After testing positive for COVID-19, author and pastor Greg Laurie will return to the pulpit on Sunday according to The Christian Post.

The Harvest Christian Fellowship Senior Pastor experienced symptoms after attending an event for Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett, but later told his congregation that the symptoms “were never that bad.”

“As you know I’ve been dealing with COVID-19 and so many of you have taken the time to pray for me and let me know that you’re praying for me so I’m happy to report that I’m doing great and feel great,” he said after completing 10 days of quarantine.

“The fact of the matter is, my symptoms were never that bad. Thank God for that. I know it isn’t that way for everyone and I attribute that to so many people praying. Let’s remember to continue to pray for all of those infected with the coronavirus that they have a quick and complete recovery.”

Laurie told CBN News that he received a positive test after experiencing fatigue, aches, pains, fever, and trouble with his sense of taste.

He was one of many political and religious leaders to contract the virus after Barrett’s nomination ceremony, including President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. The President was admitted into Walter Reed Medical Center the day after his diagnosis, but was released only three days later. COVID-19 has killed an…

For hundreds of thousands of college students across the U.S., campus ministries play a key role in finding community, building friendships, and discovering a sense of purpose and belonging. 

But the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the college experience. Between strict social distancing policies, limited gatherings, and in some cases, campus-wide shutdowns, students are no longer able to connect in traditional ways. 

In these uncertain times, college ministries are tasked with finding alternative methods to reaching students with the truth of the Gospel — and they’re finding new and innovative ways to rise to the occasion.  

“God is doing something new and exciting, and He often does it through suffering and disrupting the things we’re comfortable with,” Noah Haas, chief of staff for The Navigators, told The Christian Post. “God works through disruption. It’s easy to rely on things you’ve done in the past, but God isn’t allowing us to settle for that. The needs are significant right now. We want to meet students where they are because we believe that the…

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday explained her judicial philosophy as an “originalist” and said it’s not a judge’s role to impose his or her “will on the world.”

Barrett, if confirmed, would replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and become the first mother of school-age children to serve on the court. She has seven children.

Barrett was appearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee as it held its second day of hearings and began its questioning of her.

Her embrace of originalism – a judicial philosophy held by the late Antonin Scalia, a member of the conservative bloc and a hero of the Right – would be a dramatic departure from the liberal philosophy of Ginsburg. Explaining originalism and her view of the Constitution, she told senators, “I understand [the Constitution] to have the meaning that it had at the time people ratified it. That meaning doesn’t change over time and it’s not up to me to update it or infuse my own policy views into it.”

“Judges can’t just wake up one day and say, ‘I have an agenda. I like guns; I hate guns. I like abortion; I hate abortion’ – and walk in like a royal Queen and impose their will on the world,” Barrett said.

Barrett, 48, called Scalia a “mentor.” But Barrett – who clerked for Scalia – quickly added, “I want to be careful to say that if I’m confirmed, you would not be getting Justice…

By Leonardo Blair, Christian Post Reporter Follow | Tuesday, October 13, 2020

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is now in “survival” mode financially as it estimates a $26 million decline in tithe and mission offerings from their more than 21 million members around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“According to reports received from division treasurers, the decrease in tithe income could be estimated as low as 5 percent and as high as 25 percent in some places, and the decrease in mission offerings as low as 10 percent and as high as 40 percent,” world church treasurer Juan Prestol-Puesán said during his Oct. 8 financial update to the members of the General Conference Executive Committee, according to the Adventist Review.

The Adventist Church headquarters estimates the impact of the decline will amount to $26 million and pointed to budget control measures such as the suspension of allocations to selected functions; introduction of budget reductions for departments and programs; and reduction, reallocation, and redirection of personnel to blunt the impact of the decline in donations.

Prestol-Puesán said between March and June 2020, all major church…

Israeli archaeologists found an ancient weight from the time of the first Jewish temple built by Solomon.

The weight was found near the Western Wall beneath Wilson’s Arch, an ancient stone arch, in Jerusalem.

According to CBN News, the weight is the measurement of two shekalim.

