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Worshipers gathering to sing, pray, and encounter God. But in Montreal, this peaceful gathering turned into a political battleground. City officials targeted a church, fined it $2,500, and sent inspectors mid-service--not because of public safety concerns, but because they didn't like who was leading worship.
The birth rate in the United States just keeps setting one dismal record after another. In fact, according to the CDC it just dropped to the lowest level ever recorded. We are literally not even replacing ourselves, and that has all sorts of implications for our future.
What should have been a nightmare that crushed a mother's soul has instead become a testimony to the redemptive power of Christ. Cara Northington, mother of Xana Kernodle-tragically murdered along with three other University of Idaho students-stood in a courtroom and did something almost unimaginable: she forgave her daughter's killer.
In a world teetering on the edge of emotional isolation, where face-to-face interaction is rapidly giving way to screen time, a new trend is quietly overtaking the way people seek love and belonging: AI companions.
It's important to understand what created the food shortage in Gaza. Contrary to the misleading stories in the corporate media, it's not because Israel is preventing food from getting into Gaza or because of a mythical effort to perpetuate a genocide there.
While much of America is distracted by politics, pop culture, and inflation, a deeper danger has been quietly building: the volcanoes of the United States are awakening. Slowly. Relentlessly.
If you ask 1,000 different Americans about the state of the U.S. economy, you will get 1,000 different opinions. But what is the truth?
In a desperate bid to be "relevant," many modern churches have swapped the sacred for the sensational. The pulpit has become a platform. The sanctuary, a stage. The gospel, reduced to glitter. Once holy ground is now littered with fog machines, pop music, and movie scripts. And it's not just a fringe trend-it's becoming the defining flavor of much of American evangelicalism.
For years, Amazon has insisted its Alexa devices only listen when prompted by a "wake word." But now, the company appears ready to drop the charade entirely. It has announced plans to acquire Bee, a startup behind a new wearable AI bracelet that listens to--and transcribes--everything you say, all day long.
In churches across China, facial recognition cameras now line the walls-even at the pulpit-transforming sacred spaces into surveillance zones. Under the rule of Xi Jinping, worship is no longer private-it is being watched, recorded, and weaponized.
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