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DALLAS, TX (ANS – February 24, 2018) -- As scholars determine the legacy of evangelist Billy Graham, who passed peacefully in his sleep the morning of Feb. 21, 2018, when he was called home by the Lord he so faithfully served for most of his 99 years, I have been reflecting on some of the defi-
ning characteristics I observed while serving as his personal media spokesperson for more than three decades. Through the years, many reporters have asked me to sum up Billy Graham’s life and legacy in one word. But in response, I have to use four: humility, integrity, authenticity and love -- each of which I have observed consistently in my travels with him. In July 1999, I accompanied Mr. Graham to the local NBC affiliate in Jacksonville, where he did a remote interview with Katie Couric on Today. While waiting in the green room, the floor producer asked me if he would be willing to sign her copy of his recently published memoirs, Just As I Am. Despite symptoms of Parkinson’s that made writing difficult, the evangelist was happy to oblige, which so touched the young woman that she asked Mr. Graham if she could pray for him. That moved me deeply, as it was the first time in my then-quarter century of traveling with him that someone took such an initiative, rather than asking him to offer a prayer on his or her behalf. After the producer left the room, Mr. Graham turned to me and said genuinely, “I have never understood why in the world anyone would want my autograph.” At first, I thought he was joking, but then realized his puzzled sincerity was reflective of his self-identification as “a country boy called to preach,” who could not fathom why the Lord chose him to be blessed with such spiritual responsibility and global op-
portunity. As best I could, I tried to clarify for Mr. Graham what his inscription in her book meant to that young woman and others who made similar requests through the years, explaining his obvious influence and the significant impact of his ministry on her, since she had made a faith commitment at one of his crusades as a teenager. To my surprise, he responded, somewhat matter-of-factly, “I have only asked for one autograph in my whole life.” Now it was I who was flummoxed, as I sat in stunned silence trying to determine who that individual would have been, going over in my mind myriad celebrities, influencers and world changers Mr. Graham had met during his travels. “It was John Glenn. He and I sat next to each other at the March 1998 TIME magazine 75th anniversary gala at Radio City Music Hall honoring all living cover subjects.” “As we got up to leave, John asked me for my autograph,” Mr. Graham continued. “I replied, ‘I’ve never asked anyone in my whole life to sign something. Could I have yours?’ And so, we swapped autographs!” Among the many examples of Mr. Graham’s personal, spiritual and financial integrity, I remember when he kicked off the twelve-week, six-city Mission England tour the summer of 1984 in Bristol, west of London. In their coverage of the opening service, local papers appealed to their readers’ British reserve through articles crit icizing the “emo-
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tionalism” of the American evangelist’s meeting. Their evidence was the fact that the choir sang softly during his invitation for people to come forward to make a faith commitment. So, for only the second time in the history of their ministry, before the start of the meeting the next evening, Mr. Graham told program director Cliff Barrows to refrain from having the choir sing dur-
Bill Clinton with Billy Graham ing the invitation. But the next day, the headlines in the paper read, “The Emotionalism was in the Silence,” and Mr. Graham decided that if he was going to get criticized, they should at least do it right, and they went back to the choir accompaniment for the rest of the mission -and ever since.
In August 2005, just two months after he had preached his final crusade in New York City, I went to visit Mr. Graham at his log cabin home in western North Carolina. While sitting together on his back porch for several hours, eventually watching the sun start to set over... Continuation on Page: 7
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EAST AFRICA (ANS - February 21, 2018) -- She was born into a Muslim family in East Africa. After she became a follower of Jesus, she endured terrible opposition within her own family and narrowly escaped death. “I never knew God loved me,” Fatima told New Covenant Missions. “After I heard the Gospel I gave my life to Jesus and he came into my heart to be my Lord and my Redeemer.” After she told her family the news, they were furious. “Sharia law demands anyone who converts from being a Muslim to be a Christian shall be put to death,” she noted. “My family was very ashamed of me because in their eyes I was apostate.” To maintain the family’s “honor,” her oldest brother plotted to kill Fatima. He conspired with the town police to surround her in the public square and make an example of her in front of others. “One day while in the town the police grabbed me along with my brother. They surrounded me in public and my brother began to beat me to death. I don’t know how I survived. The police surrounded me so no one would come to my aid,” she recounted. “I was so badly injured to the point where I became crippled — they left me there to die.” Years later, she was still disabled when she met her
husband, a church planter who converted to Christianity from Islam when he was young. “We began to have worship services in the bush near the lake. We then built this little church.” Jesus healed the wounds on her “body and heart” and enabled her to have children. “Now I am serving the Muslim women in our surrounding area around our church. God has brought great partnerships and is allowing my husband and I to build a large worship center for the believers here in this bush area,” she noted. Fatima travels from village to village and hut-to-hut caring for people suffering from malaria. “Because of our close proximity to the lake the malaria is very bad. I now administer medicine for malaria to the same people that persecuted me. “They do not understand how I can forgive them, I can tell them I love them and it is because I have the love of Jesus Christ in my heart. Some still do not want to give their lives to Jesus out of fear of being persecuted by their families and tribes.” Fatima is also starting a support group for young girls that are excommunicated from their families as a result of following Jesus. “I want to be a physical and spiritual mother to
