It’s Monday, July 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
Mayflower Chinese Pastor: U.S. must pressure China on religious liberty
A pastor who led a congregation of 64 Chinese Christians from religious persecution in China thanked God for bringing them to freedom in the United States. However, he also warned that many faithful heroes still face oppression from the Chinese Communist Party, reports The Christian Post.
Pastor Pan Yongguang of the Mayflower Church, whose members fled to South Korea in 2019 after encountering threats and interrogations from Chinese police, spoke outside the U.S. Capitol Wednesday alongside ChinaAid Founder Bob Fu.
The Mayflower Church gained its name after its members arrived at South Korea‘s Jeju Island seeking religious freedom, similar to the 17th-century Protestant separatists who traveled to the British colonies. They later traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, hoping to get refugee status from the United Nations, but were detained in an immigration detention center.
Four years after fleeing the Chinese Communist Party, Pan and 63 members of the church received humanitarian parole in the United States. In April, they arrived in Dallas, Texas, after concentrated efforts from Fu and multiple government officials and agencies to negotiate their release.
Pastor Pan believes the U.S. government should put “pressure” on the persecutors in China.
Micah 6:8 asks, “What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to hospital
On Saturday, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to a hospital to undergo medical tests.
Netanyahu, age 73, was briefly hospitalized in October, after feeling pain in his chest in the weeks before last year’s election.
Tucker Carlson vs. Mike Pence
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson clashed with former Vice President Mike Pence at The Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday.
Listen.
CARLSON: “I’m sorry, Mr. Vice President, have you, I know you’re running for president. You are …”
PENCE: “Thank you. Thank you for noticing.”
CARLSON: “You are distressed that the Ukrainians don’t have enough American tanks. Every city in the United States has become much worse over the past three years.”
PENCE: “Yeah.”
CARLSON: “Drive around. There’s not one city that’s gotten better in the United States. And it’s visible. Our economy has degraded, the suicide rate has jumped, public filth and disorder and crime have exponentially increased. And yet, your concern is that the Ukrainians, a country most people can’t find on a map, who’ve received tens of billions of US tax dollars don’t have enough tanks. I think it’s a fair question to ask like, ‘Where’s the concern for the United States in that?’”
PENCE: “Well, it’s not my concern. Tucker, I’ve heard that routine from you before, but that’s not my concern. I’m running for President of the United States because I think this country’s in a lot of trouble. I think Joe Biden has weakened America at home and abroad.
“And as President of the United States, we’re going to restore law and order in our cities. We’re going to secure our border. We’re going to get this economy moving again. And we’re going to make sure that we have men and women on our courts at every level that will stand for the right to life and defend all the God-given liberties enshrined in our Constitution. Anybody that says that we can’t be the leader of the free world and solve our problems at home has a pretty small view of the greatest nation on Earth. We can do both.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Fauci caused injury by withholding early COVID treatment
Appearing on Fox News with Jesse Watters, Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chastised Dr. Anthony Fauci for withholding effective treatments for the coronavirus that led to a disproportionate number of deaths in America compared to countries which equipped their citizens with preventive measures.
WATTERS: “Tell me about Fauci. You wrote this big fat book – [Real Anthony Fauci]. You think Fauci is the Devil.”
KENNEDY: “I think [Fauci] caused a lot of injury by withholding early treatment from Americans. We racked up the highest death count in the world. We only have 4.2% of the globe’s population, but we had 16% of the COVID deaths in this country. And that was from bad policy.
“There’s countries that did the opposite of what we did — that provided ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, other early treatments to their populations, and had 1/200 of our death rate! Oh, there are many, many things that we did wrong in this country. And some of those were knowingly. Some of the things that were done by public health officials at that time, they knew that they would be harmful!”
Kennedy also addressed why America has not held China accountable for creating the coronavirus in the Wuhan lab.
WATTERS: “Why hasn’t the Biden administration punished China?”
KENNEDY: “I think one of the reasons we haven’t investigated the [Chinese] Wuhan Lab is because the U.S. government, not just through the NIH [National Institutes of Health], but through the CIA, and through USAID [United States Agency for International Development], was actually funding the studies in the Wuhan Lab. And we did a very, very big technology transfer of bio weapons technology to the Wuhan lab, bio weapons technology that was developed at NIH expense.”
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. noted that the National Institutes of Health gave $26 million in funding to the Wuhan lab. And the United States Agency for International Development, which was functioning as a CIA surrogate, gave over $64 million. Plus, the Pentagon also gave a lot of money.
Numbers 32:33 warns, “Your sin will find you out.”
13-year-old Callie’s gift of her tithe money to The Worldview
On Friday, I featured soundbites from my conversation with 14-year-old Theo Jantz, a Worldview listener in Sexsmith, Alberta, Canada, who donated $13.13 to keep this newscast on the air. He challenged other kids to donate some of their tithe money as well.
