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The 2024 Form 990 for the Jesus Calling Foundation is now available and shows that the foundation contributed over a million dollars from book royalties to the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in a single year. In 2024, the same year that the PCA Committee on Discipleship Ministries (CDM) was tasked to “assess the book’s appropriateness for Christians” and “provide recommendations (if needed) for remedial materials, advisory statements, or General Assembly actions concerning Jesus Calling, the PCA received $1,080,000 from the Jesus Calling Foundation. The CDM’s 2025 follow-up report stated that “neither CDM nor its staff recommend Jesus Calling” but...

The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices rejected Davis’ petition for review of a ruling by a federal appeals court upholding an award of $100,000 to a gay couple to whom she had refused to issue a marriage license. That petition had also asked the justices to overrule the 2015 decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, arguing that a right to same-sex marriage “had no basis in the Constitution.” As is...

In recent years, a surprising trend has emerged: more and more Muslims are converting to Christianity. But what is driving this shift? At the heart of many conversions is a deep desire for a personal relationship with God…For many Muslims, the message of grace, forgiveness, and love is incredibly compelling. In Islam, there is a strong emphasis on works, laws and obedience. While these are important values, some Muslims who convert to Christianity find a sense of freedom and peace in knowing that they don’t have to earn God’s love—it’s given freely through Jesus. According to Ephesians 2:8, “For it...

I have experienced the brilliancy of ChatGPT in writing lyrics for songs. There is no hesitation, no self-doubt, just the instantaneous delivery of brilliance like the Word of God onto your screen. It is impressive that something can create this so fast. And it is very polite, if not flattering when communicating with me. I find myself returning the politeness, like it is a human. However, I have read that ChatGPT has helped people to commit suicide. I have heard accounts where ChatGPT seems almost demonic in helping people die from suicide, and that companies are now trying to reign...

ANSWER: The phrase “reprobate mind” is found in Romans 1:28 in reference to those whom God has rejected as godless and wicked. They “suppress the truth by their wickedness,” and it is upon these people that the wrath of God rests (Romans 1:18). ...

Any serious student of Bible prophecy from the pre-Trib point of view knows how deep this generation is within the end of the Church Age (Age of Grace). Much of Christ’s Olivet Discourse was devoted to the subject of Israel’s future time of unprecedented trouble, as the prophecy said in Jeremiah 30:7. Jesus said the time of Tribulation (Daniel’s seventieth week) will be the worst period of human history (Matthew 24:21). We can certainly surmise that—with the recent hatred much of the world has shown against the tiny nation of Israel—the stage is at this very moment being set for...

NEW YORK (AP) — TV shows like “Abbott Elementary,” “Hacks,” “Heartstopper,” “The Last of Us” and “Yellowjackets” helped increase the ranks of LGBTQ+ characters on prime time by 4% over the previous season, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD. This year’s “Where We Are on TV” study, released Thursday, counted 489 LGBTQ characters across scripted prime-time broadcast, cable and streaming shows — up 21 additional characters. It marks a boost after two years of decline, but remains far below the 2021-2022 record high of 637 characters. GLAAD added that the number of transgender characters on TV...

For years, Missouri lawmakers have heard warnings that enacting policies targeting the LGBTQ+ population could drive individuals and businesses out of the state. Local officials and chambers of commerce raised red flags about potential impacts on recruitment and retention of employees, as well as the ability to lure businesses to the state. Now, studies are showing that the state’s actions have already pushed LGBTQ+ Missourians to move — taking their tax dollars, and even businesses, elsewhere. Analysis by the Movement Advancement Project estimates that around $362 million to $879 million in household income has left the state, a number that...

The data recently obtain by CIS as part of a lengthy and ongoing Freedom of Information Act litigation demonstrated that HHS lost contact with 112,872 UACs after 30 days of being released to sponsors, between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2023, and the UACs safety or whereabouts could not be determined.

Fighters laugh as they ride on the back of a pick-up truck, speeding past a row of nine dead bodies and driving towards the setting Sudanese sun. "Look at all this work. Look at this genocide," one cheers. He smiles as he turns the camera on himself and his fellow fighters, their Rapid Support Forces (RSF) badges on display: "They will all die like this." The men are celebrating a massacre that humanitarian officials fear killed more than 2,000 people in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher last month. On Monday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) said it was investigating whether...

