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Through the first few days of this 40 Days for Life campaign, our local leaders report 26 babies (and their moms) spared from abortion – that we know of!
Praise God!
There's more to rejoice about as well, as I’ve just returned from a visit to New Mexico, where volunteers are celebrating the closure of an abortion center in Las Cruces where five prayerful 40 Days for Life vigils were held.
There are only two "ways," two fundamental religions in the world. One of them feeds people, and the other one eats people. We see this contrast in vivid relief in the juxtaposition that Mark gives to the death of John the Baptist. That sad but typical episode is followed immediately by the feeding of the five thousand.
"And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother" (Mark 6:28).
"He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat." (Mark 6:37).
At the banquet of the first king, the head of a preeminent saint was brought to him on a platter, on a serving dish. "Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? Who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord" (Psalm 14:4). And in the next scene, at a banquet hosted by a completely different kind of king, all the people were invited to sit on the grass, and they were there fed by the prayer and power of that king, and the hands of his disciples.
The Government still has not decided on a clear legal definition of extremism, the Home Secretary has admitted.
Amber Rudd made the admission after being asked by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) to provide an update on the Government’s long-awaited counter-extremism Bill.
The BBC has issued presenter Dame Jenni Murray with an impartiality warning over her transgender comments as a TV presenter called for her to be sacked.
Dame Jenni, the veteran host of Woman's Hour, has been told that she must remain impartial on "controversial topics" after she claimed that a sex change can’t make a man a "real woman".
The claims, which have been fiercely criticised by equality campaigners, have resulted in Dame Jenni being reminded that she must remain neutral on the subject.
The White House, concerned about the possible political repercussions of the Republican effort to defund Planned Parenthood, has proposed preserving federal payments to the group if it discontinues providing abortions.
The proposal, which was never made formally, has been rejected as an impossibility by officials at Planned Parenthood, which receives about $500 million annually in federal funding. That money helps pay for women’s health services the organization provides, not for abortion services.
Hospital patients should have access to a secular chaplain in a bid to tackle boredom on wards, an expert has said.
Rather than offering faith-based care, they would meet with patients and organise "inspiring projects" such as art and origami projects to help boost morale, Dr Elizabeth Burns said.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, she said: "Chaplains do a great job, but not everyone is religious. My dream would be to see a position created, like a secular chaplain, to run inspiring projects."
SECTARIANISM has become infused with Scotland's constitutional debate, with assumptions made about political positions based on religion and cultural background, church and community leaders have claimed.
In a new report on ongoing efforts to tackle religious bigotry, it has been claimed that senior figures within the main Christian churches believe "a subtle form of sectarianism" has crept into the mainstream politics on the back of the Referendum.
The academic appointed by the Scottish Government to advise on the centuries-old problem has said that while there is no evidence for religious polarisation based on the independence issue, there was a potential for sectarianism and politics to be conflated at a localised level.
The announcement last week that classes on relationships and sex education are to be rolled out across all schools, is yet more evidence of the extent to which the roles of schools and teachers have changed over recent years.
Undoubtedly, there will be some teachers and parents who are nervous about whether the information being imparted is commensurate with the child's level of emotional development or their readiness and ability to cope and understand it, while others, happy when the subject is in the hands of a skilled practitioner, may worry that not all teachers will have the ability or experience to handle such important and sensitive subject matter.
A series of primary school textbooks about sex has triggered debate on the Chinese mainland over what sort of content is appropriate to teach the subject to children.
The books contain illustrations depicting male and female genitals, couples having sex and various scenarios of children asking parents general questions about sex, including sexual abuse.
Revelation TV's Howard Conder has relaunched an advertising campaign in London in order to promote the words of Jesus.
Speaking on Premier News Hour, Conder said that the campaign - called quotejesus.com - does not promote any sort of denomination and serves as a way to reach London's millions of residents and tourists.