Christians are expressing concern over a new film being produced that they believe is blasphemous. The film, entitled Jesus of Nazareth, is based on a book of the same name written in 2010 Paul Verhoeven, Susan Massotta and Rob Van Sheers. The book was said to be written after Verhoeven spent nearly 20 years studying the […]
A street preacher in Arizona is fighting a jail sentence for holding private worship meetings at his home. Michael Salman says that he has been battling the City of Phoenix for years after code enforcement officials told him that if he was going to hold worship gatherings on his property, it would be considered an […]
Churches in New York City that had been prohibited from using public school buildings for Sunday worship have won a monumental victory in federal court. Judge Loretta Presha issued a permanent injunction today allowing the Bronx Household of Faith to continue to hold services in local public school buildings indefinitely. The school was facing possible […]
In today’s 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Obamacare with conservative darling and chief justice, John G. Roberts, Jr., writing the decision, holding that the federal government may impose tax penalties on those who do not have health insurance. Roberts, a Roman Catholic nominated by former President George W. Bush, joined the four liberal […]
Christians in Rockdale County, Georgia are frustrated by a local zoning ordinance that prohibits the establishment of small churches. The ordinance requires all churches to possess at least three acres of property, stating, “A place of worship shall be located on a minimum of three acres dedicated solely for the place of worship or on […]
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — Two Christian evangelists were arrested in West Windsor, New Jersey early Tuesday morning after preaching the Gospel without obtaining permission and for attempting to record the encounter with police. Robert Parker and Don Karns state that they have been preaching at the Princeton Junction train station for several years, which is […]
Members of Congress have written a letter to the United States Defense Department to express concerns that the nation’s Air Force is displaying a pattern of hostility toward Christianity. The letter, which was spearheaded by Republican representatives Randy Forbes of Virginia, Todd Akin of Missouri and Diane Black of Tennessee, was signed by 63 other […]
A police chaplain in Charlotte, North Carolina is troubled by a recent order prohibiting him from praying in the name of Jesus. Pastor Terry Sartain’s day job is the pastor of Horizon Christian Fellowship in Charlotte, but at night or just about any other time in the day he is called to do more. For […]
The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia has handed down a landmark conviction that holds Roman Catholic officials and others criminally responsible for enabling or knowingly overlooking child molesters in their midst. Monsignor William Lynn, 61, of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia was convicted on Friday of child endangerment for allowing priests who were believed to […]
Disgraced Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted Friday of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. The jury consisting of seven women and five men deliberated for a total of 20 hours, exonerating Sandusky of only three of the 48 charges. Sandusky had been accused of abusing ten boys over a period of 15 […]