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What are some barriers to revival?
The greatest hindrance to revival is within your own heart.

Franklin Graham recovering from heart surgery
Evangelist Franklin Graham is recovering after undergoing heart surgery.

Two evangelical seminaries sue to block vaccine mandates, citing religious freedom
"It is unacceptable for the government to force religious institutions to become coercive extensions of state power."

'Colin loved the church': Powell recalled as Episcopalian at cathedral funeral
Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell, known as a four-star general and as a onetime secretary of defense, was remembered at his funeral at the Washington National Cathedral Friday as a man of the Episcopal faith.

Most Americans believe God has given US 'special role in history'
While 64% of Americans overall agreed about America's special role, this rose to three quarters of white evangelicals.

Supreme Court will not hear appeal over trans hysterectomy
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a case involving a Catholic hospital in California that is being sued for refusing to perform a hysterectomy on a trans-identified patient.

Aid group asks for continued prayer for 17 kidnapped missionaries
The Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries urged continued prayers for their 17 missionaries being held captive by the 400 Mawozo gang in Haiti as families of 26 Americans being held hostage around the world recently pressed the Biden administration to push more aggressively to free their loved ones.

Supreme Court justices question Texas heartbeat abortion law's use of legal 'loophole'
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday regarding a Texas law that prohibits most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, weighing whether to allow abortion rights advocates to sue the state in federal court.

Biden says Pope told him to continue taking Communion
Joe Biden met Pope Francis on Friday amid a rift with the US Church over his abortion views.

US issues first gender neutral passport
The US has issued its first passport with a gender neutral 'X' marker in place of the traditional 'M' for male and 'F' for female.

Unusual secrecy attends Biden's first meeting with Pope Francis as president
The unusual clampdown surrounding what is expected to be a roughly hour-long conversation is all the more curious as this pope and president are perhaps more aligned on world affairs than any combination since Reagan met the equally anti-communist, socially conservative John Paul II.

Liberty's former spokesperson files lawsuit over dismissal
Liberty University is denying reports that it fired its former spokesperson Scott Lamb because of how the prominent Christian school responded to allegations of mishandling sexual abuse claims.

Ravi Zacharias' daughter starts new ministry
Sarah Davis, the daughter of disgraced apologist Ravi Zacharias, has left the ministry her father founded and launched one of her own.

Christians asked to fast and pray for missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
The youngest in the group is just 8 months old.

Study: Attendance hemorrhaging at small and midsize US congregations
A new survey of 15,278 religious congregations across the United States confirms trends sociologists have documented for several decades: Congregational life across the country is shrinking.

Please pray, says US Christian group after missionaries abducted
Christian Aid Ministries is asking people to pray for the safe release of its kidnapped workers and their children amid fears that a criminal gang will demand $1m per person.