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Radio Legend Rush Limbaugh Has Died
Rush Limbaugh Dies, Pointing to His ‘Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ’ in the End

Conservative talk radio pioneer, Rush Limbaugh, whose work influenced a generation of American politics, has reportedly died at the age of 70, succumbing to advanced lung cancer.

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When Will We Get Back to Normal?
Biden Predicts Pandemic Likely to Continue for Quite a While Longer

President Joe Biden said during a town hall event in Wisconsin Tuesday night he doesn’t know “for certain” when the pandemic — and its accompanying lockdowns and restrictions — might be over, claiming it could continue for another year...

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'There Aren't Too Many Legends Around,
But He Is a Legend'
Trump Breaks Media Silence in Wake of Rush Limbaugh’s Death at Age 70
“He was a fantastic man, a fantastic talent. People, whether they loved him or not, they respected him. They really did.”
Former President Donald Trump, who gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh, called in to Fox News to discuss the passing of the legendary broadcaster.
“He was special” Trump said during the interview, saying he spoke to him just a few days ago.
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'Their Recent Roles in Trans
Activism Are Abhorrent'
Ex-Planned Parenthood Employee Says Abortion Giant Treating Trans Kids Like a 'Cash Cow'
"Trans identifying kids are cash cows, and they are kept on the hook for the foreseeable future in terms of follow-up appointments, bloodwork, meetings, etc."

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Openly ‘Gay’ Recording Artist Reaches No. 1 ‘Christian’ Spot on iTunes   Feb 12, 2021 01:06 am
 
(RNS) — For the second straight day, an openly queer artist has the top Christian album on iTunes. “Preacher’s Kid” by Semler, the artist name of Grace Baldridge, hit No. 1 on Tuesday (Feb. 9) in Apple’s iTunes store, dethroning “Look Up, Child” by Lauren Daigle, which was released in 2018. “It’s unbelievable. I keep trying to pinch...
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RZIM Board-Ordered Investigation Confirms ‘Significant Evidence’ Ravi Zacharias Engaged in Sexual Misconduct   Feb 12, 2021 02:45 am
An independent report by a firm hired by Ravi Zacharias International Ministries ("RZIM") to investigate claims of their founder's alleged sexual misconduct has recently been published by RZIM on its website. The 12-page report, which found "significant evidence" of sexual misconduct by the late apologist Ravi Zacharias, along with "evidence of text- and email-based...
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U.K. Judge Says Street Preachers Accused of ‘Islamaphobic’ and ‘Homophobic’ Speech ‘Lawfully Arrested’   Feb 09, 2021 08:20 am
BRISTOL, UK — A U.K. judge ruled that four street preachers, two from America and two from the United Kingdom, who sued police over what they considered a “sustained campaign of harassment” as they have faced criminal charges and were jailed — and some were prosecuted for their preaching, were "lawfully arrested" by police. Mike Overd, one the “Bristol...
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Australia Forges Ahead With Vaccine Certificates, $24M Campaign to Push COVID-19 Shots   Feb 09, 2021 09:32 am
CANBERRA, February 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The Australian government is finalizing plans to roll out a vaccine certificate that will provide proof of immunization against the coronavirus. Government services minister Stuart Robert announced that Australians will get a record when they receive a COVID-19 jab that will be stored and displayed on social security...
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Brothers Arrested After Orchestrating Stabbing Hoax, Abusing Emergency Services for Social Media Clout   Feb 12, 2021 12:48 am
SILVER SPRING, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - The Montgomery County Police Department has arrested two brothers for orchestrating a stabbing hoax that included directing witnesses to call 9-1-1, causing the emergency dispatch of officers and fire and rescue personnel to a home in Silver Spring. On Jan. 24, at approximately 5:46 pm, the Emergency Communications Center (911)...
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Talk of ‘Deprogramming’ Trump Supporters is Giving Refugees from Communism ‘Flashbacks’

“This calling out the opposition or Republicans as terrorist or fascist, that is the kind of language I saw a lot. The late president Hugo Chavez used to call us fascist and terrorist as well.”

From Cuba and Venezuela to China and the Soviet Union, refugees who came to America to escape communism are seeing some disturbing parallels.

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NBA Team Ditches National Anthem
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Mark Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks No Longer Playing National Anthem at Games 

The Dallas Mavericks are the first professional U.S. sports team to drop the anthem officially. And, while team owner Mark Cuban said Wednesday he has no intention of bringing it back, it looks like the NBA may not give him a choice...

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Hospitals Implement 'Gender-Inclusive' 
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Hospitals to Use ‘Gender-Inclusive’ Language Like ‘Chestfeeding’ to Accommodate Trans Patients

Hospital staff will be using terminology like “chestfeeding” instead of “breastfeeding”  and replacing "breast-milk" with “human milk” or “chestmilk."

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CNN’s Anderson Cooper Compares Capitol Riot to Rwandan Genocide

“You know, and we’ve seen it in Bosnia, we’ve seen it in Rwanda, where radio was telling people that, you know, Hutus were telling the radio listeners that Tutsi were cockroaches for, you know, getting them ginned up for genocide."

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Chaplain Under Investigation Over Facebook Comment Objecting to Lifting Ban on ‘Transgenders’ in Military   Feb 01, 2021 01:32 pm

FORT HOOD, Texas -- An Army chaplain in Texas is under investigation after he posted a comment on social media opposing Biden's order to lift the ban on transgenders in the military. “How is rejecting reality (biology) not evidence that a person is mentally unfit (ill), and thus making that person unqualified to serve?” Maj. Andrew Calvert wrote under the...
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‘Royal Purple’ Fabric Dating to Time of King David Discovered in Israel   Feb 02, 2021 07:17 pm
 
JERUSALEM -- Remnants of purple-dyed fabric dating to the time of King David have been discovered in the Timna Valley in Israel. According to reports, researchers found "remnants of woven fabric, a tassel and fibers of wool dyed with royal purple," the first of which, using radiocarbon dating, have been found to be dated to the Iron Age, 1,000 B.C. "Our...
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Website Locked Out of Twitter Account for Stating Biden Nominee Is ‘Man Who Believes He Is Woman’   Feb 03, 2021 03:52 pm
 
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. -- A Christian website has been locked out of its Twitter account after it posted a story stating that Biden Assistant Secretary of Health nominee "Rachel" Levine is "a man who believes he is a woman." The Daily Citizen, an arm of the Colorado-based Focus on the Family, posted the story to Twitter on Jan. 19 with a summarized paragraph from...
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Muslim Woman Who Refuted Preacher Online Puts Her Trust in Jesus   Feb 01, 2021 10:09 am
 
(Christian Aid Mission) -- A Muslim woman in the Middle East just wanted to pass some time when she decided to watch a Facebook video about Christianity, but when she heard the speaker say that Jesus is God, she fired off some insulting replies. Rojda* also messaged the teacher, a native missionary, that Jesus of Nazareth was merely a prophet. She requested a New...
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US Research Team Grafted Aborted Babies’ Skin Onto Rodents   Feb 02, 2021 12:00 pm
 
Photo Credit: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay (The Christian Institute) -- U.S. researchers have caused outrage after grafting skin removed from aborted babies onto mice and rats in laboratory experiments. Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh, in conjunction with the private animal-testing company Hera Biolabs, used skin taken from the scalps and backs of babies...
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Young Woman Who Fled Persecution in Eritrea Says Trials Taught Her to Depend on God   Jan 30, 2021 12:44 pm
 
(Voice of the Martyrs) -- Sesuna was 14 when she first read the Bible. She became a born-again Christian and spent her school senior year in prison. Disowned by her family, she came to depend on God. In 2002, the Eritrean government outlawed every religion except Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Roman Catholicism and the Lutheran Church. All other religious groups...
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Iowa House Approves Ballot Initiative to Add ‘No Right to Abortion’ to State Constitution   Feb 03, 2021 01:07 pm
 
Photo Credit: Patricia Prudente/Unsplash DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Iowa House of Representatives has voted to advance a ballot initiative that, if approved by voters, would add language to the state Constitution declaring that there is no "right to an abortion" in the state. Under House Resolution 5, the ballot initiative for the 2024 election would ask voters...
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Oregon Measure to Decriminalize Drugs Goes Into Effect, Offering Assessment Instead of Prison   Feb 03, 2021 08:11 am
 
Photo Credit: Reb Center Moscow SALEM, Ore. (Fox News) -- Oregon’s controversial Measure 110 went into effect Monday, decriminalizing possession of hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and oxycodone, according to reports. The measure reclassifies possession of small amounts of hard drugs as a civil violation: Offenders will face a $100 fine,...
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BBC Removes ‘100 Genders’ Video After New Complaints   Feb 02, 2021 11:26 am
 
