Jeff Schapiro

Christian Post Reporter

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  • UK Church Bans Yoga Class, Cites Exercise's Hindu Roots

    UK Church Bans Yoga Class, Cites Exercise's Hindu Roots

    A Catholic priest has banned a yoga class from taking place in his in Southampton, England, church hall because of the practice's Hindu roots.

  • Catholic League Plans Protest of 'Piss Christ' Exhibit

    The president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights says his organization will protest a photography exhibit at a New York City art gallery on Thursday because of a photograph that will be on display which shows a crucifix submerged in a jar of the artist's urine.

  • NJ Megachurch Pastor: America Is Not a Christian Nation

    NJ Megachurch Pastor: America Is Not a Christian Nation

    Tim Lucas, lead pastor of Liquid Church in New Jersey, told his congregation on Sunday that, contrary to the popular opinion within some Christian circles, the United States is not a Christian nation, and the majority of the people in his congregation seem to agree with him.

  • Judge Temporarily Allows High School Cheerleaders to Use Bible Banners

    On Thursday, a judge in Hardin County, Texas, placed a temporary restraining order on the Kountze Independent School District after the district banned the school's cheerleaders from making banners with Bible verses on them for the football team to run through before games.

  • Texas School Bans Use of Bible Run-Through Banners at Football Games

    Texas School Bans Use of Bible Run-Through Banners at Football Games

    A high school football team in Texas will no longer run through paper banners that reference the Bible as they take the field after the school district's superintendent banned the use of religious messages on the banners. The school had received a complaint from a national atheist organization.

  • Book Takes New Look at CS Lewis' Views on Science, Evolution

    Famed Christian author C.S. Lewis is widely believed to have been either indifferent to or supportive of modern evolutionary theory, but a new book released Tuesday challenges that notion using evidence from little-known personal notes written by Lewis.

  • Megachurch Pastor Dino Rizzo Resigns From Healing Place Church

    Dino Rizzo, lead pastor of Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, La., told his congregation Sunday morning that he and his wife, DeLynn, were resigning from their positions as pastors of the church.

  • NJ Church Kicks Off Series on Politics Featuring Live Polling

    A New Jersey pastor challenged his congregation to consider "the politics of Jesus" above both Democratic and Republican views on Sunday during a new sermon series in which his congregation will be able to participate in live polling with real-time results during services.

  • Alleged Anti-Muslim Filmmaker Attends Coptic Churches in Calif.

    The Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los Angeles is condemning an anti-Muslim film that has enraged the Arab world and may have been created by a man who occasionally attends churches within the diocese.

  • Terry Jones Asked by Pentagon to Stop Support of Anti-Islam Film

    Terry Jones, a controversial Florida pastor who is known for his anti-Islam demonstrations, was contacted by the Pentagon on Wednesday and was asked to stop supporting "Innocence of Muslims," an anti-Islam film that may have played a role in triggering recent attacks on American embassies in both Egypt and Libya.