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August 8th, 2023

Home prices hit record highs in nearly two-thirds of major markets
Back-to-school spending hits record $41.5 billion
Thousands of LA city workers strike alleging unfair labor practices
Should Christians care about American history?

August 7th, 2023

Gray Baptist dedicating new building Aug. 13

August 5th, 2023

White House press room purges 442 reporters, including Christian journalist

August 3rd, 2023

One in four pastors plans to retire before 2030
‘In God We Trust’ law in effect for Louisiana schools
Hinson reflects on 32 years of ministry
Willis uses multi-ministry roles to advance Kingdom
Kirk Cameron-inspired library event on Aug. 5 is ‘awesome way to be bold,’ says Jurkovich

August 2nd, 2023

LCU releases latest Columns issue
Fitch downgrades USA’s credit rating
‘Groundbreaking’ pill annihilates cancer tumors
FBI finds 200 sex trafficking victims, 59 missing children in two-week sweep
Meta platforms begin blocking news for Canadian users

August 1st, 2023

NAMB asks judge to exclude key testimony in McRaney lawsuit
‘Sound of Freedom’ continues as box office hit, nears $150 million mark
Miami sees first population drop in decades
Oklahoma National Guard joins 12 other states in Texas border security mission

July 31st, 2023

Louisiana Baptist students encouraged to sign up for evangelistic, ministry strategy
Christian student wins settlement after university tried to silence her
SURVEY: High school boys are trending conservative
SURVEY: Home ownership out of reach for many Americans
City pays $300,000 in settlement after arresting Christians for singing hymns during lockdowns
Radicals threaten to kill, dismember school board president for adopting parental rights policy
Despite $700 million pandemic bailout, trucking company shutting down

July 28th, 2023

OPINION: Climate change not a factor in heat wave
Rep. Mace criticized for suggestive remarks at 13th annual SC prayer breakfast
Detransitioner makes desperate plea for lawmakers to protect children from transgender experimentation

July 27th, 2023

Critics decry NAMB’s real estate dealings
Bud Light brewer lays off hundreds of U.S. workers
Human trafficking investigation results in arrest of 62 smugglers exploiting ‘vulnerable Cubans’
GDP grew at a 2.4 percent pace in the second quarter, topping expectations
North Korea’s Kim shows off banned missiles to Russian minister
SunGas Renewables to bring nearly $2 billion facility, hundreds of jobs to Pineville
You say you’re pro-life, but what are you doing about it

July 25th, 2023

Half of U.K. children not living with both parents by 14
Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ rockets to No. 2 on charts
Saudi Arabia reportedly offers $1.1 billion for soccer star
BARNA: Pastors feeling more lonely
Two Eritrean Christians mark 7,000 days in prison
Sermon prep (Cartoon: Fletch)
Dressed for seminary

July 24th, 2023

Understanding Southern Baptist Convention data: Part two

July 21st, 2023

Ministry helps believers ‘start conversations’ with the lost
‘The Gospel Invitation’ seeks to revive soul winning
Louisiana Notables
2023 Louisiana legislative session wraps up
Retiring Peoples reflects on 32 years of service to FBC Wisner
LBC seeks resolutions, nominees for committees, boards
Pastor & wife welcome event, Sept. 11
ANALYSIS: It is time to stop digging the GCR hole!
Lawmakers ban gender experimentation on minors
Life groups lead to new growth for New Life
Grand Ecore Baptist enjoys spiritual rebirth
Pregnancy Center expanding to Washington Parish
Bennett retires from Baptists’ ministry to aid the vulnerable
Trinity’s James to retire after 27 years
DR teams restore hope in Ida-stricken Montegut

July 17th, 2023

Understanding Southern Baptist Convention data, part one

July 14th, 2023

Louisiana Notables

July 13th, 2023

DATA ANALYSIS: Spike in homelessness in US cities isn’t slowing down
Transgender-identifying man wins Netherlands’ Miss Universe pageant
Greg Laurie baptizes 4,500 at Pirate’s Cove Beach
Praise band (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)
Convenient sin (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)

July 11th, 2023

SBC CP, designated giving up in June
Bayou Church plans Aug. 6 expanded campus grand opening

July 10th, 2023

SWBTS music student’s voice wows ‘America’s Got Talent’ judges
GALLUP POLL: Employees more engaged, stressed globally
Unsold electric cars piling up on dealer lots
China prosecutes house church leaders as criminal ‘clique’
A.I. being used to translate Bible in every language
Five reasons you must see ‘Sound of Freedom’

July 5th, 2023

Catching up on all that’s new and noteworthy

July 1st, 2023

Pot legalization leads to lawlessnes in Jersey Shore youth
Now gender dysphoria surges in young adults
France burns, police arrest 1,300 rioters
VIDEO: Young adults seek work not marriage
Record number of 40-year-olds not married

