Friday Church News Notes
May 9, 2025 - Volume 26, Issue 19
Updated 11:30 A.M. May 9, 2025 (First report - "Susie Wiles" updated and "Tim Waltz" to "Mike Waltz")
Updated 11:30 A.M. May 9, 2025 (First report - "Susie Wiles" updated and "Tim Waltz" to "Mike Waltz")
The Friday Church News Notes is designed for use in churches and is published by Way of Life Literature. Unless otherwise stated, the Notes are written by David Cloud. Of necessity we quote from a wide variety of sources, though this does not imply an endorsement.
President Donald Trump’s cabinet represents the eclectic, ecumenical one-world “church” that is a preparation for Mystery Babylon the Great
TRUMP’S ONE-WORLD CHURCH CABINET (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - President Donald Trump’s cabinet represents the eclectic, ecumenical one-world “church” that is a preparation for Mystery Babylon the Great of Revelation 17. Rome--arrayed in purple and scarlet, decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication, drunken with the blood of the saints--has always been a major part of this preparation. It is no surprise, then, that Roman Catholics form the greatest part of America’s presidential cabinet in these very last hours of the last days. J.D. Vance (Vice President), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Secretary of Labor), Linda McMahon (Secretary of Education), Sean Duffy (Secretary of Transportation), John Ratcliffe (CIA Director), Kelly Loeffler (Small Business Administration Administrator), and Karoline Leavitt (Press Secretary) are Catholic. Scott Turner (Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development) and Douglas Collins (Secretary of Veterans Affairs) are Baptist. Marco Rubio (Secretary of State) attends both Roman Catholic and Southern Baptist churches and speaks highly of Mormonism. Kristi Noem (Secretary of Homeland Security) is Foursquare Pentecostal. Susie Wiles (Chief of Staff) is Episcopalian. Doug Burgum (Secretary of the Interior) is Methodist. Pete Hegseth (Secretary of Defense) is Reformed Evangelical. Tulsi Gabbard (Director of National Intelligence) is a Hindu who took her congressional oath on the Bhagavad Gita. Mehmet Oz (Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) is a “secular Muslim” influenced by Sufism and Emmanuel Swedenborg, who entertained spirit guides and was deeply involved with Eastern mysticism. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Secretary of Health and Human Services) “traces his spiritual shift to the writings of psychiatrist Carl Jung’s idea that ‘it’s irrelevant if there’s a God up there or not, but if you believe in one, your chances of living a healthier life, and recovery, are better.’” Scott Bessent (Secretary of Treasury), a homosexual, is an active Huguenot. Howard Lutnick (Secretary of Commerce) is Jewish. Mike Waltz (UN ambassador) is Lutheran. Paula White-Cain (Senior Advisor to the White House Faith Office) is a Pentecostal Word-Faith pastor, “apostolic leader,” and self-esteem guru. The hour is very late!
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CELEBRATES STAR WARS SUNDAY (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The United Church of Christ (UCC) proclaimed May 4 Star Wars Sunday. This is complete apostasy and idolatry, as Star Wars preaches a Hindu/Buddhist/Taoist concept of god as everything. The Star Wars god is called “the Force.” The UCC web site says, “Lucas confirmed that ‘everyone has the Force,’ since every single living organism has midi-chlorians inside their cells. ... May the Force be with you as you celebrate both Star Wars and Pacific Islander and Asian American Ministry in the United Church of Christ!” (ucc.org). The UCC suggests congregants address one another with “May the Force be with you” and evoke “Hula from Hawaii,” “Siva from Samoa,” and “Kami Divine Parent of the Universe.” Matthew Laney, a UCC pastor, likens “the Force” to the Holy Spirit. He suggests this prayer: “God, like the Force you are always with me. And what a privilege it is to address you personally and know your deep love for me and all creation.” There is no mention of Christ as God manifest in the flesh, His vicarious atonement, or bodily resurrection. The United Church of Christ was formed in 1957 as a merger of The Evangelical and Reformed Church, General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches, and the Afro-Christian Convention. It consists of 4,600 congregations. The denomination supports homosexual rights, abortion rights, and feminism. It is part of the one-world “church” that is the forerunner to the harlot religion that will be aligned with the antichrist as described in Revelation 17-18.
