Truth Itself – Page 35 – News that Impacts Your Faith, Family & Country

The US Supreme Court has rejected a request from a Colorado church that wanted to be protected from future pandemic-related restrictions on its worship gatherings

October 17, 2024

In an orders list released this week, the high court denied a petition from Grace Bible Fellowship. The refusal to hear the case leaves in place an appeals court panel ruling from earlier this year in favor... Listen Now...

Practicing Christians have the highest levels of human flourishing

October 16, 2024

The latest installment of the State of the Bible USA 2024 report, released by the American Bible Society, focuses on “Nones and Nominals.” The title of the seventh chapter of the report refers to the religious... Listen Now...

Open Doors US is calling on churches to pray for persecuted Christians in sub-Saharan Africa

October 16, 2024

The International Day of Prayer is Nov. 3. Open doors is asking churches to pray on that day for the more than 16 million believers who have been displaced from that region due to religious violence. Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions known for the ... Listen Now...

The head of National Religious Broadcasters says Christians have a responsibility to vote

October 16, 2024

Last week we reported on recent research from Dr. George Barna that suggests more than 100 million self-identified evangelicals will not vote in next month’s election. Election Forum estimates that nearly 7... Listen Now...

More than 100 Million people of faith could sit out the 2024 election

October 16, 2024

The findings of the study released Monday by longtime Evangelical pollster George Barna and his team of researchers are based on data collected in two related surveys of a national sample of 2,000 U.S. adults ... Listen Now...

The Colorado Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against baker Jack Phillips over his refusal to make a cake celebrating a trans-identified individual’s so-called gender transition

October 16, 2024

In the decision, the state's highest court ruled 4-3 to dismiss the lawsuit against the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop filed by Autumn Scardina, a biological male who identifies as a woman. Justice Melissa Hart authored the majority opinion, arguing that Sc... Listen Now...

A Kentucky Pastor is paying back a church’s kindness by taking supplies to storm ravaged Hendersonville, North Carolina

October 9, 2024

Two years ago, when Clay Herd was pastor of Licking River Baptist Church in Salyersville, flooding paralyzed the community. Then, an angel on wheels from a church in Hendersonville, N.C., rolled up to the ... Listen Now...

A church in Virgina makes sure no family is left out

October 8, 2024

For years, attending church as a family wasn't possible for the Alstons, whose 6-year-old son has autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. That is until a chance conversation led the family to a Vi... Listen Now...

A small California church is fined more than $300,000 for helping the homeless

October 8, 2024

City Church Fairfield is a small congregation located in a rough part of town. It takes seriously the age-old call of its faith to feed the hungry, care for the sick, clothe the naked, and offer hospitality to strangers. As California’s Bay Area spiraled... Listen Now...

A Virginia public school district has agreed to pay $575,000 to resolve a lawsuit brought by a Christian teacher who was fired for refusing to use the self-declared pronouns of a trans-identified student

October 4, 2024

The West Point School Board reached a settlement with Peter Vlaming, in which the school district leadership agreed to pay $575,000 in damages and attorneys’ fees. Additionally, the school board agreed to remo... Listen Now...