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In a little over a month, North Point Community Church will be hosting the controversial Unconditional Conference, a family conference for parents who have LGBTQ children. Notably, nearly all the speakers are gay-affirming and pro-homosexuality, some radically so. This includes not only ONE homosexual man who is ‘married’ to his ‘husband’ but TWO. The conference is being put on by Embracing the Journey, a radical gay-affirming ministry that partners with North Point to counsel parents of struggling LGBTQ+ children. We’ve cataloged some of North Point Community Church’s and Andy Stanley’s LGBTQ-affirming stances and activities below. We’ve previously reported that one...

It's the accusation that no one saw coming. On Monday, Aug. 14, Michael Oher -- the former NFL star who inspired the Oscar-nominated film The Blind Side -- filed legal documents in Tennessee court requesting it terminate a conservatorship after alleging Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy lied about adopting him and tricked him into making them his conservators shortly after he turned 18. Oher played eight seasons in the NFL and reportedly earn nearly $40 million over his illustrious career...... In documents obtained by ET, the 37-year-old claims the Tuohys tricked him into making them his conservators less than...

Target's quarterly sales declined for the first time in six years, with one company executive blaming the drop on the "strong reaction" to its Pride merchandise. Target faced a backlash against its LGBTQ+ merchandise earlier this year, with some conservative shoppers vowing to boycott the store. The retailer's sales at stores open at the same time a year ago declined 5.4% in the second quarter, the company said on Wednesday. On a conference call to discuss the results, executives, including CEO Brian Cornell, primarily blamed wider economic issues for the drop, such as pinched consumers who are cutting back on...

The recent annual Global Wealth Report by UBS, a prominent Swiss bank, reveals that Europe and the United States lost trillions of dollars. Reportedly, the US lost more wealth in comparison to any country in 2022. In 2022, the United States experienced the largest decline in wealth compared to any other nation, with a reduction of $5.9 trillion. Additionally, the report unveiled that North America and Europe lost a combined $10.9 trillion in 2022. The US saw a decline in millionaires, with a reduction of 1 million millionaires by the end of 2022. Nevertheless, the US maintained a substantial global...

I could vote for the man, not over Trump or some others. (But definitely over Christie, Hutchinson, Pence, Haley, Hurd, Scott) Fill me in...Why is he fading? Personality? Policy positions? Political skills? All the above?

Cardinal Cupich to appear at ecumenical conference coordinated by Wiccan priestessThe Parliament of the World’s Religions conference, first held in 1893, was condemned by Pope Leo XIII in 1895, at which time he also forbade Catholics from attending any of the organization's future events.Left-wing Cardinal Blasé Cupich is set to appear at a scandalous ecumenical event in Chicago this week. The conference is coordinated by a Wiccan priestess and features more than 6,000 representatives of various forms of pagan and non-Catholic sects. The 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions is being held at McCormack Place convention center from Tuesday, August...

LONDON (AP) — The Russian ruble on Monday reached its lowest value since the early weeks of the war in Ukraine as Moscow increases military spending and Western sanctions weigh on its energy exports.It led Russia's central bank to announce an emergency meeting for Tuesday to review its key interest rate, raising the likelihood of an increase in borrowing costs that would support the flagging ruble.The Russian currency had passed 101 rubles to the dollar, continuing a more than one-third decline in its value since the beginning of the year and hitting the lowest level in almost 17 months. The...

Matthew 18:15-20Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus is instructing his community in the difficult task of correcting an errant brother or sister. He tells them to avoid the practice of gossiping and complaining to others about a grievance; rather, they should confront the person who has offended them directly and courageously. That way, the difficulty is addressed, the loving concern of the complainant is evident, and the process of rumor, attack, counter-attack, innuendo, and scapegoating is arrested.Now, if the person does not respond to this loving intervention, “take one or two others along with you, so that every fact may be...

Both Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) and former Vice President Mike Pence’s (R) net image ratings have crashed since jumping into the presidential ring, a recent AP-NORC survey found.DeSantis has seen his net image rating essentially collapse among all voters — a trend that accelerated exponentially throughout his presidential campaign.In July 2021, for example, DeSantis saw a net image rating of -3, as 30 percent viewed him at least somewhat unfavorably compared to 27 percent who had a favorable view. That gap reached -10 in October 2022 and -14 in April 2023, one month prior to announcing his presidential bid —...

