....The governor said in a statement, "There is a lot we don't know about this new COVID-19 variant, but scientists in the United Kingdom are warning the world that it is significantly more contagious."

Three unidentified men shot and killed a pastor in the east Indian state of Jharkhand while he was returning home with his wife after baptizing new believers, according to a report.

Though religious persecution in China and India is expected to increase in 2021, exposure to the Bible is increasing in North Kora, the world's most repressive country, according to the annual Persecution Trends survey from Release International.

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are locked in a legal tussle over membership as the organizaitons continue to blur the lines on biological sex.

President Trump has ended former President Obama's 12-year run as the most admired man in America, edging out his predecessor in the annual Gallup survey released Tuesday.

Christians in China faced increased persecution throughout the Christmas season, with authorities shutting down many worship services and caroling events.

....Fauci said, "When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75%. Then, when newer surveys said 60% or more would take it, I thought, 'I can nudge this up a bit,' so I went to 80, 85."  He said he doesn't really know what the real number is.

Nissim Vaturi is the second Likud Knesset member to not only enter the Temple Mount, but to call for the construction of the third Temple this month.

The ruling noted that the state of New York allowed other secular events to continue while unfairly restricting religious events.

A writer for The Guardian newspaper has labelled Christian teaching on forgiveness and redemption as “insidious” and “a dog-whistle for conversion therapy”. 

President Trump issued a powerful proclamation on religious liberty Tuesday to commemorate the 850th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket.

Rep. Mo Brooks Monday insisted that the evidence is "overwhelming and compelling" that there was "serious voter fraud and election theft" in the November presidential election, and that "dozens" of House Republicans who have reached the same conclusions will object to the Electoral College vote returns during congressional confirmation proceedings on Jan. 6. 

.... Just 24% of likely GOP voters see the average congressional Republican as a better model for the party than Trump, while 72% say the GOP should be more like the outgoing president.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was hit with several lawsuits Monday for allegedly covering up decades of sexual abuse among Boy Scout troops in Arizona, marking the latest litigation before the state's end-of-year deadline for adult victims to sue.

Progressivism seeks to replace the founding principles with a new set of doctrines based on the tenets of social justice — a system which elevate the rights of "protected classes" by subordinating  the rest of society. 

An Indianapolis abortion clinic is asking a federal court to strike down an Indiana law that requires the remains of unborn babies to be buried or cremated.

Money is one of the most sensitive subjects in the church. It’s also one of the most visible.

....People have attempted to decrease their stress through entertainment, alcohol, and prescription or recreational drugs. In Oregon, its citizens just voted to make virtually all drugs legal even those which have often proved lethal.  But people of faith in America appear to have a better solution: weekly church attendance.

....Urging Christians to pray that the case would be justly fulfilled and that attacks against Christians in Sudan would end, ICC called it a “good sign for growing freedom and democracy in the country that the court system forced this issue.”

Under pressure from members of both parties to sign a COVID-relief bill, President Donald Trump signed the $900 billion COVID relief bill Sunday night.

Nashville officials on Sunday named Anthony Warner as the bomber in the Christmas Day explosion and said he died on the scene.

Neha loved the hymns that filled her church with music. But she lost the chance to sing them last year when, at the age of 14, she was forcibly converted from Christianity to Islam and married to a 45-year-old man with children twice her age

The hypocritical ruling class has a nasty habit of trying to redefine Christian belief and religious practice.

What is the future of the post-COVID Christian church in the United States?

....Today, we see the signs of Christ's Second Coming. Because we do, we can be confident we live in the season of His return. But Jesus cited other signs too. So did the prophets. And we see those signs as well. As 2020 draws to a close, what were the biggest prophetic news stories? Below is a list of the top three....

A majority of American voters have no plans to get the COVID-19 vaccine right away, with a sizable percentage of that group saying they will never get it at all, according to a new poll.

The Nashville Christmas Bombing is incredibly unusual for a few reasons. The facts we think we know so far — and things may change as new information emerges — paint a picture that is different than any other attack on U.S. soil.  It raises some serious questions.

Testing has begun in Los Angeles County to determine if the more infectious strain of COVID-19 being found in patients in Britain is now in the West Coast.

.... Just 23% of the number of travelers who flew on the same day a year ago.

Stalking dog walkers, fines for unauthorised car journeys, telling Britons to snitch on their neighbours, and arresting protesters at Britain’s sacred space for free speech are just some examples of British policing during 2020, the year of the Chinese virus.