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Perhaps you have heard some of these. You know you’re getting old when: You sit down in a rocking chair but can’t get it started. Everything hurts…what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work. You sink your teeth into a juicy steak and they stay there.

Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). The Lord was telling us that the Holy Spirit is our strength, not we ourselves.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of pro-life supporters from around the country converged in Washington D.C. on Friday, Jan. 24, for the 52 annual March for Life rally. Among the special guests at the event were newly sworn-in Vice President JD Vance and professional surfer Bethany Hamilton, who was the keynote speaker.

HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old.

CLINTON, Miss. — At Garaywa Camp & Conference Center on Saturday, Jan. 11, 48 students attended Discern, a now one-day event designed for high-school and college students who sense God calling them to Christian ministry. The conference, sponsored by the Discipleship/Sunday School department of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, grew from the heart of a group of student pastors who recognized a need to walk alongside students prayerfully considering God’s call.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation's central organization for responding to disasters.

LONDON (AP) — A London judge on Friday rejected a U.S. mother's challenge to her extradition to face murder charges in Colorado in the deaths of two of her young children.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas announced Friday that it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners laid out in its ceasefire agreement with Israel. An advocacy group representing the families of hostages confirmed the identities of the captive Israelis to be released on Saturday.

ATLANTA (AP) — A gunman who shot and wounded three people at a busy food court in the heart of downtown Atlanta in June has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Kennesaw State coach Brian Bohannon is returning to Georgia Tech as a senior offensive assistant on coach Brent Key's staff. Bohannon’s return was one of four staff additions announced by Georgia Tech on Friday. Kobie Jones, who was Alabama’s assistant cornerbacks coach in 2024, was named cornerbacks coach.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. —  Lifeway’s B&H Publishing Group and Holman Bibles have released the “CSB Grace Bible for Adults” with dyslexia in partnership with 2K/DENMARK and Cambridge University. This announcement follows the “CSB Grace Bible for Kids” in October, a first-of-its-kind Bible for readers with dyslexia. 

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Relatives of hostages still being held by militants in Gaza called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday to ensure all remaining captives are freed, while also appealing to U.S. President Donald Trump to continue pressing for their release.

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of protests and a harsh crackdown with thousands of arrests.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Spectators booed an injured Novak Djokovic as he left the court in Rod Laver Arena after quitting one set into his Australian Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday.

ATLANTA – A deer shot by a hunter in South Georgia has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the state Department of Natural Resources reported Thursday. The two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer, shot on private property in Lanier County, is the first case of the disease detected in Georgia.

Not all opportunities present themselves as such. One showed up recently as a record-setting snowfall, and a good dose of ice that canceled most church services in our neck of the woods.

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he would pardon pro-life activists convicted of blockading abortion clinic entrances. Trump called it “a great honor to sign this.”

DALLAS (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which has fueled conspiracy theories for decades.

ATLANTA (AP) — Jurickson Profar agreed to a $42 million, three-year contract with the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, less than a year after the outfielder got a $1 million deal from the San Diego Padres with spring training already underway.

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Barnes had 25 points, including a key basket in the final minute, and the Toronto Raptors picked up their second road win of the season with a 122-119 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night.

LONDON (AP) — A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a dance class in England was sentenced Thursday to more than 50 years in prison for what a judge called “the most extreme, shocking and exceptionally serious crime.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t.

CNN expects to lay off about 200 people as part of a restructuring announced on Thursday that pivots the news organization toward a more digitally oriented future.

VALDOSTA, Ga. — This year’s Bible conference at Northside Baptist Church will take on added meaning because it comes in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s destructive trek through Valdosta, Lowndes County, and much of South Georgia.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Many churchgoers say their church connects financial blessings with personal generosity, but most pastors see those ideas as bankrupt.

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