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The Christian Post reports: Pastor David E. Taylor of Joshua Media Ministries International, who was once deposed for corruption, has purchased an $8.3 million mansion in Tampa, Florida, from Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-owner Darcie Glazer Kassewitz and her husband. The mansion, which has a 28,893-square-foot main house and a 2,620-square-foot guest house, was purchased with a $4.9 million mortgage from …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: All 21 people—18 passengers and three crew—miraculously escaped without serious injuries after the private plane they were in crashed, rolled through a fence, and burst into flames Tuesday morning near Houston, TX. The McDonnell Douglas MD-87 jet was about to depart on the way to Boston. Ronald Walker, the Texas Emergency Management District …

The Daily Beast reports: A Houston megachurch, whose celebrity pastor is reportedly worth $50 million, has repaid the federal government $4.4 million in pandemic loans after going viral for the outrageous handout. Lakewood Church, which is tax-exempt like most religious institutions, took $4.4 million in taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Program loans at the height of the COVID pandemic last year—all while …

The Daily Beast reports: Hurricane Ida’s Northeast floods and tornadoes showed the visual reality of climate change, including at the headquarters of the “truth-seeking” organization Project Veritas. The setback comes amid a damaging year for Project Veritas, which runs undercover stings in an effort to catch journalists or liberal figures saying embarrassing things. Twitter banned both Project Veritas and O‘Keefe …

Nashville’s NBC News affiliate reports: Ty and Charlene Bollinger’s anti-vaccine empire has created such widespread criticism, accused of making millions off vaccine disinformation, that major media platforms have blocked their content. “It’s almost every social media account as well. We’ve been flagged, shut down. Deplatformed. They take us off and put us up again,” said Ty Bollinger, standing on the …

From the American Family Association’s OneNewsNow: Robert Jeffress believes high-profile Christians are a special target of Satan. “First of all, nobody should rejoice in the downfall of another person. We should be praying for Jerry, his family, [and] for the Liberty University family as a whole,” Dr. Jeffress begins. “Secondly, we need to remember that none of us is immune …

The Friendly Atheist has the transcript: CALLER LISA: My question is regarding demon possession. Can babies be possessed, and if so, does the Age of Accountability come into play for salvation? ROBERTSON: I just believe if that child is born to a family of devil worshipers, there’s a real possibility that the devil will think that he has a claim …

“Biden’s not our president. He is not, nor will he ever be. Everybody knows there was a red tidal wave, there was a Red Sea moment, which is a red tidal wave. “And quite frankly, America voted in Donald J. Trump. President Trump is president. We will be rejoicing in the streets by March, April, May, June. “There’s going to …

“When my wife and I first got married, we were poor and we lived in a house that wasn’t insulated. And so we had a gas heater on the inside to keep the place warm. But because there was no insulation, the walls sweat. And in the closets, especially where it was dark and stuff like this, we just had …

The Christian Post reports: Approximately one year after a team of evangelical leaders declared him “not qualified” for leadership due to “credible” allegations of “ungodly and immoral behavior,” including predatory sexual activity, Fresh Fire USA leader Todd Bentley says he’s now back after hearing from God. Stephen Powell, an estranged protégé of the controversial faith healer, first highlighted sexual misconduct …

Yahoo News reports: After conceding that Biden will take office and predicting he will either die or resign before too long, Robertson said “it would be a mistake” for Trump to run again in 2024. “My money would be on Nikki Haley,” he added. “I think she’d make a tremendous candidate for the Republican Party.” Robertson then offered a sober …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: According to (Johnny) Enlow, the Trump campaign did not want to win the presidential election outright because that would have foiled its plans to expose the widespread fraud. And Enlow knows this, he claims, because God told it to him. “It was a sting operation,” Enlow said. “They knew [the Democrats] had to …

Inside Edition reports: Marcus Lamb is the charismatic leader of one of the world’s largest religious networks, Daystar Television, which is also a very prosperous, tax exempt church. Lamb lives a life of luxury and owns a huge mansion with a beautiful pool. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Lamb’s Daystar TV applied for the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to …

“God is never late. We declared on this program, and you joined with me, that God almighty was gonna do a miracle and stop the theft of our election and the fraud that was being perpetrated on the American people, and that God himself would intervene. “They’re going to the Supreme Court to say ‘this election was rigged and you’ve …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: URGENT PRAYER REQUEST— The State of Texas has filed an election integrity lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the States of Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The suit, filed in the Supreme Court of the United States, asserts that these four states conducted their presidential elections on November 3rd in an unconstitutional manner. …

The Friendly Atheist reports: Televangelist Jim Bakker, who said last month that there would be a revolution if Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, now says Democrats who vote for Joe Biden are just doing it because of their religion: Satan worship. “A lot of people that are voting this week… the next few weeks… they’re voting for their faith, and their …

CNN reports: The FDA has rejected a submission from Phoenix Biotechnology Inc. to market oleandrin as a dietary supplement ingredient, citing “significant concerns” about the safety evidence the company presented. Last month, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who recently joined the board of Phoenix Biotechnology and has a financial stake in the company, said he had participated in a July meeting …

The Associated Press reports: When the U.S. government extended pandemic hardship loans to thousands of religious institutions, Jim Bakker and Morningside USA, his ministry in Blue Eye, Missouri, were among the most high-profile recipients. On April 28, the pastor received approval for an amount between $650,000 and $1.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program funds. Weeks before, Missouri filed a complaint, …

“We’ve used every avenue. We’ve used Skype phone calls, Zoom rooms and Facebook Live to minister healing to people. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen two people come into a Zoom Room from their hospital room. “We saw a person come out of a coma during a Zoom call. Two different people in the past few weeks have awakened …

“I’m scared for America. I really am. I want to warn America. We’ve got a few more days to stand up. It’s going to be too late after the election, I believe. “I think if we elect the wrong people — and you see how wrong it’s been — we’re gonna have a revolution. “The church people are going to …