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....

A federal court on Wednesday upheld the right of a historic California seminary to expel two students who violated school policies about marriage and sexuality.

Churches in the nation’s capital either haven’t been able to meet in person or have had extremely limited ability to do so because of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. Capitol Hill Baptist Church went to court against the mayor in September and just achieved a big win for religious freedom.

Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year before the elder Biden pressured government officials in Ukraine into firing a prosecutor who was investigating the company, according to emails obtained by The Post.

Everything that has happened in 2020 so far has set us up for a grand finale that none of us will ever forget. 

After two ministry leaders called for the National Basketball Association to publicly condemn the communist Chinese government for its egregious human rights and civil liberties abuses, Disney is banning them from setting foot on every property it owns on the entire Earth. Disney security and local police detained Rev. Patrick Mahoney, the director of the Christian Defense Coalition in Washington, D.C., and Rev.

An ancient limestone weight, dating back to the Iron Age – the First Temple period, which corresponds to the measurement unit of two shekels at that time, has been discovered at an archaeological excavation next to Jerusalem’s Western Wall, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Tuesday.

...Election season is a logical time for churchgoers to revisit the subject, but Barrett may visit the topic in front of the nation during her confirmation hearing. Some Democrats already have asked her, How do you apply your religious principles to your judicial decisions?

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) slammed Democrat colleagues during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for characterizing her as on a “mission from God” to deny people with preexisting conditions healthcare coverage.

An organization of radical left-wing activists has posted an online guide to “disruption” that outlines a plan to shut down the country and force President Donald Trump from power in the event that the 2020 election is too close to call.

A federal court ruled late Friday (Oct. 9) the District of Columbia has likely violated the religious freedom of Capitol Hill Baptist Church and therefore cannot prevent the Southern Baptist congregation from meeting outdoors with proper safety measures in place.

Attitudes of Christians are changing on abortion, and not in a good way.

....The opinion article calls for Israel to be replaced with a binational, unitary state called “Israel-Palestine.” “Israel-Palestine can be a Jewish home that is also, equally, a Palestinian home,” writes Beinart

A judge said restrictions imposed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on houses of worship that would severely limit attendance in areas experiencing an uptick in COVID cases did not violate religious freedoms.

....Jason Whitlock told Laura Ingraham this is what the Black Lives Matter movement is about. They must remove God to usher in their immorality. And they must usher out God in order to hold the state supreme. This has been repeated over and over in every failed socialist state in the past 100 years.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28

Here’s how a progressive majority on the court could fundamentally alter the basic rights of American citizens in ways not seen in decades.

....“We know religious institutions have been a problem,” Cuomo said at a Monday press conference. “We know mass gatherings are the super spreader events. We know there have been mass gatherings going on in concert with religious institutions in these communities for weeks. For weeks.”

....as the pandemic wore on and authorities began loosening restrictions on in-person meetings, churches...were ready to resume meetings while abiding by generally applicable health and public safety requirements such as wearing masks and practicing social distancing. But many churches soon found themselves held to a different standard.

Chinese shipbuilders have produced more than 100 warships in the past 10 years, a build rate easily outstripping that of the U.S. Navy.  The Chinese navy is already the largest in the world with an estimated 350 ships and submarines.   The speed with which China’s first aircraft carrier was built is the fastest in the history of aircraft carrier construction. It took only two years from the laying of the hull to its launch.

The 11th installment of the “American Worldview” survey conducted by Dr. George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University has found that many professing Christians are being shaped by the culture instead of biblical truth.`

What Does Genesis 1– 3 Have to Do with Our System of Government?

....“I just think that COVID is God’s gift to the Left. That’s a terrible thing to say. I think it was a very difficult thing to send down to us, but it has ripped the band-aid off who [Trump] is and what he stands for and what is being done to average people and working people in this country.”

White evangelical Protestants were the most comfortable with attending services, with 61% saying they were either "very comfortable" or "somewhat comfortable" with attending.