A gunman who opened fire on a packed Manhattan-bound train in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning was still on the run Wednesday. The attack left at least 23 people injured. During a press conference Tuesday night, New York City Mayor Eric Adams stated, "This is not only a New York City problem, this rage, this violence, these guns, these relentless shooters are an American problem. It is going to take all levels of government to solve it. It is going to take the entire nation to speak out and push back against the cult of death that has taken over in this nation." Authorities are seeking the public's help in locating 62-year-old Philadelphia resident Frank R. James as a person of interest in the attack. Continue reading.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed Senate Bill 612 into law in a move to make the state "the most pro-life state in the country." The law bans nearly all abortions in the state except in cases when a mother's life is at risk in a medical emergency. Those who violate the law could face up to $100,000 in fines and 10 years in prison. However, women who seek or obtain an illegal abortion wouldn't need to fear prosecution, as the law doesn't "authorize the charging or conviction of a woman with any criminal offense in the death of her unborn child." It also does not ban the use or sale of prescription contraceptives so long as the products are sold before a woman becomes pregnant. Continue reading.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill allocating $70 million toward initiatives that support and encourage fathers to take an active role in their children's lives. Former NFL football player Jack Brewer described the law as "the order of God." When signing the bill during a press conference on Monday, DeSantis acknowledged the importance of a father's presence, explaining, "If you look at the statistics, 90% of homeless and runaway children did not have a father in their home. Seventy percent of high school dropouts did not have a father in their home, and 60% of youth who commit suicide did not have a father in their home." Continue reading.

Adults make as many as 35,000 decisions each day, with more than 70 of those having tangible consequences. With so many choices at our fingertips, how do we make good ones? Oral Roberts University President Dr. William M. Wilson offers practical advice for making good decisions. Among his seven recommendations: meditate on scripture, obey God, and do your homework. Read the full list here.

Pastor and former White House and Congressional aide Wallace B. Henley discusses how the devaluing of human life contributes to atrocities such as war. "The objectification of the human being is not the only characteristic of the abortion culture. Another is the loss of the secularized individual human spirit and the soul of the society of the belief in and sense of God’s transcendence and the human accountability that goes with it," he writes. Continue reading.

Nearly all Christians understand that evil is prevailing at an alarming rate and that we may be on the verge of a massive recession and unparalleled civil unrest. But we aren’t called to run, but to rescue—we must lead in the battle, not leave the battle. See Here How to Make a Difference: shaneidleman.com

A Palestinian judge has released Evangelical pastor Johnny Shahwan from Bethlehem, about 40 days after he was arrested for allegedly allowing a former member of Israel’s parliament and rabbi to visit his ministry, according to reports. Shahwan was accused of promoting normalization with the "Zionist entity" and welcoming an "extremist Zionist settler," according to The Jerusalem Post. Continue reading.

Mel Gibson was skeptical when he was first approached to play a role in "Father Stu," a Mark Wahlberg film about a boxer-turned-priest. Though he initially thought "it didn't sound like it was going to work," Gibson says reading the screenplay changed his perspective. "It made me laugh, and then it was emotionally very effective. This one smelled good, and it looked good, and it was great, it was funny. It was a film that wasn't preaching to the choir and it wasn't over saccharin, and just had a lot of a big splash of reality in it." The film hits theaters Friday, April 15. Watch Gibson's interview with The Christian Post here.