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March 13th, 2025

West Ouachita Crusade set for March 30-April 2
LCU to host virtual March Madness Fitness Challenge for community
New congressional bill would ban using aborted baby parts for research
Putin aide rejects plan for Ukraine cease-fire
Budget deficit passes $1 trillion for year-to-date record
Nearly 1,000 respond to altar call at WVU

March 12th, 2025

DOJ closes investigation of SBC
FBI’s warning to iPhone, Android users: Delete these ‘smishing’ texts now
Study: Americans feeling peak stress earlier than ever
New super bananas get old but not brown
Airline CEOs warn domestic travel demand is slowing
Inflation rate eased to 2.8 percent in February, lower than expected

March 11th, 2025

Southwest Airlines shifts to paid baggage policy to lift earnings

March 10th, 2025

Denham Springs crusade set for March 16-19
BARNA: 56 percent of Christian adults view spiritual lives as entirely private
Tennessee church rallies for kidney donation
ICE arrests Palestinian who helped lead Columbia protests
National Park Service removes more trans content from website
The peril of emptiness upon evil’s return

March 6th, 2025

March 6, 1955: Billy Graham preaches in DC, with President Eisenhower present
Dramatic episode (Cartoon: Fletch)
Not feeling the love (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)
Declaration (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Abortion bans have saved at least 22,000 babies so far
Mystery of why women age better than men may finally be solved
McDonald’s gives its restaurants an AI makeover
Nine students who vanished on Mexico holiday found dismembered with ‘bag of hands’
Executive Order aims to eliminate Education Department
Mamou mourns after Mardi Gras festivities turn deadly

March 3rd, 2025

Pictures released of person of interest in connection to SU on-campus shooting
Lance Caddel named executive director of Northwest Baptist Convention
Facebook scams on the rise: Tips for spotting fraudulent posts

February 27th, 2025

John 3:16 initiative set for March 16

February 26th, 2025

Christianity in U.S. may no longer be in decline
LCU students earn multiple awards at annual NRB Convention
Rare chalk box discovered in Jerusalem
Survey: U.S. workers more worried than hopeful about future AI use in workplace
House passes budget framework that would allow defunding Planned Parenthood
Grace (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
Deep conversation (Cartoon: Fletch)
Church staff by the decades (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Christian stabbed in attack on evangelists in Uganda
Opposition arises against church in Indonesia

February 25th, 2025

Newly elected LCU president shares Kingdom vision
Mark Johnson elected 10th president of Louisiana Christian University.

February 24th, 2025

TWO OPINIONS about the Annual Meeting debate regarding culpability for abortions
EVANGELISM 101 (Part 2): Four soul-winning approaches

February 21st, 2025

Quebedeaux’s (Pineville, La.) among USA Today’s ‘Best of 2025’
INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS: How religions will change by global region during the next 50 years
ECON 2025: Continue to build a culture of evangelism
2024 Send Network LA: Church planting outcomes reported
Notables
Nearly 2,000 students choose Christ in one night at Ohio State: ‘God is moving in this generation’
Save your Facebook Live videos

February 20th, 2025

No. 1 Auburn men’s basketball bonded by faith, ‘having a relationship with God’

February 19th, 2025

EC approves $190 million allocation budget that includes legal costs
WRAP-UP: SBC Executive Committee proposes plan for budget woes
Iorg addresses sexual abuse, financial realities in report to Executive Committee
Musk shows interest in DOGE rebate checks to taxpayers
DOGE unearths missing ID codes in $4.7T worth of federal spending
Boko Haram kills pastor, two other Christians in Nigeria

February 18th, 2025

ERLC partners with SBC leaders in asking Congress to defund Planned Parenthood

February 17th, 2025

Former DOM Don Mabry passes at 90
POINT <== ==> COUNTERPOINT

Abortion: Jail / Don’t Jail The Woman?

February 14th, 2025

Fulani attacks in Nigeria kill 11 Christians
Cuba tells non-essential workers, students to stay home in latest blackout
US retail sales post largest drop in nearly two years in January
US restaurants cracking under inflation
LCU named safest campus, best value in Louisiana

February 12th, 2025

Louisiana Christian to hold spring revival next week
Super Bowl human trafficking outreach reunites 15 missing children in NOLA

February 11th, 2025

LCU named safest campus, best value in Louisiana
Private jets collide at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, killing one person
PBS closes DEI office
‘Gulf of America’ now appears on Google Maps after Trump executive order

February 10th, 2025

LCU to hold Spring Preview Day Feb. 15
New Trump admin policies promote marriage, having kids
Reflecting on an NFL season of players boldly sharing their faith
McDonald’s US sales drop as customers spend less
REPORT: Air traffic controller shortages are nationwide problem
US spy planes hunt for intel on Mexican drug cartels

