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Balancing public health and the right to free exercise of religion has been a difficult challenge throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and no one can seem to agree on what should and shouldn’t be allowed. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court decided to defer that choice to the judgement of state governors. This helped California and…

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Ken Dark, an archaeologist out of the United Kingdom, studied the remains of a home found in Nazareth, Israel. He thinks the home could have been owned by Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus. Dark, a professor of archaeology and history at the University of Reading, said that there is a “strong case to be made”…

A stabbing at Grace Baptist Church in San Jose, California left two people dead and three others injured. The church congregation and the greater Christian community are mourning this tragic loss. In a press statement Monday, the city’s mayor called the stabbing “horrific”. “Our hearts are torn for the victims and their loved ones in…

Popular Christian songwriter Nichole Nordeman took to Twitter this week to share her disdain for Christian who refuse to wear masks because they believe it infringes on their rights. The series of tweets came just hours after the songwriter lost her aunt to the novel COVID-19 virus. “My aunt was diagnosed w/ Covid this morning…

Astronaut Victor Glover blasted off to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s Resilience this last week, but he wanted to make sure God’s Word came with him. Glover, a Christian, took communion cups and a Bible with him and plans to utilize the internet connection aboard the craft to access faith-based programs. The 44-year-old said…

Top evangelical advisors are coming out in support of Donald Trump, saying he has a legal right to fight the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, was announced the winner by major networks. Evangelist Franklin Graham tweeted out on Monday that it should be left to the courts to “determine…

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China is demolishing churches and turning others into factories and “cultural centers” used for propaganda in an effort to stop Christians from meeting and worshiping with each other. The cultural centers are used to spread propaganda about President Xi Jinping’s communist ideals. Bitter Winter, a media outlet that monitors religious liberty violations in China, found…

President-elect Joe Biden used scripture and quotes from hymns during his victory speech on Saturday to show all American’s listening that he would work for them, no matter who they voted for. “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. Who doesn’t see red states and blue states, only sees…

School officials forced the third-grader to remove her face mask with the phrase “Jesus Loves Me.” Now the Mississippi family is alleging religious discrimination. Matthew and Jennifer Booth filed a federal lawsuit against the Simpson Country School District in Mississippi after their daughter, Lydia, was forced to remove her mask and replace it with one…

Pastor James Ward of Insight Church in Illinois says that America’s future is not guaranteed. Ward was speaking at America’s Pre-Election Online Prayer and Communion Church at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. “It is most unfortunate, and it really breaks my heart that in America, we are perishing today unnecessarily,” Ward said.…

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