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Yahoo
2 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Megachurch pastor John MacArthur dead: 'His faith became sight'
LOS ANGELES – John MacArthur, the 86-year-old pastor of a Los Angeles megachurch, died after being hospitalized with pneumonia, his church announced July 14. "This evening, his faith became sight. He faithfully endured until his race was run," Grace to You, the media ministry he founded, posted on X on the evening of July 14. MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in the working-class community of Sun Valley since 1969, contracted pneumonia last week, associate Pastor Tom Patton told the congregation at a July 13 service. "He was admitted into the hospital and may be in the presence of the Lord soon," Patton said. "We place our dear pastor at the feet of the glorious savior, whom he has served so faithfully for so many years and now awaits his final command to be in his presence forever." MacArthur, like some other preachers across the United States, catapulted into the public spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic when he hosted large gatherings despite city policies to limit congregations to small numbers outside. MacArthur is survived by his wife Patricia, their children, 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. USA TODAY has reached out to Grace Community Church. Jimmy Swaggart dead at 90: Televangelist dies weeks after going into cardiac arrest Pastor John MacArthur's death draws reaction The announcement of MacArthur's death drew an outpouring from those who followed him. "He was my spiritual father as a teen in 1979," Randy Robertson posted to the announcement of the death on Facebook. "Under his expository preaching on Sundays and Wednesdays the foundation of my new faith was firmly established." Adam Boyer added, "Praise the Lord for an exemplary life of faithfulness and service to Christ, whom he is now seeing face to face. Every day I want to be more like the man John MacArthur was." Pastor MacArthur's diagnosis comes days after televangelist Jimmy Swaggart died The news comes after the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart was buried in Louisiana. A global televangelist in the 1980s before an adultery scandal diminished his influence, Swaggart died on July 8 in a Baton Rouge hospital. Swaggart, who was 90, never regained consciousness following a heart attack in his home on June 15. His publicist told USA TODAY he died surrounded by family and loved ones. This story has been updated to include video. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Pastor John MacArthur hospitalized with pneumonia, Grace Church says Solve the daily Crossword
Bloomberg
a day ago
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- Bloomberg
One Is the Loneliest Number. But It's Great for Grok.
This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a hermetically-unsealed revelation of Bloomberg Opinion's opinions. Sign up here. The story goes that a young Buddhist monk left his home and family to practice the rigors of meditation and the privations of faith up in the mountains. One day, a visitor asked the hermit how his quest for enlightenment was coming along. The meditation and fasting were all going well, he said. But he suffered from one chronic ache: loneliness.
CBS News
3 days ago
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- CBS News
East Bay man devotes life to ministering, serving unhoused
An East Bay man who's run a homeless ministry for years gives away his own bed and the roof over his head to serve the unhoused. For Vincent Pannizzo, ministering to the unhoused is his life's mission. But there was a time when they weren't even on his radar. "I was a graduate student at UC Berkeley studying ancient history. I really didn't care much for the homeless," Pannizzo told CBS News Bay Area. Then one day, his outlook changed. "I started reading the Bible to get some information and I start to read the words of Jesus. I was really surprised at what I found in there about caring for people, which I never really did before," Pannizzo said. He found faith and what he described as a calling from God. Pannizzo dropped out of his PhD program to seek out the unsheltered. "God does love them, and I want to bring the light and love of Christ to them," Pannizzo explained. In 2012, he started the nonprofit, Mission for the Homeless. He begins this day loading up donated groceries from the Emeryville Citizens Assistance Program. Bobby Miller, the program's volunteer director, credits Pannizzo with finding folks who are too ill or physically unable to pick up the free food themselves. "At the end of the day, he has some solace knowing that he has reached some of those people who probably wouldn't have had anything to eat today," Miller said. Pannizzo drives his van from Fremont to El Cerrito every day and tends to more than 100 unhoused people on his regular route. He supplies more than food, clothes, blankets and tents. "I have to check, I have to triage, see if they have an infection, if they need to go to the hospital. Do they need to be taken off the streets immediately?" he said. At one Oakland sidewalk encampment, Gwen, who declined to give her last name, said Pannizzo makes her feel like she is not forgotten. Someone cares. "If he doesn't see us here, he'll drive around and look for us," she said. "Somebody paying attention to me. That matters." Pannizzo's nonprofit, Mission for the Homeless, also rents several homes to house 10 people whom he's taken off the streets. They eat together like family. One of the residents, Eric, says he was ready to give up on life when Pannizzo found him, gave him a tent, and offered hope. "He saved me the night I was in the rain, very depressed," Eric said. "He's way turned my life around. He made me happy." And Eric's still baffled about how Pannizzo himself could choose to live in a tent outside the house so that he and others can sleep in a warm bed. "Put himself out to put me in. It's crazy," Eric marveled. "We have limited space. And I'm perfectly comfortable in a tent," Pannizzo said. In fact, when he first decided to serve the unsheltered, Pannizzo invited folks off the streets to live with his family in their apartment, and they kept getting kicked out. It was not an easy way to live, and his wife left, and took their infant son with her to the East Coast. Pannizzo said he was heartbroken, but he remained dedicated to his mission to those living with homelessness. Some of his other volunteers also choose to be unhoused. Looking forward, Pannizzo hopes to secure corporate sponsorships so that he can purchase homes and get more people housed. For his Mission for the East Bay's Homeless, this week's CBS News Bay Area Icon Award goes to Vincent Pannizzo.
Fox News
3 days ago
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- Fox News
Yankees superstar Aaron Judge says his relationship with God is more fulfilling than his success
New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge has both fame and fortune, but prefers his faith. Judge, 33, was asked what he would tell someone who thinks fame and fortune would solve all of their problems. "Our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. He's given me this platform, this ability. The fame, getting the chance to do this is great and all, but it's not fulfilling as much as the relationship I have with Him," Judge said during a media availability on Monday, via CBN Sports. "Build a relationship with Him, and that'll solve all your problems." Judge has been open about his faith throughout his career and showcased it on Monday while he prepared for the MLB All-Star Game. Judge's bat, which was painted blue and featured his daughter's name, Nora, also had a reference to a passage from the Bible on it — 2 Corinthians 5:7. "For we live by faith, not by sight," the verse read. The Yankees' captain is in the midst of another incredible season as he leads the major leagues with a .355 batting average, is second with 35 home runs, and has 81 RBI while playing great defense in right field. The seven-time All-Star is going for his third American League MVP award in three seasons. Judge won the AL MVP in 2022 after setting the American League home run record with 62 home runs and won the award last season after leading the big leagues in home runs (58) and RBI (144). The Yankees fell out of first place in the American League East but still occupy one of the wildcard spots. The team will need Judge to continue his remarkable play as they make a playoff push. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Associated Press
3 days ago
- Associated Press
Photos capture Chileans devotion and celebration for patron saint Our Lady of Mount Carmel
LA TIRANA, Chile (AP) — Drawn by faith, Chileans made their way to the sacred sanctuary in La Tirana, on the outskirts of Santiago. Built on ground once hallowed by Chile's fight for freedom, the shrine honors the Virgen del Carmen or Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the nation's patron saint, whose feast day, July 16, draws the faithful in prayer and celebration. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
