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July 8, 2025
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| Texas Flood Claims Lives of Christian Campers |
| by Evelyn Elliott |
| Tragedy hit Texas on the Fourth of July, when the Guadalupe River flooded, claiming at least 104 lives as of Tuesday morning. Authorities predict the casualties will continue to climb. Among the many lives lost were 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, an all-girls' Christian camp located directly next to the Guadalupe River. |
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| Baylor University Wins Grant to Promote LGBT Church Inclusion |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The Baylor University Center for Church and Community Impact (C3I) has won a $643,401 grant from a progressive foundation to promote LGBT "inclusion and belonging" in Christian churches, the university proudly announced last Monday. Such a mission actively undermines what faithful Christian churches teach. |
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| Hebron Sheikhs Could Join Abraham Accords in another Major Middle East Shake-Up |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| While Middle East peace was certainly on the menu of things that President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to talk about Monday evening, the biggest surprise may be who's asking for it. In a stunning plot twist to the ongoing drama in Israel, a group of five sheikhs in the city of Hebron are proposing to leave the Palestinian Authority (PA) and join the Abraham Accords. "If we will get the blessing of honorable President Trump and the United States for this project, Hebron could be like the Gulf, like Dubai," Wadee' al-Jaabari told The Wall Street Journal in a blockbuster story. |
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| Thom Tillis's Betrayal Didn't Begin with the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' |
| by Ben Johnson |
| The debate over the "One Big Beautiful Bill" has unduly thrust one name into the spotlight: Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Tillis, one of three Republicans to vote against the bill in the Senate, has earned such epithets as "traitor" and "RINO betrayer." But those who know Tillis's record should hardly have been surprised since he betrayed voters on his most significant issue before joining the Senate: protecting the family. |
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| Why Did the Texas Floods Happen? |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Catastrophic flooding in central Texas this weekend claimed the lives of at least 78 people, including at least 28 children. Following approximately a foot of rain in hill country, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in just 45 minutes, surprising vacationers and summer camps along its banks. At Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls camp, 27 campers and counselors perished, including the camp director. Each death is a tale of heartbreaking tragedy, a dissonant screech that derails the melody of life, which leaves the survivors on the brink of a precipice asking - why? |
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| As Ukraine War Grinds On, Trump Hints at Air Defense Aid, Increased Russian Sanctions |
| by Dan Hart |
| During a press conference with President Trump at the 2025 NATO Summit in the Netherlands two weeks ago, a Ukrainian reporter pleadingly asked whether the U.S. would sell Patriot surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine in order to combat Russia's relentless drone and missile assault against the much smaller nation. |
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| Pivotal Week for Prayer Warriors as Netanyahu Arrives in D.C. |
| by Casey Harper |
| President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last night, and the stakes couldn't be higher. Several crucial things hang in the balance this week for attentive prayer warriors. |
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| SCOTUS to Review Girls' Sports Protections in Landmark Hearing |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Three states - Arizona, Idaho, and West Virginia - have faced challenges to their laws banning biological males from competing in women's and girls' sports. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear their appeals, with the date set for October 2025. |
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| Review: 'Dr. Koop: The Many Lives of the Surgeon General' (Part 1) |
| by Chuck Donovan |
| A long-overdue biography of the 13th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. C. Everett Koop, has finally appeared, at a time when many of the issues his story engages remain prime concerns for public policy. "Dr. Koop: The Many Lives of the Surgeon General," by Nigel M. DeS. Cameron, sets and meets a high bar - to record in detail the lifetime achievements and candid critiques of a man who wrestled with the most challenging issues in ethics and medicine, issues that traverse vital questions of life and death in a society under stress. |
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| Inciting Political Violence: The Hypocrisy of the Left |
| by Caily Shriver |
| As people who live in a fallen world with prevailing hatred and violence, it's great to see politicians speak out against these issues that run rampant in our country. But many of the same hypocrites who tell us to strive for peace continue stirring division, strife, and anger through their words and actions. How can they vehemently cry for unity when their actions so obviously strive for discord? |
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