An impulse against maintaining a Christian cultural witness has caused that witness to become divided. In an open letter, Kansas Pastor Kyle Lammott called for Pastor and U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton to publicly "repent of what you have taught and to withdraw from the Senate race." The letter comes as Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice urged pastors to "step up" their cultural witness. "The church has to be the conscience of the culture," insisted Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. "Without it, we're going to continue to drift in the wrong direction."

Artificial Intelligence is becoming more powerful -- and more dangerous -- than ever. Jared Bridges, Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Stand, hosts a panel on Artificial Intelligence at the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit. He was joined by Clare Morell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and author of the Award-winning book, <a href="https://sites.prh.com/thetechexitbook">The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones</a> along with Erik Reed, a pastor and cofounder of Dominion A.I.
They discuss the risks, benefits and dangers of the new technology and how it is affecting America, and the church.

Artificial Intelligence is becoming more powerful -- and more dangerous -- than ever. Jared Bridges, Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Stand, hosts a panel on Artificial Intelligence at the Pray, Vote, Stand Summit. He was joined by Clare Morell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and author of the Award-winning book, The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones along with Erik Reed, a pastor and cofounder of Dominion A.I. They discuss the risks, benefits and dangers of the new technology and how it is affecting America, and the church.

Former Congressman and current senior fellow at Family Research Council Jody Hice sits down with Host Casey Harper at the Pray Vote Stand Summit. They discuss how God leads leaders, how to know if you are motivated by selfish ambition or God&rsquo;s calling, and how to stand up for the right thing even when it is difficult.

Former Congressman and current senior fellow at Family Research Council Jody Hice sits down with Host Casey Harper at the Pray Vote Stand Summit. They discuss how God leads leaders, how to know if you are motivated by selfish ambition or God's calling, and how to stand up for the right thing even when it is difficult.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, religious leaders, tech experts and even the AI companies themselves are raising the alarm, and yet they keep building&nbsp; Artificial Intelligence. What&rsquo;s going on here? Is the AI apocalypse inevitable, or is all hype or somewhere in between?

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, religious leaders, tech experts and even the AI companies themselves are raising the alarm, and yet they keep building  Artificial Intelligence. What's going on here? Is the AI apocalypse inevitable, or is all hype or somewhere in between?

On this week&rsquo;s Outstanding Podcast, Host Casey Harper talks free markets and socialism with Dr. Gary Wolfram, a professor of economics, public policy and political economy at Hillsdale College.
Together, they tackle questions like:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>How do free markets work and why does they work?</li>
<li>Are prices fair?</li>
<li>How do we respond to the socialist narrative?</li>
<li>Doesn't the Christian faith keep capitalism in check in many ways?&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

On this week's Outstanding Podcast, Host Casey Harper talks free markets and socialism with Dr. Gary Wolfram, a professor of economics, public policy and political economy at Hillsdale College. Together, they tackle questions like: How do free markets work and why does they work? Are prices fair? How do we respond to the socialist narrative? Doesn't the Christian faith keep capitalism in check in many ways? 

On today's News Brief: President Donald Trump defends his Russian diesel deal, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia holds first press briefing and breaks news about an administration official, and the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off in Florida.

On today's News Brief: President Donald Trump defends his Russian diesel deal, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia holds first press briefing and breaks news about an administration official, and the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off in Florida.

A stunning new poll has revealed that American young people are expressing positive views toward Sharia law at higher rates than ever as the midterm elections approach in three weeks. Experts say much of the support can be attributed to the lack of balanced formation being provided by American universities and fear of being labeled racist, leading to young people being ill-informed about the oppression inherent in Islamic legal code.

The first week in October was a rough one for the pro-life movement, even if it wasn't much of a surprise. As it has done for years now, the Trump administration once again deferred action to slow down the juggernaut of drug-induced abortion. On October 7, the Department of Justice delivered the news to a U.S. district court in Louisiana that it would not be able to complete its review of the safety of mifepristone for women until mid- December nor release its findings until at least March 2027.

Russia spent years building the supercomputers and data centers needed to compete in artificial intelligence. In early October, drones struck two of them. Reuters reported the attacks on data centers run by Yandex, Russia's leading technology company, including a facility associated with its AI computing operations. The warning for Washington is clear: AI power depends on physical infrastructure that adversaries can target. Each month, I examine AI through five lenses: capability, control, competition, capacity, and consequences. October raises a troubling question: Is America building AI faster than it is preparing to govern and defend it?

Thirty-seven years ago, the motto was, "If you build it, they will come." Today, Kevin Costner won't have to work so hard. All he has to do is sit on the porch, think about a baseball field for a while, and someone's ghost will build it for him.

When Pastor Rick Bick entered the Ottumwa City Council meeting on Tuesday, he didn't expect to be rebuking a satanic prayer. And yet, at the start of the meeting, former council member Matt Dalbey stood before the room and invoked a prayer to Satan, declaring, "Let us embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge. That which will not bend must break, and that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared its demise. Hail Satan."

Writer

For days, the country has been riveted by the case of death row inmate Christa Pike, who was sentenced to die by lethal injection on September 30 - the first woman in 200 years to be executed in the state of Tennessee. Only Christa didn't die. For two hours, the team at the prison tried and failed to find a vein, ultimately sending a double dose of the poison into her body, not her bloodstream. The result was catastrophic, but not fatal, and she was rushed to the hospital for "life-saving care," a shocking twist that's ignited a global debate about the death penalty. But there's a much bigger outrage taking place in America than this one botched punishment - and it's taking countless lives a year.

Editorial Director and Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

If voters are trying to imagine what the nation would look like under the socialist policies of a Democratic majority in Congress, look no farther than California.

President

After months of flooding the zone with glum predictions for Republicans, there's been a quiet but meaningful shift in major media headlines. Left-leaning outlets desperate to make the GOP's demise a self-fulfilling prophecy seem to be subtly hedging their bets against another polling embarrassment. In the last handful of days, even the big dogs - The New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek - are conceding that maybe the election forecasts aren't as lopsided as they've been leading voters to believe. 

I recently asked Claude, Anthropic's artificial intelligence assistant, to investigate whether Claude is a person. Its response began: "I'm Claude, so I'm the subject here. I've tried to report this straight." Claude answered as a participant with a personal stake in the question would answer, and that made the wording striking.

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