Morning Rundown: Coffee in Church? Debate Percolating Hotter Than Ever
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Coffee in Church? Debate Percolating Hotter Than Ever
To sip or not to sip? That is the question.
According to pastor and theologian John Piper, his idea of allowing coffee in a church sanctuary was the question that set the world of X (formerly known as Twitter) ablaze in dissenting opinions.
“Can we reassess whether Sunday coffee-sipping in the sanctuary fits?” Piper posted while following it up with a Bible verse from Hebrews 12:28.
Vandals Sending Satanic Messages to Southern Pentecostal Church
A Louisiana pastor was unphased after vandals spray painted satanic messages and symbols on his church walls, telling media it’s part of a spiritual battle and only stands to further build congregants’ faith.
“This is a minor scrimmage, but it is a spiritual battle,” Pastor Clifton Lejeune told KATC-TV. “This isn’t about buildings, and it’s not about vandals for us, because we believe and preach that we are not physical beings but spiritual beings housed in physical bodies.”
He made these comments after his church, Jesus Worship Center in Jennings, was recently vandalized twice in mere days.
Larry Tomczak: Exposing Progressivism for Non-Dummies
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook/Meta CEO, is a progressive activist whose groups donated $5.5 million to organizations committed to defund the police. At the same time, his parent company spent $43.4 million over three years for his private security.
Almost weekly, Biden, his Homeland Security Director and Press Secretary assure us the situation at the southern border is safe, orderly and under control. Senators and border patrol agents show and report otherwise—it is a catastrophic, chaotic travesty as the “open border” has allowed 8 million illegal people into America contrary to our immigration laws along with tons of fentanyl and other narcotics controlled by cartels.
Joe Biden regularly travels to cities campaigning and raising millions touting how the nation is prospering as “Bidenomics” has revitalized the economy. Yet Americans are suffering with the worst inflation in 40 years; gas, grocery and clothing prices skyrocketing; and, interest rates keep rising, making home ownership a distant dream. {eoa}
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