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Clergy in the Trenches of an Unforgiving War
Rev. David Fleenor stood in the New York City morgue, looking at the body of someone's mother. As a chaplain for Mount Sinai Hospital, death was always a part of his job. But not like this. Not for so many. Holding a telephone to his ear, he tried to soothe the son, telling his mom all the things the young man wished he could say in person. "I'm sorry I can't be there. I love you." But even now, as the images of heartbreak pile up in his mind, he calls it a privilege to be the hurting city's proxy. Like doctors and nurses, Rev. Fleenor has been on the front lines of the virus for weeks. In normal times, he says, "One of the big challenges in chaplaincy under non-pandemic circumstances is how do we get to the neediest patients first?" Now, with the crisis claiming thousands of lives a ... (more)
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Today’s show features:

Gordon Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China, on his op-ed “China Should Pay a Financial Cost for its Coronavirus Lies.”
Dr. Paul Marshall, Professor at Baylor University and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and the Religious Freedom Institute, on whether government restrictions on larger church gatherings violate religious freedom.
Gordon Godfrey, Pastor of Marcus Pointe Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida, on his church’s televised Easter sunrise service at a local stadium.
Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, on court battles over whether abortion should be considered “essential” during stay-at-home orders.
David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on what churches should consider as they decide whether to receive federal relief funds.

Episode Resources:

Read more on how churches can access forgivable loans through the Small Business Administration.
Check out FRC’s COVID-19 resource bank for churches.
Watch Tony Perkins’s Fox News interview on faith in the age of the coronavirus.
Learn more about the drive-in Easter sunrise service in Central, Louisiana.
Explore FRC's Biblical Worldview Series featuring publications on life, religious liberty, and political engagement.
Check out the Trump administration’s accomplishments on life, family, and religious freedom.
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Supreme Court should put a stop to the abortion industry getting a free pass

by Mike Johnson and Tony Perkins

Tony Perkins is President of Family Research Council. Mike Johnson is U.S. Congressman for the 4th District of Louisiana. This article appeared in the Washington Times on March 3, 2020. More than 10,000 women walk through the doors of Louisiana's abortion clinics every year -- and any one of them could face life-threatening complications. Unfortunately for these women, their abortion providers can't admit them to a hospital if their abortion goes wrong. A large bipartisan majority of the state legislature tried to protect these women by ... (more)

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The Unfairness of the "Fairness for All Act"

by Family Research Council

In the wake of the Equality Act's passage in the House of Representatives, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) has introduced H.R. 5331, the Fairness for All Act (FFA). FFA is supposed to be a grand compromise seeking to find a resolution to the firestorm of litigation and controversy that led up to and has only increased since the Supreme Court's opinion constitutionalizing same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges. However, despite having the best of intentions, FFA is an ill-advised and poorly-drafted bill that does not achieve its goal. FFA ... (more)

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How churches can serve during COVID-19 crisis by working 'outside the box'

by Tony Perkins

Tony Perkins is President of Famly Research Council. This article appeared in the Washington Times on April 5, 2020. After assembling a state-wide conference call with pastors, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts explained he needed their help. "Government can do a lot of things, but what it can't do is show love and compassion," he told me recently. And one way to do that at such a time as this is to respect the social distancing requested of churches to halt the spread of a dangerous virus. As communities and our nation respond to the ... (more)