- 10/02/2011
U.K. Report: Christian, Non-Religious People Volunteer Level Same
A recent U.K. report is giving fuel to British humanists who point out that non-religious and Christian respondents have practically the same level of civic engagement and volunteering.
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10/01/2011Jury Convicts Oregon Faith Healers for 'Letting Baby Die'
Jurors in the latest Oregon City faith healing trial reached a guilty verdict this week against Dale and Shannon Hickman. The Hickmans will be sentenced for second-degree manslaughter in failing to seek medical treatment for their son who was born two months premature.
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10/01/2011Has Atheism Been Sold to America?
While religious leaders discuss signs of the times in biblical terms, atheism in America seems to be getting louder, with public campaigns, rallies, billboards, TV appearances and aerial banners, all aimed at gaining attention and drowning out the Christian message. Atheist summer camps now even exist for children.
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10/01/2011Supreme Court to Hear Case on Church Authority, Hiring Rights
One of the most important religious cases disputed in years, involving the separation of church and state, will soon come before the U.S. Supreme Court. The legal battle could change whether or not the federal government can dictate or interfere with church authority.
- 09/30/2011
Same-Sex Couples Doubled in Tennessee Over 10 Years, Census Finds
In Tennessee, the number of gay couples doubled in the space of a decade. Out of 10,898 self-reported same-sex couples in 2010, 1,959 identified themselves as married to their partner, and 1,968 families were raising children under age 18.
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09/29/2011Elaborate FBI Sting Nabs Lone Wolf Terrorist Attack on Washington
A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly masterminding a plot to hit the nation's capitol building with explosive-laden remote-controlled airplanes followed by a ground assault, the Department of Justice said.
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09/29/2011'God Makes Lemonade' Tells True Stories of Hope After Hardship
Publishing veteran Don Jacobson is the author of God Makes Lemonade: True Stories that Sweeten and Inspire that highlights true stories with that unexpected blessing of hope from God after a difficult trial.
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09/29/2011NASA Looking for Useful Smartphone Apps for Vast Data
NASA is kicking off the new International Space Apps Competition by asking scientists, engineers, and the every day person to develop apps for smartphones, computers and websites and use scientific data to study things like weather-related hazards, discovery of ocean-related hazards and other pressing issues.
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09/29/2011Teen Culture: Does It Include Prayer? Comments From See You at the Pole
Outside the front entrance of a Mississippi high school, near the flagpole, roughly 50 students were gathered to participate in the annual national See You at the Pole event. Since its beginning in 1990, See You at the Pole has been held every fourth Wednesday of September.
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09/27/2011Former Drug Addict Details Struggles in 'Against the Gates of Hell'
Mylow Young is an author who struggled with severe drug addiction for more than half of his life. He has written his debut novel, Against the Gates of Hell: A Crack House Exodus, that reveals an inside look at the internal and external struggles of twin brothers who find themselves in need of God’s grace, love and forgiveness and a second chance as they fight for their lives against the very gates of hell.
- 09/27/2011
Divorce Could Cause Hair Loss for Women, Study Says
Research teams at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine found that women who lost a partner through divorce or death were far more likely to have thinning hair than women who were happily married or single.
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09/25/2011Gerard Butler Shot in Head Twice on 'Machine Gun Preacher' Movie Set
While filming Machine Gun Preacher, Scottish actor Gerard Butler said he was hit in the head by two flying shells.
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09/25/2011Online Christian Dating Sites Becoming More Popular, Mainstream
Monthly page views for viral sites like Single Christian Network, Christiansingles.com, Catholic Mingle, Christian Connection, Big Church and a host of other networks for believers are hovering in the millions.
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09/24/2011Christian Medical Groups Weigh in on Mississippi Personhood Measure
A broad based group of pro-life leaders and organizations, who formed a coalition to help pass the Personhood Amendment, says it’s gaining significant political traction to give constitutional rights to zygotes, the earliest stages of the embryo.
Tags Abortion - 09/24/2011
Rescue Missions Fear Obama's Jobs Plan Will Affect Donation
A little-noticed provision in President Obama’s new $447 billion jobs bill seeks to limit tax deduction for charitable giving at 28 cents for every dollar donated, causing big waves along the front lines of those serving in rescue missions and crisis shelters across the country.
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