Guest Commentary

• Study Shows Europe is Not as Secular as Previously Thought With its dwindling rates of attendance at religious services and rising numbers of churches shuttered or sold, Western Europe seems to be the region of the world where the outlook for faith is bleakest. May 30, 2018

  

  Study Shows Europe is Not as Secular as Previously Thought
• Courageous Immigrant Who Saved Child from High-Rise Says 'God Helped Me' Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year-old Malian migrant living in Paris, garnered the world’s attention recently when he bravely saved a child who was dangling over the edge of a balcony of a high-rise apartment complex. May 30, 2018

  

  Courageous Immigrant Who Saved Child from High-Rise Says 'God Helped Me'
• Irish Vote Shows Need for New Pro-life Strategy The overwhelming vote in Ireland in favor of allowing access to abortion shows that the pro-life movement needs a new strategy. Trying to preserve anti-abortion laws or trying to reverse the legalization of abortion is simply... May 30, 2018

  

  Irish Vote Shows Need for New Pro-life Strategy
• Arkansas Law Banning Medication-induced Abortions is Upheld The Supreme Court rejected a challenge this week to an Arkansas law that would block medication-induced abortions. May 29, 2018

  Arkansas Law Banning Medication-induced Abortions is Upheld
• ‘Oldest Manuscript’ of Gospel of Mark Discovered An ancient and much-debated fragment of the Gospel of Mark has been dated to the late second to early third century A.D., making it the oldest fragment of Mark ever found. May 29, 2018

  ‘Oldest Manuscript’ of Gospel of Mark Discovered
• Moving Photo Shows Atlanta Braves Fan Shielding JROTC Member from Rain A powerful image is capturing attention today. The photo shows a fan at the Atlanta Braves game at SunTrust park holding an umbrella over a JROTC cadet while it rained. May 29, 2018

  Moving Photo Shows Atlanta Braves Fan Shielding JROTC Member from Rain
• United Methodist Top Court to Hold Special Session on LGBT Support A decision this week by the United Methodist Church’s top court hints at what the denomination’s planned special session on sexuality will look like. May 29, 2018

  United Methodist Top Court to Hold Special Session on LGBT Support
• How Evangelicals Teamed Up with the White House on Prison Reform That dinner planted the seed of what would grow to become the proposed First Step Act, aimed at reducing the number of people who return to prison after serving time. May 29, 2018

  How Evangelicals Teamed Up with the White House on Prison Reform
• Pastor's Wife Hides Husband from Hindu Extremists Seeking to Kill Him in Northern India Police disparage Christians for holding worship services, sources say. May 29, 2018

  Pastor's Wife Hides Husband from Hindu Extremists Seeking to Kill Him in Northern India
• Belgium: 3 People Dead in Suspected Terror Attack, Assailant Killed by Police An attack in the city of Liege, Belgium which left three people dead is being investigated as an act of terrorism, according to CNN. May 29, 2018

  Belgium: 3 People Dead in Suspected Terror Attack, Assailant Killed by Police