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President Biden on Tuesday cited the world’s religions in criticizing the leaked Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, saying the ability to “abort a child” should be protected. Biden’s comments came the day after Politico posted a first draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn two precedents: Roe v. Wade and the […]
JUBA, South Sudan, May 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A couple in Sudan could be punished with 100 lashes after being charged with “adultery” because a sharia (Islamic law) court annulled their marriage due to the husband’s conversion to Christianity, their attorney said. Hamouda Tia Kafi, 34, and Nada Hamad Shukralah, 25, of Al […]
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 2, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Terrorism by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stretched into Taraba state, Nigeria for the first time on April 19, killing six Christians, sources said. After an explosion killed the six Christians and wounded more than a dozen others at Christian-owned market where alcohol was […]
Teens are not all right, and there’s an underlying cause—the loss of meaning. At a recent gathering, Dr. Ryan M. Burkhart, Associate Dean of the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Colorado Christian University, noted that he and other counselors are seeing “treatment-resistant depression and anxiety.” These counselors are seeing […]
Elon Musk has been called “America’s most powerful man.” The world’s richest person, he runs Tesla, the world’s most valuable car company, as well as a rocket maker, a tunnel-digging firm, and a brain-tech company. Now he has purchased Twitter for $44 billion. After the announcement, Musk said, “Free speech is the bedrock of […]
According to Theodoret of Cyrrhus, on January 1, A.D. 404, an ascetic monk named Telemachus jumped to the floor of the arena during a gladiatorial match, and begged the competitors to stop. The crowd was so angry at the interruption that they stoned him to death. When Christian Emperor Honorius heard about Telemachus’ act […]
“Let’s consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds, not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near,” Paul tells us in Hebrews 10:24-25. An essential part of our walk in faith is gathering […]
Is there hope for Hong Kong? That’s the question the city’s citizens, including nearly 1 million Protestant and Catholic Christians, are being forced to ask daily. Under more than 150 years of British rule, Hong Kong established itself as a bridge from East to West, and an economic powerhouse that protected the basic […]
South Carolina’s governor on Tuesday signed a bill into law that labels churches and religious organizations an “essential service” during emergencies and, essentially, prohibits the government from closing them. The goal of the new law, signed by Gov. Henry McMaster, is to prevent the state from ordering churches to close during an emergency like COVID-19 […]
According to CBN News, the Somerville, Massachusetts school committee members originally rejected the school’s application in 2021 because school board members were opposed to the church’s beliefs. The church, Vida Real Church, is a largely Hispanic immigrant church in the Boston area. But attorneys with the First Liberty Institute and the Massachusetts Family Institute called […]