A young boy saves his sister from an attacking dog, ‘Avengers’ actors respond

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A young boy saves his sister from an attacking dog, ‘Avengers’ actors respond

Actor Chris Evans poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Captain America Civil War’ in London, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

A six-year-old boy named Bridger has joined the ranks of the Avengers.

His aunt, Nikki Walker, recently shared his story on social media: “My nephew is a hero who saved his little sister from an attacking dog. He, himself, took on the attack so that the dog wouldn’t get his sister.”

Nikki continued: “He later said, ‘If someone was going to die, I thought it should be me.’” In a follow-up post, Nikki wrote, “After getting bit several times on the face and head, he grabbed his sister’s hand and ran with her to keep her safe.”

According to her social media posts, Bridger recently returned home from the hospital. She then wrote: “I know it’s a long shot, but I’m reaching out to the Avengers and other heroes so that they can learn about this latest addition to their ranks.”

Her post received this response from Mark Ruffalo: “Dear Bridger, I just read about what happened to you and I wanted to reach out to say this . . . People who put the well beings of others in front of themselves are the most heroic and thoughtful people I know. I truly respect and admire your courage and your heart. Real courage isn’t dominating people or fighting against people or walking around like a tough guy. Real courage is knowing what is right to do and doing it even when it might end up hurting you somehow. You are more of a man than many, many I have seen or known. With admiration . . . Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk/Professor).”

Chris Evans, who plays Captain America in the film series, also sent a video message: “I read your story and saw what you did. Pal, you’re a hero, what you did was so brave, so selfless—your sister is so lucky to have you as a big brother. Your parents must be so proud of you.”

Evans told Bridger that he is…

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‘We Love Law Enforcement’: Church Gifts $1,000 to Every Police Officer in Its Town

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‘We Love Law Enforcement’: Church Gifts $1,000 to Every Police Officer in Its Town


‘We Love Law Enforcement’: Church Gifts $1,000 to Every Police Officer in Its Town

A small-town church in Tennessee is receiving nationwide attention after honoring its local police department in a public ceremony with a gift of $1,000 for each officer.

The congregation, Lighthouse Baptist Church in Jonesboro, Tenn., wanted to encourage the officers in light of criticism police have received nationally in recent months. 

All total, it cost the church $23,000 to honor Jonesboro’s entire police force of 23 officers.

The ceremony was so unique that Lighthouse Baptist Church pastor Perry Cleek was invited to the White House for a July 13 event on law enforcement. 

“Our church watched over the last few weeks … the way that our police officers were treated all over the country,” Cleek said at the White House.

Police officers, he said, have “been demonized and disgraced and dishonored.”

“And we got our heads together and thought, ‘What can we do as a small church in a small town to honor our police, and to let our voice be known?’ … The voice of small-town America is seldom heard.”

Cleek and his church landed on an idea: a public ceremony honoring the local department.

“We went through the chief of police and the public safety director, and we asked them if we could hold a public ceremony on the steps of the courthouse on Main Street in Jonesboro, on July 4 at 11 o’clock in the morning, and present each member of the Jonesboro Police…

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Why Bari Weiss’ resignation from the New York Times matters to evangelicals and to American culture

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Why Bari Weiss’ resignation from the New York Times matters to evangelicals and to American culture

Former staff editor and writer for the New York Times, Bari Weiss is seen on stage during day two of the Miami Book Fair presented by Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus on November 18, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alberto E. Tamargo/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Bari Weiss resigned from the New York Times this week. Why is this news so relevant to you that you should read this Daily Article about her?

Let’s begin with her unusual story. She is not your stereotypical conservative: She has dated an actress and a female reporter and was married to a man for four years. She attended a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, while growing up in that city, then spent a year in Israel after high school. 

Vanity Fair described her as a “Trump-loathing theater nerd” and a “liberal humanist whose guiding principle is free expression in art, love, and discourse.” Following President Trump’s election in 2016, she was hired by the Times for the purpose, she says, of “bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in your pages: first-time writers, centrists, conservatives, and others who would not naturally think of the Times as their home.” 

However, over the last three years, she says she has been “the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views. They have called me a Nazi and a racist . . . [and] publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are.” 

Her experience could be discussed as an example of “cancel culture,” a topic we discussed yesterday. For today, however, I want to focus on another statement in her resignation letter. At the Times, she discovered that a “new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.” 

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Four Immediate Effects of COVID-19 on Your Church’s Communication

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There’s probably not a single ministry in your church right now that is not feeling the effects of COVID19. Whether it’s your media ministry learning how to live-stream or your small group leaders learning how to lead on Zoom, everyone is learning to do ministry differently. 

