Author: Erick Neuman
Baylor University has announced it has received a nearly $650,000 grant from a progressive foundation to help foster LGBTQ “inclusion and belonging in the church,” and many are accusing the Christian university of aligning with values that contradict the Bible. According to a press release from the university’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, the hefty grant was awarded to the Center for Church and Community Impact (C3I). The Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation gave $643,401 to researchers to help them “better understand the disenfranchisement and exclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals and women within congregations to nurture institutional courage…
As the search continues for the dozens of people still missing in central Texas after devastating floods pounded the region, the director of Camp Mystic is being hailed as a hero for giving his life as he attempted to save others. As of Monday morning, 81 people are dead and 41 are still unaccounted for statewide after heavy rain lashed Texas, unleashing one of the deadliest floods in the United States in the past 100 years. The greatest number of fatalities occurred in Kerr County, where 68 people are believed to have died, including 28 children, officials report. As CBN…
Rescuers are still searching for victims of the flash floods in central Texas after the disaster took the lives of more than 82 people over the weekend. Officials say the overall death toll is sure to rise as the rescue effort is ongoing. Dozens of people are still missing, including 10 girls and a counselor from a Christian summer camp along the Guadalupe River in Texas Hill Country, where the river rose 26 feet in just 45 minutes early Friday morning. PHOTO: Officials assist with a recovery effort at Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept…
A woman is taking action against her former employer over the claim that she was fired for misgendering a fellow employee. Jocelyn Boden, a former store manager for a Bath & Body Works location in Utah, was reportedly fired for “refusing to adhere to the company’s pronoun policy because of her religious beliefs,” according to conservative legal firm First Liberty Institute. Attorneys for Boden filed a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), with Stephanie Taub, senior counsel for First Liberty, pledging to push back against what she sees as an illegal move by the company.…
On Sunday, families and rescuers combed through muddy wreckage and stepped into water-stained cabins at Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls summer camp devastated by sudden flash floods that have claimed at least 70 lives across central Texas. The floods, triggered by torrential rains, suddenly swept through the Texas Hill Country where multiple summer camps had been, rising 26 feet in just 45 minutes before dawn on Friday morning. Homes were torn from their foundations, vehicles carried away, and beloved spaces like Camp Mystic reduced to rubble. PHOTO: A Camp Mystic sign is seen near the entrance to the establishment along…
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) – Officials say the death toll from flash flooding in central Texas has risen to 32. Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said at a press conference late Saturday that 14 of the victims were children. “We will not stop until we find everyone who is missing,” said Nim Kidd, chief of Texas Department of Emergency Management. Earlier, officials said 27 people were still missing. EARLIER REPORT: Rescuers scoured flooded riverbanks littered with mangled trees Saturday and turned over rocks in the search for more than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many…
Pastor JP Pokluda has had a front-row seat to revival, traveling American college campuses and watching young people come to Christ. Listen to the latest episode of “Quick Start” Pokluda, pastor of Harris Creek Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, and author of “Your Story Has a Villain: Identify Spiritual Warfare and Learn How to Defeat the Enemy,” told CBN News on the red carpet at the 2025 K-LOVE Fan Awards that speaking out on these issues has “been crazy” but rewarding. “If you wanna open up attacks from the enemy, just write a book on spiritual warfare,” he said. “But I would…
The majority of Americans support “allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers that refer to Jesus,” according to the Pew Research Center, a respected data and research firm. Listen to the latest episode of “Quick Start” Invocations in public schools have long been a source of debate and consternation, with the drama intensifying after two Supreme Court cases — Engel v. Vitale (1962) and Abington School District v. Schempp (1963) — essentially banned school-sanctioned prayers. The first case found that nondenominational school-sponsored prayer violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. And the second similarly found that reciting the Lord’s Prayer and Bible…
A record-setting 72.2 million Americans are expected to travel for the Fourth of July holiday this year, the most ever recorded for Independence Day. The increase is fueled by strong demand for summer travel, lower gas and airfare prices, and a favorable calendar. With the holiday falling on a Friday, many travelers are taking advantage of the long weekend to extend their vacations. “It has been a very long day and long night. We haven’t slept,” said one traveler trying to navigate the crowds at a major airport terminal. AAA reports that more than 61 million people will travel by…
The 4th of July makes us think of our independence and freedoms. And legal battles in recent years over religious liberty in the U.S.A. raise serious questions about the freedom to worship in America. So when our Founders came up with the First Amendment, were they trying to keep the government free from religion, or religion free from government? These days, the phrase “wall of separation between church and state” has come to mean keeping God or His believers from having a big effect on government and public life. But that’s far, far from what the Founding Fathers were thinking of when they were separating church…