It’s Monday, June 24th, 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
Catholic man imprisoned for accidentally stepping on Quran
Since April 27th, a Catholic man has been jailed under blasphemy against Islam charges in Lahore, Pakistan for inadvertently stepping out of his rickshaw onto some papers said to be pages of the Quran, reports Morning Star News.
Dennis Albert, a 35-year-old rickshaw driver, was booked under one section of Pakistan’s Muslim blasphemy laws that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and another law that mandates life in prison if the Quran has been defiled.
The Lahore police arrested him on the complaint of Mubeen Ilyas, a Muslim passerby who alleged he saw Albert standing on some pages barefoot near a rickshaw, and that after closely looking at them, he found that they were Islamic scriptures.
According to Open Doors, Pakistan is the 7th most difficult country worldwide in which to be a Christian.
Presidential debate set for Thursday night
President Joe Biden is hunkered down with aides at Camp David for several days to get ready to debate rival Donald Trump, who is eschewing traditional preparation and instead holding informal policy discussions between campaign stops, report Reuters.
The face-off in Atlanta, at 9:00 p.m. ET this Thursday will be the earliest presidential debate in modern U.S. history and a critical event for both candidates.
Biden, 81, and former president Trump, 78, are neck-and-neck in national opinion polls, with a considerable slice of the electorate still undecided five months before the November 5th vote.
Washington Gov. stockpiles Abortion Kill Pill if Trump is re-elected
In preparation for “The resistance to a new Trump administration,” Washington’s Democratic Governor Jay Inslee is stockpiling Abortion Kill Pills, reports ThePostMillennial.com.
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a challenge to Biden’s Food and Drug Administration which allowed the Abortion Kill Pill to be sent through the mail without an in-person doctor consultation, leaders of the Democratic Party are preparing in case a new Trump administration rescinds the approval or uses the 1873 Comstock Act to criminalize mailing the drug across state lines.
According to a New York Times article, Governor Inslee’s stockpile of the Abortion Kill Pill is locked away in a state warehouse.
Inslee is one of at least five Democratic governors who have established stockpiles of Mifepristone. The others are the governors of California, Massachusetts, New York, and Oregon.
Tennessee governor calls for 30 days of prayer and fasting in July
In contrast to the radical leftist antics of the Washington Democratic State Governor, Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee made a great decision.
In what has been described as an “historic gesture,” Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed a bill calling for 30 days of prayer and fasting beginning July 1 in the Volunteer State.
Tennessee House Joint Resolution 0803 asks the people of the state “to seek God’s hand of mercy and healing on Tennessee.”
A letter signed by Tennessee state Senator Mark Pody and Representative Monty Fritts accompanying the resolution invites “those who are physically able and spiritually inclined to do so to join in a 30-day season of prayer and intermittent fasting for the month of July as a means of humbling ourselves to receive God’s grace, mercy, and blessing in Tennessee and in our Nation.”
The language of the legislators is reminiscent of 2 Chronicles 7:14 in which God says, “If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and I will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Couple discovers abandoned newborn
A Katy, Texas couple was shocked on Saturday, June 15th, while out for a family walk, to discover an abandoned newborn baby girl with her umbilical cord still attached, reports FaithWire.com.
Daniela Fedele told KHOU-TV that she and her husband noticed a towel on the ground, as her 3-year-old biked toward it, and immediately realized a baby was wrapped inside.
FEDELE: “I noticed two little feet moving. My husband was right behind me with the dogs, and I yelled to my husband. ‘A baby, a baby!’ And then my husband [was] like, ‘Call 911!’ And that’s what we did.”
They moved the baby out of the heat and into a shaded area while waiting for police.
FEDELE: “Once my husband went ahead and picked up the baby, he found the nearest tree right there at that house down the street. He found a little shade.”
Fedele said she’s in shock over the ordeal, and is struggling to understand why someone would leave the child.
FEDELE: “This image has been going on through my head so many times. How can you do that? I was shocked. I was mad. I was upset.”
Ultimately, Fedele said she’s grateful her family went for a walk and discovered the baby.
FEDELE: “I don’t know [what] made us go for a walk this morning. We usually do, but sometimes, you know, you just don’t want to do it, things happen. But, this morning, we’re, like, ‘No let’s go ahead and get out.’”
I know Who made them go for a walk. The answer is clear. Almighty God Himself, in His compassionate providence, prompted them to go on that walk.
Psalm 115:3 says, “Our God is in Heaven; He does whatever pleases Him.”
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed the news of the baby’s discovery.
GONZALEZ: “The baby was a newborn. Still had fresh placenta on the baby. So, it was freshly born this morning. I praised her. I said, ‘You were in the right place at the right time.’ The two witnesses that were thankfully walking on the trail, with their child and their dogs, were blessing.”
According to a video taken from a neighbor’s Ring camera on their doorbell, just two minutes before Danielle Fidele and her husband discovered the helpless baby girl, a young, slim Hispanic or White male with a fair complexion and black hair placed the baby, wrapped in the blanket on the ground and then ran away.
According to the Houston Chronicle, the man, if identified, could face child abandonment charges.
When KHOU-TV interviewed Brittney Barnes, a neighbor, she said this.
BARNES: “It’s still a little disheartening that the baby got left. It’s hot. Somebody must have been going through something to have left their child there. But to find out that the baby was okay was a reliever.”
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the baby was found in good condition and will remain hospitalized as they try to locate her family.
Fedele urged any young couple who feel trapped by a new baby to consider better options.
FEDELE: “You can drop it off at a fire station, a police station, a hospital. But don’t leave the baby!”
Indeed, under the Baby Moses law, named after the baby rescued from the floating basket in the Nile River in Exodus 2:10, anyone who feels they are unable to care for a newborn younger than 60 days can drop off the child at a Safe Haven and avoid prosecution. As Daniela Fedele pointed out, Safe Havens include places like hospitals or fire stations. But the baby must be handed to an employee at that Safe Haven.
11 Worldview listeners donated $2,020
And finally, toward our $63,000 goal by this past Saturday, June 22nd – the three-week mark of our month-long fundraiser, 11 Worldview listeners stepped up to the plate to help fund our 6-member team for another fiscal year.
Our thanks to Kay in Reno, Nevada and Mary in Chaska, Minnesota – both of whom gave $50.
We appreciate Sandy in Janesville, Iowa, Dahlia in Helena, Montana, Mindy in Ovilla, Texas, and Dan in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada – each of whom gave $100.
And we’re grateful to God for Tina in Elkhorn, Wisconsin who pledged $10/month for 12 months for a gift of $120, Timothy in Knightstown, Indiana who gave $200, Bill in Thibodaux, Louisiana and Richard in Camden, Wyoming – both of whom pledged $25/month for 12 months for a gift of $300 each, and Diana in Tucson, Arizona who pledged $50/month for 12 months for a gift of $600.
Those 11 donors gave $2,020. Ready for our new grand total? Drum roll please. (sound effect of drum roll) $ 53,865.16 (audience cheering)
Toward this past Saturday’s goal of $63,000, we fell short by $ 9,134.84.
Can you help us make up the difference? We need to find 5 people to pledge $100 per month for 12 months, 3 people to pledge $50 per month for 12 months, and 7 people to pledge $25/month for 12 months.
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