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January 2nd, 2023

300 migrants make landings at national park in Florida Keys
Louisiana’s Rose Parade float wins award
Four tips to make your New Year’s resolution last

December 28th, 2022

LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 10 (LCU celebrates addition of Pizza Hut to food court)

December 27th, 2022

Florida to investigate ‘Christmas’ drag show that exposed children to lewd conduct
LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 9 (Maggie Martin Marketplace Leadership Summit announced)

December 26th, 2022

AG Landry: Don’t subsidize sexualization of children by public libraries
LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 8 (LCU dedicates walking trail)

December 23rd, 2022

LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 7 (LCU dedicates new outdoor court)
Homewood Baptist blesses 21 kids at Christmas

December 22nd, 2022

Little Cakes and Lottie Moon: Alexandria bakery shows heart for missions
LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 6 (Luckett named LCU dean of nursing)

December 21st, 2022

LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 5 (LCU seniors present research at annual C.S. Lewis Honors Forum)

December 20th, 2022

US Rep. Mike Johnson blasts FBI for apparent suppression of free speech, Twitter ties
Huffman’s Fairhaven Ministry provides Ukrainians with early Christmas
LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 4 (Historic fall semester brings sports postseason berths)

December 19th, 2022

The messy reason for Christmas
Shooting outside NOBTS leaves one dead
LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 3 (NOBTS and LCU announce historical partnership)
FBC Lafayette’s Singing Christmas Tree draws more than 4,000

December 16th, 2022

LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 2 (LCU signs articulation agreement with CLTCC for new four-year degree)

December 15th, 2022

Concord-Union churches, Rolling Hills donate $6,000 to trailer park residents impacted by tornado
LCU Top Ten 2022: No. 1 (LCU dedicates new Martin MBA program)
Household wealth dropped by $13.5 trillion from January to September
Robots set their sights on a new job: sewing blue jeans
BRUNSON: Be faithful with no regrets
Canada prepares to expand assisted death amid debate
Orlando airport asks airlines to carry additional fuel to avoid flight disruptions
Kennedy: Louisianians deserve to know how FEMA is raising the price of flood insurance

December 14th, 2022

Tornadoes wreak havoc on state, causes multiple deaths

December 13th, 2022

Good Shepherd Hispanic celebrates debt retirement

December 12th, 2022

Louisiana Notables
LBCHFM program awarded Community Partner of 2022
ESL ministry brings the world to Louisiana

December 9th, 2022

LAC director named ‘Hero Among Us’ by St. Jude
Associations welcome new leaders
The wondrous ‘Christmas Story’
Kentwood girl’s bracelet sales go to help DR victims in Florida
Revival, crusade spur a discipleship boon
Brooks ends 43 years of changed lives at Calvary Baptist

December 7th, 2022

LCU mourns loss of longtime faculty member

December 5th, 2022

Honey reminder (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
PK admission (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)
White Christmas (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Supreme Court hears free speech arguments over company refusing to create sites for gay weddings
Archaeologists find mosaic evidence of early Christianity at ‘burnt church’ near Galilee
Cost of traditional Christmas dinner food ‘rises three times faster than wages’
Uganda: Muslim extremists burn down house church, beat 2 Christian converts in separate attacks
Tony Perkins named to GOP commission to review 2022 midterms

December 2nd, 2022

CENSUS: Christians become minority in UK
PEW: Growing share of Americans see the Supreme Court as ‘friendly’ toward religion
New Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze, assistant Cadillac Williams stay rooted in Christ
UN: Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes
Apple CEO torched for dodging questions about China protests
The left’s argument against Amy Coney Barrett deserves our attention

December 1st, 2022

Report: Evangelical charities saw rise in giving during pandemic
Biden declines to appeal trans ruling, handing momentum to parents
Senate passes gay marriage bill despite religious liberty concerns
Air Force ‘wrongly’ dismisses religious exemption requests from unvaxxed airmen
Ephesians 2: Redemption is a gift
Ephesians 1: God chose us in Christ
Service idea (Cartoon: Covered Dish)
Thoughtful shirt (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
Indescribable grace (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

November 29th, 2022

Former SBTS professor sues SBC for defamation related to controversial Guidepost claims
DAVID JEREMIAH: Peace and gratitude

November 26th, 2022

GREG LAURIE: Give peace away

November 24th, 2022

BILLY GRAHAM: Thanksgiving with meaning

November 22nd, 2022

YEC 2022: 830 students made decisions for Christ

November 21st, 2022

Lies repeated in NAMB’s newly filed court document?

