Parents Defending Education has released a report warning that Chinese Communist Party-sponsored programs remain active in several schools throughout the U.S. The report details how programs such as Confucius Institutes and its K-12 programming, Confucius Classrooms, establish a connection between American K-12 schools, universities, and the Chinese Communist Party. Read more.

A Connecticut community is grieving after Tommie Jackson, a beloved pastor at Rehoboth Fellowship Church and Faith Tabernacle Church in Stamford, was struck and killed by a vehicle being driven by a local police officer on Wednesday. Jackson, who also served as an assistant director of the city's Urban Redevelopment Commission, was hit while crossing the street. Read more.

Robin Schumacher discusses false teachings and why believers must be especially careful when accusing another Christian of being a false teacher. "There's a distinction between being in honest error/not being fully educated on a biblical topic and being the kind of deadly, intentional false teacher Scripture warns about," he writes. Read more.

Dr. Michael Brown addresses America's political woes, aging political leaders, and growing civil unrest. Questioning the mainstream media and sources across the right and left, Brown asserts, "The good news is that times of instability, uncertainty, distrust, and fear make for fertile ground for the Gospel." Read more.

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The Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell has clarified that people should continue to use the phrase "Our Father" in Christian prayer while insisting that people should also be "sensitive" to individuals who have been victims of abuse perpetrated by men. His statement comes in response to controversy over earlier comments he made about "Our Father" being potentially "problematic." Read more.

The Oklahoma United Methodist Conference has filed an appeal in response to Oklahoma County District Court Judge Aletia Timmons ordering the conference to redo a special disaffiliation meeting held in April, determining the conference failed to give First United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City an adequate opportunity to ratify its disaffiliation request formally. The regional body claims the ruling is a violation of their First Amendment rights. Read more.

During an interview with Fox News, country music star Walker Hayes shared how his friendship with a pastor helped him change his life from that of an alcoholic atheist to a sober follower of Jesus. Through the love of Glad You're Here Ministries' Craig Allen Cooper, Hayes "honestly found out he’s just as broken as me, but he just knows Jesus. He needs Jesus. Every morning he wakes up, he needs Jesus, and Jesus is a light through him." Read more.