PROFESSOR WINS LAWSUIT AGAINST UNIVERSITY FOR FIRING DUE TO OPPOSITION OF MINORS’ SEX-CHANGE SURGERIES (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “University Pays,” Christianity Daily, May 4, 2025: “A former University of Louisville professor, Allan Josephson, who was fired for opposing the ability of trans-identified minors to obtain body-altering surgeries, has reached a settlement of over $1 million with his former employer. The legal nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom announced that the University of Louisville agreed to pay $1.6 million in damages and attorney’s fees to settle the lawsuit filed by Josephson. Josephson was terminated in February 2019 following his participation in a 2017 panel hosted by the Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based conservative public policy think tank, which criticized the performance of life-altering surgeries on trans-identified youth. ... ‘I’m glad to finally receive vindication for voicing what I know is true,’ Josephson stated. ‘Children deserve better than life-altering procedures that mutilate their bodies and destroy their ability to lead fulfilling lives.’ ... Travis Barham, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, remarked, ‘Free speech and common sense have scored a major victory on college campuses.’ ... Furthermore, Barham stressed the importance of academic freedom, stating, ’Public universities have no business punishing professors simply because they hold different views.’ He added that Josephson’s case illustrates the accountability that universities may face if they violate the First Amendment, which can be financially costly. In recent years, more than two dozen states have enacted measures to restrict trans-identified minors from accessing various ‘gender-affirming’ procedures and medications due to concerns about their long-term effects. The National Health Service in the United Kingdom announced last year, after months of research, that it would cease providing puberty-blocking drugs for children with gender dysphoria, except as part of clinical trials.”
GLOBAL MILITARY SPENDING REACHES $2.72 TRILLION (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - “Global military spending surged for the 10th straight year in 2024, hitting a record $2.72 trillion--a 9.4% jump driven by conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East--with Europe, China, and Israel leading the charge” (World Israel News, Apr. 28, 2025). “Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD” (Joel 3:9-11).
NEW MASSACHUSETTS LAW MANDATES THAT NURSING HOMES CELEBRATE FULL HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “New Massachusetts Law,” Mass Resistance, Apr. 15, 2025: “Having relatives in a nursing home (or being in one yourself) can be stressful enough. But now the Massachusetts Legislature has mandated that the full LGBT agenda be integrated in every long-term care and assisted-living facility in the state. And all staff members must receive regular LGBT-inclusive ‘training.’ ... a large part of this law is devoted to aggressively mandating radical homosexual and transgender policies and programs in every facility--and punishing those who don’t comply. ... Here are some examples of the new requirements for every long-term care and assisted living facility in Massachusetts: (1) If a man ‘identifies’ as a woman, he can’t be denied the right to share a bedroom or restroom with actual women. Anyone who complains about this is guilty of ‘harassment’ and liable for punishment. (2) A staff member who fails to use a resident's opposite-sex name or chosen pronouns is also guilty of discrimination and/or harassment. Plus, each facility must keep a record of every patient’s (chosen) gender identity, name, and pronouns. (3) Men must be allowed to dress like women and use makeup, jewelry, and cosmetics like women--without receiving negative comments from anyone. This must be enforced by the facility. (4) Consensual homosexual sexual relations between residents must be allowed. (5) HIV-positive people may not be discriminated against or treated differently. ... The punishments for non-compliance can be considerable. Besides discipline and penalties listed in Massachusetts regulations, any party may bring a civil or criminal action against a violator!”