(The Christian Institute) -- The BBC has finally removed a resource for children aged nine to twelve which claimed there are over 100 "gender identities." "Understanding Sexual and Gender Identities," a video that forms part of the BBC’s The Big Talk series, was available on the BBC Teach website until last week. It told children that gender is “who you are...
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Pastor Forced to Leave Turkey for Preaching Files Case With Human Rights Court   Jan 30, 2021 01:44 pm
 
Ankara/Strasbourg (ADF International) – David Byle, a pastor living in Turkey, was forced to leave the country he had called home for 19 years, where he had raised his children and had become a close-knit member of the community – simply because he shared his faith. This week, ADF International filed an application on his behalf with Europe’s top human...
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White House Press Sec Jen Psaki: Masks Will Remain ‘Essential’ Even After Vaccination
By Tré Goins-Phillips
February 4, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that wearing masks will remain “essential” — even after Americans have been vaccinated against COVID-19 infections
Psaki made the comment in response to a question about a recent segment from “The News with Shepard Smith” during which the CNBC anchor rebuked shoppers and workers at a grocery store in Naples, Florida, for failing to wear masks while inside the market.
Biden Admin: Even After Vaccines, Masks and Social Distancing Will Be 'Essential' | CBN News
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WV Gov. Credits God and Common Sense as State Leads U.S. in Vaccine Rollout
By Wendy Griffith
February 4, 2021
In West Virginia, not only are the number of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations coming down, they’ve vaccinated more people per capita than almost any other state.  
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The Mountain State is often last when it comes to national trends, but not this time. West Virginia is credited with leading the country when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out and no one could be happier than West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice. 
“Well, it does make me feel good, there’s no question, (all the attention) is a little tiring,” he joked, but added, “I am very proud.” 
Gov. Justice says a big factor in the state’s success was not going with a federal plan to send the vaccine to big pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens. Instead, the state stayed local, partnering with mom & pop pharmacies. 
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San Francisco School Board Says Merit-Based Admission Is ‘Racist’
By Tré Goins-Phillips
Editor
February 4, 2021
The San Francisco Board of Education is working to rid one of the oldest — and most prestigious — public high schools in the country of its merit-based admissions system, arguing meritocracy is racist.
Lowell, until last fall, was the only school in the San Francisco Unified School District where a student’s admission was dependent upon his or her grade-point average and test scores. In October, the board temporarily suspended the system and replaced it with the randomized lottery program used by all the other public schools in the SFUSD.
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TX Pregnancy Center Celebrates 90,000 Babies Saved: ‘We See It as a Divine Appointment’
By CBN News
Contributor
February 4, 2021
A Texas pregnancy center is celebrating 30 years of providing women with guidance, education, and medical help. 
The Prestonwood Pregnancy Center, with one of its locations strategically positioned directly across the street from a Planned Parenthood clinic, has been sharing the hope of the gospel in the Dallas Fort Worth area since 1991.
It’s served 100,000 patients and reports 90,000 women have chosen to have their babies as a result of its ministry efforts. 
More than 400 people chose faith in Christ in the last year alone.
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Biden Picks Man Who Identifies as ‘Rachel’ for Assistant Health Secretary   Jan 19, 2021 12:05 pm
WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden has selected Pennsylvania's health secretary, a man who was born Richard and now identifies as Rachel, as assistant secretary of health at the United States Department of Health and Human Services. “Dr. Rachel Levine will bring the steady leadership and essential expertise we need to get people through this pandemic — no matter their...
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‘In the Strong Name of Our Collective Faith’? Closing of Inauguration Benediction Refuted by Pastor   Jan 21, 2021 04:00 pm
 
WASHINGTON -- "In the strong name of our collective faith, amen" was how Silvester Beaman of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Delaware ended his benediction on Wednesday during the Biden-Harris inauguration. His avoidance of using the name of Jesus in the prayer was noted by at least one pastor, who refuted Beaman's choice of words online. "It...
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Lady Gaga to Perform National Anthem at Inauguration, ‘Transgenders’ to Participate in Prayer Service   Jan 20, 2021 08:28 am
 
WASHINGTON -- Pop star Lady Gaga, known for her homosexual-affirming tune "Born This Way," will be performing the national anthem during Wednesday's inauguration ceremony, with other performances by artists such as Jennifer Lopez and Garth Brooks. During the interfaith prayer service scheduled for Thursday, two "transgender" faith leaders are expected to participate,...
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Indiana Lawmakers File Bill Ending Regulation of Abortion in State, Outlawing It Completely   Jan 18, 2021 03:14 pm
 
Photo Credit: Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- For the fifth year in a row, an Indiana lawmaker has proposed a bill that would declare that life begins at conception and would repeal all state statutes regulating abortion, making it consequently illegal with no exceptions. This time, Rep. Curt Nisly, R-Goshen, is joined by the newly-elected Rep....
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‘We Don’t Want Biden; We Want Revenge!’: Antifa Riots in Portland, Smashing Democratic HQ   Jan 21, 2021 01:50 pm
 
 PORTLAND (Newsweek) -- Around 150 antifa protesters vandalized the Oregon Democrats head office in Portland on Wednesday night before descending on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, hours after Joe Biden was sworn in as president. Videos circulating on Twitter showed antifa protesters dressed in black marching down the streets playing...
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Biden Signs Order Directing Admin to Ban Discrimination Based on ‘Gender Identity,’ ‘Sexual Orientation’   Jan 21, 2021 06:06 pm
 
WASHINGTON -- Within hours of taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden signed an order on Wednesday directing his administration to review all existing federal orders, policies, regulations and guidance documents and see whether they should be revised to comply with his new policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of so-called gender identity and sexual...
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Trump Issues Proclamation Recognizing Jan. 22 as ‘National Sanctity of Human Life Day’   Jan 19, 2021 05:45 pm
 
WASHINGTON -- President Trump issued a proclamation on Monday recognizing Jan. 22, 2021 --- the day marking the 48th year since Roe v. Wade --- as "National Sanctity of Human Life Day" and characterizing Roe as a "constitutionally flawed ruling" that has "resulted in the loss of more than 50 million innocent lives." "Every human life is a gift to the world....
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Church Growth Soars in India Despite Persecution, COVID-19   Jan 18, 2021 11:06 am
 
Photo Credit: Hugo Fergusson/Unsplash India (Mission Network News) — For the second year in a row, Open Doors ranks India 10th on the list of countries where it’s most challenging to be a Christian. “But even that persecution, God grows and strengthens his Church,” says David Reeves, President and CEO of unfoldingWord. The resourcing ministry is...
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Judge Rules Alabama Surgery Requirement to Have Sex Changed on Driver’s License ‘Unconstitutional’   Jan 19, 2021 03:32 pm
 
Photo Credit: Michael Jarmoluk/Pixabay MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A federal judge nominated to the bench by then-President Jimmy Carter has ruled in favor of three men who identify as women, who sued the State of Alabama for requiring "transgenders" to submit proof of a "complete sex change" operation before being allowed to change the gender on their driver's...
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Oklahoma Senator to File Bill to Criminalize Abortion in State   Jan 20, 2021 02:58 pm
 
Photo Credit: Vidal Balielo Jr./Pexels OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Newly-elected Oklahoma Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, plans to file a bill to outlaw abortion in the state, taking the baton from Sen. Joseph Silk, who left office in November. “All human life is sacred from the very moment of conception,” Hamilton said in a statement. “As Americans, we...
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The Incredible Significance of Baby Jesus Being Wrapped in Swaddling Clothes After His Birth
By Billy Hallowell
Contributor | Pure Flix

December 25, 2017
Rabbi Jason Sobel recently delivered a fascinating take on the significance of baby Jesus being placed in swaddling clothes after his birth in the nativity story — one that directly ties into the angelic announcement that was made to the shepherds.

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“When the angels appeared to shepherds … [they] said to them, ‘This will be a sign to you. You’ll see a baby lying in a manger wrapped in swaddling clothes,'” Sobel recounted, noting that he believes these shepherds weren’t ordinary, everyday shepherds.

In fact, he said they were raising lambs that were to be offered as sacrifices in the temple, noting that these lambs needed to be without blemish.

So, these so-called “Levitical shepherds” would wrap up the lambs in swaddling clothes to protect them. This is, of course, noteworthy, as it shows that the swaddling would have been an important connection point for the shepherds.

“What did they see?” Sobel asked of the shepherds’ arrival at the site of Jesus’ birth. “A baby born in the same place that the Passover lambs were born, swaddled like a passover lamb, pointing to the fact that Messiah was the lamb of God who would take over the sins of the world.”

