Dear Friends,
Isaac Watts declared, “The Great God values not the service of men if the heart be not in it. The Lord sees and judges the heart. He has no regard for outward forms of worship, if there be no inward adoration, if no devout affection be employed therein. It is therefore a matter of infinite importance to have the whole heart engaged steadfastly for God.”
1. TRUMP QUESTIONS OPERATION WARP SPEED: For the first time since authorizing Operation Warp Speed over five years ago, President Trump questioned the initiative. He called for Big Pharma companies to publicly release the data “NOW” and stated, “I hope OPERATION WARP SPEED was as ‘BRILLIANT’ as many say it was. If not, we all want to know about it, and why???”
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) responded with flattery, calling for Trump to receive a Nobel Prize for Operation Warp Speed.
But Trump economic advisor Peter Navarro explained, “Trump got lied to…not just by Fauci but by Pfizer… They didn’t disclose the side effects of that [COVID vaccine], and they weren’t clear with him. They made him think that it was a true vaccine, when it’s not. It’s mRNA technology.”
Man In America commented, “Trump’s doubt is the first visible crack in a story that has been protected at all costs. For years, he called himself the ‘father of the vaccine.’ Now he’s demanding to see proof. If the data is real, let it be published. If not, the entire edifice begins to collapse.”
Financial analyst Edward Dowd predicted, “Prepare for an escalation in propaganda from the vested interests behind this nightmare.”
2. KENNEDY FACES THE HEAT: Big Pharma’s opposition to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has intensified following his firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez, the resignation of four top CDC officials, his removal of emergency use authorization for Covid vaccines, and his promise to reveal the root causes of autism.
On Monday, nine former CDC Directors blasted the HHS Secretary for “endangering every American’s health.” On Wednesday, over 1,000 current and former federal health workers called for Kennedy to resign. Eric Metaxas urged, “Everyone who signed the letter should be fired.”
Republican Senators joined in, with John Kennedy (MS) calling for Kennedy to “restore confidence” and James Lankford (OK) saying he does not connect autism to vaccines.
At an explosive Thursday Senate Finance hearing, Kennedy defended his actions, telling Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), “Senator, you’ve sat in that chair for how long, 20-25 years, while the chronic disease in our children went up to 76%, and you said nothing. You never asked the question ‘why it’s happening?’”
Consider these key quotes from Kennedy:
- On Covid vaccine injuries: “[Americans] deserve the TRUTH. And that’s what we’re going to give them for the first time in the history of this agency.”
- On CDC firings: “We are the sickest country in the WORLD – That’s why we had to fire people at the CDC. They did not do their JOB… I need to FIRE some of those people to make sure this doesn’t happen again… The people at CDC who oversaw [COVID] – who put masks on our children, who closed our schools – are the people that will be leaving.”
- On Covid-19: “We were lied to about everything. We were lied to about natural immunity. We were lied to about the vaccines. They knew from the start that it wasn’t true. We were told there was science behind cloth masks.”
- On Sen. Elizabeth Warren: ”I know you’ve taken $855,000 from pharma companies!”
Citizen Caller called the hearing “a display of the raw power of Big Pharma, and their intention to maintain their profits no matter how sick they make Americans.”
Meanwhile, Benny Johnson reports that “career CDC bureaucrats” are resisting Kennedy with a manual entitled “Simple Sabotage.”
3. CHINA STAGES MASSIVE MILITARY PARADE, WITH PUTIN, MODI IN ATTENDANCE: Leaders Xi Jinping (China), Narendra Modi (India), and Vladimir Putin (Russia) held hands at the ten-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China. Attendees included Turkish President Recep Erdoğan and United Nations chief Antonio Guterres.
Xi declared, “Global governance has reached a new crossroads…” Putin said Xi’s vision laid the foundation for a “new system of stability and security in Eurasia.” Modi called for Russia and India to deepen cooperation “in all sectors.” Xi told Modi it’s time for “the dragon and the elephant to come together.”
Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un joined Xi in Beijing for a $5 billion CCP military parade showcasing Chinese military might on the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end. The Communist regime displayed advanced nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), unmanned fighter jets, hypersonic weapons, unmanned submarines, “carrier killers,” laser weapons, AI “robot wolves,” and massive troop formations.
