“I Felt My Soul Rejoice”: The Christ-Centered Happiness of David Brainerd Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspective Ministries David Brainerd (1718–1747) served as a missionary to the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. He was orphaned at fourteen, and in college he suffered from debilitating tuberculosis. Having endured great suffering while serving in […]

Memorial Put up at Hollywood Transit Center by Helen Cook Oregon Optimist On May 26th, two people were killed and one man was wounded while protecting two women who were being verbally assaulted by a man on the MAX in Portland. Now, the brave actions of Ricky Best, Taliesin Myrddin […]

Terror in New York City: Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Chaplains Offer Comfort Following Deadly Attack Erik Ogren Christian Newswire Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains are on the ground in New York City following Tuesday’s terror attack that resulted in eight deaths and injured several others before the assailant […]

Should Christians Avoid Business or Personal Connections with the Marijuana Industry? By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspective Ministries  Recently, a strong Christian friend, who owns a business here in my home state of Oregon, asked my opinion about his doing work that would either directly or indirectly facilitate the legal growing […]

Who Will You Be on Halloween & Reformation Day—A Repentant Monk? By Paul Louis Metzger Patheos In addition to Halloween, Tuesday, October 31st marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The story goes that the date marks the occasion when the Catholic monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses […]

Trump Offers New Hope To Middle East Christians Catholic League Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on President Trump’s decision to begin providing direct assistance to persecuted Christians in the Middle East: Vice President Pence’s Wednesday night announcement is welcome news indeed. As he pointed out, while “radical Islamic terrorists” […]

Is fate of After-School Satan Clubs in region an indicator the concept will flop nationally? Christian News Northwest Not surprisingly, the unusual if not shocking concept of an After-School Satan Club for children last year drew much national attention to the Pacific Northwest, but it seems the clubs face an […]

Boys will be boys? Note: The following is an excerpt from Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower (Convergent, 2016). I offer it to lend perspective to the galling revelations about Harvey Weinstein and other sexually predatory men. “It’s like ordering Seamless. But you’re ordering a person.” — A user of […]

Christian Persecution Spikes Catholic League Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new report on Christian persecution: All across the nation, students are learning about genocide committed in the twentieth century, yet most know next to nothing about genocide taking place right now. That’s partly because the victims are […]

By Faith News Note, On a late September Sunday, Portland’s Pioneer Square filled with demonstrators protesting the brutal treatment in Southeast Asia of the Rohingya, often referred to as the most persecuted people in the world. Who are the Rohingya? They are the 1.1 million Muslim natives of Myanmar, formerly […]