On June 20, the city government of Toronto issued revised COVID-19 guidelines that ban the offering of Holy Communion to the faithful. The new guidelines read: All places of worship must adhere to the following requirements: General Guidance Suspend all communion-related activities as advised by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health. The Ontario Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 […]
America’s New State-Run Church
By Fay Voshell For what seems an eternity, one of the ongoing accusations leveled by secularists against Christians and the Church was that Christians kept their heads in the clouds. Believers have been told they have been too heavenly minded to be any earthly good, that they needed to be where the action really was, […]
UK Police warn, Preaching the Bible is a Criminal Offence
Police in the UK have warned a Christian street preacher that it’s now a criminal offence to preach the Bible in public if someone deems it offensive. Joshua Sutcliffe was preaching at Oxford Circus in London when he was approached by an officer of the Metropolitan Police force. The officer had been called in after […]
Churches, it’s Time to Open, and Open WIDE
by Cheryl K. Chumley The Department of Justice just issued a statement suggesting Virginia acted above and beyond its rightful call of COVID-19 government duty by closing churches to more than 10 people while allowing some private businesses to host untold numbers of shoppers. Quite right. It’s been a curiosity for some time — not […]
Chinese Government Begins Forcing Some Citizens to Submit to Fingerprint, Facial Scans to Enter Churches
by Daniel Payne Some state-sanctioned churches on the Chinese mainland are being forced to require attendees to scan their fingerprints and faces before entering service, as the communist surveillance state continues cracking down on religion in the country. Parishioners at “three-self” churches, which are controlled by the state and remain one of the few official […]
British Court In Transgender Case: Bible Belief Is ‘Incompatible With Human Dignity’
by Hank Berrien Coming to America sooner than later. On Tuesday, a British court ruled that belief in the Bible was “incompatible with human dignity.” That statement came in a case involving Dr. David Mackereth, a devout Christian who had worked as an emergency doctor for the National Health Service for 26 years. He said […]
Does the US Constitution allow the ‘right’ to Islamic law’s Barbaric Practices?
In a word, no. Sharia is entirely incompatible with American laws, purposes, and norms, not to mention the norms of civilization in general. Practice and promotion of sharia are unlawful, and must never be made lawful – for the sake of civilization. by David Rosenthal In America, we tend to frown on certain behaviors, often […]
New Jersey Catholic church to host second annual Homosexual ‘Pride Mass’
by Lisa Bourne A Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Newark is hosting its second annual Mass associated with gay pride events later this month. Our Lady of Grace in Hoboken, New Jersey, along with its merged parish St. Joseph, is advertising its “2nd Annual Pride Mass in Support of Our LGBTQ Brothers and Sisters.” The Mass […]
Christianity is Europe’s Only Hope
And not only Europe; America as well. by Peter Wolfgang “Europe is the faith and the faith is Europe,” observed the English writer Hilaire Belloc almost 100 years ago. Western Civilization makes no sense apart from its Christian origin and identity. The last 100 years has proven him right. If our civilization makes no sense […]
Criminalization of Christianity is on America’s Horizon
by Peter Heck Don’t be shocked when many “Christians” cheer the criminalization of Christianity. The number of supposedly Christian individuals whose moral compasses are calibrated to the spirit of the age rather than the authority of scripture has become astounding. As I read the enraged responses from professing Christians at the news that Vice President Mike […]