Callie Mishchenko, a 13-year-old listener in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, accepted that challenge and donated $32.
CALLIE: “Theo challenged to empty your tithing [jar] to The Worldview. So, that’s what I did.”
She explained where the $32 came from.
CALLIE: “The $32 is from me doing jobs around the house and I put 10% of it into tithing.”
McMANUS: “What are the jobs around the house?”
CALLIE: “Helping watch some of my siblings, scoop and poop, weeding.”
McMANUS: “Scoop and poop? This is a new one. Is that for the dog, the cat, the cow, the horse? What do we have out there? The other siblings? Are the siblings going in the yard?”
CALLIE: “No, scooping the poop is for the dogs. Scooping the dogs’ poop.”
McMANUS: “How many dogs do you have?
CALLIE: “Two. Two dogs.”
McMANUS: “What is it?”
CALLIE: “Scoop and poop.”
McMANUS: “Scoop and poop? It makes more sense to say ‘poop and scoop’ because the poop happens first. Then, the scoop happens second. You can’t scoop until they poop. So, you really need to say, ‘Poop and scoop.’ Why do y’all have it backwards there in Canada?”
CALLIE: “I don’t know.”
On a more serious note, I asked Callie’s father, Dan, what he appreciated about The Worldview newscast.
DAN: “You’re one of the regular sources where I get to hear about the persecuted church. Although it breaks my heart, we need to know as Christians who are isolated here in North America. I really appreciate that.”
29 Worldview listeners gave $6,336.40
We broke our one-day, 25-donor record this year. Incredibly, 29 Worldview listeners donated toward our $80,000 goal by Monday, July 31st to keep this unique Christian newscast on the air.
Our thanks to Katrina, the 8-year-old sister of Callie, in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, who gave $1.80. We appreciate Sarah in Tacoma, Washington,
Shari in Lehigh Acres, Florida, DeAnne in St. Paul, Minnesota, Eileen in Brentwood, Tennessee, and Sally in Milford, Ohio – each of whom gave $25.
We thank God for Callee in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada who gave $32 as well as Herb in Greenville, Texas and David in Colorado Springs, Colorado – both of whom gave $50, and Eben in Kansas City, Missouri who gave $75.
We were touched by the kindness of Max in Cordova, Illinois, Sally in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, Michelle in Sparta, Michigan, Summer in Calvert City, Kentucky, and George in Leesburg, Virginia – each of whom gave $100 as well as Paul in Keller, Texas who pledged $10/month for 12 months for a total gift of $120.
Three cheers for Kathryn in Apple Valley, California who gave $162.60, Tristan in Summerdale, Alabama who gave $170, Richard in Ooltewah, Tennessee who gave $250, and Rick in Elma, Washington who gave $300.
Kudos to Lucinda in Winfield, Missouri, Mary in Phoenix, Arizona, Adrian in Black Creek, British Columbia, Canada, Richard in Camden, Wyoming, and Carlee in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick, Canada – each of whom pledged $25/month for 12 months for a total gift of $300 each.
And we ‘re grateful for the generosity of Tim in Newton, Kansas who gave $500, Benton in Kingwood, Texas and Casey in Apple Valley, California – both of whom pledged $50/month for 12 months for a total gift of $600 each, and Roger in Rapid City, South Dakota who gave $1,300.
Those 29 new donations add up to $6,336.40. Ready for our new grand total? Drum roll please. (Drum roll sound effect) $26,293.41 (Crowd cheering sound effect)
In order to hit our $60,000 immediate goal by this Friday, July 21st, we need to raise $33,706.59.
Remember how I announced on Friday that I had a special update about this month-long fundraiser? Well, here’s the exciting news! Shannan in Alexandria, Minnesota is offering to match, dollar for dollar, the next 10 Worldview listeners who pledge $50/month for 12 months or give a one-time gift of $600. Thanks to Shannan’s match, your total annual gift will be $1,200 instead of $600.
That’s an amazingly generous offer! When 10 people make that pledge, we will have raised $12,000. So, if you have been waiting on the sidelines, and you have the financial ability to step up to the plate with a $50 monthly pledge, please do so today. That would leave us with $21,706.09 to raise by this Friday.
Then, we would need to find another 18 people to pledge $50/month for 12 months. And another 32 listeners to pledge $25/month for 12 months. With multiple thousands of listeners on multiple platforms, we know that God can indeed provide these funds.
Just go to TheWorldview.com and click on “Give” at the top right to give what the Lord is prompting you to donate. Make sure to select the “Recurring” tab if that’s your wish.
Whether you give $5 or $5,000, we need your help right now to ensure we have the funds to continue to research, write, edit, voice, and distribute The Worldview — week in and week out — for the next year. Giving you the Christian perspective that you have come to appreciate.
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And that’s The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Monday, July 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.