Category: News
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Heroic story of Arkansas truck driver making the ultimate sacrifice
The word “hero” is so often thrown around to the point that it is often emptied of meaning. One Arkansas truck driver was most definitely a hero. Last week, Randall McDougal was driving a truck with ammonium nitrate (a fertilizer which is also highly explosive). While he was driving, there was a fire in his…
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Politicians decide to pick on Chick-fil-a
Chick-fil-a has been the target of political ire in two different states in as many weeks. In late March, the San Antonio city council approved a new dining area in Terminal A of San Antonio International Airport. The agreement had originally included opening up a Chcik-fil-a location, but the council didn’t give approval until Chick-fil-a…
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Homeless refugee wins New York chess championship
This is one of my favorite stories I’ve seen in a long time. It’s like a movie plot. Tanitoluwa Adewumi (nicknamed Tani) came to the United States with his family in 2017. His family is Christian and fled from Nigeria, amid persecution from Boko Haram. They came to New York City, but have been staying…
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Investigation deems allegations against Willow Creek founder as credible
An independent council released a report yesterday, regarding sexual misconduct allegations made against Bill Hybels, the founding pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, a megachurch in suburban Chicago. Hybels stepped down last spring, a few weeks after the sexual misconduct allegations against him were made public.
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United Methodist Church votes to ban same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy
The United Methodist Church (UMC) had a four day international conference in St. Louis this week revolving around around LGBT issues, specifically: the ordination of openly LGBT clergy and whether or not the denomination should officiate same-sex weddings. The UMC is the third largest faith group in America, and an international denomination with over 43,000…
Josh Benner 