Even while comporting himself with Trump's national neutrality policy on abortion during Tuesday's vice presidential debate, J.D. Vance made a few important distinctions that deserve the notice, and praise, of the pro-life movement.

<p>About 2 and a half years ago, Russia launched a full-on invasion into Ukraine. Countless lives have been lost, families separated, cities destroyed, and many are wondering if the war will ever end. Host Joseph Backholm is joined again by Gennadiy Mokhnenko, a Christian pastor actively preaching in Russian-occupied Ukraine, for an update of what life and ministry is like in a war zone. Pastor Gennadiy serves as a leader of battalion chaplains at the front lines. He describes how the war has impacted families (his included), what he believes to be Russia&rsquo;s &ldquo;end game&rdquo;, and confirms that Ukrainian children are being taken and brought back to Russia. The Ukrainian people are paying a large cost for freedom, but Pastor Gennadiy believes it is worth it to one day see a free Ukraine. Listen now to hear this special update and how you can be praying for the people of Ukraine.</p>
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<li><a href="https://washingtonstand.com/podcast/ep-65-life-in-occupied-ukraine--one-pastors-story-of-encouragement">Ep. 65: Life In Occupied Ukraine - One Pastor's Story Of Encouragement</a></li>
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About 2 and a half years ago, Russia launched a full-on invasion into Ukraine. Countless lives have been lost, families separated, cities destroyed, and many are wondering if the war will ever end. Host Joseph Backholm is joined again by Gennadiy Mokhnenko, a Christian pastor actively preaching in Russian-occupied Ukraine, for an update of what life and ministry is like in a war zone. Pastor Gennadiy serves as a leader of battalion chaplains at the front lines. He describes how the war has impacted families (his included), what he believes to be Russia's "end game", and confirms that Ukrainian children are being taken and brought back to Russia. The Ukrainian people are paying a large cost for freedom, but Pastor Gennadiy believes it is worth it to one day see a free Ukraine. Listen now to hear this special update and how you can be praying for the people of Ukraine.

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is attempting to remake religious belief in its own image, according to a new report. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published a report last week addressing the "sinicization of religion" policy enforced by the CCP, which includes mass arrests and the removal of religious imagery from churches.

A recent survey of 2,000 American adults found that a feeling called the "Sunday Scaries" is disturbingly common, afflicting "the average American" 36 times per year (out of 52 weeks in total). According to the survey, conducted by Talker Research in partnership with Pacific Foods, this "anxiety (32%) or dread (17%) over what to expect for the following week" begins at 3:54 p.m., on average. In answer to this stressed, fearful, anxious fact of our culture, Scripture blows a refreshing gust of biblical wisdom: it doesn't have to be this way.

In a settlement that experts say is a significant win for free speech, the West Point School Board in West Point, Va. agreed to pay more than $500,000 in damages and attorneys' fees to former high school French teacher Peter Vlaming after the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in December that he was wrongfully terminated for refusing to use pronouns that were opposite of a transgender-identifying student's biological sex.

Both Southern Utah University (SUU) and Boise State University's (BSU) female volleyball teams made the decision to refuse competing against a team with a male-born player. San José State University's (SJSU) Blaire Fleming (born Brayden Fleming) is the 6'1 biological male competing on the SJSU female volleyball team - the individual various outlets have attributed to the school's undefeated winning streak. However, after reassessing their initial decision, the University of Wyoming (UW) has added itself to the list of schools demanding fairness and safety in women's sports.

Relief efforts continue after Hurricane Helene ripped through numerous U.S. states last week. Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina have all suffered fatalities and damage. But as first responders and volunteers assist in the road to recovery, it's becoming clearer by the day that the road ahead will be both long and strenuous.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz suffered what critics say was a "disastrous" performance during his only face-to-face showdown with Republican J.D. Vance before the 2024 presidential election, referring to himself as a "knucklehead" who has "become friends with school shooters." Walz also repeatedly promoted misinformation about the impact of state pro-life protections, calling abortion a "basic human right."

An atheist nonprofit has tattled on a Christian one, maliciously demanding that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) strip away its tax-exempt status for comparing the policy stances of the major party presidential candidates. The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) had its staff attorney draft and send a letter to the IRS last Friday "to report illegal political campaigning by Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA)." The letter served no purpose other than a desire to financially cripple the Christian ministry.

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While I may not be a sports fan, I am a fan of courage and conviction. That's why I admire Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker - not for his performance on the field, but for his actions off it. And according to NFL gear sales, I'm not the only one.

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The mainstream media has been running cover for the pro-abortion presidential campaign run by Vice President Kamala Harris, allowing the candidate's false assertions to go mostly unchallenged in her race to the White House. But while ABC News may have refused to fact-check Harris's presidential debate arguments, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with The Washington Post is fact-checking the vice president's lies about abortion.

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ProPublica's Kavitha Surana andZiva Branstetter both accused pro-life laws in Georgia of being responsible for the tragic deaths of Candi Miller and Amber Thurman. Surana wrote how Miller was told having another baby "could kill her" since she was diagnosed with lupus, diabetes, and hypertension at age 41. But when she found herself "unintentionally" pregnant in 2022, Surana claimed "Georgia's new abortion ban gave her no choice" but to order abortion pills online and end her pregnancy alone at home.

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