Abortion Supporters Are ‘Anti-Science,’ Ken Ham Says

Abortion Supporters Are ‘Anti-Science,’ Ken Ham Says



Answers in Genesis founder Ken Ham says he’s often accused of being “anti-science” for rejecting evolution.  


But in a new blog post, he says it’s the other side – specifically, pro-choicers – that often are the ones opposing science.  


“Do you know who is often anti-science? Those who support abortion,” he wrote on his blog Thursday.


Ham referenced a CNN debate involving political analyst Christine Quinn, a former Democratic politician and a board member of the National Institute for Reproductive Health.


“When a woman gets pregnant, that is not a human being inside of her,” Quinn said. “It’s part of her body.” 


Quinn is rejecting basic science and biology, Ham said.


“What is it — a dog, a dolphin, a green bean?” he asked. “It has 100 percent human DNA (with a unique combination of information that came from both father and mother), and humans only produce humans, so the unborn baby can’t be anything other than a human! He or she is an individual.” 


Quinn’s argument, Ham said, “completely ignores biology, including genetics.”


“It’s merely her attempt to make the evil of abortion – the murder of children – more palatable,” Ham wrote. 


Ham noted that the unborn baby has different DNA, distinct fingerprints, its own nervous system and its own heart.


“A baby is not part of a woman’s body,” Ham wrote….

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Religious freedom charities unite to call for killings to stop in Nigeria

The Abuja Statement has been released 15 months after Leah Sharibu, a now 16 year old girl, was captured by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram together with one hundred and ten other school girls.

Following her refusal to convert to Islam, Leah remains in captivity.

RLP are campaigning for the Nigerian government to facilitate her release and do more to enforce the right to freedom of religion or belief for “all of Nigeria’s communities”.

 

 

Andrew Boyd of Release International, one of the members of the Partnership, says urgent action is needed to stop the increasing number of heavily armed extremist groups from killing Christians across the country.

He told Premier: “The menace is no longer just Boko Haram, but heavily armed Fulani militants.

“These are herdsmen who are armed to the teeth with AK 47 assault rifles, who’ve been carrying out attacks against largely Christian communities now in seven states of Nigeria.

“Between them, Boko Haram and Fulani militants have killed tens of thousands and they’ve driven millions from their homes. There’s a killing that’s taking place in Nigeria with impunity, and that killing has to stop.”

 

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Taiwan Becomes First Asian Country to Legalize Gay Marriage

Taiwan Becomes First Asian Country to Legalize Gay Marriage



Taiwan has approved same-sex marriage, becoming the first in Asia.


Friday, the Taiwan legislature will allow full marriage rights to same-sex couples, according to CBN News.


The Taiwan Constitutional Court ruled in May 2017 that the constitution allows same-sex marriages, and it gave parliament two years to adjust laws if needed.


The new law will go into effect May 24, according to CNN.


The island of Taiwan reportedly has a large gay community and even hosts an annual gay pride event. However, in November 2018, the country tried to pass a referendum approving same-sex marriage. Nearly 70 percent of voters rejected the referendum.


But this week, Taiwanese lawmakers voted on a Cabinet bill to approve same-sex marriages.


Wu Tzu-an, a gay activist from Taipei, said the vote was the “best” result for the country.


“It’s also a sign to show that Taiwan was different from China,” he added, referring to mainland China where same-sex marriage has not been legalized. “Personally I don’t have plans to get married, but I think it’s a sign for equality.”


Xiaogang Wei, who is the leader of the Beijing Gender Health Education Institute, said the bill is historic.


“It will have a very positive impact on China’s LGBT community, offering us a lot of hope,” he told CNN.


“The Chinese government has pointed to cultural tradition as a reason for same-sex marriage being…

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Footballer set to become pastor following FA Cup final appearance

The goal keeper says God’s called him to ministry back in his homeland Brazil.

 

Unless he’s persuaded to play for one more season, the 38 year old will lace his boots one last time for Saturday’s FA Cup final at Wembley when his team take on Premier League champions Manchester City.

While he has played in every round of the competition he’s not guaranteed to play in the match with Watford, who often favour their other goalkeeper Ben Foster, but Gomes will be a substitute at least.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: “As a pastor, it is something more recent in my heart. I got a call from God and this is becoming more strong in my heart. God will tell me where I need to go and do it, probably in Brazil because I want to be home again, but I also want to be around the world doing it. I want to help people.

“When God puts something in your heart, like he has for me with this, it is because the time is coming. It is the right time for me to do this. Religion has always been important for me, in my heart, in my life, but it has never been on my mind like it is at the moment. I know this is what I want to do for the next bit.”

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Gomes plans to couple his ministry with a career as a football agent.

In an industry often criticised for greed and selfish ambition, Gomes says he will act in way which is “good in God’s eyes”

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Missouri Senate Advances Bill Banning Abortion after 8 Weeks

Missouri Senate Advances Bill Banning Abortion after 8 Weeks



The Missouri Senate approved a bill Thursday that would ban abortions after 8 weeks. The measure passed the Republican-led Senate by a vote of 24-10 after a debate that continued late into the night.


Senate Democrats filibustered the bill for several hours in an attempt to derail it, but then Senators took a recess which ended at 3 a.m. The measure passed with little debate after Senators returned. The Missouri Senate GOP’s Twitter account posted “History made!” at 3:59 a.m. after the bill’s passage. 


The bill contains no exceptions for incest or rape, but it does contain provisions for “medical emergencies.” It also prohibits abortions based only on sex, race, or a “prenatal diagnosis, test, or screening indicating Down Syndrome or the potential of Down Syndrome.”