The conflict was sparked when troops from Dagestan - a poor, mountainous region of southern Russia disproportionately affected by the Russian army's conscription drive late last year - took umbrage with the arrival of the 'Kadyrovites', who are particularly vocal on social media and were allegedly in town to film propaganda clips. Around 8pm local time, a fight broke out between the two groups. The NRC said: 'During the quarrel, one of the occupants opened fire in the air from a small automatic weapon. 'In the course of the fight, one of the occupiers was inflicted with numerous stab wounds...

Joe Biden is about to sign an executive order that will declare a “climate emergency,” granting the executive sweeping new powers to enforce rations, lockdowns and other tyrannical measures in order to “save the planet” from “global warming,” according to a United Nations (UN) insider who has been working with the Democrat president.

Piper Phillips thought she won the treasure hunt for a coveted one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan. Then she was hit with jaw-dropping additional costs totaling more than $10,000 — which would have brought her initial payout, including security and first month’s rent, to a whopping $21,507.50. The Midtown condo asked Phillips to cough up thousands in fees — not including the monthly rent — such as a $550 application fee, $1,500 administration fee, $1,500 “move-in” fee and a one-month broker’s commission. The Chicago native couldn’t believe the “ridiculous” hidden costs associated with the already pricey listing, which would have run her...

The Mount Dora City Council unanimously approved a divisive program that seeks to encourage local business owners to display opposition to hate crime stickers in a city that has zero hate crimes. Mount Dora, located in suburban Central Florida, instituted the controversial program on Tuesday, while other issues, such as sustainable development and downtown parking woes, are greater concerns to residents. Mount Dora calls the program the “Safe Place Initiative.” The program seeks to push every business or organization within the city limits to post a “symbol of safety” as a signal to patrons the business is safe “for the...

As the City of Los Angeles struggled to reduce pedestrian deaths after its deadliest year in decades, state lawmakers have repealed jaywalking laws in the name of equity. And one high-profile prosecutor questioned whether the new rules are saving any lives. So far this year, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, the city is on track to see a reduction from 2022's 20-year high in pedestrian fatalities. But nearly three-quarters of the deaths involved potential jaywalkers. Deputy District Attorney John McKinney, the DA candidate who landed a life prison sentence for the man who killed rapper Nipsey Hussle, is...

The Gulf of Mexico reached record heat in the first half of August, setting the stage for an intense hurricane season in a region that is no stranger to devastating storms. Average temperature data from the Southeast Regional Climate Center from Aug. 1-15 indicated record high temperatures on coastal stations, across an unbroken swath of coast stretching from Matamoros in northeastern Mexico to Miami. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT Average Gulf Coast temperatures reach record highs BY ZACK BUDRYK - 08/16/23 3:31 PM ET SHARE TWEET A man walks his dog along the beach Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Galveston, Texas, as...

The sprawling racketeering indictment returned this week by a grand jury in Fulton County presents a wide range of challenges. with so many defendants, prosecutors and defense lawyers will labor to keep the names and conflicting stories straight for those jurors over weeks or months. There will be countless legal details and basic logistics to argue or work out — even down to finding a courtroom big enough to fit everyone.

The investment firm run by liberal billionaire George Soros was a major investor in a now-bankrupt electric bus company that was heralded by the Biden administration as the future of green transit, and lost as much as $105 million in the two years since the company went public, according to a Daily Wire analysis. Soros Fund Management was one of the earliest investors in Proterra — when the company went public in June 2021 the fund owned 7.75 million shares of the company, an investment worth over $132 million dollars, according to legally required quarterly disclosures. The stock price of...

Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum, in an interview published Wednesday, said it will “absolutely be incumbent” on Republican presidential candidates during the first primary debate to address the criminal charges former President Trump faces. “It will absolutely be incumbent upon them to address [Trump’s criminal charges],” MacCall“Voters need to hear how they see it, and the option that they’re trying to provide. It’s very tricky territory for these candidates. They know that well,” she added. “It’s kind of a minefield.”um told “Vanity Fair.”

A serial creep from Los Angeles County is back on the streets after dozens of arrests for a slew of sex offenses and other crimes stretching back to 2005, despite being caught on video accosting women just days ago. Calese Carron Crowder, 37, was identified as the man seen on viral TikTok videos who appears to follow women around a Burbank Barnes & Noble bookstore "sniffing" their backsides. Glendale police arrested him for allegedly peeping on a Glendale home with children inside last week, according to authorities. Crowder has felony convictions of robbery and burglary, law enforcement sources told Fox...