February 6th, 2025

LCU to hold Spring Preview Day February 15
LCU to hold Spring Preview Day February 15
Miracle at Mt. Zion (KY): Building a new facility and a new life in Christ
Philadelphia churches near fatal plane crash respond and seek prayer partners
Trump to honor Billy Graham in proposed National Garden of American Heroes
Latest Trump Executive Order protects women’s sports
Ban of harmful school lunch ingredients urged by MAHA supporters with new law proposal
Marriage advice (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)
Giving thanks (Cartoon: Fletch)
God’s promises (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

February 5th, 2025

Report: More than 24,000 federal employees accept buyout option
Kansas City Chiefs stars praise Trump appearance at Super Bowl
New research: Heavy marijuana use could threaten the brain in this specific way
‘Thank you for your service’: Trump fires nearly all USAID workers
LCU alum admitted to U.S. Supreme Court Bar

February 4th, 2025

LCU social work department hosts first Continuing Education Series
WMU expands Royal Ambassadors to include young men through 12th grade
Louisiana students’ academic progress shines on national report card

February 3rd, 2025

Convergence media students attend, win at SEJC
Japan: Birthrate continues to plummet, nine million homes remain empty
Louisiana lawmakers pressure Super Bowl for family-friendly halftime show

January 30th, 2025

Evangelism 101 (Part 1): The heart of soul winning
No survivors expected after AA flight collides with military helicopter in deadliest US crash since 2009

January 29th, 2025

Louisiana Notables
LCU Day of Prayer set Feb. 2
‘Pause’ retreat set Feb. 7-8 for pastors, wives
Louisiana Christian University’s first C3 event of spring scheduled for Feb. 4

January 25th, 2025

Science experts reveal evidence that Adam and Eve did exist
Fifth Circuit asks tough questions about Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law
Charges dropped against Texas doc who blew whistle about secret trans surgeries on kids

January 24th, 2025

‘A great honor’: Trump keeps promise to pardon 23 pro-life advocates

January 23rd, 2025

LCU classes to be held online Thursday, Friday
New Orleans has seen more snow than Alaska’s biggest city so far this winter
First images of ICE mass deportation efforts show arrests of MS-13 gang members, murder suspects
CNN cuts jobs, prepares new streaming rollout
Kennedy, Wicker introduce bill to ban taxpayer funding for abortions, codify Hyde amendment

January 22nd, 2025

CENLA Hymn Sing scheduled for Feb. 2

January 17th, 2025

LCU to be closed Jan. 21 due to expected winter weather

January 16th, 2025

The phenomenal surge of faith on the field
Heart to heart talk (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)
Darth Vader imitation (Cartoon: Fletch)
Love grows (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
More than 145 House Dems vote against bill to deport migrants who commit sexual assault
Persecution against Christians rising: Open Doors releases 2025 World Watch list

January 15th, 2025

FDA bans red food dye due to potential cancer risk

January 14th, 2025

Montana pastor’s sermon series on culture clashes resonates with congregation
Nearly half of adults worldwide hold antisemitic views, survey finds
LBC ‘Bi-vocational Pastor of the Year’ Riddle now craves His Word, not drugs

January 13th, 2025

CALIFORNIA: Baptist volunteers deployed in wildfire response, Christians urged to ‘get specific’ in prayers
PHILIPPINES: More than a million faithful attend National Rally for peace
OHIO: Entire team prays on field before playoff game
REPORT: Palisades fire likely started by dormant blaze sparked by NYE fireworks
An 89-year-old’s example: It is never too late

January 10th, 2025

Louisiana Notables
Wisner church loses fellowship hall during severe storms
Hunt reveals $610,000 salary; seeks millions in relief from CP
2025 Resolution: Win souls
Life Marches 2025: ‘Every life is worth living’
ECON 2025: Create a culture of evangelism

January 8th, 2025

FIRST PERSON: How President Carter helped China’s Christian influence
MISSISSIPPI: NOBTS holds historic commencement at women’s prison
Vietnam to reward traffic offender snitches
STUDY: Drinking coffee only in the morning lowers risk of death from any cause
Vegas bomber used AI to plan Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel
CALIFORNIA: Palisades fire in Los Angeles destroys 1,000 structures; no containment

January 7th, 2025

Pro-life advocate arrested for preaching Gospel outside abortion facility
NYC now most expensive US city to drive into
KENYA: Three members of family burned to death after accepting Christ
Speaker Johnson talks raising debt limit, tackling Trump’s legislative priorities
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FIRST PERSON: As goes the family, so goes the culture

By Gene Mills, Louisiana Family Forum president BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Public policy matters, especially regarding the health and growth of families, the basic building block of any flourishing society. As we have seen throughout history, as goes the family, so goes the culture. Unfortunately, for too long … Read More

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