First Baptist Church in West Plains, Mo., has cut ties with Kanakuk Kamps near Branson because of the way it handled concerns about sexual abuse of campers. The announcement comes as churches ...
Read More »Tim Keller asks for prayers two years into battle with pancreatic cancer
Pastor Tim Keller, the founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and City to City, remains positive as he battles cancer. “God has seen it fit to give me more time,” he said, but ...
Read More »Police response about fear of “being shot” at Texas school angers parents, nation
Anger is growing across the nation after more details emerge about the law enforcement response to the Texas School shooting. At the center of the outrage is a statement from a Texas Department ...
Read More »Kansas Election Integrity Forum to be moderated by Lara Logan
Election integrity has become a topic in all 50 states, including Kansas. That’s led to a major conference and public forum to be held in the Sunflower State in June with national ...
Read More »Why are young men drawn to commit evil like the Texas massacre?
It’s hard to know what to say in the wake of a heart-rending tragedy like Tuesday’s massacre in Uvalde, Texas. It would be easy—but irresponsible—to interpret the event conclusively when so little is ...
Read More »Faith leaders respond to tragic school shooting in Texas
Faith leaders across the nation are responding to the tragic school shooting in Texas. All of them encouraged Christians to pray, and several suggested specific actions, including addressing the fact that fatherless ...
Read More »Fire kills 11 newborn babies in African hospital
A fire in a neonatal hospital ward has killed 11 newborn babies in west Africa overnight. Senegal President Macky Sall made the announcement on Twitter on May 26. “I have just learned with pain and ...
Read More »Indiana legislature overrides veto of bill protecting women’s sports
Biological males are now banned from women’s sports in Indiana after lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto of the legislation. Rep. Michelle Davis, sponsor of the bill, told fellow lawmakers ahead of the ...
Read More »18 elementary children, 2 teachers murdered at Texas school
Eighteen school children and two teachers have been murdered by an 18-year-old male at a Texas elementary school. NOTE: The numbers have been updated since this story was first published. The announcement ...
Read More »What every homeowner should know about a recession
A recession does not equal a housing crisis. That’s the one thing that every homeowner today needs to know. Everywhere you look, experts are warning we could be heading toward a recession, ...
Read More »Airbnb to drop all listings in Communist China
Airbnb is ending its listing in China as of July 30 the company announced Tuesday. It will cease all domestic rentals and remove all listings in part because of continuing Covid lockdowns. ...
Read More »Can pastors running for office make a difference?
The American Renewal Project is encouraging pastors and church members across the nation to seek office. In April 2014, Jerry Falwell Jr. called me saying he was in a bind. Liberty University’s ...
Read More »Survey: Americans divided over role of faith in their lives
A new survey finds that Americans are divided over the role their faith should play in their day-to-day lives. The “Faith in America Survey,” conducted by The Marist College Poll, shows Americans ...
Read More »U.S. will support Japan as permanent member of UN Security Council
The Biden administration now says it will support Japan becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council. The belated move comes almost five years after former President Donald Trump called for ...
Read More »How compromised pastors are contributing to our cultural rot
A new poll finds that just 4% of executive pastors have a biblical worldview. Has the church now become compromised? For many years, I have stated that a major reason America is ...
Read More »New Missouri law prevents pharmacists from questioning certain COVID-19 treatments
Missouri doctors would be protected for prescribing ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine as treatments under a bill passed by the Legislature late in the session. The measure that would put this rule into effect ...
Read More »Judge stops Biden administration from ending Title 42
The Biden administration is being told it cannot end Title 42, an important border policy that allows authorities to quickly expel illegal immigrants at the southern U.S. border back to Mexico over ...
Read More »Republicans hold strong lead in voter turnout during primary elections
If Tuesday’s primary elections were any indication, Republicans will have a large advantage in voter turnout this year. In Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon, Republicans made up 55 percent of ...
Read More »Sri Lanka devolves into chaos with food shortages, curfew
The world could be at the initial stages of a massive food crisis, say economists. Shortages of fertilizer for farmers, the inability of Ukraine to export crops and record fuel prices are ...
Read More »We can know what’s false but censorship isn’t the answser
We should know by now that censorship is bad even if you’re confident that you’re censoring “the right things.” I recently saw a tweet from commentator and political scientist Yascha Mounk that I think ...
Read More »Where does your state come in for a love of reading?
New research is revealing which states have the highest love for reading. The data comes at a time when some feared reading was on the decline as the public seemingly spent more ...
Read More »Mickey Mouse legislation: Hawley bill to remove copyright protection gains support
The move to strip Disney of its special copyright protections is growing more likely. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is finding growing support among fellow legislators and the public for his legislation. The ...
Read More »Suspects arrested in sex trafficking of girl kidnapped at Mavericks game
A teen girl kidnapped when she went to the restroom at a Dallas Mavericks game is receiving medical and psychological treatment. She was rescued by police from an Oklahoma City motel. Surveillance ...
Read More »Kansas Supreme Court upholds GOP drawn Congressional map
In a rebuke to Democrats and Gov. Laura Kelly (D-KS), the Kansas Supreme Court is backing a new congressional map drawn by Republicans. The ruling reverses a lower court decision that tossed ...
Read More »“Highest form of song is prayer:” Bob Dylan Center opens in Tulsa
In Bob Dylan’s March concert in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the iconic musician and songwriter performed two of his overtly Christian songs, “Gotta Serve Somebody” and “Every Grain of Sand,” not to mention ...
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