President Trump urged Xi to remember “the massive amount of support and blood” the U.S. gave to secure China’s freedom from Japan. Trump also accused Xi, Putin, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un of conspiring “against the United States of America.”
Ed. Note: See more on the Red-Green axis here.
4. XI, PUTIN, DISCUSS ATTAINING “IMMORTALITY” THROUGH ORGAN TRANSPLANTS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: A hot-mic recorded this unscripted conversation at Beijing’s military parade:
- Xi: “Earlier, people lived rarely to 70, but these days at 70 years you are still a child.”
- Putin: “With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality.”
- XI: “Predictions are, this century, there’s a chance of also living to 150.”
Both men are 72 years old.
The Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek reacted, “The Chinese regime’s ability to deliver unlimited, on-demand organs for CCP elites and wealthy transplant tourists – via its multi-billion dollar industry of large-scale forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience, is in fact ‘the development.’” Jekielek said these prisoners are also likely used for “longevity ‘research’ purposes.”
Technocracy expert Patrick Wood said, “Xi, Putin, and Kim revealed that they have a lot in common with Thiel, Musk, and Gates: namely, they are all striving for immortality.”
Conservative commentator Steve Deace noted, “The same exact conversations are being had in Davos, Brussels, London, Paris, and Berlin… This is the main reason I’ve been so adamantly against our Ukraine involvement. Just two sides of the same coin.”
5. EPSTEIN SURVIVORS VOW TO RELEASE THEIR OWN LIST: On Wednesday, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) hosted a press conference with victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
Victim Lisa Phillips said that Epstein survivors will create “our own list” of people “who were regularly in the Epstein world.” Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) promised to use her constitutional immunity to “name names” if given a list by survivors.
Chauntae Davies said, “He abused not only me, but countless others, and everyone seemed to look away… I was just one of the many young women trapped in his (Epstein’s) orbit. I was even taken on a trip to Africa with former president Bill Clinton and other notable figures. In those moments, I realized how powerless I was. If I spoke out, who would believe me? Who would protect me?”
Trump doubled down, calling the Epstein case “a Democrat hoax that never ends.” The White House said that supporting Massie and Khanna’s discharge petition to force a release of the Epstein files would be viewed as a “very hostile act to the administration.”
Massie commented, “I think the administration did a 180 on this because they discovered not that Trump would be implicated, but some of their biggest donors and friends would be implicated and/or embarrassed.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said the Oversight Committee’s current investigation makes the discharge petition “irrelevant and unnecessary.” Massie said the 33,000 Epstein-related records released by the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday “looks like a bunch of redacted documents and nothing new.”
Rep. Anna Paulina-Luna (R-FL) wrote, “In my opinion, there is definitely an intelligence connection. Countries named by the lead attorney for the witnesses [Epstein’s victims] included Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Israel, as well as a former CIA director [Michael Hayden].”
Ed. Note: For more, read Epstein Affair Heating Up Again.
6. TRANS SHOOTER LINKED TO SATANIC NETWORK: The Daily Mail reports that transgender shooter Robin “Robert” Westman was linked to the “764 network,” a “dark extremist network of nihilistic terror groups that use private encrypted apps like Discord, Telegram, or Terrorgram to “prey on and exploit young people.”
Independent journalist Becca Spinks said, “They deliberately target vulnerable kids – those who are depressed, self-harming, or confused about their identity… They glorify and sexualize school shooters.”
Journalist Andy Ngo revealed that, contrary to many reports, Westman’s mother, Mary Grace Westman, was very conservative and was not as supportive of her son’s lifestyle as was her divorced husband, James. Alex Jones reported that Westman’s father was “a longtime CIA and DOD contractor.” The Federalist observed, “Nearly every school shooting in 2013 involved young men with divorced or never-married parents.”
The Western Journal reports that around 40% of school shooters since 2020 have been trans. Elon Musk said white young men are “becoming trans” to be “celebrated” and avoid being attacked for being white and male.
NBC apologized for using male pronouns to refer to the shooter.
Human Events reports that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) previously ignored Catholic and independent schools that begged for more security support.
Ed. Note: For more, see Minneapolis Shooting Reveals Democrat Party’s Comfort With Satanic Talking Points.
