| | Thursday, December 02, 2021 |
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| U.S. | | 15-year-old student charged as adult in shooting that left 4 dead, 7 injured | | A 15-year-old suspect in the Oxford High School shooting in Michigan that left four students dead and seven others injured was charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder and other charges, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said Wednesday. In explaining why suspect Ethan Crumbley was being charged as an adult, McDonald explained, "There are crimes that the Legislature says is so serious that a person who commits them can automatically be charged as an adult." |
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| Politics | | Pro-lifers optimistic after SCOTUS abortion arguments; Planned Parenthood concerned | | Pro-life activists have expressed optimism while the head of the nation's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, expressed concern after the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban Wednesday. The case, which could alter longstanding judicial precedent legalizing abortion nationwide, has drawn protesters from both sides of the debate. |
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| U.S. | | Study shows majority of millennials frequently anxious, depressed, fearful | | A majority of millennial-aged Americans report being anxious, depressed or fearful as they struggle to develop lasting relationships, per a national study from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. CRC Director and veteran Evangelical pollster George Barna explained the generation struggles with "bouts of self-doubt, the influence of their dysfunctional family of origin, unrealistic relational standards, inadequate communication skills and efforts, and identity issues.” |
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| Voice | | Op-ed: The persecution of JK Rowling at hands of ‘oppressed’ | | Douglas Blair writes about the left's overuse of the word "oppressed" to support the idea that racial and sexual minorities are "perpetually oppressed and victimized by their straight white oppressors." Using the example of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, who has received death threats over her comments on transgenderism, Blair cautions, "Western, democratic society cannot exist when the sole determinant of whether one is allowed to express one’s views is reliant on one’s racial or sexual characteristics." |
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| Church & Ministries | | Merritt resigns from SBTS | | Former Southern Baptist Convention President James Merritt has resigned from his position as a visiting professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary amid controversy that followed his decision to share a short message by his son, who is gay. In the Nov. 22 Twitter post, Merritt indicated he didn't "agree with [his] loved son" on everything but encouraged followers to listen to his son's message on Mark 13, calling it "brilliant and faith to the gospel." |
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A secret rescue plan from Afghanistan - straight out of a movie! |
| When the U.S. military pulled out of Afghanistan last August, there was a panicked rush to evacuate vulnerable people deemed “high risk” for arrest or even death.
But well-known Christian ministers and their families who were at high risk were NOT on the official evacuee list. They were mainly Afghans, but some international workers too.
That is until our World Evangelical Alliance Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, John Girgis, stepped up with other key partners to advocate for their evacuation.
Contacts high up in the U.S. administration were urged to add Christian leaders to the official list. Contacts in the military, including Christians to whom God lead us, were able to put secret rescue plans in place.
Our brothers and sisters needing to escape were given instructions on when to go to the airport and how to identify themselves. When a Christian U.S. military guard watching for the sign saw them in the crowd two armed guards were sent out through the gates and brought them to safety.
Soon after, a suicide bomb exploded in the very place the families were standing killing more than 183 people. Read More | | |
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