“The weight is dome-shaped with a flat base. On the top of the weight is an incised Egyptian symbol resembling a Greek gamma (γ), representing the abbreviated unit ‘shekel.’ Two incised lines indicate the double mass: two shekalim,” said Dr. Barak Monnickendam-Givon and Tehillah Lieberman, directors of the excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

The shekel weight system was used during the First Temple period for annual taxes that were used for temple maintenance.

“According to previous finds, the known weight of a single shekel is 11.5 grams, thus a double shekel should weigh 23 grams – exactly as this weight does. The accuracy of the weight attests to advanced technological skills as well as to the weight given to precise trade and commerce in ancient Jerusalem. Coins were not yet in use during this period, therefore the accuracy of the weights played a significant role in business,” said Dr. Monnickendam-Givon and Tehillah Lieberman.

The weights would have also been used for sacrifices, offerings, food and other items.

“How exciting, in the month of Tishrei, whose symbol is the scales of…

Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales, says history is a major reason why Black Christians vote Democrat and White Christians vote Republican.

“What do we see when we look in the rearview mirror?” Vischer says in a 15-minute video posted to YouTube. “White Christians see a simpler time when we went to church … abortion was illegal … when black Christians look in the rearview mirror, they see things very different. They see fire hoses and church bombings and lynchings.”

Vischer’s video is called Why Do White Christians Vote Republican, and Black Christians Vote Democrat?

“An overwhelming majority of White Christians vote Republican,” the video says. “And an overwhelming majority of Black Christians vote Democrat.  Why is that?  Don’t they read the same Bible and pray to the same God?  Which group doesn’t know they’re voting for the wrong party?”

Vischer details a timeline of events dating back to 1870 when the 15^th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. He also said Democrats were thought to be more conservative, while Republicans were thought to be “more progressive.”

“Southern Democrats considered themselves conservatives,” he said.

During the Depression, African Americans and most other Americans supported Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal program. Roosevelt was a Democrat.

Through the years, African…

On Sunday, President Trump participated in a “Call to Prayer” phone conference for people affected by COVID-19. Also in the meeting were several prominent Christian leaders, Premier Christian News reports.

“Every family who lost a loved one … I just want to say an extra-special prayer,” Trump said over the phone. “People have lost loved ones, it should never have happened. Nobody had heard of a thing like this a few months before and all of a sudden, they are losing people.

“I want to give my warmest sympathies to the families that have lost someone. I’ve lost many friends … five friends,” he added.

Trump then encouraged viewers saying, “God hears our prayers” and “He’s always with us and He’ll help us overcome this challenge.”

The president also said that he has recently tested negative for COVID-19 after he had contracted the disease earlier this month.

In his closing remarks, Trump thanked the Lord “for working miracles’ and asked God “for the wisdom and the grace to continue to lead our country, and to lead it at the top level.”

Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, hosted Sunday’s prayer call and told viewers that the prayer calls would continue every Sunday going forward at 5 p.m.

Several charismatic leaders including presidential advisor Paula-White Cain, Daystar’s Joni Lamb, televangelist James Robison and Rev. Samuel Rodriguez…

On the first day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing, Concerned Women for America gathered on Capitol Hill to pray and protest in favor of her confirmation, The Christian Post reports.

Coney Barrett is expected to fill the vacancy left behind following the death of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Monday’s prayer rally was just one part of a campaign organized by Concerned Women for America titled “Women for Amy.”

The goal of the campaign, according to Penny Young Nance, the CEO of Concerned Women for America, is to “voice their support on behalf of Amy Coney Barrett as she went into her hearing.”

In an interview with The Christian Post, Nance shared that the women “were lining the streets on Constitution Avenue and welcoming her so that she knew there was support for her and women of faith in support of her nomination.”

They group all arrived in a pink bus that featured a picture of Coney Barrett and the words “Women for Amy” written in large letters on the side. On the back of the bus was written “Another Great Justice.”

Amy Coney Barrett was chosen by President Trump because of her experience on the court and her strong views on originalism concerning the U.S. Code.

Trump originally wanted to go with her over Justice Kavanaugh, but her lack of court experience, and Kavanaugh’s extensive experience, swayed him to choose Kavanaugh. Since Kavanaugh’s confirmation, however, Coney…