Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Major Ministry Kicked Out of Evangelical Alliance UK over Hom... | Gleanings | ChristianityToday.com

Major Ministry Kicked Out of Evangelical Alliance UK over Hom... | Gleanings | ChristianityToday.com: "Oasis Trust, a sizable ministry founded by a prominent but controversial British Christian leader, has been "discontinued" as a member of the United Kingdom's largest evangelical group after its board refused to adjust online resources and social media to "equally profile the traditional Christian view" on human sexuality."



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ON CHRISTIANITY | NWAonline

ON CHRISTIANITY | NWAonline: "DEAR REV. GRAHAM: My neighbor has had some serious personal problems, and she blames them all on God. She says she doesn’t want anything more to do with Him and gets very upset if I even mention praying about her problems. How can I help her? - M.M.

DEAR M.M.: I’ve often said that hard times will either drive people away from God, or they will drive them closer to Him."



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Supreme Court Upholds Public Prayer—Where Do We Go From Here?

Supreme Court Upholds Public Prayer—Where Do We Go From Here?: "The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, upheld the right of local officials to begin meetings with public prayer.

In a brief filed on Aug. 2, 2013, in Town of Greece v. Susan Galloway and Linda Stevens, American Civil Rights Union general counsel Peter Ferrara defended the upstate New York town's practice of allowing rotating voluntary prayers before council meetings and explained the Coercion Test."



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Florida School Bans Bible During Free Reading Time

Florida School Bans Bible During Free Reading Time: "Bight a Pop Tart so that it looks like a gun and you’ll be expelled. Read a Bible during free reading time, and it will be treated like Lady Chatterly’s Lover. Officials at Broward County Public Schools went along with a teacher who told fifth grader Giovanni Rubeo that he could not read his Bible during free reading time. Swornia Thomas, who teaches 5th grade at Park Lakes Elementary School in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, is Giovanni’s teacher"



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