Brooklyn, New York — The renowned Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, known both for its award-winning music and testimonies of changed lives, is scheduled to perform at the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama. According to reports, the Grammy-winning choir had been invited to the Inauguration in June of last year by United States Senator Charles Schumer of […]
Washington, D.C. — The Washington National Cathedral, where the nation gathers to mourn tragedies and celebrate new presidents, will soon begin performing same-sex marriages. Cathedral officials tell The Associated Press the church will be among the first Episcopal congregations to implement a new rite of marriage for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members. The church […]
Montgomery, Alabama — Roy Moore, known as the Ten Commandments judge, will be sworn in today as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, regaining his seat on the bench that he was removed from a decade ago for taking a stand for God’s law. According to reports, Moore will be sworn in by Circuit […]
Atlanta, Georgia — A pastor known for his work with the popular Passion conferences for college-aged students has bowed out of his invitation to deliver the benediction at the inauguration of Barack Obama over criticism surrounding his past comments about the Bible and homosexuality. Louie Giglio is the pastor of Passion City Church in Roswell, […]
Cape Coral, Florida — A nationally-known atheist activist group is demanding that a city in Southwest Florida cease opening its council meetings with prayer. Although it would not disclose the name of the individual, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) says that it received a complaint from a Cape Coral resident who had attended a […]
Washington, D.C. — A newly-released report by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America shows that the organization performed over 300,000 abortions in 2011, marking a record since the group was founded by Margaret Sanger in the early 1900’s. According to the report, 333,964 abortions were performed during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, up from 329,445 in […]
Moraga, California — A Boy Scout troop in California is challenging the national headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America to award an avowed gay scout with Eagle rank despite the organization’s policies prohibiting membership of openly homosexual scouts. Bonnie Hazarabedian, chairman of the Boy Scout district review board for the Moraga area, says she […]
Boulder, Colorado — Hundreds from the community of Boulder, Colorado recently attended a candlelight vigil for an elk that had been slain by a city police officer, while one local pro-life group is lamenting the devaluing of human life in the state. The roadside service, held on Sunday, included a singing of “Amazing Grace” and […]
Indianapolis, Indiana — A Republican Indiana state senator has introduced legislation that would require public school students to recite the Lord’s Prayer each morning. Senator Dennis Kruse, who serves as the chairman of the Senate Education Committee, says that the bill is beneficial because it will help students to “recognize the importance of spiritual development […]
Many in American Christianity like to use great swelling words about revival – “a national revival” – as being the only means whereby the ills of our nation will be reversed or cured. But I submit to you that even if there were a great revival in this nation, we would not see any of […]