One area that I would imagine has felt the most impact is your church’s communications. It may be your social media, your website, or your weekly email to your congregation. There is a tremendous amount of pressure to communicate more effectively than ever before. 

In this post, we’re going to look at four immediate effects of COVID-19 on your church’s communication and how you can retool your communications to adapt. 

  1. Your church does not have everyone’s full attention. 

One of the advantages of Sunday morning worship is that you have your audience’s full attention. Of course, people still look at their phones or daydream during worship, but for the most part you have their attention. 

However, when you remove that weekly ritual of coming to a physical location and instead replace it with a screen (i.e., live streaming of worship), your audience’s attention will inevitably be fractured. So you’re now in a situation where you may get a few minutes here or there, but not a full hour like you would on Sunday morning. 

A fractured attention span will require you to think in “micro-moments.” By “micro-moments,” I’m referring to thinking of small moments through which you can connect…

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Comedian John Crist Breaks Silence: ‘The Biggest Hypocrite in All This Was Me’

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Comedian John Crist Breaks Silence: ‘The Biggest Hypocrite in All This Was Me’


Comedian John Crist Breaks Silence: ‘The Biggest Hypocrite in All This Was Me’

Christian comedian John Crist spoke out on social media Wednesday for the first time in eight months, acknowledging the “hurt” and “embarrassment” he caused others.

“The biggest hypocrite in all this was me,” a pensive Crist said in a four-minute Instagram video.

It was his first post on the platform since November, when . posted a story alleging he had been involved in sexting and sexual harassment. Crist, in a November statement, admitted to “sexual sin and addiction struggles.” . story broke just as Crist was embarking on a nationwide tour and shortly after Netflix launched a special featuring his comedy. The tour was canceled, and Netflix pulled the show.

Crist, in the new video, said he was “incredibly humbled to receive” support the past few months that was “certainly undeserved based on decisions that I made in my personal life.”

“I made a lot of poor choices in my personal life. … I made a lot of decisions that hurt myself, that hurt other people, and embarrassed myself and had consequences,” he said. “I can look you in the eye and own that. … Those decisions were mine and no one else’s and no one else is to be blamed. … I made those choices. … I had a problem, and I needed to get some help.”

“… The most embarrassing part of this whole thing is that the biggest hypocrite in all this was me – that I was portraying…

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70 Percent of Evangelical Churchgoers Say ‘People Are Basically Good,’ Poll Shows

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70 Percent of Evangelical Churchgoers Say ‘People Are Basically Good,’ Poll Shows


70 Percent of Evangelical Churchgoers Say ‘People Are Basically Good,’ Poll Shows

Nearly seven in 10 Americans, including a majority of those who attend evangelical churches, believe “people are basically good,” according to a new survey by Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center.

A total of 69 percent of U.S. adults agree with the statement “people are basically good,” the survey says. This view is so popular that a majority of every population subgroup – including churchgoers – say they affirm it.

The poll of 2,000 adults, released in June, is part of the center’s American Worldview Inventory, a larger report examining the views of Americans on a wide range of issues. The university is releasing the report in 10 parts.

“Seeing human beings as ‘basically good’ runs counter to the foundational biblical teaching that human beings are created by God and made in His image but are fallen and in need of redemption,” an analysis by the university’s Cultural Research Center says.

The belief that “people are basically good” is held by a majority of Americans affiliated with evangelical churches (70 percent), mainline Protestant churches (75 percent) and Catholic churches (77 percent).

Even a slight majority of Americans who hold a biblical worldview – 52 percent – affirm the statement, according to the survey. The “biblical worldview” assessment is based on questions about a person’s beliefs and…

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Terry Crews Calls to ‘Defund Pornhub’

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Terry Crews Calls to ‘Defund Pornhub’


Terry Crews Calls to ‘Defund Pornhub’

Actor Terry Crews continues to spark outrage across social media for his outspoken posts on controversial topics.

As Christian Headlines previously reported, Crews recently made headlines after criticizing the Black Lives Matter organization. He later addressed his comments in a controversial interview with CNN host Don Lemon.

On Tuesday, the “America’s Got Talent” host expressed his desire for the world’s largest porn site to go down.

“DEFUND PORNHUB,” Crews wrote on Twitter in all caps, tagging anti-porn organization Fight the New Drug.

“Dude, no,” responded one Twitter user. “Masturbation is healthy, self-love is healthy. Pornhub gives safe platforms to sex workers — to say nothing of the artists who got kicked off Tumblr — and generates revenue for them. Are there issues with the industry? Absolutely. Is going after Pornhub the answer? No.”

On the other hand, Crews was also met with support in seeing the adult website defunded.

