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August 31st, 2024

LBCHFM to offer glimpse of adoption, foster care during conference

August 30th, 2024

GBO: 107 accept Christ through Here for You

August 29th, 2024

Ohio State football players lead on-campus baptism service
TLC opens 24-25 season with Wilde’s classic ‘Importance of Being Earnest’
Google, others developing AI that can hear signs of sickness
Survey: Nearly 80 percent of Americans too tired to cook after work
GBO: 4,300 accept Christ since 2019 through Here for You, BGEA partnership

August 28th, 2024

Perkins: Protecting life is no half-measure
SURVEY: The American dream feels out of reach for most
GBO: DR, compassion ministries funded through state missions offering

August 27th, 2024

Landry signs executive order preventing use of Critical Race Theory in public schools
GBO: Children’s mission camp provides ample missions training opportunities
FBCC’s Bailey to headline E4+ conference

August 26th, 2024

Ministry helps terminally ill ‘gift’ family
Saints LB Demario Davis says lengthy career is platform to ‘give glory to my Lord and Savior’
Pro-life pregnancy center vandalized after Democrat convention
Remarkable sermon (Cartoon: Fletch)
Bend the knees (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
Deep thought (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Oldest ceramic rooftiles ever found in the Land of Israel
Wreckage of possible WW1 warship found in North Sea
UGANDA: Christians slain with swords by Muslim extremists
GERMANY: Police detain Syrian after terrorist knife attack kills three
‘Full circle’ mission trip nets 558 Brazilians for Christ

August 23rd, 2024

Revive Summit scheduled Sept. 9-10
CENLA Pregnancy Center to urge ‘You Are Not Alone’ during upcoming banquet
Retired LBC ministers harvest souls at Shreveport assisted living center
State missions offering funded a spiritual harvest

August 22nd, 2024

LCU Town Hall updates search for new president
FIRST PERSON: How to stay at one church for 32 years
Louisiana Notables
Special needs Champions Camp set, Sept. 6-8

August 21st, 2024

LCU welcomes new freshmen and new faculty
NIGERIA: Muslims burn down church building
Despite settlement, silent prayer near abortion facilities may still be banned in U.K.
Survey: More than 28 percent of Americans looking for new jobs

August 20th, 2024

Labor Day travel seen climbing 9 percent after record summer

August 19th, 2024

House report: Biden ‘engaged in impeachable conduct’
STUDY: Scrolling through online videos increases feelings of boredom
Planned Parenthood will do free abortions at Democrat Convention
Supreme Court upholds injunctions blocking Biden-Harris admin’s transgender Title IX rewrite
Two astronauts are stuck in space – how will they pass time (and survive) until 2025?

August 14th, 2024

Wyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes and stories
Workout advice (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)
An inspiration (Cartoon: Fletch)
Specific prayers (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Louisiana Christian announces additional Town Hall meetings

August 13th, 2024

Back-to-school praying

August 12th, 2024

U.S. and China fight to 40-40 draw for most Olympic gold medals
NIGERIA: Herdsmen, criminal gang kill at least 50 Christians

August 9th, 2024

‘Concerned Women for America’ rally encourages women to vote

August 8th, 2024

INDONESIA: Authorities foil plan to bomb churches
Texas abortions drop from thousands a month to zero after abortion ban
PARIS: U.S. golfer Scottie Scheffler takes emotional gold at Olympics, maintains identity in Christ alone
VIENNA: Taylor Swift cancels concerts amid thwarted terror plot
Airbnb stocks tumble 14 percent as more travelers turn to hotels
Report: Home prices being cut at fastest pace in two years

August 6th, 2024

Speedy invite (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Ancient Roman coins, counterfeits discovered in new archeological site in eastern Poland
Archaeologists find 2,400-year-old pot of gold in Turkey
Report: States increasing funding for pregnancy centers
U.S. Gold medal winner Hunter Armstrong said had ‘no other choice’ but to turn to God
Axios lays off 50 staffers amid media landscape shift
Hollywood’s new normal involves fewer wide releases, more big screens and novelty popcorn
WMU Foundation grants help CWJC sites expand their reach, deepen their help
WMU’s Sybil Bentley Dove Award helps mother of three continue nursing journey
Four CWJC graduates awarded scholarships to help with next steps

August 1st, 2024

Female Olympian withdraws 46 seconds into forced fight against man
Louisiana writer publishes debut novel: ‘A Fortunate Murder’

July 31st, 2024

LCU invites public to town hall meetings
Clause blocks Title IX rewrite from taking effect in thousands of schools

