Campaign Lets U.S. Believers Share Bibles With Developing Countries' Christians
December 28, 2006
- The executive director of a Michigan-based ministry is challenging Christians in the United States to try conducting one worship service without a Bible so they can better understand what believers in other nations must endure. He hopes this exercise will encourage many Christians to share an essential resource they may be taking for granted. Full Story...Equality Advocate Blasts Compromise Exempting Michigan Schools From Prop. 2
December 27, 2006
- The University of Michigan and other state universities are being allowed to continue with their gender-based and race-based admissions policies, despite a new state law banning certain types of affirmative action. Full Story...
Author/Evangelist Offers Help in Responding to Atheists, Evolutionists
December 27, 2006
- A well-known evangelist and Christian television show host is trying to equip believers to respond effectively to atheists. Full Story...
Attorney Regrets Georgia School Board's Decision to Settle With Darwinists
December 27, 2006
- A constitutional attorney is expressing disappointment over a Georgia school district's decision to drop its efforts to expose students to the debate surrounding Darwinian evolution. The Cobb County School Board has abandoned its fight for a warning sticker in its biology textbooks that called evolution "a theory, not a fact." Full Story...
Year In Review: Growing List Features Prominent Scientists That Disagree With Darwinism
December 27, 2006
- More than 500 scientists have signed a statement expressing their doubts about the credibility of Darwinian evolution. As signatories of "A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism," these scientists are expressing skepticism about claims of evidence for the theory of evolution. Full Story...
Year In Review: Publicity Making Ministry's Million-Dollar 'Bills' A-'tract'-ive
December 27, 2006
- A California-based ministry has sold more than half a million gospel tracts designed to look like a million-dollar bill after federal agents seized thousands of the tracts. The ministry where the tracts were seized is now saying it may be filing a federal lawsuit over the visit from Secret Service agents concerned about counterfeiting. Full Story...
Year In Review: Senators Deep-Six MPA -- For Now
December 27, 2006
- Supporters of the Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA) are not distraught over the fact that the U.S. Senate has rejected the call for a vote on the measure. Sixty votes were needed to have the measure come up for an up-or-down vote; the move came up 11 votes short. Full Story...
Year In Review: PTC's Study Finds Children's TV Content Disturbingly 'Mature'
December 27, 2006
- The Parents Television Council (PTC) has released a report on its first study of children's television, which -- according to the media watchdog group's research -- features even more violence than adult-oriented television. But the head of that pro-family group says that is not all that should concern parents about what their kids may be viewin... Full Story...
Ministry Leader Sees Public Schools Stepping Up Censorship of Pro-Life Viewpoint
December 26, 2006
- The head of a Christ-centered pro-life ministry that works with youth says public schools are becoming bolder in their efforts to censor pro-life students. Full Story...
Legal Groups Commend UGA's Decision to Recognize Christian Fraternity
December 26, 2006
- The University of Georgia (UGA) has reversed its decision and will now recognize Christian fraternity Beta Upsilon Chi, also known as "Brothers Under Christ," as a registered student group on that campus. The school originally refused recognition to the fraternity because it required members to share Christian beliefs. Full Story...
Judge Dismisses KS Attorney General's Charges Against Late-Term Abortionist
December 26, 2006
- The latest step in Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline's investigation of abortion doctor George Tiller and his clinic records has been thwarted by what some pro-lifers see as a political favor to the late-term abortionist from a county district attorney. Full Story...
Year In Review: Ethical Stem Cell Study May Pave Way for Brain Injury Cure
December 26, 2006
- A Texas children's hospital is working with the University of Texas' Medical School in a unique clinical trial using bone marrow stem cells to treat children's brain trauma. This trial, which does not involve ethically problematic and controversial embryonic stem cells, is the first to use stem cells in the treatment of traumatic brain injury, f... Full Story...
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