ORLANDO, Fla. — Two Christian schools that faced off on Friday at the Citrus Bowl Stadium in Florida were barred from praying over the public address system because the event was held at a facility paid for by public tax money. Officials with Cambridge Christian School of Tampa and University Christian School of Jacksonville had […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. — The president of what is purportedly the largest Christian university in the world remains unremorseful after concerns were raised over the spirit of his comments about “ending Muslims” that he made to students and faculty at a convocation on Friday, which also drew applause from those gathered. “I’ve always thought, if more good people […]
ROCKPORT, Maine — The vice principal of a school in Maine has apologized for a recent Facebook post in which he referred to “white Christian men” as terrorists. “The only terrorists we need to fear are domestic white ‘Christian’ men with easy access to guns,” wrote Piet Lammert of Camden Hills Regional High School wrote last Saturday, […]
(Reuters) — Israeli archaeologists have discovered a mark from the seal of biblical King Hezekiah, who helped build Jerusalem into an ancient metropolis. The circular inscription, on a piece of clay less than a centimeter (0.4 inches) long, may very well have been made by the king himself, said Eilat Mazar of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University […]
KATY, Texas — A middle school student in Texas who made national headlines last month when she expressed concern to her local school board over an assignment that required her to deny the existence of God as fact is seeking an apology for what she says are “lies” that were disseminated by the district. “I’m […]
NEW HAMPTON, Mo. — A homeschooling couple has agreed to accept a settlement offer from a Missouri sheriff and his deputy after they filed a lawsuit for being pepper sprayed and tasered for refusing to let police in their house without a warrant. As previously reported, the situation occurred in September 2011 after a Missouri Child Protective […]
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A prominent professing atheist group is calling for the termination of a Florida football coach for sharing Christ with students on his football team. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter on Tuesday to Bay District Schools Superintendent Bill Husfelt to complain about Mosley High School football coach […]
TURLOCK, Calif. — A Christian campus organization that lost recognition from a California university after being accused of “religious discrimination” for not allowing non-Christians to hold leadership positions has regained its rights to meet on campus. As previously reported, in September of last year, Chi Alpha’s chapter at California State University-Stanislaus was informed by the university that […]
SALEM, Utah — Parents are expressing concern after a teaching intern at a middle school in Utah asked students to create a propaganda poster for the barbaric Islamic group ISIS or another terror organization. The intern gave the assignment to both of her World Civics classes at Salem Junior High School to “help students better understand the […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Co. — Colorado Mesa University has put an end to a Bible giveaway that is part of the pinning ceremony for nursing school students. According to reports, the on-and-off practice involved members of Gideon International handing Bibles to students as they stood on stage. But five students, whose names have not been released, […]