The so-called “heartbeat bill,” which was passed by the state Senate last month, would ban abortions after a foetal heartbeat is detectable, usually somewhere between six and seven weeks into pregnancy.
The youngest Baldwin brother, and father of model Hailey Bieber, took to Twitter to share his views on his brother being amongst 49 celebrities that signed a letter sent to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp opposing the new law.
He tweeted: “Avoided tweets like this, long as I could…”
avoided tweets like this long as I could now to overwhelming Love will ultimately wins Jesus ?? but for so long I’ve sat back & trusted God as my own family members have perpetrated the spirit of hate … through abortion Mockery & blindness #sad#Alec#hates#pray
He added that love “ultimately wins” and “for so long I’ve sat back & trusted God as my own, family members have perpetrated the spirit of hate…through abortion, mockery & blindness”.
I love God. I believe in God.
But I don’t believe my personal beliefs of which we can’t confirm should override scientific facts and what we can confirm.
“If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?” John 3:12
The latest airport to say “no” to the famous chicken sandwiches is the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, or more specifically, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), which oversees the public facility.
The NFTA unveiled plans March 28 to open a Chick-fil-A at the Buffalo airport but backtracked the next day when several protests emerged, led by Democratic Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan of Buffalo. A week earlier, the San Antonio City Council blocked a Chick-fil-A from opening at the San Antonio International Airport.
“I don’t believe the leadership of the NFTA intends to help spread hate and discrimination, but allowing a corporation like Chick-fil-A to do business at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport will help to fund continued divisive anti-LGBTQ rhetoric,” Ryan told The Buffalo News. “New York is a welcoming state that celebrates diversity. The views of Chick-fil-A do not represent our state or the Western New York community, and businesses that support discrimination have no place operating in taxpayer-funded public facilities.”
The airport, Ryan noted, is publicly financed.
Twenty-eight airports across the country house a Chick-fil-A. The city of Buffalo even has a stand-alone…
Humanists UK warned people against yielding to “eggsaggeration” among Christian groups it says have been behind a “long line of attempts…to accuse others of sabotaging the ‘true Easter message'”.
Director of Public Affairs and Policy, Richy Thompson said: “While Christians celebrate Easter for different reasons, for the vast majority of us Easter is just a fun celebration where we enjoy extra days off work and school, spend time with our families, and eat more chocolate than usual.
“If a company wants to promote a Christian message on its Easter eggs then that’s fine, but this reality is not justification for a false ‘Christian persecution’ narrative and really does harm to appreciating the much more serious persecution many people face around the globe.”
For the vast majority of us, Easter is just a fun celebration where we enjoy extra days off work and school, spend time with our families, and eat more chocolate than usual. https://t.co/bpF9a7oTiq
The group, which campaigns for a secular UK state, previously accused Christian campaigners of creating a “storm in an eggcup” when Cadbury was accused of dropping the word ‘Easter’ from its annual National Trust egg hunt in 2017.
Richy Thompson added: “The farce which targeted Cadbury and the National Trust in 2017 was an…
13-Year-Old Boy Surprises His Single Mom with a Car
13-year-old William Preston bought his mom a car because well, he just wanted to help her out.
“He was tired of hearing me cry,” Krystal Preston, William’s mom, told ABC’s KOLO Newsnow.
The family of four had hit a rough patch and were making do without a car. Preston, an outgoing teenager, wanted to find a solution. He had seen people on YouTube surprising their moms with cars and he decided to do the same.
According to CBN News, he found a woman selling a cheap 1999 Chevrolet Metro on Facebook one day and reached out. “It was really cheap so I asked her if I could trade it for my Xbox or earn it, and at first she said no. And after she thought about it, then she said yes,” Preston said.
Krystal had no idea the gift was coming. “He kept coming into the room, asking me weird questions about cars and parts,” she said.
Shortly after, the seller picked up Krystal and William and drove her to her home to see the car, when Preston surprised her. “Mom, I got you a car.”
“I lost it, I bawled, I was just like, there’s no way,” Krystal said.
Preston’s selfless act has caused a ripple effect for his family. Krystal posted the story to Facebook, where it caught the attention of kind strangers who set up a GoFundMe page. In only three days, they have surpassed their $5000 goal with more donations coming in.
The recommendation was made in a new report published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) on Tuesday, which followed four years of research involving C of E dioceses and dozens of abuse survivors.
In a statement the C of E told Premier: “The Church believes that retaining ownership and leadership of safeguarding in the diocese outweighs the benefits of making diocesan safeguarding advisers employed nationally.
“Dioceses must own and be responsible for safeguarding while acknowledging the importance of having a professional in the role.
“There are things in place to improve consistency – an escalation process to the national team if issues arise, professional support for diocesan safeguarding advisors etc.”
