MELBOURNE — An Australian group that identifies itself as “Christalignment” is drawing concerns over practices that have been deemed New Age and occultic, including its use of “expert seers,” who provide “destiny readings,” dream interpretations and “energy impartation”—all in the name of God and evangelism. Christalignment is run by Ken and Jen Hodge, who are the […]

FRANKLINTON, La. — A sheriff’s office in Louisiana has removed a number of Facebook posts citing Scripture or referencing Christianity in general after one of the nation’s most conspicuous atheist activist organizations asserted that the posts were unconstitutional. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter last year to Randy Seal, the sheriff […]

NORTH BETHESDA, Md. — Convicted Army Private Bradley Manning, who declared “I am a female” and changed his name to Chelsea in 2013 after being sentenced to prison for leaking classified information to Wikileaks, has announced his run for the U.S. Senate. “Yup, we’re running for Senate,” Manning tweeted on Sunday, receiving 9,000 likes as […]

REDDING, Calif. — A California man walked into a local television station this week and also turned himself in to the police in confessing to a murder committed 25 years ago, as he said that his faith in God and the weight of living with the secret compelled him to do what was right. “God and Christ and […]

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A watchdog organization that releases a report each year on the global persecution of Christians has again named North Korea as the most dangerous place to live as a Christian—for the 16th year in a row. Open Doors USA released its “World Watch List” on Wednesday, which lists and ranks the 50 […]

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A school district in Wisconsin has agreed to pay $650,000 in attorneys’ fees and $150,000 to a female former student who identifies as male, who sued in 2016 after being prohibited from using the boys’ restroom. The Transgender Law Center says that the $150,000 payment is for “harms … experienced as a […]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A lawmaker in Indiana has introduced a bill that would ban abortion in the state by declaring that life begins at conception, and that any governmental attempt to violate the inalienable right to life is null and void. “Any act, law, treaty, order, rule, or regulation of the United States government that fails to […]

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — A six-year-old boy who miraculously survived a horrific shooting massacre at his church in Texas received a warm welcome on Thursday as he was finally able to come home from the hospital. Ryland Ward was transported home in a fire truck, being greeted at University Hospital by numerous firefighters and their mascot, […]

APOPKA, Fla. — Following media reports and public backlash over the matter, representatives for false teacher Paula White, who also serves as the chair of President Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board, have scrubbed a page on White’s website of any mention that she had urged followers to give a “first fruits” offering of a day, week, or month’s […]

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Residents in Washington State who believe that they don’t identify as either male or female will be allowed to change their birth certificate from their birth sex to only an “X” beginning on Jan. 27. “After receiving and considering public comment, the agency determined that this rule change will provide individuals with […]