It’s Friday, June 28th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Laos officials arrest pastor and 5 Christians
On June 22nd, village officials in central Laos arrested Pastor Mum and five other Christians as they prayed in preparation for worship services the next day, reports Morning Star News.
Sirikoon Prasertsee, director of Human Rights Watcher for Lao Religious Freedom, said, “The arrests took place on Saturday at Mr. Mum’s home. They are currently being imprisoned in Xaibouathong District prison.”
After Pastor Mum put his faith in Christ in 2019 upon experiencing God’s healing, he established a church that worshipped freely in his home
According to Open Doors, Laos is the 21st most difficult country worldwide in which to be a Christian.
Please keep Pastor Mum and the other five Christians in your prayers.
Biden gave confusing answer on economy
Last night in Atlanta, President Joe Biden, the Democrat, debated former President Donald Trump, the Republican, on CNN ahead of the November 5th presidential election.
With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash as co-anchors, the set up was unusual. Unlike most presidential debates, there was no live audience. Plus, during the answer of one candidate, his opponent’s microphone was turned off which prevented any interruptions.
(You can watch the entire 90-minute debate or read the debate transcript through special links at www.TheWorldview.com.)
Out of the gate, the hosts asked about the economy. Biden championed the redistribution of wealth and then became confused, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
Listen.
BIDEN: “What I’m gonna do is fix the tax system. For example, we have 1,000 trillionaires in America, I mean billionaires in America. And what’s happening? They’re in a situation where they, in fact, pay 8.2% in taxes. If they just paid 24%, 25% — either one of those numbers — they raise $500 million dollars, billion dollars I should say, in a 10-year period. We’d be able to wipe out his debt.
“We’d be able to help make sure that all those things we need to do — child care, elder care, making sure that we continue to strengthen our healthcare system, making sure that we’re able to make every single, solitary person eligible for what I’ve been able to do with the, with the COVID, excuse me, with um, dealing with everything we have to do with, uh.. Look, we finally beat Medicare.”
Trump claimed that illegals will bankrupt Social Security and Medicare
JAKE TAPPER: “Thank you, President Biden. President Trump?”
TRUMP: “Well, he’s right. He did beat Medicare. He beat it to death and he’s destroying Medicare. Because all of these people are coming in. They’re putting them on Medicare. They’re putting them on Social Security. They’re going to destroy Social Security. This man is going to single-handedly destroy Social Security.
“These millions and millions of people coming in. They’re trying to put them on Social Security. He will wipe out Social Security. He will wipe out Medicare. So, he was right in the way he finished that sentence. And it’s a shame. What’s happened to our country in the last four years is not to be believed.”
Trump speaks out in favor of Abortion Kill Pill
Dana Bash asked about the Abortion Kill Pill which 63% of mothers who abort their children use instead of surgical abortion today.
BASH: “This is the first presidential election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. This morning, the court ruled on yet another abortion case, temporarily allowing emergency abortions to continue in Idaho.
“Despite that state’s restrictive ban, former President Trump, you take credit for the decision to overturn Roe v Wade which returned the issue of abortion to the states.”
TRUMP: “Correct.”
BASH: “However, the federal government still plays a role in whether or not women have access to abortion pills. They’re used in about two-thirds of all abortions. As President, would you block abortion medication?”
TRUMP: “First of all, the Supreme Court just approved the Abortion Pill. And I agree with their decision to have done that. And I will not block it.
“If you look at this whole question that you’re asking is 51 years ago. You had Roe v. Wade, and everybody wanted to get it back to the states. Everybody — without exception, Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives — everybody wanted to back — religious leaders.
“And what I did is I put three great Supreme Court justices on the court, and they happened to vote in favor of killing Roe v. Wade, and moving it back to the states. Now the states are working it out. If you look at Ohio, it was a decision that was an end result that was a little bit more liberal than you would have thought. Kansas, I would say the same thing. Texas is different. Florida is different, but they’re all making their own decisions right now. And right now, the states control it. That’s the vote of the people.”
