....The particular class of people who have ruled this nation in recent decades worship no one but themselves.  They despise us because we fail to worship them.  Christianity, straight-up and unadulterated, is an affront to their authority.  A sign of inferior breeding.  A vulgar deficit of what is needed to be cool.

The rise of the political organization Black Lives Matter and the modern social justice movement has caused no small disturbance in the American church. Some people are confused, some are overwhelmed, some are overconfident, and some are deceived.

....Like me behind the wheel as a sleepy driver, the church at Ephesus needed something to jolt them out of their regular routine. This was a church with 30-50 yrs. of history under their belt. They had begun well, under the discipleship and teaching ministry of Aquila and Priscilla, then the apostle Paul....

Pope Francis has once again betrayed traditional Roman Catholics with a statement that appeared to support civil unions for same-sex couples and has let that misconception stand without correcting the record.  Prominent church leaders are not about to let the usual weaponized ambiguity -- a hallmark of the liberal Pope Francis' reign -- go unchallenged.

The president shared his change in religious identity in a written interview with the Religious News Service. “Though I was confirmed at a Presbyterian church as a child, I now consider myself to be a non-denominational Christian,” Trump wrote, without giving an explanation for the transformation or saying when it occurred…Trump, who contracted COVID-19 in early October, attributed his swift recovery to his faith.

You can thank Apple TV+ for this.  For the first time since 1965, the beloved “Peanuts” holiday specials won’t air on broadcast TV this holiday season, marking the end of a 55-year American tradition.

Two government-sanctioned Christian organizations are seeking alternative ways to sell their religious books online due to censorship established by the Chinese Communist Party.

Many Christian heroes made a difference to the world by travelling it; Charles Simeon made a difference by staying in the same place ministering for fifty-four years.

...We still do not know the full consequences of these radical changes in American life, especially whether they will continue after the COVID-19 virus abates and quarantines end.

Though aging is not without its benefits, it is known first for its sorrows.

In response to Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope, Southern Baptist leaders reiterated their commitment to the authority of the Bible’s teaching regarding sexuality and marriage.

In light of Pope Francis claiming that we must have a "civil union law" for homosexual couples -- a direct contradiction of Church teaching and God's word in the Bible -- evangelical Pastor Franklin Graham rebuked the pontiff's blasphemy, saying, "For Pope Francis to attempt to normalize homosexuality is to say that Holy Scriptures are false."

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell condemned continuing attacks on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday, warning that “anti-religious bigotry needs to stop.”

As the Hunter Biden laptop story continues to develop, newly revealed text messages purportedly from 2017 appear to show Biden arranging a business meeting with representatives of a Chinese company and his father, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Christian pastors and activists claim CA officials target people of faith with severe coronavirus restrictions for churches, faith-based events.

....The irony of America’s anxiety over medical coverage is this: Modern health insurance was a charitable evangelical invention, sold and managed by humble not-for-profit groups, designed especially to be affordable for low-income and vulnerable Americans. But in the span of two generations, astounding growth in the insurance industry and equally astounding advances in medical technology left most Americans staring at a starkly different picture:

....“If you’re tired of lockdowns or you’re tired of wearing masks or you wish you were in church this morning or watching college football, or your kids were [in] in-person instruction, it is time for change in this country, and that’s why we’ve got to elect Joe Biden,” she said on NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday morning.

A federal judge ruled late last week in favor of two Colorado churches that challenged Gov. Jared Polis’s (D) pandemic orders requiring indoor occupancy limitations and masks during worship.

The fact that law enforcement officials across the nation are expecting widespread violence following the election should chill every American to the core. 

.....“Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it,” Pope Francis said in the documentary “Francesco,” according to the Catholic News Agency. The documentary premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival and will premiere in the U.S. on Sunday.

...."Joe Biden thinks 8-year-olds, have the capacity to make a life-altering decision to change their gender and says for someone to deny them that right (I assume parents included) is discrimination! Either he is pandering for votes or he's totally lost it," Family Research Council president Tony Perkins said....

An expert on church relations is making the case that a worldview being adopted by many church leaders not only promotes division and hatred, but also goes against Christian teaching.

A major news outlet is trying to make the case that abortion is declining as a pivotal issue for Christians.

Business and tech students are forcing the hand of higher education.

Do people with intellectual disabilities belong in the church?

....Donald Trump — the Devil’s spawn — dropped a wad of cash in the church collection bucket. [Insert horrified face emoji.] Yes, America, the heathen of heathens donated to the church.

Sin is not funny, but God meets the delusion of the rebels with the laughter of derision.

On Friday, an Orthodox Jewish school took Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.), Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-N.Y.C.), and other public officials to court over blatant violations of the rights of religious freedom, free speech, due process, and more.

A Swiss missionary Beatrice Stöckli—kidnapped from Timbuktu, Mali in January 2016—was killed only weeks before other hostages were freed by Islamist extremists, in an apparent prisoner-hostage swap negotiated by the new transitional government in Mali.  News of her execution came from Sophie Petronin, a 75-year-old French aid worker, freed on October 8, who had apparently been held by the same, or a linked Islamist militia group.

An Iranian Christian convert received 80 lashes on Thursday for drinking communion wine, considered a crime of apostasy under Islamic law. The U.S. State Department denounced the act, perpetrated by Iranian authorities in the northern town of Rashit, as “unjust”

....On July 24, the Grace Community Church board decided to reopen the church...The church determined that the health order was illegitimate, over-broad, and unconstitutional, because it indefinitely prevented the congregation from assembling and exercising its religion and sincerely held religious beliefs. 

...From church pulpits to the Christian blogosphere, from once-reliable Christian publishing houses to the campuses of Christian colleges that are Christian in name only, from beautiful and historic churches decorated with gay pride flags....there is, in our day too, a Christianity that is no Christianity at all.

For years, some Christians have held out hope that America would experience another wave of spiritual regeneration. But midway through 2020, anarchists and agitators, culture-drivers and even some politicians, are openly advocating for Socialism, racial division, and the wholesale rejection of Judeo-Christian values.  So which is it? Are we poised for revival or revolution? 

....The United States desperately needs churches re-committed to the weird, counter-cultural supernaturality of biblical Christianity. And this means not stirring up ecstatic experiences or telling people to “claim their miracle,” but re-committing to rely on the gospel as our only power.

....As a rule, I think, writing should reflect speech. You should write like you talk.

....We measure things differently than God does. We look for the impressive, for the gifted, for the extraordinary. God seems to show up in ordinary, forgotten places, and to use the people that everyone else passes over.

...Obviously, character is important, but, if a man has decent character according to some, yet believes in infanticide and in euthanizing the disabled, do we look at his character over his policies? Of course not. God doesn’t judge a nation based on the character of one man, but He may judge it based on the spiritual health of her people. Policy often speaks louder than character....