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Christians can abstain from voting Fred Price Jr says

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Christians can abstain from voting Fred Price Jr says

By Leonardo Blair, Christian Post Reporter

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Crenshaw Christian Center Pastor Fred Price Jr. returned to the helm of the church on Sunday July 1, 2018 a year after stepping down over “serious personal misjudgments.” | (Photo: Facebook)

While encouraging Christians to “vote your conscience” in the upcoming general election on Nov. 3, prominent California megachurch pastor Fred Price Jr. said that a conscientious decision can include abstention because voting “for the lesser of two evils is still evil.”

“Some of you have decided I’m going to vote for the lesser of two evils. Hey, if that helps you sleep at night, I get it. Do you know that you’re still voting for evil? The lesser of two evils is still evil. It’s just less evil than the other evil,” said Price, who leads Crenshaw Christian Center, adding that he still plans on voting this election. He was responding to the question “How should Christians vote?” on Facebook Tuesday.

“So saints, this is why we are a people called out of the world and our system is the Kingdom of God. Regardless of who is in the White House, yes I believe that a particular candidate may be more of a benefit to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ but I do not see in any way,…

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Six COVID Controversies in Churches Today

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They contact our team daily.

They want to make the right decision, but it seems that any decision gets them in trouble.

Pastors in churches around the world are, like all of us, navigating a new reality. It’s not a new normal; it is truly a new reality.

These pastors, of course, have never been confronted with these types of controversies. They love their church members, but the church members are not always loving them back.

Here are the six most common controversies we are hearing from pastors as they contact Church Answers. The list, of course, is not exhaustive nor is it mutually exclusive.

Mask vs. no mask. This one is by far the most common. Members get mad if masks are required. Members get mad if masks aren’t required. Masks or no masks for some members become a sign of political affiliation.

Social distance vs. no social distance. As an introvert, I have been practicing social distancing all my life. But some members don’t like it. Yet, if you don’t practice social distancing in the church, some members don’t like that either.

Change vs. no change. Of course, this debate is not new. But the pace of change has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Some members don’t understand why the church can’t get back to the way it’s always done it. Other members think it’s time to move rapidly before the blank slate becomes cluttered.

Same personnel vs. change in personnel. One church discovered during the pandemic it really did not need a full-time…

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Kamala Harris Suspends In-Person Events after Campaign Staffer Contracts COVID-19

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Kamala Harris Suspends In-Person Events after Campaign Staffer Contracts COVID-19

After a fight crew and her communications director tested positive for COVID-19, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris has canceled all campaign travel through the weekend.

According to ABC7 NY, Harris has tested negative for COVID-19, but is choosing to shelter in place and self-quarantine “out of an abundance of caution.”

According to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon, “Senator Harris was not in close contact, as defined by the CDC, with either of these individuals during the two days prior to their positive tests; as such, there is no requirement for quarantine.”

Harris echoed this announcement in a series of tweets writing, “Late last night, I learned a non-staff flight crew member & a member of my team tested positive for COVID. I wasn’t in close contact—as defined by the CDC—with either during the 2 days prior to their positive tests. I’ve had 2 negative tests this week & am not showing symptoms.”

Late last night, I learned a non-staff flight crew member & a member of my team tested positive for COVID. I wasn’t in close contact—as defined by the CDC—with either during the 2 days prior to their positive tests.
I’ve had 2 negative tests this week & am not showing symptoms.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 15, 2020

She continued, “Both the crew member…

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pope born cathedral consecrated Arminius dies

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By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter Follow | Sunday, October 18, 2020

Chartres Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Chartres, France. | Wikimedia Commons/Olvr

Christianity is a faith with a long and extensive history, with numerous events of lasting significance occurring throughout the ages.

Each week brings the anniversaries of impressive milestones, unforgettable tragedies, amazing triumphs, births, deaths, and everything else in between.

Some of the things drawn from over 2 millennia of history might be very familiar to the reader, while other happenings might be previously unknown.

Here are three things that happened this week, Oct. 18-24, in Church history. They include the birth of Pope Pius II, the consecration of a notable cathedral, and the death of a prominent theologian.

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Claire Saffitz Bakes for Breakfast, Dinner, and Dessert

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The internet’s favorite baker shows us how to improvise with confidence.

The post Claire Saffitz Bakes for Breakfast, Dinner, and Dessert appeared first on TASTE.

Free speech demonstrators attacked in San Francisco: Three urgent problems and three biblical responses

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Philip Anderson shows the damage to his teeth after he was punched by an alt-left protestor from Antifa during the “Free Speech Rally” at the San Francisco Civic Center, on October 17, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Photo: Chris Tuite/ImageSPACE/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)

A free speech demonstration staged by conservatives in San Francisco on Saturday was attacked by several hundred counterprotesters. An Associated Press photographer witnessed a Trump supporter being taken away in an ambulance.

