Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Tuesday that the Pentagon has begun the process to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bars homosexuals from openly serving in the military. Gates told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the policy will take over a year to repeal because the Pentagon is looking at... Continue Reading

Medical team volunteers from New Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Aiken, South Carolina had agreed to spend a week in Haiti after the devastating earthquake – not knowing the logistical issues and the danger they might face. And after that week of long days treating patients under difficult conditions, “the hardest part was to leave,”... Continue Reading

But children in Haiti are guaranteed winners Sunday. World Vision will send game-day clothing, plus excess, unsold clothing in coming months. Regardless of which Super Bowl team is victorious in Miami on February 7th, one thing is certain — either outcome will benefit the children and families left with few possessions after Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake.... Continue Reading

I’ll spit this out quick, before the armies of feminism try to gag me and strap electrodes to my forehead: Tim Tebow is one of the better things to happen to young women in some time. I realize this stance won’t endear me to the “Dwindling Organizations of Ladies in Lockstep,” otherwise known as DOLL,... Continue Reading

The proposal, which calls for a ban of the veils in hospitals and schools, falls short of an outright ban after critics argued that such a move would be divisive and possibly unconstitutional in a country where Islam is the second-largest religion. A poll by the IPSOS firm published in this week’s newsweekly Le Point... Continue Reading

She is persuasive, influential and does a lot of good, but Christians should be careful when Oprah speaks about spirituality, warned two apologists who recently co-authored a book on the subject. To a crowd of more than 1,500 people at McLean Bible Church outside of Washington, D.C. renowned apologist Josh McDowell and up-and-coming apologist Dave... Continue Reading

The Tennessee Board of Education has approved guidelines on how to teach the Bible in public high schools even though there’s concern the curriculum could be challenged in court. The guidelines approved this week are in response to 2008 legislation, which authorized the state to create a course for a ‘‘nonsectarian, nonreligious academic study of... Continue Reading

The 2010 Church & Clergy Tax Guide, written by nonprofit tax expert Richard Hammar, J.D., LL.M., CPA, released last week. Each year the Internal Revenue Service makes changes to tax law. In this fully updated annual guide, Richard Hammar reviews all of the key changes that are relevant to churches and clergy preparing to file... Continue Reading

CBS is saying no to a company offering to pay it $2.5 million for a spot to promote gay dating Website ManCrunch. The network said it has declined the 30-second spot because it did not meet the network’s Standards and Practices rules. “After reviewing the ad, which is entirely commercial in nature, our standards and... Continue Reading

In Warren St. John’s Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer—a fascinating account of the lunacy that is University of Alabama football—the reporter recounts a conversation with a Mr. and Mrs. Reese in their $300,000 motor home, purchased exclusively to travel to Crimson Tide games. The couple, it turns out, had missed their daughter’s wedding because it fell... Continue Reading