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Bible on a school desk in a classroom. | Getty Images A group of church and state watchdog groups have filed a lawsuit against Oklahoma officials over the state’s approval of the creation of the nation’s first religious charter school. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Civil Liberties Union, Education Law […]
A city in Idaho will pay $300,000 in a settlement with Christians arrested in 2020 for singing hymns outside as part of a protest against COVID-19 restrictions. The settlement comes after Gabriel Rench and Sean and Rachel Bohnet filed lawsuits against the city of Moscow, Indiana and some city employees, saying the city violated their […]
Two Christian women in Egypt have been reported missing from an area of Cairo known for persecution incidents. Both women disappeared while traveling to or from church. Neither family has received adequate help from the police in locating them. Neveen Lamei, 24, went missing on June 17. “On Sunday morning, Neveen followed her usual routine,” […]
Three people were arrested in Moscow, Idaho, at a church-organized outdoor Psalm-singing event for not wearing masks outdoors in violation of the town’s masking orders. | KTVB/Screengrab In a legal resolution that echoes the tense confrontations over draconian restrictions on the faith community in parts of the United States during the COVID-19 lockdowns, a city […]
In the parable of the sower, Jesus illustrated how the seed of God’s Word flourishes or perishes depending on the kind of ground it falls on. Some seeds fell on a path, and birds ate them. Some fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings. “Other seeds,” said Jesus, “fell on rocky […]
In Meet Generation Z, I wrote that never before have we had so much access to information and so little wisdom. It would be difficult to forecast the many implications this will have on coming generations, but here is one dynamic that no longer needs imagining: The lost art of independent thinking. According to a […]
Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates yesterday to their highest level in twenty-two years. They also left the door open to further rate increases in the future. Since financial downturns typically occur when the Fed raises rates, everyone wants to know: Is a recession coming? Many economists have been predicting one over the past year. […]
Tommie Jackson, a pastor at Rehoboth Fellowship Church and Faith Tabernacle Church in Stamford, Conn., and an assistant director of the city’s Urban Redevelopment Commission died after he was hit while crossing the street by a vehicle being driven by a local police officer. | Screenshot/Facebook/Rehoboth Stamford A Connecticut community is grieving after Tommie Jackson, […]
Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx spoke publicly for the first time following his hospitalization for an unknown “medical complication” earlier this year. “First of all, I want to say thank you to everybody that’s prayed and sent me messages,” Foxx said in an Instagram video posted on Saturday. “I cannot even begin to tell you how far […]
I know what you’re thinking. A silly movie about a doll adding to something as important as the Church’s conversation about gender roles? Yep. Hear me out–or better yet, see it first and then read this article. Because this movie isn’t just a comedy about a girl’s plaything; it’s not just an homage to the […]