Watch him break it all down below:

There are, of course, other theories about the swaddling clothes, as GotQuestions.org has noted:

There are some interesting theories about Luke’s detail of Jesus’ swaddling clothes. Some have postulated that the swaddling clothes were a foreshadowing—a prophetic reference—of Jesus’ burial cloths. The Greek word sparganoo is the root word used in the phrase “swaddling clothes,” and it means “to clothe in strips of cloth.” But this word sparganoo is never used in the New Testament to refer to burial cloth. In the descriptions in the Gospels of Jesus’ burial, we see variations on the phrase “wrapped in linen cloth,” and different Greek words are used for the binding. The swaddling clothes could prefigure Jesus’ burial (the Magis’ gift of myrrh in Matthew 2:11 is a clearer bit of foreshadowing), but the link can’t be proved linguistically.

Either way, Sobel’s take is certainly fascinating.

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Katie Couric Says Trump Supporters Need to Be ‘Deprogrammed’
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By Tré Goins-Phillips Editor
January 19, 2021
The big tech and media push to see conservative thought weeded out of all the spaces they control is marching forward one day before President-elect Joe Biden assumes office with a promise to “heal” and “unite” Americans.

During an appearance Friday on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” former CBS News anchor Katie Couric rebuked Republicans who failed to vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump and suggested the 74 million Americans who voted for the outgoing commander-in-chief need to be “deprogrammed.”

“The question is how are we going to really almost deprogram these people who have signed up for the cult of Trump?” Couric asked.

Her words echoed those of Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, who last week said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that there are “millions of Americans — almost all white, almost all Republicans — who somehow need to be deprogrammed.”

Like Couric, Robinson called those who voted for the outgoing president members of a “Trumpist cult.”

Then, on Sunday, during an appearance on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” with host Brian Stelter, former Facebook executive Alex Stamos said social media platforms and even television service providers need to quash “the capability of these conservative influencers to reach these huge audiences.”

The former Facebook chief security officer said telecommunications providers like AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon should cut conservative outlets like Newsmax and OANN from their offerings because allowing people so much access has resulted in those who — according to Stamos — wrongly take advantage of free speech, a constitutionally protected right.

“I think that gets to a really core issue with our freedom as Americans in the way we have treated press freedoms in the past,” Stamos said. “[I]t is being abused by these actors in that we have given a lot of leeway — both in the traditional media and on social media — to people to have a very broad range of political views, and it is now in the great economic interest of individuals to become more and more radical.”

Additionally, the anti-Trump group the Lincoln Project is stepping up its outward attacks against those who don’t align with leftward thought.

Biden Names First Transgender Person to Serve in Federal Position

Steve Schmidt, the group’s co-founder, set his sights on Expedia’s vacation rental platform Vrbo on Saturday, attacking the platform for choosing not to follow Airbnb’s decision to cancel and refund all stays in Washington, D.C., for the week of Biden’s inauguration.

Schmidt told Vrbo the company “will feel immense pain” if the Lincoln Project goes after it, threatening to do all in his power to destroy the company.

All of this comes not long after Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account, Facebook barred the outgoing president from posting, and Amazon’s web hosting service ended its relationship with the conservative social media platform Parler, essentially pulling it from the internet altogether.

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Heroic Nashville Cop Hears Voice of God and Turns Around SECONDS Before Blast
By Dan Andros
Managing Editor

7 hours ago
Officer James Wells was one of the heroic Nashville police officers who helped evacuate people moments before an RV with a suicidal man inside exploded – he is now crediting God with speaking directly to him, saving his life in the process.
Wells arrived on the scene of the suspicious vehicle, which was being treated as a possible bomb situation, and went to work.
MIRACLE: See the Exact Moment Nashville Cop Hears Voice of God and Turns Around SECONDS Before Blast
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MIRACLE: See the Exact Moment Nashville Cop Hears Voice of God and Turns Around SECONDS 
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“As I’m getting ready to walk toward them, walking back toward the RV, this might not be politically correct but this is my truth. I literally heard God tell me to turn around and go check on Topping (fellow officer) who was by herself down on Broadway,” he said, beginning to get emotional. “As I turned around, for me it felt like I only took three steps. The music stopped, and as I’m walking back toward Topping now, I just see orange and then I hear a loud boom. As I’m stumbling, ’cause it rocked me that hard, I started stumbling. I just told myself to stay on my feet, stay alive and I just take out in a full out sprint and I’m running toward Toppin to make sure she’s ok.”

Wells later added that he’s a spiritual person and that he’s led by God in more ways than one. Via the Daily Wire:

“I’m a spiritual person, and so I truly believe that when I do this job, I’m led by that voice, how I treat people, how I go about doing this job every day, that’s what guides me. And I truly believe that that’s what guided me in that sense because I was literally getting ready to walk back toward that RV, and you watch the video, you can see that moment of clarity for me when I heard God say, ‘Go and check on Topping.’”

You can see the exact moment in a video released by the Nashville MNPD.

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https://christiannews.net/2020/11/04/blm-activist-liberal-female-minister-cori-bush-wins-us-congressional-seat/

Drag Queen ‘Lady Maga’ Attends Rallies to Show That ‘Trump Supporters Are Not Homophobic’   Nov 03, 2020 03:35 pm
 
 SALT LAKE CITY -- A homosexual drag queen from Utah, who goes by the name "Lady Maga," has been attending Trump rallies and other conservative events nationwide to personally generate support for the president and to show that "Trump supporters are not homophobic." "I go to Trump rallies in drag, number one, to show the world that Trump supporters are...
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Police in Wales Shut Down Church Gathering of 36 People in Enforcing COVID Rules: ‘Worship in Other Ways’   Oct 28, 2020 01:20 pm
 
CARDIFF, Wales -- Police in Wales shut down a church service of 36 people on Sunday evening, noting that current regulations prohibit more than six people from gathering during a government "firebreak" COVID lockdown. "You need to stay at home. prohibited gatherings of more than six people," one officer states, as recorded by a member of the church and streamed...
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‘Rescued From This Evil’: 179 Arrested, 45 Missing Children Recovered in Ohio’s ‘Operation Autumn Hope’   Oct 27, 2020 03:51 pm
 
(Yahoo News) -- Law enforcement agencies across Ohio cooperated in a monthlong investigation, dubbed Operation Autumn Hope, that led to 179 arrests and the recovery of 45 missing children. In all, 109 human trafficking victims were rescued and referred to social services, the Ohio Attorney General's Office reported. More than 50 agencies participated in the...
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Man Who Identifies as Woman Files Complaint Against Beauty Pageant for Not Allowing Him to Compete   Oct 28, 2020 04:26 pm
 
TORONTO -- A man who identifies as a woman has filed a human rights complaint against Canada Galaxy Pageants, which hosts contests for women and girls, for not allowing him to compete in the "28 and older" division. According to reports, Jonathan Yaniv, who goes by the name Jessica, applied to be a participant in the pageant in May 2019. Galaxy Pageants allows...
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Biden Cites Scripture, Catholic Faith in Attempt to Appeal to Religious Voters   Oct 29, 2020 02:06 pm
 
Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikipedia In an op-ed published by the Christian Post on Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden cited Scripture and his Catholic faith in an attempt to appeal to religious voters. However, some noted that if Biden really believes that man is made in the image of God like he asserts, he would not support the murder of...
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American Bible Society Study Shows 35% Republicans, 47% Democrats Are ‘Bible Disengaged’   Oct 28, 2020 08:56 am
 
Photo Credit: Rod Long/Unsplash PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia-based American Bible Society has released the seventh chapter of its annual "State of the Bible" report, which focuses in part on Scripture engagement and political identity. It found that, for those surveyed, a significant percentage of each affiliation is Bible disengaged, meaning that they rarely...
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Opens Second ‘Gender and Sexuality Development Clinic’ for Youth   Oct 27, 2020 05:28 pm
 
VOORHEES TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a large and well-known pediatric and neonatal healthcare institution, has announced the opening of a "gender and sexuality development clinic" at its Specialty Care Center in Voorhees Township, New Jersey to "affirm" youth who allegedly struggle with confusion about their gender. CHOP...
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Poland’s Highest Court Rules Law Allowing Abortion of Babies With Defects Is Unconstitutional   Oct 24, 2020 01:25 pm
 
Photo Credit: Madcapslaugh/Wikimedia Commons (The Christian Institute) -- Poland’s highest court has ruled that abortions on the grounds of disability will no longer be permitted. The Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the current law is unconstitutional. It is under this law that 98 percent of the country’s abortions are carried out, including for...
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Episcopal Bishop Deemed Guilty For Prohibiting Same-Sex ‘Weddings’ in Diocese Resigns   Oct 27, 2020 01:54 pm
 
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A New York bishop who had been deemed guilty of violating canon law by the apostate Episcopalian church for declining to allow same-sex “weddings” to take place at churches in his diocese has decided to resign rather than comply with whatever disciplinary action would be taken against him. William Love, who presides over the diocese of Albany,...
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Md. Man Who Identifies as Woman Running for Congress Against Incumbent Republican Rep.   Oct 26, 2020 05:55 pm
 
FREDERICK, Md. -- A Maryland man who identifies as a woman is running for U.S. Congress in an effort to unseat Republican Rep. Andy Harris, who represents the Eastern Shore region. "We know Rep. Harris stands in voting against veterans, women, mental health, CARES Act, environmental projects, LGBTQ persons, OB/GYN care, and abortions. His answer to us is by voting...
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Mo. Coach to No Longer Lead Team in Prayer Following Letter From Freedom From Religion Foundation   Oct 29, 2020 09:13 am
 
JASPER, Mo. -- A high school football coach in Missouri will no longer be leading his team in prayer after the school district received a letter from the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) claiming that the practice is illegal. "Head Coach Joey Ballard’s conduct is unconstitutional because he endorses and promotes his religion when acting...
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VP Mike Pence’s Daughter Reveals ‘God’ Story Behind Dad’s Political Ascension in Election Day Message
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Charlotte Pence Bond, author and daughter of Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence, delivered a powerful message on Tuesday about the 2020 presidential election and the importance of following God amid political and social unrest.

