The executive order comes after Davis, the Rowan County clerk, spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis said she could not issue the licenses because they had her name on them. Bevin said he issued the executive order to “ensure that the sincerely held religious beliefs of... Continue Reading

“Hundreds of supporters gathered outside the Norwegian Embassy in Washington. Supporters who know the family told reporters that the claims that the children were abused is unproven and added that the Bodnariu family is one of thousands of “normal” families suffering because of the unjust actions of Barnevernet.”   Thousands of Romanian Pentecostal Evangelicals peacefully... Continue Reading

Open Doors noted that “16 of the 50 countries on the 2016 WWL are African, outnumbering the 14 countries from the Middle East and Persian Gulf. When the list is expanded to 65 countries, a further nine African nations are added.” Analyst Ronald Boyd-McMillan said, “In numerical terms at least, though not in degree, the... Continue Reading

Superior Court Associate Justice Douglas H. Wilkins ruled the school discriminated against Barrett in violation of Massachusetts law, which prohibits denying employment on the basis of “sexual orientation.” In a 21-page ruling, the judge wrote the facts of the case made it clear Barrett had “suffered denial of employment, that the reason for denial was... Continue Reading

Cargill spokesman Mike Martin said that the plant could not facilitate a large prayer facility without disrupting operations. He also disputed that any of the workers were told that if they wanted to pray that they should go home. “Cargill plant supervisors have been very clear that such a statement was never made,” Martin told... Continue Reading

“If a missionary isn’t willing to slow things down just because he wants some quick, shoddy results and cool Facebook pictures, the dude needs to reevaluate why he’s even going overseas. Truthfully, between you and me, it would’ve been better if he hadn’t gone at all.”   I’ve rubbed my boney shoulders with lots of... Continue Reading

“In The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society. Both astonishing and prophetic, this books is one of the most debated of Lewis’s extraordinary works.”   In a 1993 talk, Peter Kreeft, professor of philosophy... Continue Reading

A spokesman for the British Humanist Association said: “We welcome the Department for Education acceptance that schools need to teach not just about religions as part of RS but also about non-religious worldviews such as humanism but we fear, as a result of the Secretary of State’s original error, that many schools will continue to... Continue Reading

Earlier in December, MRFF President Mikey Weinstein, an Air Force Academy alumnus and former military lawyer, called the practice of cadets assuming a posture of prayer on one knee a “disgrace” and a “putrid example of fundamentalist Christian supremacy, triumphalism and exceptionalism.”   When players with the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Fighting Falcons football team take... Continue Reading

Archaeological discoveries made public in 2015 have given us new information about biblical events and people. Below are the Top 10 findings of the important excavations taking place in the lands of the Bible. (This list is subjective, and based on news reports rather than peer-reviewed articles in scientific publications.) 10. Beit Shemesh idol head... Continue Reading