Trump and Harris voters are far apart on cultural issues

Trump and Harris voters are far apart on cultural issues

VERBATIM:  A new poll from the Pew Research Center finds that 60% of Americans who plan to vote for Kamala Harris in November believe that a person can change their gender — only 7% of Trump supporters agree.  Is the country better off if people prioritize marriage and family?  Just 17% of Harris voters say YES, compared with 60% of Trump voters.  The vast majority of Harris supporters also want to keep religion out of politics.  MH SRN NEWS.

A new report on evangelism in North America

A new report on evangelism in North America

A troubling poll from the United Kingdom

A troubling poll from the United Kingdom

VERBATIM:  About 30% of British church-goers say if their local house of worship closed, they would just stop attending church altogether.  The numbers come from a survey conducted by the National Churches Trust and it comes at a time when a lot of churches ARE closing in the UK.  Elderly people are the ones most likely to stop attending if their local house of worship shuts down and many of them say it would be too difficult, physically, for them to go elsewhere.  MH SRN NEWS.

A pro-life pregnancy center was vandalized during the Democratic convention

A pro-life pregnancy center was vandalized during the Democratic convention

VERBATIM:  The Aid For Women clinic  in Chicago was attacked by someone in the early hours of last Friday, shortly after the DNC wrapped up at the United Center.  The door was damaged and vandals painted graffiti on the windows, including the words “Fake clinic, the dead babies are in Gaza”.  Abortion was the centerpiece of the Democratic Convention.  Planned Parenthood dispensed scores of free abortion pills from a mobile clinic nearby.  MH SRN NEWS.

Some pastors have a lot of work to do

Some pastors have a lot of work to do

VERBATIM:  A new poll released by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University finds that a lot of people who attend Evangelical churches hold unbiblical beliefs.  About half of them think that a person can earn his way to heaven with good works.  45% say there is no absolute moral truth and 40% don’t accept the doctrine of original sin.  The CRC report goes on to reveal that 27% of Evangelical church-goers say they are afraid to die.  MH SRN NEWS.

What’s your favorite Old Testament story?

What’s your favorite Old Testament story?

VERBATIM:  That’s what Life Way Research has been asking Christians lately and it turns out that Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt is the favorite story of 13% of poll respondents.  11% favor Noah and the flood while 8% like David and Goliath.  However, the Life Way survey reveals that 11% of believers answered with a story from the NEW Testament, suggesting that their grasp of what happened in what part of the Bible is lacking.  MH SRN NEWS.

Planned Parenthood was busy at the Democratic convention this week

Planned Parenthood was busy at the Democratic convention this week

VERBATIM:  It set up a mobile clinic near the United Center and gave away free abortion pills during the DNC proceedings.  Planned Parenthood says it was “fully booked” all week and handed out scores of the drugs that allow a woman to end her pregnancy at home.  Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris is going all-in on abortion, counting on the issue to sweep her to victory in November over former president Donald Trump.  MH SRN NEWS.

Nicaragua expands its crackdown on religion

Nicaragua expands its crackdown on religion

VERBATIM:  The government is shutting down 1500 non-profit organizations, about half of which are churches and Christian ministries.  President Daniel Ortega has a personal axe to grind with the Catholic Church, which has been one of his chief critics, but this latest order also targets many Protestant Evangelical congregations and organizations.  The property of all 1500 non-profits is to be immediately seized by the Nicaraguan government.  MH SRN NEWS.

Democrats are less likely to be Christians

Democrats are less likely to be Christians

VERBATIM:  The Pew Research Center has been polling members of the party and has discovered that nearly HALF of them — 46% — identify as something other than Christian.  Most of those people are atheists, agnostics, or followers of no particular religious faith.  Compare that to 82% of Republicans who identify as Christian.  These rather stark numbers go a long way toward explaining the sharp divergence between the two parties on social issues.  MH SRN NEWS.

Do you watch Christian movies?

Do you watch Christian movies?

VERBATIM:  A new poll from Life Way Research finds that 68% of Protestant church-goers have viewed at least one Christian film in the last year and 81% of them think such movies have the potential to lead non-believers to Christ.  Christian film-maker Stephen Kendrick tells Life Way ““We live in a visual, video-driven generation. Movies can be great tools to reach people where they are and share biblical truth in context.”  MH SRN NEWS.

California lawmakers kill a child protection bill

California lawmakers kill a child protection bill

VERBATIM:  The measure would have made it more difficult for small kids to access pornography on-line and it passed the state assembly with flying colors.  But when the legislation reached the state Senate’s appropriations committee, it was quietly killed without a vote.  The California Family Council accuses lawmakers of giving into pressure from the pornography industry, saying “it seems that money talks louder than common sense in this state.”  MH SRN NEWS.

