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September 13th, 2017

Cable, satellite cord-cutting intensifies

As several California cities eye $15/hour minimum wage, Burger King looking to robots

Study: Standing every 30 minutes reduces risk of earlier death

Amazon deletes one-star reviews of Hillary Clinton’s new book

L.A. officially awarded 2028 Olympic Games

U.S. middle-class incomes reached highest-ever level in 2016, Census Bureau says

Indians’ 15th win in row means company will rebate $1.7M to customers

Four Louisiana DR teams head to hard-hit Florida

Lafayette churches cooperative effort provide assistance to Harvey victims

September 12th, 2017

First African-American Missions Conference challenges pastors to be intentional in missions

Dating is in decline among the “i-Generation”, study finds

Video streaming poses new problems for parents

Nintendo’s NES Classic slated to come back

Texas calls in US Air Force to counter post-storm surge in mosquitoes

Middle-class income hit highest level on record in 2016, Census Bureau reports

Irma destroyed about 25% of houses in Florida Keys, FEMA says

Apple reveals new iPhones

North Korea threatens US with ‘greatest pain’ after UN sanctions

Spencer Baptist to hold revival services Sept. 24-27

Ten words to the victims (and veterans!) of the hurricanes

Jamestown Baptist sets homecoming date

North Eunice DR teams blessed they can be a help and a blessing

GBO’s impact felt across Louisiana

September 11th, 2017

Stanford University develops artificial intelligence that ‘identifies gay faces,’ LGBT groups protest

Brazil investigates alleged killing of 10 in ‘no contact’ indigenous tribe

Christian parents ‘to sue school’ because boy in son’s class was allowed to wear dress

Michigan mom who refused chemotherapy so she could give birth has died

Hands-on training is a win-win for NSU BCM DR team

NASA astronaut captures eerie images of Hurricane Irma’s destruction from space

Pence tears up recalling heroes of Flight 93

China: Children not allowed at church

Miss America contestants asked to condemn Trump

Romney may run for Senate if Hatch retires

Gender diversity art show closed over protests in Brazil

At least 260 earthquakes struck eastern Idaho since Sept. 2

Is the flying car ready for takeoff?

The GBO’s impact: disaster relief

31 LC Wildcats enjoy victory in Jesus

In seven years, more than 200 Louisiana Baptist churches have been planted using Georgia Barnette Offering funds

Georgia Barnette Offering funds helped make possible for Disaster Relief volunteers to share the Gospel with 1,646 people in Louisiana last year

BCM students use holiday weekend for service, not self

September 10th, 2017

First Bossier minister returns to roots in disaster relief trip to Texas

The Georgia Barnette Offering helped Disaster Relief volunteers provide 39,078 meals during floods in south Louisiana in 2016

September 9th, 2017

The GBO’s impact: salvation decisions through church planting

September 8th, 2017

Crossroads Baptist issues call to help feed first responders, Harvey victims

EDITORIAL: Louisianans should not pay for AMC’s pornographic portrayal of Christ

Georgia Barnette Offering helps expand the Gospel

Northshore churches, firefighters giving back in wake of Harvey

Federal court of appeals affirms right to public prayer

The Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering helped 16 children make a profession of faith during this year’s M-JAM

Through the 2016 Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering, Louisiana Baptists’ invested $330,000 in church plants

Did you know 55 ministry centers that are supported by Georgia Barnette Missions Offering gave two million pounds of food to the needy?

Louisiana Notables

Clear Camp is clearly a soul-winning success

The impact of the Georgia Barnette Offering

The GBO’s impact: church planting

September 6th, 2017

DR teams responding with muscle, prayer

PEW: God or the Divine mentioned in every state constitution

More than half of in U.K. are non-religious, survey suggests

Archaeologists reveal secrets about Roman prison that held Christian saints and Jewish rebels

Conservatives live lonely lives in liberal Silicon Valley

Leftist congressman calls retired Marine General Kelly ‘a disgrace to uniform’

Republicans likely to run away from funding wall, again

CNN news room remains bruised by retracted ‘fake news’ story about Trump, Russia

Chicago’s ‘godfather’ mayor declares schools “Trump free zones’

September 5th, 2017

Operation Christmas Child begins countdown to collections

God’s presence in the midst of chaos

Louisiana Baptist Disaster Relief teams activated for Harvey response

Teacher compares Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ to Nazi swastikas

Discovery reopens debate about location of biblical Bethsaida

5.7 million year old footprints challenge theories of human evolution

September 4th, 2017

BARNA: How students spend their after-school hours

Fellowship Church pastor shares value of ‘showing up’ for Texas homeowners

Public school teachers behind Antifa ‘domestic terrorist violence’