7. CHRISTIAN AUTHOR SAYS HOLLYWOOD IS PULLING PEOPLE INTO THE OCCULT: In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Christian author and apologist Lee Strobel asked, “If Satan were smart – which he is – would he go around the country and around the world trying to possess or bother average, everyday people?” Strobel said it’s much easier to influence Hollywood “to create films and television shows that are funny and creative and fun,” but normalize “the occult” and “immoral activity.”
Strobel called out NBC’s Friends (1994-2004) for normalizing “multiple sexual partners…the kind of thing that Satan would love to inculcate into American culture.”
Strobel emphasized, “The two biggest mistakes we can make about the demonic realm: number one, is to deny that they exist; and number two, to see a demon behind every bush and think they’re more powerful than they are.”
8. GABBARD EXPLAINS FIGHT IN INTEL COMMUNITY: In her speech at D.C.’s National Conservatism Conference, DNI Tulsi Gabbard accused intel chiefs of “manufacturing intelligence” to support President Bush’s regime change in Iraq and “undermine President Trump.” Gabbard urged Americans to “confront the uncomfortable truth that we have these conspiracy conspirators, these traitors to the Constitution, who are working within our government, who dangerously believe that they are not only above the law, but that they are above the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.”
Former CIA operative Sam Faddis assessed, “There is a knife fight going on in D.C. right now… If Gabbard prevails, we may yet see meaningful change. We may come out of this with an Intelligence Community that respects the Constitution and one that produces the intelligence we need to survive. If Gabbard loses, then likely nothing will change… Many powerful people want to destroy Tulsi Gabbard, the lady fighting for the future of the republic.”
9. IS POPE LEO FOLLOWING IN FRANCIS’S FOOTSTEPS? Just days after the transgender attack on Annunciation Catholic School, Pope Leo met with prominent pro-LBGTQ Jesuit priest James Martin and pro-abortion, pro-LBGTQ Dominican nun Lucia Caram.
Following his private audience with Leo, Martin shared, “…The message I received was that Pope Leo will be continuing with the same openness and that Francis showed to LGBTQ Catholics.” Martin added, “His approach to LGBTQ Catholics is a continuation of Pope Francis’ legacy.”
LifeSiteNews Editor-in-Chief John-Henry Westen wrote, “This is the nightmare scenario I warned of at the start of Leo’s papacy. As I told Glenn Beck: a less bombastic pope could quietly cement a false new direction. The James Martin approach defies Christ, His Church, Scripture, and 2,000 years of tradition.”
10. FAMILY HEADLINES: A new survey from the Institute for Family Studies found that 47% of married mothers report feeling satisfied most or all of the time, compared to only 34% of unmarried, childless women. The authors noted, “Marriage appears to offer a stabilizing and supportive context that lifts the burdens of motherhood, while strengthening happiness, connection, and meaning.”
A new study published in Hormone and Behavior found that hormonal birth control “influences brain areas involved in emotions and memory, which are central to mental health.”
The Financial Times discovered that conservatives in the Western world “are having almost as many children as they were decades ago,” while birth rates are plummeting among progressives.
Elon Musk tweeted, “Low birth rate is the number one threat to the West, followed closely by migration. There will be no West if this continues.”
Journalist Doug Mainwaring posits that the greatest opposition to overturning Obergefell will come from “influential ‘married’ homosexual men – and those who aspire to same-sex ‘marriages’ – who work at the highest levels in the Trump administration.”
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts stated, “[O]ur Founders…could never have envisioned the state of the American family today. The American family – the spiritual heart and soul that animates that Constitution – has grown weak, fractured, and hollow… We must do intentionally what the Founders did instinctively, stake our future on virtuous and ordinary mothers and fathers.”
11. TRUMP HOSTS THE TECH BROS: On Thursday evening, President Trump hosted a White House dinner for the leading tech oligarchs, including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Tim Cook. Elon Musk was unable to attend.
Trump nodded along as Gates (who was seated next to Melania) praised Operation Warp Speed and said he was in the “second phase” of his career, focusing on “areas like vaccines or gene editing.”
