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Christian leader Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Seattle, Wash., continues to not shy away from hot-button topics by recently naming the six ways in which the Bible shows that sex is a gift from God.

Driscoll, who along with his wife, Grace, have been on tour across the U.S. talking about their recently released book, Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together, published a blog post and video clip on Tuesday about his most recent discussion on sex from a biblical standpoint.

The book addresses issues that both Christians in general and pastors specifically are often hesitant to openly discuss - and his recent post does the same. more >>

An Alabama Rep. introduced a bill Friday to allow churches and ministries to hold off-campus religion classes for public school students. He said the request for the measure came from a former school teacher in his district who was fired for reading the Bible and teaching creationism.

Republican Rep. Blaine Galliher from Rainbow City sponsored the bill at the request of Joseph Kennedy, an 84-year-old member of his district, who was terminated in 1980 for reading the Bible and teaching creationism at Spring Garden Elementary School, al.com reported Friday.

Rep. Galliher, a member of Chandler Mountain Baptist Church, said similar legislation had been adopted in several states, including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Idaho. "It's already been litigated all the way through the court system, so it's constitutional," said Galliher, chairman of the agenda-setting House Rules Committee. more >>

The last piece of land needed for a multi-year project to build a full-scale Noah's Ark on an 800-acre site in Williamstown, Ky., has been purchased by a group of developers led by Answers in Genesis, the biblical apologetics ministry announced Wednesday.

Despite tough economic times, project leaders are hoping to offset costs by building the "Ark Encounter" attraction in multiple phases over many years, and opening the Ark and other supporting elements during phase one.

Answers in Genesis (AiG), which also oversees the Creation Museum in Petersburg, had previously delayed ground-breaking for the estimated $24.5 million project after funds had only reached $4.4 million. more >>

The Alliance Defense Fund is filing suit on behalf of a Missouri student whose pro-life posters were taken down at school while other posters including ones with graphic depictions of zombies were allowed to remain.

Officials at Dixon High School in Dixon, Mo., took down posters advertising the "Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity," claiming that they were offensive to some at the school.

This prompted the ADF to file suit on Tuesday on behalf of the student behind the posters. more >>

An archaeological find by a British excavation team this past weekend might have located the source of wealth for a biblical monarch.

Archaeologist and former British Museum curator Louise Schofield purports to have found a gold mine in northern Ethiopia that would have been the source of wealth for the Queen of Sheba.

Part of the find included a stone slab bearing a sun and crescent moon carving. Other carved items included the Sabaean language, which was the language of the Sheba Kingdom. more >>

Recently, Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos' "message" on "nondiscrimination" announced the end of any meaningful religious freedom at Vanderbilt. Now, religious student organizations must accept any student – no matter how hostile to the organization's beliefs – as a member, and allow any student to seek leadership positions.

However, this new policy ignores recent history, the three values that Chancellor Zeppos invokes to support it, and the chaos it will create on campus.

Supposedly underlying the new policy is Vanderbilt's "foundational belief" that "discrimination is wrong." Yet the Chancellor fails to mention that this "foundational belief" never required the policy he now imposes. more >>