It’s Tuesday, April 11th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Calgary police arrest pastor 3rd time for protesting drag queens for kids
Fox News.com carried a 3 minute and 11 second video of a Christian pastor in Calgary, Alberta arrested by police. The pastor was speaking against the public flaunting of transvestism in the presence of children, now commonly known as “drag queen story time.”
The Calgary police registered their support of drag queen story time in the arrest, and charged Pastor Derek Reimer of Mission 7 Ministries with what they called a “hate crime.” The pastor spent Easter weekend behind bars, reports RebelNews.
Canadian Christians objected to the outrageous arrest while it was taking place.
Listen.
FEMALE: “This is injustice. You guys don’t have children? We’re trying to protect our children’s innocence. You know that, right? Do you guys not have children?”
MALE #1: “No, they’re just following orders. Just following orders.”
MALE #2: “Shame on you!” (crosstalk)
FEMALE: “Then step out of the orders you’re given. Have conviction in your heart.”
MALE #2: “You guys are acting like Nazis, Gestapo. Shame on you! Why aren’t you protecting our children from pedophiles?”
MALE #3: “The Nazis in Germany in World War Two.”
MALE #2:”Why aren’t you guys trying to arrest rapists and gangsters and drug dealers and pedophiles?”
MALE #3: “This is ridiculous. This is Nazi Germany all over again.”
MALE #2: “Come on. Wake up. Stand for freedom. We the people.”
MALE #1: “No. Look at them. S.S. Gestapo.”
In lieu of the protests against the transvestite shows in libraries across Alberta, the Calgary City Council issued what they called “the Safe and Inclusive Access Bylaw.” The measure disallowed any protests within 100 meters of a recreation facility or library entrance.
Also, the pastor has been instructed by the courts not to communicate with any “self-identified LGBTQ people.”
Keep in mind Proverbs 29:27 today. “An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, And one whose way is upright is an abomination to the wicked.”
Louisville, Kentucky mass killing
Another mass killing occurred in a Louisville, Kentucky bank yesterday resulting in five fatalities, reports ABC News. That’s the fifth worst killing this year so far in the United States.
Defined as violent attacks involving more than one victim, Wikipedia lists 27 mass shootings in the last two weeks, and 134 since the beginning of the year. The Wikipedia list includes associated news footnotes.
Violent crime is actually down in America
Yet, the big picture on violent crime in the US is still not as bad as it was in the early 1990s.
The Council on Criminal Justice released a study earlier this year indicating that the number of homicides dropped in 2022, in all about 4% lower than it was in 2021.
The study noted that there were “242 fewer murders in the 27 cities that publicly report monthly homicide data. The national homicide rate remained 34% higher than in 2019, the year before the pandemic began, and about half the historical nationwide peaks in 1980 and 1991.”
Also, the number of gun assaults dropped by 7% in 2022.
Chinese war games with Taiwan
China’s People’s Liberation Army spent the weekend conducting war games around Taiwan.
The drill included 91 aircraft and 12 military ships, reports TaiwanNews.com.
Greece considers greenlighting homosexual faux marriage
The Associated Press reports that the upcoming election in Greece will hinge on the question of homosexual faux-marriage.
Alexis Tsipras, who heads the main left-wing opposition party, has announced that if elected, he will “legalize same sex marriage with full parental rights.”
This would make Greece the first country identified by the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith to oppose God’s law in this form.
30 countries approve homosexual faux marriage today
Pew Research has listed 30 countries that have gone the distance by approving homosexual faux marriage.
This includes most apostate Protestant countries as well as Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador, and parts of Mexico.
The Scriptures are clear on matters like homosexuality and abortion.
Leviticus 18:21-22 says, “You shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.”
Idaho bans abortion trafficking of minors
Idaho Republican Governor Brad Little signed a bill which bans abortion trafficking of minors in the state, reports LifeNews.com.
Adults assisting an underage girl with getting an abortion, without parental consent, face two to five years in prison.
Bob Jones University president and chairman resign
South Carolina’s FITS new source reports a dust-up in the leadership of Bob Jones University resulting in the resignation of the college’s president Steve Pettit, and the Chairman of the Board, John Lewis.
The news report indicates that the controversy surrounds “troubling financial numbers” and a “Title IX inquiry or investigation.” Steve Pettit had served as president of the conservative Christian university for nine years.
Gen X parents spending retirement on adult children
A Bankrate survey has found that about half of Gen X parents are compromising their retirement funds to support their adult children.
Only 38% of Baby Boomer parents have done the same. In total, 68% of parents have made a financial sacrifice to help their adult kids.
America did not celebrate Easter Monday
And finally, Eastern Monday was a holiday for almost every Western nation, except the United States.
Most of Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and about half of Africa took the day off in commemoration of Christ’s resurrection. But not the United States.
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