Tim Allen Sitcom ‘Last Man Standing’ to Get Reboot after Controversial Cancellation

Tim Allen Sitcom ‘Last Man Standing’ to Get Reboot after Controversial Cancellation



The ABC family sitcom Last Man Standing, which starred Tim Allen as a man who is outnumbered by his wife and three daughters, may be coming back to television.


The series was cancelled last May despite positive viewer ratings for unspecified reasons. Controversy followed the show’s cancellation, with many viewers and critics questioning whether the show may have been cancelled due to Allen’s conservative political views.


Allen remarked months after the show’s cancellation: “There is nothing more dangerous, especially in this climate, than a funny, likable conservative character.”


Allen has also commented on how conservatives are often treated in Hollywood:


“What I find odd in Hollywood is that they didn’t like Trump because he was a bully. But if you had any kind of inkling that you were for Trump, you got bullied for doing that. And it gets a little bit hypocritical to me.”


The show is set to be resurrected by Fox for the 2018-19 TV season, according to TVLine.com.


Allen is reportedly already on board and the network is now in the process of signing other cast members from the original series.


 


Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons


Publication date: May 4, 2018


 


 

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Diocese of London celebrates 50th new worshipping community

The 50th – a French speaking church – opened this week.

Rt Rev Ric Thorpe is the bishop responsible for church planting in London.

 

Speaking to Premier’s News Hour, he said: “There’s a lot of work to do. We need to be praying hard for new opportunities and new people to be leading them to new groups of people that want to discover the Christian faith.”

St Barnabas Kensington launched the 50th new worshipping community with French Connect – a weekly service in French to reach out to the hundreds of thousands of French-speaking people living in West London.

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Led by the curate of St Barnabas, Rev Jean-Luc Sergent and his wife Ginie – who are both from Paris – French Connect provides a space to welcome and to bring together people from the French community.

Speaking at the launch event, the Bishop of Islington, the Rt Rev Ric Thorpe said: “We are seeing new services for new people starting across the capital, from the reopening of closed churches to the creation of new churches on estates or in schools and cafes.

“Wherever people are gathering, we want to provide a space where they can come and find out about faith in Christ. I’d love to encourage you to keep growing, reaching more and more French people with the good news of Jesus.”

Adding his congratulations, the Bishop of Kensington, the Rt Rev Bishop Graham, said: “I…

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Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupts, Forcing Evacuations of 1,700 People

Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupts, Forcing Evacuations of 1,700 People



Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has erupted, spewing hot lava and rock into a residential area and forcing evacuations.


CNN reports that the volcano is located on Hawaii’s Big Island. The eruption occurred Thursday afternoon and particularly affected Leilani Estates, a community comprised of about 1,700 people.


Residents in the area have posted videos of rock and lava spewing into the air from the active volcano.


 


 


The Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations have opened shelters and are providing help to those under evacuation orders.


The volcanic eruption follows a series of earthquakes which shook the eastern side of the Big Island. Residents had been warned that Kilauea might become active following these quakes.


One resident of Leilani Estates said that he knew when he bought a home near a volcano that there was a danger of it becoming active one day, “But I had no idea the reality of [it],” he told Hawaii News Now. “It’s sinking in now, for sure.”


According to Fox News, officials said they are unsure how long the eruption could last, but are warning residents to take precautions and follow all…

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What You Should Have Told Boy About Atheist Father and Heaven

(Screenshot: Aleteia.org)The Vatican’s Pope Francis embracing a boy who asked him a question about Heaven on April 15, 2018.

A pastor at a Virginia megachurch expressed disagreement with Pope Francis for the way the pontiff handled a question from a crying boy who asked him whether his atheist father is in Heaven.

The exchange between Francis and the young boy, Emanuele, took place in April at the Vatican when the pope was meeting with parishioners of St. Paul of the Cross before celebrating Mass.

The crying boy whispered a question to Francis, who then repeated it before the audience: “A short time ago, my dad died. He was an atheist, but he had all four of his children baptized. He was a good man. Is Dad in heaven?”

Francis said as part of his answer that it is a “beautiful” thing for a son to call his father “good.”

The Roman Catholic Church leader then praised the unnamed father for baptizing his childen even though he himself wasn’t a believer, and added: “God is the one who decides who goes to Heaven. But how does God’s heart react to a Dad like that? How? What do you think? … A dad’s heart! God has the heart of a father.

“And faced with a dad, a nonbeliever, who was able to have his children baptized and to give them that courage, do you think that God would be…

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Delight at number of Christians who stood in England’s local elections

Louise Davies, director of the Labour-affiliated Christians on the Left movement, spoke of optimism despite her party failing to make a breakthrough.

She said: “[I’m] really encouraged by the number of Christians standing this year across all the parties – men and women endeavouring to be light and salt in their councils – so [I’m] very encouraged by what I’m seeing.”

 

Labour took seized control of Plymouth from the Conservatives but lost Bedworth, Derby and Nuneaton. The party also failed to cause predicted upsets in the London boroughs of Wandsworth, Westminster and Kensington.

Louise Davies reflected: “Maybe, they [Labour bosses] were riding on the back of a good general election result and thinking ‘we can turn London red’ but, maybe, they were too ambitious.”

The Conservatives appeared to benefit most from a slump in support for Ukip. The party also gained control of Basildon, Peterborough and Southend but lost control of Trafford in the North West.

 

Head of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, Gareth Wallace also told Premier of his excitement at seeing fresh Christian candidates sweep to victory.

