It’s Friday, March 17th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus.
By Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
Eight Members of Congress Call for Religious Freedom in the UK
Eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Rashad Hussain, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, raising concerns over the United Kingdom’s unfair treatment of Christian beliefs, reports International Christian Concern.
The letter speaks to an “unsettling path that could potentially result in existential threats to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and even freedom of thought” in the U.K.
The letter, led by GOP Rep. Chip Roy of San Antonio, Texas, cites at least five municipalities in the U.K. where “Public Spaces Protection Orders” have been passed. These orders allow government officials to prosecute certain religious beliefs if those beliefs are expressed within a designated “buffer zone.”
Furthermore, legislation is pending to expand the zones into other municipalities, including throughout England and Wales.
Catholic priest charged with praying outside abortion mill
Sean Gough, a Catholic Priest in Wolverhampton, England, was recently charged for praying silently outside of a closed abortion mill, reports Fox News.
GOUGH: “Everyone has the right to pray in their mind. It’s wrong for the authorities to censor parts of the street from prayer, even silent prayer, from peacefully having conversations, and sharing information that could be of great help to women who want an alternative choice to abortion. I pray every day, everywhere I go, and prayer can never be a crime.
“I was charged for praying for freedom of speech and for an old bumper sticker on my car, that read, ‘Unborn Lives Matter.’ Every human being is precious and equal. And I’m proud to be a voice for the unborn, the most vulnerable group of people in our country.”
Indeed Isaiah 49:1 says, “The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb, He named me.”
Thankfully, the charges against Sean Gough were dropped on February 16th.
Mozambique released American missionary pilot
Praise God! Our prayers have been answered.
An American missionary pilot and two other men who were jailed in Mozambique for more than four months on suspicion of supporting insurgents in the war-torn nation have been released from prison, reports The Christian Post.
According to the U.S.-based ministry Mission Aviation Fellowship, Ryan Koher and two South Africans, W.J. du Plessis, age 77, and Eric Dry, age 69, left prison late Tuesday afternoon.
The pilot and the two other Mission Aviation volunteers were arrested in November 2022 while preparing to help load vitamins and other supplies on a plane bound for an orphanage in Cabo Delgado, the northernmost province in Mozambique.
The African nation is the 32nd most violent country for Christians worldwide.
FDA authorized COVID boosters for 6-month-olds, citing trial with just 24 patients
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration authorized booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot for children as young as six months based on a trial of just 24 patients, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
On March 14, the FDA announced it is amending its emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Bivalent, to allow a single booster dose for children between six months and four years, at least two months after being initially vaccinated.
Buried in the press release, however, was the revelation that “among individuals 6 months of age and older, safety was assessed in participants in two clinical studies.” The only trial of this vaccine for those ages had “24 participants 6 months through 23 months” and “36 participants 2 years through 4 years of age.”
Aaron Siri, an attorney who represents clients who object to medical mandates, tweeted, “This may be a new low, even for FDA.”
Climate alarmist Greta Thunberg exposed
Conservative author and political activist Brigitte Gabriel exposed climate alarmist Greta Thunberg for the fraud she is.
In a now deleted 2018 tweet, Thunberg claimed that a top climate scientist predicted that “climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels in the next five years.”
Here we are, five years later, and, thankfully, all of humanity has not been wiped out. Mrs. Gabriel, thank you for exposing Thunberg.
St. Patrick brought thousands to Christ in Ireland
And finally, today is St. Patrick’s Day. But if you think it’s all about wearing green, think again.
Born in Britain in the fourth century A.D., 16-year-old Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates when they attacked his family’s holiday villa by the sea before dawn. Sold into slavery in Ireland to a Druid tribal chieftain, Patrick made a decision to follow Christ in the midst of his greatest trial. In his autobiography, Confession, Patrick wrote, “the Lord opened my senses to my unbelief.” He soon earned the nickname “Holy Boy” among his fellow slaves.
At the age of 22, after shepherding many sheep, Patrick escaped and traveled 200 miles to the coast of Ireland. Two years later, he returned to the arms of his parents who begged him to stay in England. However, he felt called by God to return to Ireland. Patrick’s parents fiercely opposed his plans, convinced that the barbaric Druids were not worth saving.
He shared Christ with his former slaveowner, preached at racetracks, and other places of worldly indulgences, seeing many come to Christ. However, this was not without opposition. The Druids often tried to poison him. One time a barbarian warrior speared Patrick’s chariot driver to death in an attempt to kill Patrick. He was often ambushed at his evangelistic events and was enslaved again for a short time.
In his book, Patrick wrote, “As every day arrives, I expect either sudden death or deception, or being taken back as a slave or some such other misfortune. But I fear none of these, since I look to the promise of heaven and have flung myself into the hands of the all-powerful God, who rules as Lord everywhere.”
Patrick journeyed throughout Ireland, sharing Christ until his death on March 17, around the year 461 A.D.
Romans 1:16 epitomized his life. “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.”
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And that’s The Worldview on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.