A Voice From the Wilderness
A Christian response to today’s news and the issues that matter most.
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” — Matthew 3:3
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The headlines of the day, weighed against the unchanging word.
ICE Detains McAllen Nun Walking to Sunday MassICE agents detained Sister Leticia Ugboaja, 56, as she walked to Sunday Mass in McAllen, Texas, confiscating her rosary before releasing her hours later.
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Masked Gunman Wounds 8, Including 4 Kids, at Brooklyn CookoutA masked gunman opened fire on a Fourth of July cookout in Brooklyn's Coney Island, wounding eight, including four children; no arrest has been made.
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Supreme Court Upholds Girls' Sports Bans on Transgender AthletesSupreme Court rules 6-3 that states may bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports, upholding laws in West Virginia and Idaho.
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Planned Parenthood Regains Medicaid Funds as GOP Ban ExpiresA one-year Medicaid ban on Planned Parenthood lapsed July 4, restoring funding after nearly 30 clinics closed nationwide.
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Delaware Backs Down on Law Forcing Pregnancy Centers to Post DisclaimersDelaware permanently agrees not to enforce a law compelling pro-life pregnancy centers to post state-mandated disclaimers, ending a federal suit.
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Server Stabs Austin Priest After Years-Long Confession GrudgeAn Austin server is charged with stabbing his Catholic pastor at a steakhouse, saying the priest mocked him during confession years earlier.
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Every article here is a Christian response to today’s news — the headlines, the controversies, the questions ordinary people are asking. This is not a noisy place. It is a quiet place that says hard things plainly. Lone Trumpet exists to encourage the faithful, to challenge the comfortable, and to invite the seeker — without apology and without compromise on matters of faith, but with the patience and the kindness that the gospel itself requires.
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