November 18th, 2022

John Hebert retires as LBC ‘point man’
ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT: Spiritual freedom erupts in a town called Independence
Louisiana Notables
Horn: Be ‘all in’ for 2023 SBC Annual Meeting

November 17th, 2022

LBC entities report good news
Speakers: Dwell on God
Pastors Conference: Endure for Christ

November 16th, 2022

Horn: Be ‘all in’ for 2023 SBC Annual Meeting
Messengers broaden definition of ‘cooperating church’

November 11th, 2022

Congressman Johnson to LCU students: Be salt and light
McRaney v. NAMB: Newly released materials appear to show intent to harm
Membership files update (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)
Pew occupied (Cartoon: Fletch)
Granny’s wisdom (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Midterms see double-digit TV ratings drop from 2018
Consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in October, less than expected
Musk’s first email to Twitter staff ends remote work
Meta cuts 11,000 jobs
‘Well over’ 100,000 Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine, U.S. says
Melville mayor killed in crash on election day

November 10th, 2022

Luckett named LCU dean of nursing
LCU debate team advances to finals in Shreveport tournament

November 9th, 2022

LCU Founder’s Day pays tribute to Richard Norton and family

November 8th, 2022

Graham: We can still turn back
REPORT: US citizens moving to Mexico in record numbers
Russian marines rage against own generals in leaked letter
Facebook parent Meta begins large-scale layoffs
Florida medical boards ban gender transition procedures for minors
Inflation causes more professionals to seek second job
LSU fans again register on seismograph in win over Bama
Louis Charrier to be nominee for LBC 2VP

November 7th, 2022

U.S. payrolls grew by 261,000 in October
SHOCK: NPR airs audio of woman getting an abortion
Join prayer vigils around pro-life centers on election night
Netanyahu bloc wins decisive victory in Israel
Fasting Mantis (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
Perfect morning (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

November 6th, 2022

Praying football coach to be reinstated in 2023

November 4th, 2022

SWBTS announces layoffs

November 2nd, 2022

Congressman Johnson, wife, headline LCU Value and Ethics Series
Shanghai Disney shuts over COVID, visitors unable to leave
Turkey costs projected to rise 23 percent
Mortgage demand falls slightly even as rates slip
Netanyahu and religious parties win big in Israeli election

November 1st, 2022

Smiling face (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

October 31st, 2022

Louisiana DR saw 28 come to Christ during Hurricane Ian response

October 27th, 2022

Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US
Hobby Lobby founder giving away company because he ‘chose God’
Saddleback’s newest teaching pastor is wife of new senior pastor
Biden promotes abortion urgency ahead of midterms
Louisiana schools #1 in USA for 4th grade reading improvement
LCU celebrates 2023 Homecoming

October 26th, 2022

FBC Luling rededication celebrates God’s provision
Penfield grateful for the great adventure of ministry

October 25th, 2022

NOBTS student witnesses first-hand God at work in Naples
Youth pastor shortage leaves churches scrambling
Louisiana’s Mike Johnson leads House GOP to ban tax dollars for sexual exploitation of children
No “ifs” in our victory over Satan
Primeaux reflects on more than seven decades of ministry
Growth needed (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Serious plea (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)
Biblical man bun (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
Indian’s courageous act in Va. colony saved La. pastor’s ancestors
R.V. Couch takes light into darkness of jails
Louisiana F.A.I.T.H. Riders ‘patch’ 81 for Christ at Arkansas rally

October 24th, 2022

Congressman Johnson to headline LCU Values and Ethics Series
Judson Retreat Center to close
Operation Christmas Child Collection Week, Nov. 14-21
LBCHFM & ELBA partnership aims to improve foster care, adoption
Granberry Counseling celebrates 25 years
Tippit: Take the prayer challenge!
99-year-old WWII veteran completes Mission: Baptism

October 22nd, 2022

Spiritual Care Week highlights ‘unsung’ ministry workers
SWBTS trustees reveal ‘dysfunctionality’ under Greenway

October 20th, 2022

Louisiana Notables
Chad Gilbert to be nominee for LBC vice president
YEC to celebrate 35th anniversary, Nov. 20-21
Pastors Conference: ‘Endure’
Guidelines for the making of motions at annual meeting
Messengers to ‘Dwell’ on God’s goodness in Louisiana