Judge grants restraining order against Kentucky governor over religious worship, executive order

May 11, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

On Friday, May 8, U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear from enforcing an executive order that both prohibits in-person church services and threatens criminal penalties for those who violate the order. The motion for the TRO was filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky by First Liberty Institute, WilmerHale, and Bilby Law PLLC on behalf of Tabernacle Baptist Church of Nicholasville.... Read more

More California churches announce defiance of state, local orders

May 11, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

California entered phase 2 of its reopening plan Friday, but that excluded houses of worship being able to hold in-person services. Regardless, several thousand church leaders say they plan to reopen by May 31 no matter what the governor says. California Church United, a network of 3,000 California churches, representing 2.5 million members, announced it plans to open May 31, instead of waiting until the state implements phase 3, which includes allowing modified reopening of houses of worship. Many churches... Read more

Former homosexual, now Christian, warns Christians to “tell the truth in love” [video]

April 25, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

George Carneal tells his story about being raised by a pastor of a Southern Baptist Church, to becoming engaged in the homosexual lifestyle for 25 years. In the first few years he tried to kill himself. It would take another 20 years before he met Christ and was saved. His story is not about glamorizing a life he once lived but he points to hope for those who have experienced the same pain that he has. He says, “Deliverance is... Read more

Facebook removes Army chaplains’ video messages of encouragement and prayer

April 24, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

Facebook has been censoring for a while, no longer allowing free speech, and targeting Christians specifically. This time, they took down U.S. Army chaplain’s messages of encouragement to viewers. Four recent videos involving chaplains posting messages were taken down after a complaint was filed stating that the messages ironically violated the First Amendment, the very amendment that protects such speech. Cpt. Amy Smith and Maj. Scott Ingram posted messages on Facebook page for the Army’s 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade... Read more

Texas Attorney General: Houses of Worship protected by First Amendment can worship in person

April 23, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

A new guidance issued by the Texas Attorney General’s Office says that local and county orders cannot prohibit religious organizations from holding in-person worship services. While churches were prohibited from holding services on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, Muslims will not be prohibited from gathering for one of their most important holidays, Ramadan, which begins on Friday. Judges in Dallas and Harris counties prohibited houses of worship from congregating after Gov. Greg Abbott’s initial executive order mandated that they hold... Read more

Houston pastor says it’s time to reopen Texas and will resist against “ridiculous” orders imposed on Texans

April 22, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

Pastor Steve Riggle who leads Grace Community Church in the Woodlands, a suburb north of Houston, posted a video message on Facebook, telling Governor Greg Abbott and state officials, “It’s time to reopen Texas. We have been patient, even though every projection of the impact of the coronavirus has been grossly wrong.” “We were told to flatten the curve because there was no cure, even though a very small number actually die from the virus in comparison with the population... Read more

Group sues Harris County judge over violation of First Amendment right to worship and peaceably assemble

April 22, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

The CEO of a Texas hospital company and a conservative group is filing suit seeking to overturn a district judge’s order banning church services in the state. Dr. Steven Hotze filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the State District Court in Harris County requesting that Judge Lina Hidalgo’s order banning church services be declared unconstitutional and unenforceable. Hotze is chief executive officer of Hotze Health & Wellness Center and also CEO of Conservative Republicans of Texas. Joining him as plaintiffs are... Read more

Celebrating Hubble in space 30 years ago today, NASA shares images taken on your birthday

April 17, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

To celebrate the 30th birthday/anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope operating in space this year, NASA published a new feature online to share images taken in space every day of the year– searchable by a person’a birthday. NASA officially launched the space telescope April 24, 1990, during the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31’s mission. Friday, April 17, 2020, officially marks Hubble’s 30th year in space. NASA’s new online feature, “What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday?” gives users the opportunity to learn what... Read more

Ted Budd’s bill would protect faith-based organizations

April 16, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

Representative Ted Budd, R-N.C., introduced the Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations Act with 21 House members to codify a federal rule proposed by the Trump administration last month prior to the coronavirus shutdown. The federal rule change proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “Ensuring Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations,” would remove regulatory burdens on faith-based organizations. The bill reverses an Obama-era policy that only required faith-based providers of social services – not secular providers... Read more

Out of the Shadows– one Christian’s attempt to expose the evil of Hollywood, media [video]

April 15, 2020 By Bethany Blankley

A new documentary, Out of the Shadows, exposes the origins of false narratives in Hollywood. It points to the documents in the post World War II-era verifying the CIA’s Operation Paperclip and Nazi programming, and later to the Satanist cult of the PizzaGate exposed by Wikileaks and to Jeffrey Epstein’s network of pedophiles involvement in Hollywood. The documentary took two years to make, was independently produced and funded, and is available on many different platforms for free for anyone to... Read more