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Texas Heartbeat Bill

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2021/09/02

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Afghan Female Paralympian Narrowly Escapes Taliban

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2021/09/01

In a feat of international coordination, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) evacuated two Paralympic athletes from Afghanistan last week to compete in the Games. One of these Paralympians, Zakia Khudadadi is competing in Taekwondo in this year’s Paralympics. The 23-year-old Paralympian grew up in a different Afghanistan. Now, Paralympian isn't likely to be a profession available to women in her country anymore. Khudadadi was trapped in Kabul before her rescue, her scheduled commercial

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The Problem with Kids Choosing Pronouns

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2021/08/30

According to a friend, the first day of her son’s 8th grade class began with teachers asking students to stand up and declare their pronouns. This was in Ohio, but I’d be willing to bet it happened in most state schools this year. Set aside for a moment the questionable wisdom of asking hormone-riddled middle-schoolers during the most awkward times of their lives to talk about their bodies in front of their peers… This would have never happened five, even three years ago. Compared to other ways

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I Have A Dream Speech and its Worldview Foundation

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2021/08/26

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Dr. King’s speech was only to be four minutes, but gospel singer Mahalia Jackson shouted for King to “share the dream,” and he did. For 17 minutes, he shared the dream. Dr. King shared a dream of America living its founding creed: of descendants of slaves and descendants of slaveholders sitting together as brothers, of states long defined by injustice transformed into places of

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The Myth of Family-Friendly Abortion

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2021/08/25

Abortion advocates tell us that killing unborn babies is an essential part of “family planning.” For instance, Planned Parenthood’s website says that “Deciding to have an abortion doesn’t mean you don’t want or love children. In fact, 6 out of 10 people who get abortions already have kids—and many of them decide to end their pregnancies so they can focus on the children they already have.” But according to a massive new study by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, that’s just not true. A review of

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Sen. Lankford's Speech Highlights How Budget Values...

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2021/08/24

The House votes on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution later this week. That’s a lot of money, which will fund a lot of programs… and every one of them reflects our national values. Despite bi-partisan requests, the appropriations committee sent this budget bill to the Senate floor without the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds being used for abortion. But, in a courageous speech from the floor, Senator James Lankford called colleagues to remember that, “millions of Americans of faith

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Spike in Transgender Surgeries Show Medical Priorities

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2021/08/24

Headlines and newsfeeds are full of images and descriptions of overcrowded hospitals, because of a spike in Covid infections.Some states have issued new lockdown and mask mandates to ensure that doctors and nurses aren’t overwhelmed by a new influx of the sick. From the beginning of the pandemic, some medical procedures were postponed to prioritize Covid care. That’s why it’s so strange that despite all the rationing we’ve been hearing about, there was a notable rise in so-called “gender

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Prayer is Doing Something

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2021/08/23

As more and more haunting images emerge from the airport in Kabul. Parents are passing children through lines of strangers in hopes they will be able to escape the Taliban, Young girls are gripping fences, crying out “The Taliban is coming!”, and we hear more and more reports from the ground that our worst fears about the Taliban are indeed coming true, many of us sit, watching these images, reading these stories on our phones, imagining ourselves and our own families in these same position. We

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Taliban's Worldview Trumps Words

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2021/08/20

The Taliban has promised that this time, they’ll be different. This time, there will be more freedoms and less oppression of women and religious minorities. Clearly, Afghan citizens do not believe these promises… they are at the point of desperation, clinging to the wheels of departing American aircraft, some even falling from the sky to their deaths. Poignant scenes show women and girls begging U.S. troops to protect them, crying out, “The Taliban is coming! The Taliban is coming!” Desperate

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Troy Polamalu is Not Just a Football Hero

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2021/08/19

Earlier this month, former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu was inducted into the NFL’s Hall of Fame. Polamalu was known for his speed, his power, and his hair. And throughout his impressive football career, Polamalu was outspoken about his Christian faith, which he demonstrated by remaining humble, level-headed and team-oriented — which is unfortunately unusual for a player that talented. In his Hall of Fame induction speech, Polamalu reminded his fans of the unique way he approached the

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Afghan Fathers Pass Persecuted Faith to Children

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2021/08/18

As a father, I often think about what a Christian heritage will mean for my children. I want it to be the source of their peace and strength in times of trouble. But what if I knew it would be the source of their persecution as well? On the Breakpoint Podcast this week, I spoke with Mindy Belz about the new dangers for Christians in Afghanistan. A couple years ago, a number of Christian leaders did something incredibly brave: they changed the official religious affiliation noted on their national

