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October 9th, 2017

GuideStone vows to continue advocating for minister’s housing allowance

Vice President Pence leaves NFL game after players kneel during National Anthem

Obama Administration twice approved ‘bump stocks’

(Archives) Before Islam, was Saudi Arabia a Jewish kingdom?

The list: American clergymen who defended slavery [Message: Includes prominent Southern Baptist Calvinists]

October 8th, 2017

Why don’t Democrats (and the media) care about the 59 killed by guns in Chicago?

POLL: NFL favorability drops 31 percent, no longer top U.S. sport

Wyoming teacher gives ‘shooting at Trump’ quiz

ACLU sues to make unsafe abortion pill available without doctor’s care

Antifa plans nationwide crime wave to ‘deface Columbus’

Trump Administration rolls back Obama birth control mandate

October 6th, 2017

First Liberty Institute praises new exemptions to contraceptive mandate, DOJ guidance on religious liberty

Ancient Canaanite treasure in Gaza leveled by Hamas

STUDY: Americans more divided than ever along party lines

Football’s decline has some schools disbanding teams

Pope denounces porn, demands children be protected from online corruption

Nate aims at New Orleans amid drainage concerns

Illinois money crunch may hinder construction of Obama presidential library

Children’s Home passes foster care milestone, even more needs exist

Louisiana Baptists focus on 2020 vision

Good news from LC, Foundation, Children’s Home, Baptist Message

David, Gideon offered as examples in messages to Executive Board

Louisiana Baptists continue to respond with disaster relief

Acadian Baptist Center to celebrate 100 years of ‘a God thing’ there

Louisiana Notables

LC enrollment continues to climb

Kennedy: We need to rebuild the middle class

October 5th, 2017

CBS exec fired for bigoted comments about Las Vegas shootings

(Archives) Vietnam POW defied torture, sewed flag back into shirt to honor country

(Archives) First African American MOH winner protected ‘Old Glory’ with his life

110 million STD infections in U.S.; syphilis, gonorrhea surge among homosexual men

CDC: 40 percent of cancers related to obesity, overweight

Catalonia moves for independence from Spain

Insult to injury, island’s incompetent politicians lead Puerto Rico to insolvency

Louisiana research facility helps scientists win Nobel Prize

Santa Claus dead? Tomb of St. Nicholas may be found

Germ warfare island abandoned by Soviets

Democrats, Republicans call for ban on ‘bump’ stocks for rifles

Las Vegas hero reunited with police officer who saved his life

U.S. Green Berets and Niger soldiers killed in ambush

October 4th, 2017

Leading Louisiana’s congressional delegation, Johnson, Abraham vote to protect the Sanctity of Life

‘Pro-life’ congressman urged mistress to abort baby

World’s most powerful nuclear attack submarine enters U.S. fleet

Navy returns to ‘old fashion’ charting techniques to avoid collisions

October 3rd, 2017

NOBTS celebrates 20 years of women’s ministry, honors Rhonda Kelley

Why Did God Allow This To Happen?

Entire Georgia high school football team enters field carrying flags

Two Texas teens kicked off high school football team for kneeling during anthem

Supreme Court to hear cases on Trump agenda, union dues (amid Kennedy retirement speculations)

Sex change regrets – reverse surgeries on rise

Connecticut teeters with budget crisis

Soaring California home prices priming an exodus

Fed-up Illinois homeowners consider moving over high taxes

October 2nd, 2017

Judge throws out Kentucky pro-life ultrasound law; governor vows appeal

ACLU goes after Oklahoma Bible-quoting police chief

Supreme Court set for historic new term

Sunday Night Football ratings down from last week

Starbucks closes online store to focus on in-person experience

TV remote could disappear as scientists invent technology to change channel using gestures

DC resorts to fat cats to combat dirty rats invading city

Louisiana Baptist congressman voices support for tax reform

50 dead in mass shooting in Las Vegas

September 30th, 2017

DEA tightens restrictions on pot extracts like cannabidiol (CBD)

President Trump continues to make good on judiciary promise: Names three conservative Louisianans to 5th Circuit, including Hobby Lobby lawyer

California lawmaker to propose 2040 ban on gas cars

NFL favorability drops to half after anthem protests

Packers fans reject anthem protest, chant ‘U-S-A’ instead

Louisiana’s Scalise returns to D.C. saying ‘It starts with God’ and ‘I just started praying’

Military effort to help Puerto Rico hampered by immensely destroyed infrastructure

More slippery slope: Polygamists push Arkansas for same marriage rights as LGBT

September 29th, 2017

Langley once again assumes a DOM role

September 28th, 2017

Chicago high school uses U.S. flag as doormat

Trump tax proposal eliminates big perk for high-tax states like New York and California

West Point grad investigated for claiming communism ties

‘Faith-based’ movies to feature f-bombs?!

