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Oregon Teens Suspended for Wearing Crucifixes

posted by akornfeld

Associated Press Albany, Ore. – A pair of Albany teenagers suspended for “gang-related behavior” because they were wearing crucifixes say they were only wearing gifts from their mothers. Jaime Salazar, 14, and his friend Marco Castro, 16, were suspended from [...]

Obama Fights False Links to Islam, Denounces Views of Farrakhan

posted by akornfeld

Associated Press Washington – For Barack Obama, it is an ember that he has doused time and again, only to see it flicker anew: links to Islam fanned by false rumors, innuendo and association. The Democratic presidential front-runner and his [...]

Report: Railway Hasn’t Helped Tibetans

posted by nsymmonds

Associated Press – February 27, 2008 BEIJING – China’s railway to Tibet is allowing the government to exploit the region’s natural resources while threatening its Buddhist culture and traditional way of life, an activist group said Thursday. The Washington-based International [...]

Thousands Protest Cartoon of Muhammad

posted by nsymmonds

Associated Press – February 27, 2008 KHARTOUM, Sudan – President Omar al-Bashir vowed on Wednesday to ban Danes from Sudan and called on the Muslim world to boycott Denmark as tens of thousands of Sudanese chanted slogans denouncing the country [...]

Previous Posts

Understanding Christian Political Engagement
Guest Blogger: Bethany Blankley Pastor Charles Worley of Maiden, North Carolina created a firestorm among Christians and non-Christians when he suggested that homosexuals be rounded up and put inside electrical fences, left to die. Obviously, this is not the Christian message of loving our neighb

posted 10:10:12am May. 24, 2012 | read full post »

Why would "anti-bullying" youth convention speaker mock the Bible, Christian teens?
The report is difficult to believe: A paid “anti-bullying” expert is caught on video ranting at a national convention of high schoolers and is recorded bullying the Christian kids who were offended by his obscenities. They quietly follow his advice to homosexual youth in his “It Gets Better Pr

posted 10:54:19am May. 18, 2012 | read full post »

Are Americans finding God in cyberspace?
Will the church of the future be on line? We seem to be heading that way, says think-tank president Ron Sellers who points to recent findings that among American adults who use the Internet, 44 percent use it for religious purposes.  "This is particularly common among younger Americans," say

posted 1:14:32pm May. 17, 2012 | read full post »

Are "unacceptable religions" fatal for U.S. presidential candidates?
Is there an unwritten religious litmus test for the U.S. presidency? Do voters require candidates to be "not just religious, but acceptably religious"? Yes, say Northwest Nazarene University professors Steve Shaw and Darrin Grinder. [caption id="attachment_11319" align="alignleft" width="480" cap

posted 12:56:17pm May. 14, 2012 | read full post »

U.S. Marine dies after rescuing ORU trustee's daughter from deadly air crash
The daughter of an Oral Roberts University trustee was pulled from the wreckage of a crashed small aircraft by a former U.S. Marine sergeant severely injured in the crash, who then helped her wave down help along a highway. Three were killed in the crash, and former U.S. Marines Sgt. Austi

posted 1:39:20am May. 13, 2012 | read full post »


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