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Missouri attorney general joins investigation of six woke banks

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has joined 18 other state attorneys general to investigate six major banks involved with the environment, social and governance investing movement. Kansas is also one of the ...

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Proposal would require Missouri libraries to monitor age appropriateness of materials

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Monday proposed a rule that would require libraries receiving state funds to determine what material is age appropriate and restrict minors from accessing some books. ...

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Woman planning to have abortion changes mind after watching “Lifemark”

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Actor Kirk Cameron, who will be speaking in Overland Park on Friday evening, said his pro-life film “Lifemark” has saved at least one life. “As a member of the family of faith, ...

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Christians, Muslims unite to protest woke agenda in Detroit-area schools

Christians and Muslims have vastly different religious beliefs, but they agree that public schools should not be indoctrinating students with a woke agenda. Christians concerned with sexually explicit materials in Dearborn (Mich.) ...

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Shift away from Democrats by black voters could affect Senate races

Support for Democrats among black voters is dropping, according to a new CNN poll, and it could affect this year’s elections. “Look, they’re still getting 74 percent support in the pre-election polling ...

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Sam Brownback questions why Chase bank closed account of his religious freedom foundation

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Chase bank unexpectedly closed the account of a religious freedom organization led by Sam Brownback, a former Kansas governor and senator. The National Committee for Religious Freedom, a 501(c)4 political action nonprofit ...

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Christian leaders respond to vice president’s latest comments about abortion and faith

Christian leaders are taking issue with Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent comments that Americans do not have to “abandon their faith” to support abortion rights. “I say this, one does not have ...

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Judge rules feds wrong to mandate special LGBT workplace treatment, gender surgeries on children

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A federal judge in Texas struck down the Biden administration for giving LGBT individuals special rights not enjoyed by others in the workplace. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had specifically exempted LGBT ...

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Culture issues focus of new U.S. Supreme Court session

Several cases of interest to Christians are on the agenda as the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new session this week. Some of the court’s most important upcoming cases focus on the ...

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Healthcare worker called “evil” then fired for Christian beliefs on gender

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Physician Assistant Valerie Kloosterman wants her job back after she was called “evil” by a diversity director and then fired when she expressed biblical views on gender identity. Her lawyers say she ...

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The church has allowed culture to dilute Christianity, says author David Limbaugh

The culture has been destroyed by leftism and needs to be called back to the eternal truths of scripture, Missouri author David Limbaugh says. Limbaugh and his daughter, Christen Limbaugh Bloom, wrote ...

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Proposed bill would defund schools that hide transgender agenda from parents

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., has introduced a bill that would defund schools that allow students to hide their chosen gender identity or preferred pronouns from their parents. “Parents have a fundamental, constitutionally ...

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Exposure to sexual content in popular movies predicts sexual behavior in adolescence: study

Researchers at New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College are urging parents to protect their children from sexual content online and in films as they release a new six-year study.  The data shows viewing such ...

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How smartphones are causing ‘digital amnesia’

Are smartphones making us more forgetful? They are according to studies and the problem even has a name  –“digital amnesia.” While it may sound humorous, it has serious implications for our mental ...

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Southern Baptists disfellowship churches over sexuality, discrimination issues

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Two Southern Baptist churches were disfellowshipped by the denomination this week The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee approved recommendations from the Credentials Committee to disfellowship College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., ...

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Experts: Parents should take steps to protect children in today’s culture

Today’s children face unprecedented dangers, many of them with spiritual roots, yet many parents are asleep at the wheel. “Anxiety, depression, panic disorders have gone up among kids I’ve seen in my ...

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National Review editor blasts Kansas Gov. Kelly for cynical ad about men playing women’s sports

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Kansas governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat running for reelection, released an ad last week saying, “You have seen my opponent’s attacks. So let me just say it: Of course men should not play girls ...

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Stop saying “mom” and “dad,” U.S. Air Force Academy tells cadets

Stop using terms like “mom” and “dad” is the what the U.S. Air Force Academy is telling cadets. The new, controversial directive has put the school on the defensive as it implements ...

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God-sized confusion: Americans’ faith, theology has shifted

Americans experienced seismic changes over the past two years, including, for many, how they attend church. The shift in behavior coincides with a shift in theology. The biennial State of Theology study conducted by ...

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Have we reached the point of crisis news fatigue?

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The news does not lack from a daily stream of crisis coverage. But there are ways to stay engaged and not become numb to needs. When Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of ...

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Most voters believe sanctuary cities should share burden of illegal immigration

Residents of so-called sanctuary cities were not happy when illegal aliens actually showed up in recent weeks. However, a majority of likely U.S. voters believe these cities should have to share the ...

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Virginia passes new guidelines reining in school districts over controversial gender policies

Virginia is pushing back against school districts with what supporters say is a common sense approach to gender. The state released new transgender student guidelines on Sept. 16 in response to growing ...

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University of Oregon apologizes for anti-Mormon chants while mainstream media ignore story

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Leaders at the University of Oregon have apologized for anti-Mormon chants during a game against Brigham Young University on Saturday. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox shared a video of fans chanting on his ...

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3 reasons why mandating Kindergarten is harmful

Kindergarten may be valuable for some children, but it shouldn’t be compulsory – and the studies prove it. This back-to-school season, many parents are eager to drop-off their kindergarteners to begin the ...

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‘Knocking down’ genre walls, Christian music reaches new audiences

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You don’t have to be a fan of contemporary Christian artists to have heard Christian music in recent years. Thanks to a wave of collaborations between CCM artists and those of other ...

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