Journalist Robby Starbuck said, “It’s infuriating to see Bill Gates at the White House in a position of honor.” Commentator Liz Churchill called it “heartbreaking” and wrote, “The Greatest President in the World is sitting with the World’s most LETHAL Biological Weapons Commander that has killed MILLIONS of innocent people.”
Activist Michael O’Fallon warned, “The TechBros are building the digital panopticon. We should be addressing their overreach, not accommodating their alchemical, transformational dreams.”
The same day, First Lady Melania Trump hosted a meeting for the White House Task Force on AI Education. She predicted AI would become “the greatest engine of progress in the history of the United States of America.”
12. TRUMP AGENDA:
- President Trump announced that a U.S. military strike on a Venezualan drug boat “resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated, “What will stop them is when you blow them up. You get rid of them.”
- Trump is using a “pocket rescission” to cancel $5 billion in foreign aid.
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said President Trump’s tariffs were illegal. Trump noted that all tariffs “are still in effect,” as his administration appeals the decision to the Supreme Court. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, “We think we’re gonna win at the Supreme Court… We are trying to head off a crisis.”
- The Labor Department reported that the U.S. economy only added 22,000 jobs in August, as unemployment increased to 4.3%.
- Trump’s 30-day takeover of Washington, D.C., is set to expire September 10, as the House and Senate have yet to consider motions to extend the deployment.
- Sen. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) blasted the Democrats’ “historic obstruction” over Trump’s unconfirmed nominees. The Federalist’s Shawn Fleetwood countered, “The ball is not in Democrats’ court – it’s in Thune’s. Contrary to his persistent narrative about Democrat obstruction, the Senate majority leader has always possessed the power to hold the upper chamber in session until confirmation of Trump’s nominees are complete.”
- Center for Renewing America CEO Eric Teetsel warned that establishment Republican proposals to speed up confirmations will ultimately “undermine the ability” of conservative Senators “to thwart the swamp.”
13. INTERNATIONAL STORIES:
- A whistleblower alleges that bioweapons expert Dr. Francis Boyle, who unexpectedly died earlier this year, was murdered to prevent his testimony in a Covid-19 vaccine injury lawsuit against Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, and others. Before his death, Boyle declared, “Everyone involved in the development of COVID-19 as an offensive biological warfare weapon and also everyone involved in the manufacture of these COVID-19 ‘frankenshots’ clearly violated the Nuremberg Code on medical experimentation.”
- A reported seven candidates for Germany’s conservative AfD party have died in recent weeks, throwing upcoming elections into turmoil.
- The World Council for Health (WCH) has officially declared mRNA Covid vaccines to be “biological and technological weapons of mass destruction.”
- A new United Nations report documents the dangers of “rent-a-womb” surrogacy and calls for “eradicating surrogacy in all its forms.”
- Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan was arrested by British police for daring to criticize transgender ideology. Linehan said, “They escorted me to a private area and told me I was under arrest for three tweets. In a country where pedophiles escape sentencing, where knife crime is out of control, where women are assaulted and harassed every time they gather to speak, the state had mobilised five armed officers to arrest a comedy writer…”
- Money Metals reports, “For the first time since 1996, foreign central banks hold more gold than U.S. Treasuries as the world continues to de-dollarize.”
14. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:
- Despite finding Google guilty of violating antitrust law last year, Federal District Judge Amit Mehta allowed the tech giant’s monopolist practices to continue. Economic researcher Matt Stoller assessed, “Mehta found that Google was doing illegal things to maintain its monopoly, but he didn’t force the company to stop doing those illegal things.”
- Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said the idea that rights “come from the Creator” is “extremely troubling.” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) retorted, “The casual condemnation of America’s founding principle is exactly what is wrong with today’s Democrat Party. Government protects our God-given rights; it does not create or destroy them.”
- The Washington Free Beacon discovered that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and her husband’s net worth exploded from $51,000 at the end of 2023 to “at least $6 million to $30 million” at the end of 2024.
- The Wall Street Journal reports that only 25% of Americans think they stand a good chance of improving their standard of living, while nearly 70% of Americans believe the American dream is dead.
- A Reuters poll found that 40% of individuals worldwide sometimes or often ignore the news, up from 29% in 2017. The Guardian assessed, “The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer volume of news, for others the emotional toll of negative headlines or a distrust of the media itself.”
