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Good afternoon! It's Friday, May 5, and today's headlines include the first anniversary of the Dobbs draft leak, a decline in U.S. history and civics scores among eighth-grade students, and a number of businesses sending out "trigger warnings" ahead of Mother's Day.
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Tuesday marked one year since Politico published the leaked draft decision in the U.S. Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which indicated that a majority of the justices were poised to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The leak led to outrage among pro-abortion activists, which has continued to result in the vandalism of pro-life pregnancy centers and churches across the country. In the wake of Roe's remise, 15 states have laws on the books that ban all or most abortions, while six other states have similar measures tied up in court. Thirteen states, meanwhile, have codified a right to abortion up until the point of viability into state law, while four other states and
Washington, D.C., allow abortion until the moment of birth. While pro-abortion advocacy group NARAL accused the Supreme Court of "corruption," Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America's Marilyn Musgrave stated, "The overwhelming majority of Americans are on the side of life. Threats and intimidation will not deter us from our mission." Full Story. |
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Test scores in U.S. history and civics declined for eighth-grade students across the country, according to the National Assessment for Education Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card. The congressionally mandated NAEP, which is overseen by the U.S. Education Department, reported that eighth-grade scores for U.S. History went from 263 in 2018 to 258 in 2022, declining by five points. In civics, students had an average score of 150 out of 300 for 2022, a decrease of three points since 2018. Read more. |
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The federal government has warned St. Francis Health System in Oklahoma that it could lose its ability to serve low-income and elderly patients if it doesn't extinguish its sanctuary candle, which the hospital keeps lit per Catholic tradition. A surveyor with The Joint Commission, a Medicare and Medicaid accreditation organization, told the hospital the candle is a safety hazard and that it would lose its accreditation if it did not extinguish the flame. Read more. |
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Jesus Saves Signs founder Brent Farley is on a mission to share the Gospel by placing signs on telephone poles and elsewhere around Southern California, but he continues to face pushback from a group called "Atheist Street Pirates," whose mission is to "remove illegal religious signage." The group's website reads, "Ahoy, me hearties! Religious scallywags are littering our highways, streets, and neighborhoods with unwelcome and illegal street
propaganda" and urges residents to report the signs. While LA municipal code 28.04 prohibits signs, they continue to be found throughout the city. The "Street Pirates" page only focuses on examples that include the name "Jesus," leading Farley and others to suspect the group is specifically targeting Christians. Read more.
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Author Joel Penton's latest book, During School Hours, explores why religious education was removed from America's public schools and how his group is using a nearly 70-year-old Supreme Court decision to further the preaching of the Gospel for students. In an interview with CP, Penton—the founder of LifeWise Academy—discusses "released time religious instruction" and why it may hold the key to allowing students to participate in Bible
study classes during school hours. Read more. |
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A number of America's largest companies are sending out warnings for their customers ahead of Mother's Day while continuing to feature LGBT messaging on their websites. A now-viral thread from Twitter user Arizona Informer shows several screenshots of opt-out messaging from Kroger, Levi Strauss, DoorDash and other well-known companies with language that includes calling Mother's
Day and Father's Day "sensitive times," asserting that these holidays "can even be triggering." Read more. |
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Dr. Michael Brown discusses last weekend's SatanCon in Boston and why he pities those who were in attendance. "Hopefully, it will remind us that the battle between darkness and light is real, calling us to redouble our efforts to shine as lights ourselves," writes Brown, who also notes that the event had just 800 attendees—a minuscule figure compared to millions in church each Sunday. Read more. |
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Resurrect Ministry's Hedieh Mirahmadi shares how learning about Jesus through a YouTube link of a pastor ultimately led to her becoming a Christian. "I was a devout Muslim disillusioned with Islam, but God flipped a supernatural switch in me," she explains. Read more.
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Instead of you choosing from hundreds of pictures of children who need sponsors, your picture goes to the kids, and one of them will choose you. And in doing so, people like Shanda are experiencing God’s goodness through the simple act of a child.
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Shanda and her family said yes to sponsoring a child with World Vision while attending Soul City Church in Chicago. "We believe it's a part of our mission as believers in Christ," says Shanda about helping others. Their photo was taken, then sent to Mwala, Kenya, along with photos of hundreds of other Soul City congregants, to be displayed at a large community event. Learn more |
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The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has voted against the appointment of Texas Pastor Jared Wellman, the top candidate for president and CEO. "It's been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve the Southern Baptist Convention through the Executive Committee," Wellman said to the group after the 31-50 vote total was announced. Willie McLaurin, interim president, will continue to oversee the operations of the Executive Committee as the group must restart the recruitment process. Read more. |
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During an April episode of the " Prophecy Pros" podcast, co-hosts Jeff Kinley and Todd Hampson shared why they believe Satan is grooming the world to prepare it for the coming of the Antichrist. "[Satan] is seducing the world right now. He's preparing the way for his man of sin. I call him the devil with skin on. He is Satan's Superman and he is coming to this Earth. The
world can't wait for him. It's dying for him," Kinley said. Kinley, the author of God's Grand Finale, pointed to the Bible's description of the Antichrist, noting, "The Antichrist is not just an evil force. It's not just a government. It’s not some sort of movement in the world ... it's a man." Listen now. |
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