Online job search company Indeed announced a $10,000 benefit for trans-identified employees and their families seeking to move to a state that allows children to be prescribed puberty blockers, opposite-sex hormones, and body-mutilating sex-change surgeries. We "believe that everyone has the right to make the healthcare decisions that they feel are right for themselves and their families." asserted Misty Gaither, the company's vice president of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Read more.

State education officials in Oklahoma are investigating the Oklahoma City-based Western Heights Public Schools' hiring of Shane Murnan as principal of John Glenn Elementary School in June despite the district publicly acknowledging Murnan's past arrest record on charges of child pornography. Murnan resigned from a teaching role in 2002 after police found child pornography on his computer and six grams of marijuana in his home in 2001. A judge dismissed the child pornography charges, which were expunged from his record in 2003. Read more.

Senate Bill 14, a state law banning sex-change surgeries and puberty-blocking drugs for minors, has gone into effect in Texas after the state's supreme court denied an emergency motion to temporarily block the bill from taking effect as scheduled at the beginning of September. The court is set to hear a lawsuit filed against the measure by several families with trans-identifying children in Texas in November. Read more.

Pastor Dan Delzell shares the history behind the famous children's song "Jesus Loves Me" and why it is still so relevant today. "Are you burdened by the cares of this world and the worries of life? Don't despair. Jesus loves you. Christ died for your sins on the cross ... Come to God today with the faith of a child," says Delzell. Read more.

Dr. Michael Brown calls out persistent bias in Google's search results, which was documented in Douglas Murray's 2019 book, The Madness of the Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity. Four years after Murray's findings were published, Google's bias persists, writes Brown, who notes that searches for terms like "gay couples" and "Black couples" yield the desired results while searches for terms like "White couples" do not. Read more.

"If our culture has shown us anything in recent years, it presents to us a world in desperate need of the good news of Jesus. The Power of One, offers both the challenge before us and the remarkable opportunity to proclaim the gospel in the power of the Spirit."

- Ed Stetzer, Dean, Talbot School of Theology

Some 7,000 people participated in March for Life UK in London's Parliament Square over the weekend. Speakers at the event included March for Life Co-Director Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who shared her experience of being arrested for praying silently near an abortion clinic. "I was told my prayers were an offense. I'll tell you what is offensive: that our country has the highest ever abortion figures, 100,000 of them annually being repeat abortions," she declared. March for Life aims to see 10,000 in attendance for its 10th anniversary next year. Read more.

Iraqi Christian leaders met with a United Nations team and international representatives in the Kurdistan Region to discuss ongoing investigations into ISIS' targeted genocide against Christians, which was described as "barbaric attacks, rooted in hate and inhumanity." The conference was organized by the United Nations Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL and included political leaders from several countries. Read more.

Mike Baker, the former senior pastor of Eastview Christian Church in Bloomington, Ill., has announced the launch of a new church that is set to begin meeting on Sept. 10. Baker resigned from his role at Eastview six months ago after his son, Caleb Baker, was fired from his job as a pastor at Central Christian Church following an extramarital affair with a church staffer. Read more.