( SRN NEWS) Fellow Christian leaders are remembering the late John MacArthur who passed away this week at 86. On Facebook Franklin Graham says “He could get more out of a Bible verse than anyone I’ve ever known. He was one of America’s great Bible teachers.” Dr. Al Mohler (MOH-ler) of the Southern Baptist Convention […]
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( SRN NEWS) Fellow Christian leaders are remembering the late John MacArthur who passed away this week at 86. On Facebook Franklin Graham says “He could get more out of a Bible verse than anyone I’ve ever known. He was one of America’s great Bible teachers.” Dr. Al Mohler (MOH-ler) of the Southern Baptist Convention calls MacArthur “A lion of the pulpit. He was a preacher God used to make other preachers better preachers.” Popular theologian and Bible teacher John Piper says “The longer I knew John MacArthur the more I loved him. The sheer constancy of his exposition over half a century was immeasurably fruitful.”
( ) A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to restrict abortion pill sales in West Virginia. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a 2023 ruling. That’s despite federal regulators’ approval of the drug as a safe and effective medication. A district judge determined in 2023 that the near-total abortion ban signed by Republican Governor Jim Justice took precedence over approvals from the Food and Drug Administration. Appeals court judge Harvey Wilkinson wrote that disregarding the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 decision to overturn Roe versus Wade “is not an option.”
( ) The federal agency responsible for enforcing laws against workplace discrimination will allow some complaints filed by transgender workers to move forward, shifting course from earlier guidance that indefinitely stalled such cases. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says that if new transgender worker complaints involve hiring, discharge or promotion, then they will be investigated. Since President Trump returned to office, the EEOC has moved away from its embrace of transgenderism. Mr. Trump has vowed to end President Biden’s promotion of transgenderism in the federal government.
( ) Although Christianity is widespread across Africa, church leaders say they are still combating the popular appeal of witchcraft and other occult practices. Many people — including leading politicians — secretly consult witch doctors for perceived advantages. The shamans claim to offer protection or success through rituals, drawing clients from across the continent’s many countries. Many who regularly attend church also secretly visit traditional shrines for the occult service they believe can lead them to prosperity. Christian pastors preach against the practice, but their words largely fall on deaf ears.