Hegseth: We’re placing spiritual health at the same level as physical health. Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God. Because while we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual. God is good. Evil is not. And America's military must understand the difference

A repentant heart shows empathy for those who have been wronged and damaged by my sin, an awareness that the sin is against the goodness and holiness of God, not merely a behavioral aberration that got me in trouble. A repentant heart desires to make restitution.

Jessica Bates, a widowed mother and devout Christian, is now free to apply as an adoptive parent in Oregon—WITHOUT promising to take kids to pride parades, give them cross-sex hormones, or use inaccurate pronouns. That’s the result of a legal settlement @ADFLegal has now finalized with state officials. It comes after our landmark victory for Jessica at the 9th Circuit last year. Jessica’s case marked an important legal turning point. For years, ADF has been litigating against a wave of blue states pushing Christians—and others who can’t affirm gender ideology—out of foster care and adoption. Jessica, who originally hoped to adopt a sibling pair out of Oregon’s overwhelmed foster system, was barred from doing so because the state put gender ideology first. Jessica could have quietly accepted defeat. But she believed God had called her to adopt—and she knew injustice when she saw it. Kids in foster care don’t need pride parades or hormone shots. They need loving families. So with our help, she stood up against Oregon in court—and her victory at the 9th Circuit was the first of its kind. It’s helping turn the tide not just in Oregon, but other states as well. Since winning Bates, we’ve seen similar policies rolled back in Massachusetts, Washington, and Vermont. All thanks to Jessica’s courage. I’m thrilled she can finally realize the call to adopt that started it all.

The New Testament, I suggest, must be read so as to be understood, read within appropriate contexts, within an acoustic which will allow its full overtones to be heard. It must be read with as little distortion as possible, and with as much sensitivity as possible to its different levels of meaning. It must be read so that the stories, and the Story, which it tells can be heard as stories, not as rambling ways of declaring unstoried ‘ideas’. It must be read without the assumption that we already know what it is going to say, and without the arrogance that assumes that ‘we’—whichever group that might be—already have ancestral rights over this or that passage, book, or writer. And, for full appropriateness, it must be read in such a way as to set in motion the drama which it suggests. -The New Testament and the People of God

September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. This year's theme: "We Are Stronger Together. Connect to Protect." Soldiers, Civilians, and Families all have a role in looking out for one another. Need help? Call or text 988, then press 1. #SuicidePreventionMonth

🚨 Local high school seniors pranked the Hartford Police Department with what is, technically, a criminal offense. The police department's response is legendary 😂👇 "Apparently the seniors 'rolled' the Police Department for Homecoming Week last night. And we just have one question: That’s it? 💀 Respectfully, this might be the most mid rolling in Hartford history. The effort was giving 'my mom said I have to be home by 9.' Absolutely zero aura. Negative rizz. No cap, we expected better. We walked outside this morning prepared for absolute chaos and instead found approximately 14 feet of toilet paper and what appears to be a mild inconvenience. Seniors… y’all really thought you cooked. You did not cook. The Police Department remains standing. Morale is high. Cleanup is expected to take somewhere between 45 seconds and two business minutes. We’re not mad. We’re just disappointed. Actually, scratch that. We’re low-key embarrassed FOR you. 😂 We’ll give it a solid 2/10. Points awarded because you did, technically, show up. Do better, Seniors. This was not very sigma of you. Skibidi or whatever the kids say. Go Dawgs.”

Why are we seeing so much division today? Culture has adopted a Marxist theory of conflict that pits people against each other based on identity rather than character. Evil tears down, but reality wins. @PhoenixHayes_ and I break this all down in our book, The War on Reality.

"The state has encroached into almost every facet of our lives in part because the Church has retreated from almost every facet of our lives." Jeremy calling out pastors on tonight's monologue. 🔥🔥🔥