Bond shared a touching story about her father’s path to the vice-presidency, recalling a moment years ago that defined her parents’ decision to dive further into public life. She recalled a family vacation where the sights before her parents deeply inspired them.

“We went to this dude ranch and we were on a hike,” Bond said, noting that her dad was deciding at the time whether he should make another run for Congress after two previously unsuccessful bids.

At the time, Pence had a successful career in broadcast media and law. He could have continued on that path, but found himself pondering a deeper pursuit into politics — and that’s when the Pences saw something truly transformative.

Listen to the incredible story:


“My mom and my dad are standing on this cliff … and they look out over the cliff and they see these two hawks and they’re flying,” Bond recalled. “But they’re not flapping their wings, they’re just kind of gliding together, and the wind is just kind of carrying them along.”

The scene truly spoke to Karen Pence, who told her husband something that the couple has since held dear.

“My mom says to my dad, ‘If we’re going to run again, we’re going to run as those two hawks — no flapping,” she said. “We’re going to let God carry us up to a position or not. We’re going to glide … we’re not going to try to get there on our own.”
Bond said her mom felt the family should let God “carry them” if they planned to embark on another political run. Pence went on to be elected to Congress before later becoming the governor of Indiana in 2012, and then vice-president of the United States just four years later.

The entire journey taught Bond and her family to focus on God and his path for their lives. Looking back, she said it is often powerful to see the “ways that God is faithful and he does have a plan.” Now, she’s hoping to inspire others with that same message.

“I want to encourage you: if you’re nervous today — on election day — just remember that God has a plan for us,” she said. “Regardless of the results of elections, we respect the person who God has placed in authority.”

Bond urged people to pray for people in positions of power, and also called people to seek God in their own lives.

“Be ready for whatever God is calling you to do,” she said.

Homosexuals ‘Have a Right to a Family’: ‘Francis’ Becomes First ‘Pope’ to Support Same-Sex Civil Unions   Oct 21, 2020 05:49 pm
 
Photo Credit: Jeon Han/Flikr/Wikipedia ROME -- In a documentary released in Rome on Wednesday, Roman Catholic leader Jorge Bergoglio, also known as "Pope Francis," says that he believes homosexuals have a "right to a family" and that he supports civil unions as a legal covering. “Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and...
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Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac Sacrificed Her Unborn Child by Abortion for Popular Rock Band   Oct 19, 2020 04:33 pm
 
Stevie Nicks of the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, which became popular in the 1970s, says that she had an abortion in 1979 after becoming pregnant by her boyfriend, because if not, her career and the band would have ended. At 72, she seems to express no regrets for conversely ending the life of her unborn son or daughter, who would now be 41. “If I...
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Police Officer Hospitalized After Being Beaten While Making Arrest, Incident Live Streamed on Facebook   Oct 20, 2020 03:07 pm
 
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Robeson County police officer had to be airlifted to the hospital overnight Saturday after being beaten during an arrest. According to Rowland Police Chief Hubert B. Graham, Officer Michael Sales, 27, responded to a disturbance call in the area of Benton Court when he began struggling with Jamel Alphonso Rogers. ABC-affiliate...
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Billy Graham’s Granddaughter Endorses Joe Biden for President   Oct 22, 2020 11:40 am
 
Jerusha Duford, granddaughter of the late Billy Graham, says that she will be voting for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden this election and has written an op-ed and recorded a video citing the values of her grandfather and asking Christians not to vote for Donald Trump. “I want every marginalized community, every sex, every race, every nationality and...
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Lara Trump, Tiffany Trump Speak at ‘Trump Pride’ Events to Rally Homosexual Vote   Oct 21, 2020 08:22 am
 
"Trump Pride" events, organized by the Trump Pride advisory board and featuring speakers such as daughter-in-law Lara Trump, daughter Tiffany Trump and others, are being held in various cities across the country in order to rally the homosexual vote for Election Day. "Donald Trump has never cared about how you look; he has never cared about your gender, your...
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NFL Observes ‘LGBT History Month,’ Celebrates ‘National Coming Out Day’   Oct 20, 2020 08:01 am
 
NEW YORK -- The National Football League (NFL) has been observing "LGBT History Month" throughout October, airing homosexual advocacy content on its NFL television network, publishing an op-ed on its Pride website and releasing a video PSA for "National Coming Out Day" in support of players who announce their inclination toward the sin of homosexuality. "The...
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Teacher Beheaded in Paris Suburb After Showing Cartoons of Prophet Mohammed to Class   Oct 17, 2020 10:26 am
 
(Yahoo News) -- A history teacher who showed his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in class was beheaded near his school in a Paris suburb on Friday by a suspected Islamist terrorist who shouted “Allahu Akbar," police said. Alerted by local residents, police confronted and shot dead a man armed with a kitchen knife and an air gun who refused to drop his...
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Man Arrested After Trying to Tear Cross From Roof of East London Church   Oct 20, 2020 02:06 pm
 
 (Newsweek) -- The moment a man tried to rip off a cross from the roof of a church in London has been captured on camera. Video footage shared on social media shows a man repeatedly pulling at the wooden cross on the roof of the Chadwell Heath Baptist Church, Romford, East London. Dressed in a grey shirt, the man places a hoodie over the cross and can be...
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Netherlands Approves Euthanasia for Children Under 12 in ‘Unbearable and Hopeless Suffering’   Oct 19, 2020 10:28 am
 
Photo Credit: Pexels (The Christian Institute) -- The Dutch government will move ahead with plans to decriminalize euthanasia for children under the age of twelve. The scheme will allow doctors to euthanize children deemed to be in “unbearable and hopeless suffering.” Euthanasia was legalized in the Netherlands in 2002 and the law currently permits...
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Three Arrested in Shooting Death of Fla. Pastor Killed While Passerby at Shopping Plaza   Oct 21, 2020 01:49 pm
 
MIAMI -- Three have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a Florida pastor, who tragically lost his life last month while he was visiting a local shopping plaza and was struck by gunfire as a passerby. Latravia Charm Bell, 20, Nathaniel Bernard Roberson, 31, and Mikal Tavares-Norman, 20, are now facing first-degree murder charges after...
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Black British Politician Dismantles Black Lives Matter: ‘I Want to Be Absolutely Clear’
October 21, 2020
Kemi Badenoch, a Conservative Party parliamentarian in the U.K., recently delivered a strong condemnation of the “anti-capitalist” Black Lives Matter movement as well as critical race theory, both of which she argued have no place in the British educational curriculum.

