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By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Wednesday, October 09, 2024 Forrest Frank | Dove Awards NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Forrest Frank wrote “Good Day” — his chart-topping song celebrating everyday blessings and the assurance of God’s presence and support — he had no idea just how relevant it would be to his own life. “Three […]
Israeli special forces are engaged in “limited and targeted raids” in southern Lebanon this morning, according to an IDF spokesman. Their purpose is reportedly not to occupy the country but to allow Israelis living in northern Israel to return to their homes. Israel has been criticized for attacking “civilian” buildings in its latest conflict […]
Last night’s presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump began with a handshake “but descended into acrimony as the candidates traded barbs,” as the Wall Street Journal reports. In an Instagram post to her 283 million followers after the debate, Taylor Swift endorsed Ms. Harris for president. After the […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Monday, September 02, 2024 Dennis Quaid stars in “Reagan” | Rawhide Pictures Dennis Quaid’s “Reagan” outperformed expectations, earning an estimated $9 million during its opening weekend — nearly doubling projections of $5 million. The film finished third at the box office, trailing behind “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Alien” and […]
Going into the Democratic National Convention (DNC), one of the primary criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign was that it subsisted more on vibes than substance. The Dispatch’s Nick Catoggio used a Seinfeld line to liken it to “a show about nothing,” and he was hardly alone in that sentiment. While that approach […]
By Samuel Smith, Deputy Managing Editor Wednesday, July 31, 2024 A four-alarm fire engulfs the historic 19th-century sanctuary of First Baptist Dallas in Dallas, Texas, on July 19, 2024. | First Baptist Dallas The congregation of First Baptist Dallas in Dallas, Texas, is holding on to hope after their historic sanctuary was destroyed by a […]
According to the World Economic Forum, research to determine what to buy or what to do has become the dominant reason for using social media. The number of people who say they use social media because a lot of their friends use it has declined (−16%); so has the number who use it to stay […]
3. Embracing Our Unique Christian Identity Slide 4 of 4 As a final extension of our discipleship, we can love our nation by being strange in the right ways. What might that look like? As I suggest in Thinking Christian, “We need not resign ourselves to live in a world without hope for imminent […]
Roblox, Spotify, and Meta’s Instagram are popular among children, and they’re also popular among sexual predators according to a new report by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation that placed all three companies on its 2024 Dirty Dozen List of mainstream contributors to sexual abuse and exploitation. The game-playing app Roblox, according to the report, […]
This week, Jews around the world celebrated Purim, the miraculous Biblical story of the Jewish people overcoming a genocidal threat by Haman in the Book of Esther in Persia 2500 years ago. Many Christians also celebrated, knowing that if all the Jews had been exterminated then, Jesus would not have been born, and in solidarity […]