She knows the government of her country is monitoring her Internet activity. It is illegal to spread the Gospel there. She knows this, too. Yet she boldly shares the message of Jesus on her blog, realizing fully that spies see every word she writes. Maybe in their surveillance, they will come to know Him. That’s her hope.

Liberty Counsel has asked a federal district court to forgo a trial and order the city of Boston to allow its resident Hal Shurtleff and his Christian civic organization, Camp Constitution, to fly the Christian flag on a city flagpole that Boston has opened to hundreds of other organizations. The city censored the religious viewpoint of the flag that would have been raised only during a one-hour event held to commemorate the civic contributions of Boston’s Christian community on Constitution Day (September 17).

California Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties) withdrew SB 360, a bill that would have required clergy to report certain confessions to the government. The Bill would have further restricted ministers by excluding clergy penitential communications from long established legal protections including “spiritual direction” and “religious counseling.”

Bruce Deel, founder of the City of Refuge in Atlanta, has authored Trust First, a book billed as, “A True Story about the Power of Giving People Second Chances.”

Researchers from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority and Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, believe they have discovered the Philistine town of Ziklag, immortalized in the biblical narrative.

New Christian T-shirt superstore (https://t-sciple.com) is now open for business. The website, which features over 200 reasonably priced designs, is the brainchild of Jeff Criswell, who started it after wearing a Christian T-shirt (almost) every day for 10 years.

Cleveland, TN–The Voices of Lee of Lee University will celebrate its 25th anniversary during the fall semester, as former members of the group will gather for a September weekend reunion featuring a nostalgic concert of music they have performed over the past quarter century.

The California State Assembly has passed a resolution telling pastors to affirm homosexuality in violation of their biblical beliefs.

Faithlife, which offers a suite of church management solutions, including its flagship product Logos Bible Software, will provide access to a unified platform for all Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) churches through a new strategic partnership.