It’s Friday, November 17th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Evangelizing pastor in Nepal fears conviction sets ominous precedent
As he awaits prison after a wrongful conviction for evangelizing in Nepal, Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya fears his case will set a precedent for authorities to incarcerate other Christians, reports Morning Star News.
The 35-year-old pastor said he fears that the police and the judiciary will cite his case as an example to send Christians to prison for either evangelizing or being guilty of so-called “forcible conversion” even without evidence.
Pastor Acharya said, “In case someone willfully converts to Christ, the police and the court will convict the person through whom this believer has heard the message of Christ and His salvation. Where does the police/judiciary draw the line between ‘forced conversion’ and ‘voluntary conversion’?”
After Nepal’s High Court reduced his sentence on July 13th from two years in prison to one year, the Supreme Court refused to consider Pastor Acharya’s appeal on October 6th.
In Matthew 5:11-12, Jesus said, “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on My account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in Heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
Speaker Mike Johnson unapologetically defends our Christian heritage
Here in America, the Left believes the world is coming to an end because Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, a self-professed evangelical Christian, was elected House Speaker, reports WorldNetDaily.com.
Listen to what this former Alliance Defending Freedom attorney had to say from the floor of the House six months ago during Faith Month as he explained what President Thomas Jefferson meant in his 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists about a wall of separation between church and state.
JOHNSON: “Jefferson clearly did not mean that metaphorical wall was to keep religion from influencing issues of civil government. To the contrary, it was meant to keep the federal government from impeding the religious practice of citizens.”
House Speaker Johnson explained the mindset of America’s founding fathers.
JOHNSON: “The founders wanted to protect the church from an encroaching state, not the other way around. The majority of the founders, having personally witnessed the abuses of the Church of England, were determined to prevent the official establishment of any single national denomination or religion. Of course. We know that.
“But here’s the point. They very deliberately listed religious liberty, the free exercise of religion, as the first freedom protected in the Bill of Rights because they wanted, here’s the key, they wanted everyone to freely live out their faith as that would ensure a robust presence of moral virtue in the public square and the free marketplace of ideas.”
Romans 1:16 says, “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes.”
Pro-life rescuer found guilty of defending pre-born babies
Pro-life hero Paulette Harlow, age 75, was found guilty yesterday on charges of violating the misguided Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act for her involvement in a traditional pro-life rescue conducted at the infamous late-term abortion mill in Washington, D.C., the Washington Surgi-Clinic, in October 2020, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
In a pro-life rescue, the pro-life activist participates in civil disobedience by peacefully blocking the doors of the abortion mill, recognizing that she might be the last hope to spare the baby in the womb from certain execution.
Harlow’s case was a bench trial, without a jury. The verdict was handed down by the pro-abortion Judge Colleen Collar-Kotelly, who has argued that the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery after the Civil War, may include a “right” to abortion.
Because of her poor health, which includes debilitating diabetes, Hashimoto’s disease, and severe back pain requiring the use of a wheelchair, Harlow was transported from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., in a special-needs van equipped with a mattress for her to lie down in when she appeared for trial in October.
Her sentencing date is set for March 19, at 10:00am.
Remarkably, Paulette Harlow was the picture of optimism.
HARLOW: “Do not be discouraged. Don’t be weary. We are on God’s side, and He is doing so many things for us because we know that pro-life is what God wants. It’s what what He has mandated for us.
“Don’t be afraid to get involved. Don’t be afraid of counting the cost, like, ‘Oh, this might be hard to go out sidewalk counseling. It’s cold.’ Yeah, it’s brutal out there, but it’s necessary. And you will be doing exactly what the apostles did and what God is calling you to do and asking each and every one of us to do.
“So, don’t be afraid of it. You’re not going to be going over alone. God will go with you. It’s His work. These are His precious little children that are being killed, and we have to stop it.”
In Galatians 6:9, the Apostle Paul says, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Man with advanced Parkinson’s gets spinal implant enabling him to walk
And finally, a Frenchman who received a new spinal implant has regained significant motor functions including the ability to walk unaided for miles after losing all such faculties to advanced-stage Parkinson’s Disease, reports Good News Network.
In the latter stages of the moto-neuron disorder, patients lose the ability to correctly use their muscles, and at some points movement can shut off entirely and they can crumple to the floor. Parkinson’s disease is caused by the progressive loss of dopamine-producing neurons.
63-year-old Marc from Bordeaux, France was diagnosed with the condition 20 years ago, and it got so bad that someone had to hold his arms at all times in case his walking gait just froze.
To coordinate the stimulator, Marc had to do a lot of walking around in a lab while the team monitored him with motion detection cameras and computer modeling.
The patient wears a movement sensor on each leg and, when walking is initiated, the implant automatically switches on, and begins delivering pulses of stimulation to the spinal neurons. The aim is to correct abnormal signals that are sent from the brain, down the spine, to the legs in order to restore normal movement, reports The Guardian.
His doctor explained the difference this new spinal implant has made for Marc.
DOCTOR: “After a few months of rehabilitation, supported by the stimulation, Marc regained the ability to work independently outside. He does not experience the frequent falls that he experienced before.
“This is only one participant and we don’t know whether all the individuals with Parkinson’s disease will respond to the therapy. But we are committed to test this intervention soon in six additional individuals with Parkinson’s disease.”
Watch an eye-opening 3-minute video that shows how successful this spinal implant has been for this advanced stage Parkinson’s patient. We have it linked in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.
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