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Email: Louise.alleva@gmail.com Recently Nick and I had the opportunity to work with a ministry called the Institute of Ministry. It is an annual ten-week program that prepares aspiring U.S. and International ministers of the gospel with Biblical training, classes on personal growth, and a deeper desire to be healed and prepared for the call on their lives. They come away with spirit-filled training, accreditation and a renewed sense of purpose. Nick taught one of the courses each week and I served as Counselor/Student Liaison. It was a privilege to be among those awesome diverse folks, sit in on most
every training session, and “get dusted off ” myself. Although it was a time of renewal for us all, I felt the one topic woven throughout the whole ten weeks made and will continue to make the most impact on our lives was prayer. Generally, in this type of article I would focus on the importance prayer used in counseling for protection, guidance and revelation from the Holy Spirit, but there should be a deeper need to be in touch with our Creator that many of us in all walks of life might be overlooking. Therefore, I’d like to share with you some things offered to the students that may also
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help you, the reader, have a stronger prayer life. First question, what is your motivation to pray? There is the kind of prayer that will cause us to cry out. I call it an emergency prayer. I would yell “GOD HELP, I can’t find my keys!” He answers that one very quickly. Or by fear? Recently I heard a sermon where the pastor was in a plane with its nose pointed down straight towards earth. Everyone was crying, JESUS! The pastor had a peace about it and the plane landed safely. There are many kinds of short motivational prayers we speak out every day such as giving thanks (for
Why Christians Can Take the Lead in Bankrupting the $150B Sex-trafficking Industry
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 21, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Recently, the USA Gymnastics and Hollywood sexual abuse scandals have garnered tremendous awareness and support through avenues like the #MeToo movement. While these tragic situations merit the increased awareness and discussion, the ever-swelling tidal wave of sex-trafficking victims deserves equal scrutiny. Sex-trafficking is a $150 billion global industry, with $3.5 billion in the United States alone. This criminal enterprise is the second largest international crime industry surpassing drug smuggling
and only trailing illegal arms sales. L.G. Gibson, a licensed and ordained minister who has spent years helping victims heal from the trauma of abuse, believes the Christian community has the authority to lead in ending the epidemic. “Our faith has the ability and the tenacity to eradicate this human tragedy with a three-pronged approach focusing on the victims, the pimps, and the Johns,” she said. There are an estimated 20.9 million victims of human trafficking across the globe. “These victims are sold like cattle to the highest bidder and flippantly passed from stall to stall,”
said Gibson. She speaks as a survivor of sexual abuse and author of Through Tears and Sugar Cubes, a guide for healing from sexual abuse, to be released this month. While the average sex-trafficked victim is sold for ninety dollars, the pimps cash in with a return on investment of 100 to as high as 1000 percent according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). According to a study by the Urban Institute, some pimps earn as much as $32,833 per week. “The pimps get rich, the Johns get their fix, and the victims are caught in a vicious cycle from which
- Admit that you are a sinner. Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” - sinners suffer, their pay is death. Romans 6:23a “For the wages of sin is death...” - God’s gift to sinners is Jesus Christ, He came to save us. Romans 6:23b “...but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Now give your life to God... Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” -Repent of your sins and call upon the grace of God-
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finding the keys), blessing our meals, blessing others, being grateful, having great joy, etc., but the type of prayer I am referring to today is a consistent, deep conversation with God in your prayer closet, Matthew 6:6. Nick and I pray together every morning and occasionally have an extended time in prayer with quiet instrumental music, and of course our own private time, but after personally spending 10 weeks of silent, extensive time alone with God first thing each day before the training sessions I realized that very few of us have had this type of intimate conversation for a long time or have never done it. The students began to realize that God wants a deeper relationship with them which is vital for their ministry and personal lives. The following was part of a teaching from one of the classes on prayer life. Don’t settle for less than the real thing. When we’re called to prayer we are looking for something that works. they have difficulty escaping,” she said. The average cost to rescue a sex-trafficking victim is $30K per person, but the cost does not end there according to Gibson. Victims of sex-trafficking suffer severe physical and psychological abuse. Abuse victims are three times more likely to suffer from depression, six times more likely to suffer from a post-traumatic stress disorder, thirteen times more likely to abuse alcohol, twenty-six times more likely to abuse drugs, and 64 percent attempt or commit suicide. “Healing hearts and changing mindsets are the only way we can keep these victims from returning to their pimps and breaking the cycle.” That healing begins at the Cross according to Gibson and it is only in Christ that victims of sex-trafficking will find peace. Faithbased organizations are some of the first to pick up the torch in many human tragedies and natural disasters, and she believes Christians should lead the journey to freedom for sex-trafficking victims as well. Gibson says, “It is imperative we lead the way here as we have with so many other causes.”
