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May 5, 2025
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| PERKINS: Freedom Is Gained Inch by Inch |
| by Tony Perkins |
| Religious freedom is seldom handed to the passive; it is claimed by those who exercise it even when a hostile culture says they may not. That reality came home to me this week as two very different arenas - Jerusalem's Temple Mount and the marble halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. In both instances, they posed the same enduring question: Will people of faith fight for the liberties our Creator endowed, or will they surrender them to bureaucrats and bullies? |
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| Overwhelmed by Fires, Grief, Battle Fatigue, and the World's Hatred, Israel Stops to Remember |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| In a nation ravaged by war and loss, it's only natural that the Jewish people would mark this year's Days of Remembrance and Independence with a somber, almost apprehensive mood. The weight of a year and a half long conflict - and rows of fresh graves - sit heavily on a people who have a history of sorrow unlike any other. Then, as if to punctuate the sadness, thousands of acres of flames burned through an area near Jerusalem, a wildfire that made even the rare moments of celebration bittersweet. |
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| Major HHS Report Cites Lack of Evidence Supporting 'Gender-Affirming Care,' Failure of Medical Establishment |
| by Dan Hart |
| A comprehensive new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has concluded that there is no strong evidence to support "gender-affirming" procedures that block puberty, mutilate the sexual organs of, and sterilize children for life. Experts say the report is a welcome affirmation of the grievous harms that gender transition procedures inflict on minors - which much of Europe has already acknowledged, marking a stark reversal of the pro-gender transitions for minors position of the previous Biden administration. |
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| AI Chatbots May Fuel Pedophiles' Fantasies - and Victimize Kids: Experts |
| by Ben Johnson |
| The improper use of chatbots using artificial intelligence poses a serious risk to minors' mental and physical well-being, since the bots can pose as minors who solicit sex from older men, or older men seducing teens, or even create realistic-looking child pornography that may slip through the cracks of existing laws, experts warn. |
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| Coding Error: Dems' Messaging Failures Go Deep |
| by Jared Bridges |
| We may be well past 100 days into the Donald Trump presidency, but Democrats are still hard at work doing post-mortems on why they lost so profoundly in the 2024 election. While some high-profile Democrats like Gavin Newsom have rightly acknowledged many of the issues that plagued their party during the last cycle, others continue to appear oblivious. |
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| Waltz out as National Security Advisor, Nominated for UN Ambassador |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| National Security Advisor Mike Waltz will step down from that position to become President Trump's nominee as U.N. Ambassador, Trump announced Thursday. "From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress, and as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation's Interests first," the president posted to social media. "I know he will do the same in his new role." |
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| Vance Breaks Tie amid Senate Tariff Drama |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| A Senate resolution (SJR 49) rejecting President Trump's imposition of worldwide tariffs nearly succeeded on Wednesday, but an unexpected absence let Vice President J.D. Vance cast a tiebreaking vote to defeat the measure. The surprising drama reveals uncharacteristic chaos in the U.S. Congress's upper chamber. |
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| Christ's Divine Standard: Our Light on the Narrow Road |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Have you ever belted out, "I once was lost, but now I'm found," and felt a shiver down your spine? Or sung, "Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love," with a lump in your throat, as if the lyrics were ripped straight from your heart's deepest struggles? Why do these worship songs keep pulling us back to the gut-wrenching themes of straying, being redeemed, and clawing to stay on the path? Well, because they echo the raw, relentless reality of the Christian fight. |
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