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June 6th, 2022

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

May 7th, 2022

Letlow shares story of hope during LCU Commencement

May 6th, 2022

Moderna triples COVID vaccine sales

STUDY: Average consumer cut three streaming services in 2022

REPORT: Property taxes on U.S. homes rose to $328 billion in 2021

Biden on abortion (VIDEO): ‘Child of God’ has ‘right’ to kill babies

US added 428,000 jobs in April amid surging inflation

LCU signs articulation agreement with CLTCC for new degree

LBC Executive Board updated on CP giving, entities’ work

Horn to promote traditional CP giving

May 5th, 2022

Letlow issues statement on the Supreme Court’s draft opinion

Kennedy explains why the economy is struggling

United Way, BCM announce Summer Impact Grants

May 4th, 2022

Supreme Court confirms leaked opinion on Roe v. Wade is ‘authentic’ but not a ‘final position’

Trump-backed candidate wins Senate GOP primary showdown in Ohio

Beijing closes dozens of subway stations as COVID controls tighten

US trade deficit widens to $109.8 billion

CDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains

May 2nd, 2022

Extra, extra, read all about it!

SCOTUS: Boston violated group’s rights by refusing to fly Christian flag

Oklahoma bans ‘nonbinary’ birth certificates

Planned Parenthood unable to sign up abortionists in Alabama, Georgia

Earthquake hits Tiger Stadium during Garth Brooks concert

POLL: Dems trail GOP with groups they usually win

REPORT: Only 6 percent of UK adults are practicing Christians

Hundreds remain trapped in Mariupol steel plant

Merger signals fresh start for Lecompte church

April 28th, 2022

Baptist Community Ministries names Inman J. Houston CEO

Honeymoon leads man from skeptic to pastor

Bill would put those in prison for life for killing babies in partial-birth abortions

DHS has spent $72 million to avoid building more border wall

Israel observes Holocaust Remembrance Day amid a global rise of anti-semitism

Virginia church leaving UMC over LGBT debate, joining theologically conservative network

California to raise its gas tax, already the highest in the nation

U.S. GDP fell at a 1.4 percent pace to start the year as pandemic recovery takes a hit

April 27th, 2022

SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA after private flight

E. coli concerns prompt recall of more than 120,000 pounds of ground beef

Twitter workers freaking out over Elon Musk in internal Slack messages

April 26th, 2022

Home prices jumped nearly 20 percent in February

Practice needed (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Something’s cooking (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Trust, the SBC, the MBC and the Cooperative Program

April 25th, 2022

MBC offers ‘Plan B’ to bypass SBC entities

Twitter accepts Musk’s $44 billion deal

SBC 2023 annual meeting may move to New Orleans

SBC EC seeks inputs via 2 surveys

Three decisions for Christ during Wednesday service

FBC Basile sees baptisms, growth amid trials

Sheriff credits God for surviving COVID

Louisiana Baptists test Rebuild Program

April 22nd, 2022

Demolition to make way for building Bayou Church bigger

GBCC prayer garden visit rekindles memories

CENLA Pregnancy Center sees busy start to 2022

Louisiana Notables

April 20th, 2022

Biden admin forcing health workers to go against religious or moral beliefs

Netflix stock plunges after subscriber losses

Twitter threatens ‘permanent ban’ of news outlet for photo of baby illegally aborted

California lawmakers propose bill legalizing infanticide

Suspected arson reported at Istrouma Baptist

April 19th, 2022

NOBTS and LCU announce historical partnership involving M.Div., MBA, and MSW degrees

April 18th, 2022

LCU recognizes outstanding students, faculty at Honors Convocation

NOBTS trustees approve $12 million campus renovation plan, rename student center in honor of Fred Luter