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East Troy – Good things have happened since Chad James got the Hell out of his name.He was making his first professionally recorded CD in Nashville last summer when the producer suggested that using his family name – Hell – might not be the best marketing move for a Christian musician.Read more of this story.
Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban does not violate the state’s constitution, Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess ruled Friday.In his decision, Niess said the two questions contained in the constitutional amendment "are two sides of the same coin. They clearly relate to the same subject matter" — the preservation of marriage. Niess rejected the argument by plaintiff William McConkey that the amendment violated a constitutional prohibition against a referendum posing more than one question to voters.Read more of this story.News Release from Wisconsin Family Council (PDF)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–More than two years after National Geographic released a book and aired a documentary about the gospel of Judas asserting that the biblical traitor really was a hero, an increasing number of scholars are now casting doubts on the controversial claim.Read more of this story.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — More and more health pros and enthusiasts are taking the biblical principle, "your body is a temple" and running with it, offering believers church-hosted group exercise classes and diet support groups as well as community gyms that offer faith-based wellness and training programs.Read more of this story.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Grassley, who is investigating six televangelists for alleged lavish spending, is facing growing criticism from prominent conservatives and evangelicals.Read more of this story.
Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan, a man at the epicenter of forces shaking the world Anglican Communion and its affiliated U.S. Episcopal Church, got a standing ovation from about 75 people in Waukesha County this week as he said that a new North American church was arising for traditionalists opposed to same-sex blessings and gay, partnered bishops.Read more of this story.
COMMENTARYATLANTA (BP)–In every generation wars are neither desired nor welcomed. We are devastatingly reminded again and again that pain, death and destruction are always left in their wake. And yet, throughout our nation’s history from the very beginning of its birth wars have been necessary to fight for, secure and maintain the precious freedoms endowed by God that all of us share. And it is not for our freedoms alone that we continue to fight, but for the freedom of those around the world as well.Read more of this commentary.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field — coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Jesus is Lord."Read more of this story.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A West Virginia woman was being transferred to the Cleveland Clinic after walking the line between life and death. Doctors are calling Val Thomas a medical miracle. They said they can’t explain how she is alive.Read more of this story.
Eleven years ago, Lisa Thompson prayed for a passion, a cause she could champion. Formerly an office manager for a private investigator and an English teacher in China, Lisa was looking for her life’s calling.Today Lisa, 37, serves as The Salvation Army’s Liaison for the Abolition of Sex Trafficking. Read more of this story.