LifeWay Research Explores Why Former Churchgoers Stopped Going
October 23, 2006
- A new survey conducted by the research division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention looks at reasons why adults leave evangelical Christian churches. Full Story...Survey Finds Many U.S. High School Students Alarmingly Dishonest
October 23, 2006
- A new survey indicates a majority of American high school students have lied to a teacher or cheated on a test in the past year. And, according to the findings from the Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics, not only have 60 percent of high schoolers admitted to having cheated on a school test during the past 12 months, but 35 percent di... Full Story...
College Students Warned Against Courses That Subvert Family Values
October 23, 2006
- The author of a guide called All American Colleges: Top Schools for Conservatives, Old-Fashioned Liberals, and People of Faith (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006) says many of today's colleges and universities undermine what Christian parents are trying to teach their children. Full Story...
FRC: State Dept., White House Ignoring 'Spirit' of DOMA
October 23, 2006
- Inquiring conservative minds may have wanted to know what Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meant by a recent comment she made -- but few details are forthcoming from the White House. Full Story...
Missouri Voters Warned Against Deceptive 'Stem Cell' Amendment
October 23, 2006
- As voters in the "Show Me State" head to the polls in a few weeks, they will have a chance to vote on a ballot initiative known as Amendment 2 or the "Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative." However, a life sciences expert with the Washington, DC-based Family Research Council (FRC) is warning citizens that the proposal has nothing to ... Full Story...
Training Students to Rush a Gunman? Not a Good Idea, Says Safety Expert
October 20, 2006
- One of the nation's foremost experts on school security is criticizing a school district outside Ft. Worth, Texas, for teaching its students how to fight back against classroom intruders. Full Story...
Study Shows Doctors Affected by Euthanasia Practice
October 20, 2006
- A new study reported by the Physicians for Compassionate Care reveals severe effects on doctors who perform physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia. Full Story...
FCA Official: Facing the Giants' Message Resonates With Coaches, Players
October 20, 2006
- A chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is helping spark a spiritual revival among high school football teams throughout northern Mississippi, with the help of a faith-themed movie about a sports team that discovers the secret to winning on the field and winning in life. Full Story...
Israel's Tourism Industry Targets American Southerners, Christians
October 20, 2006
- An Israeli tourism official says a new office in Atlanta, Georgia, is designed to draw Christians from the Bible Belt and the rest of the southeastern United States for tours of Israel through one of America's busiest transportation hubs. Full Story...
NBC: Madonna's Concert 'Highlight' Finds the Cutting Floor
October 20, 2006
- A Mississippi-based pro-family group says three-quarters-of-a-million e-mail messages from its supporters to NBC must have gotten the message across, because the network has announced it is going to drop a controversial portion of an upcoming broadcast. Full Story...
Church Files Suit Claiming Pennsylvania City's Zoning Laws Discriminate
October 20, 2006
- Liberty Counsel, a pro-family legal organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, has asked a federal judge to stop a Pennsylvania city government from enforcing a "church-free zone," which the attorneys claim the city has effectively created through its unfair zoning practices. Full Story...
Pro-Marriage Message at Root of Employee's Dismissal
October 20, 2006
- A Virginia man has allegedly been fired from his job for supporting a state ballot initiative defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Full Story...
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