Conservative Christian Singer Joy Villa Wears Pro-life Dress to Grammy Awards

Conservative Christian Singer Joy Villa Wears Pro-life Dress to Grammy Awards



Conservative Christian singer Joy Villa made a bold statement at last evening’s Grammy Awards by wearing a dress with a pro-life message.


Villa’s dress was white and featured a painting of an unborn child in a womb that was painted all the colors of the rainbow. She also carried a handbag that said “Choose Life.”


According to LifeNews.com, the painting on Villa’s dress was modeled after her own daughter.


“I’m a pro-life woman. This year I chose to make a statement on the red carpet like I always do,” Villa told Fox News. “I’m all about life.”


“I’m incredibly blessed to have given life, and I hope to encourage anyone in a similar situation to choose adoption,” she continued.


“I believe in loving the child and the mother, and I am proudly #ProLife. There is so much pain out there, but I choose to spread love and hope. I hand painted my @pronovias gown with a hand painted (by me) recreation of my daughter portrait I painted in 2007 at 20 years old 8 months pregnant with my beautiful daughter, whom I adopted out to a wonderful family.”

Villa was in an abusive relationship when she found out she was pregnant, but although she was scared and overwhelmed, she chose life for her daughter.

Last year, Villa wore a red, white, and blue dress with the words “Make America great again” printed down the front.


 


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Star Wars fans urged to keep Sabbath holy

Placards urging cinema goers to keep the day holy were held as the first ever film was shown in a public cinema on the island off the west of Scotland.

Rev David Fraser from the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) was joined by a woman to protest the showing of “The Last Jedi” at the An Lanntair arts venue in Stornoway.

 

He told Premier why he decided to take a stand.

Speaking during Premier’s News Hour, he said: “There’s constant pressure because we’re going against the modern trend of excluding God and excluding Christianity and excluding Jesus more and more from life and conversations and values…”

All 183 tickets were sold out for the latest instalment of the space opera franchise.

Rev Fraser said he would continue protesting if other businesses on the island also decided to open on Sundays.

Premier contacted An Lanntair for a response.

A spokesperson said: ” An Lanntair has a strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and to opening up access for all to the arts.

“Over recent months we have carried out some consultation, which has highlighted some interest from our audiences and members in Sunday opening.

“As a result, our board of directors agreed to run a trial to further this research and explore and inform demand.

“It should be noted that this continues to be an audience research exercise at this stage, the Sunday trial events will help inform our…

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Government Sides with Archdiocese in Bus Ad Case

Government Sides with Archdiocese in Bus Ad Case



The U.S. Justice Department has sided with the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., in a case against local censorship of religious advertising. Last fall, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) rejected the archdiocese’s Christmas ad, which depicted shepherds following the star of Bethlehem and included the message: “Find the perfect gift.” The ad also listed the web address for a site with information about the archdiocese’s Christmas events and the phrase, “Jesus is the perfect gift.”


The transit authority said it does not allow any ads promoting religion, but the Justice Department argued it can’t use that policy to justify viewpoint discrimination. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed last week, the department said because the transit authority accepts other ads related to Christmas, including those encouraging charitable giving, it cannot reject the archdiocese’s ads.


“Just as a university cannot subsidize secular speech on a given topic while refusing to subsidize religious speech on the same topic, WMATA cannot accept a secular Christmas – encouraging charitable giving while rejecting religious Christmas ads that do the same,” the brief stated. In essence, the department argued, the transit authority is turning the Constitution on its head by favoring commercial speech, including ads for Christmas gifts, over First…

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Christians told to be ‘gracious’ over civil partnerships

Harry Benson, research director at the Marriage Foundation, made the comment before MPs vote on a bill this week that would legalise heterosexual civil partnerships.

Benson, who is a Christian, told Premier News Hour: “For the tiny minority of people who don’t get married for some obscure sort of ideological reason, this is a way for them to express the same commitment that you get in marriage but just call it a different name.

 

“I think we can afford to be a little gracious on these sorts of issues.”

Benson said some couples want a civil marriage because “there’s a historical hangover” of people thinking marriages are bad, instead of “attributing it to bad people”.

Because this of this ideology, Benson said Christians should be gracious. He also said this law wouldn’t be anti-marriage.

“As a Christian I think this is us being gracious about this issue and also being sensible and pragmatic,” he said.

“In no way will this undermine marriage for one second. It’s all about lifelong commitment. It’s all about encouraging couples to make a formal commitment to one another in exactly the same way you would make the Biblical idea of covenant.”

