Archive for May, 2013
Christian Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ in Pakistan Denied Bail
A judge has denied bail to a young Christian man charged with desecrating the Quran under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws despite the lack of evidence against him, sources said. Police in Shahdara, near Lahore, had arre...
Commentary and News
Catholics rally against Obama contraception mandate
From Maine to Arizona to southern Louisiana, Catholic churches across the country echoed with scorn for a new federal rule requiring faith-based employers to include birth control and other reproductive services in their health...
News
Woman charged with embezzling $1 million from NY archdiocese
A 67-year-old woman with a criminal record for theft has been charged with siphoning $1 million in donations while working in a finance office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, church officials announced Monday (Ja...
Commentary and News
In Cleveland, a battle over unwanted churches
The Euclid Avenue Church of God and the former Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration sit empty on this city’s former Millionaires’ Row, remnants of a heyday when mansions marched east from downtown. Their congrega...
Commentary
The end of ‘compassionate conservatism’?
The Republican presidential candidates competing for the affections of Florida voters have plenty of labels with which to tar each other: Influence peddler. Failed politician. Cayman Islands account holder. Aspiring polygamist....
Commentary
Gingrich, Santorum’s racist remarks against African-Americans show spiritual defect
“Black people are so lazy. They need to get off the welfare and food stamps and get jobs.” Though that sounds like something Archie Bunker would’ve said back in the day, it’s actually the kind of stuff Gingrich people are accus...
Features
Praying for New Orleans, one block at a time
Millie Campbell slipped the transmission into reverse and backed her blue Chevrolet away from her spotless brick home. “Oh God,” she said, “we thank you for the blood of Jesus.” Then the 76-year-old cran...
Commentary and News
Court says student’s faith may have led to expulsion
A counseling student who declined to advise a gay client might have been expelled from her university because of her faith, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday (Jan. 27). Citing her evangelical Christian religion, Julea War...
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: Step into the Water
I met Candice on a Florida sidewalk while walking to the beach. She was a young, blonde, attractive woman, and she was hovering close behind me as if she had something to say. She had something to say alright – I haven’t been t...
Apologetics
Question of the week: Is predestination Biblical?
Question: “What is predestination? Is predestination biblical?” Answer: Romans 8:29-30 tells us, “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn...