Abortion by Mail: Foreign Group Now Shipping Abortion Pills to U.S. Homes

Abortion by Mail: Foreign Group Now Shipping Abortion Pills to U.S. Homes



An international doctor who founded an organization that ships abortion pills to women around the world says she is now shipping such drugs to U.S. women, although it remains unclear whether her actions are legal.


Rebecca Gomperts, a doctor, formed a new organization called Aid Access that ships abortion pills to American women following an online consultation, The Atlantic reported. All total, it costs about $95. 


The drugs – mifepristone and misoprostol — are similar if not identical to what are sold in the United States. Mifepristone causes the lining of the uterus to release the unborn baby. Misoprostol sparks contractions and a delivery of the dead child. They can be taken only in the first nine weeks of pregnancy.


Aid Access is about six months old and has shipped pills to about 600 women, Gomperts told The Atlantic. An older organization she founded, Women on Web, does not ship to the U.S.


Gomperts said her service is legal, but the FDA told The Atlantic it is not.


“Mifepristone, including Mifeprex, for termination of pregnancy is not legally available over the Internet,” the FDA said in a statement. “The agency takes the allegations related to the sale of mifepristone in the U.S. through online distribution channels very seriously and is evaluating the allegations to assess potential violations of U.S. law.”


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Ken Ham Hits Back After Matt Walsh Claims Creationists Make Reaching Others With Christianity Harder

(Photo: https://arkencounter.com/)Ken Ham in front of the Ark Encounter theme park that opened in Williamstown, Kentucky on July 7, 2016.

The Creation Museum founder Ken Ham has hit back against Catholic writer Matt Walsh’s claim that Young Earth Creationists make it harder to reach others with Christianity.

“Walsh’s main points were that the days in Genesis could not be 24 hours and that science has proved the Earth is billions of years old,” Ham summarized in an Answers in Genesis article on Saturday.

“The fundamental point that Mr. Walsh is making is that he is more willing to rely on man’s fallible word than to trust God’s infallible word. He repeatedly cites ‘science’ as the reason the Earth cannot be young. Yet, when observational science is performed, there are mountains of evidence from geology, astronomy, physics, archaeology, and so on that the Earth is indeed young,” Ham insisted. 

In Walsh’s video published by The Daily Wire on YouTube last week, he argued that although he doesn’t “question the sincerity or the faithfulness of six-day Creationist folks,” he positioned that when the belief is preached, it can “inadvertently do some harm” and “put obstacles in the way, especially for non-believers.”

“There are many Christians who insist that Genesis describes…

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Our Daily Bread 24 October 2018 Devotional – Impossible to Hold

Topic: Impossible to Hold [Our Daily Bread 24 October 2018 Devotional]

Read: Acts 2:22–36, Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 3–5; 1 Timothy 4

It was impossible for death to keep its hold on [Jesus]. Acts 2:24

Swimming with friends in the Gulf of Mexico, Caitlyn encountered a shark, which grabbed her legs and pulled at her body. To counter the attack, Caitlyn punched the shark in the nose. The predator unclenched its jaws and swam away in defeat. Although its bite caused multiple wounds, which required over 100 stitches, the shark was unable to keep Caitlyn in its grasp.

This story reminds me of the fact that Jesus delivered a blow to death, ending its power to intimidate and defeat His followers. According to Peter, “It was impossible for death to keep its hold on [Jesus]” (Acts 2:24).

Peter said these words to a crowd in Jerusalem. Perhaps many of them had been the ones yelling out, “Crucify him!” to condemn Jesus (Matthew 27:22). As a result, Roman soldiers fastened Him to a cross where He hung until they confirmed He was dead. Jesus’s body was carried to a tomb where it stayed for three days until God resurrected Him. After His resurrection, Peter and others spoke and ate with Him, and after forty days they watched Him ascend into heaven (Acts 1:9).

Jesus’s life on Earth ended amidst physical suffering and mental anguish, yet God’s power defeated the grave. Because of this, death—or any other struggle—lacks the ability to keep us in its grip forever. One day all believers will experience everlasting life and wholeness in God’s presence. Focusing on this future can help us find freedom today.

Prayer: Dear Jesus, Your victory over death gives me hope! I praise You as the resurrected One who died so that I could have eternal life.