Missouri joined other conservative states who have approved abortion bans in the wake of President Donald Trump’s recent appointments to the Supreme Court. Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Ohio have all recently passed bills banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. Bans in Iowa and North Dakota have already been defeated in court.


Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the nation’s most restrictive abortion ban into law on Wednesday. It made providing abortion a felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison. Many believe the Alabama bill intentionally went as far as it did to…

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Church connects with football fans through huge mural

Cornerstone Church says the decision to work with EE has led to many ministry opportunities.

Last Sunday, instead of running the usual Sunday service, the church took the opportunity to reach out to football supporters by gathering in the church car park to serve tea, coffee and biscuits to connect with the community.

 

Minister of the church, Richard Evans told Premier: “We had lots of good conversations and we connected with people who had kind of been in church and who had drifted away and there was an opportunity to pray too.

“There were conversations just in general, there were also those as well that weren’t interested.

“But the fact that we were there and available to people just made that opportunity for those conversations to happen.

“We want to do this more and more, to just connect with people outside the church and to be that fragrance of Christ, wherever we are, whatever we are doing.”

Watford are surprising participants in Saturday’s FA Cup final when they’ll take on Manchester City.

 

  

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University of Colorado Apologizes for Forcing Christian Student Group to Allow Non-Christians to Lead the Club

University of Colorado Apologizes for Forcing Christian Student Group to Allow Non-Christians to Lead the Club



The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has agreed to a settlement with a Christian apologetics student group who were de-affiliated with the college for stipulating that leaders in their group must adhere to mainline Christian beliefs.


The university agreed to pay the plaintiff’s representing Ratio Christi some $20,574 in damages and will also reinstate the group as an official student club. In addition, the college also promised to review its “Club & Organization Handbook” and ensure that it contained information making it clear that clubs are at liberty to only appoint leaders who share the fundamental beliefs of their group.


Alliance Defending Freedom, the group who represented Ratio Christi, was delighted with the outcome of what has been an arduous and protracted legal battle. “It would be absurd for the university to require the vegan student group to appoint a meat-lover as its president,” said counsel Travis Barham in a statement on the outcome. “Thankfully, the university quickly fixed its policy by adding provisions that respect students’ rights to free association, no longer forcing Christian students to let atheists or other non-Christians to lead their Bible studies in order to become a registered club.”


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Bishop welcomes changes to probation service

The supervision of all offenders in England and Wales is being brought under public management.

The National Probation Service will take over low and medium-risk cases again after a part-privatisation suffered a lot of criticism.

 

 

A recent inspection found thousands of offenders were being managed by a brief phone call once every six weeks.

Following the announcement, Rt Rev James Langstaff, Bishop of Rochester and Bishop to HM Prisons has said: “I welcome the Secretary of State, David Gauke’s announcement that all probation services are to be brought back within one national service.

“The previous regime whereby many services were provided by a number of Community Rehabilitation Companies was ill-conceived and has not worked in practice. 

“Both former prisoners and communities have not been served well.  Launched under the banner of ‘Transforming Rehabilitation’, the system has not been transformative and has not rehabilitated.  Re-offending rates are but one indicator of this.

“Within the proposed unitary service, there will no doubt continue to be multiple providers of particular services. 

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s indication that the voluntary sector will have a significant role and look forward to further discussions about this.

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Readers in the Church of England to be better equipped to teach and serve

Readers in the Church of England are people who are not ordained but may serve in church as lay preachers, by leading music or assisting in the teaching, outreach and pastoral work of the minister.

Rt Rev Martyn Snow, the Bishop of Leicester and the Chair of the Central Readers Council, wants the Church to take a ‘fresh perspective’ on ecclesiastical life and to be challenged.

 

  

The booklet says lay people are ‘a wonderful gift from God to the church’ who are ‘uniquely equipped to enable all baptised Christians to live out their Christian faith in the places where they spend the majority of their time’.

It continues: ‘As people who daily move between the worlds of work, home, social networks and church, Lay Ministers can teach the faith and play a part in leadership such that all God’s people grow in confident and humble witness to God’s kingdom.’

Bishop Martyn highlights how lay people are in a unique position of reaching ‘the 93%’ of people who do not engage with the Church at all in the UK as they will have jobs outside of the church.

The areas of encouragement mostly involve equipping church goers to tell the gospel to those outside the church, to be more confident in Bible teaching and to become a model of ‘everyday faith’.

 

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New Patterns in Ministry Training

Podcast Episode #537

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How ministers are trained has radically changed over the past few decades thanks mainly to the rise of digital training. Today, we discuss these changes and where they might be headed.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

  • The pace of change in the church is faster than it’s ever been.
  • Online degrees are great for convenience, but you typically don’t build the relationships with students or professors like you would an on-campus degree.
  • Co-vocational ministry jobs are increasing as ministers want to keep their presence in the business world because of the ministry opportunities it presents.
  • Music ministry, student ministry, and children’s ministry have radically changed in the past two decades.

The seven patterns we discuss are:

  1. The digital trend is not slowing
  2. Degrees are becoming shorter
  3. Positive reports on the blended approach
  4. Full-time on campus has advantages
  5. Certification as an alternative to degrees
  6. Training must meet the needs of the growing co-vocational numbers
  7. Shortages in key positions due to lack of ministry training in those areas

Resources mentioned in today’s podcast

Rainer on Leadership is a member of the LifeWay Leadership Podcast Network


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Today’s episode is sponsored by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Midwestern offers more than 25 degrees at both undergraduate and masters level that are fully attainable…

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