The Weekly Rundown will be on holiday next Saturday for the July 4th holiday. The next issue will be in your email inbox at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 15.
IT MATTERS. The Supreme Court announced four landmark decisions this week, striking down President Biden's attempt to erase a percentage of federal student loans (6-3) and also ending race-based affirmative action for college admissions (6-3). Two other decisions were important to faith. In the first, a Pennsylvania postal worker sued the U.S. Postal Service because he was required to work on Sundays, and the USPS refused to accommodate his religious belief that he shouldn't work on the Sabbath. The Supreme Court ruled in his favor in a unanimous decision. The second case was brought on First Amendment grounds. Colorado Christian graphic artist Lorie Smith did not believe she should be required by the government to create messages—in her case wedding websites—for same-sex weddings. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against her last year, but yesterday the Supreme Court affirmed in a 6-3 decision that that the government cannot force an American to utter speech with which they disagree. Here's what Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote, for the majority.
SPECIAL EVENT. The film Sound of Freedom arrives in theaters on Tuesday, July 4th. It tells the true story of Operation Underground Railroad, an organization that has rescued 6,000 survivors of human trafficking and assisted in the arrest of more than 5,000 perpetrators. The film stars Passion of the Christ's Jim Caviezel. Watch the trailer and Efrem Graham's interview with Operation Underground founder Tim Ballard, and 700 Club co-host Andrew Knox' interview with Caviezel. You may purchase tickets to the film, here.
HAPPENING HERE. North Carolina mega-church Elevation Church quietly withdrew from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee this week and says they're also withdrawing from the SBC. Here are the details.
Vacation Bible School campers in Texas have helped pack 9,000 meals for the needy. Here's the story from the First United Methodist Church of Richardson.
A pastor in North Carolina has been fined $60,000 for housing the homeless without a permit. Pastor Moses Colbert in Gastonia, NC, has allowed more than 100 people to live on Church property in tents; here's the latest.
Two California middle school teachers are suing over a transgender policy that forces teachers to withhold information about children from their parents. Don't miss this important story.
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