June 29th, 2023

Goza to be LBC president nominee
Supreme Court hands religious freedom win to postal worker who refused to work Sundays
Supreme Court strikes down consideration of race as factor in college admissions

June 28th, 2023

EDITORIAL: Hallowed be thy name

June 27th, 2023

‘We’re having a fetus!’ ad changes American minds about preborn
Christian university cancels Promise Keepers event over pride statement
American street preacher arrested in England for preaching during LGBT pride event
Home price annual decline first since 2012
Fourth of July travel expected to reach record

June 26th, 2023

Dwayne Monk, former LBC Second VP, Executive Board president, passes
Silence is golden? (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)
Aimed but missed (Cartoon: Fletch)
All about His grace (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
SBC amendment on male pastors passes first vote

June 25th, 2023

Seattle gay parade: Naked men on bikes expose themselves to children
NYC drag queens: ‘We’re coming for your children’

June 23rd, 2023

Boston police save four children in house with drag queens, drugs, sex toys and dead body
EDITORIAL – Paid family leave: A ‘peace’ agreement for a post-Roe world.
SBC annual meeting helped mobilize a new generation of Southern Baptists
NOBTS’ Fred Luter Jr. Student Center dedicated

June 22nd, 2023

Louisiana notables

June 20th, 2023

LBDR teams serving residents impacted by weekend storms

June 15th, 2023

LCU receives RRAC Sportsmanship Award for second year in a row
Seminaries: Training NextGen to engage culture

June 14th, 2023

ARITF reauthorized for another year
Saddleback, two other churches disfellowshipped by SBC messengers
Crossover, Serve Tour yield 336 decisions for Christ

June 12th, 2023

OU softball 3-peats as national champs with ‘eyes up’ on Christ
FIRST-PERSON: Gaining altitude – WMU celebrates 135 years of SBC missions
LBC pastor Philip Robertson elected SBC EC chairman
Sheriffs to public: Daryl Stagg is ‘off the street’
Adding souls to the Kingdom, make it count

June 11th, 2023

Salvations, first responder appreciation lunch among Crossover efforts in Covington
UPDATE: Louisiana Baptist leader, Daryl Stagg, charged with sex crimes
LBC’s Spinney to be nominated for SBC 1VP
Celebration Church baptizes 17 during block party

June 10th, 2023

NOBTS seminary teams see lives changed during Crossover
First Baptist New Orleans shares Jesus’ love to school children at City Park amusement park

June 9th, 2023

Alabama volunteer team encourages Vintage Church during playground build

June 8th, 2023

Louisiana Baptist leader, Daryl Stagg, arrested
EDITORIAL: Rick Warren is wrong on doctrine, but right that the future of the SBC ‘hangs in the balance’

June 7th, 2023

UMC loses 286 Kentucky churches amid homosexuality debate
Two million immigrants released into US ‘here indefinitely’
Wife choices (Cartoon: Beyond the Ark)
Peanuts chatter (Cartoon: Joe McKeever)
SBC CP dips in May, remains down for FY23

June 6th, 2023

D-Day 79 years later: How FDR’s powerful prayer united Americans
Southern Baptists are the new Methodists (an update)
FBI fears for life of informant who accused Biden of international bribery scheme as VP

June 5th, 2023

‘Stop Harming Our Kids Act’ passes Senate with supermajority, heads to governor’s desk
STUDY: Transgender surgery leaves people lonelier, depressed
California ed leaders push CRT lessons praising Marxist who looked up to Osama bin Laden
Bible removed from Utah elementary, middle school bookshelves for ‘sex and violence’
CDC: Rising rates of suicide, depression accelerated by pandemic among U.S. kids
More than 70,000 hear Gospel on 50th anniversary of Billy Graham’s Seoul crusade

June 4th, 2023

‘Mr. Bean’ feels duped by push toward electric vehicles

June 3rd, 2023

Lawmakers rally to revive ‘Stop Harming Our Kids Act’

June 1st, 2023

Baptism to discipleship

May 31st, 2023

North Korea sentences two-year-old to life in prison camp after parents caught with Bible
At least 95 Louisiana churches cut ties with UMC
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules in favor of unborn children
Kentucky abortion clinic up for sale
Louisiana joins wave of states reintroducing biblical values to schools

May 30th, 2023

Mustached man in drag welcomes little girls to Disney princess boutique
Chick-fil-A goes woke
Louisiana legislature recognizes June as Sanctity of Preborn Life Month
UK’s foremost expert: Gender ideology is ‘a cult belief’

May 29th, 2023

Conservative teens happier than their liberal friends
Kohl’s markets LGBT clothing for newborn babies