by Staff | May 7, 2020 | Blog
Today is the National Day of Prayer. This is where Christians from across the denominational spectrum gather on courthouse steps across the country to hear brief messages and to pray for our state and nation. But not today at least not in person. Despite the inability...
by Staff | May 6, 2020 | Blog
Kentucky’s primary has been moved to June 23. Now the Kentucky Board of Elections has recommended that all voting will be done by mail-in ballots. They also approved an additional $1.2 million to cover return postage for voters and an additional $1 million for...
by Staff | May 5, 2020 | Blog
Last week Kentucky’s Attorney General Daniel Cameron called on Gov. Andy Beshear to lift his order requiring churches to not meet in-person. Cameron said “The Governor should allow churches to resume in-person services, consistent with the (U.S.) Constitution...
by Staff | May 4, 2020 | Blog
Gov. Beshear vetoed Kentucky’s Born Alive Infant Protection Act. The bill required that “a physician performing an abortion shall take all medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of a born-alive infant,” Abortionists who...
by Staff | May 1, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 27, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog
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....
by Staff | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 20, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 17, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Apr 17, 2020 | Blog
Some may be tempted to look at the relatively low numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases in Kentucky. (There are less than 1500 cases and 80 deaths) and criticize the authorities for being overly aggressive. However, public health experts project over 100,000 deaths....
by Staff | Apr 16, 2020 | Blog
Pro-lifers who argue that abortion clinics should be closed along with other non-essential surgical centers got a boost from a Texas Appeals Court. The court ruled that the state has the authority to close abortion centers to slow the spread of the coronavirus. This...
by Staff | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog
The purpose of government is generally to do for a society what individuals cannot do on their own. Defending its borders, building roads, and coining money are a few of the main functions of our government. Another is to preserve public health when threatened by a...
by Staff | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog
During times of crisis, the government can provide leadership, but it cannot do everything. It needs help from the private sector. Consider that the American businesses are responding well to address the needs of the coronavirus pandemic. The company MyPillow is...
by Staff | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog
Zoom is a popular virtual meeting resource, but be careful! A recent conference call held on Zoom by South Central Kentucky and Community and Technical College was interrupted by an appearance of a pornographic video. It’s known as a “Zoom bombing.” The...
