Posted on January 30th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Pro-family groups say to the FCC, clean up the indecency from our public airwaves by levying stiff fines and penalties to violators.
bq.. _(AgapePress) – Pro-family groups are calling the decision of the Federal Communications Commission to level heavy fines against major broadcasters who violate standards of decency a good beginning in the battle to clean [...]
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Filed under: Business
Posted on January 30th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
The expression “Have a safe and happy holiday, and God bless.” prior to the Christmas Holiday caused this student to be suspended from school. Now that suspension has been challenged and overturned.
bq.. _(AgapePress) – In Illinois, a high school senior who was suspended last month for ending his school newscast with “God bless” [...]
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Filed under: Church and State
Posted on January 30th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
ACLJ and Client Hope School Board Will Rescind Student’s One-Month Suspension. A suspension resulting from the student closing school’s broadcast with “Have a safe and happy holiday, and God bless.”
bq.. _(AgapePress) – A pro-family law firm is defending a Christian student who was kicked off his public school’s daily TV broadcast program for uttering [...]
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Filed under: Church and State
Posted on January 29th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Church officials argue that this is a method of abortion, not contraception. “Stopping an egg attach to the womb is clearly abortion. It kills a newly conceived human being, the most innocent of lives,” Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar, head of the Mexican Bishops Conference’s Family Committee said in his statement.
bq.. MEXICO CITY —Mexico’s Roman [...]
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Filed under: Marriage and Family
Posted on January 29th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
“Da Vinci Code”—this work of fiction has shaken the faith of many believers and non-believers alike. In an article at “Kansas.com(Kansas.com)”:http://, Daryl Schmidt, chairman of the Texas Christian University religion department, and Brett Younger, senior pastor of Fort Worth’s Broadway Baptist Church offer historical insight to separate fiction from truth.
The Eight Fictions:
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Filed under: Society and Culture
Posted on January 29th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
As British Columbia redefines the welfare system to shorten eligibility to only two years, Rev. Harold Munn and other clergy will sleep in the streets in protest of the government’s proposition.
bq.. VICTORIA (CP) – An Anglican church minister is vowing to sleep in the streets in protest and an anti-poverty group wants to draw national [...]
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Filed under: Law
Posted on January 29th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Pastor David Carson: “This is not art, it is filth and designed to cause lustful thoughts leading to promiscuity and a breakdown of morals.”
bq.. A RELIGIOUS group tried to persuade theatre goers to miss an “absolutely vile” show at a Chester theatre.
For the past two nights demonstrators from the Zion Tabernacle, Grosvenor Park Road, have [...]
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Filed under: Society and Culture
Posted on January 28th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Simply summarized, “Ultimately, achieving religious coexistence may require some creativity.”
bq.. Muslim-Christian tensions are softening in Sudan – which could set the tone for Africa.
KHARTOUM, SUDAN In a large, dusty courtyard in Sudan’s capital, exuberant shouts of “Yesu Chrisoo” ring out amid the rhythmic thumping of tribal drums. Two hundred Episcopalians have gathered under a [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on January 28th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
A pro-marriage pastor urging live-ins at his church to marry has had an over 70% success rate.
bq.. Week after week, as LeRoy Sullivan looked out from the pulpit of his church, the 200-member Bread of Life Outreach Ministry in Kansas City, Kan., the number of unmarried co-habiting couples, some with children, troubled him. Unable to [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on January 27th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Trying on sexual lifestyles like the latest fashions? Disregard for traditional sexual morality? Experimenting because they are frustrated with teenage boys? The bisexual teen fad is one that parents and guardians must address with their sons and daughters.
bq.. _”Move over, Ellen DeGeneres, and make way for the younger girls.” That’s the opening line [...]
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Filed under: Society and Culture
Posted on January 25th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Is it evangelism or is it blackmail? Mixed reactions abound with a Texas pastor’s tactics for inviting neighborhood visitors to church.
bq.. KENNEDALE, Texas — It’s 2:30 on a Thursday afternoon, and inside a windowless adult video store a dozen people are perusing XXX-rated movie titles. Pastor Jim Norwood surmises this because he has photographed [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on January 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
A depiction of the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.
The story opens in the Garden of Olives where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, the controversial Jesus-who has performed ‘miracles’ and has publicly announced that [...]
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Filed under: The Passion of the Christ, Ministries, Business
Posted on January 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Being too politically correct is not necessarily the best course of action.
bq.. Nine-year-old Samantha Wilson read her Bible during recess Friday but put it in her backpack for her bus ride home. [...]
Last week, a Laidlaw bus driver told Samantha not to read her Bible on his bus.
The bus driver, who since has been suspended [...]
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Filed under: Society and Culture
Posted on January 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
These are the stories you like to read about. Christian love in action.
bq.. KEWAUNEE Tears rolled down Cindy Krauses face Friday as she described her emotional pain at the sentencing hearing for the man convicted of killing her son, Jason Gretzon, in May 2002.
Kent, you have single-handedly taken away Jasons life, Krause said. [...]
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Filed under: By Example
Posted on January 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Congratulations to Yolanda Adams and husband, Tim Crawford, as they prepare for their second child.
NEW YORK - Yolanda Adams is two months pregnant with her second child, but the gospel singer isn’t slowing down.
Already the mother of a 3-year-old daughter, Adams is still on tour, she recently co-hosted gospel music’s 19th Annual Stellar Awards [...]
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Filed under: Music and Movies
Posted on January 23rd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
France is bubbling with controversy as plans to more aggressively remove all religion out of the schools are revealed.
bq.. PARIS —France’s fight to keep religion out of schools has entered new—and some say absurd—territory.
Teachers and some religious leaders fumed Wednesday over a government minister’s call to ban beards and bandannas from classrooms along with Islamic [...]
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Filed under: General
Posted on January 22nd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
An overwhelming amount of hate mixed with an intolerance of the sin/fault/choice of others does not make good evangelism.
bq.. LEBANON - The Kansas church that touts its Web site www.godhatesfags.com plans to bring its anti-gay chanting and poster waving back to the midstate, four months after its members introduced its brand of Christianity to Harrisburg.
This [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on January 22nd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
The ultimatum has been given to marriage commisions in British Columbia, perform gay unions or quit! Even though the same-sex marriages are not legally recognized at the time.
bq.. VANCOUVER - British Columbia has ordered the province’s marriage commissioners to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies or resign.
Opponents of same-sex marriage are upset with the decision, saying [...]
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Filed under: Society and Culture
Posted on January 22nd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Atheists in Utah are pushing for the recognition of a ten year old law that guarantees equal prayer opportunities for all faiths to pray at city council meetings.
bq.. A local atheist organization says there’s been a lot of foot-dragging by Utah’s smaller cities when it comes to changing the way prayer is given at council [...]
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Filed under: Church and State
Posted on January 22nd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
A relatively unpublicized, quiet removal of the Ten Commandments, very little global media coverage on this incident. That secrecy draws the attention of the local residents.
bq.. BOISE - On Wednesday, city workers helped the Eagles Lodge on Overland Road prepare to receive the Ten Commandments monument when it is removed from Julia Davis Park.
But [...]
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