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FDA Votes To Recommend Pfizer Vaccine For Emergency Use, By Tristan Justice
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted Thursday to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use and mass distribution.
Noncancelable Hope: Musings on Mary’s Hope-Filled Magnification in Luke 1:46-55, By Dr. Matthew McKellar
Most of us have had it with cancellations connected to this year’s COVID-19 crisis. For far too many, this year has been a season of postponed plans, delayed dreams, and skewered schedules. Whether the cancellation of a favorite football team’s game or the wedding of a cherished child, the curse of cancellation has left few untouched. For this reason, in the current climate, the message of Advent should occupy an intensified importance in our thinking. It offers the poignant reminder that some things cannot be canceled. They are noncancelable. One of those things is our hope in the promises of God.
Morocco and Israel to establish diplomatic relations with U.S. backing, By Anne Gearan, Karoun Demirjian, Mike DeBonis, and Souad Mekhennt
Morocco and Israel agreed Thursday to establish diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by the United States, making the North African nation the fourth Arab-majority country in recent months to say it would normalize ties with Israel.
The Holy Spirit is the Giver of Life, By Dr. Malcolm Yarnell
The Holy Spirit of God gives life to us in Christ and puts to death the sin nature that is killing us.
Jesus gave the Holy Spirit the name, “the Giver of Life” (John 6:63). This name was later brought into the Nicene Creed to identify the third person of the Holy Trinity. In summary, the Holy Spirit gives everyone life in the first place. He then gives renewed life to all who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Christ’s Spirit will raise our bodies from the dead. God’s Spirit brings us into eternal communion with God the Trinity as well as with all the other saints who have ever been and ever will be.
China is serious competitor to US in space, says Pence, By James Rogers
China, which recently landed a probe on the moon, is a serious competitor to the United States in space, according to Vice President Mike Pence.