YOUR PORTABLE FIRST AID KIT (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is from CreationMoments.com, July 24, 2024: “Ouch! You’ve just gotten a paper cut on your finger. What’s the first thing you do? If you’re like most people, you’ll probably put your finger in your mouth. If you think about it, you probably have no idea why you put your finger into your mouth. Actually, when a dog licks its wounds or you put your paper cut ravaged finger in your mouth, you are beginning medical treatment. Medical science is only just learning what God knew when He built this reaction into us. The saliva of mammals and human beings contains epidermal growth factor. Studies show that when epidermal growth factor is applied to wounds, healing takes place much faster. Epidermal growth factor increases the number of cells available to grow new skin over a wound. It also encourages capillaries to form near the wound to increase blood supply. Epidermal growth factor doubles the amount of new DNA at the wound site. Finally, it increases the amount of collagen in the wound to give the new tissue the strength to close up and remain closed. Researchers have little idea how epidermal growth factor works. They are still researching this powerful medicine that’s found in our saliva. Only our wise and loving Creator could have provided us with this convenient and powerful medical treatment. Only He could have built into us the natural reaction of putting an injured finger into our mouth. Like so much else in the creation, this is too well designed to be nothing more than a series of unrelated coincidences. Notes: ‘An Aid to Healing that Simply Can’t Be Licked,’ Discover, April 1986, p. 10.”
CONCLUSION: The Friday Church News Notes is designed for use in churches and is published by Way of Life Literature’s Fundamental Baptist Information Service. Unless otherwise stated, the Notes are written by David Cloud. Of necessity we quote from a wide variety of sources, but this obviously does not imply an endorsement. We trust that our readers will not be discouraged. It is God’s will that we know the times (1 Ch. 12:32; Mt. 16:3) and that we be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves. The News Notes remind us that the hour is very late, and we need to be ready for the Lord’s coming. Are you sure that you are born again? Are you living for Christ? “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof” (Ro. 13:11-14).
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CELEBRATES STAR WARS SUNDAY (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The United Church of Christ (UCC) proclaimed May 4 Star Wars Sunday. This is complete apostasy and idolatry, as Star Wars preaches a Hindu/Buddhist/Taoist concept of god as everything. The Star Wars god is called “the Force.” The UCC web site says, “Lucas confirmed that ‘everyone has the Force,’ since every single living organism has midi-chlorians inside their cells. ... May the Force be with you as you celebrate both Star Wars and Pacific Islander and Asian American Ministry in the United Church of Christ!” (ucc.org). The UCC suggests congregants address one another with “May the Force be with you” and evoke “Hula from Hawaii,” “Siva from Samoa,” and “Kami Divine Parent of the Universe.” Matthew Laney, a UCC pastor, likens “the Force” to the Holy Spirit. He suggests this prayer: “God, like the Force you are always with me. And what a privilege it is to address you personally and know your deep love for me and all creation.” There is no mention of Christ as God manifest in the flesh, His vicarious atonement, or bodily resurrection. The United Church of Christ was formed in 1957 as a merger of The Evangelical and Reformed Church, General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches, and the Afro-Christian Convention. It consists of 4,600 congregations. The denomination supports homosexual rights, abortion rights, and feminism. It is part of the one-world “church” that is the forerunner to the harlot religion that will be aligned with the antichrist as described in Revelation 17-18.
PROFESSOR WINS LAWSUIT AGAINST UNIVERSITY FOR FIRING DUE TO OPPOSITION OF MINORS’ SEX-CHANGE SURGERIES (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “University Pays,” Christianity Daily, May 4, 2025: “A former University of Louisville professor, Allan Josephson, who was fired for opposing the ability of trans-identified minors to obtain body-altering surgeries, has reached a settlement of over $1 million with his former employer. The legal nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom announced that the University of Louisville agreed to pay $1.6 million in damages and attorney’s fees to settle the lawsuit filed by Josephson. Josephson was terminated in February 2019 following his participation in a 2017 panel hosted by the Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based conservative public policy think tank, which criticized the performance of life-altering surgeries on trans-identified youth. ... ‘I’m glad to finally receive vindication for voicing what I know is true,’ Josephson stated. ‘Children deserve better than life-altering procedures that mutilate their bodies and destroy their ability to lead fulfilling lives.’ ... Travis Barham, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, remarked, ‘Free speech and common sense have scored a major victory on college campuses.’ ... Furthermore, Barham stressed the importance of academic freedom, stating, ’Public universities have no business punishing professors simply because they hold different views.’ He added that Josephson’s case illustrates the accountability that universities may face if they violate the First Amendment, which can be financially costly. In recent years, more than two dozen states have enacted measures to restrict trans-identified minors from accessing various ‘gender-affirming’ procedures and medications due to concerns about their long-term effects. The National Health Service in the United Kingdom announced last year, after months of research, that it would cease providing puberty-blocking drugs for children with gender dysphoria, except as part of clinical trials.”
