Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia—the world’s largest Christian university–announced recently that they have formed a committee to investigate the background of their seminary president Ergun Caner, the Washington Post reported.

Liberty University is investigating its seminary president, Ergun Caner over allegations that he's not the ex-Muslim he passed himself off to be.

The investigating committee will be headed by Liberty university administrator Ron Godwin.

Findings will be released by June 30.  Ergun Caner distinguished himself as a Muslim expert and is a popular speaker in the university lecture circuit.  Read more... (646 words, 2 images, estimated 2:35 mins reading time)

Political conservative pundit S.E. Cupp’s newest book, “Losing Our Religion:  The Liberal Media’s Attack on Christianity” has further polarized conservative and liberal media, even as its title and subject matter drew claims of irony.

Cupp’s book polarizes conservatives, liberals, raises claims of irony

Newsweek, which reviewed Cupp’s book, extensively quoted her and indicated page numbers; said it was melodramatic, patronizing to her readers, and inspired fear mongering.

Newsweek also denied that they are a mainstream publication, and said they are not attacking Christians or even religious freedom.  Read more... (484 words, 2 images, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Persecution, conversion and healing continue in Israel, even as some dwell on the possibility that Jesus may eventually come to be a uniting force for peace in the Promised Land.

Persecution of the Levin family began when they held prayer meetings in the house they were renting.  The landlord filed charges to oust them, but the Levins stayed, confident the law is on their side.

Still, neighbors isolated them.  Sugar was placed in the tank of their minivan and eventually both of the Levin’s vehicles were burned, according to The Christian Telegraph.  Read more... (356 words, 1 image, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

The most populous Islamic nation in the world is experiencing a heavy outpouring of Christianity, TIME magazine noted in latest issue.

Indonesia has some 215 million Islamic believers.  However, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Christianity is Indonesia’s second largest faith and it is growing dramatically in recent years despite outpourings of violence.  In all of Asia, Christianity has some 350 million believers.

Most of the conversions in Indonesia are Pentecostal and Evangelical.  Pentecostalism is considered by many to be the fastest growing faith in the world in terms of conversions (as opposed to births).  It is estimated that by 2050 most Christians will be living in developing nations.  Read more... (437 words, 1 image, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Warsaw (ENI). Almost two-thirds of Europeans think Christian values are still relevant to contemporary life and are ready to acknowledge the Church’s efforts to promote them, a recent survey carried out for La Croix daily newspaper has found.

“Whether rooted in Christianity or not, Europeans recognise a privileged place for this religion in its Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox forms,” France’s Roman Catholic-linked newspaper commented on 1 April.

“Yet while two-thirds think Christianity’s message is still up-to-date, this isn’t the case for the other third. So, Christianity remains an element marking the religious culture of the Old Continent, but no longer claims exclusivity,” the newspaper noted.  Read more... (527 words, 1 image, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

A recent study by the Barna Group indicated that the majority of the unchurched in America are conservative, white, female Baby Boomers.

The same study indicated that nearly two-thirds of the unchurched, or some 65 million adults, have not gone to service in the last six months.

A recent study by the Barna Group indicated that the majority of the unchurched in America are conservative, white, female Baby Boomers.

An article from the Associated Baptist Press said that the population of unchurched adults who have not gone to service in the last six months, combined with children under 18 who may be living with them would equal some 100 million, or a population equivalent to “the 12th most populous nation on Earth.”  Read more... (400 words, 2 images, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

The Jewish holiday of Passover for 2010 begins at sundown on Monday and lasts the next seven days. It is the celebration of the Israelites coming out of slavery in Egypt.

A properly set Passover Seder table. The Haggadah book is in foreground.

The biblical event takes place in Exodus 10 through 13 in the Old Testament.

God instructed the Jewish people to mark their doorposts with lamb’s blood so He would “pass over” them when slaying the first born of Egypt (the last of the “10 Plagues” causing Pharoah to release them from bondage).  Read more... (690 words, 2 images, estimated 2:46 mins reading time)

Why would a loving God allow me to suffer like this?

If we were all completely and utterly honest, the majority of us would admit that, at some point in our lives, we have posed the question “Why would a loving God allow people to suffer?” It is a completely valid question.

Even the wisest and most spiritual of saints continue to grapple with this complex reality of the world in which we live. Why does God allow bad things to happen to genuinely good people? Why do Christians suffer from pains that seem so pointless?  Read more... (831 words, 2 images, estimated 3:19 mins reading time)

From the Associated Press:

NEW YORK — These are boom times for conservative authors.

Michelle Malkin’s "Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies" spent weeks at No. 1 on The New York Times nonfiction list. Sales have been strong for Dick Morris’ anti-Obama "Catastrophe" and the reissue of "The Five Thousand Year Leap," by W. Cleon Skousen.

And Sarah Palin may top them all.  Read more... (235 words, 2 images, estimated 56 secs reading time)

Amrit Vani cd cover

Since 2000, Aradhna has set out to create authentic Indian worship music.

By blending Indian bhajans (spirituals) with Biblical subject-matter, band members Chris Hale (lead vocals, sitar), Peter Hicks (acoustic guitar, sitar, English vocals), Fiona Hicks (Hindustani violin) and Travis Macafee (bass), have proven that good Christian music is not an oxymoron.

Amrit Vani (Immortal World) is the band’s latest release.

While listening, you can almost smell of Tibetan juniper incense, frying spices and rain-drenched soil wafting through the air as you lift up fragrant praise offerings to the Most High God.  Read more... (606 words, 6 images, estimated 2:25 mins reading time)