Contract’s ‘personal holiness’ clause at issue. LAFAYETTE — A judge awarded $51,000 this week to a woman who lost her teaching job at a Christian school after officials there accused her of not fulfilling a contractual obligation to make “personal holiness before the Lord a first concern.” Stephanie L. Beard, whose contract was terminated before [...]
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Mel Gibson has finally inked a distributor for “The Passion of Christ” Mel Gibson has signed a deal with Newmarket to handle U.S. distribution for his controversial movie about the death of Jesus, now newly titled “The Passion of Christ.” Gibson’s Icon Productions will retain all rights to “The Passion” while Newmarket will distribute the [...]
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Gay high schooler sues private Christian School. West Palm Beach-AP) — An 18-year-old student is suing a private Christian school, alleging he was expelled three days after he told a teacher he was gay. Jeffrey Woodard says a teacher pulled him out of Bible class at Jupiter Christian School in August and asked him in [...]
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Another lightining bolt strikes the set of Mel Gibson’s controversial film, “The Passion of Christ” The actor who plays Jesus in Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of Christ has escaped injury after being struck by lightning during filming. The incident, in which The Rock and The Count of Monte Cristo star Jim Caviezel did not [...]
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More commentary on Gen. Boykin’s comments about the war on terror. Washington — The Pentagon says it will not fire a top U.S. general who has been spreading the word that the Lord put President George W. Bush in the White House to lead the fight against terrorism, and that Muslims worship an idol, not [...]
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A new discovery that could change the concept of the everyday life of Jesus Christ. Elias Shama’s small souvenir shop in Nazareth, the town of Jesus’s childhood, barely catches the eye. Tourists usually pass by it on their way to the neighbouring Mary’s Well church, claimed by the Greek Orthodox church as the site where [...]
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Muslims seeking Christians for prayer in war torn land. KASHMIR — Trapped in a cycle of terror, the disputed territory of Kashmir between India and Pakistan is one of the most devastated places on earth. But in the midst of the hopelessness, a Christian revival is breaking out. At one time, the beautiful landscape of [...]
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Michael Franzese’s journey from being a crime lord to serving the Lord. A former Mafia boss chronicles his journey from mobster to Christian youth worker in a new book called Blood Covenant. The one-time captain in the Colombo crime family tells a chilling tale of survival and redemption.As a young man, Michael Franzese became aware [...]
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In Florida, the Disciples of Christ boycott Taco Bell. The vote by the 800,000-member denomination is aimed at increasing pressure on the fast food chain to force its tomato suppliers to negotiate increased wages and improved working conditions for their workers. The vote came on the final day of the Indianapolis-based church’s biannual General Assembly, [...]
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No longer having “fear of God” cited for heinousness in country. Secretary of the Lagos Baptist Conference Pastors Fellowship, Festus Olatunde, has appealed to politicians to see their positions as an opportunity to serve the people instead of enriching themselves. Olatunde, who made the appeal in Lagos while briefing newsmen on the activities lined up [...]
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Hospital officials deny reports of a “Bible Ban” “No such proposal has ever been discussed or considered,” said Toni MacDonald, the CHR’s director of Children, Outpatient and Community Services. “Members of the public have the expectation and the right to access the Bible and other religious materials when they are in hospital — this has [...]
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Religious conservatives in Congress defend a Pentagon general’s statement about the war on terror. In remarks some say were demeaning to Islam, Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin told church audiences his mission was “a battle with Satan.” The struggle, Boykin said, is “because we’re a Christian nation, because our foundation and our roots are Judeo-Christian [...]
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Henrietta Bowman submitted an article to the Sierra Times that is a worthy read. Here is a snippet of said article, see the Sierra Times for the full publication. It was Thomas Jefferson who said, “On every question of construction [of the Constitution] let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was [...]
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Bibles in bedside tables may become contraband at hospitals under a proposal from the Calgary Health Region. If the policy is approved, the Gideons International Bible, a bedside staple, will be removed from all hospital rooms in the city and all distribution and display of any printed religious materials in hospitals will be banned. The [...]
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An activist for China’s unofficial Christian church has been detained after investigating the destruction of churches by authorities in eastern China, human rights groups say. Liu Fenggang, 43, was detained on Oct. 13 in the city of Hangzhou while visiting with leaders of the destroyed churches who had just been released from almost two months [...]
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In Australia, a Christian group in under fire for possibly “inciting hatred against Muslims” The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has decided it can hear a complaint against a Christian group. The Islamic Council of Victoria has taken legal action against the Christian group Catch The Fires Ministry, accusing them of inciting hatred against Muslims. [...]
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A proposed law could mean that the Bible would be considered hate literature in Canada. Under the Canadian Parliament’s proposed law, Bill C-250, homosexuals are added to the list of protected classes in the “hate propaganda” sections of the country’s criminal code. Stan Kellner, director of church relations for the International Bible Society (ibs.org), feels [...]
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The age-old battle over the bible still rages on. What’s the most controversial book in public schools? If you guessed one of the Harry Potter series or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, you’re wrong. The correct answer: the Bible. J.K. Rowling and Mark Twain may appear on the annual “banned books” list published every fall [...]
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Christian churches want a special status in the Old City of Jerusalem. Although excluded from the formal Middle East Peace negotiations, Christian churches are lobbying for a special international status for the Old City of Jerusalem, according to the Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land, Fr Giovanni Battistelli. Speaking to The Sunday Times during a [...]
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Prayer at public meetings cannot include words that endorse a specific religion, such as “Christ” or “Jesus,” a federal judge has told a South Carolina town council. The ruling, now under appeal, could apply to all South Carolina governments if it is upheld. But Beaufort County Council Chairman Weston Newton said the council does not [...]
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