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Haitians Testify to Our Only Hope

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2021/08/17

Haitians desperately need our prayers. The death toll of last week’s earthquake has now topped 1,300 people and continues to rise. Thousands of homes have been leveled. And now the country faces severe tropical weather, with victims still trapped in the rubble. These follow a presidential assassination, ongoing food insecurity, and increasing gang violence, all of which makes delivery of emergency services complicated. Please support the emergency relief efforts of groups such as Samaritan's Purse

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A Lesson from the Ancient Mayans

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2021/08/16

Archaeologists recently discovered that the ancient Mayans of Tikal, in what is modern-day Guatemala, had uncovered an incredibly advanced water filtration system. Soil samples show they filled their reservoirs with zeolites: pieces of volcanic material that could filter out big bits of debris and invisible microbes which could cause disease. One researcher observed that the Mayans probably didn’t understand why the zeolites worked. They just saw that they did; so they used them. Isn’t that a great

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LiveAction's Baby Olivia Video is Convincing

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2021/08/13

LiveAction has produced a beautiful video that pulls back the curtain on the glories within the womb. In its short three minutes, we’re treated to a portrayal of the first nine months of a human life. According to LiveAction, 12 percent of pro-choice people changed their minds after watching, and 37 percent of those already pro-life became “more pro-life.” It’s this power to persuade which led doctors and lawyers to include “3-D and 4-D ultrasound images of unborn children” in their support of

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Imagine as an Anthem for the World?

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2021/08/12

“Imagine” has become a kind of secular national anthem, but it seems like a strange choice. Last year, a bunch of celebrities tried to make us feel better about a global pandemic by singing “Imagine there’s no heaven.” Really? Facing death, let’s offer a materialistic worldview, with no future after we die and no present source of meaning? And, these millionaire celebrities actually sang to us, “Imagine no possessions?” Then, during the opening ceremony of the Olympics, this song with the line “no

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Gender-Neutral Birth Certificates?

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2021/08/11

Last month, the American Medical Association announced it will advocate removing sex designation from public birth certificates. Marking gender on the official document, says the AMA, could lead to discrimination for those who identify as transgender later in life. “There is no clear standard for defining sex designation,” AMA authors wrote, stating that “gender is a social construct.” Strangely enough, the AMA still recommends that hospitals accurately record a baby’s sex on the U.S. Standard

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Nightbirde Gives Lesson in Suffering to America’s Got...

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2021/08/10

Nightbirde sings in dark times. For the Colson Center, I’m John Stonestreet with The Point. Jane Marczewski was the front-runner on this year’s season of America’s Got Talent. She was forced to leave the competition last week to focus on fighting cancer. This is the third bout of cancer for the woman who goes by the stage name Nightbirde. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2017. Shortly afterwards, her husband asked for a divorce. She spiraled into depression, struggling to speak, eat, or leave her

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There's Another Pandemic

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2021/08/09

Many feared that the isolation and unemployment from Covid lockdowns would lead to an increase in “deaths from despair.” Those predictions were tragically spot on. According to new numbers from the CDC, drug overdose deaths in the U.S. skyrocketed by nearly 30 percent in 2020, the greatest increase in decades. According to The Wall Street Journal most of the 93,000-plus fatalities involved fentanyl. Responding to health crises by focusing only on physical sickness just won't do. Nor can we

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A Nicene Pun

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2021/08/06

A few weeks ago, a self-described “heretic” tweeted out a message befitting that title, saying, “Jesus was Christ. Buddha was Christ. Muhammad was Christ. Christ is a word for the Universe seeing itself. You are Christ. We are the body of Christ.” To this, someone else retorted, “If you can’t say something Nicaean, then don’t say it at all.” The joke here is that the Nicene Creed of the fourth century clarified Christian beliefs in the midst of controversies over the nature of Christ, drawing a

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Fiji Rugby Wins the Olympics with Their Hymn of Praise

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2021/08/05

Normally when an Olympian wins the gold, we see happy tears. We see families back home cheering. We see the pride in carrying the national flag around the field. It’s such a pure moment. It never gets old. So, when the Fiji men’s rugby team recently won the gold over New Zealand, there was something about this that was even more pure and enjoyable. This was the second Olympic gold for the Fijians. They got on their knees, they prayed to God in thanksgiving, and sang a hymn of praise. It was so

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