The SCIE said staff appointed by the Church of England’s 42 dioceses to oversee safeguarding (diocesan safeguarding advisors or DSAs) are currently answerable to their diocesan bishop.
The national body said appointing, managing and supervising the DSAs at a national level would “outweigh” the benefits of local ownership.
In its report, the SCIE said: “A national safeguarding service will be better able to resolve the current difficulties relating to supervision and management, with the potential to also…provide a greater level of independence in the…
Ohio 4-H Program Promotes LGBT Ideology, Encourages Children to Use ‘Zie’ Pronoun
Liberty Counsel, a Christian nonprofit organization, is accusing Ohio State University’s 4-H program of promoting “LGBT ideology.”
“OSU should be held accountable for undermining parental rights, replacing children’s innocence with the values of LGBT activists, and misdirecting resources intended for the 4-H program. OSU cannot require parents, children, employees, or volunteers to give up personal privacy and their First Amendment rights as a condition for participation in a state program.
“If Ohio State continues, it risks gutting the Ohio 4-H program. Parents will seek out better opportunities for their children,” said Mat Staver, Liberty Counsel’s founder and chairman.
According to WND.com, Liberty Counsel said in a report that OSU “is intent on silencing or driving away parents, employees or volunteers who believe that there are only two sexes, male and female, and that homosexuality and ‘transgenderism’ are inappropriate subjects for impressionable children and have nothing to do with 4-H.”
Liberty Counsel said all Ohio participants in 4-H attend camps and events where they must share showers or sleep in the same rooms as others who identify as another sex. The counsel also said the college’s program promotes the use of the pronouns, “Zie, Zir and Zirs.”
“Ohio 4-H once reflected the values of the populations it…
Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic UK came under question after a late submission of its annual records.
The Commission says it’s worked with leaders to ensure £1.2 million is now accounted for.
Opening an inquiry in March 2017, it found the former trustees responsible for misconduct and mismanagement in the administration of the charity. This included a failure to manage the charity’s funds appropriately.
A new board of trustees has now been brought in.
Harvey Grenville, Head of Investigations at the Charity Commission said: “It is unacceptable that this charity has repeatedly found itself subject to regulatory scrutiny.
“The former trustees failed to meet the expectations of the public and the charity’s beneficiaries in terms of transparency, accountability and the careful stewardship of charitable funds.
“I expect the new board of trustees to continue making good progress, thereby returning the charity to a sounder footing.
“The public deserve to be able to understand how their donations are being spent, and see clearly that they go towards their intended causes. As a result of our inquiry significant charitable funds are now accounted for.”
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Jimmy Carter Says Jesus Would Oppose Abortion, Professor Says Many Democrats Agree
A prominent author and professor of American history says he believes many Democrats are pro-life and affirm the views of former Democratic President Jimmy Carter but are afraid to speak out.
John Fea, professor of American history at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., and author of multiple books, wrote on his blog April 3 that there “are a lot of pro-life Democrats out there who would agree with Carter.”
Carter served from 1977-1981, shortly after the infamous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
“I never have believed that Jesus Christ would approve of abortions and that was one of the problems I had when I was president having to uphold Roe v. Wade, and I did everything I could to minimize the need for abortions,” Carter said in 2012 on The Laura Ingraham radio show. LifeNews first reported the comments.
“I made it easy to adopt children, for instance, who were unwanted and also initiated the program called Women and Infant Children or WIC program, that’s still in existence now. But except for the times when a mother’s life is in danger or when a pregnancy is caused by rape or incest I would certainly not or never have approved of any abortions.”
The Democratic Party, Carter said at the time, has gone too far on abortion rights.
“I’ve signed a public letter calling for the Democratic Party at…
You are welcome to another glorious month. All through this month, I shall be exploring the topic: No longer two but one. Marriage is a mystery of two people becoming one. Having a successful home is God’s will for you. So, whether you are married or intending to get married soon, knowing this truth today will help you a great deal to work towards a successful home. God is the Almighty Programmer of marriage; hence, He had created all that it would take to make it glorious. Man on his own part needs to abide by God’s principle and implement His plan. God has programmed marriage to be two in one. It is a heavenly arithmetic of 1 + 1 = 1.
In God’s own arithmetic, two people alone make a home. A home is formed at the coming together of only two, not more. The Word of God says: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh (Mark 10:7-8). The coming together of man and woman in marriage is a spiritual conversion from two to one.
Quoting the verse in Genesis, Jesus says: ‘the two will become one flesh’ and draws the following conclusion, ‘So they are no longer two, but one.’ The man and woman who enter into the marriage bond become one flesh and are no longer two, but one entity. Apostle Paul developed this concept by teaching that: …husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. No one hates his own body, but feeds and cares for it… (Ephesians 5:28–29 NLT). Paul is saying that a wife is actually a part of her husband’s body—she is of his flesh and blood. He illustrates this mystery by revealing a profound truth that when a man loves his wife, he loves himself for she is a part of him. It follows that when a man hates his wife, he hates his own body. Paul then quotes Genesis 2:24: For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh, acknowledging that it is a mystery.
