Christians and others in the Philippines—including an NGO meteorologist—have been crying out to God in prayer throughout the day as a super typhoon has made landfall and is expected to wreak great havoc. Typhoon Yolanda, also known as Haiyan, is the strongest storm to pass through the region this year. Surging at speeds of 195 […]
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — A high school student from Kentucky recently passed up an opportunity to participate in the regional cross country championships after she was assigned 666 as her bib number. Junior Codie Thacker attends Whitley County High School in Williamsburg. She states that she has prepared since June to participate in the regional championships, […]
PISMO BEACH, Calif. — A prominent atheist activist organization has filed suit in an effort to stop a chaplain from leading prayers at council meetings in a city located along California’s central coast. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) filed the complaint last week, asserting that the prayers offered regularly by Pismo Beach chaplain Paul […]
MINNEAPOLIS — A pastor who works as a school bus driver during the week recently lost his job for praying with the children who ride his bus. George Nathaniel, 49, is the pastor of both the Elite Church of the First Born and Grace Missionary Baptist Church in Minneapolis. He has worked for the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court of the United States is set to hear oral argument today surrounding the issue of whether it is permissible for municipalities to present prayers predominantly in Jesus’ name, especially if area residents are largely Christian. As previously reported, the court accepted the case of Town of Greece v. Galloway in May […]
SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers in Illinois have voted to legalize same-sex ‘marriage’ in the state, making the ‘Land of Lincoln’ the 15th in the nation to permit the practice. The matter was not without debate, however, as a number of legislators expressed their opposition to the measure, including from the Scriptures. “This debate is a joke,” […]
FORT WORTH — A homosexual student in Texas was suspended last week for ripping pages of Leviticus out of his Bible during his Spanish class. Isaiah Smith is an 18-year-old senior at Birdville High School in North Richland Hills. Last week, he brought his Bible to his first period Spanish class to refute his fellow […]
WASHINGTON — Approximately two dozen U.S. Congressmen and women recently participated in the first-ever observance of the Hindu festival of lights, known as Diwali, on Capitol Hill. The observance was a bi-partisan effort organized by Democratic Representative Joe Crowley of New York and Republican Representative Peter Roskan of Illinois. Both men co-chair the Congressional Caucus […]
Fears are mounting following reports that an American pastor who is imprisoned in Iran has been transferred to an even more dangerous prison in the country. As previously reported, Pastor Saeed Abedini of Idaho, a former Muslim, left Iran in 2005 and moved to the United States with his wife and children to find religious […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – An upcoming film that challenges Christians to boldly defend their faith is generating considerable attention four months prior to its release. God’s Not Dead, scheduled for release on March 7th, is a creation of Pure Flix Entertainment—an Arizona-based Christian movie company. Pure Flix Entertainment has produced a number of well-known films through […]