“What we are against is the teaching of contested political ideas as if they are accepted fact,” she said during an impassioned speech on the floor of the House of Commons. “We don’t do this with communism, we don’t do this with socialism, we don’t do it with capitalism. And I want to speak about a dangerous trend in race relations that has come far too close to home to my life, and it’s the promotion of critical race theory.”
https://www.faithwire.com/2020/10/21/black-british-politician-dismantles-black-lives-matter-i-want-to-be-absolutely-clear/?utm_source=FWNL

Baby Sexually Assaulted After Child Welfare Agency Places 3-Week-Old in Home With Known Teenage Abuser   Oct 15, 2020 04:06 pm
 
Photo Credit: Pexels.com (Yahoo News) -- A 3-week-old girl was sexually assaulted and battered in an Ocala area foster home, and child welfare officials could have prevented it from happening, according to a lawsuit filed last week in the Marion County Courthouse. Both Kids Central, the Ocala nonprofit agency charged with managing child welfare in the region,...
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‘The Language of Hell’: Apologia Pastor’s Preplanned Profanity at Conference Provokes Shock, Rebuke   Oct 13, 2020 07:59 pm
NASHVILLE -- Jeff Durbin, who leads a Reformed assembly in Arizona along with apologist James White and others, is drawing scrutiny after he recently used preplanned profanity as a guest speaker at a gospel-themed conference in a move to condemn what he considers the "woke church." Durbin's verbiage is being condemned as "unnecessary," "disappointing" and "shameful"...
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Pro-Life Speaker Shannon Dingle Comes Out as Now Supporting Abortion ‘Rights’   Oct 14, 2020 02:19 pm
 
Photo Credit: ShannonDingle.com Shannon Dingle, a former pro-life speaker who appeared at Evangelicals for Life conferences, has released an op-ed outlining that she now supports abortion "rights." "I’m not pro-life anymore, not in the political sense," she wrote in an article released by USA Today on Sunday. "I firmly believe that decisions regarding...
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Biden Says Enactment of Homosexual, Transgender ‘Equality Act’ Is ‘Top Legislative Priority’ if Elected   Oct 16, 2020 05:31 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says that, if elected, he will make the "enactment of the Equality Act during his first 100 days as president a top legislative priority." The controversial bill has been of concern to Christians as it is believed that it would preclude entities — including faith-based organizations and others who do not want to...
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Gucci Introduces ‘Mx’ Clothing Section ‘Presenting Masculinity and Femininity as Relative Concepts’   Oct 15, 2020 02:05 pm
 
The Italian fashion label Gucci has rolled out a genderless clothing section on its website, called the politically correct "Gucci Mx," which aims to "deconstruct preconceived binaries" with handbags, shoes, blouses, dress-like tunics, sweaters and other pieces that can be worn by either sex. "The House's collections emphasize the dissolving lines of the gender...
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Amy Coney Barrett Apologizes After Senator Claims ‘Sexual Preference’ Is ‘Offensive and Outdated Term’   Oct 15, 2020 03:28 pm
 (Fox News) -- Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said the LGBTQ community should be “concerned” about Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court after she said she wouldn’t discriminate against “sexual preference.” "Sexual preference is an offensive and outdated term, it is used by anti-LGBTQ activists to suggest that sexual...
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Oreo Giving Away Rainbow-Themed Cookies in Partnership With Homosexual Advocacy Group   Oct 14, 2020 05:47 pm
Nabisco's Oreo brand has announced that it is giving away 10,000 packages of its limited edition rainbow-themed cookies, which it created out of a partnership with the group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). While some have supported the effort, others have denounced Oreo for promoting sin and not just making cookies. The year-long...
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Judge Tosses Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fuller Theological Seminary for Dismissing Homosexual Students   Oct 12, 2020 12:14 pm
PASADENA, Calif. -- A federal judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit against Fuller Theological Seminary (FTS), which had been sued by two students for allegedly violating Title IX of the federal Education Amendments as they were let go after they were found to be in same-sex "marriages." She found that the educational institution is entitled to an exemption of...
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US Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Mothers to Obtain Abortion Pills Without In-Person Visits   Oct 12, 2020 04:00 pm
 
Photo Credit: Joe Ravi WASHINGTON (USA Today) – The Supreme Court ruled on a temporary basis Thursday night that women seeking to end their pregnancies with medication do not need to visit a , given the COVID-19 pandemic. The action was a setback for the Trump administration, which had sought to reinstate a 20-year-old policy following lower court...
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Amnesty International: Human Rights Law Is Clear That ‘Human Rights Apply After Birth, Not Before’   Oct 15, 2020 04:47 pm
Photo Credit: Vidal Balielo Jr./Pexels (The Christian Institute) -- The unborn child has no right to life, according to Amnesty International’s updated policy. Amnesty now states human rights protections only “apply after birth, not before.” The organization, which is one of the biggest promoters of abortion in the world, continues to call for its...
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Hillary Clinton Says Youth Are Leaving the Church ‘In Part’ Because They Perceive It as ‘Judgmental’ and ‘Alienating’   Oct 06, 2020 05:01 pm
 
During a recent interview on her "You and Me Both" podcast, former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed that youth are leaving the church because, in part, they perceive it to be "judgmental" and "alienating." In the first half of her Sept. 29 broadcast, Clinton, who identifies as United Methodist and supports abortion...
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Pastor, Wife Working to Build Church, Orphanage in Haiti Killed in Home Invasion   Oct 05, 2020 05:14 pm
 
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS -- A Haitian couple, who lived in the United States for a time and recently returned to Haiti as missionaries, have been killed in an armed home invasion outside of Port Au Prince. According to reports, a local gang is believed to be responsible for the deaths of Jean Phillippe Quetant, 57, and his wife, Erna Plancher-Quetant, 54. The couple...
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Justices Thomas, Alito Slam Obergefell Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Decision as Supreme Court Denies Kim Davis Case   Oct 05, 2020 05:52 pm
 
(Fox News) -- Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said Monday that Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case that mandated all states recognize same-sex marriages, is "found nowhere in the text" of the Constitution and threatens "the religious liberty of the many Americans who believe that marriage is a sacred institution between one man and one...
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Netflix Indicted by Texas Grand Jury for ‘Lewd’ Depiction of Children Via Controversial ‘Cuties’ Film   Oct 07, 2020 09:29 am
 
TYLER COUNTY, Texas (WFLA) — Netflix, Inc. has been indicted by a grand jury in Texas for distributing and promoting the film “Cuties,” which the state says sexualizes preteen girls. ... The film’s creator, Maimouna Doucoure, said she made the film to spotlight the dangers social media has on pre-teens who think they need to sexualize themselves to get...
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Survey Shows Many Professing Christians Being Shaped by Culture Rather Than Biblical Truth   Oct 08, 2020 12:21 pm
 
Photo Credit: Samuel Martins/Unsplash GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The 11th installment of the "American Worldview" survey conducted by Dr. George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University has found that many professing Christians are being shaped by the culture instead of biblical truth. “As Christians, we are called to be ‘salt and...
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Atheists Sue Over ‘So Help Me God’ Language on Ala. Voter Registration Form   Oct 03, 2020 03:26 pm
 
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Four atheists have filed a federal lawsuit to challenge language on Alabama's voter registration form that includes an oath ending with "So help me God." "The Alabama Secretary of State is violating basic First Amendment freedoms by unconstitutionally compelling Alabama — and United States — citizens who want to register to vote to swear...
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Biden Says He Would Make Roe the ‘Law of the Land’ if the Supreme Court Overturns Abortion Ruling   Oct 07, 2020 09:29 am
 
MIAMI, Fla. -- During a town hall event with NBC News Monday evening, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said that he would want Congress to send legislation to his desk making Roe v. Wade the "law of the land" when asked about his plan to "protect" the "right" to abortion should Amy Coney Barrett be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. "My youngest...
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Ky. School to No Longer Present Prayer at Graduation Following Letter From Freedom From Religion Foundation   Oct 07, 2020 09:28 am
 
PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- Students in a Kentucky school district will no longer be allowed to present prayers during graduation ceremonies after the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently wrote to the district to state that the practice violates the principle of government neutrality toward religion. FFRF had sent the letter in August after being...
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Satanic Temple Sues Billboard Company for Declining Abortion ‘Religious Ritual’ Advertisements   Oct 05, 2020 01:23 pm
 
SALEM, Mass. -- The Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple has filed a lawsuit against Lamar Advertising after it declined to run billboard displays in Arkansas and Indiana that promote the organization's abortion "religious ritual." The Satanic Temple (TST), which identifies as non-theistic and views Satan as a metaphor for rebellion rather than an actual living...
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NY Gov. Cuomo: Religious Groups Must Follow Rules on Mass Gatherings or ‘We’ll Close the Institutions Down’   Oct 07, 2020 02:45 pm
 
During a briefing on Monday regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke of concerns surrounding large religious gatherings, including those of Jewish communities, and stated that the rules on gatherings must be followed and enforced or "we'll close the institutions down." The crackdown resulted in a public protest Tuesday night where...
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Fearing Overturn of Roe, Attorney Says Ginsburg’s Death ‘Pushed’ Her to Join The Satanic Temple   Sep 28, 2020 03:22 pm
 
An attorney who is concerned about the influence of Christianity in the political realm, especially in regard to "efforts to use religion to chip away" at abortion, says that the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has drove her to join The Satanic Temple. "I fear that American citizens are inching closer to living in a theocracy or dictatorship and that the checks meant...
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‘Profoundly Disturbing’: Survey Finds Only 2 Percent of Millennials Have Biblical Worldview   Sep 30, 2020 08:28 pm
 
Photo Credit: Leonela Salazar/Pixabay GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The tenth installation of the nationwide “American Worldview” survey conducted by Dr. George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University found that most Millennials don't have a biblical worldview: They are less likely to believe in absolute truth, to value the sanctity of...
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Eric Trump Says He’s ‘Part of the LGBT Community’ on ‘Fox & Friends,’ Later Clarifies   Sep 30, 2020 04:13 am
 
