Two women who became pregnant at 16 chose radically different paths: one had an abortion and one chose open adoption. Years later, their experiences aligned in a shared mission: to use their stories to enable other women to navigate their own unplanned pregnancies, and ultimately, choose life. …Speaking to The Epoch Times, Tori Shaw and Leah Outten shared how their life paths led them to find healing in faith, transforming them out of the cocoon of shame and the trauma of broken families. Tori and Leah—both devout Christians, A students, and children of divorce—grew up just 30 miles apart in North Carolina. Recently, the brave moms, who run their two separate nonprofits to help expectant parents, came together to share their heart-wrenching backstories in a short film, Two Paths.
Category: Family / Relationships / Godliness
Final Justice: The Return of Christ, Part 1, Dr. John MacArthur
Dr. MacArthur began a series on the return of Christ and the real justice that will then be experience by dwellers on the earth. Those not in Christ, will not want to experience that justice. He discussed numerous chapters of Revelation, in part, during the course of this 28 minute sermon. If you are not very familiar with Revelation, then this sermon will give you an overview of sorts. Furthermore, he wants to refocus Christians who are wasting their energy thinking about fixing this planet and establishing man’s justice; because all of that will be undone when Christ returns. For those who do not have 28 minutes to spend, sermon highlight points precede the sermon.
God And Nakedness; The Intimate Marriage With R. C. Sproul
“In the book of Genesis, the book of beginnings, we see the first game of hide and seek. Adam and Eve hid from God in the Garden because they realized they were naked, and because of that knowledge they were ashamed. In this case, their nakedness was more than skin-deep. However, God has since remedied the problem. Dr. Sproul thinks of this account as he discusses the institution of marriage as a safe-haven where shame need not exist.”
Americans Remain Patriotic: Newt Gingrich Commentary: Epoch Times
After all the ranting about systemic racism, critical race theory, and other efforts to get people to think in terms of tribal divisiveness, the American ideal remains unifying and oriented toward individuals rather than groups. In fact, by 91 percent to 5 percent, Americans agree with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that the content of a person’s character is more important than the color of his or her skin.
A Glimpse At Christian Persecution, In America and The World
The two brief videos in this post are about religious freedom: Huckabee interviewed cake baker Jack Phillips and his lawyer about the ongoing court battle because Jack refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple; Open Doors describes Christian persecution worldwide
Life’s Highest and Best Lesson, by J.R. Miller / Christian Audio Devotion
The problem of life is to keep the heart warm and kindly amid all injustice and wrong; to keep the spirit brave and cheerful in the midst of the difficulties of life; to be true and strong in all moral purpose and deed however others may act towards us [I found this 3 minute devotional by J.R. Miller to be very encouraging, partly because it reminded me that brothers and sisters also have to find a way through these things, I am not alone]
NYC Education Department, PBS Face Backlash for Showing Drag Queen to Young Children: Epoch Times
New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) are facing intense criticism after inviting a drag queen book author to contribute to an education show aimed at young children. …“Today I’m going to read from my own book, which is ‘The Hips On the Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish,’” …According to NYCDOE’s website, “Let’s Learn” is geared toward an audience of 3-K to second grade, or children between ages 3 to 8. It is meant to feature “lessons taped by educators” and “offers age-appropriate content… …“I wrote this book because I wanted everyone to get to experience the magic of drag and to get a little practice shaking their hips or shimmying their shoulders to know how we can feel fabulous inside of our own bodies,” the performer said, before moving on to read the book to the tune of the nursery rhyme “The Wheels on the Bus.”
NOW Says a Man Can be a Woman: Epoch Times Commentary
On May 12, 2021 the National Organization for Women (NOW) tweeted this: Trans women are women. They deserve equal opportunity, health care, a safe community & workplace, and they deserve to play sports. They have a right to have their identity respected without conforming to perceived sex and gender identity standards. We stand with you. …Let me unpack their tweet, line-by-line.
Faith that Endures Mockery: Pastor Matthew Everhard
The following 18 minute video is about how the social justice movement is opposing Christian speech presently. We all see that it is changing rapidly; pastor Everhard offers an analysis of what is going on with speech limitations and direction regarding preparation and taking a stand for your faith. His video is 18 minutes long; bulleted sermon highlights are provided
The War in Heaven | Revelation 12 | John MacArthur
Did you know that at the present time Satan is not in hell? In fact, did you know that he has never been to hell? And did you know that when he finally does get to hell, he’s not going to be in charge? In fact, when the devil gets to hell, he will be the lowest being there. He will be assigned the most horrible punishment of any creature ever made. He is not the king of hell, he is not in hell, and he’s never been there. In fact, he spends most of his time, according to this text, where? In heaven. …In fact, he’s going to be more devastatingly active on earth than at any other time because the theater of his operation is going to be confined to the earth. [During the great tribulation]