute video Thursday. It has received more than 400,000 views and thousands of comments – most of them negative. The pro-life group Live Action also re-posted the video on its Twitter feed. 

WATCH: Pennsylvania State Representative @BrianSimsPA harasses an elderly woman who is peacefully advocating for the lives of preborn human beings and women who are considering abortion.

This is shameful. https://t.co/Xb9pkFZSXC

— Live Action (@LiveAction) May 5, 2019

The woman, apparently Catholic, was holding rosary beads and praying in front of a Planned Parenthood when Sims began the video. 

“She is an old white lady,” Sims told the audience before directly confronting her. “…How many children have you clothed today? I’m sorry, I missed your answer, how many children have you clothed today?”

The unidentified woman tried keeping her back to the camera, but Sims circled her to ensure viewers could see her face.    

“How many children have you put shoes on their feet today?” he asked. “Have you fed any children today or have you just…

After a weekend of violence, Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire with Israel. 

According to CBN News, Israel also lifted its restrictions for civilians living in the area. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, however, the country was still ready to defend itself.

“Over the last two days we struck Hamas and Islamic Jihad with great force. We hit over 350 targets. We struck at terrorist leaders and operatives and we destroyed terrorist buildings,” Netanyahu said.

“The campaign is not over and it demands patience and sagacity. We are prepared to continue. The goal has been – and remains – ensuring quiet and security for the residents of the south. I send condolences to the families and best wishes for recovery to the wounded,” he said.

Over the weekend, Israelis fled to bomb shelters as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched some 700 rockets at southern Israel.

“Those rockets are dangerous. Those rockets can be deadly. Those rockets are being fired by Hamas toward the civilian population here in Israel,” said Israel Police National Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.

During the attacks, a 58-year-old man was killed, according to reports.

The Iron Dome intercepted more than 150 rockets and struck back at about 350 targets.

“The unfortunate situation is Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad are able to smuggle into the Gaza strip as well as…

An estimated 80 percent of all persecuted religious believers around the world are Christians, according to new British report that also says the level of persecution in some areas “is arguably coming close to meeting the international definition of genocide.”

The report was prepared by a panel headed by Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen, bishop of Truro within the Church of England, and commissioned by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The worldwide persecution of Christians, the report says, is only worsening.

“Christianity now faces the possibility of being wiped-out in parts of the Middle East where its roots go back furthest. In Palestine, Christian numbers are below 1.5 percent; in Syria the Christian population has declined from 1.7 million in 2011 to below 450,000 and in Iraq, Christian numbers have slumped from 1.5 million before 2003 to below 120,000 today.

“Christianity is at risk of disappearing, representing a massive setback for plurality in the region.”

Christians are fleeing some countries, the report says, due to persecution that is nearing genocide levels.

“In some regions, the level and nature of persecution is arguably coming close to meeting the international definition of genocide, according to that adopted by the UN,” the report says. “The eradication of Christians and other minorities on pain of ‘the sword’ or other…

The Alabama representative who shocked both sides of the abortion debate by saying either “you kill” kids “now or you kill them later” isn’t backtracking.

Democratic Rep. John Rogers, in a follow-up interview with WVTM-TV, took a swipe at President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., for comments the latter made about Rogers. Trump Jr. had said “every Democratic running for president” should be asked where they stand on Rogers’ comments. 

“Him being born, that’s proof right there [that abortion should be legal],” Rogers told WVTM. “That’s a very, very good defense I have for abortion.” 

Rogers called it “an honor” to be criticized by Trump Jr. because, Rogers said, the president’s son is never right.

“His mother should have aborted him when he was born and he wouldn’t have made that stupid statement,” Rogers said. 

“He’s evidently retarded [or] crazy. Donald Trump’s son, I know there’s something wrong with that boy,” Rogers added. 

“He’s evidently retarded or crazy.”

Alabama lawmaker responds to @DonaldJTrumpJr‘s reaction to abortion commentshttps://t.co/EPvaOJ64rK pic.twitter.com/RqbQdNqZ2c

— WVTM 13 (@WVTM13) May 2, 2019

The controversy started last when Rogers rose to oppose an Alabama House bill that would ban most abortions in the state, as Christian Headlines previously reported. It passed,…

JOS, Nigeria, May 6, 2019 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen ambushed and killed a 26-year-old Catholic on Thursday (May 2) in north-central Nigeria and two other Christians in the same manner on April 27, sources said.

After a herdsmen assault in March 2018 that left 27 Christians dead in the predominantly Christian community of Dong village north of Jos, assailants on Thursday (May 2) killed David Musa, 26, at 5:25 p.m., said Nuhu Ako, 42-year-old Christian youth leader at the area’s St. Monica’s Catholic Church.

“We heard the sound of gunshots around the stream west of Dong village, where you’re now talking to us,” Ako told Morning Star News. “We rushed there to find out what happened and found again the killing of a member of our community.”

As Muslim Fulani herdsmen have been attacking Dong and Nzehrivoh villages for two years, Ako and other Christians suspect they are behind the slaying of Musa and the April 27 killing of Sunday Adi, 45, and Jonathan Joseph, 29, at 7:25 p.m. on that Saturday.

“We were returning to Dong village after the day’s work at Nzerivoh village, our former village where we were displaced last year, and we heard gunshots,” he said. “We decided not to proceed with our movement and remained where we were. A few moments afterwards, two people riding on a motorbike came to where we were and told us that they…