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August 18th, 2025

Nuns in India jailed, Christians assaulted amid baseless charges

State Department catalogs China’s human rights violations

The race of faith: a marathon, not a sprint

US debt tops $37 trillion

Focus on Jesus (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Manna-matic (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

LCU announces new faculty, promotions

Water fears (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

August 15th, 2025

Costco decides against selling abortion pills

After surviving car wreck, Missouri Baptist church member testifies to God’s faithfulness

GCR Task Force files (part 4): Origins of Great Commission Giving

August 14th, 2025

Louisiana sues online gaming platform Roblox for allegedly enabling child predators

Feds rescue four victims including minor in massive LA sex trafficking bust targeting gang

Prayer time (Cartoon: Fletch)

Good thing (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Goodness (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Christian woman investigated by police for silently praying in public

Porn site traffic plummets as UK age verification rules enforced

August 13th, 2025

Most premature baby turns one year old

LCU students learning to live off the land, homesteading in Winn Parish

August 12th, 2025

GCR Task Force files (part 3, featuring former LBC Executive Director David Hankins): Dallas-Fort Worth meeting sparks ‘polarized’ discussion

Christian site attacked in Indonesia, hurting two children

Delivery drones coming to more neighborhoods

Fast reasons (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

Budget talk (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Coffee in scripture? (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Satellite maps show New Orleans’ silent collapse as $15 billion floodwalls are sinking

How America losing religion is hurting the birth rate

August 8th, 2025

Louisiana #1 in chlamydia, #2 in gonorrhea: Baton Rouge provider on reason for high rates and how to stay on top of your health

August 7th, 2025

Two years after the Maui fires: how follow-up care extended far beyond initial relief

In Pompeii, new evidence shows signs of life post-eruption

CDC: Ultra-processed foods make up over half of Americans’ calories

AI image checks mislocate news photographs

Ten biblical habits for every husband and father

Go ye therefore (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

Two thumbs up (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

High school flashback (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Outrage grows over California bill threatening parental rights

ISIS soldiers behead Christians in Mozambique, burning church and homes

August 5th, 2025

US military chaplaincy marks 250 years of providing spiritual support to service members

Louisiana has over 10,000 fewer babies than it did a decade ago. What happened?

Planned Parenthood to close in Louisiana after more than 40 years. See details.

Independent researcher claims to have discovered evidence of Moses in ancient inscriptions

Bill and Hillary Clinton, former AGs and FBI directors subpoenaed for Jeffrey Epstein testimony

Patton named Arizona Mission Network executive director

August 4th, 2025

Pastors beaten in custody after arrests in India

Faculty member hikes Tour du Mont Blanc on summer break

Cincinnati’s restaurant, hospitality industry speak out after brutal fight goes viral

Police nationwide are embracing a new first responder: Drones

POLL: Majority of US adults stressed about grocery costs

God bless you (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Assessing value (Cartoon: Fletch)

Judgment (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

August 1st, 2025

Tiny 2,600-year-old clay sealing inscribed with biblical name found in Temple Mount soil

Louisiana ‘Medicaid millionaire’ bought Lamborghini while claiming government benefits for years

Spiritual preps for the new school year

Human-AI relationships are no longer just science fiction

FRC, Baptist leaders urge President Trump to stop mail-order abortions

July 31st, 2025

Brent Leatherwood steps down as ERLC president

US Olympic Committee bans male athletes from women’s sports

Dominant relief pitcher Billy Wagner enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame: ‘God is great’

Islamists slaughter nearly 50 DRC Christians during Sunday vigil

Documents: Hillary Clinton approved plan hatched by campaign aides to ‘smear’ Trump with Russia collusion

Russia’s 8.8 earthquake among top 10 strongest ever recorded

July 30th, 2025

Pastors, other Christians brutalized in India

U.S. economy grew 3 percent in second quarter

Every female athlete will be forced to take gene test before World Athletics Championships

Study: 15-minute walks could extend your life

China buys up property in America’s hottest housing market

July 29th, 2025

Planned Parenthood shutters seven more facilities, 30 since January

Gunman kills 4, including police officer, in shooting at New York City office tower

July 28th, 2025

Baptist DR teams keep up the work in central TX with 5 sites

Animal shelters are crowded as high costs squeeze pet owners

AI therapist urges user to go on killing spree

Las Vegas hotels grapple with steep occupancy decline

Poll: Americans spend nearly half their day online

Church work (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)

VBS people (Cartoon: Fletch)

