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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 …

The Christian Post reports: Trinity Broadcasting Network said it will no longer air shows from controversial televangelist Kenneth Copeland starting in October as part of a series of upcoming programming changes at the international Christian television network. Kenneth Copeland Ministries and TBN have had a business relationship for some 40 years, with the network airing Copeland’s “Believer’s Voice of Victory.” …

“Another one I know very well, he’s the single greatest ad buyer in the history of the world. And he also happens to make a very good product, his pillow. I use it. When I sleep well, I’m using his pillow. “And these suckers are about to fall down but that’s OK because I know him very well. Mike, Mike …

“My biggest concern all along was this dream that I had. I was in an elevator with her, and I was in an elevator going up, and I knew there was a Jezebel spirit. This was before she ran for the primaries for president, so I knew all along that she was going to be the one that the devil …

The Christian Post reports: The “Joel Osteen Inspiration Cube,” an electronic device that plays daily affirmation, inspirations, and brief sermon clips from the senior pastor of the 40,000-member Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, has hit the market. According to the “Joel Osteen Inspiration Cube” website, the cube is $39.99 and includes 365 daily inspirations, 52 sermons, and 31 affirmations that …

Pat Robertson writes for Charisma News: I’ll never forget walking up the steps to the place where I was to speak. That stadium was absolutely immense, and I was on the podium all by myself. But as I looked around, the stadium was packed with people, and as I explained the simple gospel once again, tens of thousands of people …

The Christian Post reports: After suffering a stroke in May that was initially described as “minor,” televangelist Jim Bakker revealed Wednesday that he’s struggling with memory loss and could be away from his show for months as he recuperates while fighting to keep the troubled show on air. “It’s so good to be back. I didn’t know if I’d ever …

Franklin Graham writes on his Facebook page: This week Dr. Anthony Fauci made the statement that “science is truth.” Really? I would beg to differ. Science may be a quest for truth, but it is certainly fallible. I’m not against science of course, but we know that scientists often disagree. As an example, the early Imperial College London coronavirus model …

Via press release: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced a lawsuit against Morningside Church Productions, Inc., which conducts business as The Jim Bakker Show, as well as Jim Bakker and Sherrill Sellman, for falsely telling Arkansas consumers that colloidal silver products would cure, eliminate, kill or deactivate COVID-19. The lawsuit was filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court under the …

Jared Holt reports at Right Wing Watch: As right-wing political operative Jacob Wohl faces legal action yet again—this time by Arizona’s attorney general—Right Wing Watch has exclusively obtained copies of documents we believe to be the source of many of Wohl’s legal troubles. Roger Sollenberger reported in Salon Friday that the Arizona attorney general is “actively pursuing collection efforts” against …

From the Save The Jim Bakker Show petition: In a new, carefully crafted smear-campaign by the media, they are trying to permanently silence Jim Bakker and his ministry by attempting to target the very outlets that broadcast his Christian TV show. They are collecting signatures and sending them to the broadcasting carriers and networks in order to remove him from …

The Charlotte Observer reports: TV pastor Jim Bakker suffered a stroke recently and has taken a break from his show to recuperate, his wife, Lori Bakker, confirmed on Friday. The 80-year-old televangelist, went to federal prison for fraud and his PTL empire near Charlotte crumbled amid sex and financial scandals in the late ‘80s. “We are thankful that Jim is …

As has been reported here several times, scamvangelist Jim Bakker has on multiple occasions claimed that his $80 “Silver Solution” cures or prevents COVID, SARS, HIV, and “all venereal diseases.” Since then, he’s gotten warning letters from the New York Attorney General, been sued by the state of Missouri, and had banks stop processing donations to his ministry. Two weeks …

Via press release from the Justice Department: In response to a civil complaint and accompanying court papers filed on April 27, 2020, in Salt Lake City, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah issued a temporary restraining order against defendants Gordon Pedersen of Cedar Hills, Utah, and his companies, My Doctor Suggests LLC and GP Silver LLC. The …

Media Matters has the transcript: TERRY MEEUWSEN (CO-HOST): This is John, Pat, who says, “Pat, last week you were talking about COVID-19. You quoted Chronicles 7:14. How can God heal our land and forgive the sins when abortion and same-sex marriage are laws and many people are anti-Israel. Doesn’t this prevent his healing and forgiveness?” PAT ROBERTSON (CO-HOST): You know, …

From the reliably insane Charisma News: As we sang and prayed in the Spirit, my prayer language shifted into a warfare tongue. As ambulances drove by, no one stopped us as we decreed into the heavens. While praying, I looked up, and I saw COVID-19 as a dark and sinister entity. I have seen principalities and demonic powers before, and …