UNC-Chapel Hill Launches New Christianity and Culture Minor
September 15, 2005
Three years after being sued for requiring freshman students to read a book of excerpts from the Koran, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is now offering a minor in the study of Christianity and culture. But at least one UNC alumnus is skeptical about the school's decision. Full Story...'Under God' Undermined ... Again
September 15, 2005
One of the defendants in an atheist's lawsuit to have the Pledge of Allegiance removed from public school classrooms says it will immediately appeal a California judge's decision that recitation of the patriotic oath is unconstitutional. Full Story...
Attorney Sees Pattern in Pro-Homosexual Lawsuits Against Schools
September 15, 2005
A 17-year-old lesbian student in California has sued the Garden Grove Unified School District in Orange County, alleging she was unfairly disciplined for hugging and kissing her girlfriend on campus. But one pro-family attorney views the suit as an attempt at social engineering through student activism. Full Story...
President's Call for Remembrance of Storm Victims Spurs PPT's Online Prayer Rally
September 15, 2005
The Presidential Prayer Team (PPT), a grassroots prayer movement with more than two million members, is organizing a massive online Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi Gulf Coast region hurricane victims. The group is encouraging Christians everywhere to join in its "Virtual Prayer Rally," which is set to take ... Full Story...
Faith in Sudan -- Finding Grace to Help in Time of Need
September 15, 2005
Abraham Nhial was nine years old in 1987 when Sudan's Islamic government was using ground forces and air raids to ravage villages in southern Sudan. Adults and young children were mowed down indiscriminately. It is a war that continues today. Full Story...
'Influence of Faith' Enters Picture During Roberts' Confirmation Hearings
September 14, 2005
The man nominated to be America's next chief justice is getting high marks from conservative leaders who say he is remaining "dignified" in the face of questioning from liberal senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Full Story...
Boost Your Savings
September 14, 2005
Looking for ways to boost your savings? Here are three practical ways you can do that: change a habit, eliminate impulse purchases, and use automation to your advantage. Full Story...
Many Churches Find Theater Facilities Are Just the Ticket
September 14, 2005
The real estate boom of recent times has only helped to solidify a strategy for outreach that some of the largest churches across the U.S. have been using for years: using movie theater complexes for their weekly services and events. National Cinemedia, a marketing arm and programming company for the AMC Theater chain and Regal Entertainment Group,... Full Story...
Fast Food Campaigns Stir Controversy
September 14, 2005
Apparently Burger King thinks vulgarity sells hamburgers. At least that's the message that visitors to its "Coq Roq" website would assume. Full Story...
Media Watchdog Wants Judges Reined In With Term Limits
September 14, 2005
The head of an organization dedicated to curbing obscenity in the media says the U.S. Supreme Court has made rulings in recent years that have favored the "free speech" of smut merchants instead of enforcing laws designed to protect society from that material. Full Story...
Hospitality, Helping Hands, and Servant Hearts Needed in Hurricane Relief Effort
September 14, 2005
An attorney and author says Hurricane Katrina has given the church in America one of its greatest opportunities to practice the biblical model of hospitality. Full Story...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Expected to Turn Away Pro-Marriage Amendment
September 14, 2005
A Massachusetts pro-family activist says it's a foregone conclusion that state lawmakers will vote down a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex "marriage" but allow homosexual civil unions. Full Story...
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