From shitbag Todd Starnes’ website: A sermon delivered by Pastor John MacArthur has been labeled “hate speech” by YouTube. MacArthur is pastor of Grace Community Church. His sermons are broadcast on hundreds of radio stations around the nation. He is a best-selling author and a beloved member of the evangelical community. And it won’t be very long before the sex …
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Fox News reports: Thousands of clergy in North America devoted their sermons on Sunday to affirming biblical sexual morality in response to a new Canadian law some warn could effectively criminalize such teachings. An initiative begun by Liberty Coalition Canada and promulgated in the United States by Pastor John MacArthur of Los Angeles secured the support of more than 4,000 …
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From Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Congratulations to Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in California! Thank you for standing firm. This is a huge victory for religious liberty—it’s a win for all of us! The Constitution has the last word. This situation was an abuse of power by those making the decisions in their county and their state. Pastor …
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The Roys Report reports: On Sunday, John MacArthur acknowledged for the first time that COVID-19 swept through Grace Community Church last winter — a fact he’s failed to admit until now, despite evidence reported months ago by The Roys Report. MacArthur also divulged that he and his wife had COVID last December. Before his Aug. 29 sermon, MacArthur said that …
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The Christian Post reports: Pastor John MacArthur said on Sunday that world governments “have done something that’s never been done in human history” by making the pandemic issue and the response “global.” “Now we are a global world. And that is a setup that we’ve been waiting for through redemptive history since the Lord promised that there would come, in …
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“Hitler used false science. Hitler used false science about race as a people, about Black people and about Jewish people. He tried to basically use that false science to lock down the Reichstag in Nazi power. That is essentially what’s happening in California, and even across the country. “The false science of this virus is being used again as a …
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Hemant Mehta reports at The Friendly Atheist: Despite a court order preventing his church from hosting a massive in-person gathering, California Pastor John MacArthur did it anyway Sunday morning, putting hundreds (if not thousands) of Christians directly in the path of danger. For more than a month now, MacArthur, the leader of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, has been …
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The Christian Post reports: A California court has issued a preliminary injunction against Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church, banning them from conducting, participating in or attending any indoor worship services until the case is resolved. In what lawyers for the Sun Valley-based megachurch described as a “setback,” a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Sept. 10 granted …
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From the far-right Washington Times: Los Angeles County has canceled a lease on a large portion of the Grace Community Church parking lot amid a legal fight over the megachurch’s refusal to abide by a public-health ban on indoor worship. The Department of Public Works informed the Sun Valley church in a Friday notice that the lease on the property, …
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“There was a court order that granted this church — and this church alone — the right to meet indoors, and the powers of the city were not happy about that. They were going to be asking us to do two things — social distance and wear masks. “We agreed, look, we’ll comply for a few weeks. They asked that …
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The Christian Post reports: Holding indoor services once again in defiance of California’s COVID-19 lockdown orders, Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church on Sunday told his congregation, “We are holding church … because our Lord commands it.” The megachurch met hours after an appeals court blocked a ruling that had allowed it to meet for worship. “They don’t want …
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The Christian Post reports: Pastor John MacArthur, whose Grace Community Church had been holding in-person services in violation of the state’s COVID-19 health orders, is celebrating a California court’s vindication of their right to hold indoor worship with no cap on attendance or a ban on singing. While Los Angeles County was seeking a restraining order to stop the pastor …
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Earlier this week Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis and a far-right Christian legal group sued the state of California, Los Angeles County, and state officials over the lockdown. Today Los Angeles County sued back: The complaint against Grace Community Church was filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court. “The County took this action reluctantly, after working with the church …
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Via press release: Thomas More Society Special Counsel Jenna Ellis and Charles LiMandri filed suit in the Superior Court of the State of California County of Los Angeles on behalf of Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church against Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and other California and Los Angeles County public health …
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ABC News reports: Worshippers on Sunday attended a Sun Valley church that held indoor services, despite a state order prohibiting such services. Grace Community Church on Roscoe Boulevard held services that did not require visitors to wear a mask. Those who left the service Sunday evening say the church is a vital service. “It is our right to express our …
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The Christian Post reports: Pastor John MacArthur is facing legal action after openly defying California’s restrictions on church gatherings. Now the embattled pastor is receiving special counsel from President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Jenna Ellis, and religious freedom expert Charles LiMandri. “I stand firm with Grace Community Church, its Elder Board, and Pastor MacArthur in biblical truth and the protections …
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The Christian Post reports: Pastor John MacArthur of California’s Grace Community Church announced that his church would continue to hold in-person services despite state-mandated restrictions banning in-person worship services. About two weeks after California indefinitely closed churches and other businesses in more than 30 of the state’s 58 counties as part of its response to the coronavirus, author and theologian …
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The Christian Post reports: John MacArthur recently said that while his views on hot-button issues like homosexuality are controversial, his goal as a pastor is to “offend everyone” because any brand of Christianity that is “inoffensive” isn’t Christianity at all. “That is a sin to which humanity is susceptible, and some people have more strong desires in regards to that …
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The megachurch pastor who called the Obergefell ruling “the greatest act of terror on American soil since 9/11” is back with more reasonable Christian philosophy. Hemant Mehta reports at The Friendly Atheist: Pastor John MacArthur responded to a question about whether a gay Christian could go to Heaven by saying gay people didn’t exist. “No one is gay. People commit …
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