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American footballer tells his 1m followers about ‘life changing’ baptism in River Jordan
Watson shared a powerful image with the caption: “Got Baptized in the River Jordan.
“Went tubing in the Sea of Galilee. Took a trip through Mary Magdalene’s hometown. Saw the first church in (Capernaum). Life changing experiences – major blessings!”
The US sportsman was one of several celebrities and political leaders that were invited to take a trip to Israel by an organistation called America’s Voices in Israel, in an effort to “bolster Israel’s image in the United States”.
“This is a part of the world which gets a lot of attention internationally, and this is a chance for me to look beyond the headlines and learn more about the history and culture of this land,” Watson told ABC news.
“I have been blessed to visit many countries around the world, but the chance to visit the Holy Land, see the sites and meet the people of this special place, truly is a special blessing and an amazing opportunity.”
Pastor Devon Franklin and actress Meghan Good also travelled to Israel with the organisation in December 2016.
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Rhapsody of Realities 25 June 2019 — We Always Win
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Sweden Bans Government Employees from Praying at Work
A municipal council in Sweden has passed a set of controversial new guidelines which prohibit government employees from praying during working hours.
The new rules, which were invoked in the coastal town of Bromölla by politicians from the Sweden Democrats Party, according to regional newspaper Kristianstadsbladet.
“In the regulation, we have cut out everything which could be interpreted as saying that you can take time off to pray during work time,” Chairman Eric Berntsson, told The Local. “Both we and the Moderates and the Christian Democrats thought that the regulations should be more precise.”
Berntsson insisted that the new rules were not dissimilar from employers cracking down on employees who take unnecessary time away from work for things such as smoking. He also noted that the ban was not applicable to any singular religion, but was instead a blanket policy for all faiths.
Shockingly, the new policy will apply to schools, nursing homes and council offices among other state-affiliated facilities.
Officials were also keen to point out that the guidelines will not affect the current break schedule allotted to staff members, but will mean that they are not allowed to take a single moment out of their working day for the express purpose of praying.
While many argue that the ban is a blatant violation of religious freedom, others argue that employees should be free to work…
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DCLM Daily Manna 25 June 2019 – A Balanced Diet
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Catholic mother appeals after judge approves abortion for pregnant mentally ill daughter
The woman asked Court of Appeal judges to overturn Mrs Justice Lieven’s decision.
Three appeal judges are considering the case at a Court of Appeal hearing in London.
Mrs Justice Lieven concluded that a pregnancy termination was in the woman’s daughter’s best interests on Friday after analysing evidence at a hearing in the Court of Protection, where issues relating to people who lack the mental capacity to make decisions are considered, in London.
Bosses at an NHS trust responsible for the woman’s care had asked Mrs Justice Lieven to let doctors perform an abortion.
Three specialists, an obstetrician and two psychiatrists said a termination was the best option because of the risk to the woman’s daughter’s psychiatric health if pregnancy continued.
They said the woman’s daughter’s behaviour could pose a risk to a baby.
Specialists also said taking a baby from the woman’s daughter would cause greater psychiatric harm than terminating the pregnancy.
The woman’s mother, a former midwife, was against termination and said she could care for the child.
A social worker who works with the woman’s daughter said the pregnancy should continue.
Lawyers who represented the woman’s daughter also said she should be allowed to give birth.
But Mrs Justice Lieven, who is based in the Family Division of the High Court, said a balance of evidence showed that termination was the best…
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Billy Graham Devotional 25 June 2019 – True Happiness
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Biden Pledges to ‘Codify Roe v. Wade’ into Federal Law if Elected President
Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden said Saturday if elected he would “codify” legalized abortion into federal law in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
“It should be the law,” Biden told the Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s 2020 Election Membership Forum in Columbia, S.C. Other Democratic presidential candidates also addressed the forum.
“There’s no reason why” abortion should be illegal even if the Supreme Court took up one of the cases that “everybody’s worried about,” Biden said.
“I would codify Roe v Wade as defined by Casey,” Biden said, referencing the 1992 decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, that affirmed Roe. In Casey, the high court said abortion restrictions are unconstitutional if they impose an “undue burden” on a pregnant woman.
Such a federal abortion law presumably would require a friendly Democratic-controlled House and Senate. Although Democrats currently control the House, Republicans are in charge of the Senate.
Biden also promised to cover abortion within his health plan. He renewed his recent commitment to overturn the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits taxpayer funding of abortion.
“No rationale can be offered that if you’re covered by the federal system, you cannot then use federal funding to seek reproductive health care,” he said.
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