In Psalm 139:13-14, David says to God, “For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
Biden championed abortion, then fell apart
President Biden, who has campaigned on his commitment to codify Roe v. Wade into law, took issue with Trump’s victory lap over Roe v. Wade’s defeat.
BIDEN: “It’s been a terrible thing what you’ve done. The fact is that the vast majority of constitutional scholars supported Roe when it was decided, supported Roe. This idea that they’re all against it, it’s just ridiculous. And this is the guy who says the state should be able to have it. We’re in a state where in six weeks, you don’t even know whether you’re pregnant or not, but you cannot see a doctor and have him decide on what your circumstances are, whether you need help.
“The idea that states are able to do this is a little like saying, ‘We’re gonna turn civil rights back to the states — that each state has a different role.’
“Look, there’s so many young women — including a young woman who just was murdered, and [Trump] went to the funeral. The idea that she was murdered by an immigrant coming into, they talk about that. But here’s the deal. There’s a lot of young women to be raped by their, by their in-laws, by their spouses, brothers and sisters. By, it’s just, it’s just ridiculous. And they can do nothing about it. And then they try to arrest them when they cross state lines.”
BASH: “Thank you.”
The age of the candidates, and their golf games, were addressed
Dana Bash raised the issue of age with both candidates. This is how Trump responded.
BASH: “Former President Trump, you would be 82 at the end of your second term. What do you say to voters who have concerns about your capabilities to serve?”
TRUMP: “Well, I took two tests, cognitive tests. I aced them, both of them as you know. We made it public. He took none. I’d like to see him take one, just one, a real easy one. Like go through the first five questions. You couldn’t do it. I took physical exams every year. I’m in very good health.
“I just won two club championships, not even senior, two regular club championships. To do that, you have to be quite smart, and you have to be able to hit the ball a long way. And I do it. He doesn’t do it. He can’t hit a ball 50 yards. He challenged me to a golf match. I think I’m in very good shape. I feel that I’m in as good a shape as I was 25, 30 years ago. Actually, I’m probably a little bit lighter.”
BASH: “President Biden?”
BIDEN: “I’d be happy to have a driving contest with him. I got my handicap, which when I was vice president, down to a six. By the way, I told you before, I’m happy to play golf, if you carry your own bag. Do you think you can do it?”
TRUMP: “That’s the biggest lie that he is a six handicap of all.”
BIDEN: “I was at an eight handicap.”
TRUMP: “Yeah, I’ve seen his swing. I know your swing. Let’s not act like children.”
BIDEN: “You are a child!”
Presidential historian: “Most disjointed, least substantive, most dishonest debate”
Appearing on “News Nation,” presidential historian Chris Stirewalt offered this analysis.
STIREWALT: “In the 64 years of presidential debates, I feel pretty confident that I can say this is the worst one that has ever been done. The most disjointed, the least substantive, the most dishonest. I’m sure the only one that involved a debate about golf handicaps, fat jokes, and somebody calling somebody ‘Brandon.’ This was a real low watermark.
“I will say that no incumbent has ever done as poorly as Joe Biden did. In 1976, Gerald R. Ford got tangled up talking about Poland and Soviet domination of Poland. And it probably cost him a full term as president. It probably cost him that election.
“And I’m here to tell you that what Joe Biden did tonight in the first hour of that debate, if he stays in this race, we will look back and say that the strategy by the Biden campaign to force an early debate and put Donald Trump front and center, and get this revved up, was a catastrophically bad strategic choice.”
Why two Montana teens gave $100 and $25 to The Worldview
Last night, I talked to a 17-year-old named Amos in Montana who gave $25 to help fund The Worldview.
AMOS: “The money I contributed came from a job I have for our family business. People hire us to carry off their junk or just stuff they don’t use anymore. We take it mostly just to the dump or, if we can, resell it or take to the thrift store. We like to do that too.”
Amos told me what he likes about the newscast.
AMOS: “I like the updates on the persecuted brothers and sisters around the world. It encourages me to pray for them more.”
