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A recently recorded video is circulating online of Victoria Osteen, wife of megachurch speaker and author Joel Osteen, calling on congregants at Lakewood Church to “do good for your own self” because obedience, the church and worship are not for God as much as for self-happiness. “I just want to encourage every one of us to realize when we obey God, we’re […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of Planned Parenthood supporters and so-called faith leaders are hosting a prayer rally today at the Ohio statehouse to entreat God’s blessing on the organization’s work, including the abortion of hundreds of thousands of children each year. “Ohio faith leaders will culminate a week of prayer on issues that affect all […]
MIDLOTHIAN, Texas — A public school district in Texas has covered two dedication plaques that referenced God with duct tape after a prominent atheist activist organization asserted that the displays did not belong on school property. The Midlothian Independent School District has confirmed that a plaque has been covered at Mountain Peak Elementary School and […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A megachurch in Alabama recently held an open house to celebrate the opening of its $26 million dollar, six-dome entertainment center, which some are stating is far from biblical Christianity and the example of the early Church. Faith Chapel Christian Center in Wylam, near Birmingham, completed the project on it 137-acre campus last […]
CHICAGO — During a federal hearing regarding amendments in Indiana and Wisconsin that enshrine marriage as being between solely a man and a woman, a judge appointed by then-President Ronald Reagan went off in a diatribe declaring his view that laws barring same-sex “marriage” are “based on hate.” Attorneys for the states appeared for oral argument on […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Five Louisiana abortion facilities have filed a lawsuit against officials in the state to challenge a new hospital admitting privileges law that some believe will shutter at least three, if not all of the five facilities. As previously reported, legislators in Louisiana passed the bill in May, requiring abortionists to obtain […]
GWOZA, Africa — Video footage released on Sunday by the militant Muslim group Boko Haram shows a member of the Islamic sect claiming a predominantly Christian town near Nigeria as an established Islamic state, and declaring that “Allah commands [Muslims] to rule the rest of the world.” Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appears in the 52-minute […]
Reports are circulating about a transgender couple living in Kentucky that is preparing to tell their children that their father is really their mother and that their mother is really their father. Jason Bowser, 32, who now goes by Bianca, and Nicole Bowser, 27, who now goes by Nik, were married in November 2011, and now have two young sons […]
JACKSON, Miss. — A nationally-recognized humanist organization has threatened to sue a Mississippi school district after a pastor delivered a sermon and prayer at a convocation for teachers earlier this month. The American Humanist Association’s (AHA) Appignani Humanist Legal Center sent a letter to the superintendent of the Jackson Public School District on Monday stating that […]
WASHINGTON — During a recent press conference, America’s top military officer asserted that the Islamic terrorist group ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has an ‘apocalyptic end-of-days strategic vision’ that must be defeated by a coalition of forces. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the statements […]