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August 3rd, 2023

One in four pastors plans to retire before 2030

‘In God We Trust’ law in effect for Louisiana schools

Hinson reflects on 32 years of ministry

Willis uses multi-ministry roles to advance Kingdom

Kirk Cameron-inspired library event on Aug. 5 is ‘awesome way to be bold,’ says Jurkovich

August 2nd, 2023

LCU releases latest Columns issue

Fitch downgrades USA’s credit rating

‘Groundbreaking’ pill annihilates cancer tumors

FBI finds 200 sex trafficking victims, 59 missing children in two-week sweep

Meta platforms begin blocking news for Canadian users

August 1st, 2023

NAMB asks judge to exclude key testimony in McRaney lawsuit

‘Sound of Freedom’ continues as box office hit, nears $150 million mark

Miami sees first population drop in decades

Oklahoma National Guard joins 12 other states in Texas border security mission

July 31st, 2023

Louisiana Baptist students encouraged to sign up for evangelistic, ministry strategy

Christian student wins settlement after university tried to silence her

SURVEY: High school boys are trending conservative

SURVEY: Home ownership out of reach for many Americans

City pays $300,000 in settlement after arresting Christians for singing hymns during lockdowns

Radicals threaten to kill, dismember school board president for adopting parental rights policy

Despite $700 million pandemic bailout, trucking company shutting down

July 28th, 2023

OPINION: Climate change not a factor in heat wave

Rep. Mace criticized for suggestive remarks at 13th annual SC prayer breakfast

Detransitioner makes desperate plea for lawmakers to protect children from transgender experimentation

July 27th, 2023

Critics decry NAMB’s real estate dealings

Bud Light brewer lays off hundreds of U.S. workers

Human trafficking investigation results in arrest of 62 smugglers exploiting ‘vulnerable Cubans’

GDP grew at a 2.4 percent pace in the second quarter, topping expectations

North Korea’s Kim shows off banned missiles to Russian minister

SunGas Renewables to bring nearly $2 billion facility, hundreds of jobs to Pineville

You say you’re pro-life, but what are you doing about it

July 25th, 2023

Half of U.K. children not living with both parents by 14

Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ rockets to No. 2 on charts

Saudi Arabia reportedly offers $1.1 billion for soccer star

BARNA: Pastors feeling more lonely

Two Eritrean Christians mark 7,000 days in prison

Sermon prep (Cartoon: Fletch)

Dressed for seminary

July 24th, 2023

Understanding Southern Baptist Convention data: Part two

July 21st, 2023

Ministry helps believers ‘start conversations’ with the lost

‘The Gospel Invitation’ seeks to revive soul winning

Louisiana Notables

2023 Louisiana legislative session wraps up

Retiring Peoples reflects on 32 years of service to FBC Wisner

LBC seeks resolutions, nominees for committees, boards

Pastor & wife welcome event, Sept. 11

ANALYSIS: It is time to stop digging the GCR hole!

Lawmakers ban gender experimentation on minors

Life groups lead to new growth for New Life

Grand Ecore Baptist enjoys spiritual rebirth

Pregnancy Center expanding to Washington Parish

Bennett retires from Baptists’ ministry to aid the vulnerable

Trinity’s James to retire after 27 years

DR teams restore hope in Ida-stricken Montegut

July 17th, 2023

Understanding Southern Baptist Convention data, part one

July 14th, 2023

Louisiana Notables

July 13th, 2023

DATA ANALYSIS: Spike in homelessness in US cities isn’t slowing down

Transgender-identifying man wins Netherlands’ Miss Universe pageant

Greg Laurie baptizes 4,500 at Pirate’s Cove Beach

Praise band (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Convenient sin (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

July 11th, 2023

SBC CP, designated giving up in June

Bayou Church plans Aug. 6 expanded campus grand opening

July 10th, 2023

SWBTS music student’s voice wows ‘America’s Got Talent’ judges

GALLUP POLL: Employees more engaged, stressed globally

Unsold electric cars piling up on dealer lots

China prosecutes house church leaders as criminal ‘clique’

A.I. being used to translate Bible in every language

Five reasons you must see ‘Sound of Freedom’

July 5th, 2023

Catching up on all that’s new and noteworthy

July 1st, 2023

Pot legalization leads to lawlessnes in Jersey Shore youth

Now gender dysphoria surges in young adults

France burns, police arrest 1,300 rioters

VIDEO: Young adults seek work not marriage

Record number of 40-year-olds not married

June 29th, 2023

Goza to be LBC president nominee

Supreme Court hands religious freedom win to postal worker who refused to work Sundays

