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September 01, 2026

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Victim Says Polygamous Sect Leader Samuel Bateman 'Stole My Childhood' After Receiving Extra 24-Year Sentence

The sentencing in Coconino County Superior Court marks the latest chapter in a case that has drawn national attention and was chronicled in the Netflix documentary Trust Me: The False Prophet. The news came after Bateman, was...


Christian Relief Teams Rush Aid to Isolated Nepal Valleys After Deadly Himalayan Floods

Christian relief organizations are pushing into isolated parts of northern Nepal after catastrophic flooding on Aug. 26 sent water, mud, rock and ice through Himalayan settlements, killing hundreds and leaving large numbers of people missing across...


March on Washington renews focus on voting rights after Supreme Court gutting

Thousands of people gathered before the Lincoln Memorial on the 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington for a program Friday (Aug. 28) bookended by prayers and focused on voting rights. The son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who that...


Nigeria Witnesses Return of Traditional Religion

Significant numbers of young Christians in southeast Nigeria are turning to African traditional religion, including ritual practices that predate Christianity’s arrival in the 17th century. The trend has attracted public commentary and statements by some...


Vietnamese Pastor Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison as Religious Freedom Groups Sound the Alarm

Pastor Y Nuen Ayun, a Protestant pastor in Vietnam, is currently facing a 7 and a half year jail sentence for what his accusers call an “undermining of the national unity policy.” According to ResearchGate, this policy was founded by Ho Chi Minh...



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Between Two Worlds

I grew up on a small ranch in Northern California. My mother, who was raised in rural Tennessee and loved the land, managed the ranch and home. My father was an Appellate Court Judge in Sacramento. While I was in elementary school, my father...


How Your Own Musical Taste Can Be an Oppressor or Liberator

My favorite movie ever since I first saw it in high school is “O Brother Where Art Thou?” I bought the soundtrack, and, like all millennials in their teens, I read every page of the booklet in the CD case. From page to page, as it tells the story of the...


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COMMENTARY

3 Reasons Families Will Love ‘Coyote vs. Acme’

If you hang around to the very end of the credits for the new family film Coyote vs. Acme, you’ll discover a fact that tells only part of the wild story of a movie that nearly never made it to the big screen. It was completed in 2023. So, why is it only now...


How might Leo regulate AI use within the Church?

Pope Leo last Friday urged Catholic lawmakers to develop policy that would provide transparency on the use of AI, and protect families from the economic, moral, and social harms that might be caused by the disruptive potential of artificial...


What Does It Mean to Believe in God?

Sometimes the people who are supposed to know the most about God know Him the least. Perhaps this sounds counterintuitive, but this has consistently been the case throughout history. The past is littered with examples of men and women who...


What the Wall Street Journal Doesn’t Want You to Know About David Barton

The Wall Street Journal is out today with a profile of GOP operative David Barton. Reporter Chris Kuo traveled to Aledo, TX to interview him and see Barton’s collection of historical artifacts. He also interviewed me for the article but, as far as...


The Challenge of Fidelity to Catholic Faith by Catholic Institutions

A major challenge for religious institutions in the last two decades has been state support in law and public policy for changes in sexual norms. These changes conflict with the traditional Christian morality of opposite-sex monogamy. This is done in...


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GOOD NEWS

Bryce Crawford Tells Howie Mandel: Jesus Is 'the Only Way' to Heaven

Evangelist Bryce Crawford defended the exclusivity of the gospel during an appearance on Howie Mandel’s podcast this week, saying the doctrine isn’t rooted in personal opinion or religious tradition but in Jesus’ own words. Crawford, 22, is the...


The ex-oil executive trying to wean us off fossil fuels

If it’s tough for a society to transition away from oil, it’s tougher still for those whose entire livelihood is tied up with the stuff. Yet as the costs of our addiction to it begin to bite – on our pockets and our planet – an increasing number are doing just that...


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