See this testimony:
“I have been married for 12 years, but my marriage was in shambles. My family rejected me because I refused to divorce my husband. At a time, I developed psychosomatic problems, but I still held on. Each time my family complained, I always told them that God makes all things beautiful in His time, and that my marriage would be okay.
When Bishop David Oyedepo spoke on the Ark Bearer’s Sacrifice in one of the services, I did not have anything to give, because I had lost my job for a year as a nurse. I sat down and wept. I asked God what I would give in order to be a partaker of His blessings. And the Holy Spirit said to me, ‘How about your wedding ring?’ I said, ‘God this is the only valuable thing I have left in my life, and what will I tell my husband?’
Subsequently, I came to the church, and in tears removed the ring and put it in an envelop and said, ‘God, as I put in this ring, I want You to restore my marriage and give me a job.’ After I dropped it, I discovered that the depression I felt before then left; I was so happy! When I got home, I was ready for another confrontation from my husband, who never went to church. All he did was to sit with his bottle. But when I entered the room, he said, ‘Honey welcome! How was church and your Bishop?’ I was surprised! He said, ‘My darling wife, you look tired. Go and take your bath, I have prepared food for you to eat.’ I did not believe it! I thought it was a trick. I went into the kitchen and discovered he had prepared stew with chicken. Still in doubt, I went ahead and took my bath. When I came out from the bathroom, he said I should bring the food into the bedroom. I watched him in surprise as we ate.
He asked if I was surprised, and told me that while I was in church, he lay down to watch the television, and suddenly heard a voice audibly call him and say, ‘Sit up! What have you done with your marriage? Set your home right.’ That made him go on his knees, weeping, and he told God he was sorry. That was the beginning of good things. I never knew marriage could be so blissful!” – Agbetiku, U.
There is something so deep and wonderful in the marriage bond that you need spiritual insight to fully understand its divine significance. The union of husband and wife is used in the Scriptures as a symbol of the unity between Christ and His Church; Christ is the bridegroom and the Church is His bride. Paul says that the Church is a part of Christ; we are members of the body of Christ and Christ is the head of the Church. In the same way, the wife is part of the body of her husband. This union between Christ and His Church is based on the covenant promise, sealed in His blood, that He will never leave us or forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6). He will remain faithful to His promises even though we are faithless.
In God’s eyes, husband and his wife are one flesh. This must be the reason why Adam, when he first saw his wife said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man (Genesis 2:23). One man and one woman in a marriage relationship equal one flesh. This is God’s arithmetic! This is referring to a fusion of husband and wife, two distinct elements into one.
To access God’s glorious plan for your marriage, you must have a genuine connection with Him. This begins by being born again. This means accepting Jesus as the Lord and personal Saviour of your life. If you desire to surrender and be born again, say this simple prayer in faith: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today. I am a sinner. Forgive me my sins and cleanse me with Your Blood. I accept You as my Lord and personal Saviour. Make me a child of God today. Thank You for delivering me from sin and satan to serve the living God and thank You for accepting me into Your Kingdom.
Congratulations! If you prayed this simple prayer of faith with me, you are born again and now a child of God. He loves you and will never leave you. Read your Bible daily; obey God’s Word and seek Christian fellowship (John 14:21). With this, you are guaranteed all-round rest and peace in Jesus’ name! Call or write to share your testimonies with me through [email protected], 07026385437 or 08141320204.
For more insight, these books authored by me are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores: Marriage Covenant, Making Marriage Work, Building a Successful Home and Success in Marriage (Co-Authored).
Pastor Faith Oyedepo is the wife of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel, and Senior Pastor of Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland, Ota, Nigeria.
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
THE MESSAGE:
Jesus, from the onset of His ministry, not only began to preach (verse 17) but also began to search and call men whom He trained to fish for other men.
This is very instructive for us because no man is everlasting and no man can be everywhere at the same time. So, when we preach the gospel, we must also be committed to raising men that will be able to do what we are doing. The gospel spreads faster this way and it also guarantees continuity.
Notice the class of men whom the Lord Jesus chose to be His disciples; it included fishermen. Anyone can become a disciple and a fisher of men; willingness to hear the voice of Jesus and follow Him is the basic requirement. Ordinary people turned into great soul winners.
That is what discipleship can achieve. We must therefore not only be engaged in the preaching of the gospel but also in the making of disciples who can do what we are doing. The sons of Zebedee left their boat with their father and followed Jesus.
What do you need to leave to follow? Are you dragging a boat of self-righteousness that is not allowing you see how much you need Jesus in your life? Are you dragging a boat of self-sufficiency that is not allowing you to see your need for a discipler over your life? Check!
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