The grip of the grave is no match for the power of God.

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This message was written By Jennifer Benson Schuldt [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

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Kenneth & Gloria Copeland Devotional 24 October 2018 – God Goes Too!

Topic: God Goes Too! [Kenneth & Gloria Copeland Devotional 24 October 2018]

But the person who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him. – 1 Corinthians 6:17, The Amplified Bible

I once heard about a great man of God who looked in the mirror every day when he put on his suit and said, “Suit, everywhere you go today, God goes in you.” And you know, he’s right. If you have united yourself to God by receiving Jesus as Lord, everywhere you go today…God goes too!

As believers, we need to start becoming more conscious of that. We need to train ourselves to be constantly aware of God inside of us, talking to us, teaching us, counseling us, empowering us and enduing us with Himself.

We need to continually remind ourselves that we are one spirit with Him. That means that every time we face a problem, every time we face an evil spirit that tries to influence and hinder our lives, God is facing it too. When we meet those things, God meets them. And He’s already overcome them!

Let me encourage you when you get dressed today to look in the mirror and say, “I am united to the Lord and I have become one spirit with Him. Body, everywhere you go today…God goes. God is in you. The power of God is in you. The wisdom of God is in you. The victory of God is in you.”

Say that to yourself every day—many times a day. Keep doing it until you begin to develop the habit of thinking that way. Cultivate a constant awareness of the reality of God living in you!

Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:17-20

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This message was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the leader of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries (www.KCM.org) that specializes in teaching principles of bible faith – prayer, healing, salvation and other biblical topics.

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Andrew Wommack Devotional 24 October 2018 – Let God Prune You His Way

Topic: Let God Prune You His Way (Andrew Wommack Devotional 24 October 2018 Devotional – Let God Prune You His Way)

John 15:2 “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.“

This purging has been interpreted in many ways. The illustration that Jesus is using is one of pruning; therefore, some have said this purging is a very painful process where the Lord cuts and slashes us through things like sickness, death, poverty, and other forms of tragedy so that eventually we will bear more fruit. This teaching not only promotes problems as being good, but necessary, if we want to bear more fruit.

That thinking is not consistent with the rest of God’s Word or even the context of this verse. The text makes it very clear that the purging that Jesus speaks of is done through the Word that He has spoken unto us.

Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 that God’s Word was given to us “for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” That is God’s method of pruning us, and He doesn’t need the devil’s help. His word will make us “perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”

That is not to say that we cannot learn through tragedy: but God has a better way. If we mistakenly think that God is bringing tragedy into our lives to make us more fruitful, then we’ll not resist the tragedies and they will not flee from us. All of us will learn by hard knocks, but the man who welcomes them with wide open arms will suffer greatly and be far behind the man who lets God’s Word have His perfect work in him.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Billy Graham’s Daily Devotional HERE

This message was written by The Association of Related Ministries International (ARMI) is an extension of Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWM). ARMI is a unique partnership committed to providing resources to help like-minded ministers succeed in a spirit of excellence and to draw from the experience and expertise of both the AWM and Charis Bible College staff. (www.awmi.net).

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Billy Graham Devotional 24 October 2018 – Prejudice is Weakness

Topic: Prejudice Is Weakness [Billy Graham Devotional 24 October 2018 – Prejudice is Weakness]

Judge not, that ye be not judged.— Matthew 7:1

The word prejudice means “prejudging” or “making an estimate of others without knowing the facts.” Prejudice is a mark of weakness, not of strength. Prejudice is measured by computing the distance between our own biased opinions and the real truth. If we would all be perfectly honest before God, there would be no prejudice.

Prayer for the day: You love each one of us with a love that breaks through all prejudicial barriers, Father. Forgive me for the times I judge others. Purify my heart, that I may be used to draw people together into the bond of Christ’s unifying love.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Billy Graham’s Daily Devotional HERE

Written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association(BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same.

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Netflix Series ‘Big Mouth’ Promotes Abortion to Teens

Netflix Series ‘Big Mouth’ Promotes Abortion to Teens



The raunchy animated Netflix series Big Mouth always has pushed the envelope, but in its newest season it crosses into new territory by promoting abortion in an episode appropriately titled, “Planned Parenthood.” 


