More Than 100 Sichuan House Church Members Arrested
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that more than 100 members and leaders of Autumn Rain Covenant Church in China’s Sichuan province have been arrested. The arrests took place on Dec. 9 after local authorities raided
Roberts, Kavanaugh Join Liberal Supreme Court Justices in Rejection of Planned Parenthood Defunding Cases
Photo Credit: Joe Ravi/Wikipedia WASHINGTON -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and newly-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the liberal judges on the nation's highest court on Monday to turn down appeals from two states challenging lower court rulings
Backlash Ensues After Minnesota State University Professor Tweets God ‘Impregnated’ Mary Without ‘Consent’
MANKATO, Minn. -- A professor at Minnesota State University tweeted this past week that the story of the virgin birth is about God impregnating a teenager without her consent, generating pushback from hundreds of commenters. "The virgin birth story is
Virginia Teacher Fired After Declining to Use Masculine Pronouns for Girl Who Identifies as Boy
Photo Credit: Screenshot WTKR WEST POINT, Va. -- A high school teacher in Virginia was fired on Thursday for declining to use masculine pronouns for a female student who identifies as a boy. Peter Vlaming, who teaches French at West
Young Christian Woman With Down Syndrome Speaks Against Being Screened Out
(The Christian Institute) -- Heidi Crowter, a 23-year-old U.K. woman from Coventry, has been voicing her experience of life with Down syndrome and speaking out against disability screening. Heidi said that parents “are being told lies” about Down syndrome and
‘Church Planter,’ Faith-Based CEO Promotes MMA ‘Fight Night’ With ‘Vegas-Style Casino Games,’ Beer to Support Youth
ATLANTA -- A Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) teaching elder and church planter, who also heads a faith-based non-profit organization and is chairman of a youth-focused group run by a bishop in Atlanta, Georgia, recently promoted and partnered with a
Christian Family in Algeria Charged With ‘Inciting a Muslim to Change His Religion’
(World Watch Monitor) -- Four Algerian Christians appeared in court last week, charged with “inciting a Muslim to change his religion” and “performing religious worship in an unauthorized place,” reports Middle East Concern (MEC). If found guilty they face to
Discovery of Giant Synapsid Fossil in Poland ‘Throws a Wrench’ in Evolutionary Expectations for Triassic Layers
Photo Credit: Nobu Tamura/Wikipedia The remains of a large synapsid the size of an elephant has been discovered in Triassic rock layers in Poland, much to the surprise of researchers who thought that colossal mammal-like creatures had died out prior
Baby Born Healthy After in-Womb Spina Bifida Surgery
(The Christian Institute) -- A baby who had pioneering surgery on her spine while in the womb has been born healthy. Parents Georgia and Tyler discovered their daughter, Piper, had spina bifida---a gap in the spine resulting in paralysis---at the
Dutch Court Denies Businessman’s Request to Legally Identify as 20 Years Younger
(Fox News) -- The Dutch businessman who claimed he was a “young god” when he launched a legal battle last month to officially roll back his age 20 years will remain 69. A Dutch court on Monday rejected Emile Ratelband’s