(Mission Network News) — It’s only taken a few centuries, but Creole communities are finally getting a chance to hear God’s Word in their heart language. Gil Moreno with Faith Comes by Hearing says three Creole languages have been recorded in the past few years, and audio New Testaments have been made available. Listening groups […]
TAMPA, Fla. — A toy company has pulled an item for sale and is offering refunds to parents after it was discovered that one of its stuffed toys contained a symbol that is very similar to a secret code used by pedophiles in the child sex trade. According to reports, mother Nicole O’Kelly bought a souvenir […]
ROME (New York Daily News) — The Vatican ambassador to the U.S. who arranged the 2015 meeting between Jorge Bergoglio, also known to Roman Catholics as Pope Francis, and controversial Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is set to be replaced, according to reports. Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò will be replaced by French-born Archbishop Christophe Pierre, […]
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — A woman who identifies as gender neutral but leans more toward male qualities is considering filing a lawsuit against a men’s barbershop that recently declined to cut her hair. Kendall Oliver, 24, began identifying as “genderqueer” after serving in the Army. The term is defined as “a person who does not subscribe to […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Barack Obama nominated veteran appellate court judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, setting up a potentially ferocious political showdown with Senate Republicans who have vowed to block any Obama nominee. Considered a moderate, Garland, 63, is currently chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
With presidential campaigning in full force, Jerry Falwell Jr., president of what heralds itself as the world’s largest Christian university, is defending and cozying up to the lead contender on the Republican ticket, recently recalling to the university newspaper how he and Trump watched an Elton John concert together on the billionaire’s private jet—a man whose sins he […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A second Supreme Court justice in Pennsylvania has resigned amid a massive porn email scandal that involves numerous government officials throughout the Commonwealth. Justice Michael Eakin, 67, stepped down from the bench on Tuesday following allegations that he had exchanged inappropriate emails with friends and attorneys. His lawyer, William Costopoulos, said during a […]
ZHEJIANG, China (China Aid) — As a result of an ongoing “beautification” campaign across China’s coastal Zhejiang province, four more church crosses were demolished by authorities on Thursday and Friday of last week. Dajing Christian Church and Bailuyu Christian Church both lost their crosses on Thursday evening, and two other crosses, those of Dongyu Church […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Senate has approved a bill authorizing the creation of an elective social studies course on the Bible in public schools. S.B. 278 directs the Kentucky Board of Education to “promulgate administrative regulations” for the course, which may include an elective study on the Hebrew Scriptures or the New Testament, or both. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Senators in Utah have approved a bill that would require abortionists in the state to give anesthesia to unborn babies so they cannot feel pain as they are murdered. “Let’s call it what it is: It is killing babies, and if we’re going to kill that baby, we ought to […]