The Christian student population at an Alabama high school is fighting back against an atheist group after complaints were made about a pre-game prayer amplified through a loudspeaker. The notorious anti-faith group, ...
Read More »Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterbacks keep the faith
If the Pittsburgh Steelers are to make the playoffs this season, they will need to put their faith in a higher power than the 11 men on the field. Fortunately, their top ...
Read More »Press called out for a week of retractions, bad reporting
As the nation headed in to the weekend, President Donald Trump criticized the media for its reporting on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, singling out the New York Times after the paper issued a major ...
Read More »Former Royals pitcher Paul Byrd shares Christ through equine ministry in Georgia
The early 2000s were the dark days of Kansas City Royals baseball, far removed from world championships in 1985 and 2015. Pitcher Paul Byrd was one of the few bright spots, compiling ...
Read More »President Trump to focus on religious freedom at UN
President Donald Trump is set to make the protection of religious freedom a key focus at next week’s United Nations meetings in New York. “The President will highlight American values and underscore that America is a positive ...
Read More »Judge rules against Missouri on 20-week abortion ban
A federal judge has refused to allow Missouri’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy to stand as the state awaits further court action, several news outlets reported. U.S. District Court ...
Read More »Pregnant teacher loses lawsuit against local Catholic diocese
A jury on Sept. 18 ruled in favor of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in the case of a schoolteacher who said she had been fired for being single and pregnant, ...
Read More »Brad Pitt reconnects with Christian roots
Brad Pitt returned to church over Labor Day weekend, thanks to his friend, musician Kanye West. The popular actor, who grew up in Springfield and attended the Missouri School of Journalism, was ...
Read More »Lauren Daigle’s world tour will stop in Kansas City next May
Grammy Award-winning artist Lauren Daigle’s first headlining arena tour will include a performance at Sprint Center in Kansas City next May 28. The 44-city Lauren Dangle World Tour will begin in Australia ...
Read More »Kindness is key to a more peace-filled world
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control”—Galatians 5:22-23 Did you know you have the power to turn someone’s day around? And, in the ...
Read More »Ad Astra pulls you into a future closer to God yet still lost
What do we hide from? How far are we willing to go to get away from the things we are afraid of? Ad Astra, by director James Gray (Lost City of, The ...
Read More »Study finds shocking results about families, dinner and conversation
A new study shows a disturbing fact about the eating and conversation habits of families. For thousands of years dinner was the traditional time when families, and often larger communities, would gather ...
Read More »Iranian official: mass conversions ‘are happening right under our eyes’
As persecution against Christians intensifies in Iran, the church is standing strong. In fact, it’s growing! In this Middle Eastern country where both conversion from Islam and sharing your faith are illegal, ...
Read More »Transgender treatment for kids ‘reckless and harmful’ according to Johns Hopkins professor
A psychiatry professor at one of the most renowned medical institutions in the world is warning against allowing children to transition their genders, likening transgender treatment for minors to performing “frontal lobotomies.” ...
Read More »California Senate sexuality bill targets pastors
Pastors who affirm traditional biblical views on sexuality are under attack in California. The state Senate recently passed a resolution telling Christian clergy to accept and support LGBTQ ideology, even if doing ...
Read More »Orange Tour stop in KC will encourage church leaders, volunteers and parents
A national one-day training event for church leaders, volunteers, and parents makes a stop in Kansas City in October. The Orange Tour outlines a comprehensive strategy from preschool to adulthood for influencing the faith ...
Read More »The lesson of Jairus
“A man named Jairus came to him. He was a leader of the synagogue. He had only one daughter. She was twelve years old, and she was dying. So Jairus bowed down ...
Read More »Christian school gives deaf Hondurans a voice
“There goes that dumb kid,” people said. It was a half-truth. Hernan couldn’t speak because he couldn’t hear. Wandering the streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, it wasn’t long before the drug dealers picked ...
Read More »Restaurant culture wars: Kansas, Purdue campuses deal with Chick-fil-A opponents
Some of the biggest battles on college campuses this fall are playing out not on the football field but in the cafeteria. Close to home, where University of Kansas students are known ...
Read More »Court: Artists can’t be forced to make LGBT wedding invitations
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Sept. 16 that the city of Phoenix can’t use a criminal law to compel two artists to produce custom wedding invitations for LGBT couples because that would force them ...
Read More »Columbia congregation pays off more than $400,000 in medical debt
Perhaps the only thing more stressful than a serious health challenge is worrying about how to pay for treatment. Numerous patients in mid-Missouri can breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to the ...
Read More »FCA’s Fields of Faith set for October 9 at nation’s high schools
Hundreds of thousands of high school athletes are taking a stand for Christ as the new school year kicks off. Nearly 250,000 students, coaches and community members are expected to come together ...
Read More »Trey Gowdy to headline Vitae pro-life event
Popular former U.S. Congressman Trey Gowdy will be the keynote speaker at the Vitae Foundation’s annual Kansas City pro-life event on Tuesday, September 24. The Vitae Foundation is a national non-profit organization ...
Read More »Recent suicide is reminder of stresses that pastors face
Pastors are only human. It’s easy to forget that spiritual leaders face the same stresses and challenges as the members of their congregations. Dealing daily with the struggles of others often exacerbates ...
Read More »New York Times makes bombshell retraction, corrects Kavanaugh story
The nation’s leading newspaper has been forced to make a major retraction and correction after publishing a story that misled readers about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The New York Times’ article ...
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