Thursday Morning Briefing (Feb. 6, 2025)

Today I hope to talk about:

“Radical pastor who compared Trump to Hitler is pushed out of liberal church by fed up parishioners” by BETHAN SEXTON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14359493/pastor-compared-Trump-Hitler-church-charlotte-myers-park-baptist.html

Christianity Today USAID Corruption Exposed - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15J9u7DAxp/?mibextid=wwXIfr Also, Politico is implicated to the tune of $8.2 million - https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1887147292412490111

“Korean, Spanish versions of Discipline halted” by Thomas E. Kim - https://www.umnews.org/en/news/korean-spanish-versions-of-discipline-halted

Meunier advocates for “Old School” Methodist theology - “The need for Old School Methodist theology” - https://johnmeunier.wordpress.com/2025/02/01/the-need-for-old-school-methodist-theology/

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