Today’s news briefs include Venezuelan dictator changing date of Christmas; UK grapples with high-rise fire that killed 72; North Korea executes up to 30 officials over flooding. Report released on high-rise fire ...
Read More »Attacks on U.S. churches up 800% since 2020
Attacks against U.S. churches are up 800% since 2020 and more than doubled last year, according to the latest Hostility Against Churches report from the Family Research Council. It has revealed an ...
Read More »Israel: Almost 1 in 4 of remaining hostages is dead
Thirty-two of the 136 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are dead, according to reporting by the New York Times. The grim news comes after relatives of the families were notified by ...
Read More »Investigation of Mike Bickle finds abuse of power, sexual misconduct
An independent report released this week said Mike Bickle, founder of the International House of Prayer Kansas City, confessed to engaging in “consensual sexual contact” with a woman in addition to a ...
Read More »IHOPKC officially cuts ties with founder Mike Bickle
The International House of Prayer in Kansas City on Friday officially cut ties with founder Mike Bickle. In late October a group of former IHOPKC leaders accused Bickle of a pattern of ...
Read More »Christian population growing in Israel, report finds
The Christian population in Israel is growing slightly, according to a report issued at the end of 2022. The report, released by the Central Bureau of Statistics. found that Israel’s Christian community grew by ...
Read More »In a high-tech world, adults prefer printed Bibles
Although the popularity of online Bibles has grown in the digital age, most adults still prefer the old-fashioned paper version. A report by the American Bible Society found that nearly two-thirds of Bible users ...
Read More »Venezuela empties prisons, sends violent criminals to US border
Among the 2.2 million illegal aliens that have entered the country this year are violent criminals released from prisons in Venezuela. The news, alluded to on Thursday by President Joe Biden, has ...
Read More »U.S. in recession after 2nd quarter GDP released
The United States is in recession. The realization came Thursday morning after the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that GDP fell almost 1% in the second quarter. For the last 10 recessions, ...
Read More »First transgender bishop in U.S. forced to resign over racist actions
The first transgender bishop in the United States resigned this week over racist behavior. Megan Rohrer, a bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, was accused of vulgar racism after firing ...
Read More »What went wrong in America’s recycling efforts?
In March 2019, The New York Times ran a shocking story exploring why many prominent US cities were abandoning their recycling programs. “Philadelphia is now burning about half of its 1.5 million residents’ recycling material in ...
Read More »Southern Baptists respond to devastating sex abuse report
An investigative report released last weekend found that many Southern Baptist leaders have worked to stop lawsuits against potentially abusive pastors. The news comes as the denomination as a whole responds to ...
Read More »China forcing churches to spout communist propaganda
Churches and other religious bodies in China are being forced to spout communist propaganda as the country has become “increasingly hostile to faith, said a bipartisan U.S. federal government commission. According to ...
Read More »International Christian Concern ranks top Christian persecutors for 2021
The Taliban, Kim Jong un and Nigeria are the top persecutors of Christians as ranked by International Christian Concern. The organization ranked Nigeria as the worst country for religious freedom in 2021. ...
Read More »Most popular Christian Facebook pages are fake
The top ranked Christian Facebook pages had generic names — Jesus is my Lord, Purpose of Life, Light of the World, Blessing and Blessed — and they promoted generic content — Bible ...
Read More »Nursing homes using fake Schizophrenia diagnoses to force elderly into submission
A new New York Times investigation discovered a troubling nationwide trend in nursing homes, one that is likely to make Americans even more weary of placing their loved ones in the care ...
Read More »How ‘Katie’ came to be sex-trafficked and what your church can do
“Katie” met him at the mall. Though she was only 15, she knew that there was something different about this one. From the start, he showered her with kindness and attention. It ...
Read More »Biden administration defends Israel, rejects ‘apartheid’ label
In a move that some had doubts would happen, the Biden administration this week defended Israel by rejecting a one-sided report that labeled the Middle East’s only democracy as an “apartheid state.” ...
Read More »Christian persecution up as governments, extremists leverage Covid restrictions
Violence, discrimination and oppression surged against the world’s Christians in 2020 according to research by Open Doors USA. Their latest report on persecution lists underlying reasons including the Covid restrictions, more and ...
Read More »Covid bill also requires Navy and FBI release data on UFOs
Was E.T. phoning home from the U.S. Capitol? Perhaps so as one of the most curious parts of the just-signed Coronavirus relief bill has to do with the Navy and UFOs. While ...
Read More »Senate investigation: Hunter Biden connected to illegal Burisma dealings and prostitution ring
Hunter Biden, son of Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden, was involved in a number of illegal business dealings with foreign governments and Burisma, according to a report form a Senate Committee. The ...
Read More »Worldview of Americans correlates to biblical perspective, survey finds
Being a Christian has a profound impact on a person’s worldview, a new survey found. Ninety-eight percent of American adults who choose socialism over capitalism oppose a biblical worldview, according to the ...
Read More »Nation sees second record-breaking month of job growth in June
President Donald Trump was met with virtual silence from the media this morning as he read the June jobs numbers in a press conference. Trump reported 4.8 million jobs were added across ...
Read More »Google subpoenaed over mystery Gmail account tied to Hillary Clinton
Judicial Watch served a court-authorized subpoena to Google on April 15 requesting emails from a controversial Gmail account tied to Hillary Clinton. The subpoena is part of a yearslong Freedom of Information ...
Read More »Jobs report breaks expectations, unemployment at 50-year low
U.S. employers added 266,000 jobs for the month of November, surging past expected gains and continuing growth from October, adding fuel to the economic expansion. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, matching the lowest ...
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