• Hong Kong Grad Student Admits to Punching Pro-Life Elderly Woman

  A six-foot-one University of Iowa graduate student from Hong Kong has admitted to punching 78-year-old pro-life advocate Donna Holman on Wednesday morning. Holman was holding an anti-abortion sign near a Planned Parenthood office in Iowa City, hoping to steer mothers away from infanticide when she was struck in the back by Man Chun John Ma.

• Back To School: John Piper on Raising Children Who Are Confident in God

  In light of prevailing secular values in American schools, Christians ought to reflect on the call of God on their lives to be good stewards of their children’s education; retired pastor John Piper says we ought to first and foremost help our children place their confidence in the Lord, and we can strengthen our resolve to do so as this school year begins.

  

• Christian Music from Tedashii and Lecrae on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

  Paul Karmiryan and Comfort Fedoke danced to Tedashii’s “Dum Dum” featuring Lecrae on Tuesday night’s “So You Think You Can Dance” episode. The Christian rappers are committed to ministry through music, mixing catchy beats with Christ-exalting lyrics.

  

• Chemical Weapons Attack in Damascus Kills Hundreds of Syrians, U.N. to Investigate Against Assad, Rebels

  Hundreds of Syrians were killed early Wednesday morning in an alleged chemical weapons attack against the Syrian National Coalition in a suburb east of Damascus. President Bashar al-Assad's army denies that it used poisonous gas, however, and has suggested that rebel forces may have used chemical weapons themselves. The United Nations had arrived three days prior to lead an investigation of the ongoing civil war in the country.

  

• Compassion International Scott Todd Speaks on Extreme Poverty

  Compassion International Senior Vice President Scott Todd spoke at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (MPPC) in California on Sunday, encouraging believers to be others-centered and presenting a hopeful outlook for the future of the poor.