An Evangelical leader urges Christians to vote

An Evangelical leader urges Christians to vote

VERBATIM:  Troy Miller is president and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters and he tells the Daily Caller that ALL believers need to get to the polls in November.  Noting that millions of Evangelicals did not vote in 2020, Miller says “As Americans, we are the stewards of a temporal home built on a foundation of faith to the best of its founders’ abilities. We must do everything in our power to save America for the glory of God.”  MH SRN NEWS

There will be free abortions at the Democratic Convention

There will be free abortions at the Democratic Convention

VERBATIM:  All this week in Chicago, Planned Parenthood says it will be providing free abortion pills and free vasectomies to convention-goers and anybody else who wants them.  The giant abortion business has set up a mobile clinic not far from the United Center where the Democratic Convention is taking place.  Pro-life advocates including Kristan Hawkins of Students For Life say this blatant display is proof that the Democrats are the “party of death”.  MH SRN News.

How many Evangelicals are there?

How many Evangelicals are there?

VERBATIM:  Not as many as you might think, according to a new report from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University.  Using a strict doctrinal definition of Evangelicals, the CRC concludes that only about 10% of the U.S. population qualifies.  Which means that an awful lot of people call themselves Evangelicals who probably aren’t.  It also means that the very definition of Evangelical, as used in the mainstream media, is so flexible as to be almost useless.  MH SRN NEWS.

Franklin Graham is angry

Franklin Graham is angry

VERBATIM:  The popular evangelist is denouncing “Evangelicals For Harris” — a religious group that is trying to get the Democratic vice president elected in November.  Graham has a problem with a new campaign ad that uses video footage of his famous father Billy to criticize former president Trump.  Franklin Graham says “Maybe they don’t know that my father appreciated the conservative values and policies of President DonaldTrump in 2016.”  MH SRN News.

The United Kingdom considers a blasphemy law

The United Kingdom considers a blasphemy law

VERBATIM:  Do not adjust your radio.  You heard that right.  The new Labor government says it will introduce a law that will make it a crime to SAY anything that can be considered “Islamophobic”.  This action follows protests against illegal immigration in the U.K. — most of the illegals are Muslims.  A swelling chorus of voices — right, left and center — is being raised AGAINST the introduction of a law that would function not much differently than blasphemy laws in Muslim nations. MH SRN NEWS.

Persecution flares up again in Nigeria

Persecution flares up again in Nigeria

VERBATIM:  Muslim extremists have burned down another church in the restive African nation.  This is actually the second time that the Redeemed Christian Church of God has been put to the torch.  At least no one was hurt.  Muslim terrorists have been killing Christians by the thousands in Nigeria for the last two decades and the government has been either unable or unwilling to address the problem.  Some are calling for international intervention.  MH SRN NEWS.

A warning about religious freedom abroad

A warning about religious freedom abroad

VERBATIM:  Foreign governments are spreading lies about Christians as a pretext for restricting their rights.  So says the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.  Its latest report adds that “Government misinformation or disinformation can increase the risk of violence that targets religious minorities.”  The Commission says the regimes of China, India and Russia are three of the worst purveyors of religious disinformation.  MH SRN NEWS.

A new effort to protect Christian college students

A new effort to protect Christian college students

Somebody is burning churches in southern Ohio

Somebody is burning churches in southern Ohio

A victory for religious freedom in North Carolina

A victory for religious freedom in North Carolina

VERBATIM:  A franchiser who owns several IHOPs in the state has agreed to pay 40,000 dollars in a settlement with a cook who had refused to work on Sundays because of his Christian faith.  The company accommodate him for a few months, but when new management took over the man was told he would have to work Sundays.  He refused and was fired.  The Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that employers must accommodate workers’ religious convictions.  MH SRN NEWS.

Nicaragua is going after the Catholic Church again

Nicaragua is going after the Catholic Church again

VERBATIM:  President Daniel Ortega — a Communist — doesn’t like Catholic leaders speaking out against his dictatorial reign and so he’s putting a lot of them in jail.  A dozen more priests have been locked up in the latest violation of religious liberty in the Latin American country that’s drawing international outrage.  Other priests have been expelled from Nicaragua over the protests of the Vatican and warnings from several governments.  MH SRN News.

Methodists are fighting over Nigeria

Methodists are fighting over Nigeria

VERBATIM:  There are nearly 600,000 members of the United Methodist Church in that African country and now that the denomination is splitting, it’s not clear who governs all those people.  The more liberal UMC says it still has authority over Nigeria but the more conservative Global Methodist Church says a majority of members have voted to join it.  The UMC is splitting over issues including gay marriage, homosexual ordination and the authority of the Bible.  MH SRN NEWS.

Six Christians are arrested at the Olympics

Six Christians are arrested at the Olympics

VERBATIM:  They are members of a conservative group based in neighboring Spain and were driving around in a bus bearing a sign saying “Stop attacks on Christians”.  It also bore a picture of the drag queen satire of Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” painting that featured in the opening ceremonies of the Summer Games and sparked international controversy.  It’s unclear what laws the protesters violated but they all spent a night in jail before being released.  MH SRN NEWS.