The bill, which has cross-party support, would affect more than 3 million couples if approved.

Listen to Harry Benson speaking with Premier’s Eno Adeogun here:

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American Moviegoers Prefer Movies with Christian, Biblical Values, Study Confirms .

American moviegoers preferred movies with such content by nearly a 6-to-1 margin, $61.29 million to $10.49 million on average or per movie, Baehr revealed:
American moviegoers preferred movies with such content by nearly a 6-to-1 margin, $61.29 million to $10.49 million on average or per movie, Baehr revealed: (dbreen)

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A study of the major movies released last year in the United States shows American moviegoers prefer movies with very strong Christian, redemptive, moral content and values reflecting biblical principles or…

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Christian Students Knifed, Beaten in High School Clash in Kenya

Christian Students Knifed, Beaten in High School Clash in Kenya



Muslim students at a high school in Nairobi on Tuesdaynight (Jan. 23) beat and stabbed Christians who refused to convert to Islam, a local source said.

 

Tensions had been growing for weeks at Jamhuri High School in northern Nairobi, with Muslims primarily of Somali, Boran and Oromo descent complaining of discrimination. Due to increasing hostilities, the boarding school had designated separate bathrooms and separate sections in the library for Christians and Muslims, a source told Morning Star News.

 

The conflict came to a head Tuesday night (Jan. 23), when Muslim students began speaking in inflammatory terms and tried to force Christian students to recite the Islamic creed for conversion and force students to participate in Muslim cleansing rituals, a source on campus who requested anonymity said.

 

“Some Muslim students forcefully tried to induct Christian students into their Islam faith, and those who refused were knifed, while others were physically beaten,” the source told Morning Star News by phone. “The knives and machetes used are alleged to have come from outside the school.”

 

At least 35 of the school’s 1,500 students were injured, including some Muslims when the Christian students tried to defend themselves, the source said. Some Christian students received hospital treatment for stab wounds and dislocated bones in their hands and joints,…

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Christian parents learn doctors can stop providing treatment to brain-damaged son

Specialists at King’s College Hospital said giving further intensive care treatment to 11-month-old Isaiah Haastrup was “futile, burdensome and not in his best interests”.

They had asked a judge to give them the go-ahead to provide only palliative care.

 

Isaiah’s mother, Takesha Thomas, and father Lanre Haastrup, who are both 36 and from Peckham, south-east London, wanted treatment to continue.

Thomas told the private trial last week: “I am a Pentecostal Christian.

“For me, I don’t think it is right to say who should live or who should die.”

“If God wants to take the person, He will.”

Mr Justice MacDonald on Monday ruled that doctors could stop providing life-support treatment.

The judge, who had analysed evidence at a trial in the Family Division of the High Court in London earlier this month, said he had reached his decision with “profound sadness”.

Mr Haastrup said he and Miss Thomas were disappointed and would discuss the judge’s ruling with lawyers.

Barrister Fiona Paterson, who represented King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at hearings, had told Mr Justice MacDonald how Isaiah was born at King’s College Hospital on February 18 2017 and was severely disabled.

 

She said nobody could understand the pain and suffering Isaiah’s parents had endured.

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Justin Bieber Attends Hillsong Church with Formerly Estranged Mother

Justin Bieber Attends Hillsong Church with Formerly Estranged Mother



Pop star Justin Bieber was recently seen attending a Hillsong church service with his mother.


In the past couple years, Bieber has seemed to turn his life around. He often speaks of his Christian faith and shares Christian messages on social media.


According to CBN News, Bieber attended a Wednesday evening church service at Hillsong’s Beverly Hills campus with his mother, Pattie Mallette.


Although Mallette raised Bieber in the faith and even introduced him to his friend and mentor Pastor Judah Smith, the two were estranged for some time.


“I was distant because I was ashamed,” Bieber shared. “I never wanted my mom to be disappointed in me and I knew she was. We spent some time not talking, so it takes time to rebuild that trust. She’s living in Hawaii now, so it’s hard, but getting better.”


Mallette has also shared that, although it is tough as a parent to step back, it is important to allow one’s children to make their own choices at some point:


“Me, personally, I would love to be with him all the time and to be able to ground him and deal with his problems and do all of that stuff, but at some point the parenting style changes. I hope to still be a respected voice in his ear,” she shared.


It seems, however, that the relationship between mother and son is mending. Mallette and Bieber even vacationed together recently in the Maldives.


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