| | Dede Robertson, wife of televangelist Pat Robertson, dies at age 94 | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Wednesday, April 20, and today's headlines include the passing of Dede Robertson, Twitter threatening to ban a pro-life organization's account, and Youth For Christ raising nearly $170,000 to help staff who were forced to flee their homes in the midst of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | Dede Robertson, the wife of televangelist Pat Robertson, has died at the age of 94. Dede, who was involved in leadership at the Christian Broadcasting Network and Regent University, also authored two books in the 1980s, titled My God Will Supply and The New You. "My mom was a rock. She was a rock throughout our childhood. Dad had to travel a lot, but Mom was always there for us kids. … That gives great security to children," daughter Ann LeBLanc said in a statement. Pat Robertson stepped down as the regular host of the television show "The 700 Club" last fall, handing the responsibility over to his son Gordon Robertson, who served as co-anchor for more than two decades. Continue reading.Also of Interest ...Billy Graham’s granddaughter released from hospital after suffering heart painFormer Hillsong Boston pastor allegedly admitted to writing racist text to colleaguesBurger King apologizes for 'offensive campaign' using Jesus' words at the Last SupperDog the Bounty Hunter sings emotional rendition of 'Amazing Grace' on 'The Masked Singer' | | P.S. Will you stand with us? Here's how you can help: Support us with a paid subscription to CP Magazine, Follow us on social media (Facebook, YouTube, Telegram, GETTR), and Subscribe to and Share our newsletters with your family and friends. We're only getting started—stay tuned, stay involved, and stand firm in truth with us. |
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| Twitter continues censorship threats | | Life News announced on its Twitter account Monday that the social media giant "locked our account and threatened to permanently ban it for posting a picture of one of the five full-term babies aborted in our nation’s capital, even though we followed Twitter rules by marking it sensitive." The group further questioned, "If aborted babies are just clumps of cells, why is Twitter so afraid of people seeing pictures of them?" Twitter's actions have once again prompted accusations of "leftist censorship," with Live Action founder Lila Rose calling the platform out for "going after" the pro-life news organization. Billionaire Elon Musk has expressed an interest in purchasing the social media platform, saying that although he invested in the company due to "its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe," its failure to materialize as such has resulted in the need for it "to be transformed as a private company." Continue reading. | | Also of Interest... | | Twitter takes action against The Christian Post over tweet calling Rachel Levine a manDisagreement is not hatred. Censorship is.Facebook bans LifeSiteNews after reporting deaths from US gov't vaccine databaseTwitter suspends conservative activist who criticized 'surgical mutilation of minors' | | Ministry raises $170K for Ukraine volunteers | | The parachurch ministry organization Youth For Christ has raised nearly $170,000 to help support 75 staff and volunteers who were forced to flee their homes amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. YFC's Joe Beckler told The Christian Post on Monday that the funds will "be sent to YFC International’s European regional office for distribution, oversight and stewardship." The group's "initial goal," per Beckler, was to raise $135,000, as that figure would support 75 people over three months at a rate of $20 per day for "food and shelter for one YFC Ukraine staff or volunteer who is displaced in Slovakia." Continue reading. |
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| Jesus knows you’re a sinner | | In this op-ed, Samuel Sey asks, "Jesus knows you’re a sinner, do you know he’s a savior?" Sey notes that, while it is important to understand key issues such as critical race theory, abortion, and gender theory, it is most important that people know Jesus as their Savior. "Knowing you’re a sinner is the second-most important thing you can ever know. But knowing Jesus is a savior is the most important thing you can ever know," he explains. Continue reading. | | Is a global oligarchy shaping before our eyes? | | While mere decades ago the thought that a single individual or small cluster of elites could rule the whole world sounded like sensationalist fiction, "the possibility of global elites dominating throughout the world has become plausible," Wallace B. Henley asserts. Henley makes the case for what such a power structure might look like, noting that a "consensus establishment comprised of entertainment, information, academic, political, and corporate elites" converging into "general agreement about what the rest of us should believe and value" could lead to the marginalization or cancelation of those who refuse to comply. Continue reading. |
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| Weems steps down from Celebration Church after filing lawsuit | | Nearly two months after filing a lawsuit over who controls the 12,000-member Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Fla., founding pastor Stovall Weems announced Monday that he has resigned from every role he had with the church but will continue to pursue legal action against the church’s board of trustees and officers. In making the announcement on Instagram, the former pastor also said he has prayed and received counsel from other pastors, explaining, "The Trustees’ actions leave me and my family with no choice but to legally separate from CCJ and continue our ministry elsewhere, placing ourselves under the proper accountability and oversight of a council of apostolic pastors and elders in our city, nation, and world that understand and model biblical governance." In the lawsuit filed by Stovall and his wife Kerri Weems in February, Weems claims he was illegally ousted from his role as senior pastor by the church’s board of trustees earlier this year when he tried to address financial abuse involving one of the trustees. In response, the church has claimed the suit is "the latest chapter in a campaign of deception, manipulation, distraction, and abuse of power by Stovall and Kerri Weems against Celebration." Continue reading. |
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| Kathie Lee Gifford's latest series to highlight faith stories | | Television personality Kathie Lee Gifford has launched a new streaming program that features the Christian testimonies of public figures such as Kristin Chenoweth and Justin Bieber’s mother, Pattie Mallette. The five-part series "The Jesus I Know" comes following the release of Gifford’s book of the same name, which features 25 conversations Gifford had with celebrities and religious scholars about Jesus and the role He plays in people’s lives today. The multi-part streaming series is available through Fox Nation. Continue reading. | | Former fertility doctor at the center of latest Netflix documentary | | "Our Father," a new documentary from Netflix, expands on the investigation of Dr. Donald Cline, an Indianapolis-based fertility doctor who secretly impregnated at least 50 women with his own sperm in the 1970s and 1980s. The documentary includes interviews with the genetic siblings the fertility doctor created by swapping their intended father's sperm with his own. Cline's actions were exposed after these siblings found one another on websites like ancestry.com, a resource that helps people gain insights about their family through their DNA. Watch the official trailer here. | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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