Upholding the appeal on Monday, chief judge Mohamed Apandi Ali said: “The usage of the word Allah is not an integral part of the faith in Christianity. The usage of the word will cause confusion in the community.” The Herald editor Reverend Lawrence Andrew said he was “disappointed and dismayed”, and would appeal against the... Continue Reading

The laws of pure chance or probability no longer dictate wins and losses on slot machines. Modern slots are hooked up to a central server that collects player information, preferences, and speed of play and has the capacity to program each machine to each player’s style. The trend in slot design is to provide a... Continue Reading

This large random sample allows for control of parental marital status, distinguishes between gay and lesbian families, and is large enough to evaluate differences in gender between parents and children. Children living with gay and lesbian families in 2006 were about 65 % as likely to graduate compared to children living in opposite sex marriage families.... Continue Reading

“This morning, we passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 58) in the House to ensure that our service members, their families, and their chaplains are able to exercise their fundamental constitutional rights. Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), himself a former military chaplain, sponsored the bill and gave a great speech on the floor in support of... Continue Reading

“It’s difficult enough when working with LGBT students,” he said. “A lot of people are closed off to the church because of past experiences where they’ve been shunned or closed off. But Christianity is about love and faith; it isn’t just about what can be proven or found, but also what we believe in our... Continue Reading

In both society and in our personal lives, either the Christian perspective on bioethics will achieve a dominant level of acceptance or the secularist view will win, slowly but assuredly, by default. Each path will lead to sharply different results. The Christian approach leads to freedom, equality and respect for all humanity. Basing bioethics on... Continue Reading

“We don’t want to offend people, but we don’t want to be offended,” said Stella Burak, 20. “We have to be tolerant of so many things, but nobody has to be tolerant of religion.” Like the school administrators who supported the dorm, students argue that the Newman hall is not, as it was originally marketed,... Continue Reading

The picture of Jesus had hung in either Jackson High School or the district’s middle school since 1947. Jackson is 75 miles southeast of Columbus. The lawsuit, filed in February, said the image was an unconstitutional government endorsement of Christianity. The school board had argued that it belonged to the Hi-Y club, a religion-centered student... Continue Reading

Despite this fairly middle-ground tone, the faculty at UI found plenty to take issue with, particularly with Bowden’s claim that there are “holes in the theory of evolution that are big enough to drive a semi-truck through.” In response to the column, 25 of Bowden’s colleagues wrote a rebuttal acknowledging that while professors have a... Continue Reading

The challenge for Christians is to hold fast, to acknowledge the truth of what is happening: Islam is a failed ideology that is bringing only sorrow and failure to the world. We should repent and return to our core truths: the power of Christ to heal and save. And get ourselves ready to respond to... Continue Reading