He said: “Lots of people who were relatively new to politics – some standing as first-time candidates, some people who come through our Conservative Christian Fellowship Impact Leadership course -have been elected which is amazing…”

Reflecting on the nationwide…

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New Executive Order Aims to Protect Religious Liberty from Government Overreach

New Executive Order Aims to Protect Religious Liberty from Government Overreach



 President Trump plans to unveil a new initiative that aims to give faith groups a stronger voice within the federal government and serve as a watchdog for government overreach on religious liberty issues.


He is scheduled to sign an executive order on Thursday (May 3), the National Day of Prayer, “to ensure that the faith-based and community organizations that form the bedrock of our society have strong advocates in the White House and throughout the Federal Government,” a White House document reads.


Trump plans to sign the order in a Rose Garden ceremony that is expected to be attended by members of his cabinet and some 200 representatives of religious groups.


The White House said those working on the initiative will provide policy recommendations from faith-based and community programs on “more effective solutions to poverty” and inform the administration of “any failures of the executive branch to comply with religious liberty protections under law.”


The creation of the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative follows the initiatives of previous administrations that created similarly named offices to foster partnerships between the government and religious organizations.


President Obama launched the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, whose work ranged from fighting the Ebola and Zika viruses to feeding schoolchildren…

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Pastor believed to be Elvis Presley by fans refutes claims

Robert Joyce from a small town in central Arkansas was challenged to identify himself and admit to being the king of rock, after a video was shared online of him singing gospels in a deep baritone voice.

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Former Transwoman, Gay Male Prostitute Shares New Life in Christ

(Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey McCall)Jefferey McCall, former transwoman, organizer of May 5 Freedom March in Washington, D.C.

An event proclaiming freedom of all kinds of sexual identity issues is set to occur this weekend in Washington, D.C., spearheaded by a man who identified as a gay and transgender for approximately 15 years. Several former LGBTQ speakers from a variety of backgrounds will be sharing their stories of how they encountered the living God.

Jeffrey McCall is the main organizer of what is being called The Freedom March, and in an interview with The Christian Post Wednesday, explained that despite constant talk in society about the perils of gay “conversion therapy,” the March is centered on how the Holy Spirit has transformed the lives of countless people and their journeys of newness of life in Christ. And, he argued, a great shift in how things are done in the modern Church is currently underway, particularly as it relates to how Christians minister to the LGBTQ community.

McCall, 30, is from Franklin Springs, Georgia. He lived and identified as a homosexual man from ages 15 to 27, and as a transgender woman named “Scarlet” from ages 27 to 29.

The Freedom March will showcase the stories of people who lived and identified as lesbians, gay men, bisexual, transgender, and queer — including two survivors of the June 2016 Pulse nightclub mass shooting in Orlando — for many years but now have found a new life in Jesus Christ.

McCall first got the idea to do the event last fall and obtained the permit earlier this year, feeling called to do it in the nation’s capital. The…

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Sutherland Springs pastor led National Day of Prayer service

Frank and Sherri Pomeroy helped lead yesterday’s National Day of Prayer service in Washington, DC. The service came just two days before the six-month anniversary of the shooting that took the lives of twenty-six members of Pastor Pomeroy’s church, the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Among the members killed was Pomeroy’s fourteen-year-old daughter, Annabelle.

The church plans to hold a memorial tomorrow to honor the victims and survivors. The congregation will then transition into a groundbreaking ceremony for its new sanctuary. It will be built next to the old church, which currently and forever will serve as a memorial for their lost loved ones.

The new church will be built of stone, symbolizing the strength of the congregation and community.

Their church’s remarkable ministry to their grieving people is just one example of Christians acting as salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16). There were many others yesterday. Those who organized the National Day of Prayer expected some forty thousand events to mark the day across the country.

How much does religion contribute to our economy?

President Trump signed an executive order yesterday creating the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative. The order was signed in the Rose Garden, attended by his cabinet members and some two hundred religious representatives.

Previous administrations created similarly named offices to foster partnerships between religious organizations and the government. The Faith and Opportunity Initiative will provide policy recommendations on “more effective solutions to poverty” and inform the administration of “any failures of the executive branch to comply with religious liberty protections under law.”

Are you wondering whether religion offers tangible benefits worthy of such recognition?

A recent study by Georgetown University found that the faith sector contributes $1.2 trillion to the US economy. That’s more than the combined revenue of…

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Donald Trump vows to defend religious freedoms ‘always’

Donald Trump praised the role of faith in inspiring the nation’s commitment to charity and liberty during an address observing the annual National Day of Prayer.

Speaking before reporters and religious leaders in the landmark’s Rose Garden, he said: “We are proud of our religious heritage.

 

“And as President, I will always protect religious liberty. We’ve been doing it…”

The US leader also signed an executive order he said would guarantee “equal access” to federal government funding for religious groups

The 71-year-old said the new measure would also grant religiously-affiliated groups “equal right to exercise their deeply held beliefs”.

He explained: “The faith initiative will help design new policies that recognise the vital role of faith in our families, our communities, and our great country.

 

“This office will also help ensure that faith-based organizations have equal access to government funding and the equal right to exercise their deeply held beliefs.

“We take this step because we know that, in solving the many, many problems and our great challenges, faith is more powerful than government, and nothing is more powerful than God.”

He was joined on the grounds of the White House by Cissie Graham – the granddaughter of Billy Graham, US Catholic leader Cardinal…

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