UW-Eau Claire Faces Lawsuit Over School's RA-Led Bible Study Ban
December 5, 2005
- The University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire is being sued over its ban on resident assistants (RAs) leading Bible studies in their dorm rooms -- a ban the school suspended one hour after a senior RA filed a federal lawsuit alleging UW had violated his free speech, freedom of association, equal access, religious freedom and due process rights. Full Story...ADF Battles Georgia County's 'Christmas' Ban in Schools
December 5, 2005
- A Christian attorney says he's fighting the censorship of Christmas in a Georgia school district where teachers are prohibited from wearing clothing with any sort of religious connotation -- and are under instruction not to have "Christmas" parties in the classroom, but to refer them as "winter" parties. Full Story...
Study Links Teen Depression with Sexual Experimentation, Drug Use
December 5, 2005
- A prominent mental health counselor says depression may be the new sexually transmitted disease. He points to a new study that finds sexual experimentation and drug use often precede adolescent depression. Full Story...
Geron's Intention to Start ESC Tests on Humans Raises Concerns
December 5, 2005
- A California research company has recently announced plans to move from working with animal embryonic stem cells to tests on human embryonic stem cells. However, medical ethics advocates and other critics of the plan say that company is moving too fast. Full Story...
Law Firm Helps Michigan Family Win Fight Over Yard Nativity Scene
December 5, 2005
- A Michigan family threatened by the company that manages their housing subdivision with hundreds of dollars in fines for placing a Nativity scene in their yard will be allowed to keep the holiday display after all. Full Story...
Photojournalist Learns from Liberian's Answered, Faithful Prayers
December 5, 2005
- Joseph Jones is 32 years old. His has not been an easy life. Full Story...
This Lion Will Roar
December 5, 2005
- After nearly 13 years in the making, one of the most beloved pieces of children's literature comes to life using technology unimaginable by its author when first published in 1950. Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media bring C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to the big screen later this week, opening on F... Full Story...
Saddleback Hosts Conference Urging Church to Address AIDS Crisis
December 2, 2005
- The "Disturbing Voices Conference," an event focusing on the Church's response to AIDS, wrapped up this week at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. The gathering brought together 52 experts from government, health, and ministry organizations to conduct general sessions and workshops providing a look at how the Church can mobilize to ta... Full Story...
Pro-Marriage Advocates Victims of Systematic Harassment, Says Mass. Group
December 2, 2005
- A volunteer for a Christian activist group in Massachusetts is accusing militant homosexuals of breaking into her house and stealing and then using her credit cards. Full Story...
Lawmaker Wants to Know KU's Intentions Behind Controversial 'Religion' Course
December 2, 2005
- The University of Kansas has withdrawn a controversial religion course that was intended to teach students that intelligent design and creationism are mythologies. Full Story...
Longing for Narnia: Why We Yearn for the Good End
December 2, 2005
- The house is old and full of mystery. Wooden stairways rise, beckoning exploration. Against a wall in an abandoned room stands a curiously carved wardrobe. The door cracks open and from the interior issues a blinding white light. And somewhere deep inside you something stirs. Full Story...
Pro-Israel Advocate Highlights Growing Anti-Semitism at U.S. Schools
December 2, 2005
- A pro-Israel advocate is warning of an intensifying anti-Semitic climate on university campuses in the United States. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recently heard testimony from Jewish groups troubled that tax dollars are being used to fund university Middle East studies programs that have a radical outlook on the U.S. and Israel. Full Story...
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