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July 7th, 2022

Louisiana Supreme Court refuses to lift order not to enforce the state’s ban on abortions

Waites’ America’s Got Talent episode slated for July 12

July 6th, 2022

U.S. flight disruptions ease as holiday winds down

Vacation Bible School album reaches No. 1 on Apple music chart

NPR scraps Declaration reading tradition for ‘equality’ discussion

VP Harris likens end of Roe v. Wade to slavery

Free program would make repaying college loans less stressful at LCU

Wildcats Media earns recognition at SPJ’s Diamond Journalism Awards

July 4th, 2022

Glory, glory, hallelujah: A July 4th prayer

July 2nd, 2022

US company goes against grain, offers paternity leave, adoption help in response to SCOTUS decision

Belief in God in US at 81 percent

July 1st, 2022

NOLA set to displace DC as murder capital of US

With state abortion ban, Children’s Home preps to meet more adoption, foster care needs

June 29th, 2022

Kroger, Dick’s Sporting Goods pay for abortion travel

June 28th, 2022

Church planting milestone within reach

Bahamian church re-dedication July 24

June 27th, 2022

NOLA judge halts state abortion ban, clinics allowed to reopen

More than 1 million voters switch to GOP in warning for Dems

Artistry of Jonah (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Snack conversation (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Grill talk (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Trinity celebrates 35 consecutive Sundays of baptisms

Ukrainian refugees accept Christ in Poland, Belarus

NOLA BCM chaplain shares Hope with hopeless

High school football coach scores big win at Supreme Court over post-game prayer

June 25th, 2022

Abortion outlawed in Louisiana

June 24th, 2022

SCOTUS overturns 49-year-old abortion ruling, returns issue to states

Horn ‘gives thanks’ for Supreme Court decision, still more work to do

Messengers adopt SATC recommendations

Messengers choose not to abolish ERLC

Louisiana Notables

Sex abuse lawsuits begin to stack up against SBC

2022 Wrap up: Bittersweet legislative results for religious liberty, the unborn, women’s sports, pot

Messengers adopt resolutions, budgets and elect new officers

U.S. Supreme Court overturns (5-4) Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey

June 20th, 2022

Epic alignment of five planets, moon to peak after summer solstice

Airlines cancel massive numbers of holiday flights

Japan court rules same-sex marriage ban is not unconstitutional

400+ migrants caught in Father’s Day border crossing

Kennedy rips ‘woke’ left for threats against Supreme Court justices

June 16th, 2022

Former Wildcat player Phillips named LCU women’s basketball coach

June 14th, 2022

False claim secretly deleted from pro-gay Guidepost’s report

June 13th, 2022

Russian-owned successor of McDonald’s opens in Moscow

Average US gasoline price jumps 39 cents to $5.10 per gallon

Bitcoin plunges below $24,000; crypto meltdown claims another casualty

California exodus continues as residents head south of the border

June 10th, 2022

Inflation hits fresh 40-year high in May, consumer prices surge 8.6 percent

June 9th, 2022

Abortion activists plan to blockade Supreme Court to stop justices from overturning Roe

Kamala Harris refuses to mention God during meeting with faith leaders on abortion

POLL: Biden approval rating sinks to new low

Gas prices hit five dollars national average after rapid rise

DMV chatter (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Snack ideas (Preacher’s Kids)

Mission trip thought (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Judge orders church led by CBN spokesman Brad Jurkovich to turn over financial records

June 8th, 2022

Louisiana DR team sees spiritual breakthrough with Ukrainians during trip to Poland

Some Tampa Bay Rays refuse to wear LGBT pride uniform logo, cite faith

Tennessee Baptist leader calls for break from pro-LGBT Guidepost Solutions

State Farm grooms children with pro-LGBT books

Accusations resurface alleging SBC EC, NAMB bullied female reporter

June 6th, 2022

LCU students travel to England to walk in footsteps of C.S. Lewis

Last ‘Band of Brothers’ survivor honored by national WW2 Museum

World War II’s D-Day: Photos reveal world’s largest amphibious invasion

Remember D-Day as if it were yesterday, every day

GOLA teams prepare for summer missions

New Orleans Starbucks store first in Louisiana to vote union

FDR’s D-Day prayer to be added to World War II memorial

More than 50 killed in Nigerian church on Pentecost Sunday

June 4th, 2022

COOB crafts schedule to address SBC controversies

LBC’s Horn comments about SBC SATF report

June 3rd, 2022

Abortion pill has injured 125 women, put five in hospital – just in Ohio

May payrolls rose 390,000, but signs of growth slowing; inflation eats away wage gains

