LONDON — A mother in the UK is expressing thankfulness that she refused to listen to doctors who advised her to obtain an abortion two years ago after asserting that her then unborn daughter was “incompatible with life.” Michelle Macaulay and her husband learned in late 2012 that they were pregnant with their second child. […]
NETANYA, Israel — A new website has been launched that shares the video testimonials of Jews in professional business who have all received Jesus as the Messiah. Launched by Eitan Bar, a Messianic Jew himself, IMetMessiah.com is an evangelistic effort to speak to Jews curious about Jesus. “As Jewish people, most of us grow up without […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Residents in Springfield, Missouri have voted to repeal a law that provided special protections to those who identify as homosexuals and transgenders as local pastors have spoken out on their concerns about the issue. The Springfield City Council had added the protections to the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance last fall, which allow for […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A Wisconsin man has been arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support for the barbaric Islamic group ISIS, joining nearly 20 other Americans who have been taken into custody on similar charges over the past year. Joshua Van Haften, 34, was arrested Wednesday night by the Federal Bureau of Investigations […]
TOPEKA, Kansas — The governor of Kansas has signed a bill into law that bans dilation and evacuation abortions, which involve dismembering babies during their removal from the womb, becoming the first state in the nation to prohibit the practice. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, a Roman Catholic, signed SB 95 into law on Tuesday, banning what is termed […]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (New York Post) — Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as clerics killed at least 24 people and wounded several others in an attack near a mosque in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, a military source and witness said on Monday. The attackers arrived in cars late Sunday and gathered people at a mosque in the […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Lawmakers in Arkansas have passed a proposal to place a Ten Commandments monument on the groups of the state capitol, sending the bill to Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson for signing. As previously reported, Sen. Jason Rapert (R-Bigelow) had proposed the monument, which will be overseen by the Secretary of State and funded […]
DUNCAN, Okla. – A national humanist organization has threatened to sue a school district in Oklahoma because an elementary school teacher offered Gideon New Testaments to her students. Erica Mackey is a third grade teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Duncan, Oklahoma. Last Thursday, Mackey reportedly announced to her students that she had several New […]
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Nearly twenty Iowa churches will work together this weekend to distribute Bibles to every home in their city—an effort that they say may be the first of its kind. First Baptist Church (FBC) of Marshalltown has announced that it, along with 17 other churches, will place 12,000 Bibles in 12,000 homes on Saturday, […]
DENVER — Officials in Colorado have ruled in favor of a baker who refused to decorate two Bible-shaped cakes that featured messages and images against homosexuality, finding that she did not discriminate against the Christian who placed the order. William Jack of Castle Rock visited Azucar Bakery in Denver last March, at which time he placed an order for […]