Matt Chandler shared a few words of warning with those attending Together 2018 at Texas Motor Speedway. The event amassed thousands, many of which were millennials. Chandler spoke specifically to the younger crowd, preaching a message that encouraged them to avoid becoming “slaves to a type of works-based righteousness that has no power to change your life.” 

Chandler, who serves as the lead pastor at the Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, indicated just how easy it is for young people to give in to the idea that the only way to gain Jesus’ love is by being the perfect version of themselves.

“You start to believe, ‘Man, if I could just stop doing this, or just get away from this, then He would love me.’” 

He went on to explain that this way of thinking is not the answer, saying “And yet, the Gospel would say that while you were at your worst, Jesus saved you. It wasn’t when you got your act together, it was not when you stopped doing this or when you started doing this. No, it’s when you believed upon the promises of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. It’s when you turned from the world and you faced Him that the Gospel took root in your life.” 

Chandler noted that when this truth is forgotten, it can largely take away the joy we experience in our lives: “It’s not what Christ died to bring you,” he said….

After appearing on The Ellen Showearlier this month, Christian singer Lauren Daigle received severe backlash because the show’s host, Ellen DeGeneres is openly-gay. Now, the award-winning artist is sending a powerful message to her critics warning them to be kind to everyone no matter where they are at in their journey. 

According to CBN News, Daigle recently sat down with WAY-FM Radio where she was asked about her experience performing on The Ellen Show and the controversy that followed her performance. 

The singer told the interviewer, “I think the second we start drawing lines around which people are able to be approached and which aren’t, we’ve already completely missed the heart of God.”

She continued, “I don’t have all the answers in life, but one thing I know is that I can’t choose who I’m supposed to be kind too and who I’m not, because that’s the mission right? Be who Christ was to everyone as well.”

Daigle noted that Ellen chose the song “Still Rolling Stones” from her newest album “Look Up Child” for her to perform while appearing on the show.

The singer said, “I don’t know why but I know that she’s really purposeful in choosing a message as well, so maybe that was the one that spoke to her the most,” Daigle said.

Daigle is set to appear next on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. 

The…

An Ohio judge who refused to change the names of a transgender won a victory in court Wednesday when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against him by three families of transgender teens. 

The suit alleged that Warren County Probate Judge Joseph Kirby demonstrated a “pattern and practice” of not changing the names of teenagers who believed their biological sex did not match their gender identity.

The suit originated with Stephanie Whitaker, whose 15-year-old appeared before Judge Kirby in June. Whitaker’s child, who goes by the name Elliot, sought to make the change legal, Kirby questioned him extensively and denied the request. Kirby’s questioning veered into issues of which bathroom he used and the effect of Caitlyn Jenner’s transition on society.

Kirby ultimately denied Elliot’s request and told him to come back before the court when he is 18. Whitaker is concerned the three-year delay could open Elliot up to bullying.

Two other families joined Whitaker in the suit. Jennifer Saul sued Kirby before her son James’ August 14^thhearing to authorize his name change. A Jane Doe also sued Kirby but did so without a case pending before him. She said she filed suit because he will deny her child’s name change.

U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsmantossed out the case against Kirby. He did so not because he agreed with Kirby’s…

The state of Alabama may get more Ten Commandments displays on public property if a proposed constitutional amendment passes next week. 

Voters on Tuesday will decide whether to amend the state constitution so that the Ten Commandments can be displayed on public property, provided it is done so “in a manner that complies” with federal “constitutional requirements”

Known as Amendment 1, the proposal could lead to more displays of the Ten Commandments in public schools and on government land — perhaps surrounded by historical documents to make them more palatable to U.S. constitutional law. 

Mat Staver, president and founder of the legal group Liberty Counsel, supports the amendment.

“It doesn’t change what the U.S. Supreme Court would do on something of this nature other than in that area it would give comfort, I guess, or some guidance to the display of the Ten Commandments,” Staver told he Associated Press. 

Randall Marshall of the ACLU of Alabama said the amendment could lead to lawsuits. 

“A school district just posting the Ten Commandment as a stand alone document is going to find themselves getting sued. It’s going to be held to be unconstitutional,” Marshall told AP.

The amendment reads, in part, “Property belonging to the state may be used to display the Ten Commandments, and the right of a public school and public body to display the…

A Raleigh, TN pastor is urging churches to consider getting armed security given the current climate in America.    

Pastor Bill Adkins of Greater Imani Church in Raleigh, a suburb in Memphis, Tennessee, hired armed guards to protect his church 11 years ago, and now he is encouraging other churches to consider doing the same.   

“It’s a shame when we can’t go into God’s church and pray and not have to turn around and look at our backsides and wonder who’s coming up behind us,” Adkins told Fox 13 in an Interview.

Reportedly, the pastor received criticism from his community and congregants when he decided to bring trained armed guards to his church over a decade ago. The pastor told Fox 13 that some people even argued with him saying that armed security was not appropriate to have at a place of worship, but Adkins said he made the decision to protect his almost 2,000 congregants and to assure that they can worship without having to watch their backs.

“These are just times in which we have to make a decision, either we’re going to look out for ourselves and protect our people or we’re going to remain soft targets,” Adkins said.

The Greater Imani Church security team, known as the Greater Imani Watchmen, is made up of trained professionals that were either former military or law enforcement officers and who frequently work with local law…