After Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told reporters on Saturday that he “doesn’t know” if Barack Obama is a Christian, a nationally-syndicated radio host is speaking out, explaining that just because someone claims to be a Christian, Jesus said that a “tree is known by its fruit.” The Washington Post had posed the question to Walker, the […]
(The Christian Institute) — A Scripture Union book designed to help with the move to secondary school has been banned at a Scottish school after humanists complained it could “distress” pupils. Robert Douglas Memorial School in Scone, Perthshire, decided to stop handing out the book to primary school leavers after a complaint from one humanist […]
NEWARK, N.J. — The family of a teenage girl who was declared “brain dead” last year following a tonsillectomy and other throat and nasal procedures state that they have obtained declarations from four doctors who agree that her condition does not meet the definition of brain death. As previously reported, the matter centers around 13-year-old Jahi McMath, […]
KENNEWICK, Wash. — A Christian florist from Washington who is in jeopardy of losing her business, home and life savings after a judge found her guilty of discrimination this week for declining to fulfill an order for a same-sex ceremony has rejected an offer to settle the matter if she promises to service homosexual “weddings” in […]
KENNEWICK, Wash. — A Christian florist from Washington who is in jeopardy of losing her business, home and life savings after a judge found her guilty of discrimination this week for declining to fulfill an order for a same-sex ceremony will appeal the decision. As previously reported, Baronelle Stutzman of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland was leveled with […]
KENNEWICK, Wash. — A florist from Washington is in jeopardy of losing her business, home and life savings after a judge ruled against her on Wednesday for declining to fulfill an order for a same-sex ceremony, but rather provided a referral for the regular customer. As previously reported, Baronelle Stutzman of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland […]
ATLANTA — The Atlanta fire chief who was fired last month over his Bible study-inspired book that included one page that listed homosexuality with other sexual perversions has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and its mayor for wrongful termination. As previously reported, Chief Kelvin Cochran was suspended for one month beginning in late November and was placed […]
Christians across the country are expressing concern as Focus on the Family’s “Plugged In” movie staff has released its review of the pornographic film “Fifty Shades of Grey”—especially that a critic at the professing Christian ministry watched the porn just to tell other Christians that they shouldn’t watch it. Plugged In said that it received an email […]
NEW DELHI, India (Al Jazeera) — Hundreds of Indian Christians were arrested in New Delhi on Thursday during a protest against government inaction following a series of attacks on local churches that raised fears of increasing religious intolerance in the Indian capital. The protesters attempted to march from a cathedral near the country’s parliament to […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal court has ruled that Christian ministries can hire or fire persons in accordance with their religious beliefs. As previously reported, Alyce Conlon had filed suit against InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVF) after she was fired for failing to reconcile marital problems with her husband. She had worked as a spiritual director from […]