NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More than 150 evangelical pastors, seminary and college professors, ministry leaders and others have signed a declaration known as the “Nashville Statement,” which affirms God’s design and intent regarding sexuality, marriage and gender identity. The Nashville Statement, which is an initiative of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and the Southern Baptist Convention’s […]
(The Christian Institute) — Over 700 babies were born addicted to drugs in Scotland over the past five years, new figures have shown. The number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)—caused by exposure to addictive opiate drugs in the womb—varied across a number of different health boards. The Scottish government has described the […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A federal judge has ordered pro-life activist David Daleiden, who is known for his undercover investigation into Planned Parenthood’s provision of aborted baby body parts to biomedical companies, along with his attorneys to pay nearly $200,000 to the National Abortion Federation (NAF) for releasing video footage from the organization’s annual conventions despite a […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump has proclaimed Sunday as a National Day of Prayer for those affected by Hurricane Harvey, calling upon “Americans of all faiths and religious traditions and backgrounds” to pray individually and corporately in their houses of worship. “From the beginning of our nation, Americans have joined together in prayer during times of […]
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A band of Hindu extremists who had snuck into a house-church service beat a pastor with steel rods and sticks, one of them yelling that they would stop if he shouted, “Hail, Lord Ram (Jai Sri Ram)!” “I remained mum,” pastor Harjot Singh Sethi, 26, told Morning Star News. “I did […]
HOUSTON, Texas — God was glorified in the midst of this week’s flooding in Houston with two stories coming out of the area showing men and women praising God despite the hardships. KTRK-TV aired live video coverage of those being rescued in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which included a man named Jeremiah Richard who transported to […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A proposed bill in California is raising concern as it would criminalize skilled nursing workers who “repeatedly and willfully” fail to use the preferred to pronoun for patients who identify as transgender or don’t allow them to use their desired restroom “regardless of whether the resident is making a gender transition or […]
(New York Times) — Louise Hay, who from a 1984 best seller built a self-help publishing empire that has attracted millions of devotees with its messages about the power of thought and attitude, died on Wednesday at her home in San Diego. She was 90. Her death was announced on the website of her company, […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A police detective in Utah is now under investigation after angrily arresting a nurse and dragging her screaming out of the hospital when she declined to allow him to withdraw blood from an unconscious crash victim without a warrant, as per the police department’s agreement with the hospital. According to […]
ANKARA, Turkey — An American pastor who has been imprisoned in Turkey for nearly a year on an accusation that he is a member of a “terrorist organization,” is now facing four new criminal charges, including espionage and attempting to overthrow the government. “These ‘new’ charges, coming 322 days after his initial arrest in October of […]
