It’s Friday, December 22nd, 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 (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
Texas Christians purchase 7 new cars for Chinese Christian refugees
Christmas cheer and an outpouring of love by Christians in Texas continue to bless the Shenzen Holy Reformed Church (also known as the Mayflower Church), reports International Christian Concern.
The 63 church members left China three years ago and traveled through South Korea, Thailand, and to eventual freedom in the United States to escape persecution in China.
The Mayflower families have been staying in Tyler, Texas for the last several months where they began new jobs, settled their families, and took English classes. They now head to their permanent home in Midland, Texas, around the Christmas holiday.
Amazingly, the Tyler Christian community bought seven new vehicles for the Mayflower families to help on their journey. The Mayflower Church members marvel at this generosity.
Other ministries which have supported their cause include China Aid, Freedom Seekers, and International Christian Concern.
Prague University student killed 14, injured 25
On Thursday, a student opened fire at a university in Prague, killing at least 14 people, and injuring 25 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting, reports the Associated Press.
Prague Police Chief Martin Vondrasek said the bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University where the shooter was a student. The gunman, whose name has not been released, also died. Reportedly, he also killed his father earlier in the day.
The chief described the shooter as an excellent student with no criminal record. And the investigators do not suspect a link to any extremist ideology or groups.
The gunman suffered “devastating injuries” but it wasn’t clear if he killed himself or was shot to death in an exchange of gunfire with officers.
Republican Congressman discusses depravity and blackmail
Republican Congressman Tim Burchett of Tennessee spoke to conservative podcaster Benny Johnson on Thursday and talked about blackmail and depravity in the U.S. Congress, reports Mediaite.com.
Burchett and Johnson primarily spoke about why it took so long for the client list of notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to be ordered unsealed by a federal judge.
However, at one point, Burchett claimed that many “good conservatives” and other members of Congress are being entrapped and then blackmailed to vote certain ways.
Listen.
BURCHETT: “Why in the world would good conservatives vote for crazy stuff like what we’ve been seeing out of Congress? Here’s how it works. You’re out of the country or out of town or you’re in a motel or at a bar in DC and, whatever you’re into – women or men or whatever — comes up and they’re very attractive and they’re laughing at your jokes, and you’re buying them a drink. Next thing you know, you’re in the motel room with them naked.
“Next thing you know, you’re about to make a key vote, and what happens? Some well-dressed person comes up and whispers in your ear, ‘Hey, man, there’s tapes out on you.’ Or ‘Were you in a motel room on whatever with whoever?’ And then you’re like, ‘Uh-oh,’ and [they] said, ‘you really ought not be voting for this thing.’
“What do they do? It’s human nature. No man or no woman actually is an island. They know what to get at. You know, if it’s women, drugs, booze, it’ll find you in D.C. and in most elected offices. I’ve been in this game my whole life. I spent 16 years in the state legislature in Tennessee and eight years as county mayor. And now I’m in my fifth year of Congress. The stakes are higher, but the game is still the same.”
Numbers 32:23 says, “Be sure your sin will find you out.”
New York Democrats targeting Chick-fil-A
New York Democrat lawmakers are targeting Chick-fil-A, which is closed on Sundays, with legislation that mandates restaurants located in rest stops on the state Thruway to remain open seven days a week, reports NewsMax.com.
Democrat Assemblyman Tony Simone of Manhattan, who is sponsoring the anti-Chick-fil-A bill, said, “Not only does Chick-fil-A have a long, shameful history of opposing LGBTQ rights, it simply makes no sense for them to be a provider of food services in busy travel plazas. A company, that by policy, is closed on one of the busiest travel days of the week should not be the company that travelers have to rely on for food services.”
Chick-fil-A has had a company policy since first opening in 1946 that the restaurants would be closed on Sundays to allow operators and team members “to enjoy a day of rest, be with their families and loved ones, and worship if they choose.”
If you would like to politely object to Assemblyman Simone’s bill, call him at 212-807-7900 or email him at simonet@nyassembly.gov
Tony Evans got re-married
And finally, Tony Evans, pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, recently married Carla Crummie in a “private ceremony surrounded by family and close friends” four years after the death of his first wife, Lois Evans, reports The Christian Post.
In a social media post, the church said, “As we enter the celebratory Christmas season, we also celebrate the marriage announcement of our senior Pastor and his bride, Mrs. Carla Evans.”
Proverbs 18:22 says, “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.”
The senior pastor had revealed he was engaged to Crummie during a celebration service for his birthday at his church in September. Flanked by his four children — Priscilla Shirer, Jonathan Evans, Anthony Evans Jr. and Crystal Evans Hurst, this is what Tony Evans said to the church in September.
EVANS: “As I worked through the ups and downs of singlehood, God in His sovereignty has brought someone into my life. (applause) This someone has traveled this similar road. In fact, she, [Carla Crummie], and her husband were on their way to Lois’ funeral when her husband died.”
Tony Evans had been married to Lois for 49 years before she died of bile duct cancer at the end of 2019.
In a 2020 interview with The Christian Post, he said in addition to “helping me through school, mothering our four children, and leading them to the Lord,” his late wife assisted him both in starting their church and The Urban Alternative, a media ministry whose radio broadcasts are today heard by millions each week on more than 1,400 radio outlets across 130 countries.
You can send a congratulatory card to Dr. Tony and Carla Evans, PO Box 4000, Dallas, Texas 75208.
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