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Good afternoon! It's Tuesday, September 20, and today's headlines include details on Planned Parenthood's increase in government funding despite it providing services to fewer clients, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's new billboard campaign that endorses abortion availability in the state by citing a Bible verse that includes the words of Jesus, and an interview with Dr. Michael Brown.
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Planned Parenthood's 2020-2021 report has revealed that it received more than $633 million in "Government Health Services Reimbursements & Grants" for the year ending June 30, 2021, which accounts for more than one-third of its total revenue. The abortion giant provided services to 2.16 million clients, down from the 2.4 million it served during the same period the year before. While the organization, which is the nation's largest abortion provider, revealed an 8% increase in the total number of abortions performed, services and testing for sexually transmitted infections decreased by more than one million, while cancer screenings were down by nearly 200,000, and contraceptive services decreased from more than 2.5 million to less than 2.2 million during
the same period. Adoption referrals also decreased from 2,667 to 1,940. Planned Parenthood acknowledged the reduction in services in the report, stating it was "proud to provide abortion." It further blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for a reduction in services but asserted that "[a]bortion is essential health care that cannot wait for the end of a pandemic or the whims of politicians."
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Live Action News' Carole Novielli weighed in on the report, noting that Planned Parenthood has seen a 30% decrease in the number of clients it has served when compared to 2009-2010. Novielli also noted that Planned Parenthood conducted 6.4 million abortions from 2000 to 2020 but provided prenatal care services to a little over 303,000 pregnant women. "To put it in perspective, Planned Parenthood has committed about the same number of abortions every year that it offered in prenatal care services over two decades combined," Novielli wrote. Continue reading. |
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Dr. Michael Brown believes that Christians should be involved in politics, but he is concerned about political obsession. In a recent interview with The Christian Post, the author of the recently released book, The Political Seduction of the Church: How Millions of American Christians Have Confused Politics with the Gospel, shared his
concerns about Christians merging the Gospel with the elections "as if a political party was the key to advancing God's Kingdom on the earth." Noting the importance of the upcoming 2024 presidential election, Brown explained that "healthy" Christian nationalism is an approach where people say, "I love Jesus, and I love my country," while "unhealthy" nationalism is that which equates America's destiny with the Kingdom of God, and the "very dangerous" version comes when modern-day Christians say, "We're we're going to have to take up arms against the government in the name of Jesus." Read more. |
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Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead was detained by police on Sunday after he forcefully removed a woman who disrupted his sermon and allegedly threatened his family two months after he was robbed at gunpoint. Two women engaged in a heated exchange with Whitehead during the sermon. Whitehead began praying for the women in tongues before yanking 47-year-old Tarsha Howard by her neck and forcing her out of the church. The other woman fled. Whitehead was briefly detained while police sorted out what happened but was later released without any charge. Howard was charged with trespassing and disrupting a religious service. Read more. |
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Televangelist and self-proclaimed prophetess Juanita Bynum is defending her $1499.99 four-week intensive prayer course, calling the online criticism she has faced an "insult." Some have compared her course to a prayer meeting, with Chicago-based internet preacher and U.S. Army veteran Marcus Rogers telling his nearly 1 million Facebook followers the price tag was "outrageous." Bynum, who describes herself as a "pioneer" in high-level prayer, addressed naysayers during a Facebook Live Broadcast on Thursday, saying,
"I’m not going to insult myself to even discuss the price. It’s an insult to who I am after being in ministry for over 50 years." Read more. |
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Oscar Amaechina condemns division in the body of Christ and discusses why it's time for Christians to engage in a period of sober reflection. "Our inability to take seriously the instructions and desires of Christ has helped the devil to continue to fan the amber of division among us. Jesus prayed that we may be one. Are we not supposed to be deliberately involved in building the bond of unity even in our diversity?" he asks. Read more. |
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In this op-ed, Retirement Reformation's Bruce Bruinsma delivers a call to action to those he describes as "active agers" and shares why it's important that people over the age of 50 share their wisdom, talents and experiences as they seek to serve others. "I know that after a lifetime of work, the thought of 'doing nothing' can seem like paradise. But it actually leads to boredom, lack of purpose, and depression in many instances. I believe many people—including a lot of Christians—have it all wrong, and they’re missing rewarding opportunities to serve God and others in their later years, when they could be the most effective they’ve ever been," the 81-year-old says. Read more. |
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A new billboard campaign promoting abortion services in California in conservative states cites a Bible verse with the words of Jesus as an apparent endorsement. Gov. Gavin Newsom tagged several Republican governors, including Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, in a social media post that showed a billboard image that reads, "Need an abortion? California is ready to help." The billboard partially quotes Mark 12:31: "Love
your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commandment than these." Read more. |
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Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, faced online pushback last week after he called on Christians to "vote the right way" in the upcoming midterm elections during a speech at the Family Research Council's "Pray, Vote, Stand" Summit in Atlanta, Ga. The prominent theologian cautioned Christians not to "vote wrongly," saying those who do "are unfaithful because the vote is a powerful stewardship." Twitter users were quick to call out Mohler's remarks, including pastors and historians, with some accusing him of Christian nationalism or ignoring that black Christian voters tend to vote Democrat. Mohler defended his remarks, saying, "If you are offended that I encourage Christians to vote FOR candidates who defend the unborn and support
the integrity of marriage and to vote AGAINST candidates who support abortion and subvert marriage, that has been my message for my entire adult life." Read more. |
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