| | $1M CatholicVote campaign calls for Dodgers boycott | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Wednesday, May 31, and today's headlines include CatholicVote's $1M ad campaign, the FDA approving Neuralink for human trials, and Rick Warren addressing the role of women in the Church. | | CatholicVote has launched a $1 million ad campaign in response to the Los Angeles Dodgers' partnership with a group of drag queens and trans-identified performers called Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The campaign urges "all people of goodwill to express their opposition to your celebration of anti-Catholic bigotry and mockery." While the Dodgers initially walked back plans to honor the group during an upcoming "Pride Night," they reinstated their plans after meeting with representatives of the organization. Full Story. | | P.S. Did you hear? We’ve launched The Christian Post Daily, a podcast featuring the day’s top headlines. Listen now on Apple, Google, Spotify, Edifi, or wherever you stream your favorite podcasts. Don’t forget to subscribe so that you never miss an update. |
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| SCOTUS rejects child porn case against Reddit | | The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear oral arguments in the case of Jane Does 1-6 et al. v. Reddit, Inc., which centers on whether the social media platform Reddit knowingly participated in sex trafficking. A woman identified as "Jane Doe" filed a class action lawsuit against the platform after her ex-boyfriend posted sexually explicit images of her from when she was a minor on Reddit without her consent. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Reddit last fall. Read more. | | FDA greenlights human trials for Musk's brain chip startup | | Elon Musk's Neuralink could start human trials for its implantable brain-computer interface microchips as early as this summer after receiving the go-ahead from the U.S Food and Drug Administration. Neuralink has created a patient registry for people interested in participating in future trials. Eligibility requirements include living in the U.S., being at least 18, and suffering from any number of medical conditions, including quadriplegia, paraplegia, or vision or hearing loss. Read more. | | Church erects 108-foot-tall cross to 'share the hope of Jesus' | | Hilltop Baptist Church of Indiana, Penn., is nearing the completion of a 108-foot-tall cross on its property that it hopes will serve as a beacon for evangelism outreach. The congregation is building the cross "the share the hope of Jesus Christ and to remind folks" that "God loves us," Pastor Jack Lucas explained to CP. See the cross here. |
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| Is new paganism actually pagan? | | John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander compare new paganism to ancient paganism, noting there are key similarities as well as important differences. "[A]ll the things that make modern paganism appealing to modern people aren't pagan," the authors declare, adding, "Only Jesus offers the truth." Read more. | | Seeking God’s will vs. idolatry: A Christian perspective | | Jerry McGlothlin explores why he believes that "to whatever degree we are not seeking God's will, we are committing idolatry." Noting that idolatry is not simply bowing to graven images, McGlothlin points out that idolatry in the modern context often takes more subtle forms, transforming money, power, possessions, and ideologies into idols if they are prioritized over God's will. Read more. |
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| Journalist wants James MacDonald to ‘stop hurting people’ | | In this interview with CP, Christian investigative journalist Julie Roys discusses Harvest Bible Chapel founder James MacDonald and why she wants him "to stop hurting people." The megachurch founder, who faces up to seven years in prison for allegedly attacking a woman in a California parking lot, was ousted from his senior pastor role in 2019 amid accusations of him being a gun-toting bully who once sought to hire a hitman to commit murder. Read more. | | Rick Warren talks women in church | | In the first video of his four-part series titled "SBC at the Crossroads," Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren addressed why he felt compelled to reject both the complementarity and egalitarian views of a woman's role in the Church after a three-year journey through Scripture. Warren and Saddleback Church, which is currently headed up by Pastor Andy Wood, are set to challenge the church's expulsion from the Southern Baptist Convention over its ordination of several women at the SBC's Annual Meeting next month. Read more. |
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| Michael W. Smith endorses controversial Bible translation | | Grammy-winning Christian singer Michael W. Smith has expressed support for The Passion Translation of the Bible, which was removed from Bible Gateway last year. Smith called the translation "a gift to Bible readers," describing it as "a beautiful marriage of powerful accuracy and readable, natural language." Read more. | | | | | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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