15. NOTEWORTHY QUOTES:
- “Our issue is not just Palestine; our issue is killing every non-Muslim. We will pursue Jews and Christians all over the world. Either they convert to Islam or we’ll kill them!” –Hamas commanders
- “We shall make the West so corrupt, it stinks.” –Frankfurt School founder Willi Münzenberg
- “We must change public opinion, but that won’t happen until we change [our perception of who is] the victim. If we are to retake legal marriage, we need to highlight the real victims: the children.” –Katy Faust on overturning Obergefell
- “The transhumanist ideal rejects the common man’s worth. And artificial intelligence threatens the common man’s liberty… Americanism and the transhumanist revolution cannot coexist… The problem with the AI ‘revolution’ as it’s currently going is that it only entrenches the power of the people who are already the most powerful in the world.” –Sen. Josh Hawley
- “The world we live in now is accelerating toward disintegration… Ye who are wise will prepare. Find a form of Christian faith that will root you firmly, and help you discern the signs of the times. Find a community, and if you can’t find one, form one; there are plenty of people who are seeking the same. In the days to come, nothing will be more important than community, and networks of communities.” –Rod Dreher
- “The heart of a man can never be satisfied with the things of this world. It is always empty, and hungry, and thirsty, and dissatisfied, till it comes to Christ. It is only they who hear Christ’s voice, and follow Him, and feed on Him by faith, who are ‘filled.’” –J.C. Ryle
FAITH, FAMILY & FREEDOM REPORT
1. FLORIDA WORKING TO END ALL VACCINE MANDATES: Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo declared, “The Florida Department of Health, in partnership with the governor, is going to be working to end all vaccine mandates in Florida. Who am I as a government? Or anyone else? Or who am I as a man standing here now to tell you what you should put in your body?”
2. ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ REMAINS OPEN: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and State Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) celebrated after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the state’s new detention center for illegal aliens to remain open. DeSantis said, “Alligator Alcatraz is, in fact, like we’ve always said, open for business. The mission continues, and we’re going to continue leading the way when it comes to immigration enforcement.”
3. MORE HOSPITALS STOP TRANSGENDER AGENDA: The Advocate Health Care of Illinois has ended transgender drugs and surgeries for minors, following pressure from the Trump administration. Life Site News reported, “The news follows similar announcements by the University of Michigan, Yale Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, UChicago Medicine, and Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.”
4. SPACE FORCE RETURNS TO ALABAMA: President Trump announced that the U.S. Space Command would be moving from Colorado to Alabama. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) praised the decision, saying, “I applaud President Trump’s decision to locate U.S. Space Command in Huntsville. The Air Force originally selected Huntsville in 2021 based 100% on merit as the best choice. President Biden reversed that decision based on politics. This wrong has been righted.”
5. CHINESE REJECT COMMUNISM AND CCP PROPOGANDA: A Philadelphia rally celebrated over 450 million Chinese people who have renounced Communism. The rally also focused on the persecution of the Falun Gong movement. A citation from the Pennsylvania State House proclaimed that the Chinese people have “seen through the CCP’s decades of propaganda and have chosen a better future.”
6. LOUISIANA EMBRACES MAHA: Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins approved a move by Louisiana to ban sugary foods and drinks from SNAP benefits. Gov. Jeff Landry (R) responded, “Thank you, President Trump. Thank you, Brooke Rollins, for helping make Louisiana healthy again. You will no longer be able to buy sugary candy, energy drinks, or soft drinks – no more soda pop – on food stamps.”
7. TEXAS REQUIRES HONEST FOOD LABELING: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill that requires food manufacturers to include harmful additives on labeling. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated, “I’ve been to many, many states, but there are no states, with the exception of Louisiana, that have done more far-reaching legislation than this… I am so happy that the leadership in this state stepped up to end the problem of chronic disease.”
8. HUD SECRETARY REMOVES ILLEGALS FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSING: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner stated that illegal aliens will be removed from Section 8 housing. Turner said, “No longer will illegal aliens be able to leave citizenship boxes blank or take advantage of HUD-funded housing, riding the coattails of hardworking American citizens.”