STDs surge in U.S., especially among homosexual men (syphilis, gonorrhea)

Record $135 billion-a-year costs for illegal immigration

President Trump says protests put NFL in a “very bad box’

FBI stings snags college basketball coaches; Louisville’s Pitino placed on unpaid leave

September 27th, 2017

Roy Moore defeats Luther Strange in Alabama Senate runoff

NASA preparing to launch spacecraft into sun’s atmosphere

Peyton Manning might be preparing for Senate run in Tennessee

Anthem to leave ACA health insurance exchange over market uncertainty

Twitter testing a 280-character limit for tweets

The latest free perk on U.S. airlines: Mobile messaging

September 25th, 2017

LC faculty study third evangelical book

Louisiana students to hold prayer times during See You At The Pole

Genesis Church offers family new beginning

Isolated by Harvey, but never alone

NOBTS Adrian Rogers center lifts expository preaching

Louisiana College conference has religious liberty focus

E4 Conference emphasizes expositional preaching

Gambling: A moral wager and a spiritual risk

Judgement House: 20 years of leading the lost to the Lord

At 50, FBC Dupont gets a second wind

Louisiana Notables

Violent crime rises for second straight year, led by murders in Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas lead

Platt approved to serve on church staff while also IMB president

IMB appoints 51 new missionaries, approves budget

After anthem protests, Louisiana lawmaker says cut Saints’, NFL’s estimated $392 million state tax benefits

NFL ratings dropping

Patriots fans boo players for kneeling during anthem

Nashville church shooter identified as 25 year old from Sudan

September 21st, 2017

President Trump stands for truth

Former abortion workers amass donations for pregnant moms, hurricane victims

Eating nuts can help reduce weight, lower obesity risk

49ers-Rams tickets reselling for the price of two stadium pretzels

Abraham: Senate should pass Bill Cassidy’s health care plan

Louisiana fourth poorest state in country, report says

Chick-fil-A to open its largest and narrowest restaurant ever in New York City

Food stamp usage has dropped every month under Trump

CNN admits: Obama Administration did wiretap Trump campaign

Climate change not as threatening to planet as previously thought, new research suggests

Rupture between two tectonic plates at fault for Mexico’s recent two earthquakes

Nestlé makes millions on bottled water that costs them nothing, at the expense of local communities

China’s ‘uncontrollable’ debt growth causes credit rating cut

September 20th, 2017

Hurricane Maria leaves all of Puerto Rico in the dark

Amazon working on ‘smart glasses’ as its first wearable device

Netflix for theaters sending industry into a frenzy

After Irma, Floridians without flood insurance face astronomical bills

Arkansas medical pot applications total 300,000 pages, $3M in fees

Underwater city built by octopuses discovered

Barn owls found to suffer no hearing loss as they age

Suspect in Starbucks robbery may sue man who stopped him

Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 217

September 19th, 2017

It’s no vacation for Louisiana’s hard working DR teams in Florida

DOBSON: God is still right here

Japan’s over-90 population soars over two million mark as birth rate continues to decline

Humans biologically programmed to nap in the afternoon

Dow up 4,000 points since November 2016 presidential election

Vaping doubles risk of smoking cigarettes for teens

LSU finalizes contract with the company that will grow medical marijuana

After exploring Venus’ dark side, scientists find unexpected weather

German police arrest three suspected ISIS militants

Israel shoots down Iranian-made drone over Syrian frontier: military

Dominica’s prime minister: Hurricane Maria causes ‘widespread devastation’ to country

Suspect caught allegedly vandalizing Lincoln Memorial

T-Mobile and Sprint are in active talks about a merger

Los Angeles proving its not even a one-team NFL town, much less two teams

Haitians immigrate to Mexico to find American dream

RESEARCH: Despite similar times of social upheaval, teens of 2010s differ from 1970s counterparts

STUDY: Scientists wrong about climate change model

Louisiana’s Cassidy leads Senate GOP try to repeal Obamacare

Oregon makes abortion free for all, including illegal immigrants

Hillary Clinton might challenge the election after all

September 18th, 2017

Louisiana Baptists DR teams, churches taking advantage of ministry opportunities

Robot tells you how to vote

Border security is tougher than ever, DHS report finds

Immigration rights protest erupts at Pelosi event