On this episode: NYC Mayor Eric Adams riles atheists with separation of church and state comments, powerful Israeli history uncovered — and more.

NEWS STORIES:

• An advisor to Israel’s president and his friend found a rare, 2,500-year-old piece of pottery while walking through a national park. It contained an inscription of Persian King Darius the Great, mentioned in the Bible’s book of Ezra. It’s the first archaeological reference to the king ever found in Israel.

• The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that someone who kills an unborn baby capable of living outside of the mother's body can be charged with homicide since that child is considered a person under state law.

• The members of a Texas megachurch overwhelmingly voted this week to leave the United Methodist Church. The vote comes as liberal policies and LGBT issues continue to splinter the second-largest denomination in the United States. 

MAIN THING:

• Cities around the country are hemorrhaging police officers with historic staffing shortages — a trend that has been ongoing since 2020. In 2022 alone, Baltimore lost some 300 officers. John Stolnis spoke with CBN’s Caitlin Burke about that ongoing concern for today’s main thing. 

LAST THING:

• James 3:17

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