Indiana Teacher Tells First-Graders to Keep ‘God, Jesus, Devil’ Out of Classroom Conversations

Indiana Teacher Tells First-Graders to Keep ‘God, Jesus, Devil’ Out of Classroom Conversations

McCordsville, Ind. — An elementary school teacher in Indiana recently sent home a classroom update to parents that included a request to tell their children not to talk about “God, Jesus and [the] devil” at school. The McCordsville Elementary School teacher, whose name has not been made public, sent the request on Aug. 23 after hearing an […]

Boko Haram Has Used 83 Children as Human Bombs So Far This Year

Boko Haram Has Used 83 Children as Human Bombs So Far This Year

(PBS NewsHour) — The radical militant group Boko Haram has already used four times as many child suicide bombers in northeast Nigeria this year than it did in 2016, the United Nations Children’s Fund reported Tuesday. Eighty-three children have been used as “human bombs” since the start of 2017. Fifty-five were girls, and 27 were boys, UNICEF […]

Archaeologists Say They Might Have Found the Biblical City of Bethsaida, Home to Peter, Andrew, Philip

Archaeologists Say They Might Have Found the Biblical City of Bethsaida, Home to Peter, Andrew, Philip

JERUSALEM — Archaeologists in Israel state that they might have found the biblical city of Bethsaida, which was the hometown of apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip. The excavation was conducted in the upper Jordan Valley by the Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archaeology at Kinneret College, and led by Dr. Mordechai Aviam of the institute, as well as Dr. […]

Atheist Activist Group Asks Sen. Marco Rubio to Stop Tweeting Bible Verses on Govt.-Related Account

Atheist Activist Group Asks Sen. Marco Rubio to Stop Tweeting Bible Verses on Govt.-Related Account

WASHINGTON — A prominent professing atheist group has sent a letter to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, urging him to stop sharing Bible verses on his official Twitter account, which they say violates the separation of Church and State. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent the letter on Aug. 22, noting that Rubio has […]

Jordanian Believers Providing Safe Haven for Refugees

Jordanian Believers Providing Safe Haven for Refugees

Jordan (Mission Network News) — With neighbors like Syria and Iraq, you wouldn’t expect Jordan to stay stable, let alone represent a safe haven for fleeing refugees. Yet according to Rama Haddadin, Project Coordinator at the Jordanian Bible Society, Jordanian believers are making sure they can provide exactly that. “When they first came to Jordan, […]

After Chile Eases Ban on Abortion, President Michelle Bachelet Seeks to ‘Legalize Gay Marriage’

After Chile Eases Ban on Abortion, President Michelle Bachelet Seeks to ‘Legalize Gay Marriage’

SANTIAGO, Chile — A week after a Chilean court allowed the nation to ease its complete ban on abortion, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has presented a bill that would “legalize” same-sex “marriage” in the country. “We can’t let old prejudices be stronger than love,” she said as she signed the proposal during a ceremony at […]

Mother Shares Photos of ‘Perfectly, Wonderfully Formed’ Son Miscarried at 14 Weeks, Urges Women to Rethink Abortion

Mother Shares Photos of ‘Perfectly, Wonderfully Formed’ Son Miscarried at 14 Weeks, Urges Women to Rethink Abortion

A mother who recently lost the twins in her womb within weeks of each other is sharing photos of one of her children—miscarried at 14 weeks—to social media in hopes that those who are contemplating abortion will see and understand the reality of fetal development. “He is perfectly and wonderfully formed, right down to his […]

Judge Declines to Dismiss Charges Against Pro-Life Investigators Who Recorded Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos

Judge Declines to Dismiss Charges Against Pro-Life Investigators Who Recorded Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A superior court judge in California has declined to dismiss charges against two pro-life investigators who recorded their undercover conversations with Planned Parenthood representatives and released them to the general public to expose the company’s abortion practices. As previously reported, in June, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Christopher Hite initially […]