With a Subtitle: Pope Leo confronts AI, gender battles reach the courts, and 31,000 meet Christ in Belarus.
A brief Excerpt: From Pope Leo XIV's first AI encyclical and courtroom fights over gender ideology to Franklin Graham's record Belarus crusade and a fresh debate over Noah's Flood, this week's headlines trace a church pressed by culture yet on the move.
Crosswalk – What About the Unitarians? – Drawing on UUA data, Ryan Burge documents Unitarian Universalism’s decline: roughly 26% fewer members over a decade, shrinking and aging congregations, and little racial diversity. Numerically the group is a “rounding error” — for every Unitarian there are sixty Southern Baptists and three hundred Catholics.
The Christian Post – James Talarico Doubles Down on Pro-Abortion Stance: ‘The Bible Is Silent’ – Texas Democratic Senate candidate and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico reiterated on a podcast that Scripture is silent on abortion and government shouldn’t intervene. Scholar Robert Gagnon called the reasoning “juvenile hermeneutics,” citing both Testaments and the early church’s consistent opposition to abortion.
The Washington Stand (FRC) – The Non-Abortion Election: Democrats Flee the Field Republicans Largely Abandoned – Joshua Arnold notes Democrats spent a quarter as much on abortion ads as in 2024, pivoting to affordability after the issue underperformed. He faults Republicans for largely abandoning pro-life advocacy since Dobbs, leaving neither party eager to campaign on abortion.
Crosswalk – What Should Submission Look Like in a Christian Marriage? – Bethany Verrett examines Ephesians 5 in context, noting the word “submission” has been distorted and abused. Paul frames it within mutual submission — husband and wife yielding to one another as both submit to Christ — calling spouses to grace, patience, and Christlike love.
The Christian Post – Evangelical Group Condemns Trump Policy Change Impacting Immigrants Who Entered Lawfully – World Relief criticized a USCIS memo requiring many lawfully present immigrants seeking green cards to leave the U.S. and apply from abroad, a process taking months or years. A prior NAE report estimated such policies could separate over a million U.S. citizens from family.
Just the News – The Empire Strikes Back: Calif. Lawmakers, Kansas Judge Block Efforts to Help Gender-Confused Kids – Greg Piper reports Oregon providers settled a detransitioner’s malpractice suit before trial, a Kansas judge blocked the state’s youth transition ban, and California’s Senate advanced a bill extending the window to sue “conversion therapy” counselors.
Crosswalk – What If My Church Is Full of Hypocrites? – The late Dr. Roger Barrier (published posthumously) defines hypocrisy from the Greek for a mask-wearing actor, citing Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5 to show God takes it seriously — especially among leaders. He counsels grace, discernment, and remaining rooted in the church.
The Christian Post – Pope Leo XIV Challenges AI’s Ability to Replace God, Humans in First Encyclical Letter – In “Magnifica Humanitas,” Pope Leo XIV argues artificial intelligence undermines genuine relationships and human dignity, insisting Christianity offers a more compelling vision of humanity than machines. He warns of deepfakes and over-reliance, urging that AI serve rather than displace the human person.
Bible Study Tools – What Are the Seven Signs of the Apocalypse in Revelation? – A topical study examining the seven symbolic “signs” of Revelation 12–15 — the woman, dragon, male child, and beasts — and how they connect to the book’s recurring sevens (seals, trumpets, bowls) as a framework for God’s judgment, sovereignty, and end-times redemption.
Crosswalk – 7 Things the Bible Says About Loved Ones in Heaven – Whitney Hopler gathers Scripture’s assurances about believers who have died — eternal life through Christ (John 3:16), being “at home with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8), and joys “no eye has seen” (1 Corinthians 2:9) — offering comfort and the hope of reunion to those grieving.
The Christian Post – No, Evangelism Isn’t a Human Rights Violation – Responding to claims that proselytizing infringes others’ religious freedom, this op-ed argues Christianity is inherently evangelistic yet rejects coercion. Citing the Great Commission, the author contends that lovingly sharing the gospel is mercy and truth-telling about eternity, not a violation of anyone’s rights.
Fox News – Outrage Over Qurans and Hijabs at Texas School Ignites Bible Revival Outside Campus Gates – After a February “Why Islam?” table distributed Qurans, hijabs, and Sharia pamphlets inside Wylie East High School, organizers, parents, and students handed out hundreds of Bibles outside the Texas campus. Wylie ISD called the earlier display a “clear violation of board policy.”
Crosswalk – Florida Church Baptizes Over 2,500 People – Milton Quintanilla reports The Church of Eleven22 baptized 2,552 believers in the Atlantic at its annual Beach Baptism — up from nearly 2,000 in 2025 and 1,600 in 2024. Pastor Joby Martin said the Spirit is on the move and the gospel still changes lives today.
The Christian Post – Why the Pope’s New AI Encyclical Isn’t Enough for Local Churches – Christopher Benek welcomes Pope Leo’s “Magnifica Humanitas” but argues no single encyclical can prepare the church for AI’s effects. Because AI’s impact is profoundly contextual, he contends, faithful ethical engagement must be worked out locally within individual congregations.
