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February 10th, 2024

Louisiana Baptist churches ‘shine’ Christ’s light to special needs guests

‘Experiencing God’ author Henry Blackaby dies

February 8th, 2024

‘A secret life’: New Panthers head coach (and Christian) Dave Canales’ book about his marriage is an eye-opener

NLBA prayer gathering: Seek God for revival

Students equipped to share the Gospel at CEC

February 7th, 2024

Lemonade stand chatter (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

More depth (Cartoon: Fletch)

Smiling face (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Riley Gaines slams ‘insufferable’ trans activists mocking Bethany Hamilton at library event

Ford could get 50 percent more profit without EVs

Credit card debt increases by $50 billion to new record high

ESPN, Fox and Warner team up to create sports streaming platform

February 6th, 2024

Life March Central: Here for her

February 5th, 2024

Mississippi House passes bill to help improve maternal mortality, infant mortality

Darryl Strawberry shares stories of sin, redemption and ‘Hall of Faith’

Speaker Johnson to introduce ‘clean’ Israel aid package

Wisdom and the will of God

February 2nd, 2024

Merit-based hiring ‘unfair’ – American Psychological Association

February 1st, 2024

BAPTIST NEWS GLOBAL: ‘NAMB hires a Presbyterian Calvinist to lead urban church planting’

House passes bill for expanded child tax credit

Terrorists kill five Christ followers in Nigeria

FBI director: Chinese hackers determined to ‘wreak havoc’

Mike Johnson warns of global threats to religious freedom, calls on Biden to protect Uyghurs

January 31st, 2024

DeQuincy High senior awarded LCU’s 2024 Smith Scholarship

Hallow Christian prayer app to launch its first-ever Super Bowl commercial

January 30th, 2024

Wear red and work out: LCU to promote cardiovascular health in February

Southeast Louisiana Pregnancy Center for Women and Children celebrates grand opening

Hymn sing to benefit Cenla BCMs

January 29th, 2024

Spoiling the script of cultural Marxists

LCU’s Chou says experience enhances teaching immeasurably

Discipleship to be focus of LCU’s first C3 of 2024

QB Brock Purdy leads 49ers to Super Bowl: ‘Win or lose I’m going to glorify God’

Evangelism conversation (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Rejected (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Call from pastor (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Baptists in Eastern Europe serving God in the midst of war

POLL: Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes

January 26th, 2024

NCAA mocks female athletes with trans policies

Kelly: Pastors must deal with personal pain

Billingsley talks medical battles, safeguarding his Christian character

SBC CP down, designated giving up for month, year

Advisory panel urges churches to submit their insurance profiles

Louisiana Notables

ECON 2024: Share Christ with the world

January 25th, 2024

US economy grew at surprisingly strong 3.3 percent in Q4

China’s EV players ramp up competition with Tesla using new tech

1924 newspaper predicted what life would be like today – here’s what it got right and horribly wrong

OHIO: Pastor, two sons he tried to save die holding hands in house fire

CALIFORNIA: In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to wave of car break-ins, robberies

Gary Graham’s Daughter: ‘He loved the Lord with every bit of his heart. He couldn’t wait to meet Jesus’

January 24th, 2024

LA Times slashes more than 20 percent of newsroom staff as it confronts ‘financial crisis’

Former pop star shares abortion regret: ‘I have a Grammy but none of it will bring my children back’

POLL: 80 percent of American voters support Israel; 20 percent support Hamas

Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, 245,000 Jewish survivors are still alive

Hulk Hogan thanks God after saving teen from overturned car

Joe Biden thumbs nose at Catholic Church in election year

Pineville High’s Debate Tournament hosted by LCU

LCU benefactor Young leaves behind a legacy of faith, devotion to family

January 22nd, 2024

Texans’ CJ Stroud on his faith after playoff loss: ‘It’s what I lean on through thick and thin’

Time-lapse videos show impressive turnout for 2024 March for Life

Mike Johnson says he was unplanned pregnancy, urges March for Life attendees to ‘be encouraged’

January 19th, 2024

2023 home sales lowest in almost 30 years

US Catholic Bishops warn of threats to religious freedom

Cassidy receives A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America

January 18th, 2024

Kennedy receives “A+” rating for championing pro-life values

NBC cuts out Houston Texans’ CJ Stroud’s praise of Jesus

POLL: Most young voters want limits on abortion

New cancer cases projected to hit record high in 2024

NFL Peacock experiment leads to least-viewed game of NFL ‘Wild Card’ weekend

PAKISTAN: Assault on Christian mother goes unprosecuted

NEW YORK: Anti-Israel protesters target NYC cancer hospital for ‘complicity in genocide’

15th NOBTS Defend apologetics conference draws record crowd, honors retiring Robert Stewart

