Hans Schmidt, the outreach director at Victory Chapel First Phoenix Church in Arizona, was shot in the head while street preaching last Wednesday. The 26-year-old is currently hospitalized in critical condition; local police have asked for the public's assistance in obtaining information regarding the incident. Read more.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the case of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who was convicted of murdering African American George Floyd in 2020. Floyd's death was highly publicized and sparked nationwide protests, including several violent incidents that resulted in the deaths of around two dozen Americans. Read more.

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican critic of former President Donald Trump, likened House Speaker Mike Johnson's Christian beliefs to the Taliban during an interview with HBO host Bill Maher. While Maher appeared to agree with the crux of Kinzinger's argument, he pushed back on part of it, noting that—unlike the Taliban—conservatives in the U.S. who do not affirm homosexual behavior are not killing homosexuals. Watch the moment unfold here.

More than 7,000 United Methodist Church congregations have left the denomination amid its schism over homosexuality. UM News reports the figure stands at 7,286, with more than 5,200 leaving in 2023 alone. Read more.

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• Former SBC President Steven Gaines shares cancer diagnosis

Medi-Share was born out of a belief that there had to be a better way to handle the cost of health care, especially for the Christian community. We are called as believers to bear one another’s burdens, and the cost of health care has certainly become a burden for many families. Read More

Dr. Donald Sweeting, the chancellor of Colorado Christian University, reflects on the importance of making time to give thanks. "Jesus once told how he had healed 10 lepers. Of the 10, only one came back to thank him. We are like the nine lepers. We experience many good things throughout the year, but then we forget to thank God for them," he writes. Read more.

The Washington Stand's Sarah Holliday slams Target's stubborn refusal to back off its woke agenda despite the ongoing blows to its quarterly sales reports. Noting that tucking swimsuits weren't enough, Holliday points to pro-transgender nutcrackers and LGBT Christmas ornaments as proof that "Target clearly hasn't learned its lesson." Read more.

Israel Defense Forces have released videos that they say show Hamas hostages being transported in Gaza's largest hospital. IDF's Sunday statement comes as Israel faces criticism for its recent military operations at the facility. Read more.