The Christian Post Daily Newsletter

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

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Asia Bibi reveals how God showed Himself on death row, transformed an ‘ordinary Christian’

Church & Ministries

2 Georgia churches leave United Methodist Church over LGBT stance, announce merger

Two congregations in Georgia have left the United Methodist Church over the mainline denomination’s opposition to homosexuality and merged into one church.

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Church & Ministries

Gordon-Conwell Seminary cuts only black faculty member from Hamilton campus, sparks uproar

As recently as April, the Rev. Emmett Price III, one of America’s leading experts on the black Christian experience, featured prominently as the only black face on the faculty page of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s Hamilton campus in Massachusetts.

U.S.

'Devastated' freshman's COVID-19 vaccine medical exemption denied by BYU despite rare disorder

Brigham Young University-Hawaii has crushed a rising freshman’s plan of attending her dream university this fall because she has not received the COVID-19 vaccine for medical reasons.

Politics

California Pastor Che Ahn warns church closures rooted in Marxist ideology

A California pastor who has challenged his state government over coronavirus worship restrictions is alleging that such restrictions are rooted in Marxist ideology.

Entertainment

Sadie Robertson Huff reflects on postpartum struggle: ‘Fear was stealing' from the miracle

Author, speaker and "Duck Dynasty" star Sadie Robertson Huff is opening up about her struggle with postpartum anxiety following the birth of her daughter in May.

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Opinion

Would you have been embarrassed in the upper room?

Why would we fear encountering God in powerful and profound ways? To be stoic and stiff is fine for a graveyard but not for a dynamic worship service. I wonder if these types of people would be embarrassed if they were in the upper room when the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples on that historic day in Acts 2?

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