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August 27, 2026

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Two more women injured at Illinois abortion facilities

A woman and a 16-year-old girl suffered medical problems at two Illinois abortion facilities last month, requiring both to go to the hospital. The first incident happened at a Planned Parenthood facility in Aurora on July 15, Operation Rescue reports....


Southern Baptists loved Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton died on Tuesday. May she rest in peace. Off the top of my head, I can only name two Parton songs: “Jolene” and “9 to 5.” What can I say, I grew up in North Jersey. 🙂 But as I have been watching the social media coverage related...


Abortion foes are battling in vitro fertilization access

President Donald Trump pledged to broaden access to in vitro fertilization, but groups that oppose abortion have halted efforts to expand IVF access for military members while promoting anti-IVF bills in the states. “It is the policy of my...


John MacArthur’s replacement named

Grace Community Church announced Pastor John MacArthur’s replacement on Sunday, one year and six weeks after the controversial Bible expositor died at 86. The new senior minister at the Sun Valley, California, megachurch will be 48-year...


Anti-billionaire tax ad falsely claims every Californian will have to “report all their assets”

In November, California voters will consider a one-time 5% tax on the assets of a few hundred of the state’s billionaires. The initiative, should it pass, is expected to generate tens of billions of dollars for health care and education programs....



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When Social Justice Meets Confederate Legacy, in One Family

My family history in Tennessee goes back over 200 years, although I was raised in California. I never imagined the two sides of my heritage would collide as they have. In 1812, my great-great-great-grandfather moved with his 20 slaves to the...


Everything Comes Back to a Garden

With God, it all comes back to a garden. Humanity, the Bible says, got its start in a garden, a place so perfect that everything was good to eat save one fruit. That fruit, however, was so significant that it could introduce death into a deathless world....


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COMMENTARY

My Question for the Formerly Woke

There is a difference between changing your mind and shifting your tactics, between evolving in your views and abandoning them because they’ve become unpopular or politically perilous. When Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, quoting a...


The coat of many colors that covered the world

There are entertainers, there are legends, and then there are those rare human beings whose lives become part of the cultural fabric of a nation. Dolly Rebecca Parton was one of those people. The Tennessee-born country music legend...


Thank You, Dolly, for “High-Heeled Thoughts”

When bad news breaks these days, I often look to poetry to speak when I don’t know what to say. And so today, upon hearing that Dolly Parton unexpectedly passed away, I searched online for a poem about her. Much to my surprise, my...


Airplane Evangelism

Apparently there have been some recent tiktok videos where Christians preach on airplanes. See these links: (links in article) My first reaction to this is ugh, I don't like it. But, in the first link above, Hemant Mehta says, Other Christians have an....


When everything is broken, we can mend it if we try

“Dolly Parton, Country Music Legend, Dies at 80.” Well dammit. With a distinguished career that lasted decades, Parton is the best-selling female country music artist of all time, having sold more than 160 million albums worldwide. Her debut album was...


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GOOD NEWS

Boy Crawls into Stranger’s Arms at Football Game— His Aunt Hunts Her Down With Powerful Facebook Post

It’s beautiful when strangers use their own arms to be the hands of Jesus to those around them, regardless of race, politics or religion. Mrs. Angela is one of those beautiful strangers. When a young boy named Isaiah approached her at a football...


Principal Lost His 30-Year Career to Save a Homeless Student and He Has No Regrets

A high school principal in Ohio lost his job after choosing to help a homeless student and he has no regrets about it. The student, Landerius Hayes who goes by DeDe, was having a really hard time as a high school junior. He could not live with his...


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