Prayer is a chance to communicate with God. Have you ever wondered why your prayers go unanswered? The number one reason maybe you are not praying effectively. Sometimes you may encounter unanswered prayer because you are praying your own will, praying without believing and praying with constant distractions. Another reason may be your perception of God. How do you see Him? Even though you may know there is a God, but most likely you didn’t know you could have a conversation with him. Later you came to the place of belief and acceptance of God and began to feel close to Him. This is where little by little He starts to reveal Himself to you. You begin to learn that He is with you always and this is where you begin to have the knowledge of God and His purpose in your life. This is very important. If there is a lack of knowing Him, it will impact your ability to communicate with Him. Learning how to effectively communi-
cate with others takes time, focus and discipline. That’s the same way with God. From communication comes intimacy which brings God’s peace, comfort, answers. Then through a deeper, growing relationship with Him and when we trust Him, He will trust us. This shows in how we represent our lives to others. Most people would rather see a sermon in someone than to hear one. What you focus on you will become like. There is a supernatural expectation, confidence and peace that comes from having a clear connection with God. Talk with Him often. Open yourself to hear His voice, His peace, His presence and His power. He loves you dearly and has so much to say to you. Give Him the chance by giving Him your time. Portions of text taken from “The Optional Element, The Keys to Developing a Successful Prayer Life.” Blessings and Love, Louise Alleva, D. Min, LCPC. CTC Louise.alleva@gmail.com
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Is it God’s will that you live a victorious life? The Apostle John declares it so: 3 John 2-3 “Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers”. The question we need to ask ourselves is; would the Apostle John pray for something against God’s will? If it is God’s will, how do we achieve the victorious life? Join us, Friday, March
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Trump Admin Cuts Planned Parenthood Funding, Will Shift Sex-Ed Funds to Abstinence Programs BY: STEVEN ERTELT
The Trump administration rolled out its new sex education priorities this week with an emphasis on abstinence and other sexual risk avoidance strategies. The Title X grant application, released Friday, prioritizes the types of programs that the abortion chain Planned Parenthood and other abortion groups do not offer. Planned Parenthood has been criticized repeatedly for promoting risky sexual behavior to students and young adults. Politico reports the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will offer $260 million in Title X grants to qualified health care providers. Here’s more from the re port: The announcement stressed the inclusion of natural family planning methods — also known as fertility awareness — among the broad range of services offered by grantees. Applicants also have to ensure their activities promote “positive family relationships for the purpose of increasing family participation in family planning and health deci-sion-making” and em-
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phasize the social science research on “healthy relationships, to committed, safe, stable, healthy marriages and the benefits of avoiding sexual risk or returning to a sexually riskfree status, especially (but not only) when communicating with adolescents.” For the first time, grantees will also have to ensure staff is annually trained to respond to threats such as child abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence and human trafficking. Similar monitoring and reporting
programs will be required. Pro-abortion groups criticized the new goals, claiming the government wants to take away birth control and push religious beliefs on people through abstinence-based programs. “The Trump-Pence administration is quietly taking aim at access to birth control under the nation’s program for affordable reproductive health care, which 4 million people rely on each year,” said Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned
Parenthood. “The last thing anyone wants is for Donald Trump or Mike Pence to weigh in on her sex life — but this announcement essentially invites them into the bedroom.” Clare Coleman, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, criticized the government for not promoting artificial contraception in the application. The grant application emphasizes “a broad range of
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family planning methods,” including natural family planning. In contrast, the application under the Obama administration emphasized “all forms of contraception,” according to Politico. Grantees may not provide abortions with the funds. Valerie Huber, acting deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Population Affairs at HHS, said they want to fund programs that effectively teach sexual risk avoidance. “This is a program that’s important to the administration and we think its really important to make some meaningful changes to extend the coverage of the program,” Huber said. A pro-abortion blog that reported on the announcement attacked Huber, a Trump appointee, because she previously worked at an organization that emphasizes abstinence in sex education. There is little evidence that Planned Parenthood’s programs have reduced sexual health risks and teen pregnancies. In 2017, the Trump administration cut millions of dollars in grants to Planned Parenthood through the failed Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. HHS spokesman Mark Vafiades told the New York Times last year that there is very little evidence that the program was successful. Parents and community members also have raised concerns about the content of the abortion chain’s programs. A Washington state mother recently was
kicked out of her child’s sex education class after she complained about the poor quality of the Planned Parenthood-based program, according to the College Fix. Earlier this month, CBS also highlighted a group of North Carolina parents’ concerns. They said Planned Parenthood’s “Get Real” curriculum “encourages sixth graders to feel ‘comfortable and ready’ for sex. The petition says the curriculum provides flash cards outlining proper condom usage, for ‘vaginal, oral or anal sex’ and recommends the usage of ‘non-microwavable saran wrap’ as a prophylactic for certain non-reproductive sex acts.” In 2014, Live Action release an undercover video series showing Planned Parenthood employees encouraging young teens to participate in sado-masochistic sexual activities, including gagging, whipping, asphyxiation, shopping at sex stores and viewing pornography. LifeNews also reported Planned Parenthood’s booklet for HIV-positive youth, “Healthy, Happy and Hot,” tells young people that it is their “human right” to not tell their partner that they have HIV. The abortion giant also publishes multiple “resources” for children and teenagers concerning sexual activity. These materials claim to provide “age appropriate” sex education to children starting at age 4. +++ GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
March Leader Behind “Student Led” Parkland
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Gun Control Protest
The woman behind the probation Women’s March is apparently behind the so-called student-led protest against gun control that is supposedly inspired by the horrific Parkland Florida school shooting. Although LifeNews does not normally cover gun control news and issues, we do provide comprehensive coverage on prolife news and topics. And so we are intimately familiar with Deena Katz, the Co executive director of the women’s March La Foundation. The Women’s March was a project of Planned Parenthood and other top pro-abortion organizations that ostensibly promoted abortion along with other political causes. Planned Parenthood and
the abortion industry go to great lengths to push their abortion agenda on young Americans. So it’s no surprise to see Katz involved with leading these so-called student-led protests concerning gun control. What better way to push the abortion agenda than exploiting the horrific shootings? As the Washington Times reports: The students billed as leading the gun control charge “from their parents’ living rooms” after last week’s deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are receiving help from seasoned left-wing activists. Deena Katz, co-executive director of the Women’s March LA Foundation,
submitted the application for a National Park Service permit for the March for Our Lives, the March 24 rally on the National Mall described as a student-led protest. Women’s March LA spokeswoman Michelle Margolis said Ms. Katz, the Hollywood producer of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” is working on the March For Our Lives in her personal capacity. “[T]he march is student led and Deena is acting at their behest to help with paperwork, being these logistics are out of their wheelhouse,” Ms. Margolis said in an email. “Also to be clear, Deena is helping as an individual. [T]he
women’s march is not associated.” As far as critics are concerned, there’s quite a bit about the campaign that seems to be outside the wheelhouse of the average high schooler. Few teens would have the resources and sophistication to pull off a major national protest without the help of experienced political hands, and yet there’s been little or no mention of outside groups as the post-Parkland push for tougher gun laws gains steam. The news coverage repeatedly has depicted the effort as homegrown, including stories such as the New Yorker magazine’s “How the Survivors of Parkland Began the Never Again
Lifenews.com Movement” and BuzzFeed’s “Here’s What It’s Like at The Headquarters of the Teens Working to Stop Mass Shootings.” The National Park Service application submitted by Ms. Katz estimates a crowd of 500,000, which would make it one of the largest events on the Mall, rivaling the Women’s March of January 2017, which drew an estimated half-million. The Women’s March was mostly about abortion, its organizers admitted: “First of all, hands off the Affordable Care Act. We need our health insurance,” she began. “Hands off
Planned Parenthood and our reproductive rights. Hands off Muslims. Hands off the undocumented. Those are really our top messaging lines.” The Women’s March claimed to stand for all women. But what that really meant was women who agree with its agenda. The group’s convention excluded pro-life and conservative women – including conservative women in the media. The Women’s March also threw out a center dedicated to helping pregnant women because it was pro-life.