One Twitter user wrote, “Amen, brother. I’m with you. Pornography sites are dangerous [because] they keep people in serious bondage to sin.”

Crews, who is a professing Christian, has openly confessed his past addiction to porn and how it almost cost him his marriage, according to the Christian Post.

“It changes the way you think about people. People become objects,” Crews said in a 2016

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The first atomic bomb was detonated on this day: The brilliance of Robert Oppenheimer and God’s call to every Christian

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The first atomic bomb was detonated on this day: The brilliance of Robert Oppenheimer and God’s call to every Christian

This photo made by a U.S. Army automatic newsreel camera, shows the test explosion of the world’s first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, N.M., on July 16, 1945. The test, known as Trinity, of the plutonium bomb capped a $2 billion effort, unprecedented in those times.

On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 am, the world changed.

That was the moment when the Manhattan Project exploded the first atom bomb. The test took place in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Scientists and a few dignitaries removed themselves ten thousand yards away to observe as the first mushroom cloud stretched forty thousand feet into the air. The bomb generated the destructive power of fifteen to twenty thousand tons of TNT. The tower on which it sat when it was detonated was vaporized.

The original $6,000 budget for the Manhattan Project grew to a total cost of $2 billion.

The brilliance of Robert Oppenheimer

In his book, Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World, Chris Wallace describes the project’s director, Robert Oppenheimer: “He was fluent in six languages and well versed in classical literature and Eastern philosophy. He learned Sanskrit just so he could read the ‘Bhagavad Gita,’ a Hindu devotional poem, in its original language.”

Oppenheimer graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in three years. At the age of twenty-two, he was awarded a PhD in physics from the University of Gottingen in Germany. He led a team comprised of some of the greatest physicists in the world, including six Nobel Prize winners.

As he witnessed the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, a sentence from the Bhagavad Gita ran through Oppenheimer’s mind: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” According to Wallace, Oppenheimer was proud of their achievement, believing that the bomb would shorten the war.

A Hindu scholar explains that the phrase meant to Oppenheimer, “In the larger scheme of things, presumably…

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‘Trump Is Using Us’: Christian Republican Group Launches Ad Urging People Not to Vote for Trump

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‘Trump Is Using Us’: Christian Republican Group Launches Ad Urging People Not to Vote for Trump


‘Trump Is Using Us’: Christian Republican Group Launches Ad Urging People Not to Vote for Trump

A group of Christian Republicans is warning other Christians and Republicans not to vote for President Trump in the 2020 election.

An ad entitled “Trump is Using Us” was released on Tuesday on the Republican Voters Against Trump YouTube channel. The minute-long video features six Republican voters who explain how Trump is manipulating and using believers.

The group asserts that the President does not reflect anything regarding Christianity based on his words and actions.

Highlighted in the video includes Trump’s infamous remarks on grabbing a woman’s genitalia in leaked footage from 2005.

Another highlight was Trump’s comments following a violent white nationalist rally in 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The President had stated that there were “very fine people on both sides” regarding rally goers and protestors.

More recent moments showed Trump’s retweeting of a man shouting “white power!” on his Twitter page.

Republicans Paul and Pat blatantly criticized Trump’s visit to St. John’s Church last month.

Paul mentioned how law enforcement “bludgeoned and gassed peaceful protestors” for Trump’s “ridiculous photo op” holding a Bible in front of the church.

 “The moment that he held up that Bible, he revealed this president is using us,” Pat said, adding that, “Christians have to resist being used to justify things that Jesus…

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In Los Angeles, Catholic Schools Plan to Resume In-Person Classes, While Public Schools Go Online

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In Los Angeles, Catholic Schools Plan to Resume In-Person Classes, While Public Schools Go Online


In Los Angeles, Catholic Schools Plan to Resume In-Person Classes, While Public Schools Go Online

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — While Los Angeles public schools will remain online this fall, Catholic schools in the county still plan to reopen their doors for in-person classes.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Wednesday (July 15) told Religion News Service it would continue with plans to resume in-person instruction for its Catholic schools throughout Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

This after the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the nation, announced Monday that the school year beginning in August will not start with students at school facilities. President Donald Trump, in an interview with CBS, called the decision by Los Angeles schools a “mistake.”

“The health and safety of all in the school community is not something we can compromise,” said Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner.

This announcement came as COVID-19 surges across California, and nearly a month after the Department of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced it would resume in-person instruction this fall on its campuses, which includes 214 Catholic elementary schools and 51 Catholic high schools. 

On Tuesday, Itzel Magana, an archdiocese spokeswoman, said the Department of Catholic Schools is monitoring the situation and is in contact with county public health officials. 

“Given the situation…

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