Editor’s Note: We have include both a news story and an obituary notice from the Memphis Commercial-Appeal S. Herbert Rhea was an accountant and financial consultant with clients ranging from his own son to Holiday Inns founder Kemmons Wilson, but his clients would argue he wasn’t all business. One said Mr. Rhea’s advice and insight... Continue Reading

The trial of 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is set to begin shortly in New York City. Clergy and local residents to hold a prayer vigil at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday, January 7. The prayer vigil will begin at 12:00 noon. The location of the court... Continue Reading

Galen Carey, NAE Director of Government Affairs, signed a letter to members of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 1147, which would help increase the number of Low Power FM radio stations in the United States. Low power radio stations give local leaders a forum to address local issues. Approximately half of all... Continue Reading

In front of the old farmhouse in Yawkey that is now the home of Stop the Revolving Door Ministries, recovered pill addict Jeff Carter explains his plans for a place where men with substance abuse can build the spiritual foundation for a new life. The program, “a work in progress,” is sponsored by the Perrow... Continue Reading

The Associated Baptist Press is reporting that a North Carolina judge has ruled in favor of two registered sex offenders arrested in May for attending a Baptist church near Raleigh. The men were indicted May 11 for violating a state law requiring sex offenders to stay at least 300 feet away from places used primarily... Continue Reading

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to attempt to force Eastern European countries to accept as legally valid homosexual civil partnerships contracted in Britain. Brown told Attitude, one of the UK’s leading homosexualist magazines, “I’m fighting to get all the countries in Europe to recognise civil partnerships carried out in Britain. “We want countries... Continue Reading

A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization requested a meeting with Christian evangelist Franklin Graham to discuss his latest remarks attacking Islam, saying on CNN……”true Islam cannot be practiced in this country. You can’t beat your wife. You cannot murder your children if you think they’ve committed adultery or something like that, which... Continue Reading

Call it religion. Or if that makes you uncomfortable, go with the more general “spirituality.” Whatever you call it, it’s everywhere at the multiplex these days. In movies as varied as the dead serious “The Road,” the uplifting family picture “The Blind Side,” the biting comedy “The Invention of Lying” and even James Cameron’s sci-fi... Continue Reading

Renaissance Weekend, the non-partisan retreat founded in 1981 to build bridges among innovative leaders from diverse fields, brought 1,000 participants to Charleston, South Carolina, for 500 lectures, seminars, discussions, and performances concluding with their singing of “Auld Lang Syne” and “God Bless America” at the stroke of the New Year. The tradition was founded and... Continue Reading

This spring’s Ministerial Training Institute of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church offers four courses, taught by OPC ministers and seminary professors, on subjects which are often touched on in seminary, but not from a uniquely OPC perspective. The classes offer an understanding of the heritage of the Reformed faith, an analysis of OPC government, a look... Continue Reading