Posted on April 29th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Survey results from Pew Internet & American Life Project : Majority of American web surfers have looked to the internet to satisfy a spritual or religious need.
Summary of Findings:
bq.. 64% of the nations 128 million Internet users have done things online that relate to religious or spiritual matters.
Those who use the Internet for religious [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Christian World News reports on the recent results of prayer in Mongolia.
bq.. CWNews.org – The Mongolian church is young but growing fast since the fall of communism 14 years ago, according to a new report by The Sentinel Group. An explosion of people who have become Christians has pushed the number from 20,000 last year [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on April 29th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Nebraska School Activities Association instructing private Christian schools not to begin sports events with prayer. Warns of penalties for those who do not comply.
bq.. (AgapePress) – Events sponsored by the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) should not begin with prayer—even if they take place at private Christian schools. That’s what the Association is telling [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
National Day of Prayer is May 6, 2004
bq.. Because of the faith of many of our founding fathers, public prayer and national days of prayer have a long-standing and significant history in American tradition. The Supreme Court affirmed the right of state legislatures to open their sessions with prayer in Marsh vs. Chambers (1983).
The [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on April 28th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
The Dove Awards 2004—Recipients for the GMA’s 35th Annual Music Awards
Song of the Year
“Word of God Speak”; Pete Kipley, Bart Millard; Wordspring Music/Songs from the Indigo Room (SESAC), Simpleville Music (ASCAP)
Songwriter of the Year
Mark Hall
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jeremy Camp
Female Vocalist of the Year
Stacie Orrico
Group of the Year
MercyMe
Artist of the Year
MercyMe
New Artist of the Year
Jeremy [...]
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Filed under: Music and Movies
Posted on April 26th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
A schoolboy’s drawings alarms his art teacher, the school officials, the police, and the Secret Service.
bq.. PROSSER, Wash.—One drawing showed President Bush’s head on a stick. Another depicted Bush as a devil launching a missile.
The drawings by a 15-year-old boy in Prosser, Washington, were enough to prompt some questions from the Secret [...]
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Posted on April 26th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
The superintendent of the VMI tried to get the High Court to revisit its decision on not allowing prayer before supper at the military institute, however, the court refused to the appeal.
bq.. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court let stand on Monday a ruling that reading a prayer before supper to Virginia Military [...]
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Filed under: Church and State
Posted on April 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
NASA states that up to 73 of the coffin photos of American dead posted at www.thememoryhole.org are from the space shuttle Columbia disaster, not from the war in Iraq as the site claims.
bq.. WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Several dozen photographs of coffins recently identified by news organizations as remains of U.S. soldiers who died in Iraq are really [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Some mainline denominations have opted to sponsor the abortion-centric “March for Women’s Lives.” The Episcopal Church USA, Presbyterian Church (USA), and the United Methodist Board of Church and Society along with other historically pro-choice organizations—the National Organization for Women, Planned Parenthood of America, and the American Civil Liberties Union—are prominent supporters of [...]
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Filed under: Marriage and Family
Posted on April 24th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Should the National Education Association voice an opinion on abortion—Pro-abortion or pro-life?
bq.. WASHINGTON The National Education Association, a 2.7 million member teachers’ union, is a co-sponsor for the pro-abortion rights March for Women’s Lives, angering pro-life educators who say the NEA should stay out of the abortion debate.
“I believe the [...]
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Filed under: Ethics
Posted on April 23rd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Pentagon disapproves of web site posting photos of American war dead.
bq.. DOVER, Del. April 22 A Web site published dozens of photographs of American war dead arriving at the nation’s largest military mortuary, prompting the Pentagon to order an information clampdown Thursday.
The photographs were released last week to First Amendment activist Russ Kick, who [...]
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Filed under: Society and Culture
Posted on April 23rd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Does this college centered around higher education for home-schooled students, also prepare the road to the White House? “Patrick Henry College is an institution devoted to spreading its word, spreading its view of the world, and helping to place its students in positions of authority and influence. And it does so in plain view.” [...]
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Filed under: Education
Posted on April 23rd, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Seeking more in life that money, Pat Tillman first gave up a $3.6 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals for the merger Army ranger salary of $18,000. Next he gave the ultimate gift—his life.
bq.. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. professional football star Pat Tillman, who gave up a $3.6 million sports contract to join [...]
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Filed under: In Memory Of
Posted on April 21st, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Criticized for his believing in Jesus Christ and allowing that belief to permeate to every aspect of his life, Bush is attacked for this “God Talk”
bq.. Comments by President Bush about God published in Bob Woodward’s new book, “Plan of Attack,” are drawing scathing criticism from his political enemies, while defenders rush to the commander [...]
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Filed under: By Example
Posted on April 21st, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Iowa may be adding premarital counseling as a stipulation for getting a marriage license. It also increases the marriage waiting period to three days for those who have been counseled and 20 days for those who have not saught counseling.
bq.. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Couples would have to undergo 12 hours of premarital [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
The near two minute Muslim call to prayer may be broadcast via loudspeaker five times a day in a Michigan city.
bq.. HAMTRAMCK, Mich. – A mosque took another step Tuesday night toward being allowed to send out a call to prayer to Muslims on a loudspeaker.
In a 5-0 vote, the City Council gave its preliminary [...]
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Filed under: Society and Culture
Posted on April 21st, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
“Please transfer me to another prison otherwise…pick up my corpse” —Gong Shengliang
bq.. Chinese Pastor Gong Shengliang of the South China Church has begged to be transferred from his current prison, telling his sisters If you are able in any way, please transfer me to another prison – otherwise just come and pick up my [...]
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Filed under: Persecution
Posted on April 16th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
A half-a-million dollars—the expense for the courtroom battle over the Ten Commandments display moved from the Alabama courtroom. Looks like the burden of the expense with fall on Alabama taxpayers.
bq.. MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Ousted Chief Justice Roy Moore’s fight to keep a Ten Commandments monument in a courthouse rotunda will cost Alabama taxpayers nearly [...]
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Filed under: Law
Posted on April 14th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Club 3 Degrees in Minneapolis makes headlines in Newsweek’s Society section. Here’s the caption: At these new booze-free nightclubs, DJs spin and patrons shake in the name of Jesus Christ. No dirty dancing allowed
bq.. April 19 issue – It’s Saturday night in Minneapolis’s warehouse district, and the revelers are on the loose. They’re staggering [...]
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Filed under: Ministries
Posted on April 14th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
After two professors were dismissed for breaking the “community lifestyle commitment” by performing homosexual acts, Eastern Mennonite University students requested a forum with the university President.
HARRISONBURG, Va.— Eastern Mennonite University President Loren Swartzendruber has agreed to meet students to discuss the dismissal of two professors for homosexual acts and the resignation of another in [...]
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