Is it the right thing to do or mark of the beast?
Palm Beach County residents line up outside of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in West Palm Beach on Jan. 16 for a COVID-19 vaccination event. It was sponsored by the Florida Department of Emergency Management and the Florida Department of Health.MEGHAN MCCARTHY/THE PALM BEACH POST/TNS
BY DAVID FLESHLER
SUN SENTINEL/TNS
FORT LAUDERDALE â At River West Palm Beach Church, Pastor Corey Erman stood in front of the congregation on Easter morning and denounced the âscamdemicâ of COVID-19 and the âbig, big, big con jobâ of testing and vaccines.
For-Profit Faith
Among sleazy occupations, is anything worse than big-money evangelists with their private jets, garish diamonds, piled-up hairdos and $5,000 suits?
A new book, to be released April 27, is
PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities. It exposes TV pastors “who get rich off of preaching about Jesus.”
It’s written by Ben Kirby of Texas, a born-again Christian who watched gospel television and noticed that many leaders flaunted outlandishly expensive clothes and shoes designed for the super-wealthy. He posted his findings on Instagram and drew 200,000 viewers. Now he has turned it into a book.
A Washington Post report said: “In 2019, Kirby posted a picture of Pastor John Gray wearing the coveted Nike Air Yeezy 2 Red Octobers, selling at the time on the resale market for more than $5,600.”
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Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, The New York Times
Published: 11 Apr 2021 08:40 AM BdST
Updated: 11 Apr 2021 08:40 AM BdST Guillermo Maldonado Pérez with his daughter Lourdes, 7, by a fence painted with a Black Lives Matter mural, in West St Paul, Minn, on April 10, 2021. The New York Times
The colourful mural adorned with hearts, a portrait of a local activist and the words “Black Lives Matter” stands out at a busy intersection in West St Paul, Minnesota, a community nestled against the Twin Cities. It is a cherished symbol for many Black residents, a site of reflection and pride. );
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But the city says it must go.