During an appearance on Fox & Friends before the presidential debate on Tuesday, Eric Trump spoke about the support homosexuals are giving his father as president and stated that he is a "part of that community" — remarks which he later clarified. Eric Trump, who appeared on Fox & Friends hours before the first presidential debate ahead of the November...
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Chinese Textbook Alters Biblical Account to Claim Jesus Stoned Adulteress, Said He Was a Sinner   Sep 28, 2020 11:01 am
 
Photo Credit: Tumisu/Pixabay (China Aid) -- In the official "Chinese Professional Ethics and Law" textbook, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) altered a story in the Bible to better adapt to its philosophy. In 2018, the Editorial and Reviewing Committee, a Chinese official educational organization, approved the book, edited by Zhongmei Pan, Gang Li and Baoyu...
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Trump on Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade: ‘There’s Nothing Happening There’   Sep 30, 2020 03:14 am
 
  (Fox News) — President Trump said Tuesday night there’s “nothing happening” in the Supreme Court with Roe v. Wade, and it isn’t on the ballot with the latest Supreme Court vacancy. "Roe v. Wade. That's also at stake right now," Joe Biden said during the presidential debate, arguing Judge Amy Coney Barrett should not be confirmed to fill the...
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Justice Breyer Calls Ginsburg a ‘Rock of Righteousness,’ Rabbi Hails Her as ‘Our Prophet and North Star’   Sep 28, 2020 10:47 am
 
WASHINGTON -- Following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her colleagues on the bench wrote tributes to the late justice, with Justice Stephen Breyer calling her a "woman of valor" and a "rock of righteousness." On Friday, during a ceremony at the capitol remembering her life, a female rabbi who spoke characterized her as "our prophet and...
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Christian Boy in Uganda Feared Killed in Ritual Sacrifice   Sep 30, 2020 11:37 am
 
Photo Credit: Charles Nambasi (Morning Star News) – A Christian boy has been killed after a woman said to be a radical Muslim opposed to his father’s conversion from Islam sold him and his sister to a witchdoctor for ritual sacrifice, sources said. Sulaiman Pulisi, a former imam (mosque leader) who became a Christian three years ago, said that in July 2018...
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Controversial Down Syndrome Test Introduced in Scotland   Oct 01, 2020 07:59 am
 
Photo Credit: Nathan Anderson (The Christian Institute) -- The introduction of controversial prenatal screenings for Down syndrome in Scotland is very likely to lead to more abortions, a campaign group has warned. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which tests unborn babies for certain conditions more accurately, is now being implemented in NHS hospitals...
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Court Halts District Policy Telling School Staff to Conceal Children’s ‘Affirmed Name and Pronouns’ From Parents   Oct 01, 2020 07:56 pm
 
Photo Credit: VisionPic/Pexels MADISON, Wisc. -- A circuit court judge in Wisconsin has placed an injunction on a Madison Metropolitan School District policy to the extent that it instructed staff to keep secret from parents that their son or daughter is being referred to with transgender pronouns at school --- unless the child explicitly gives their...
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Mobs of Thousands Attack Christian Homes in India   Sep 30, 2020 10:55 pm
 
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Incited by Hindu extremists, thousands of tribal animists in Chhattisgarh, India last week drove Christians in three villages from their homes in assaults that police declined to prevent or stop in spite of prior warnings, sources said. The attacks on Sept. 22-23 by mobs that swelled to more than 3,000 agitators damaged homes,...
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Black Lives Matter Org Deletes About Page Calling for ‘Disruption’ of Nuclear Family
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By Tré Goins-Phillips
Editor
September 21, 2020
Social media users noticed Monday the controversial Black Lives Matter organization — the radical business behind the “social justice” movement — deleted its oft-cited “what we believe” page.
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Terry Crews Stands Firm as CNN’s Don Lemon Lectures Him Over ‘Militant’ Black Lives Matter Agenda

In the since-removed section of the website, Black Lives Matter said its mission is to “disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure,” to “dismantle the patriarchal practice that requires mothers to work ‘double shifts’ so that they can mother in private even as they participate in public justice work,” as well as “foster a queer-affirming network” by “freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual.”


Now the website states: “Sorry, but the page you were trying to view does not exist.”

The official organization has been very open about its political ideologies and intentions. One of the group’s co-founders, in fact, has acknowledged she and one of her BLM cohorts are “trained Marxists.” And New York City BLM leader Hawk Newsome has refused to condemn violence and looting and told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum he wants to “burn down the system” if the U.S. “doesn’t give us what we want.”

“If this country doesn’t give us what we want, then we will burn down the system and replace it,” he said. “[I] could be speaking figuratively; I could be speaking literally. It’s a matter of interpretation.”

Newsome added he wants “black sovereignty,” which is synonymous with supremacy, “by any means necessary.”

Sports Commentator Explains Why He Won’t Support Black Lives Matter

During the summer, at the height of the racial protests and violent riots, Texas-based megachurch Pastor Ed Young warned “woke” Christians against jumping on board with the radical Black Lives Matter agenda.

Young explained to churchgoers he “wholeheartedly agrees[s]” with the lowercase phrase “black lives matter,” arguing the church “should champion it.” The progressive business, however, is different.

“I can’t support or agree with the core beliefs of the organization Black Lives Matter,” said the preacher. “It’s tied to abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism, and the breakup of the nuclear family — just to name a few. So I’m not going to hashtag that phrase, because whenever someone hashtags something, they need to hash it out through Scripture, and they need to understand what the people who have started the hashtag are actually living out and what solutions are they recommending.”

“We want to be liked; we want to seem ‘woke,’” added Young. “But in reality, we’re afraid to stand for truth or engage in healthy conversation. We need to be wary of jumping on cultural hype trains.”




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CNN’s Don Lemon Ready to ‘Blow Up the Entire System’ If Dems Win Back Presidency, Senate
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By Tré Goins-Phillips
Editor
September 22, 2020
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has called out CNN anchor Don Lemon for saying “the quiet part out loud” Monday night, when he said Democrats will “have to blow up the entire system” if they win back the presidency and the U.S. Senate.
The news host, who is unabashedly progressive and very critical of President Donald Trump, made the comments during an evening segment with fellow anchor Chris Cuomo.
Patricia Heaton: Trump’s SCOTUS Critics ‘Wouldn’t Recognize God if He Bit Them on the Bum’

“We’re going to have to blow up the entire system,” said Lemon. In response, Cuomo, seeking to calm down his coworker, said, “I don’t know about that. You’re just going to have to vote.”


Lemon, holding his ground, added, “You’re going to have to get rid of the Electoral College, because the minority in this country get to decide who our judges are and who our president is. Is that fair?”

“You need a constitutional amendment to do that,” Cuomo told Lemon.

“And if Joe Biden wins, Democrats can stack the courts and they can do that amendment and get it passed,” charged Lemon.

“Well, you need two-thirds vote in the Congress and three-quarters of the state legislatures,” educated Cuomo.

“They may be able to do that,” a belligerent Lemon continued.

In 2016, following President Donald Trump’s Election Day victory, Democrats called into question the validity of the Electoral College, given then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. However, as Faithwire reported, the issue is more nuanced than many on the left have acknowledged.

Attorney Tara Ross, who supports the Electoral College, told Faithwire the system “is indispensable to our republic,” calling it a “unique blend of democracy and federalism (state-by-state voting).”

“The Electoral College … encourages presidential candidates to build national coalitions of voters,” she explained. “Candidates can’t focus too exclusively on certain demographics, regional majorities, or special interest groups. Polling large margins in isolated portions of the country will doom a candidacy to failure.”

Without the Electoral College, a candidate like Clinton could become president by simply winning a disproportionate and unrepresentative number of votes in larger states, like California and New York, while neglecting dozens of smaller states around the country.

