Conservative radio host and best-selling author Eric Metaxas said in a recent interview that he believes attacks on churches and religious statues are aimed at God and not a result of civil unrest.

As Christian Headlines previously reported, multiple churches were burned in arson attacks and statues were vandalized across multiple U.S. states over the weekend.

On Monday’s broadcast of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Metaxas addressed a recent tweet by former DNC Chairman Howard Dean who considers Christianity to be a religion of hate.

Unfortunately Christians don’t have much a reputation for anything but hate these days thanks to Franklin Graham and Jerry Falwell and other trump friends. AJC gets no points for this. https://t.co/Jwge4z6Spf

— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) July 11, 2020

Metaxas likened Dean’s post to how Emperor Nero blamed Christians for burning Rome in 64 A.D. and added that the underlying motive behind the attacks on churches and statues is likely rooted in a hatred of God.

“I think a lot of the nastiness that is being directed at these statues, it really has to do with something deeper, Tucker,” Metaxas noted. “I hate to say it, but there’s something very dark.  You saw this in the French Revolution. There was a hatred at the bottom of it of God, of any kind of authority.”

“These people are drunk with the idea that they can…

Christian leaders are applauding the Trump administration for reversing course and allowing international students to remain in the United States if they only take online classes.

The controversy began earlier this month when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that students with visas attending colleges that are fully online due to the pandemic “must depart the country” or transfer to a school with in-person instructions.

The policy sparked a diverse outcry, including from members of both parties and faith-based campus groups. A coalition of more than a dozen Christian ministries, including InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, urged the Trump administration to reconsider.

It also led to lawsuits against the federal government.

According to Politico, on Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs said the Trump administration had reversed its policy. Burroughs was hearing a lawsuit against the government.

“We at InterVarsity are very pleased that ICE dropped its plan to deport international college students who only use online courses,” said Tom Lin, president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. “Their proposal lacked compassion and fell short of American ideals. And because of our faith, we felt it important to speak out publicly about the fact that it violated the tenets of our faith to ‘not mistreat the foreigner’ (Lev. 19:33) but to…

In a rare interview spree, megachurch pastor Andy Stanley of North Point Ministries is speaking out on his church’s decision to not gather until 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stanley made the announcement earlier this week and the decision made international news headlines, according to Christianity Today. For Stanley, creating certainty in the midst of a confusing crisis can give church members a path forward.

“I announced to our churches that we would not be meeting publicly for the next three Sundays. Some pastors called and said, ‘What do you know that we don’t?’ I said, ‘I don’t know anything you don’t. I just know that clarity in the midst of uncertainty is the way forward,’” Stanley said on the Stetzer Leadership Podcast.

The Atlanta-based pastor also recognized that his church staff was spending their limited resources and energy to create a service for only 20% of the congregation when that time could be redirected to creating an online community that could reach nearly all of them.

“… This is really my mission decision. It’s not based on emotion. It’s on point with our mission to inspire people to follow Jesus. It’s a very outsider-focused decision instead of an insider-focused decision,” he said.

Stanley and his leadership surveyed their congregations across multiple campuses to get a pulse on member’s feelings…

A liberal-led boycott of Goya Foods has sparked a conservative backlash, with more than $250,000 raised in less than four days to purchase Goya products for food banks.

Casey Harper, a television producer in Arlington, Va., set up a fundraiser on GoFundMe.com after U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats called for a boycott of Goya when its CEO appeared at the White House July 9 and said the U.S. was “blessed” to have President Trump.

Goya CEO Robert Unanue made the comments at Trump’s signing of the Hispanic Prosperity Initiative. Unanue – who said he prays for Trump – also announced Goya was donating 2 million pounds of food to food banks to assist families impacted by the pandemic.

Goya’s products are a staple in many Hispanic homes.

Harper, a producer for Sinclair and Eric Bolling, set up the fundraiser with an initial goal of $10,000. As of Wednesday morning, it had netted $255,000.

During the Obama administration, Unanue also appeared at an event with First Lady Michelle Obama.

“What if we rise up to say no to cancel culture AND feed the hungry at the same time?” Harper asked in his initial post. “… GOYA is facing a boycott that could cost the CEO his job. The liberal mob is coming for anyone who disagrees. Cancel culture at its worst. We need to have our voice heard!”

Harper said he personally spent $225.29 on GOYA…

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is expected to be in the hospital for a few days after undergoing a medical procedure.

According to the Associated Press, the Supreme Court said in a statement that Ginsburg, 87, was being treated for a possible infection.

 “The Justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment,” the statement said.

Ginsburg went to a hospital in Washington on Monday for fever and chills. She was then taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to undergo a medical procedure to clean out a bile duct stent. The stent had been placed nearly a year ago as part of her treatment for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas.

The Supreme Court said Ginsburg “is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment.”

Trump said Tuesday he hadn’t heard of Ginsburg’s hospitalization.

“I wish her the best. I hope she’s better,” he said.

In May, Ginsburg was taken to the hospital for an infection caused by a gallstone. She was able to participate in arguments the Supreme Court heard by phone.

Last August 2019, Ginsburg completed her fourth treatment for cancer, the AP reports. A routine blood test discovered the tumor. The three-week radiation therapy ended in August. She also had the bile duct stent placed.

In December 2018, Ginsburg underwent…

Hagia Sophia, a museum known for its religious roots in Christianity in Istanbul, Turkey, will become a mosque. Many political and religious leaders have expressed outrage over the controversial decision.

According to the Christian Post, the Hagia Sophia was erected as a Greek Orthodox Church in A.D. 537. The cathedral would go on to bear tremendous religious and historical significance as it was considered to be the seat of Eastern Christianity for 900 years until its subsequent transformation into an Ottoman mosque in the 15th century after Istanbul was captured by Sultan Mehmed II, the Conqueror.
Then in 1934, all worship at Hagia Sophia was banned as it was turned into a museum by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.

BBC News reported that the decision to turn the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque was made after a court ruling that took away it’s museum status.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended the decision at a press conference last week, stating the country utilized its sovereign right.

“Like all our mosques, the doors of Hagia Sophia will be wide open to locals and foreigners, Muslims and non-Muslims,” he added.

Erdogan also noted that starting July 24, Muslims will be allowed to begin praying inside the building.

Despite its transition to a Mosque, Turkish officials asserted that Christian symbols will not be removed.

Turkey’s President…