....To be sure, for long centuries of Christendom it had been a basic article of faith that God intervenes providentially in the affairs of nations to bless the faithful and curse the unfaithful. Righteous nations can expect his aid in war; wicked nations can expect military defeat and pestilence.

...Despite all these good intentions, much of the public-health messaging has been profoundly counterproductive.

...Trinity Bible Chapel in Waterloo refused to turn worshippers away or close their doors after the government issued orders last December limiting religious gatherings to no more than 10 people to slow the spread of COVID-19.

...California now demands that each of the more than 60,000 private charities registered in the state provide it annually with the names and addresses of their top donors.

A group of theologically conservative United Methodists has announced the creation of a new denomination once the United Methodist Church officially separates due to its long-standing debate over homosexuality.

....Now, Greear, suggesting that there is a contradiction between the cross of Jesus and his moral law, tells people that Jesus doesn’t tell us to follow his moral code, but, instead, “take up my cross.”

In order to grow in the future, local churches must foster a “here-for-the-community” mentality. As we adapt our ministries to reach the post-Christian people of America, here are four groups to consider...

Eight years after carving the heart out of a landmark voting rights law, the Supreme Court is looking at putting new limits on efforts to combat racial discrimination in voting.

...One strategy I’ve found helpful in talking to unbelievers about Hell is to focus on its significant worldview implications. Namely, I believe Hell isn’t the problem people think it is. In fact, it’s a solution to two problems.

Jory Micah continues her slide further and further into apostasy, giving us a living, breathing emblem of what it means to be wholly without the mind of Christ. Micah announced on Twitter that she does not regard the bible to be her “final authority anymore,” explaining that, “what I trust most now is my inner guidance system.”

...Loudon County Public Schools is saying that Dr. Suess's books contain "racial undertones" that are unsuited for "culturally responsive" education...

...Three key provisions of the bill form its essential structure: redefinition of the term “sex” to deny biology; the expansion of the term “public accommodation” to include any place where people gather outside a private residence; and explicit denial of religious freedom and religious-liberty protections.

On Thursday, the toy company Hasbro announced that they will drop the “Mr.” in the iconic Mr. Potato Head series from its brand in a move of inclusivity aimed to make all feel “welcome in the Potato Head world.”

...The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT activist group with far-left interests, has assembled a coalition of the world’s most powerful corporations to support the Equality Act.

Charismatic Prophet Jeremiah Johnson has announced he is suspending all online ministry for the next two weeks, a decision he made after he was “visited by the Lord in a very significant way” following the fallout from falsely prophesying that Trump would win re-election and then subsequently offering a public apology.

...Communist China is moving “with a scope and speed few here anticipated,” the WSJ noted. “Everything that’s happening in Hong Kong today was unimaginable a year ago...”

A pastor abducted from northeastern Nigeria by Islamic extremist militants reportedly says in a video that they will kill him on Wednesday (March 3) if their ransom demands are not met.

“It is the evangelical Gospel and its preaching that has the greatest impact politically and socially,” said Martyn Lloyd-Jones in a 1968 interview. 

The Heritage Foundation exposed 11 of the most revolutionary demands in the Democrats’ so-called Equality Act, which would force Americans to accept the transgender ideology’s far-reaching claim that each person’s legal sex is determined by their inner feelings of “gender identity,” not by their measurable biology.

The Supreme Court is telling California’s Santa Clara County that it can’t enforce a ban on indoor religious worship services put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. The high court issued an order Friday evening in a case brought by a handful of churches. 

...According to Lankford, “You don’t have to take off your faith when you leave your house. You don’t have to take off your faith when you leave church. In fact, I would remind this group if you don’t practice your faith every day, you really don’t have a faith, you just have a religious hobby.”

....it falls short on religious exemptions, potentially forcing individuals or faith-based organizations to choose between religious beliefs and following the law. 

Here are the five facts about the Equality Act Americans need to know.

Churches across the nation could face dramatic persecution if the so-called Equality Act is signed into law by President Joe Biden.