GLOBAL MILITARY SPENDING REACHES $2.72 TRILLION (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - “Global military spending surged for the 10th straight year in 2024, hitting a record $2.72 trillion--a 9.4% jump driven by conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East--with Europe, China, and Israel leading the charge” (World Israel News, Apr. 28, 2025). “Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD” (Joel 3:9-11).
NEW MASSACHUSETTS LAW MANDATES THAT NURSING HOMES CELEBRATE FULL HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “New Massachusetts Law,” Mass Resistance, Apr. 15, 2025: “Having relatives in a nursing home (or being in one yourself) can be stressful enough. But now the Massachusetts Legislature has mandated that the full LGBT agenda be integrated in every long-term care and assisted-living facility in the state. And all staff members must receive regular LGBT-inclusive ‘training.’ ... a large part of this law is devoted to aggressively mandating radical homosexual and transgender policies and programs in every facility--and punishing those who don’t comply. ... Here are some examples of the new requirements for every long-term care and assisted living facility in Massachusetts: (1) If a man ‘identifies’ as a woman, he can’t be denied the right to share a bedroom or restroom with actual women. Anyone who complains about this is guilty of ‘harassment’ and liable for punishment. (2) A staff member who fails to use a resident's opposite-sex name or chosen pronouns is also guilty of discrimination and/or harassment. Plus, each facility must keep a record of every patient’s (chosen) gender identity, name, and pronouns. (3) Men must be allowed to dress like women and use makeup, jewelry, and cosmetics like women--without receiving negative comments from anyone. This must be enforced by the facility. (4) Consensual homosexual sexual relations between residents must be allowed. (5) HIV-positive people may not be discriminated against or treated differently. ... The punishments for non-compliance can be considerable. Besides discipline and penalties listed in Massachusetts regulations, any party may bring a civil or criminal action against a violator!”
YOUR PORTABLE FIRST AID KIT (Friday Church News Notes, May 9, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is from CreationMoments.com, July 24, 2024: “Ouch! You’ve just gotten a paper cut on your finger. What’s the first thing you do? If you’re like most people, you’ll probably put your finger in your mouth. If you think about it, you probably have no idea why you put your finger into your mouth. Actually, when a dog licks its wounds or you put your paper cut ravaged finger in your mouth, you are beginning medical treatment. Medical science is only just learning what God knew when He built this reaction into us. The saliva of mammals and human beings contains epidermal growth factor. Studies show that when epidermal growth factor is applied to wounds, healing takes place much faster. Epidermal growth factor increases the number of cells available to grow new skin over a wound. It also encourages capillaries to form near the wound to increase blood supply. Epidermal growth factor doubles the amount of new DNA at the wound site. Finally, it increases the amount of collagen in the wound to give the new tissue the strength to close up and remain closed. Researchers have little idea how epidermal growth factor works. They are still researching this powerful medicine that’s found in our saliva. Only our wise and loving Creator could have provided us with this convenient and powerful medical treatment. Only He could have built into us the natural reaction of putting an injured finger into our mouth. Like so much else in the creation, this is too well designed to be nothing more than a series of unrelated coincidences. Notes: ‘An Aid to Healing that Simply Can’t Be Licked,’ Discover, April 1986, p. 10.”
CONCLUSION: The Friday Church News Notes is designed for use in churches and is published by Way of Life Literature’s Fundamental Baptist Information Service. Unless otherwise stated, the Notes are written by David Cloud. Of necessity we quote from a wide variety of sources, but this obviously does not imply an endorsement. We trust that our readers will not be discouraged. It is God’s will that we know the times (1 Ch. 12:32; Mt. 16:3) and that we be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves. The News Notes remind us that the hour is very late, and we need to be ready for the Lord’s coming. Are you sure that you are born again? Are you living for Christ? “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof” (Ro. 13:11-14).
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