“The entire episode was devoted to convincing twelve and thirteen-year-old students on the merits of Planned Parenthood,” Karen Townsend of Newsbusters wrote.


The Netflix original series, rated TV-MA, follows a group of tweens and teens going through puberty and is filled with coarse language and sex jokes. 


The Planned Parenthood episode includes a classroom scene where a boy calls Planned Parenthood an “abortion factory” but a girl tells him, “Jay, you don’t know what you’re talking about. You’ve never even been to a Planned Parenthood,” according to LifeSiteNews. Jay says his father is a lawyer who dropped off his receptionists at the clinic.


In another scene, according to Newsbusters, a mother daydreams “about her younger days” and how she had a one-night stand, learned she was pregnant, and then went to Planned Parenthood for an abortion.


In yet another scene, Jay is told by a girl that “abortions make up only a tiny percentage of what” Planned Parenthood does. 


Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider. 


Common Sense Media rates Big Mouth as appropriate for ages 16 and up, although plenty of…

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Your Success Will Only Come From the Lord

(Screenshot: Facebook/The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Noe Garcia, senior pastor of North Phoenix Baptist Church of Phoenix, Arizona, speaking at the Oct. 18, 2018 chapel service at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

The former pastor for the recently deceased Senator John McCain told students at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky that their success will only come from God.

Noe Garcia, senior pastor of North Phoenix Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona, which was Sen. McCain’s home church, preached at an Oct. 18 chapel service.

During his remarks, Garcia argued that when the seminarians graduate and go into ministry, they should not look for success in worldly matters.

“Your success will not come from the degrees hanging on your wall,” said Garcia. “Your success will not come from who you know. Your success will not come from your bank account.”

“Your success will not come from your mentors. Your success will not come…

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The Hills Church Welcomes Patrick Garcia as Lead Pastor Two Months after Controversial Firing

The Hills Church Welcomes Patrick Garcia as Lead Pastor Two Months after Controversial Firing



The Hills Church revealed on Sunday that Patrick Garcia would be their new lead pastor, despite his controversial firing from the Crossroads Christian Church in Indiana two months ago.


The Hills Church, which according to The Christian Post, was created by former Crossroads leaders and members, announced Garcia’s arrival as he walked out onto the church stage to a standing ovation.


“Thank you so much. It is such an honor to be here,” Garcia said as he walked to center stage. 


“It is an honor to be a part of this family. And it doesn’t go without saying that we stand on the shoulders of so many of you including Rick and Dave and Darryl who took steps of faith early on to start this thing and so we’ve got to give credit where credit is due. And so thank you for stepping out in faith guys,” Garcia, 31, said.


In August, Garcia was fired from the Crossroads Christian Church after elders accused him of being inexperienced and power-hungry and wanting “complete control.”


According to The Christian Post, Garcia told them in an interview on Monday, that he had philosophical differences with the elders about leadership and purpose, noting, “When you get down to the heart of it that’s what it was.”


Garcia continued, “Am I an inexperienced leader? To a degree. Yeah. I mean I’m 31 years old. I was working with guys on the Crossroads…

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Pastor Ryan Guard Says He Was Fired From Willow Creek’s High School Ministry Due to Low Attendance

(Screenshot: Facebook)Former director of Willow Creek Community Church’s high school ministry, Pastor Ryan Guard.

Pastor Ryan Guard, former director of Willow Creek Community Church’s high school ministry, Student Impact, has said that the real reason he left the ministry last year is because he was fired due to low attendance, not because he wasn’t “gifted enough as a leader” as stated in an earlier narrative.

Guard, who is now lead pastor at Prodigal Church, made the revelation in a series of tweets Monday in which he suggested his former boss at the South Barrington, Illinois, church, Scott Rubin, was “obsessed with numerical growth.”

“A year ago we announced I was leaving Willow Creek to explore new opportunities. The whole truth is that they fired me because attendance was down. Youth pastors: I’m done playing games, and you should be too. If your boss is obsessed with numerical growth — call it out and QUIT,” Guard advised.

“They offered me a severance, but forced me to sign a non-disclosure. Well, come and get it. We shared a half-truth to protect their image, but that ship sailed and sank, and I’m done lying for you. I love the Student Impact students, staff and volunteers, and they deserve better,” he continued.

“I can understand why some people stay silent,…

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