January 17th, 2024

LCU’s Tinsley thankful for how Lord has guided her path

Landry’s Executive Order addresses illegal immigration in Louisiana

Archaeologists excavate ancient temple of Artemis in Greece

California church preschool won’t be barred from gov’t food program

Tesla drivers stranded amid charging struggles in frigid cold

CHINA: Economic growth slows to three-decade low (excluding pandemic)

World Watch List 2024 reveals rise in persecution of Christians

Stories of faithfulness highlight WMU board meeting

ABOUT ELECTIONS: Our political engagement should glorify God

Hulk Hogan, 70, gets baptized: ‘Total surrender and dedication to Jesus’

January 16th, 2024

LCU to remain closed through Wednesday

After fire, New Friendship rises from the ashes

New LBF service helps individuals invest, advance the Kingdom

Louisiana Baptist DR teams activated to serve homeless in Lake Charles

CEC to challenge college students to share the Gospel

January 15th, 2024

LCU to be closed Tuesday due to expected icy weather

Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech

January 12th, 2024

FBC Zachary commissions teens to reach classmates for Christ

Hobby Lobby donates building to New Orleans congregation

Five ‘Life Marches’ scheduled in 2024

Louisiana Notables

January 11th, 2024

Wealthiest 10 percent now own 93 percent of stock market

Consumer inflation jumps higher than expected to 3.4 percent

January 10th, 2024

Unpreached Gospel (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Heavenly thoughts (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Mission trip thought (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

CUBA: Inflation worsens as fuel prices soar 500 percent

STUDY: Nearly zero extremism among active duty troops

Louisiana’s Fountain among WMU state presidents recognized

RAND report: Fewer extremists among veterans than in the general public

January 9th, 2024

iPhone survives 16,000-ft.-fall from Alaska Airlines flight

Faith-filled RBs Corum, Edwards power Michigan to national title

Arkansas AG rejects second proposed amendment to make abortion constitutional right

Florida may pass laws to protect kids from online porn, social media

Millions of viewers tune in to watch Georgia pastor restore ‘dead things’

TENNESSEE: 10-year-old raises $28,000 to build 4 churches in Haiti

January 8th, 2024

Landry calls for unity, addresses key issues

January 5th, 2024

Israeli researchers use Earth’s magnetic field to verify book of Kings

Arkansas Air National Guard commander resigns to protest Biden’s abortion travel policy

Driverless truck companies to ditch ‘human copilots’ in 2024

MEXICO: Speaker Johnson describes trafficking, terrorism and trauma at border

January 4th, 2024

FIRST PERSON: The Louisiana Baptist Mission Builders story

FIRST PERSON: Ayann Hirsi Ali finds Christianity

January 3rd, 2024

Beloved Alabama evangelist Junior Hill – ‘one of the greatest harvesters’ today – dies Jan. 3

WORLDWIDE: Abortion leading cause of death in 2023, killing 73 million

TEXAS: Courts rule state can ban emergency abortions despite federal guidance

MASSACHUSETTS: Harvard’s former president keeps nearly $900K annual salary

US national debt tops $34T for first time in history

STUDY: 3.4 percent of journalists identify as Republican

STUDY: Vegan meals not healthier than meat options

FLORIDA: Church of Scientology accused of mafia-inspired activity

IRAN: At least 103 killed, 141 wounded in blasts at ceremony honoring slain general

January 2nd, 2024

Prayed up (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Happy pastor’s wife (Cartoon: Fletch)

Pack your patience (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Holiday retail sales grow 3.1 percent

Retired NFL player working to end fatherlessness crisis

NIGERIA: Terrorists kills two Christians

Americans canceling more of their streaming services

JAPAN: 379 passengers survive after plane explodes

January 1st, 2024

Grand Canyon University (SBC school) rejects Biden adminstration’s ‘meritless’ lawsuits

December 30th, 2023

Will Graham: Truly wise men

Will Graham: Herod & Jerusalem

United Kingdom advises its schools to support parental rights

UN expert cites ‘detrimental effects’ from Biden’s Title IX proposal to allow men on women’s sports teams

‘Bible Memory Man’ shares tips for memorizing the Word

Beer drinking (and alcohol consumption overall) dropped to lowest level in a generation

December 27th, 2023

Radical Evangelism

December 23rd, 2023

Will Graham: About the Shepherds

CDC: ‘faith’ is biggest reason teen girls don’t have sex

TRUMP: ‘I’ll end the war on Christians’

Coronado, California library (in a major military community) bans Christmas-themed story time, permits Gay pride celebration

Capitol police commander: ‘January 6 was not an insurrection’

POLL: 1 in 5 mail-in voters committed fraud in 2020

Transgender activist charged with raping two underage boys

December 21st, 2023

Hawaii residents continue to recover from fire, find hope during Christmas season

Christmas in the Delta’ sees 92 students reach communities for Christ

Don’t let Satan spoil your Christmas