Look How Clueless the Average Voter Is!’ Trans Satanist Anarchist Wins GOP Primary for County Sheriff   Sep 14, 2020 05:01 pm
 
CHESHIRE COUNTY, N.H. -- Voters in one New Hampshire county have nominated a Satanist man who identifies as a woman, who ran with the slogan " the police]," for the Republican candidate for sheriff. He will now face off against Democratic incumbent Eli Rivera, who endorsed homosexual candidate Pete Buttigieg for president. "More than 4,000 people went into the...
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EEOC Sues Kroger After Store Allegedly Fires Two Employees for Not Wearing Rainbow Heart Apron   Sep 17, 2020 08:57 am
 
CONWAY, Ark. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against The Kroger Company for violating federal civil rights law in that an Arkansas location allegedly fired two employees who sought religious accommodations not to wear an apron with a rainbow heart on the bib, symbolizing homosexual and bisexual pride. “Although...
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Pa. Boy, 12, Lived in a ‘State of Perpetual Suffering’ Before Being Starved, Beaten to Death, DA Says   Sep 17, 2020 08:31 am
 
(PennLive/The Patriot-News) -- The siblings of a 12-year-old central Pennsylvania boy who was found beaten and starved to death and covered in feces in his family’s home “were told to ignore him and not talk to him,” the district attorney said Monday morning. That was just part of the torture Maxwell Schollenberger suffered at the hands of his father Scott...
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Bystander Films Self Gloating Over Point-Blank Shooting of LA Deputies: ‘They Just Aired the Police Out!’   Sep 15, 2020 01:34 pm
 
COMPTON, Calif. -- A video that has been viewed millions of times shows a man gloating over the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies as they sat in their patrol car. The man smiles and seemingly takes amusement that the officers "just got aired out" as the deputies bleed a few hundred feet away. "Compton! just aired the police out!" the video...
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US Lawmakers Concerned Over Netflix Airing of ‘Cuties’ Movie That Addresses Sexualization of Girls by Depicting Child Sensuality   Sep 14, 2020 02:28 pm
 
A French-made film available on Netflix that is said to be a dramatized "commentary" about how social media and societal role models wrongly influence young girls to sexualize themselves is generating outrage, including from Congress, as its content counteracts its purpose by utilizing 11-year-old female actors who "perform dances simulating sexual conduct in...
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‘Drag Queen’ Wins Democratic Primary Against Incumbent Who Voted Against ‘Gay Marriage’   Sep 18, 2020 02:48 pm
 
GLASGOW, Del. -- An openly homosexual Delaware man who moonlights as a drag queen has won the Democratic primary for state representative, defeating current Rep. Earl Jaques, Jr., a "moderate" lawmaker who voted against same-sex "marriage" in 2013, as well as a 2017 bill to "modernize" the state's laws to align with Roe v. Wade. Eric Morrison garnered 61 percent...
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Dole Releases Ads Using ‘Fruit Bowls’ as Sexual Term, Substitute Swear Word — and One With Lesbian ‘Moms’   Sep 16, 2020 05:23 pm
 
The Dole Food Company has released three short videos to promote its packaged foods by using the words "fruit bowls" in various scenarios: to secretly refer to sexuality in front of children, to substitute it for profanity, and to refer to wild children --- the latter of which is depicted by lesbian "mothers." At least one ad has been reportedly airing on the Cartoon...
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Center on Sexual Exploitation Speaks Out on ‘Cuties’: Netflix Should Have Scenes Cut or Stop Hosting Film   Sep 16, 2020 01:43 pm
 
WASHINGTON -- The National Center on Sexual Exploitation, which seeks to expose "the links between all forms of sexual abuse and exploitation," has released a statement calling for Netflix to either cut "particularly sexually-exploitative scenes" from the controversial film "Cuties" --- which the director claims was meant to shed light on the dangers of sexualizing...
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Calif. Church That Had Been Fined Thousands for Indoor Meetings Moves Services Outside   Sep 18, 2020 08:08 am
 
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- A California church that had been fined more than $100K for holding indoor church services in violation of county COVID regulations moved services back outside on Sunday as members of the congregation sat in their cars and listened on their radios, honking their amens. Jack Trieber of North Valley Church of Santa Ana told those in attendance...
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Fla. Pastor Tragically Killed in Shooting Outside Shopping Plaza   Sep 15, 2020 08:07 am
 
MIAMI -- A church in Florida is mourning the loss of their pastor who was tragically killed during a shooting on Thursday evening while he was visiting a local shopping plaza to get a bite to eat. "We are grieving the loss of our dear overseer Gregory Boyd. Keep his wife, family, friends and congregation in prayer," New Birth Harvest Outreach Ministries Churches...
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Judge Bars John MacArthur’s Church From Holding Indoor Services   Sep 10, 2020 08:50 pm
 
(Los Angeles Times) -- A megachurch that has defied Los Angeles County’s pandemic health orders was temporarily barred from holding Sunday worship services indoors, under a judge’s ruling Thursday. L.A. County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff sided with public health officials, who took legal action last month to enforce health orders against Grace...
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Jan Hatmaker, False Teacher Who Affirmed Homosexual ‘Marriage,’ Files for Divorce From Husband   Sep 07, 2020 07:58 pm
 
Blogger and author Jen Hatmaker, who came out in favor of homosexuality in 2016 and revealed that one of her daughters is lesbian for this year's Pride Month, has now announced that she and her husband are ending their marriage. "I don’t know how to say this, and I still cannot believe I am even saying it, but Brandon and I are getting divorced," she posted to...
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Survey Finds Half of Professing Christians Think Sex Outside of Marriage Is Sometimes or Always Okay   Sep 05, 2020 09:09 am
 
Photo Credit: Kate Hlitznitsova/Unsplash WASHINGTON -- The Washington-based Pew Research Center has revealed the results of a survey in which the organization asked sample Americans their views on dating and what is acceptable in relationships. While non-Christians were not surprisingly more approving of fornication, the Center found that many who profess to be...
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BLM Los Angeles Co-Founder: ‘All Meetings and Protests Begin With the Pouring of Libation’   Sep 09, 2020 02:32 pm
 
Photo Credit: Los Angeles Times/YouTube LOS ANGELES -- In a recent interview with a local radio station, Black Lives Matter (BLM) Los Angeles chapter co-founder Melina Abdullah explained that "meetings and protests begin with the pouring of libation" and the utterance of the names of the dead. She said that the practices are generally not allowed to be filmed in...
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Fla. ‘Prophet’ Charged With First-Degree Murder After Gunning Down Wife Outside Workplace   Sep 11, 2020 09:39 am
 
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A self-described prophet has been charged with first-degree murder after gunning down his wife outside of her workplace on Tuesday. According to reports, Sylvester Ofori, 35, who leads Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries in Orlando, shot his wife Barbara Tommey, 27, outside of the Navy Federal Credit Union as she was about to enter to...
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Trevor Noah: Gender Reveal Parties Should Only Happen When the Child Knows ‘Their Actual Gender’   Sep 09, 2020 07:11 pm
 
 Commenting on the gender reveal party in California that resulted in a 10K+ acre wildfire, Comedy Central's Trevor Noah opined this week that celebrating a child's biological sex is becoming "outdated" and that such parties should only happen when the child is older and "knows their actual gender." "elebrating a baby's genitalia is starting to feel very...
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Ga. False ‘Church’ Leaves United Methodist Denomination Over Continued Ban on Homosexuality   Sep 07, 2020 11:35 am
 
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The South Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church has voted to allow a Savannah assembly to leave the denomination over its affirmation of those ensnared in the sin of homosexuality. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church will now be known as Asbury Memorial Church and identify as non-denominational after the Conference voted on Aug....
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‘Queer,’ ‘Nonbinary,’ Feminist Speaker: ‘All White People Are Racists,’ ‘Born Into Not Being Human’   Sep 10, 2020 07:06 pm
 
A video posted to social media shows writer and activist Hunter Ashleigh Shackelford, a self-described "cultural producer, multidisciplinary artist, nonbinary shapeshifter, hood feminist, and data futurist" speaking to a room of predominantly white attendees and claiming that "all white people are racists" and will always be so, being "born into not being...
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Introduces ‘Transgender,’ ‘Non-Binary’ Characters in Season 3   Sep 07, 2020 03:52 pm
 
Season three of "Star Trek: Discovery" on CBS All Access will introduce the franchise's first "transgender" and "non-binary" characters in the history of the science fiction drama. "Star Trek has always made a mission of giving visibility to underrepresented communities because it believes in showing people that a future without division on the basis of race,...
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Young Pakistani Christian Maid Beaten by Employers for Refusing to Convert to Islam   Sep 07, 2020 08:50 am
 
(Barnabas Fund) -- A young Pakistani Christian woman working as a domestic servant was beaten by her employers, and later accused of theft, after she refused to convert to Islam. Eighteen-year-old Anika Shehzad is from a poor family and took the live-in job for a monthly wage of 5,000 Pakistani Rupees (£23; $30; €25) in order to help support them. After a...
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Victor, a 49-year-old urban planner who says she does support Black Lives Matter, adds that the group went about their activism entirely in the wrong way, insisting that it's "never OK to coerce people's participation."

"That is just bullying," she adds.

"When [protesters] crowded around my table and started demanding that I raise my fist, it was their insistence that I participate in something that I did not understand that led me to withhold my hand," Victor explains. "In retrospect, I would have done the same thing even if it was crystal clear to me who they were and what they stood for. If you want my support, ask it of me freely. That's what we do in a democracy."

Sometimes 'those thing turn on a dime'
At the time, Victor initially admitted, "I felt I was under attack."

"To have a crowd — with all that energy — demand that you do this thing," Victor added. "On one level my best guess was no one was going to hurt me but those things turn on a dime."