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On January 29, 2018, Federal District Court Judge David Ezra issued a preliminary injunction[i] against the State of Texas from enacting their newly minted fetal disposition law. The law, like several around the country, would mandate that those children killed in an abortion would have to be humanely cremated or buried. However, Judge Ezra believed this law to be unconstitutional on several grounds. His decision is quite problematic from a moral perspective. Judge Ezra’s decision relies upon the application of the “undue burden”
legal standard created by the United States Supreme Court, which determines the constitutionality of pro-life legislation, and is a standard that has no moral basis. The “undue burden” standard rests on the idea that “[A] statute which, while furthering a valid state interest, has the effect of placing a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman’s choice cannot be considered a permissible means of serving its legitimate ends.[ii]” The Court continues that an enacted law that has “the purpose or effect of presenting a substantial obstacle to a woman seek
ing an abortion imposes an undue burden on that right.[iii]” And what is the underpinning of this principle? The Court waxes philosophical by stating that “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.[iv]” There are two problems with this standard: 1) it is contrary to the virtue of justice, and 2) its adherence to philosophical relativism. First, justice has a strong tradition of being defined as “that which is due to another.[v]” Even if the Court tries to make
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the argument that the socalled abortion “right” is due to women, it falls radically short in proving this point in any of its cases. For example, the Court readily admits in Roe v. Wade that it cannot define when human personhood begins, but then permits abortion. This sort of logic is akin to someone who is hunting in the woods and hears a rustle, but he is not sure if it is a deer or a human being but shoots anyway. It is reckless and common sense would tell a person not to commit that sort of action. In ethics, this is called the principle of the safer course.
The court creates a potential problem if it says that they cannot say if the unborn child is a person, but they allow for abortion anyway since they could be sanctioning legalized murder (which, of course, they did). Furthermore, it is clear that the child is indeed a person. As hard as some philosophers may try to argue that the unborn child is not a person, they cannot get away from the fact that the child is an individual member of the homo sapiens species. This reality squares with Boethius’ famous definition of personhood, “an individual substance of a rational nature.[vi]” There is no magical moment when a child becomes a person, rather the child, by his/her nature, is a rational substance at the moment of conception. Second, the Court’s “mystery of the universe” statement is so broad that if this is the basis of law then there is really no law. If a person wishes to be a dog and urinate publically, what is stopping him if this is what the Court truly believes since that person has defined his concept of existence as a dog? With this in mind, one can begin to see the problem that the District Court injunction against the Texas law has. But what other problems exist within the injunction? First, if one is
to take the “undue burden” principle literally then one must show that a law has the “purpose or effect of presenting a substantial obstacle.” How exactly, then, does a fetal disposition law present a substantial obstacle to a woman wanting to obtain an abortion? Judge Ezra’s reasoning would be ludicrous if it were not so tragic. In his decision, Judge Ezra directly states the following, “Evidence suggests the purported interest-‘express[ing] the state’s profound respect for the life of the unborn by providing for a dignified disposition of embryonic and fetal remains’-may be a pretext for restricting abortion.[vii]” Merely claiming that a law may be a pretext is not taking the standard literally since the standard asserts that a law must be proven to show that it has a purpose or effect of creating a substantial obstacle. But Judge Ezra continues, “Even if the asserted state interest is not a pretext, there is no precedent showing respect for the unborn by restricting EFTR (embryonic and fetal tissue remains) after the potential for life no longer exists is a valid state interest.[viii]” Again, common sense dictates that Judge Ezra is mistaken. The fact that Continuation on Page: 7
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“The Trump administration will officially relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May, timed with Israel’s 70th Independence Day, a State Department official confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Friday,” reports Jerusalem Post. “The official was responding to a message on Twitter by Transportation Minister Israel Katz, who seemed to confirm the move would occur in the spring. “We’re planning to open the new US Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May,” the US official told the Post. “The Embassy opening will coincide with Israel’s 70th anniversary.” “The Embassy will initial
ly be located in Arnona, on a compound that currently houses the consular operations of Consulate General Jerusalem,” he continued. “At least initially, it will consist of the Ambassador and a small team.” “US officials have been saying for months that they intend to move the embassy to Jerusalem before the end of this calendar year – a midterm election year in the US.” “The State Department continues to scope out sites and architects for the construction of a larger, permanent embassy in Jerusalem.” US President Donald Trump touted his decision to move the US embassy
there from Tel Aviv in a speech to a conservative action group in Washington on Friday. “I said, ‘I have to do it, because its the right thing to do,” Trump said, of his conversations with world leaders leading up to the decision. “The campaign against it was so incredible. But you know what, the campaign for it was also incredible.” [Dr. Chaps’ comment: President Trump acknowledges YOUR campaign for Israel and moving the embassy to Jerusalem. When you sign our petitions, and we fax Congress, they let the President know how much YOU care about Israel. Well done!]
