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Hi, I'm Jim Denison from Denison Forum, and this is the daily article for Wednesday,

April 14th, 2021. The title is, Woman Refuses to Return 1.2 million dollars after Clerical Error,

a fascinating article by a religious skeptic and the empowering privilege of intercession.

Imagine receiving $1.2 million in your brokerage account as the result of a

clerical error. What would you do? Well, here's what Kellyn Spadone, of Suburban New Orleans, allegedly

did. She refused to return the funds, moving them instead into a different account so the bank

could not reclaim them, then use some of the

money to buy a new car and a house. She has now been taken into custody. She was fired from her job

as a dispatcher for the Jefferson Perry Sheriff's Office. So far about 75% of the money has been

recovered. Her story is a parable for a secular society that is spending the cultural funds we receive

from our Judeo-Christian heritage, but refuses to acknowledge our debt. This refusal is growing

more serious and damaging by the day. For example, the Supreme Court ruled last Friday,

the California cannot bar meetings of more than three families from worshiping in a

private home. According to the Wall Street Journal, quote, the decision is the fifth time the

court has overruled the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on pandemic orders against worship, as an

exasperated majority points out, end quote. The journal editorial adds these words,

the willfulness of the lower courts and defying the high court

underscores how much religious liberty needs protecting

against the militant secular values that now dominate American public life.

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