Unlike many Japanese, Princess Mako excited to marry, will give up royal status

Cleveland police refuse to carry flags for Browns’ protester-laden team

Trump to end DACA – with 6-month delay

Americans work harder than any other country’s citizens: study

Liberty wins ‘battle of Baptists’ with Baylor

Louisiana Baptist churches heed Trump’s call for national day of prayer

September 2nd, 2017

Online, onsite disaster relief training sessions now available for Harvey response

September 1st, 2017

Prayer service brings Christ’s hope inside Alexandria Mega Shelter

Noah’s Ark Flood Relief seeks donations to fill trailer for Texas

Nine everyday habits that leave online users vulnerable

U.S. ban on Americans traveling to North Korea takes effect

Pro-life group raises $150,000 after liberals cut off funding

Supreme Court set to decide future freedom of California baker

Tebow planning to play for Mets in 2018

FDA approves breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia

American obesity report: 1 in 3 adults are beyond overweight

Kenyan court scraps presidential vote, Kenyatta calls for calm

J.J. Watt’s fundraiser for Houston passes $15M in donations

LC football player springs into action to help Harvey victims

Churches’ ‘pack-a-purse’ drive ministers to women

Lafayette youngster, family return the love, generosity to Harvey victims

GuideStone offers tips for churches, ministries damaged in wake of Hurricane Harvey

August 31st, 2017

Louisiana Baptist churches appear to have escaped damage from Harvey

Denham Springs church teams up with Cajun Navy for boat rescues of nearly 200 in Texas

Times of prayer preceding Delta, LaSalle association evangelistic rallies

August 30th, 2017

Carey Baptist Association issues urgent call for volunteers at shelter for Harvey evacuees

746 SBC churches flooded in Texas, LBC disaster relief teams ready to respond

North Korea fires missile over Japan, causing alarm, provoking rebuke

Louisiana Baptist churches established as collection sites for Harvey relief

Muslims, Christians sue far-left Southern Poverty Law Center for ‘hate group’ labels

U Maryland to stop playing state song because of ‘ties’ to Confederacy

Tennessee lawmakers to consider removal of bust of KKK leader from Capitol

Cajun navy volunteers met by looters’ gunfire

Scientists discover lost languaages at Egyptian monastery

Losing sleep leads to risky decisions

Denmark targets deep cuts to reduce world’s biggest tax burden

Mainstream media politicize Harvey, blame global warming, mock GOP

AMC’s ‘Preacher’ episode blasphemes Jesus with graphic sex scene

AMC’s ‘Preacher’ applies to film in New Orleans in 2018

A response to Hurricane Harvey

August 29th, 2017

Harvey headed for Lake Charles, Alexandria; donations for Harvey relief: louisianabaptists.org

Donate now to Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts

‘Weary’ woman finds rest, then baptism at Blood River Baptist

August 28th, 2017

AG Landry, Lt. General Boykin to lead Louisiana pastors’ rally

GBO funds help plant first evangelical congregation ever in Plaucheville

Renewal weekend set for African American pastors

Texas school suspends use of’Dixie notes’ in teams’ fight song

NFL legend Jim Brown on Colin Kaepernick: ‘I don’t desecrate my flag’

Feds to limit visas from four nations that won’t take back citizens deported by U.S.

3,700-year-old tablet shows Babylonians, not Greeks, invented trigonometry

78 percent of Americans live ‘paycheck-to-paycheck’

Once again, Chick-fil-A dominates fast-food competitors in ‘customer satisfaction’

Security detail disciplined for bringing women to hotel while prepping for VP’s visit to Panama

Transgender students win separate legal battles with help of liberal St. Paul ‘human rights ordinance,’ pressure from Obama court appointee

Louisianans tell the ‘real’ story of Bonnie & Clyde at Gibsland museum

August 27th, 2017

Texans facing ‘unprecedented rainfall and flooding’ from Harvey; worst yet to come

August 26th, 2017

PreTeen Invasion encourages students to build foundation on Christ

August 25th, 2017

Lemoine tabbed to direct Cenla’s first pro-life pregnancy center

Michael Evans to be nominated for LBC second vice president

Religious freedom must be a foreign policy priority

Does God love you and want to save you?

Louisuiana Notables

Confederate monuments, Charlottesville, and contemporary culture

Have smartphones destroyed a generation?

Parents sign pledge to wait until 8th grade to give kids smartphones

NJ school disbands football team: Leading edge of a much larger iceberg?

STUDY: Minimum wage hike would kill jobs in liberal DC suburb

Planned Parenthood funded by sale of sex toys

Wall Street banks warn downturn is coming

White House sets rules for military transgender ban

Move to electric cars ignores infrastructure shortfalls

Hillary Clinton to become a Methodist pastor?

Louisianans celebrate ‘music roots’ at Abita Springs Opry

Chinese national arrested in connection with U.S. cyberattacks

Report: Russian bombers flew mission over Korean peninsula

Solar eclipse breaks NASA’s web-viewing records