Mayor of Ashland, Ohio Dedicates City to Jesus Christ: ‘May This Be a Land Where He Rules Supreme’   Sep 02, 2020 04:59 pm
 
ASHLAND, Ohio -- Hundreds of Christians recently gathered in a field in Ashland, Ohio as ministry leaders and elected officials called the people to prayer and repentance. During the event, Ashland Mayor Matt Miller dedicated the city to Jesus Christ, and County Commissioner Emmitt Justice asked God to forgive the nation for its rebellion against Him. "As I stand...
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‘Jesus Found Me’: YouTuber Lohanthony, Known for His Homosexuality, Renounces Life of Sin   Sep 02, 2020 08:29 pm

YouTuber Anthony Quintal, known by viewers as Lohanthony, has announced that he is turning away from his homosexuality --- and from fornication or lust of any kind --- as he now finds his identity in Jesus Christ. "I am feeling a big love and I can't hold it in any longer," he announced in a video on Aug. 18. "I've been feeling a shift in my life for a while, and...
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‘[Expletive] Your Jesus’: Black Man Holding ‘Jesus Saves’ Sign Outside RNC Pelted By Protesters Seeking Social Justice   Sep 01, 2020 08:34 am
 
Photo Credit: Nathan Bingle CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A black man who regularly preaches the gospel on the streets of Charlotte was pelted with everything from flour, soda, glitter and silly string on Saturday by protesters who were calling for justice for mistreated African Americans. The group was also captured on video engaging in collective chants of "cops killed...
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Joel Osteen ‘Inspiration Cube’ Releasing in Stores This Month: ‘It’s All Positive. It’s Not Negative’   Sep 03, 2020 09:45 am
 
HOUSTON, Texas -- The Joel Osteen "Inspiration Cube," featuring motivational messages from the megachurch minister, is set to be released in stores this month. Osteen has been a controversial figure among Christians as although he speaks to thousands each week, others have expressed concern that his speeches are man-centered and not resembling the biblical...
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‘Spiritual Wickedness’: Podcaster Warns Christians About BLM’s Practice of Conjuring Up Spirits of the Dead   Aug 31, 2020 05:51 pm
 
A podcaster and Bible teacher recently exhorted Christians to be aware of the occultic spiritual practices of Black Lives Matter (BLM) and to practice discernment instead of linking arms with the organization. "When the apostle Paul said that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against spiritual wickedness, this is what he was talking about," said Abraham...
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Freedom From Religion Foundation Asks Senator to Stop Posting Scripture on Sundays   Sep 01, 2020 08:24 am
 
WASHINGTON -- The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has sent a letter to U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy to request that he stop posting Scripture to his official social media accounts each week, asserting that the custom violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. "We write to request that you refrain from posting messages that...
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MacArthur Claims ‘Any True Believer’ Would Back Trump This Election—Seemingly at Odds With His ‘Vote Issues’ Position   Aug 29, 2020 10:23 pm
 
During a recent interview, well-known pastor John MacArthur said that he told President Trump during a phone call that “any true believer is going to be on your side in this election” since it would not be logical for Christians to vote Democratic due to their positions on abortion and homosexuality. MacArthur's statement seemingly goes against his own “vote...
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LA County Takes Back John MacArthur’s Parking Lot Amid Dispute Over Indoor Church Services   Aug 31, 2020 12:03 pm
 
(Christian Today) -- John MacArthur's church has been told it can no longer use part of its parking lot that has been leased from Los Angeles County since 1975. Grace Community Church was informed of the development through a notice letter from the Los Angeles Department of Public Works. It gives the church 30 days' notice of the county's decision to terminate...
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Calif. Legislature Softens ‘Discriminatory’ Sex Offender Registry Requirements For Sodomy With Minors   Sep 03, 2020 11:54 am
 
(Daily Caller) -- The California legislature passed a law late Monday relaxing sex offender registry requirements for sodomy and other acts with minors in efforts to end “discrimination against LGBTQ young people on the sex offender registry,” according to the bill’s sponsor. Democratic state Sen. Scott Weiner, a gay politician who represents San Francisco,...
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Liberty University Hires Forensics Firm to Investigate ‘All Facets’ of Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Tenure   Sep 01, 2020 07:49 pm
 
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Liberty University announced on Monday that it has hired "one of the leading forensic firms in the world" to investigate "all facets" of the school's operations throughout Jerry Falwell Jr.'s tenure as president, including financial, real estate and legal dealings. "This past week challenged all of us to the core," the Executive Committee said in...
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Vehicle Belonging to Missing Pastor’s Wife Found in Arkansas With Deceased Woman Inside   Aug 18, 2020 10:08 pm
 
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. -- A vehicle belonging to Marilane Carter, the pastor's wife who went missing earlier this month as she traveled from Kansas to visit family in Alabama, has been found in Arkansas with a deceased woman in the driver's seat. "With a heavy heart we share this update with everyone," the Find Marilane Facebook page announced Tuesday evening. "Today...
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Professors Propose Making COVID Vaccinations Mandatory: ‘Do Not Honor Religious Objections’   Aug 18, 2020 01:21 pm
 
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In an article recently published by USA Today, three professors at Case Western Reserve University --- two of whom are doctors --- call for COVID vaccinations to be mandatory, with no allowance for religious objections. They also suggest that "disincentives" be imposed to ensure compliance, from the revocation of certain government benefits, to...
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TBN Drops Kenneth Copeland From Lineup, Will Be Replaced by Megachurch Leader Steven Furtick   Aug 21, 2020 07:12 pm
 
TUSTIN, Calif. -- The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), a worldwide television network that for years has aired a number of controversial prosperity preachers, says that as part of its "new vision" and changes to the lineup, it will no longer air Word of Faith teacher Kenneth Copeland, whose "Believer's Voice of Victory" broadcast had been a part of TBN for 40...
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Appeals Court Overturns Injunction That Allowed MacArthur to Hold Indoor Services, Church Gathers Anyway   Aug 17, 2020 08:10 am
 
LOS ANGELES -- A California appeals court on Saturday overturned a temporary injunction that prohibited Los Angeles County from enforcing an order prohibiting indoor church services, a day after a trial judge allowed renowned pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church to hold gatherings in the building's sanctuary. The church proceeded with services as usual...
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Witch, Demon-Themed Animation ‘The Owl House’ Features First Bisexual Character on Disney Channel   Aug 17, 2020 01:57 pm
 
An animated series on the Disney Channel that centers on the adventures of a teenage girl who travels to another world and becomes a witch's apprentice features the first bisexual character to air on the youth-aimed station, it has been revealed. "The Owl House" creator Dana Terrace recently outlined on Twitter that as she herself identifies as bisexual, she...
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‘My Great Honor!’ Trump Tweets in Sharing Video Calling Him the ‘Most Pro-Gay President in American History’   Aug 21, 2020 12:54 pm
 
WASHINGTON -- "My great honor!!!" were the words of President Trump in re-sharing a video on Thursday that characterized him as "the most pro-gay president in American history." The video was released by Log Cabin Republicans, a homosexual lobbying Republican group, and recorded by Richard Grenell, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and current special presidential...
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Woman Who Identifies as Man Sues Catholic Hospital for Canceling Surgery to Remove Uterus   Aug 19, 2020 12:35 pm
 
Photo Credit: Jason Chestnut/ACLU BALTIMORE, Md. -- A woman in Maryland who identifies as a man has filed suit against a Catholic hospital for canceling a scheduled hysterectomy due to its religious convictions. "An instrumentality of the state may not operate a Catholic hospital or deny medical care to transgender patients based on Catholic religious...
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Officials Believe Missing Pastor’s Wife Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Driving Into Shipping Container   Aug 20, 2020 12:55 pm
 
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Fox4 News) — Arkansas officials have released the preliminary cause of death for a missing Overland Park mom who they believe was found dead Tuesday. ... On Wednesday, the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Office said they believe, based on initial evidence, that the woman died from asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Her vehicle...
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Controversial Video Shows Pole Dancer Performing in Front of Young Children While Adults Clap, Cheer   Aug 20, 2020 03:21 pm
 
A controversial video that has been viewed millions of times shows a female pole dancer performing with a number of young children watching front and center, while adults look on unfazed --- and actually clap and cheer. While there is not much information about the video, which is stated to be from Poland, the footage shows a crowd being hushed while the music ---...
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Thousands Put Up ‘Jesus 2020’ Signs Ahead of Election: ‘He’s the Only Way’   Aug 20, 2020 11:55 am
 
(Fox News) -- He's not a third-party presidential candidate up for election in November, but thousands across the country are putting up "Jesus 2020" yard signs. More than 5,000 signs have shipped out to California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and other states from a campaign that began at Sampey Memorial Baptist Church in Ramer, Ala. "People need...
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