Posted on 08/13/2020 9:56:59 PM PDT by george76
Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, Calif., filed a lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), Mayor Eric Garcetti (D-Los Angeles), and other state and local officials, claiming that coronavirus orders prohibiting in-person worship services while officials encourage politically-favored protests violate the California Constitution.
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On July 29, the City of Los Angeles sent a cease-and-desist letter, threatening Grace Community Church and MacArthur with a daily fine of $1,000 or arrest. The letter gave him one day to respond. On Sunday, August 2, health officials came to the church, asking to inspect the premises. The church declined to let them in without a warrant and told them to speak with the churchs counsel. At that, they left.
The lawsuit filed Thursday seeks a court injunction preventing government officials from enforcing the order. We stand firm to continue fulfilling our biblical mandate from Christ to proclaim the Gospel and assemble together, and I earnestly hope that our stance will encourage other pastors, churches, and the general public across America and the world to also stand firm for biblical Truth. Church is essential, MacArthur said
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While government officials could have shut down the anti-racism protests just as Newsom banned anti-lockdown protests, they instead decided to encourage the anti-racism protesters to express their rage so the public could hear it. Officials even gave the protesters a pass on wearing masks.
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With deaths from the COVID-19 suicide pandemic exceeding those from the actual coronavirus pandemic, Grace Community Church decided that it would no longer sit by and watch its members and their children suffer from an absence of essential religious worship
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Newsom has reportedly threatened to cut off power to any church that continues to meet in-person... A network of California churches sued him last month
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“With deaths from the COVID-19 suicide pandemic exceeding those from the actual coronavirus pandemic”
Among people under 30 years old
Their[ the scammers] propaganda arm did their job well. At the mere mention of the word “covirus- 19 people who are in ordinary times are sane, lucid, and rational become terrified. They get wild eyed. Their bowels turn to water. They say things like, “I don’t want to die.” They lose their ability to think rationally and clearly.
Not exactly. They are going at it from a different angle. They are maintaining that the practice of religion is a Right. Not a privilege. And we get our Rights from Almighty God. not god Gavin Newsom of in my case goddess Kay Ivy. He did not have the authority to do what he did. What he does have to enforce it is the guns of every Law Enforcement Officer in the State of California. And when ordered, they will enforce it vigorously. ANTIFA, BLM, and other asundry rioters running wild does not concern them. But by Cracky, we will show these Church goers who is boss.
“The supporters of Beth Anne Moore who were angry of MacArthurs criticism of her need to take a second look. His stand is reminiscent of the many churches who took a stand against British tyranny.”
Absolutely. (I was exposed to the Beth Anne Moore stuff when we attended an SBC church. It creeped me out — seemed very cult-ish.)
Good!
Sorry to have to ask, but what is the SBC Church?
Great post. Our Outlook is indeed Bleak unless something turn the country around.
“but what is the SBC Church?”
Southern Baptists. (Southern Baptist Convention.)
Oh my! Has that org degraded that far?
Pastor John MacArthur vs. Governor Gavin Newsom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpqmideoFpo
The Godcast with Josh Fritz,
Josh goes over a history of Gavin Newsom and John MacArthur battles, but also in light of the recent lawsuit filed by John MacArthur’s legal team, there is an history to Newsom’s inconsistency.
“Has that org degraded that far?”
Yes; for now. SBC is like a pendulum. Goes off the deep left end for a decade or two, then the traditional Baptists step in and take it right for a while. At some point in time it’ll stay in one place. Sadly, I think this is the place and it’ll be another PC bastion.
I think her work with women has been fine...the Biblical mandate for the Christian older women to teach and encourage the younger women seems evident in her basic ministries. But she needs a little reigning in...the controversy seems to have died down so maybe if they just work in their own spheres of influence...... no harm no fowl.
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