9. MILITARY CRACKS DOWN ON CHINESE SOFTWARE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rebuked tech giant Microsoft for working with Chinese engineers on military software. Hegseth stressed, “If you’re thinking ‘America first’ and common sense, this doesn’t pass either of those tests. The use of Chinese nationals to service Department of Defense cloud environments? It’s over.”
10. AMERICANS GAIN NEW JOBS, RETURN TO WORK: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem wrote, “This Labor Day, America works for Americans again. 100% of all new job gains have gone to U.S. citizens, and 2.5 million Americans are back at work since January. Under Biden, 88% of all jobs went to foreign-born workers. Meanwhile, DHS reforms have saved taxpayers over $13.2 billion.”
11. FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE DEFUNDS TRANSGENDER TREATMENTS: The White House Office of Personnel Management announced that federal health insurance plans will no longer fund transgender drugs and surgeries. Per the OPM, “All federal agencies are tasked with ensuring all federal policies and documents that require an individual’s sex list two options, male and female, and shall not make available third options or request ‘gender identity.’”
12. MASSIE INTRODUCES BILL TO END GUN-FREE ZONES: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced the Safe Students Act, a bill to end gun-free zones at public schools. Massie wrote, “Deranged shooters choose schools because they know their victims are vulnerable. My [bill] would repeal the dangerous Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, ending the default federal policy of making schools soft targets [and] would make it easier for state governments and school boards to unambiguously set their own firearm policies.”
13. FLORIDA LEANS FURTHER RIGHT: Republicans in Florida continue to solidify a state majority, with a 1.3 million registered voter advantage over Democrats. Florida Republican Chairman Evan Power exclaimed, “Our grassroots leaders and volunteers are delivering historic results, and voters are responding to our vision for safer communities, stronger schools, and economic growth.”
14. BABYLON BEE DEFEATS CENSORSHIP: In a win for satire company Babylon Bee, Federal Judge John Mendez ruled against a California law that prohibited political deep fakes. Judge Mendez stated, “Rather than targeting content that procures tangible harms or materially benefits a speaker, AB 2839 attempts to stifle speech before it occurs or actually harms anyone, as long as it is ‘reasonably likely’ to do so, and it allows almost anyone to act as a censorship czar.”
15. CASE MOVES FORWARD AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a case brought by Valerie Kloosterman, who was fired by the University of Michigan for her opposition to transgender drugs and surgeries for minors, could proceed. Kayla Toney of First Liberty Institute declared, “Today’s decision is a reckoning for institutions that discriminate and punish caring people of faith like Valerie Kloosterman.”
16. PORTRAIT OF LEE RETURNS TO WEST POINT: West Point Military Academy has returned a portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to its campus library. Communications Director Rebecca Hodson shared, “At West Point, the United States Military Academy is prepared to restore historical names, artifacts, and assets to their original form and place. Under this administration, we honor our history and learn from it – we don’t erase it.”
17. FLORIDA COUNTY ADDS TEN COMMANDMENTS TO PUBLIC LOCATIONS: The Collier County Board of County Commissioners voted to display the Ten Commandments “as part of a larger exhibit depicting the foundations of American law and government in appropriate publicly accessible locations on County property.” Commissioner Chris Hall stressed, “I thought it was a great idea just to encourage people to bring about the acknowledgment of moral values, virtue, humility, and getting back to what made this country great in the beginning.”
HYMN OF THE WEEK
Ever Keep Heaven In View by H. R. Jeffrey
Pilgrim of Jesus, o’er life’s troubled sea,
Courage, and onward pursue!
A crown of rejoicing is waiting for thee,
Ever keep heaven in view.
Ever keep heaven in view,
Ever keep heaven in view!
Courage, my brother, right onward pursue!
Ever keep heaven in view.
Pilgrim of Jesus, what saddens thy brow?
Are not His promises true?
How needless thy sorrow, He’s bidding thee now,
Ever keep heaven in view.
Pilgrim of Jesus, oh, lift up thy head!
Ask and thy strength He’ll renew!
And, while in the footprints of Jesus you tread,
Ever keep heaven in view.
Pilgrim of Jesus, that Eden above
Long has been waiting for you,
And soon thou shalt reach thy fair mansion of love!
Ever keep heaven in view!
Ever keep heaven in view,
Ever keep heaven in view!
Courage, my brother, right onward pursue!
Ever keep heaven in view.
