It’s Monday, September 2nd, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Afghan Muslims coming to faith in Christ
The last time Khada saw her husband was an ordinary day – or as ordinary as any day can be in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in 2021, reports Open Doors. Afghan citizens face daily restrictions, oppression and danger, especially for underground Christians like Khada and her husband, Ehsan.
Khada was born into a deeply religious Muslim family. She expected to follow the same path as her mother: marry the Muslim man chosen by her parents and raise a devout Muslim family herself.
Her Christian boss did something very gutsy. She gave Khada a Bible. In Afghanistan, even before the Taliban takeover, it was extremely risky to give a Muslim a Bible. It’s illegal to convert from Islam and very dangerous to share your Christian faith.
Over the next six months, the Muslim couple read through the Bible together. After trusting Christ as their Savior, they shared their new-found faith with relatives, many of whom also became Christians, despite the risks.
Tragically, Eshan was killed by Muslim extremists for abandoning the false prophet of Mohammad.
One Open Doors field worker said, “Despite hardships, believers’ unwavering faith in Jesus Christ motivates them to operate covertly, spreading the good news among their fellow Afghans.”
Prayerfully consider giving $4 to supply a Bible or $22 to help pay for a Christian radio broadcast into Afghanistan through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.
According to Open Doors, Afghanistan is the 10th most dangerous country worldwide in which to be a Christian.
Pray the same prayer for our Afghan brothers and sisters in Christ as the Apostle Paul asked believers to pray for him. In Ephesians 6:19-20, he wrote, “Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the Gospel. … Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.”
Kamala Harris delivered generalities in CNN interview
Last Thursday night, CNN’s Dana Bash sat down with Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz for her first interview in 40 days. Kamala spoke in generalities right out of the gate.
BASH: “The voters are really eager to hear what your plans are. If you are elected, what would you do on day one in the White House?”
HARRIS: “There are a number of things I will tell you. First and foremost, one of my highest priorities, is to do what we can to support and strengthen the middle class. When I look at the aspirations, the goals, the ambitions of the American people, I think that people are ready for a new way forward, in a way that generations of Americans have been fueled by, by hope and by optimism. I think, sadly, in the last decade, we have had in the former president, someone who has really been pushing an agenda and an environment that is about diminishing the character and the strength of who we are as Americans, dividing our nation, and I think people are ready to turn the page on that.”
BASH: “So, what would you do Day One?”
HARRIS: “Day One, it’s going to be about, one, implementing my plan for what I call an ‘opportunity economy.’ I’ve already laid out a number of proposals in that regard, which include what we’re going to do to bring down the cost of everyday goods, what we’re going to do to invest in America’s small businesses, what we’re going to do to invest in families, for example, extending the child tax credit to $6,000 for families for the first year of their child’s life to help them buy a car seat, to help them buy baby clothes, a crib. So, there are a number of things on Day One.”
BASH: “So, you have been vice president for three and a half years. The steps that you’re talking about now, why haven’t you done them already?”
Kamala has no regrets in describing Biden as “extraordinarily strong”
CNN’s Dana Bash asked Harris about her absurd and truly unbelievable defense of Biden’s cognitive ability even after his June debate with Trump when Biden’s mental decline was painfully obvious for all to see.
BASH: “Vice President Harris, you were a very staunch defender of President Biden’s capacity to serve another four years. Right after the debate, you insisted that President Biden is extraordinarily strong. Given where we are now, do you have any regrets about what you told the American people?”
HARRIS: “No, not at all.”
Tim Walz confronted over lie he “served in war”
CNN’s Dana Bash asked Tim Walz, the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, about his false claim that he served in war.
BASH: “I want to ask you a question about how you’ve described your service in the National Guard. You said that you carried weapons in war, but you have never deployed actually in a war zone. A campaign official said that you misspoke. Did you?”
WALZ: “Well, first of all, I’m incredibly proud. I’ve done 24 years of wearing uniform of this country. My record speaks for itself. But I think people are coming to you to know me. I speak like they do. I speak candidly. I wear my emotions on my sleeves.
BASH: “The idea that you said that you were in war. Did you misspeak, as the campaign has said?”
WALZ: “Yeah, I said we were talking about, in this case, this was after a school shooting, the idea of carrying these weapons of war. My wife, the English teacher, told me my grammar is not always correct.”
J.D. Vance called Walz a liar
In a separate CNN interview, Republican Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance called Tim Walz out for his lies.
VANCE: “I’ve never criticized what Tim Walz did when he was in the military. I criticized his lying about his own record. This is a guy who was captured on video saying, ‘I carried a gun in war.’ He never went to war.
“This is a guy who’s been captured on video as other people say, he’s an Afghanistan veteran, he’s a veteran of a war, nodding along in agreement instead of saying, ‘No, no. I did serve my country, and I did it honorably, but I never went to a war zone.’ I’m not criticizing Tim Walz’s service. I’m criticizing the fact that he lied about his service for political gain. Dana, I do think it’s scandalous behavior.”
Walz confronted over two other lies
But Walz’ lies did not stop with his military record.
BASH: “You had to clarify that you had said that you and your wife used IVF, but it turned out you used a different kind of fertility in order to have children. And then, when you ran for Congress in 2006, your campaign repeatedly made false statements about a 1995 arrest for drunken reckless driving. What do you say to voters who aren’t sure whether they can take you at your word?
WALZ: “I certainly own my mistakes when I make them. I spoke about the treatments that were available to us that had those beautiful children there. That’s quite a contrast in folks that are trying to take those rights away from us.”
For the record, Donald Trump is not trying to curtail the availability of In Vitro Fertilization at all.
Historic Gutenberg Bible published August 24, 1456
And finally, August 24th, 1456 was a unique anniversary. That’s when the second volume of the Gutenberg Bible was bound in Mainz, Germany.
It completed a two-year project to create the first complete book printed with movable type. The Gutenberg Bible was named after the inventor of the unique printing press with movable type, Johannes Gutenberg.
It marked the start of the “Gutenberg Revolution” and the age of printed books in the West.
Proverbs 30:5 says, “Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.”
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