New York Post – Ancient Fossilized Trees May Finally Prove Noah’s Ark Flood Is True: Scientists – Upright “polystrate” fossil trees piercing multiple rock layers across the U.S. have reignited debate over Noah’s Flood. Researchers argue rapid burial by catastrophic sediment flows fits Genesis better than slow-sedimentation timelines, echoing even skeptic geologist Derek Ager’s admissions of sudden deposition.
Crosswalk – Do Christians Have to Get Married in a Church? – The article explains believers aren’t biblically required to wed inside a church building — since Christians are the church, they marry “in” it wherever the ceremony occurs. A sanctuary lends solemnity, but what matters most is the couple’s hearts as they covenant before God.
The Christian Post – Pastor Robert Jeffress Won’t Endorse in Cornyn-Paxton Runoff, but Says Evangelicals ‘Unified’ Against Talarico – Jeffress declined to endorse in Texas’s GOP Senate runoff but said evangelical voters are unified against Democrat James Talarico, citing positions on gender and abortion he calls antithetical to conservative Christians — even as polls showed Talarico competitive.
Just the News – Christian Foster Parents Win Major First Amendment Settlement in Case Against DCYF – Washington’s child-welfare agency settled after a federal court ruled in April that its rule requiring foster parents to socially “transition” foster children plausibly violates the First Amendment. The Christian couple had challenged being compelled to affirm gender ideology.
Crosswalk – How Can We Teach Teens to Be ‘In the World but Not of It?’ – Drawing on John 17 and Romans 12:2, this youth-ministry piece urges teaching teens to engage culture — relationships, social media — without conforming to its patterns of approval-seeking and “tolerance,” modeling instead a biblical love that speaks truth rather than merely affirming.
The Christian Post (Sponsored) – Measuring Evangelism Health: Where Do You and Your Church Stand? – A sponsored piece (VisitorReach) urging churches to track evangelistic health as stewardship. Citing that 28% of U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated and Lifeway data showing believers rarely share their faith, it frames the unchurched as a mission field to love.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association – Festival of Hope (Belarus) – Franklin Graham preached to record crowds of nearly 31,000 over two nights at Minsk’s Chizhovka Arena — Belarus’s largest-ever evangelical gathering. With a 1,300-member choir and nearly 700 participating churches, hundreds professed faith in Christ. Believers called the government-permitted event “a miracle.”
Prophecy News Watch – Another Child Taken By the State When Parents Refuse to Support Transition – PNW Staff spotlight custody cases — including a California Orthodox Christian mother whose daughter was reportedly seized after she declined testosterone treatment — where parents who refuse to affirm a child’s gender transition lose custody, warning of an “affirmation is mandatory” regime.
The Christian Post – Allie Beth Stuckey Slams Rerelease of ‘LGBTQ-Affirming’ Avalon Song ‘Testify to Love’ – Stuckey criticized a re-recording of the 1990s CCM hit by former Avalon members and gay artist Ty Herndon as a “queer love” anthem, arguing Christians cannot claim to be “nicer than God” by rejecting biblical teaching on sin and sexuality.
Just the News – Kansas City Argues It Can Force Christians to Counsel Gay Married Couples Without Violating SCOTUS – An Eighth Circuit panel appeared skeptical of Kansas City’s claim that the Supreme Court’s ruling against “conversion therapy” bans doesn’t reach its public-accommodation law, which requires counselors to serve gay couples without endorsing their marriages.
The Christian Post – Fewer Protestants Are Public With Their Faith, Study Reveals – A Lifeway Research “State of Discipleship: Living Unashamed” study found a growing share of Protestant churchgoers say many acquaintances don’t know they’re Christian, scoring low on that signpost. Still, 65% said they wouldn’t hesitate to tell non-Christians where they stand.
Prophecy News Watch – Proposed Global AI Body: Another Step Toward One-World Governance? – PNW Staff warn that calls (including OpenAI’s) for a centralized global AI regulator modeled on the IAEA — and including China — could erode national sovereignty and free speech, framing the trend through Bible prophecy as movement toward end-times centralized control.
Denison Forum – “The Last Full Measure of Devotion” – In his Memorial Day Daily Article, Jim Denison laments that even Memorial Day has been secularized — conflated with Veterans Day or reduced to summer’s unofficial start. Drawing on Lincoln’s Gettysburg phrase, he calls readers to a costly, Christ-centered devotion that transcends mere patriotic sentiment.
Christian Newswire – Presidential Message on Pentecost – A White House message (May 24, 2026) distributed via Christian Newswire marking Pentecost, reflecting on the descent of the Holy Spirit and its significance for Christians, and affirming the place of faith in the life of the nation.
Graphs about Religion – Are ‘Real’ Catholics as Conservative as Evangelicals? – Ryan Burge’s data finds that even devout, politically conservative Catholics don’t internalize Church teaching on the body, sexuality, and family the way evangelicals do. Evangelical identity, he argues, carries a theological and cultural foundation that Catholic identity — official doctrine notwithstanding — doesn’t replicate in the pews.
Washington Stand – 4 Reasons Why Anti-Semitism Is Anti-Christian – The article argues that antisemitism contradicts biblical Christianity. Drawing from Romans 9–11, it outlines four reasons: God historically chose to work through Israel; He preserved a Jewish remnant, major Christian blessings came through the Jewish people, and He has a future plan for Israel’s salvation. Christians are called to humility and love.
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