A report shared by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week detailed how a female military recruit was uncomfortable showering and sleeping beside biological men. However, she feared that vocalizing her concerns about the Department of Defense's policy would negatively impact her military career. Read more.

Congressional Republicans and nonprofit leaders are criticizing the Justice Department for removing information from its anti-child sex trafficking webpage, which critics contend is an attempt to distance itself from policies they believe have exacerbated the issue. Archived posts in the WayBackMachine show the DOJ removed multiple sections about the sex trafficking of minors between April 21 and May 28. Read more.

Former Vice President Mike Pence's recent comments saying he opposes abortion even when an unborn child is diagnosed with a terminal illness has re-sparked a debate on the ethics of abortion when doctors deem an unborn child to be "incompatible with life." A former Pence advisor noted that Pence's support for abortion bans does not include cases where the mother's life is at risk, including ectopic pregnancies. Read more.

In this editorial, CP Executive Editor Dr. Richard Land discusses predestination versus free will in light of Dr. Robert Picirilli's book, God in Eternity and Time. A New Case for Human Freedom. "This Scripture-first approach has produced powerful and important insights into such thorny issues as God's will, human freedom and divine foreknowledge," writes Land, who gives the book his stamp of approval. Read more.

Activist and influencer Reagan Scott writes about society's love of death, pointing to legislators not only supporting abortion but also legalizing the murder of the post-born via assisted suicide and euthanasia. "It’s important to recognize that the belief system which accepts and pushes abortion is the same belief system that supports euthanasia, which is why secular arguments to combat these systems don’t work," Scott explains. Read more.

It's hard to shake the sadness we feel over the sick spiritual condition of America. It leaves many of us shaking our heads in disgust, wondering if things can truly change. READ THE HOPE

The Texas-based World Harvest Global, which held events in Guinea-Bissau, Zambia and Peru this year, plans to hold its first U.S.-based gathering in South Carolina in 2024. Its events in West Africa and South America reportedly resulted in 66,000 decisions for Christ. Read more.

Celebration Church founders Stovall and Kerri Weems have filed a lawsuit against the Association of Related Churches and several of its executive team members—including Church of the Highlands founder and leader Chris Hodges—accusing them of "engineering" a takeover of the Jacksonville, Fla., church and damaging the Weems' reputations. The lawsuit comes more than a year after Stovall Weems was forced to formally resign from the church amid a legal battle with its board of trustees and officers over control of the congregation's assets. Read more.

All four candidates for bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, which recently garnered headlines for refusing to bless same-sex marriages, have indicated that they will allow the practice. The diocese has been without a bishop since William Love's resignation in 2021. Love issued an open letter in 2020 refusing to enforce a denominational rule requiring all dioceses to allow for the blessing of gay marriages. Read more.

In this interview with CP, Great American Media CEO Bill Abbott shares how his company's merger with Pure Flix will honor "faith, family and country," with the media platform rivaling the likes of Netflix as it aims to be a beacon of light in a world that is "very, very dark and people have strong agendas." Watch now.