Dear Friends, In light of our EXPONENTIALLY deteriorating and growing godless nation, where both political parties are abandoning Almighty God, our ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator’s moral and spiritual laws, as well as His natural laws, let us carefully hear from the ghosts of our American Founding Fathers and their prophetic warnings to us in 2025. Dear friends, please do not think President Trump is our American savior. Thank Almighty God that he is seeking to do some good, and he is in many ways doing so, but we are a million miles from the point of NO RETURN, and are moving...

There are good reasons why homeschooling is on the rise. I am an enthusiastic supporter of homeschooling. When parents are in a position to prioritize their children’s education, young minds learn more information more quickly. A young person who excels in mathematics, for instance, is not forced to follow the regimented schedule of the state’s curricula, in which geometry belongs to a certain grade level, an introduction to calculus must be kept secret until the final years of high school, and summer vacations interrupt the accumulation and application of new knowledge. Those who show promise in mathematics — especially those...

The sick and injured were executed in cold blood," the Sudanese Coordination of Resistance Committees, a nongovernmental organization, stated two days after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, Sudan. According to the NGO, RSF fighters had either killed everyone or left them to die in the city's Al Saudi Hospital. Satellite images analyzed by the Humanitarian Research Lab of the Yale School of Public Health confirm that since last weekend a "cluster of objects consistent with the size of human bodies and reddish ground discoloration" appeared outside hospitals in...

The comedian, 63, took to social media this week to ask for prayers after her oldest daughter, Chelsea, was sentenced to prison for violating the terms of her probation for drug charges. O’Donnell and her then-partner, Kelli Carpenter, adopted Chelsea shortly after she was born in 1997. Last year, Chelsea was arrested in Wisconsin three different times between September and December. On Sept. 10, O’Donnell’s 28-year-old daughter was arrested on felony charges that included child neglect and possession of methamphetamine. One month after posting bail and being released, Chelsea was arrested again on more felony counts that included bail jumping,...

Young people seem to have a favorable view of socialism. This comes as somewhat of a surprise to older generations, whose experiences with that doctrine have understandably led to less approving opinions of it. It seems that young people approve of socialism in defiance of indisputable facts. Relevant facts may be summarized in such observations as “socialism has failed every time it has been tried,” and “socialism has been responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths in the last century.” Despite readily available evidence in support of these assertions, young people seem unmoved by them. The reasons for this are...

The Radical Left (“RL”) no longer has a coherent message. President Trump, with his platform focused on restoring public order, promoting economic prosperity, securing the borders, advocating for merit-based policies, and opposing the inclusion of boys in girls’ sports, among other issues, appealed to voters, resulting in his landslide victory in 2024. The RL’s rebranding as Democratic Socialism (Mamdani, AOC, and Sanders) is nothing more than the Old Pied Piper promise of a new utopia if given more public money and power. The RL’s Marxist/Islamofascist ideology remains fundamentally at odds with and a real threat to our constitutional republic. The...

A recent report from a prominent pro-life organization ranks all 50 states on their laws regarding abortion, assisted suicide and conscience protection for healthcare workers.Americans United for Life released its annual "Life List" state rankings, naming Arkansas the most pro-life state in the country for the sixth consecutive year."AUL looks at each state's protections for life from conception to natural death. This includes laws on abortion, legal recognition of preborn children, bioethics, assisted suicide and end-of-life patient care, and healthcare rights of conscience," the organization stated. "Additionally, states are awarded points for their life-affirming cultural and political landscape and momentum."Louisiana...

C3 @C_3C_3 Well well well… Judge McConnell donated $700K to Democrats. He runs nonprofit Crossroads Rhode Island that has received $128 million in government funding. McConnell is now demanding POTUS Trump illegally fund SNAP. After he tried to block DOGE cuts. He’s a Dem activist.

"The scream of sirens is unrelenting."

I doubt most people realize that Nigeria, located in West Africa, is the world’s sixth most populous country, with around 213.5 million people. Over 53% of the population is Muslim. That’s never a good thing for the remaining population in a country, because Muslims do not believe in pluralism. Lately, Nigeria’s Muslims have been on a rampage, slaughtering Christians left and right. President Trump announced yesterday that the U.S. will intervene and will do so aggressively if necessary. Democrats were unimpressed—they don’t believe there’s a genocide—but Nigeria’s president, having first rejected the demand, just announced his willingness to accept the...