....The heaviness of death that Christmas has the tendency to bring is the reason Jesus came. After his birth, the murderous Herod called for all children around Bethlehem under the age of two to be killed when he could not find out exactly where Jesus was staying. Jeremiah prophesied, “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more,” (Matt 2:18). This is the world that God entered, a world of horrifying fatality.

....“On religious protections, the protection for religion is for the individual,” Becerra explained. “I think it is important to distinguish between protections that you are affording to the individual to exercise his or her religion freely, versus protections you are giving to some institution or entity who is essentially bootstrapping the First Amendment protections on behalf of somebody else.”

Former NFL coach Tony Dungy is questioning if Democrat Georgia senate candidate Raphael Warnock is even a Christian.

....Lawbreakers caught saying something in private about transgender people will get a fine or a year in jail. Others who say comments in the public arena can net up to three years in jail. 

...."I respect the judge, I understand what the laws are, but there's a bigger law...."

....Our brothers and sisters around the world, beaten and tortured and killed, are urging us to stand up and be strong.

....Teachers are forbidden from teaching about religion, disseminating religious information, or engaging in such activities. But they are required to actively promote socialism and new civilization.

...“And so, for the entire course of her earthly life, Mary was free from any stain of sin,” he claimed. “She was the [one] ‘full of grace’ as the angel called her.”

Google-owned video platform YouTube has announced plans to remove any content that questions Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 U.S. presidential election despite the fact that legal challenges involving multiple states continue.

Atheists have blasted new guidelines on religious exemptions for federal contractors issued by the Trump administration this week.

....Ellis, a professing Christian, was asked by Fox Business host Charles Payne about how she deals with criticisms concerning her legal efforts in overturning the election for Trump. "My life is in service and honor to the Lord Jesus Christ and so whatever anybody else says really doesn't bother me," Ellis asserted.

....The world’s governments, MacArthur said, “have done something that's never been done in human history.” That is, they have made the issue and the response “global,” he asserted.

A significant portion of Americans believe it is “likely” that Democrats stole votes or destroyed ballots intended for President Donald Trump to “ensure that [former Vice President Joe] Biden would win,” a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday found.

An iVoterGuide analysis of the 2020 election concluded that Christians have reason to celebrate impressive wins across the country.

....Believers who desire a righteous accounting of the votes in these elections should pray fervently to the only One who knows all that has happened and is able to make known the truth about what has happened.

A homosexual-rights lobbying group is proving elections have consequences, including for private Christian colleges and universities which could face closure if a Biden administration bows to an anti-religious legal scheme.

My decades as a Christian activist have taught me valuable lessons, many of which I’ve had to learn the hard way. I’ve boiled a handful of lessons down to 11 principles of protest, all of which are based on familiar biblical truths.

....I could go on and on and on with example after example of the crushing public collapse of Christian celebrities. Their metronomic regularity raises the question—what is going on?

A prominent liberal lawyer who has been involved in some of America’s highest-profile constitutional disputes is warning of an alarming rollback of free speech in Western nations. This law would regulate those conversations and criminalize the expression of prohibited viewpoints.”

Why is the Left so hostile to religious liberty? One event or decision can reveal much about our cultural moment—like a flashpoint, occurrences cast a bright light on what was previously unseen.

Four street preachers, two from America and two from the United Kingdom, are having their case heard in court today as they challenge what they call a “sustained campaign of harassment” by the U.K. police as they have faced criminal charges and were jailed — and some were prosecuted, in light of public rejection of the proclamation of the gospel.

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.