Truth (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

July 25th, 2025

Still available: one pastor’s ongoing ‘yes’ to God

LCU biology professor publishes studies beneficial to local population

July 24th, 2025

LCU adds siren warning system to safety measures on campus

WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away

Louisiana looks to join new accrediting body for public universities

Finding hope amid the pain

Data: U.S. birth rate hits all-time low

Poll: Approval of SCOTUS at 5-year high, rebounding from record low in 2024

Gen Z men with college degrees now have the same unemployment rate as non-grads—a sign that the higher education payoff is dead

July 23rd, 2025

Hug anxiety (Cartoon: Fletch)

Ice cream chatter (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

Are AI sermons ethical? Clergy consider where to draw the line

American man from Oklahoma ‘brutally executed’ by Syrian-backed jihadis

July 22nd, 2025

Columbia punishes anti-Israel rioters over violent library takeover

Federal judge agrees Washington law targeting Catholic priests Is unconstitutional

Study: More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income

My prayer (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

LBC BCM members share Gospel globally

July 21st, 2025

Thousands accept Christ during California Harvest Crusade 2025

July 18th, 2025

Louisiana pastor is latest target of nationwide ‘pronoun’ attacks against religious freedom

2025 Louisiana legislative wrap-up

EVANGELISM 101 (Part 7): Reach the world from Louisiana with technology

Louisiana Notables

Special needs son impacted FBCC special needs ministry

July 16th, 2025

Stevendale Baptist Pastor Ash recounts firing from second job over biblical stance

Inflation picks up again in June, rising at 2.7 percent annual rate

Survey: 7 in 10 Americans anxious about money

Broadcast falls below 20 percent of TV use for first time

It’s time to examine your faith – are you lukewarm?

July 15th, 2025

Gen Z men want more restrictions on online porn

Chip and Joanna Gaines promote ‘married’ homosexuals on new show

‘Hero deacon’ surprised with new pickup truck

Netherlands euthanizes 517 people without consent in just one year

Fulanis kill five Christians, kidnap 110 others in northwest Nigeria

Forever young (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

John MacArthur, renowned pastor and Bible teacher, dies at 86

July 14th, 2025

LA Wallet now accepted in federal buildings, TSA checkpoints nationwide

Baylor University to return $643,000 LGBTQ-inclusion grant

Suspect kills 2 women in Kentucky church after shooting state trooper, police say

Texas flooding update: Baptist relief teams, churches continue to ‘walk alongside’ hurting

July 10th, 2025

Texas tragedy coverage offers opportunities to minister, serve

Virginia court blocks ‘conversion therapy’ ban in blow to transgender industry

DOJ sues California for allowing ‘transgender’ men to compete against women

Amazon suffers huge Prime Day sales plunge 41 percent

Robot performs surgery on its own for first time

Study: Global Jewish population still trails pre-Holocaust levels

Baptist DR teams providing ‘a little bit of hope’ as TX flooding death toll rises

July 9th, 2025

Helping kids process grief: Christian therapist and podcaster Sissy Goff shares practical advice

Donors sought to sponsor pastors for E4+

IRS rules that churches may endorse candidates within their congregations

Baylor to promote LGBT inclusion in churches

July 8th, 2025

‘It breaks your heart’: Texans continue search for loved ones amid flood damage

‘His timing’: Pastor sees God move through illness, transplant

July 7th, 2025

LBDR on stand by for Texas flood deployment

Deadly Texas flooding: Christian camp mourns 27 as death toll rises statewide

‘We are ready for anything’: SBTC DR teams deploy to catastrophic Hill Country flooding

PEW survey: 83 percent of U.S. adults use streaming services, far fewer subscribe to cable or satellite TV

Boeing secures $2.8B Space Force satellite contract

UPenn to revoke trans swimmer’s medals, apologize to female athletes in deal with White House

Trump Faith Office cites Psalm 34:18, urges Americans to pray as Texans refuse to give up hope of more rescues

Am ambassador for Christ

Turning point (Cartoon: Fletch)

Thorough job (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

Shark talk (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)

July 6th, 2025

VIDEO: The Baptist Paper report from Kerr County, Texa

Search-and-rescue efforts continue in area affected by Texas floods

July 4th, 2025

Texas flooding death toll rises to 24 as Christian summer camp kids remain missing

July 2nd, 2025

Palmettos offers a taste of paradise in Pineville

Speaker Johnson honors third anniversary of lifesaving Dobbs decision

July 1st, 2025

SWBTS placed on 12-month probation despite financial improvement

Jimmy Swaggart, famed televangelist brought down by scandal, dies at 90