Book Describes Insights from Christian's Journey Into Homeless America
December 7, 2005
- A Christian author and speaker who spent five months living on the streets as a homeless person says Christians in the United States often shun those in their midst who are living in desperate conditions. In his book, Under the Overpass, Mike Yankoski recounts his journey to the margins of society and what it revealed about the Church in America... Full Story...Religious Freedom for Christians in France Up in the Air, Says Observer
December 7, 2005
- A Messianic Jewish leader believes the political winds in France could go either way when it comes to religious freedom for Christians. The Jewish evangelist thinks the tide has changed somewhat. Full Story...
Pro-Family Pressure Prompts Retailers to Reconsider PC 'Holiday' Policies
December 7, 2005
- Target department stores appear to be backing off a ban on using "Merry Christmas" in their advertising campaigns. According to the New York Times, a Target spokesperson said the retail chain did not intend to ban the use of the traditional greeting and might use it in ads later this year. Full Story...
Donor Network Right to Refuse Organs from Homosexual, Says Christian Doc
December 7, 2005
- Friends and family of a Tucson man are crying discrimination after the homosexual man's organs were rejected by the Donor Network of Arizona. However, a Kansas surgeon who works in organ transplantation says the decision was a good one. Full Story...
Catholic Teacher Single, Pregnant -- and Now Unemployed
December 7, 2005
- A Catholic school teacher in New York who was fired for becoming pregnant while unmarried is contesting her termination. Full Story...
Hindu Attacks Fail to Stop Christian Ministry Conference in India
December 6, 2005
- Despite threats of violence from militant Hindus, more than a thousand Christian pastors met recently in India for Hopegivers International's fall convention, which took place in late October in Kota, India. Full Story...
Criticism Leveled at Indiana Judge's 'Prayer Directive'
December 6, 2005
- The Indiana Civil Liberties Union has prevailed in its effort to censor from the state legislature prayers mentioning Jesus' name . Full Story...
Canadian Activist Sees Opportunity for Marriage Traditionalists in Upcoming Election
December 6, 2005
- The head of a Canadian pro-family organization says conservative Canadians will be energized now that Conservative leader Stephen Harper has pledged to reopen the debate on same-sex "marriage" in their country. Full Story...
Bay State ECUSA Bishop Draws Conservative Anglican Condemnation
December 6, 2005
- A conservative Anglican theologian is denouncing the Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts, Bishop Thomas Shaw, for presiding over a so-called "nuptial mass" for a homosexual couple immediately after their "wedding." Shaw recently celebrated the Eucharist, the Episcopal rite of Holy Communion, at the same-sex wedding of two men who, reportedly, had ... Full Story...
The Filmmaker Who Never Went to Movies
December 6, 2005
- The man inspired to make the new film Beyond the Spear --about five missionaries slain in Ecuador in the 50s -- never set foot in a movie theater until a few years ago. Full Story...
Fund Created for Ex-Employee Who Openly Opposed Homosexual 'Marriage'
December 6, 2005
- A Chicago area-based charity group is coming to the aid of a Christian man who says he was fired from his job as a manager with Allstate Insurance Company's Corporate Security Division in Northbrook, Illinois, allegedly for writing a column expressing opposition to homosexual "marriage." Full Story...
What Truth Is Truth ... and Why It Matters
December 6, 2005
- Anyone who has ever used the term "worldview" should tip their hat to the late Francis Schaeffer, the Presbyterian minister who in 1955 founded L'Abri Fellowship in Switzerland. Schaeffer popularized the term in writings and in conversation with those who came to his chalet looking for answers to the big questions of life. Full Story...
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