Fox News’ Tucker Carlson argued that Christmas is “bigger” than politics and that is exactly why there is an effort underway to “cancel” it.

....When Bryant asked him, “Do you think it’s consistent with God’s view – that God endorses the millions of abortions we’ve had in this country since Roe v. Wade?” Warnock replied, “I think that human agency and freedom is consistent with my view as a minister.”

As Christians, we may have heard a great deal about the star of David that appeared during the birth of Jesus. But did you know that a certain astronomical phenomenon involving stars will occur in late December of 2020? That’s right. The planets Saturn and Jupiter will align on December 21 and will form a “Christmas star” shape in their alignment.  Just how rare is this phenomenon? ....You have to go back to the 1200s just to see something similar to this occurrence happening around Christmas time.

A historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York's Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the city's earliest days was gutted by a massive fire early Saturday that sent flames shooting through the roof.

When a huge silver monolith was spotted in a very remote section of the desert in southeastern Utah, it immediately created a media sensation.  But then it disappeared.

....Missing are the thousands of international pilgrims who normally descend upon the town. Restaurants, hotels, and souvenir shops are closed.

Gordon Chang warns next disease could be far more deadly than COVID-19.

....In the end, Democrats' gains with Catholics were more than offset by their continued attrition with Protestants, Jews, Muslims, and other people of faith – resulting in a much closer race than many seemed to be expecting.

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....In addition to being a threat to the king of England, the Geneva Bible was outspokenly anti-Roman Catholic, as one might expect. Rome was still persecuting Protestants in the sixteenth century. Keep in mind that the English translators were exiles from a nation that was returning to the Catholic faith under a queen who was burning Protestants at the stake....In the end, the Geneva Bible was replaced by the King James Version, but not before it helped to settle America.

.....But the Jefferson Bible may have proved the opposite of what Jefferson intended. It doesn’t show Jesus to be a great moral teacher once his story is stripped of the miracles, exorcisms, and other acts that the former president found hard to believe. It presents Jesus rather as someone who didn’t do anything. As Manseau writes, “Jefferson’s is a hard gospel. The blind to not see; the lame do not walk; the multitudes will remain hungry if loaves and fishes must be multiplied to feed them. Even those who look to Jesus for forgiveness of sins are left wanting.”

....At Bethlehem our world's history begins. All before and after the birth of the young child takes its color from that event. As the tree, rising from a small root or seed, spreads its branches, and with them its leaves, its blossoms, its fruit, its shade, north, south, east, and west; so has this obscure birth influenced all history, sacred and secular, before and behind.

EVERY season has its own proper fruit: apples for autumn, holly berries for Christmas. The earth brings forth according to the period of the year, and with man there is a time for every purpose under heaven. At this season, the world is engaged in congratulating itself and in expressing its complimentary wishes for the good of its citizens; let me suggest extra and more solid work for Christians.

...."In light of the pandemic, so much of church health today depends on a vibrant, small group system underneath the big gatherings, whether they're in person or online," he said.

....“Churches gathering in-person is a source of considerable concern and has certainly been an instance where super spreading has happened and could happen again.”

During a press conference on Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she supports Joe Biden’s plan to grant transgender children access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms in federally-funded schools according to their gender identity.

....It was the judgment of the Framers that freedom of religion is as essential to human fulfillment as are any other free choices that free people make.

....Currently, we estimate over half of churches are experiencing giving challenges. Far too few churches are preparing for what could be a rocky 2021. While the latest reports about vaccine effectiveness are good signs, the reality is much of the economic damage is already done and will affect churches in the coming year. 

....Walt Heyer, who was one of the first Americans to take hormones and have surgery to "change" from a man to a woman, realized that (a) the medical community unconscionably pushed him into these drastic changes and (b) the problem was with his upbringing, not his misgendering.

As a sociological phenomenon the monoliths in California, Utah, and Romania represent something significant. Perhaps they’re a symbol of the pandemic or a statement against lockdowns or maybe they’re just a bunch of stoners laughing as people wonder what it all means.

“Many are still staying away, people who are immunocompromised or with various conditions.”

Typically, the lead up to Christmas is a season of joy, hope, and typically, stress, for church leaders and staff as they embark on Christmas event planning. In light of COVID-19, we might all be looking forward to the fact that this year is almost over.

......“There was nothing unusual about it. It’s not pitifully poor, but there’s no sign of any great wealth either. It’s very ordinary. If this is the childhood environment of Jesus, there’s no reason to believe he grew up in anything other than a very typical Galilean rural home of its time.”

Biden has promised to grant transgender students’ privileges in the bathroom and on the field of their choice. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he agrees with the decision.

In other words, "the Great Reset" is essentially just an updated blueprint for a New World Order.