Supreme Court strikes down consideration of race as factor in college admissions

June 28th, 2023

EDITORIAL: Hallowed be thy name

June 27th, 2023

‘We’re having a fetus!’ ad changes American minds about preborn

Christian university cancels Promise Keepers event over pride statement

American street preacher arrested in England for preaching during LGBT pride event

Home price annual decline first since 2012

Fourth of July travel expected to reach record

June 26th, 2023

Dwayne Monk, former LBC Second VP, Executive Board president, passes

Silence is golden? (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Aimed but missed (Cartoon: Fletch)

All about His grace (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

SBC amendment on male pastors passes first vote

June 25th, 2023

Seattle gay parade: Naked men on bikes expose themselves to children

NYC drag queens: ‘We’re coming for your children’

June 23rd, 2023

Boston police save four children in house with drag queens, drugs, sex toys and dead body

EDITORIAL – Paid family leave: A ‘peace’ agreement for a post-Roe world.

SBC annual meeting helped mobilize a new generation of Southern Baptists

NOBTS’ Fred Luter Jr. Student Center dedicated

June 22nd, 2023

Louisiana notables

June 20th, 2023

LBDR teams serving residents impacted by weekend storms

June 15th, 2023

LCU receives RRAC Sportsmanship Award for second year in a row

Seminaries: Training NextGen to engage culture

June 14th, 2023

ARITF reauthorized for another year

Saddleback, two other churches disfellowshipped by SBC messengers

Crossover, Serve Tour yield 336 decisions for Christ

June 12th, 2023

OU softball 3-peats as national champs with ‘eyes up’ on Christ

FIRST-PERSON: Gaining altitude – WMU celebrates 135 years of SBC missions

LBC pastor Philip Robertson elected SBC EC chairman

Sheriffs to public: Daryl Stagg is ‘off the street’

Adding souls to the Kingdom, make it count

June 11th, 2023

Salvations, first responder appreciation lunch among Crossover efforts in Covington

UPDATE: Louisiana Baptist leader, Daryl Stagg, charged with sex crimes

LBC’s Spinney to be nominated for SBC 1VP

Celebration Church baptizes 17 during block party

June 10th, 2023

NOBTS seminary teams see lives changed during Crossover

First Baptist New Orleans shares Jesus’ love to school children at City Park amusement park

M.E. Dodd: Father of Cooperative Program was a committed soul winner, SBC leader

June 9th, 2023

Alabama volunteer team encourages Vintage Church during playground build

June 8th, 2023

Louisiana Baptist leader, Daryl Stagg, arrested

EDITORIAL: Rick Warren is wrong on doctrine, but right that the future of the SBC ‘hangs in the balance’

June 7th, 2023

UMC loses 286 Kentucky churches amid homosexuality debate

Two million immigrants released into US ‘here indefinitely’

Wife choices (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Peanuts chatter (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

SBC CP dips in May, remains down for FY23

June 6th, 2023

D-Day 79 years later: How FDR’s powerful prayer united Americans

Southern Baptists are the new Methodists (an update)

FBI fears for life of informant who accused Biden of international bribery scheme as VP

June 5th, 2023

‘Stop Harming Our Kids Act’ passes Senate with supermajority, heads to governor’s desk

STUDY: Transgender surgery leaves people lonelier, depressed

California ed leaders push CRT lessons praising Marxist who looked up to Osama bin Laden

Bible removed from Utah elementary, middle school bookshelves for ‘sex and violence’

CDC: Rising rates of suicide, depression accelerated by pandemic among U.S. kids

More than 70,000 hear Gospel on 50th anniversary of Billy Graham’s Seoul crusade

June 4th, 2023

‘Mr. Bean’ feels duped by push toward electric vehicles

June 3rd, 2023

Lawmakers rally to revive ‘Stop Harming Our Kids Act’

June 1st, 2023

Baptism to discipleship

May 31st, 2023

North Korea sentences two-year-old to life in prison camp after parents caught with Bible

At least 95 Louisiana churches cut ties with UMC

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules in favor of unborn children

Kentucky abortion clinic up for sale

Louisiana joins wave of states reintroducing biblical values to schools

May 30th, 2023

Mustached man in drag welcomes little girls to Disney princess boutique

Chick-fil-A goes woke

Louisiana legislature recognizes June as Sanctity of Preborn Life Month

UK’s foremost expert: Gender ideology is ‘a cult belief’

May 29th, 2023

Conservative teens happier than their liberal friends

Kohl’s markets LGBT clothing for newborn babies

Biden admin uses Title X to corrupt teens, undermine parents’ rights

Black families in Idaho thrive because of faith, fathers in home

Target Stores aim at babies, young children with LGBT apparel

May 27th, 2023

VIDEO: Congressman Mike Johnson sounds off about massive government expansion

KELLEY: 12 years after GCR, can SBC break its downward spiral?