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As Christians we must unify around the Gospel of Jesus Christ, for there is salvation in no one else (Acts 4:12).
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As America reels from another mass shooting in Florida, one abortion activist used the tragedy to claim that fewer mass shootings would happen if more babies were aborted. Journalist Becky Griffin’s tweets about abortion and the mass shooting went viral Thursday. “Woman puts baby up for adoption, he grows up to be a violent young man who will spend the rest of his life in prison for a mass murder. Tell me more about how abortions are wrong,” she wrote Thursday. Hoodie Rebecca @dorothyofisrael: Woman puts baby up for adoption, he grows up to be a violent young man who will spend the rest of his life in prison for a mass murder. Tell me more about how abortions are wrong. #Florida #ParklandSchoolShooting 4:10 PM - Feb 15, 2018 The tweet is a reference to alleged mass murderer Ni-
kolas Cruz’s background as an adopted child. According to the AP, he was living with friends after both of his adoptive parents died. Neighbors said his mother, Lynda Cruz, died Nov. 1, and Cruz had mental health problems. Cruz allegedly killed 17 people and injured 13 others Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the report states. Griffin quickly received backlash for her tweets about adoption and abortion. Responding to her critics, Griffin directed “trolls” to an old article claiming that abortions reduce crime. Experts have refuted this claim, made popular in the book “Freakonomics,” numerous times. While Griffin later clarified that she does not oppose adoption and did not mean to insult any adoptees, she continued to as
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jwas that a woman who was clearly unfit to have a child — did — did NOT raise him — and maybe it could have turned out better if she could have made a CHOICE. 5:57 PM - Feb 15, 2018
Persecution: What is it, and what can we do about the fact that it’s growing?
People on both sides of the abortion debate quickly criticized Griffin for using the slaughter of 17 innocent lives to push abortion. Among them was popular conservative commentator Ben Shapiro.
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro: Woman puts baby up for adoption, he turns out to be Steve Jobs. Tell me again how abortions are right. 5:52 PM - Feb 15, 2018 Abortion activist and writer Robyn Marty also criticized the tweet. Robin Marty @robinmarty: Wow. Dear abortion rights supporters - if you are using the fact that the Florida shooter was adopted to promote keeping abortion legal, you are doing it very, VERY wrong. 7:52 PM Feb 15, 2018 The solution to ending such horrific, massive violence as the Parkland shooting is troublingly uncertain. Politicians and average Americans will continue debating solutions for years. But one thing is clear. Violence against children in the womb cannot be the answer to violence against children outside the womb. We have no way of knowing if a child in the womb will be a revolutionary like Steve Jobs or a violent criminal. What we do know is every human life has value, and every child, born and unborn, deserves to live and grow free from violence.
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Persecution doesn’t only stem from governments, but also from extremist groups. (Photo and header photo courtesy of Voice of the Martyrs).
By Julie Bourdon
International (MNN) – Recently, we talked about how ISIS continues to be a threat even after getting kicked out of Iraq and Syria. This is because the ideology and trained ISIS fighters are on the move. Todd Nettleton of the Voice of the Martyrs USA says leaders in Iran, European nations, and beyond are asking these questions: “Where do we go from there? How do we keep these people out of our countries? If we let them back in, is there a way to rehabilitate them? To reprogram them and make them useful members of the wider society? “As government leaders, that is something that is keeping people awake at night.” Over the last few years, ISIS has been a major perpetrator of religious persecution, particularly against Christians. And yet, they are just one contributor to the rates of persecution against Chris-
tians that seem to grow and grow each year. Persecution can also come from the government, society, or other religious groups. What is persecution? Since persecution comes in so many shapes and sizes at varying degrees, it’s helpful to begin with the basics when we consider these trends. “What is persecution? I think it is different in different places, it’s different for different people. The bottom line is, it’s when someone makes you pay a price for being a follower of Jesus Christ. “The price that some people pay may be people laughing at them or people sort of shunning them in their workplace or in their school. Is that persecution? Yes. But it’s not the same as having someone put a gun to your head and saying, ‘Hey, are you a Muslim or a Christian? And by the way, if you don’t say Muslim, I’m going to kill you.’ That’s sort
of a different level of persecution.” In fact, he says that many times what we might call persecution here in the United States is better defined as discrimination. Typically, Christians do not face serious repercussions for their faith in countries with religious freedom like the United
States. The Voice of the Martyrs USA is deeply involved with supporting the Persecuted Church through a variety of struggles overseas. When someone mentions persecution, Nettleton says, “I think of people who are putting their lives on the line, people who are giving up their livelihood
in order to share the Gospel, in order to be a lighthouse in their community.” How can the global Church respond? We can learn a lot from the Persecuted Church, including how to respond in situa tions where our faith may put us out of favor with someone else. He brings the mind Matthew 5:11 which says, “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.” (NIV) This is an extremely diffi-
cult passage to process, especially if you haven’t faced extreme trials because of your faith. This is what makes the stories of the Persecuted Church so important to share. “What I hope happens is we say ‘Wow, what would I do?’ and that forces us to wrestle in our spirit. It forces us to wrestle in the Scripture and wrestle in prayer, ‘What would I do?’ and get to the point that we understand the earth is not our home, America is not our home. Heaven is our home. We’re supposed to build our value system based on heaven and on eternity. And thinking about persecution, I think, helps put some things in perspective and helps us... Continuation on Page: 12
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS -- February 24, 2018) -- She still maintains she was “born that way.” But an encounter with the truth in a women’s Bible study drew her out of the lesbian lifestyle. A young woman named Emily Thomes recounted her story on a video testimony produced by Anchored North, a Christian media ministry targeting millennials with short videos. Their video, “Love is Love,” has had over two million views in the last month. Very early in life Emily discovered she was attracted to other young women. “I was 15 and I started dating a girl that lived down the street from me,” she told Anchored North. “I got a hicky and my dad saw it and was livid.” As he erupted in anger she responded defiantly. “I love her. I’m going to be with her. This is how it is,” she declared. While it went “terribly” with her father, other friends seemed to be more accepting of her choice. When they questioned her, she realized she could
deny reality or own it. “I decided to own it. I said, ‘Yeah, what about it?’” Emily thought Christians who rejected her lifestyle choice were guilty of “backwoods” thinking. She believed if someone was truly a Christian they would be on her side. Christians who opposed her she considered “legalistic.” She thought they needed to re-read what Christianity is really about — not being judgmental. God being love means God is nice; God is chill with what I am cool with, she thought. In her late teens she fell headlong into the lesbian lifestyle. “ I was super wild and in serial relationships with women,” she said. At nursing school she became engaged to another young woman. “I kind of slowed down a little bit for her because she had two kids,” she told Anchored North. At 22 she was invited to a women’s Bible study. “I expected them to bring up my lifestyle really early and I could use that as justification for not coming back, so I agreed to go.”
