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February 21st, 2025

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
CHINA: Strong earthquake kills at least 126 people near Mount Everest
Uber, Lyft to roll out robotaxis this year
Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram in free-speech pitch

January 6th, 2025

Mike Johnson reelected House Speaker

January 3rd, 2025

New Orleans pastors prayer walk site of terrorist attack
Former security guard arrested following evacuation at Lafayette mall

January 2nd, 2025

LBC president, executive director issue prayer call for Jan. 5
REPORT: Abortion pill reversal has saved 6,000 babies from abortion
PEW REPORT: Baptists make up largest category of Protestants in new Congress
Possible city walls of Xia Dynasty capital unearthed in China
LAS VEGAS: Cybertruck explosion at Trump Hotel linked to fireworks load
NEW YORK: At least 10 wounded in mass shooting outside Queens nightclub
Bothersome thought (Cartoon: Fletch)
Business meeting harmony (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)
Pastor’s request (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
Louisiana AG says prosecutors will ‘seek the death penalty’ for terror attack suspects
YOUNG: In defense of Speaker Mike Johnson

January 1st, 2025

Public safety a top priority amid ongoing New Orleans terror attack investigation
Louisiana Baptist leaders following terrorist attack: pray for New Orleans
NOPD: At least 10 dead after vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon Street

December 29th, 2024

Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, dead at 100
Plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179
Tornadoes leave 2 dead in Texas, Mississippi as severe weather outbreak rattles Gulf Coast

December 27th, 2024

Homelessness hit record high this year amid affordable housing shortage
Texas leads nation in population growth
Tornadoes hit Texas, Louisiana as multi-day severe weather event rattles Gulf Coast

December 19th, 2024

LCU narrows pool of presidential candidates

December 17th, 2024

Dow falls more than 200 points as index poised for first 9-day losing streak since the ’70s
40-50 vehicles involved in multiple crashes on Causeway Bridge

December 16th, 2024

Wisconsin Christian school shooting leaves 4 dead, 5 injured
Haitian congregation reaching New Orleans for Jesus

December 15th, 2024

Drive-by prayer ministry a soul-winning mission

December 13th, 2024

Masters to retire after 33 years of LSU ministry
Louisiana Baptists bring gift of Jesus to Belarusians
Peace on Earth
Louisiana Notables

December 12th, 2024

Bill Belichick reaches 5-year deal to coach North Carolina
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
Christmas gag gift (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)
Choose Jesus (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
Built on a rock (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

December 11th, 2024

Poll: Only two in 10 Americans approve of Hunter Biden’s pardon
Floyd Mayweather attacked by vicious mob in London over support for Israel
How to have a blessed Christmas
Inflation rate accelerates to 2.7 percent

December 10th, 2024

Judge blocks Albertsons-Kroger $25 billion supermarket merger
NOBTS holds 10th anniversary celebration for Museum of the Bible and Archaeology
Pro-life pregnancy centers help pregnant moms devastated by Hurricane Helene
Air passenger numbers to top five billion in 2025: IATA
UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect has outburst outside Pennsylvania courthouse