Turkish inflation hits highest rate since 1998 at 73.5 percent

Three dead in shooting outside of church in Ames, Iowa

Musk to cut 10 percent of Tesla jobs

US condemns Russia’s ‘appalling destruction of religious sites’ in Ukraine

DR thought (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

June 2nd, 2022

Rolling Hills opens coffee shop, bookstore

Unemployment claims drop to 200,000, layoffs fall to lowest level on record

STUDY: Drinking coffee linked to lower mortality risk

California rationing water amid its worst drought in 1,200 years

Realtor.com: US for-sale homes rise for first time since 2019

June 1st, 2022

NBC: Monkeypox spread from two European gay sex raves

May 31st, 2022

Ford’s electric pickup can power house for 10 days

POLL: Gas prices a much bigger concern than COVID for summer travel

POLL: Economic pessimism growing in U.S.

Egypt unearths trove of artifacts, 250 mummies in ancient necropolis

Children, pregnant woman among 31 Christians killed in Nigeria

US carriers canceled 2,500 flights during Memorial holiday

LCU grad Ben Waites to appear on America’s Got Talent

United Way, BCM to announce $500,000 in Summer Impact Grants

LBF announces ‘ChurchBiz Conversations’

May 26th, 2022

Executive Committee sets up hotline for abuse claims

Louisiana EC trustees release SATC statements

May 25th, 2022

Victims in Texas School Shooting Killed in Single Classroom

SBTC dispatches ministers in wake of Uvalde elementary school shooting

May 24th, 2022

Gunman kills at least 18 children at Texas elementary school

US births rose last year but still less than before pandemic

Supreme Court rejects parents seeking religious exemption from school vaccinations

May 23rd, 2022

Russian sentenced to life in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial

SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force releases report

MSNBC host calls Congressman Johnson an ‘idiot’ for opposing aborting child ‘seconds away’ from birth

Supreme Court again declines to rule in abortion case, despite protests

Congressman Johnson, wife launch ministry podcast

Grambling State BCM uses Gospel to heal campus

May 20th, 2022

Three candidates to vie for SBC president

Louisiana Notables

Discipleship emphasis results in baptisms

April existing home sales fell to lowest level since start of COVID

Pondering the pantry (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Street thoughts (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Grand idea (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

POLL: Biden’s approval dips to lowest of presidency

May 19th, 2022

Kennedy: Gas prices soaring because Biden admin trying to bankrupt American oil and gas industry

Abortion controversy divides LBC lawmakers

Spared from abortion, new music video depicts Jason Lovins’s story

May 18th, 2022

Orientation set for incoming LCU freshman May 20-21

California’s $6 gas prices may come to your hometown!

SURVEY: Many Gen Z adults don’t believe Jesus was sinless

Netflix lays off another 150 staffers as subscriptions fall

FEDERAL DATA: Biden released 118,000 border crossers into U.S. (in April alone)

Dew to NOBTS graduates: ‘Love God, love others’ essential to ministry

Richard Land on Southern Baptists’ history of abortion advocacy and the future of the pro-life movement

May 13th, 2022

Dinosaur skeleton sells for $12.4 million

Scientists grow plants in lunar dirt, next stop moon

Elon Musk: Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’

Biden under fire for FDA’s slow response to baby formula shortage

Verse advice (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Early legal docs (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Collegiate advice (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

May 12th, 2022

Inflation gave most Americans a 2.6 percent wage cut in April

LBCH celebrates cottage dedications, apartment groundbreaking

May 11th, 2022

Senate fails to advance bill to guarantee abortion access nationwide

Louisiana Baptists excel in Bible Drill, Speakers Tournament

Skit Guys’ faith-based family comedy hits theaters May 13

May 10th, 2022

STUDY: Avoiding social media for just one week significantly boosts well-being

SURVEY: Americans’ inflation fears hovered near record highs in April

POLL: More Americans want Roe v. Wade overturned

DOJ silent on abortion protests at justices’ homes despite federal law prohibiting ‘pickets’ to influence case

Gas prices jump to fresh record highs

Vidalia now part of Elon Musk’s supply chain

May 9th, 2022

Apple, Google, and Microsoft team up for new password-free technology

Archaeological discoveries reveal Egyptian life during Hellenistic Period

POLICE: Wisconsin pro-life office torched

Justice Thomas: Supreme Court ‘can’t be bullied’ on Roe v. Wade

Iran imprisons Christian for 10 years for worship in home

VIDEO: Chinese officials drag people into quarantine

Table talk (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Honest prayer (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

May 8th, 2022

Teachers who shaped my life