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July 01, 2026

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Presbyterian pastors draw a line against same-sex attracted clergy

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church’s General Assembly last week voted 516-386 to approve a pastoral letter allowing ordination for certain celibate, same-sex attracted individuals. Hours later, more than 80 pastors who opposed the letter...


Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on why the U.S. was not founded as a white Christian nation

Justice Neil Gorsuch disputes the idea that America was founded as a white Christian nation. “I just don't see it that way,” says Gorsuch. “We have a First Amendment for crying out loud. No established religion.” Check out this special...


SBC says it’s not possible to be gay or transgender and Christian

It is not possible to be a “gay Christian” or a “transgender Christian,” the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission says. In a new social media reel posted by the ERLC, that question is answered by RaShan Frost...


Attack thy neighbor? Louisiana pastor arrested for beating up 20-year-old

A Louisiana pastor known for defying governmental COVID-19 lockdowns was arrested for assaulting a young man near his church Tuesday — an assault caught on video. Mark Anthony “Tony” Spell, 48, pastor of Life Tabernacle Church, was...


Judge holds prosecutor of accused Charlie Kirk assassin in contempt

A Utah county judge ruled on Friday that an attorney involved in prosecuting Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin violated the case’s pretrial gag order with comments he made while speaking with reporters. Utah Deputy County Attorney Christopher...



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

Reconsidering what it means to be Pro-life in America

For over a decade, the United States of America was a dry nation. The Volstead Act was a nationwide constitutional ban on alcohol in all its forms, and while statistically, the consumption of alcohol did drop, it may be argued that wholistically the...


Exvangelical: Not a journey, but a day

Nearly 1,100 years ago, the poet Hanshan — known in the West as Cold Mountain — entered his fourth decade by occupying a cave in the Chinese mountains and occasionally venturing out to write poems on trees, rocks, and even Taoist and...


Why You Are Here: When Tragedy and Survival Shape a Life of Meaning

I’m sure I am not the first person to think along these lines, but did you ever consider that you might not exist if certain things had happened or not happened? Now the Bible teaches that we are no accident. God knew us before we were even born, if...


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COMMENTARY

‘No, But I Skimmed It’

It should come as no surprise that the pontiff who penned the first papal encyclical on artificial intelligence prefers print to screens. When Pope Leo praised reading in his May address to the Vatican Publishing House, he specifically highlighted the...


Deliberately depriving children

In March of 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s assistant secretary of labor, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, dropped a truth bomb on the nation in what became known as “The Moynihan Report.” The actual title was “The Negro Family” with the urgent...


Anniversary of Obergefell: Why marriage remains fundamental to society as ‘pride’ fervor declines

The U.S. Supreme Court legalized so-called gay marriage 11 years ago, but Americans’ support for the issue has rapidly declined in recent years, according to numerous reports and experts. “I think that support for gay marriage was, in a way...


What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

While the Trump administration and their voters seem increasingly hostile to releasing the Epstein Files, they’re continuing to release UFO files. The images, videos and written testimony have led to a constant stream of speculation and...


Is The Holy Spirit A "Person"?

The notion that the Holy Spirit constitutes a distinct personal entity alongside the Father and the Son may indeed represent an instance of anthropomorphization applied to the biblical concept of the “Spirit of God.” Just as one might observe a...


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GOOD NEWS

Jet ski riders conduct rescue mission for sea turtle with 'bloody, peeling' infection on her shell

A group of jet skiers was enjoying a day on the water just off the coast of Magnetic Island in Australia’s West Point when they stumbled across a green sea turtle in dire straits. Andrew Eslick of Magnetic Island Jetskis was leading the tour and initially...


TODAY Reveals Name Of Baby Girl Giraffe Born At Fort Worth Zoo After Viewer Votes

The results are in! The Fort Worth Zoo in Texas earlier this month sought out the help of TODAY viewers to vote on a name for their newborn baby girl giraffe. Thousands participated, and we are now ready to share the winning moniker....


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