Judge Lets Abortion From Clinics Throw Page 5 Aborted Babies in the Trash or Sewer
law does dictate that human remains of those born are not merely tossed on the side of the road left to decay is an indication of a valid state interest. Merely disposing of human remains in the trash or washing them down a drain, whether they be embryonic, fetal, young child, or adult, is a biohazard. This is why there are
laws and regulations regarding the disposition of human remains in general. Judge Ezra also cites concerns of “increased costs for healthcare providers. [ix]” However, this begs the question of why does this exactly matter? Here, Judge Ezra is trying to make the argument that this would be a substantial obstacle, but the bigger
As Emily listened to women in the circle talking about having a personal relationship with God, it unsettled her. “I had nothing like that and it bugged me…I didn’t feel okay anymore.” What if it is all true? she wondered. Her mind began to swirl with questions about her sexual identity. Are you sure this is who you are? She looked up verses about homosexuality and stumbled upon 1 Corinthians, chapter 6: “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.” The implications of the passage struck close to home. “Those who pracmoral question is what is truly just? Causing a possible price increase is not unjust in itself. There are already existing protocols dealing with human remains. Even the remains of those not claimed by families are not callously disposed of. The city must follow legal procedures in order to ensure that the body does not become a biohazard to the community at large. But furthermore, much of this also hinges on respect for the human body. It is not mere material to be thrown away. Finally, Judge Ezra cites concerns that the fetal disposition law would also have an adverse impact on women’s mental health by causing grief and shame and may even discourage women from receiving gynecological medical care, “particularly abortions” [x] more probable is that
tice homosexuality – which was me – and also drunkards and a bunch of other things that I had been…” Emily recognized she had been outside the will of God and it scared her. When she read verse 11 she had an epiphany. “It says, ‘And such were some of you. But you were washed. You were sanctified. You were justified.’” “I realized there were people in the same place and they were saved and they were changed and that God could do that for me too and I needed that. I women will be discouraged from having an abortion precisely because they recognize the humanity of the unborn. People do not bury “blobs of tissue”, they bury human beings. What Judge Ezra fails to understand though is that it might discourage women from having abortions, but not in the way he is thinking. While it is evident that he thinks it will be the shame and guilt they will have if they have to bury their child that will discourage women, what is more probable is that women will be discouraged from having an abortion precisely because they recognize the humanity of the unborn. People do not bury “blobs of tissue”, they bury human beings. It is clear that Judge Ezra does not properly link the civil law with the moral law and it is even clearer that he applies the “myste-
could hold on to my sin and reject God or I could turn to him.” All the debt that I had racked up living like I lived didn’t have to be mine if I could trust Him, she reasoned. The truth in those verses stared at her in black and white. She realized she had twisted the Scripture to suit her desires. The Word and the Spirit touched Emily’s heart and she was born again. “That day it was like my eyes were really opened. I was amazed at the grace He had shown me.” ry of the universe” principle when deciding cases that deal with abortion. Simple common sense speaks volumes against this decision and hopefully, it will be overturned by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. ---[i] Whole Woman’s Health, et al v. Hellerstadt, Case No. A-16-CA-1300, Document 110 [ii] Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey 505 U.S. 833,877. [iii] Ibid, 878. [iv] Ibid, 851. [v] See Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, II-II, Q. 58, A. 1. [vi] De Persona et Duabus Naturis, c. ii [vii] Whole Woman’s Health, et al v. Hellerstadt, Case No. A-16-CA-1300, Document 110, page 11 [viii] Ibid. [ix] Ibid, page 12. [x] Ibid, pages 12-13.
After she began to walk with Jesus a gay person told her, “I was born this way.” “Okay, yeah, me too,” she replied. “You’re not born with right affections. That’s why Jesus had to come. You feeling the desire to sin just proves your need for grace like me.” “It’s not gay to straight. It’s lost to saved. God calls us not to heterosexuality, but to holiness. Even though the world would paint a totally different story of what sexuality is and isn’t, God’s word is clear and he can save and he does and he will.” The ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net).
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Just a Personal Opinion about Guns and the Mass Murder last month
Let’s consider some facts and a personal opinion. Prov 11:27 He who strives for good obtains favor, but he who searches for evil — it comes to him! CJB How often are we hearing the talking heads of news giving comparisons of terror attacks in the USA to other countries; telling us guns are the problem? It is naïve to believe that if they took all the guns away from people, that those with evil hearts will give them their unregistered guns. Gun removal only takes guns out of law-abiding citizen’s hands and gives government the total power (read German, Russia, or Chinese history and see how that works). Let us consider some real comparisons.
