In the grief and shock following the grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold that proved deadly, one protester remarked, “We have to make a change because they’re killing us off.” Without a doubt, there is a war on black America. The question is: Who is really […]
“African-American brothers and sisters, especially brothers, in this country are more likely to be arrested, more likely to be executed, more likely to be killed.” It’s the kind of statement that’s often cited by black clergy and civil rights activists. But hours after a grand jury on Wednesday (Dec. 3) chose not to indict the
A court in Maine has ordered the Orono School District to pay $75,000 to a homosexual-advocacy group and allow self-identified “transgender” students to use the bathrooms of the opposite sex, ending a nearly seven-year legal battle that began after school officials tried to safely accommodate a boy living as a girl who was bullied in
If you think Christmas isn’t what it used to be, oh, dear ones, you have no idea. Satanists are being given display space in the Capitol building of Florida during this most holy season. The Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reports that the Satanic Temple will be allowed to join several other holiday displays in the Florida Capitol this
A call to open the next coronation ceremony with a reading from the Quran has been criticized by The Christian Institute. Simon Calvert, Deputy Director (Public Affairs) at the Institute, said that Christians will be “disappointed” by the idea. The suggestion was put forward in the House of Lords last week by the former Bishop
Thousands celebrated Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife, Ruth, two influential leaders in Christianity being laid to rest Thursday in a state-recognized funeral in the Bahamas. The funeral came nearly a month after the couple died in a plane crash along with eight others from their church Bahamas Faith Ministries. Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie
At least 100,000 Christians fled the Plain of Nineveh last summer. The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group has since invaded northern Iraq and occupies both the churches and homes of Christians. Only the Kurdish autonomous region is still a safe area for Christians and other minorities. Matthea Vrij, a Dutch reporter, went to look for
This week, the D.C. City Council trampled on the religious liberty of Christians in Washington, D.C. The council repealed an exemption in the Human Rights Act that allowed private religious schools to practice their faith pertaining to human sexuality. Additionally, the council banned sexual-orientation change efforts (SOCE), violating the fundamental rights of counselors,
Three women on Wednesday came together and detailed allegations that comedian Bill Cosby sexually abused and groped them decades ago, a day after Cosby was sued by a woman who said he molested her when she was a teenager in 1974. More than a dozen women have publicly accused the comedian of sexual abuse
A grand jury decision not to indict a New York policeman over a fatal chokehold underscores how difficult it is to charge an officer in the United States, even when the tactic appears to contradict police department policy and is caught on video. Although Wednesday’s decision caught some Americans by surprise, indictments of police
“Christian unity” is one of those terms that stir up a whole spectrum of—sometimes emotional—opinions. On the one hand, we know that Jesus prayed to the Father concerning future believers “that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you” (John 17:21a, NIV). On the other
A respected news-media source wouldn’t really pull the plug on someone for saying simply, “Christ died for our sins.” Would they? That’s one way to interpret what happened when NFL player Benjamin Watson was on CNN talking about his popular Facebook post regarding his reaction to the Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson.
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