A well-known Christian evangelist has released a new documentary based on the life and death of Beatles icon John Lennon as a way to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Ray Comfort of Living Waters Ministries, whose first film 180 received critical acclaim and was viewed by millions worldwide, created the movie Genius to generate thought […]
A new reality show that centers on the lives of preachers’ kids is scheduled to air on the Lifetime Television Network in 2013. Preachers’ Daughters is said to give a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of teenagers whose fathers are Christian ministers, and how they handle worldly temptations with the guidance of their parents. Broadway World reports: […]
A school district in Pennsylvania is continuing its battle against a well-known atheist group over a Ten Commandments monument that has been on display at a local middle school for over 50 years. Officials with the Connellsville Area School District in Southwest Pennsylvania filed paperwork in court this week to defend the monument, despite accusations […]
The United States Supreme Court announced this afternoon that it has agreed to hear two cases that will determine the destiny of same-sex marriage across America. After a week of waiting on a decision from the court, the nine justices on the bench accepted California’s Proposition 8 case, as well as a challenge to the […]
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down a state law that required women to obtain an ultrasound prior to proceeding with an abortion. In the short 3-page decision issued this week, the court ruled that the law, which mandated that abortionists perform an ultrasound while describing the view of the unborn baby in detail an […]
A federal court has rejected a lawsuit that was filed this year against the state of Indiana, which claimed that it is unconstitutional for current marriage laws to prohibit atheists from performing wedding ceremonies. As previously reported, the Center for Inquiry (CFI), headquartered in New York, challenged the state’s marriage law on behalf of John […]
The United States Senate has unanimously approved an amendment to its annual military defense spending bill that provides insurance coverage for abortions to women in the Armed Forces that have been raped. The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was proposed by Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, passed last night […]
A pastor from the central Asian country of Uzbekistan has been released from prison and granted asylum in Europe after being held for three months on charges that he practiced religion outside of state regulations. Pastor Makset Djabbarbergenov, 32, was first detained by police in Kazakhstan in September of this year after he fled to the […]
The United States government has released a blog post in which it debunks the Mayan prediction that the world will end this month. The post, entitled Scary Rumors About the World Ending in 2012 Are Just Rumors, says that people have no need to be afraid about an apocalypse occurring anytime soon. “False rumors about […]
A first grade girl was recently forced by the elementary school she attends to remove a line from a poem that she had written because it referenced God. The unnamed girl attends West Marion Elementary School in Marion, North Carolina, and is six years old. The student was scheduled to have been a part of an […]