(World Watch Monitor) — Three more cases of blasphemy accusations have emerged in Pakistan, even after a Christian couple’s beating to death and burning in a brick kiln after allegations of blasphemy horrified the world, including the metropolitan elite in the country. The Christian couple were killed over suspicions of desecrating the Qur’an on November […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – For Jummai Sunday, 63, Thursday (Dec. 11) began like any other for the Christian widow. After a morning devotional, she visited sick or bereaved families, and then returned home to gather items for sale at her market spot near the bus terminal area in Jos, Nigeria. She survived the twin […]
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — A prominent atheist activist organization has threatened to file a lawsuit against a Georgia school district if it allows a well-known Bible distribution ministry to continue to offer Bibles to public school students. The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter on Friday to the superintendent of the Bartow […]
FORT BENNING, Ga. — The U.S. Army has issued a “letter of concern” to a Georgia chaplain for citing the Bible during a recent suicide prevention training session. According to reports, Col. David Fivecoat, the commander of the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade at Fort Benning, Ga., ordered Chaplain (CPT) Joe Lawhorn, to come to his […]
RIO DE JANIERO — A man in Brazil who is being described by police as a psychopath has confessed to killing over 40 people “for fun,” and says that when he is released—since there is no death penalty in the country—he will “do the same thing all over again.” Sailson Jose das Gracas, 26, was […]
PLANO, Texas — A mother in Texas is thanking God for what she calls her “miracle baby” after being diagnosed with a malignant brain cancer this past May. Julie Prater is a 32-year-old nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Plano and has also been studying at Baylor University to become a nurse practitioner. In the […]
LAKE WORTH, Fla. — An atheist recently led a Florida commission meeting in “prayer” to a variety of entities from across the spectrum of religions, invoking the names of Mother Earth, Allah, Zeus, Satan and Krishna in addition to Jesus. As Preston Smith stepped to the podium to deliver the invocation on Dec. 2, a […]
MANILA, Philippines — Football great and college football analyst Tim Tebow opened a children’s hospital in the Philippines on Wednesday through his non-profit charitable organization known as the Tim Tebow Foundation. “From a very early age, my parents instilled in me the importance of God’s word, the salvation we have in His Son Jesus and […]
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — A New Jersey town has agreed to pay $2.75 million to purchase land for a proposed mosque in order to settle a lawsuit that was filed by Muslims who were prohibited from opening a mosque in another area of the township. According to the settlement between Bridgewater officials and the Al Falah Center, the […]
COSTA MESA, Ca. — Actor and filmmaker Kirk Cameron recently invited a former evangelical pastor to TBN to make the case for Santa Claus as Cameron promotes his new film “Saving Christmas,” which seeks to convince Christians who choose not to celebrate the holiday. Cameron shared a segment of the interview on his Facebook page on Tuesday, in […]