Faith Facts

• A believer followed a quiet prompting from the Holy Spirit and spoke to a stranger at the gym.
• The encounter began when the believer noticed sadness in the stranger’s eyes despite visible tattoos.
• One conversation sparked by obedience to God’s nudge changed the stranger’s life.

A believer recently shared how a simple act of obedience at the gym led to a life-changing encounter.

While working out, the man noticed another gym member named Briar whose sleeve tattoo first caught his attention.

The sadness visible in Briar’s eyes, paired with a quiet prompting from the Holy Spirit, moved the believer to start a conversation.

“I met Briar at the gym. His sleeve tattoo caught my eye, but it was the sadness in his eyes, and a quiet prompting from the Holy Spirit, that made me speak up.”

The believer admitted he had no idea at the time how significant that single conversation would prove to be.

Through that brief exchange, Briar experienced a turning point that redirected his life.

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Faith Facts

• A nationwide federal school choice program is set to launch next year, giving millions of American families access to Christian education.
• Christian advocacy leaders are calling the initiative the greatest evangelism opportunity since the Billy Graham crusades.
• The program allows federal education funds to follow students to accredited Christian schools across the country.

The leader of a Christian advocacy group is calling the newly established nationwide school choice program the “greatest evangelism opportunity since the Billy Graham crusades” as it is projected to give millions of children across the United States access to a Christian education beginning next year.

Under the program, federal education dollars will follow eligible students to accredited schools of their parents’ choosing, including faith-based institutions that align with traditional Christian values.

Advocates say the expansion removes long-standing barriers that have kept many low-income families from accessing private Christian education.

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Faith Facts

• Tony Dungy publicly defended the biblical model of monogamous marriage after an Ohio pastor introduced his second wife to the congregation.
• The former NFL coach and longtime Christian voice cited Scripture that presents marriage as a lifelong union between one man and one woman.
• Dungy warned that redefining marriage undermines the family structure God designed for human flourishing.

Former NFL coach Tony Dungy pushed back against an Ohio pastor who recently introduced his second wife to his congregation.

Dungy called the action unbiblical and said Scripture consistently upholds monogamy as God’s design for marriage.

“The Bible is very clear on this,” Dungy stated. “From Genesis onward, we see marriage presented as the union of one man and one woman.”

Critics of the pastor’s decision argue that allowing multiple wives contradicts the clear teaching of both the Old and New Testaments.

They point to passages such as Matthew 19 and 1 Timothy 3 that describe marriage in singular terms and set the standard for church leadership.

“God’s design for the family is the foundation of a stable society,” Dungy added. “We cannot rewrite His Word to fit modern preferences.”

Supporters of the pastor’s stance claim cultural context allows for multiple wives, but Dungy rejected that view as selective interpretation.

He urged believers to hold fast to the plain reading of Scripture rather than accommodate shifting cultural trends.

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