Australia, population 25 million– 6 terror attacks in 3 years (guns and knife, vehicles). England, population 66 million – 9 attacks in 5 years (bombs, guns, knives, and vehicles). France, population 65 million – 29 attacks in 5 years (guns, knives, bombs, vehicles). Germany, population 82 million – 7 attacks in 4 years (guns, knives, bombs and vehicles) United States, population 326 million – 21 attacks in 3 years (vehicles, bombs, guns and knives). People do not want to address the real issue. Guns are not the issue my friends, as an evil heart will look for any weapon. It is the evil heart that pulls
the trigger, steers the vehicle, and presses the button on a bomb. It is an evil doctor’s heart that attacks a baby in the womb. If you want to address evil hearts, start by putting prayer back in schools; teach respect for God; teach the 10 commandments; teach respect for all human life, including those still in the womb. Then take violent video games out of society (children do not comprehend that you cannot hit replay and bring people back to life); remove the violence from TV (how many killings take place every night on television?); these things only harden the heart. The real issue is that, “the LOVE OF MONEY is a
root of all sorts of EVIL, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs” (1 Tim 6:10) NASU. Evil is not just those that seek to kill; evil is also those in power that make decisions (some politicians, some corporate executives, and some doctors) based on obtaining more power and money without considering the ramifications on people – and IT EXISTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISLE. Too many believe that some loss (collateral damage) is acceptable, when compared to the personal gain. People need to stop watching the talking heads and drinking their cool-aid.
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Christian Human Rights Lawyer Killed by Chinese Government By Christian Newswire
NANJING, Jiangsu, China, Feb. 26, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Physicians in China’s eastern Jiangsu province declared renowned Christian human rights lawyer Li Baiguang dead today despite a previous record of clean health, indicating that he was murdered by the Chinese Communist Party, whom he often opposed. Li went to the hospital for a minor stomachache and was declared dead hours later. The hospital alleged that he had liver problems and that he bled to death, but Li was previously healthy. China has a history of either neglecting the medical conditions of human rights activists until they succumb to them or declaring previously healthy people dead, as exemplified in the cases of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, pro-democracy activist and Christian Yang Tianshui, and prisoner of conscience Peng Ming, demonstrating that the Chinese government
is taking an active hand in the deaths of those who stand for liberty. Just weeks before his death, Li attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., with ChinaAid President Bob Fu and a delegation of Chinese human rights activists. In the past, he represented numerous illegally arrested Chinese pastors and received the Democracy Award from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) for his efforts to advance human rights and religious freedom in China. President George W. Bush also met with him three times due to his courageous work. Li’s bravery knew no bounds, and he steadfastly defended the oppressed despite death threats made against him. A few months ago, he was kidnapped by Chinese officials in Zhejiang province, beaten, and forced to leave the area on the threat of dismemberment for defending farmers whose land was illega-
lly taken by the government. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of China’s most courageous, proconstitution lawyers,” “He was treated violently last year and was threatened a number of times recently by the Chinese regime. He has been a bold and compassionate human rights lawyer, always ready in defense of the persecuted and vulnerable. Like in the sudden death of [Nobel Peace Prize laureate] Dr. Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese regime should be held totally accountable. The whole world should demand that the Chinese government give a full, independent, and transparent account on what caused Dr Li’s sudden death.” Li is survived by his wife, Xu Hanmei, and their eight-year-old son. ChinaAid calls on the international community and leaders of the free world to speak out against Li’s death and call China to an account for its abusive and murderous actions so that no other person will suffer a similar fate. Christian Communication Network, 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
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his beloved Blue Ridge Mountains, I asked Mr. Graham how he felt. He replied, “I have never been more at peace in my life. My wife Ruth has been there for me as I traveled the world in itinerant ministry. But with her recent medical needs, it is now time for me to take care of her. God has enabled me to do that, and I am looking forward to spending
more time together.” Ruth passed in 2007. During my most recent visit to Mr. Graham’s home, despite physical limitations of his own, I found him once again filled with passion and purpose. As he sat in his favorite chair in the den, he told me how he felt called to deliver one more sermon about the need for renewal in the Church and revival across America.
It was obvious that, though his body might be physically weakened, the heart of the evangelist continued to beat. He had already selected his text, Galatians 6:14, which he had posted in big letters on the wall beside him and recited to me, “’May I never boast, except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ…’” In his characteristic authenticity and transparency, he then stressed that when he got to heaven he was going to lay any awards and rewards received in this life at the feet of Jesus. Several years ago, I had the opportunity to share the story about Mr. Graham and John Glenn at the TIME gala with a for-
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mer bureau chief of the magazine. He smiled, acknowledging that he was at that event, and told me I needed to know “the rest of the story.” He then informed me that the black-tie dinner in question was held in March 1998, during the period following President Bill Clinton’s impeachment by the House of Representatives. Minutes before the event was scheduled to begin, organizers were in crisis mode, as iconic sports figure Joe DiMaggio had refused to sit next to the President at the head table. Further, no other celebrity or marquee figure in attendance would accept
that offer and they seemed reluctant to be photographed with him in the midst of the political kerfuffle. When Billy Graham was approached about the situation, he declared, “I’ll sit next to the President. He’s my friend!” What mattered most to Mr. Graham was to faithfully lift up the name of Jesus with authenticity and integrity to the great and the low, the high and the humble. Though he never compromised the Gospel or the dimension of the reality of God’s judgment, unlike some other Christian leaders whose messages come across as condemning, in my experience Mr. Graham always
functioned as a “paramedic,” rather than a “policeman,” for the Kingdom of God. Billy Graham represented a balance of grace and truth. He was a man of humility, integrity, authenticity and an agent of God’s love, who despite his many gifts and ability, the Lord used more for his availability. He had an audience of One, and would consistently “suit up and show up,” leaving the results to the Lord he served, and giving all the glory and honor to God, knowing that he was operating with faith in His strength and power from above. The ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net).
