(Evangelical Focus) — Coinciding with the fifth centenary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017, the State Library of the German city of Berlin will exhibit three of the seven original prints of Martin Luther’s 95 theses that are still preserved. Published in 1517, they laid the theological foundations for one of the most important political, […]
At least a dozen teen-related brawls broke out at malls throughout the United States on Monday night, resulting in arrests, injuries and temporary closures. In Colorado, an estimated 500 people were involved in mayhem at the Town Center at Aurora. The matter reportedly began when off-duty police working as security arrived to break up a fight in […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A Pennsylvania court has ruled that an elderly man may legally dissolve the father-son adoption arrangement with his male partner so the two can become “married.” A three-judge panel with the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued its opinion on Wednesday, advising that “under the circumstances of this case, Pennsylvania law permits an […]
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has released a formal position statement expressing opposition to assisted suicide in cases where the patient is not terminally ill. According to reports, the statement was approved this month by the APA’s board of trustees after being passed last month by the general assembly. “The American Psychiatric […]
(Associated Press) — The children told prosecutors the two Roman Catholic priests repeatedly raped them by an image of the Virgin Mary inside the small school chapel in remote northwestern Argentina. Only their tormentors would have heard their cries because the other children at the school were deaf. The clerical sex abuse scandal unfolding at […]
SUFFOLK, Va. — A Virginia man was charged on Wednesday with attempting to provide material support to the barbaric Islamic group ISIS. According to an affidavit posted online by the U.S. Department of Justice, Lionel Nelson Williams, 26, of Suffolk had posted material favorable of ISIS to Facebook and ordered an AK-47 the day after […]
WASHINGTON — The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which has performed at inaugural events for Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, will also perform at next month’s inauguration of Donald Trump. The 360-member Mormon Tabernacle Choir announced on Thursday that it had accepted an invitation to perform at the swearing-in […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has issued a proclamation declaring 2017 the “Year of the Bible,” making it the second year that Bevin has issued such a decree. He noted that several prominent figures throughout American history have lauded the importance of the Scriptures. “President Harry S. Truman said, ‘The fundamental basis of this […]
(The Christian Institute) — Marie Stopes treats women like they are on a conveyor belt, a woman who decided to keep her baby has said. Jade Stevens, who visited a Marie Stopes clinic in 2015, said she was pressured into an abortion by nurses and was accused of “wasting their time” when she changed her […]
LEVITTOWN, N.Y. (Associated Press) – To untold numbers of children, he’s simply Uncle Tim. Nearly 3,300 babies across the country who otherwise might have been abandoned and perhaps died have found homes in the past 17 years, thanks in part to the efforts of Tim Jaccard, a retired New York police ambulance medic who grew […]