12.14.22 Washington Wednesday, World Tour, and antique European ornaments

The World and Everything In It

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4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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On Washington Wednesday the potential impact of Kyrsten Sinema’s decision to leave the Democratic Party; the latest international news on World Tour; and how the tradition of decorating Christmas trees with ornaments got its start. Plus: a sound from space, commentary from Joel Belz, and the Wednesday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate. Additional support comes from Samaritan Ministries. It’s Biblical, affordable health care sharing with no network restrictions. More at samaritanministries.org/worldpodcastAnd from the Missions on Point podcast, 15 minutes every Friday, providing practical, biblical insights for your world missions ministry through your local church, available wherever you get your podcasts* Nearly 80 million meals distributed.* Just 25¢ can provide a meal for a hungry child.* Serving in 30 countries, including the US.Since 1991, Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF) has come alongside the local church in 30 countries, including the US, to deliver food, aid, and the hope of the gospel. To date, 96% of total contributions—over 1 billion dollars in food and other aid—have been distributed through programs serving more than 20 million children across America and around the world. CHF has consistently received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator.

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0:00.0	The world and everything in it is made possible by listeners like us.
0:08.0	Hi, my name is Sherry Talsma. I live in Joss, Nigeria with my husband of 38 years.
0:14.0	We have five adult children and so far three grand daughters.
0:18.0	I usually listen to this program a day later than those in the Western Hemisphere,
0:23.0	but we listen every day. I hope you enjoy today's program.
0:32.0	Good morning. Lessons from last week's runoff election in Georgia and a question.
0:37.0	Does Kirsten Senema's defection from the Democrats really matter?
0:41.0	We will talk about that today on Washington Wednesday.
0:44.0	Also, today our weekly digestive international news world tour,
0:49.0	plus we meet a European collector of antique Christmas ornaments.
0:53.0	It probably began with the German glass makers making necklaces out of glass beads.
0:58.0	Then they figured out how to make the beads bigger and they made glass balls.
1:02.0	And World Founder Joel Bells gets an unusual request.
1:07.0	It's Wednesday, December 14th. This is the world and everything in it from listeners supported World Radio.
1:20.0	I'm Mary Reichard. And I'm Nick Einker. Good morning.
1:24.0	Up next Kent Coveington has today's news.
1:27.0	On the south lawn of the White House Tuesday, President Biden signed a bill that changes the definition of marriage in federal law.
1:35.0	Today, I sign the respect for marriage act in the law.
1:40.0	Biden held assigning ceremony featuring performances by LGBT pop stars Cindy Lopper and Sam Smith.
1:47.0	The law repeals the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman,
1:54.0	and codifies a right to same-sex marriage in federal law.
1:58.0	The bill was amended with language aimed at protecting the religious liberties of people who hold a biblical definition of marriage.
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