MYANMAR (MNN/VBB) — Eight days ago, heavy rains came as another blow to the village of Mawchi in Kayah State, Myanmar. Already dealing with the country’s worst floods in 100 years, which struck from late July to August, the deluge caused a river to flood a bridge, wash out roads, and slow down emergency personnel […]
NORTH MIDDLETON TWP, Pa. — Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed has spent nearly 20 years as a prosecutor, but he admitted Wednesday that the case involving an HIV positive Harrisburg man arrested for raping a 6-year-old child was difficult to process. “I’m reminded today that after nearly 20 years as a prosecutor and having seen […]
A small boy crawling through an obstacle course while seemingly dodging bullets is shown in a video recently released by the Islamic State. The video clip posted on the Facebook page of an IS militant, Abu Aisha al-Kazakhi, shows a young child clad in military fatigues, struggling to pass under a barb wire obstacle course […]
(Bible Society) — Last year saw the highest number of Bibles being given out by Bible Societies around the world. There was a six percent rise from 2013 as almost 34 million Bibles were distributed according to United Bible Societies. There were a total of 428.2 million scriptures being given out by international Bible Societies […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Officials in Texas have decided to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, declaring that the state is pulling its Medicaid funding out of belief that the organization is “no longer capable of performing medical services in a professionally competent, safe, legal, and ethical manner.” The Texas Health and Human Services Commission sent […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three California churches filed suit against the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) on Friday over a directive that was issue last year that would force all faith-based employers to offer abortion coverage regardless of their religious beliefs. As previously reported, DMHC issued a letter in August 2014 requiring all insurance companies […]
JERUSALEM — An elderly Christian woman in Israel is crediting her survival to calling on the name of Jesus during an Islamic terror attack in Jerusalem last week. For the past 32 years, Marike Veldman, 78, has operated a foster home for Arab children in Jerusalem, raising 20 and adopting a number of the children […]
Cambodia (MNN) — You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Desperate times call for desperate measures.” Pregnant single moms in Cambodia live it out day after day. Many vulnerable women end up having abortions because they feel like they have no other choice. Extreme poverty drives them to eke out an existence in the muddy slums outside […]
BREMERTON, Wash. — A Washington football coach was surrounded by members of his football team, the opposing team and scores of supporters throughout his community on Friday as he knelt briefly to thank God at the conclusion of his school’s homecoming game. As previously reported, Joe Kennedy, the assistant head coach for the varsity team at […]
A well-known Christian apologist has spoken out about the “evolutionary indoctrination” in Disney-Pixar’s latest animated film, saying parents should be aware of the unbiblical presuppositions permeating the movie. Ken Ham, president of Christian apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis-USA, has expressed concern about Disney-Pixar’s latest film, “The Good Dinosaur.” In a blog post last week, Ham […]