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Latest news: Artemis II ‘shows God’s creative glory’; California to pay $4.5 million over gender-identity policies; US airman rescued behind enemy lines

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Latest news: Artemis II ‘shows God’s creative glory’; California to pay $4.5 million over gender-identity policies; US airman rescued behind enemy lines

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below.

1. “For Christians, this comes back to looking at the entire cosmos and recognizing God made this for His glory. Every single adamant molecule testifies of the Creator’s glory,” said Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Artemis II breaks Apollo 13 distance record, shows ‘God’s creative glory’

2. A federal judge has reportedly ordered California to pay $4.5 million in legal fees after losing a lawsuit over school gender-identity policies.

Federal judge to California: Pay $4.5 million after losing lawsuit over gender-identity policies

3. On April 3, an American F-15E fighter jet was reportedly hit by incoming fire and crashed inside Iran. One of the two crew members was quickly rescued. What came next was “one of the most complex search-and-rescue efforts for the US Air Force in enemy territory in decades.”

‘God is good’: How a US airman was rescued behind enemy lines in Iran

 

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