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The Testimony of how God saved Andrew Vance from stealing cars, 2 murdered wives, mental hospitals, drug and alcohol abuse, and prison to Church Elder
My first wife and I were having marital problems. I was on crack, drinking really bad, angry and restless, doing everything I was not supposed to do. My job was at a car lot. Both of us were in the wrong, we were cussing each other out in front of the kids. We had stopped attending church or reading our Bible. I was lost deeply in sin. Everything was going wrong, so I devised this sinister plan to leave my wife. My position at the car lot was lot porter for used cars. Early in the morning during the holidays I awoke and began drinking immediately. Satan and I began to implement this dastardly plan of stealing a car from the car lot and leaving my wife behind. Once I was off work that evening, I went to a local bar down the road from my car lot which was also very close to the liquor store. I bought a fifth of Jim Beam and mixed it with malt liquor beer to get my nerve up to stealing the car. That evening when I have locked all the cars I took a set of keys in preparation for acting out the plan. However, I was so drunk when I actually carried it out that I do not even remember stealing the car. I woke up with them removing my head from the windshield! Immediately they cuffed me while I cried out “Momma” and she said, “I am here baby”. The love of a mother. They moved me into the ambulance for transport to the nearest hospital. The hospital patched me up enough to go to jail. I slept for the next two weeks straight. The only time I got up was to shower and eat, then back to bed. After awhile they let me out on probation with a hefty fine to pay. Next I violated my probation and was on the run. Word had it that the best way to avoid the law catching me was to join the watermelon pickers and travel from town to town. At first it was good, making about one hundred twenty dollars a day. That came to a screeching halt as the work slowed down and the money I had been used to was no longer there. My money was low and then a girl robbed me leaving me with nothing. I did what I knew to
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do; threatened my boss with a large knife. That morning I got drunk and fell out of the truck onto the pavement onto my spine. It was a miracle I did not burst my head wide open on that road. However, when I woke up I was hurting severely. They had checked me into a motel room and because of the pain I drank more alcohol to try to ease it. Work was out due to my injuries and I was left with only a small amount of money so satan and I devised another plan. He told me to buy a gallon of liquor and get my boss drunk so I could steal his car and go home. That is exactly what I did. Arriving home, I immediately went to the bar, drank myself to sleep and woke up later by a police officer. This office knew me and said “I finally got you. I have been looking for you!”. They took me back to jail on violation of probation charges. I remember the jail was so crowded this time I had to sleep on the floor. My body was hurting me so bad I just tried to sleep all the time. My friend got out before me and he left me a pair of sneakers for basketball. Every time they would ask
if anyone wanted to go for recreation, usually I would say no. But this day I agreed and went. As I was playing ball I moved towards the goal and somehow lost all feeling from my waist down. They called the guards who were not sympathetic. They said to me, “You can get up. That will not get you out of jail.” I told him I could not feel my legs, so they eventually called the paramedics and took me to the hospital. They patched me up and sent me back to jail. I was placed in the medical ward in jail and remember having to crawl to the restroom. I could not bath myself nor dress myself. One day as I was crying and calling on God to help me, I found a Bible in the drawers of the bed. I began to reading it daily and within three months He had healed me! No operation was needed. When I left the medical ward, I was the biggest inmate from the push-ups and exercise I was now able to do. They moved me to the state prison where I did my time and after being released I gave my life to Christ. Then I backslid, ended up having to have two spine operations, had two wives
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murdered, drank 8-ounce bottle of pine sol from the mental pressure of it all. They baker acted me four different times to the mental hospital, but I am now victorious through it all. Since then I have had a lot of bad reports, but I do not claim them. I was bleeding inside but God healed me! This is why I dance for the Lord as I do, two spine operations, two devices, eight screws later and I am still here. God is so good. I cannot make it without him. He has since blessed me with another wife. The last two were murdered in different unrelated events but now I trust Him more than I ever did before. He has removed all fear from me because the scriptures say perfect love casts out all fear, and the Word is truth. My wife and I are now Elders in our local church, Faith International Christian Center where we sing in the praise team and serve Him. There is no life without God the Father, Jesus our Lord and Savior, and the Holy Spirit power to live victorious. I encourage you to serve Him today no matter what you have gone through or going through, He is the only answer.
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Persecution: What is it, and what can we do about the fact that it’s growing? From Page 6 think about our real, eternal home.” Furthermore, learning their stories can help you prepare for the unknowns in your future. Finally, keeping up to date with the struggles believers around the world are facing helps you know how to stand with them. “There are going to be some places where you go and make disciples and it’s going to cost you something. And you might even be killed for going and making disciples in that context. And so, as the wider Body of Christ, we need to say, ‘If you go and are persecuted for making disciples, we will stand with you.’” So when we hear “what if ” stories or about the movement of groups like ISIS,
Nettleton says he hopes that instead of dwelling on the unknown in fear, we will would be driven to pray. “We need to think about our brothers and sisters in Northern Nigeria—our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world where it’s not just the possibility of an attack, it’s the probability of an attack.” Voice of the Martyrs was founded to connect the Church in the west with Christians facing trials all over the world. Voice of the Martyrs helps to meet whatever needs the Persecuted Church has. For more information about Mission Network News, contact: Mission Network News www.mnnonline.org