When demonstrators threw glass bottles and plastic water bottles over police barricades at the group, the event was canceled. The event’s organizer posted photos of his bloody mouth with a front tooth missing and another hanging loosely. The San Francisco Police Department said three officers were assaulted with pepper spray and caustic chemicals; one was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

In other news, Twitter and Facebook blocked users last week from sharing a New York Post article making damaging claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said his company had been wrong to block the links, but Twitter still refuses to unlock the Post‘s account unless it deletes posts about its reporting on this issue.

Freedom of speech and trust in the media are more threatened today than any time in my lifetime. Three issues are at work here, each of which is enormously significant for all Americans.

One: Media bias

An exhaustive new survey by Gallup and the Knight Foundation found “deepening pessimism and further partisan entrenchment about how the news media delivers on its democratic mandate for factual, trustworthy information.” They note that 86 percent of Americans see political bias in news coverage. According to 73 percent of us, this lack of objectivity is a “major problem” in our society.

Here is where the survey…

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Lauren Daigle Wins Billboard's Top Christian Artist Award

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On Wednesday, Lauren Daigle won Billboard’s Top Christian Artist award.

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James MacDonald wants name cleared after $1.45M HBC settlement

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By Leonardo Blair, Christian Post Reporter Follow | Friday, October 16, 2020

James MacDonald, former pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, speaks at the Pastors’ Conference 2014, ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Meeting, on Monday, June 9, 2014, in Baltimore, Md. | (Photo: The Christian Post/Sonny Hong)

James MacDonald, founder of Harvest Bible Chapel, called on the megachurch Thursday to end its “false narrative in financial matters” against him, a day after elders disclosed details of an arbitration settlement awarding him at least $1.45 million in cash, an undisclosed amount in deferred compensation, and assets of his Walk in the Word broadcast ministry, including real estate.

“Now that we are ‘post arbitration,’ we’re praying that HBC leaders would be entirely forthcoming with the church we loved for so long. (We would welcome publication of the entire arbitration transcript.) Please pray for the needed transparency,” MacDonald and his wife, Kathy, wrote in an extended statement posted on their ministry website.

MacDonald, who was ousted from HBC on Feb. 12, 2019, after making “highly inappropriate recorded comments” on a radio program as well as “other conduct” under a cloud of allegations of financial abuse and bullying, said…

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China Conducts Test of Massive Suicide Drone Swarm Launched From a Box on a Truck – Urban Christian News

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China recently conducted a test involving a swarm of loitering munitions, also often referred to as suicide drones, deployed from a box-like array of tubular launchers on a light tactical vehicle and from helicopters. This underscores how the drone swarm threat, broadly, is becoming ever-more real and will present increasingly serious challenges for military forces around the world in future conflicts.

The China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology (CAEIT) reportedly carried out the test in September. CAEIT is a subsidiary of the state-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), which carried out a record-breaking drone swarm experiment in June 2017, involving nearly 120 small fixed-wing unmanned aircraft. Four months later, CAEIT conducted its own larger experiment with 200 fixed-wing drones. Chinese companies have also demonstrated impressive swarms using quad-copter-type drones for large public displays.

We don’t know the name or designation of the drones CAEIT used in its September test, or that of the complete system being employed. However, video footage, seen below, shows that the unmanned aircraft are very similar in form and function to more recent models of China Poly Defense’s CH-901 loitering munition.

When the tube-launched CH-901 first emerged in 2016, it featured a pair of pop-out wings, as well as a folding v-tail. More recently, that design has evolved and replaced the v-tail with another set of pop-out wings and folding twin-tail arrangement, similar to the drones we see in the CAEIT test video.

Of course, designs featuring two…

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Presidents need prayers: John Dickerson on “The Hardest Job in the World”

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John Dickerson of CBS News has written a fascinating and most timely book: The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency.

Dickerson, who has covered seven presidential campaigns and moderated two of the debates in 2016, thinks the presidency is in trouble. In his words, “It is overburdened, misunderstood, an almost impossible job to do.”

Dwight Eisenhower and Barack Obama said that they faced no easy decisions as president. If they were easy, someone else already would have reached a decision.

Leon Panetta, who served as White House chief of staff, secretary of defense, and director of the CIA, said, “The modern presidency has gotten out of control,” making it difficult for anyone to “get a handle” on the job.

In his conclusion, Dickerson lists eighteen key presidential attributes, likely more than any one person can possess. No wonder that Franklin Roosevelt, when he found out that he had been elected president, prayed that he would be strong enough to do the job.

Roosevelt, of course, had polio and could not walk. But anyone facing “the hardest job in the world” needs our prayers.

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