08/11/2023
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Good afternoon! It's Friday, August 11, and today's headlines include an update on the Maui wildfires, a Missouri senior center that banned Bible studies, and details on the faith-based security firm that helped secure the release of a kidnapped American nurse in Haiti.
A mass evacuation continues on the Hawaiian island of Maui as officials report at least 53 people have died and more than 270 buildings have been destroyed due to wildfires. The fires began on Tuesday, fueled by a dry summer and winds from a nearby hurricane. Full Story.
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A woman who started a Bible study in a common area of her Missouri senior living center says management forced her to stop because some of the residents were allegedly offended. Christian legal advocacy group American Center for Law and Justice is now threatening to sue the center to protect the resident's religious liberty if the facility does not reverse course. Read more.
A former Florida pastor is accused of organizing the theft of $1.4 million worth of merchandise from Home Depot and then selling the stolen goods on eBay. Florida's Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody says Robert Dell "clearly skipped over the commandment—thou shall not steal." He has been charged with leading a "multimillion-dollar theft ring." Read more.
The family of the late Texas Pastor Phillip Loveday is mourning after Loveday was found dead by police from an apparent suicide Tuesday. A GoFundMe campaign to help support Loveday's family has raised more than $11,000 as of Friday morning. Read more.
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First Liberty Institute's Jorge Gomez dispels the myth that the Supreme Court is hyper-partisan, pointing to data showing that unanimous Court decisions hit 48% this term, up from 29% in 2021. Gomez highlights statements made by the justices, including Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaking highly of fellow Justice Clarence Thomas—with whom she often disagrees—saying, "He is a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution." Read more.
In this op-ed, apologist and speaker Claudia Kalmikov outlines seven characteristics of miracles and explains how we can decipher whether a miracle is from God or a counterfeit from Satan. Read more.
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A faith-based global security company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., worked with the U.S. State Department and other American law enforcement officials to secure the release of New Hampshire nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter, both of whom were kidnapped from a Christian ministry in Haiti in July. Concilium Inc. provided crisis consultants to help secure their release. Read more.
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Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League, sent a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, after the panel revealed the FBI's Richmond Field Office worked with multiple FBI field offices nationwide to produce a memo targeting mainstream Catholics as "potential domestic terrorists." The revelation contradicts FBI Director Christopher Wray's previous testimony. Read more.
Oral arguments were heard Thursday in the case of State of Missouri et al v. Joe Biden et al. At issue was an injunction from a lower court that prohibited the Biden administration to communicate with social media companies on various issues, most notably censorship of posts and accounts it doesn't like or agree with. Former Missouri Solicitor General Dean John Sauer argued in favor of the injunction, likening such censorship to "book burning." Read more.
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