“While some denominations like the SBC and the Roman Catholic Church have implemented safety measures including background checks for staff and volunteers, reporting protocols, and prevention training, the AOG has languished. The General Council previously debated making these anti-abuse protocols and policies mandatory, but ultimately decided against it after their lawyers warned it would expose their national office to lawsuits and litigation.”
(Protestia) A deep dive into the Assemblies of God has revealed a “50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination,” according to NBC News, which has been investigating sex abuse allegations in the Assemblies of God as part of their Pastors and Prey series: Continue reading
“…mothers dropped off their infants, babies, toddlers, and preschoolers to paid workers who tended up to 20 or more children at a time, making sure those children were safe and fed, but not necessarily held, loved, comforted, taught, or nurtured.”
(Bill O’Reilly) We live in a selfish society. Millions of Americans simply want stuff given to them. Generally speaking, immigrants work harder than indigenous citizens. At least that’s what I see from my perch in New York.
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was being betrayed took bread, 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 (LSB) Read Jeremiah 23:23-27 on the site.
“I think it’s appropriate today to thank the Lord for the Bible that you hold in your hand.”
…the case “provides a stark reminder” that the decision to support “a novel constitutional right over the religious liberty interests explicitly protected in the First Amendment, and by doing so undemocratically, the court has created a problem that only it can fix….Until then, Obergefell will continue to have ruinous consequences for religious liberty.”
“I had always enjoyed watching Grandma perform hula, but it wasn’t until I began studying apologetics and Christian discernment that I realized hula does not belong in the church. Hula is performed with reference and supplication to the gods and goddesses of hula. Hula was also used by Pele (the Hawaiian Goddess of Volcanoes and Fire) and her sister Hiʻiaka (the Hawaiian patron goddess of hula dancers, chant, sorcery, and medicine) to seduce Lohiʻau.”
Naturally, the testimonials about it are glowing and focus on success in business, mixing promises of wealth and purpose with pledges of “supernatural shifts” so that one might receive the “authority to occupy your territory.”
In his online statement, Trump hailed the talks as “historic.”
(John Solomon – Just the News) Attorney General Pam Bondi has opened an inquiry into former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen and promised accountability after Congress released a bombshell report accusing his administration of a coverup and declaring some of his pardons and executive actions legally invalid.
Halloween is a devil’s holiday, not a Christian observance.
(Katie Pavlich – Townhall) The House Oversight Committee published a lengthy report Tuesday morning detailing investigation findings into former President Joe Biden’s flagrant use of the autopen.
(Breitbart) Why are people panicking about the weather? Climate doomer Bill Gates thinks everyone should just calm down. He believes “climate change” is a serious problem but it won’t be the end of humanity as we know it, a 17-page memo released Tuesday by the billionaire reveals.
“The point is, when the left gets silly, one of the best ways to trivialize the already trivial is to make fun of it. Never underestimate the talent and the ability for conservatives to mock. Call it our superpower.”
(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) A couple of years ago,
(Jonathan Turley) A plan at Utah Valley University (UVU) to
(Robb Brunansky – The Cripplegate) By way of review, let us look at the
“Naturally, Gavin Orltund complements Obama, prefacing his love for reading alternative views, a claim which itself is dubious. Nevertheless, this is a mask slip moment for Gavin Ortlund, who has shown over the last two years that he is the next Russell Moore.”
“In the end, this ballroom isn’t about vanity; it’s about practicality. Trump is reshaping the White House the way he’s reshaped Washington—unapologetically, efficiently, and to the absolute horror of his critics.”
(Anna Reese Green – Premier Christian News) Pope Leo, King Charles and the Archbishop of York have joined together for a special prayer service in the Sistine Chapel.