Good morning. Ahead of a runoff election against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. John Cornyn has announced the launch of a Faith Advisory Council that includes well-known Evangelical pastors and leaders from across the state.
The Arab Baptist Theological Seminary near Beirut is sheltering displaced people who fled their homes as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has forced hundreds of thousands of civilians across Lebanon to seek refuge.
In the opinion section, Robin Schumacher writes that while research suggests there are approximately 10,000 different religions active in the world today, many "shrink down to a single historical question."
Singer Gwen Stefani has opened up about how an atheist friend’s spiritual journey, combined with what she described as a “miracle” pregnancy, inspired her to rekindle her Christian faith during a time when she felt “desperate.”