Today's Headlines
Monday, August 03, 2020
County officials have allegedly threatened Grace Community Church in California with fines and possible arrest for reopening his church in defiance of lockdown orders from Gov. Gavin Newsom during the pandemic. Still, Pastor John MacArthur has vowed to continue in-person services.
Police in Washington, D.C., arrested a man and a woman in front of Planned Parenthood because they were writing “Black Preborn Lives Matter” with a piece of chalk outside the abortion facility.
Debate over the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine, a drug some say is an effective treatment for the coronavirus, has resurged amid the ongoing pandemic and Big Tech and social media platforms censoring medical professionals who promote it.
Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac was the lone player to stand during the national anthem before a recent game and to not wear the Black Lives Matter shirt. He cited the Gospel later when asked to explain his reasoning.
Worship artist Sean Feucht believes that the coronavirus prohibitions on holding church services is a double standard and that the United States is on the brink of a revival.
We might think that the worst pandemic and recession in a century would unite us in response, but the opposite seems to be the case. Why? 
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