Plus, he mentioned the greatest moral issue of our time.
AMOS: “I appreciate the updates on legislation concerning abortion in the U.S. and around the world. It helps me to pray for good leadership more. So, my prayer is that God’s love for life would be upheld in our country.”
I also spoke to a 13-year-old named Dahlia who lives in Helena, Montana.
DAHLIA: “I like how you add Bible verses to some of your stories that you tell.”
DAHLIA: “I have been listening to The Worldview for a long time and I would be sad if it stopped. So, when I decided to give some money, one hundred dollars is just what came to my mind.”
Dahlia makes money by playing her violin at the Helena, Montana Farmer’s Market every Saturday.
DAHLIA: “People passing by usually give me tips in my violin case. I play about an hour at a time, for four hours. Over the course of four hours, I usually get around a hundred dollars of tips. And that’s what I decided to donate to The Worldview.”
In Acts 20:35, “The Lord Jesus Himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
32 Worldview listeners donated $15,977.47
And finally, toward our $84,000 final goal by 5:00pm central this Saturday, June 29th, 32 Worldview listeners stepped up to the plate to help fund our 6-member news team for another fiscal year.
Our thanks to Thor, age 12, in Pleasantville, Tennessee who gave $9, Tirzah, age 10, in Pleasantville, Tennessee who gave $11, Oliver in Santa Maria, California who gave $20, as well as Steve in Mission Viejo, California, Leslie in Florham Park, New Jersey, and Rick in Vista, California – each of whom gave $25.
We’re grateful for Rob in Annandale, Virginia who gave $25.47 as well as Margaret in Howell, Michigan, Michelle in Sparta, Michigan, and Emily in Hutchinson, Kansas – each of whom gave $50.
We appreciate Tiveria, age 16, and Tikvah, age 16, — both of whom are from Pleasantville, Tennessee, and gave $60 each, Tony and Jennie in Palmdale, California who gave $75, as well as Nancy in Ketchikan, Alaska, Evan in Marietta, Georgia, Emmilee in Center Point, Iowa, Patricia in Blackfoot, Idaho, and Elisha in Paris, Texas – each of whom gave $100.
We were touched by the support of Frederick in Kennesaw, Georgia who pledged $10/month for 12 months for a gift of $120, an anonymous donor in San Antonio, Texas, Amy in St. Cloud, Florida, and Serge in Simpsonville, South Carolina – each of whom gave $200.
We’re thankful to God for Heidi in Elsenham, Essex, England and Julie in White Hall, Maryland – both of whom gave $300 as well as Dean in Paulden, Arizona and Patricia in Blackfoot, Idaho – both of whom pledged $25/month for 12 months for a gift of $300.
And we appreciated the sacrifice of Nathan in Shokan, New York who pledged $31/month for 12 months for a gift of $372, an anonymous donor in Kailua Kona, Hawaii who gave $500, Rochester in Willow Springs, Missouri and Reese in Henrico, Virginia – both of whom pledged $50/month for 12 months for a gift of $600 each, Vivia in Florida City, Florida who gave $1,000, and Phillip and Christine in Belton, Texas who gave $10,000!
Those 32 donors gave $15,977.47. Ready for our new grand total? Drum roll please. (sound effect of drum roll) $80,138 (audience cheering)
We just need to raise $3,862 to cross the finish line!
Wow! We are so close! Toward our $84,000 goal, we are just $3,862 short.
Can you help us cross the finish line? We need to find just 1 person to pledge $100 per month for 12 months, 2 people to pledge $50 per month for 12 months, and 4 people to pledge $25/month for 12 months.
We need you to respond by 5:00pm central tomorrow night, Saturday, June 29th. Time is ticking. (ticking sound effect) Go to TheWorldview.com, click on “Give,” select the dollar amount you’d like to donate, and click on the recurring monthly tab if that’s your wish.
Ask God what He wants you to give to this newscast that proclaims Jesus Christ as our standard for Truth.
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