It’s Friday, March 15th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
State in India seeks to imprison Christians who pray for the sick
State lawmakers in Assam, India want to penalize Christians who pray for the sick, reports Christian Headlines.
The legislation, entitled the “Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill 2024” will unfairly target local Christians who pray for God to heal the sick.
The ban, which passed the state assembly on February 26th, declares, “No person shall take any part in healing practices and magical healing propagation for treatment of any diseases, any disorder or any condition relating to the health of a person (relating to human body) directly or indirectly giving a false impression of treatment to cure diseases, pain or trouble to the human health.”
Those violating the order for the first time can face one-to-three years in prison, a fine of $600 or both. However, a subsequent conviction may lead to up to five years in prison and/or a fine of $1,200.
Canadian bill could “send Christians to jail’ for quoting Bible
Lawmakers in Canada are considering legislation which, if passed, could criminalize the act of quoting Scripture in defense of biblical marriage, sexuality, and other Christian views, reports The Christian Post.
If the religious exemption is removed, any religious or faith-based expression that refutes or condemns gender ideology, child sexualization, and other similar topics could potentially be deemed by Canadian courts as “hate speech” and lead to criminal prosecution for Christians and other religious groups.
The proposal, Bill C-367, currently under review in the House of Commons, would repeal the “religious exemption” in Section 319 of the Canadian Criminal Code, which critics say could open up Christians and other religious groups to “hate speech” charges over any comments or criticisms of the homosexual/transgender movement.
While Bill C-367 comes in response to recent antisemitic demonstrations in Canada — including one in which a Muslim activist called for Allah to “exterminate” what he called “Zionist aggressors” — some organizations, like the Canadian pro-life group Campaign Life Coalition, warn the legislation could lead to more criminal prosecutions against Christians.
In February, David Cooke, a leader with the pro-life group, wrote, “No longer will we be allowed to share God’s design for human sexuality and marriage in public. No longer will we be able to speak out in the name of God against drag shows for kids, child drag, or child sex change. All this could be misconstrued as ‘hate speech’ against the LGBT community. Even our pro-life message could be spun as a ‘hate crime’ against women.”
Over the last decade, Canadian lawmakers have passed a number of bills aimed at curbing speech in deferment to the homosexual lobby.
Vice President Kamala Harris celebrates baby-killing at abortion mill
On Thursday, Kamala Harris became the first U.S. vice president to personally tour an abortion mill, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
She visited a Planned Parenthood death chamber in St. Paul, Minnesota as part of her so-called “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, which has been ongoing since January.
HARRIS: “The United States Supreme Court took a constitutional right, that had been recognized, from the women of America. … These attacks against an individual’s right to make decisions about their own body are outrageous and in many instances just plain old immoral.”
Isaiah 5:20 warns, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.”
Family Research Council rightly noted that Vice President Harris’ tour did not “show the helplessness and heartbreak each mother feels as her child is killed, and torn from her womb. They won’t show the tools used to literally tear a child limb from limb. They won’t show the room where the abortionist callously reconstructs the baby’s body to make sure he got all the parts.”
House votes to ban TikTok
In a Wednesday vote of 352-65, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner does not sell its stake, reports the Associated Press. Congressmen are concerned that it could be a national security threat.
TikTok, which has more than 170 million American users, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Chinese technology firm ByteDance.
The lawmakers contend that ByteDance is beholden to the Chinese Communist government, which could demand access to the data of TikTok’s consumers in the U.S. whenever it wants. The worry stems from a set of Chinese national security laws that compel organizations to assist with intelligence gathering.
Christian singer Jeremy Camp recovering from heart surgery
And finally, Christian singer Jeremy Camp revealed this past weekend that he had been suffering from atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, a condition involving a rapid and irregular heart rhythm, reports FaithWire.com.
CAMP: “It’s a cardiac ablation. They’ll go through the veins in my leg and they help this thing called AFib. My heart is in a crazy rhythm and it was affecting a lot of things. Even tonight, I went into AFib on stage and I had to cut the set short. It beats really, really fast and I can’t breathe. It’s hard to function. And so, I have a surgery on Monday to take care of that. This is a big cry for your help and for prayers.”
This past Monday, his bride, Adrienne, explained that Jeremy’s surgery was “a success” but it will be a few months before he is fully healed.
She cited Psalm 73:26 which says, “My strength and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
You can post a prayer for his recovery on his Facebook page through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. Or you can send a physical get well card to Jeremy Camp c/o AAE Music, 5602 Daniel Circle, Waldorf, Maryland 20601.
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