Tennessee Opening Today

Tennessee’s Safer at Home Order expired yesterday and the majority of businesses in 89 of the 95 Tennessee’s counties are allowed to reopen today.   Gov. Bill Lee  said his “Economic Recovery Group [had been] working with industry leaders around the...

McConnell Suggests Bankruptcy Possibility

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) suggested that states struggling to pay bills should consider filing bankruptcy. He said that “[bankruptcy] save[d] some cities. And there’s no good reason for it not to be available.” McConnell explained that...

Abortion in the Midst of Pandemic

A group of pro-life advocates presented Gov. Beshear with over 10,000 petition signatures asking him to close down EMW Women’s Clinic in Louisville. They point out that 627 children have been aborted in Kentucky between March 1 to April 21. During the same time...

Coronavirus Testing for All

Kentucky lags behind Tennessee in the number of people tested for COVID-19. As of last week, Tennessee tested approximately 110,000 residents while Kentucky has tested about 33,000. Interestingly, Tennessee has had fewer deaths: 157 compared to Kentucky’s 171 as...

University of Louisville COVID-19 Breakthrough

There’s good news regarding the fight against COVID-19 and it comes from right here in the Commonwealth. Researchers at the University of Louisville have made a breakthrough and developed a technology that appears to block the coronavirus from infecting human...

Adjustments and Opportunities Amidst the Pandemic

Rahm Emmanual said “you never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Now, I don’t subscribe to his political worldview, but we know that in a time of...

Legislature Classifies Abortion as Elective Procedure

On Wednesday, the Kentucky legislature passed a last-minute bill classifying abortion as an elective surgical procedure. This was a response to Gov. Beshear’s executive order requiring the closure of non-essential surgical centers all across the Commonwealth....

Earth Day

It’s Earth Day today. Fifty years ago, environmentalists founded the first Earth Day. They brought the issue of pollution and ecological degradation to our attention. After all, Earth is our common home and we all want clean air and clean water. Critics of the...

Governor’s Tone Toward Churches

I’ve been on the phone with pastors across the state recently and a common concern I’m hearing is Gov. Beshear’s tone toward the church hasn’t been very positive. This comes from multiple phone conversations I’ve had with pastors from...

Federal Judge Upholds Louisville Church’s Religious Freedom

A federal judge upheld a Louisville church’s religious freedom. Just before Easter, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer ordered Louisville churches to not have drive-in services. At the same time, he allowed other drive-through services at restaurants and liquor...

Pastor Spotlight: Kyle Reeder, Solid Rock Baptist Church

CPC’s Director of Church Outreach, Bob Scott interviews this month’s spotlighted pastor, Kyle Reeder.   Bob: Tell us a little about you. What led you to become a pastor? Kyle: I am forty-one years old. I am the husband of fourteen years to my wife...