| | Protesters call for impeachment of AG Garland following raid on pro-lifer's home | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Thursday, October 6, and today's headlines include a pro-life group that is calling for the impeachment of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland following a raid on a pro-life activist's home, a Nebraska news anchor who was fired for gathering signatures for a pro-life initiative, and a Texas megachurch that has repented for not involving women in decision-making after at least 14 girls were abused by a former pastor. | | Pro-life activists, led by Terrisa Bukovinac of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, held a press conference outside the Justice Department Wednesday, less than two weeks after the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania arrested Mark Houck, a pro-life activist, for allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Bukovinac cited the raid on Houck’s home as the latest example of the DOJ’s targeting of pro-life activists "while allowing violent pro-abortion extremists to terrorize churches and pregnancy centers across the country." The pro-life activist said she has "watched in horror as the U.S. Department of Justice has been weaponized to arrest peaceful, non-violent pro-life activists," adding that the FACE Act was cited as the justification used to charge "at least 18 peaceful, nonviolent protesters" in the past year with federal crimes. Bukovinac characterized the legislation, passed in 1994, as an effort that was designed to "crush a nonviolent resistance that mobilized tens of thousands of people for direct action on behalf of the unborn." She told The Christian Post that there is "no basis for FACE anymore," asserting, "FACE is predicated on the ruling in Roe v. Wade that the Supreme Court now says was ‘egregiously wrong’ from the beginning." Continue reading. | | P.S. Get rewarded for sharing our newsletters! We are excited to announce the CP referral program—the more you share, the more you earn. Scroll to the bottom of this newsletter to get started today! |
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| News anchor fired for gathering signatures for pro-life initiative | | KNOP-TV in North Platte, Neb., says it fired news director and co-anchor Melanie Standiford because she violated the company's policy of journalistic impartiality by collecting signatures for a pro-life ballot initiative. The station claims her involvement in collecting signatures raised questions about her ability to cover the abortion issue without bias. While KNOP says that "news personnel are not permitted, at any time and regardless of beliefs, to actively engage in any political activity for any candidate, party, or ballot initiative," Standiford told The Christian Post that the news station was not clear that the company's policy extended to gathering signatures from "like-minded Christians." She also says that she did not do any reporting on her attempt to gather signatures for the ballot initiative. "This was my church and with the people in my community that I know personally and on my own time," Standiford wrote. Read more. | | Church repents for excluding women from decision-making | | The 15-member all-male elder board of Denton Bible Church in Denton, Texas, has admitted that they failed to prevent the sexual abuse of at least 14 girls by a former youth pastor, didn't involve women leaders when evaluating abuse allegations and failed to provide adequate care for the victims. In a May letter to the congregation first published by Fox 4 on Tuesday, board chair Curtis Elder and Senior Pastor Tommy Nelson wrote, "Our church culture lacked involvement of women in decision-making processes related to the abuse of these girls. Further, in almost all meetings with the victims, no women were present, which was inappropriate." Robert Shiflet, 51, the former Denton Bible youth pastor, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison in June 2021 for child sex trafficking charges. He is set to be released in 2023 but is expected to remain under federal supervision for the rest of his life. Read more. | | Podcast: How to discern false teachers | | Allen Parr, a bi-vocational Bible teacher with nearly one million subscribers on YouTube, recently discussed the importance of using the Bible as one's source for exposing false teachers. During an episode of the "Challenging Conversations" podcast with apologist Jason Jimenez, Parr cited Jude 1:4 as a reminder that false teachers slip into society among Christians, disguising themselves alongside godly church leaders. Once they have gained the trust of the masses, they utilize preaching tactics and approaches that blend false doctrine with biblical truths in a way that appears to be biblical. "[T]hey're always very secretive and crafty at mixing just enough truth to deceive a lot of people, and then putting in that false teaching as well," Parr explained. To listen to Parr's list of seven ways Christians can discern false teachers and heretical teachings, click here. |
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| Ministers of the Gospel, be careful not to share God's glory | | In this op-ed, Oscar Amaechina reminds believers to focus their attention on God—the true miracle worker—and not the pastors who are used by God for His glory. "Praise reports in some churches these days are more about the man or woman whom God uses and less about God ...these praises and references to pastors most often get into the heads of some who see themselves as indispensable in the miracle-working project of God. This is a very dangerous phenomenon and should be carefully avoided by ministers of the Gospel who do not want to be destroyed by pride," he cautions. Read more. | | According to Gov. Newsom, the baby in the womb is not our neighbor | | Dr. Michael Brown discusses why California Gov. Gavin Newsom is not simply pro-choice but a pro-abortion radical. Noting that Newsom's use of Scripture on pro-choice billboards was a blasphemous misuse of Scripture, Brown writes, "It is not about Republicans vs. Democrats. It is a matter of an elected official defiantly sinning in the face of God, using the Bible to back his cause." Read more. |
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| Uganda: Muslims beat Christian converts in separate attacks | | Reportedly upset over a father of four's conversion to Christianity, Muslims in Bulumba Sub-County, Kaliro District, in Uganda beat a man and destroyed his home. Musa Wabwire, says relatives and other Muslims showed up at his house when he did not go to the mosque for Friday prayers. Wabwire, who had been the mosque's treasurer, offered the money box to the group and asked that he "be left with Christ, who was enough for [him]." After he refused to denounce Christ, he was flogged 40 lashes with sticks, while his older brother, an Imam in a nearby village, ordered the destruction of his crops and his living quarters on the homestead. One week later, a woman in the neighboring Kibuku District was attacked by Muslims for converting to Christianity at an evangelistic event two days earlier, with the severity of her injuries leaving her unable to walk. Read more. |
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| Latest 'Scooby-Doo' film turns Velma into a lesbian | | The children's cartoon series "Scooby-Doo" has turned one of the show's five main protagonists, Velma, into a lesbian, joining the list of children's content that overtly features LGBT characters. "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" launched on digital platforms Tuesday and portrays Velma as being attracted to a new female character named Coco Diablo. A clip of the animated film shared to Twitter shows Velma's glasses fogging up with romantic infatuation after seeing the new female character who Velma notes has an "amazing turtleneck," "incredible glasses," is "obviously brilliant" and "likes animals." In another scene, the character Daphne encourages Velma to pursue a relationship with Diablo. Read more. | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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