July 30th, 2024

School thought (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)
Frank discussion (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
Kindness challenge (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Archaeologists discover underwater mosaic believed to date back to Roman Empire
Barnes named NOBTS dean of graduate studies
REPORT: Abortion pill kills one in Canada, seriously injuries more than 100
NICARAGUA: Effort continues to free imprisoned pastors

July 29th, 2024

Oklahoma Baptists’ Executive Director Todd Fisher recovering after automobile accident
Olympic kick-off: Baptists get rolling in Paris, already seeing victories
20 Christ-following U.S. Olympians to watch at the 2024 Paris Games
HONG KONG: Unknown assailants shoot pastor dead in Laos
Holy boldness
US national debt hits $35 trillion
LBCH’s Legacy Room highlights 125 years of ministry

July 26th, 2024

Louisiana’s Bowlin, Tippit inducted into SBC Evangelists Hall of Faith

July 25th, 2024

TEXAS: FBC Dallas seeks to rebuild historic sanctuary following fire
NIGERIA: Fulanis kill 18 Christians
BREAKING NEWS Why Trump doesn’t want the 25th Amendment invoked against Biden LIFESTYLE ‘Monumental’ 3,000-year-old discovery with biblical origins found under parking lot
Amazon is building a sports media empire; what’s next?
Death Valley heat melts skin off a man’s feet after losing flip-flops
World’s richest 1 percent gained $40 trillion in a decade: Oxfam

July 24th, 2024

Israel’s Netanyahu’s address to U.S. Congress
Sen. John N. Kennedy: Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech was exceptional
ERLC board provides explanation on Leatherwood
Talent admission (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Sermon talk (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)
Low carbing (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)

July 23rd, 2024

REVERSAL: Leatherwood remains as ERLC president, trustee chair resigns
41 inmates ‘set free’ behind bars in Bossier Parish

July 22nd, 2024

ERLC removes Leatherwood as president
FRC to host in-person audience for filming of ‘God and government’ course, July 26-27
‘Louisiana Reach Haiti’ leaders celebrate God’s provision year after move
LBC BCM VBS teams share Gospel in three states

July 20th, 2024

FBC Dallas’ historic sanctuary damaged by fire
VBS reaches seven for Christ at FBC Leesville

July 19th, 2024

2024 LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP: Ten Commandments restored; ‘woman defined; children protected from pronouns, but not dope
Legislature strengthens laws on sex trafficking, baby safe havens
Louisiana sheriff’s officer gives a kidney to Mississippi coach
Louisiana Baptists help foil some bad bills, fail to ban THC
Louisiana Notables

July 17th, 2024

Rarely seen Amazon tribe emerges from rainforest
POLL: Four in five Americans fear country is sliding into chaos
First ever ‘Google Earth’ video of human heart released
Hundreds of Southern Baptist volunteers Paris-bound as Olympic games near

July 15th, 2024

Trump announces Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his 2024 running mate
NONES are in decline
Judge dismisses Trump’s Florida classified documents case

July 14th, 2024

Louisiana officials, faith leaders offer prayers for Trump after apparent assassination attempt

July 13th, 2024

Trump is fine, campaign says, after being whisked off stage following apparent gunfire at rally

July 12th, 2024

Focus group (Cartoon: Fletch)
Patience needed (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)
Guest preacher (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
House votes to overturn Biden’s transgender Title IX rewrite
NIGERIA: Terrorists shut down 70 churches, priest released
Archaeologists uncover 250-year-old musket balls tied to American Revolution in Massachusetts
Wholesale inflation picks up as some prices remain high
AT&T says hacker stole some data from ‘nearly all’ wireless customers

July 11th, 2024

Grid operator tells Californians to prepare for power conservation
Johnson backs SAVE Act to end non-citizens voting in US elections

July 9th, 2024

With God, there is hope for our nation
Beryl leaves behind destruction across Louisiana, Texas

July 8th, 2024

Beulah Baptist heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Beryl
ILLINOIS: 17 killed in Chicago holiday shootings
Out of ideas (Cartoon: Fletch)
Moses’ personal trainer (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
No kidding (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
PAKISTAN: Christian sentenced to death under blasphemy law
REPORT: Seniors dominate US economy, 70 percent of wealth
GALLUP POLL: Americans show heightened concern about antisemitism
UKRAINE: Russian missiles hit children’s hospital in Kyiv as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy vows retaliation

July 2nd, 2024

CUBA: China expands spy sites to spy on US
NIGERIA: Eight Christians killed in village attack
SURVEY: $186,000 needed just to live comfortably
Student loan borrowers owe $1.6 trillion; half are not paying
AI begins ushering in age of killer robots
Small church talk (Cartoon: Fletch)
Admiration (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)
Legacy passed down (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Extravagant love