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August 11th, 2020
New CRC findings reveal a majority of Americans identifying as Christians believe ‘being and doing good’ will earn them salvation—including nearly half of those attending evangelical churches. Source: NEW STUDY: New Barna/CRC research reveals American—and Christian—views on salvation deeply flawed
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August 11th, 2020
I begin with a personal story to make a greater point. Two weeks ago, I mailed an 8-by-10-inch envelope from a Miami post office to an address in New York State. The postage was correct, as were the address and ZIP code. Source: Cal Thomas: Trump Is Right About Mail-in Ballots
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August 11th, 2020
On July 10 at Walled Lake Western High School in Michigan, popular teacher Justin Kucera who taught AP World History and coached varsity baseball and basketball and who by all accounts never brought his politics into his teaching or coaching was fired for tweeting, “I’m done being silent. Donald Trump is our president.”
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August 6th, 2020
Historically, religion and its adherents have been often oppressed by government. By contrast, America has been singular in its dedication to preserving the freedom of its people to expect and experience religious freedom. That is now rapidly changing. Source: Religious Freedom Is Under Attack Like Never Before | Opinion
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August 5th, 2020
If the four years since Election Day 2016 haven’t been tumultuous enough, wait until this year’s Election Day night. If the election is close, that one night will be fraught with more risk and danger than anything people have imagined over the almost four years of the Trump presidency to date. Source: Ari Fleischer: In 2020 election, if states can’t prove...
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August 3rd, 2020
Echoing other sources, data maintained by the COVID Tracking Project revealed that the U.S. recorded 48,694 new cases this Sunday, the smallest number since about 28 days ago on July 6, when the country reported 41,600 infections. Source: U.S. Reports Lowest Number of Coronavirus Cases in a Month
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August 2nd, 2020
While rioters previously attacked federal buildings, businesses, and even officers, this weekend, they found a new target: Bibles. A video posted to Twitter on Saturday shows rioters holding Black Lives Matter signs tossing Bibles into a fire. Bystanders stood and watched as the flames licked away at the pages of the books. Source: As They Turn To Burning Bibles, Portland...
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August 2nd, 2020
Dr. Deborah Birx on Sunday said the US is in a new phase in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, saying that the deadly virus is more widespread than when it first took hold in the US earlier this year. “What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread. It’s into the rural as...
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July 30th, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the discussion about returning to school is fraught, filled with questions about public health, what kids and families need, and how to operate socially distanced schools. Confronted with these challenges, nine of the nation’s 15 largest school systems, and thousands of others, have defaulted to full-time remote learning. At the same time, public-school officials have...
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July 30th, 2020
Center for Disease Control Director Robert Redfield said in a Buck Institute webinar that suicides and drug overdoses have surpassed the death rate for COVID-19 among high school students. Redfield argued that lockdowns and lack of public schooling constituted a disproportionally negative impact on young peoples’ mental health. Source: CDC Director Compares Rate of Suicides to COVID-19 Deaths
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