As violent rioting continues throughout London, Christian leaders and politicians held a vigil of hope Monday night in response to the carnage. In several areas of the city flames are ripping through shops and cars, as hundreds of hooded looters take to the streets intent on causing damage. Despite the horrors, faith leaders and politicians... Continue Reading

“When you ignore science, you end up with egg on your face,” Giberson says. “The Catholic Church has had an awful lot of egg on its face for centuries because of Galileo. And Protestants would do very well to look at that and to learn from it.” Let’s go back to the beginning — all... Continue Reading

A neurologist claims to have created the world’s first scientific-based religion by showing that bridging the gap between the brain and mind, and science and religion, can truly inspire, according to the author. University of Hawaii’s neuroscientist and philosopher Bruce E. Morton promises a personal transformation for those who read his new book, Neuroreality: A... Continue Reading

The face of the military is changing. What used to be seen as a bastion for evangelical Christianity is now expanding its lists of faiths to include Wiccans and Druids. At the Air Force Academy in Colorado, a prayer circle and veritable Stonehenge on the Rockies will now serve as a place of worship for... Continue Reading

Seeking to stem what they call misleading advertising, San Francisco officials on Tuesday began a two-pronged attack on “crisis pregnancy centers,” which are billed as places for pregnant women to get advice, but often use counseling to discourage abortions. The first element was a bill introduced to the city’s Board of Supervisors that would make... Continue Reading

Thirty percent of women are addicted to it. Sixty-seven percent of men say they look at it at least once a month. “It” refers to pornography. The statistics above reveal how pornography is an epidemic within the church community, and these numbers mirror secular statistics. The percentages are provided by Transparent Ministries and Morality in... Continue Reading

A federal judge issued an injunction Monday on a Kansas law that denies groups like Planned Parenthood federal funding for abortions, stating that the group will likely succeed in having the law overturned. The ruling by U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten will save the Hays, Kansas Planned Parenthood $330,000 and allow it to remain... Continue Reading

Such efforts deserve US support. One way is for Congress to pass a bipartisan bill in the Senate called the “International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act.” It would reorient foreign aid to provide more educational and economic opportunity to girls who face threats of early marriage, while pushing legal reforms as well. Here’s... Continue Reading

In a nod to social and religious conservatives, the rules issued Monday by Sebelius include a provision that would allow religious institutions to opt out of offering birth control coverage. Health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for women, with no copays, the Obama administration said Monday in a decision with far-reaching... Continue Reading

“Senate Bill 54 is designed to prevent such sexual misconduct from happening, compelling school districts to adopt written policies between teachers and students on electronic media, social networking and other forms of communication…” A new law in Missouri has imposed a ban on Facebook and any other social networking between students and teachers. Missouri’s governor,... Continue Reading