(RNS) — The nation’s second largest Christian book retailer has pulled Mark Driscoll’s books from its website and 186 stores. Leaders at the Southern Baptist Convention’s LifeWay Christian Resources, informed stores on Friday to stop selling books by the Seattle pastor who has been in hot water. Last week, leaders of the church planting network […]
KINGSTON, Tenn. — For the first time since the courts began ruling on challenges against state marriage amendments enshrining the institution as being between a man and a woman, a judge in Tennessee has upheld the state’s same-sex “marriage” ban as constitutional. Roane County Circuit Judge Russell E. Simmons, Jr. ruled on a matter surrounding […]
Most pastors believe that the Bible addresses the current issues of the day, but few speak about them from behind the pulpit, according to a recent study from a prominent research organization. George Barna was a guest on the American Family Radio program “Today’s Issues” on Thursday, where he explained a research project that he […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland-based United Church of Christ, which is considered to be apostate by biblical Christians, has sponsored the 2014 international Gay Games—the world’s largest homosexual sporting event—which is currently being held in Ohio until Saturday. According to reports, the denomination is a silver sponsor of the event, which is stated to be hosting […]
TEMPE, Ariz. — A Christian legal organization has asked health officials in Arizona to launch an investigation into a local Planned Parenthood facility after the location failed to report the rape of a young girl by an 18-year-old man who went on to rape four others. According to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and police reports on […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Barack Obama made an video appearance at the international Gay Games on Saturday, the world’s largest homosexual sporting event, founded in 1982 in San Francisco. “Welcome to the 2014 Gay Games,” he opened. “And to the thousands of athletes, coaches, family and spectators from around the world, welcome to Ohio and the […]
KOUNTZE, Texas — Cheerleaders in Texas have appealed a ruling finding a lawsuit against their local school district moot after it changed its policies surrounding the display of Bible banners during school sporting events. As previously reported, in Kountze, Texas, a tiny east-central Texas town with 2,000 residents, middle school and high school cheerleaders have […]
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — A Christian-owned bridal shop in Pennsylvania is under fire for declining to schedule a gown fitting for two lesbian women. According to reports, an unidentified woman called W.W. Bridal Boutique in Bloomsburg recently to schedule a gown fitting for herself and her lesbian partner. When the owner, Victoria Miller, declined by stating […]
BLOOMFIELD, N.M. — A judge nominated by then-President Ronald Reagan has sided with two New Mexico Wiccans and has ordered that a Ten Commandments monument must be removed from city property because it endorses Christianity. U.S. District Judge James A. Parker issued his ruling on Thursday, stating that the 3,000-pound monument violated the First Amendment […]
DUBLIN, Ga. — Several hundred people attended a rally on Friday in support of the right to pray inside of a Georgia mall after a women’s power walk group had been stopped from praying by security last month. As previously reported, Dublin Girls Run has been meeting at Dublin Mall each week since November of […]