W. SCOTT LAMB: Religion headlines worth 5 minutes of your Wednesday

By W. Scott Lamb - Wednesday, March 9, 2016

(1) Carly Fiorina endorses Cruz. Or as thinkprogress.org titled the news: Planned Parenthood’s Worst Enemy Just Endorsed Ted Cruz

(2) Missouri Senate Filibusters Against Bill Protecting Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage (New York Times)

Donald Hinkle, the director of public policy for the Missouri Baptist Convention, which supports the measure, said he was confident of passage. “You’re talking about a state that voted 71 percent to 29 percent to say that marriage is between one man and one woman and put that in the Constitution,” he said, referring to a 2004 ballot measure banning same-sex marriage.

(3) Former Muslim Now Baptizing Muslim Converts (CBN)

Two years after leaving Islam, Leading The Way says Shahid has planted 11 churches across North Africa and Europe and is baptizing Muslim converts.

Shahid recently shared a picture with Leading The Way showing him baptizing new converts to Christianity on the same shores of North Africa where the Islamic terror group ISIS beheaded 21 Coptic Christians in February 2015.

Leading The Way’s founder and president Dr. Michael Youssef says testimonies like Shahid’s and countless others should bring hope and inspiration to the Body of Christ.

“He is a free man,” Youssef said of Shahid’s testimony. “Most importantly, he is free in Christ!”

(4) Congresswoman Writes Amazing Letter to Amy Brenneman, Who Doesn’t Regret Aborting Her Baby (Lifenews)

(5) What do Americans really think about Syrian refugees? (Brookings Institute)

…Public opinion began to shift, however, in the wake of November 13 terror attacks in Paris. Asked about the best approach to take with refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, 53 percent of Americans said that the United States should stop accepting refugees altogether (69 percent of Republicans and 36 percent of Democrats). 11 percent of Americans, including 9 percent of Democrats and 11 percent of Republicans, reported that the United States should accept Christians only. Although sentiment shifted, humanitarian concern did not disappear entirely. When asked to consider the process by which the U.S. government vets migrants, the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found that a slim majority (53 percent) believed refugees should be admitted to the United States if they successfully complete a security clearance process.