By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on why “The Real O’Neals” is faltering: ABC is in a jam and they know it. Even they must admit that last night’s episode of “The Real O’Neals” was just plain stupid. The ratings show it: once again, it […]

A Washington monk is assaulted during his visit to Hood River By Faith News Note, Kozen Sampson, A Washington Buddhist monk, Kozen Sampson, was attacked during a trip to Hood River. Kozen said he was attacked unexpectedly. He said, “I pulled over, someone ran up and yelled. I turned around, […]

Faith part of GOP & Dem brother bond By M. Martin, The Oregonian has featured a wonderful story about Oregon Democrat State Representative, David Clem, falling into an unlikely abiding friendship with Republican State Representative, Vic Gilliam. Once political opponents who tussled over issues now find a rare friendship with […]

By George Fox University George Fox University will continue its tradition of sending students to serve diverse populations during the school’s weeklong spring break March 18-27. About 50 students are joining employee leaders for the university’s annual Spring Serve in five locations. This year, volunteers will travel to Yakima, Seattle […]

Institute for Religion and Democracy U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that Islamic State (ISIS) action against Yazidis, Christians and other minority groups in Iraq and Syria constitutes genocide. The announcement comes on the day of a Congressional-imposed deadline, specified in December’s Omnibus spending bill, for the State […]

By Christian News Northwest Subscribe Visitors here might soon be forgetting about looking for sand dollars, driftwood or seaweed during their beach outings. They’ll be too distracted by the dinosaurs. That’s the hope of Steve Hudgik, pastor of Cannon Beach Bible Church, who in 2018 hopes to open the Dinosaur […]

By University of Portland Florida death row chaplain Dale Recinella: “The Biblical Truth About America’s Death Penalty,” March 14 University of Portland’s Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture will present “The Biblical Truth About America’s Death Penalty,” a lecture by Dale Recinella, on Monday, March 14, at […]

Film Trailer followed by Press Release Defending the Bible Press release, Bible scholars know little about the early life of Jesus but that hasn’t stopped filmmakers from blending fact with fiction. The upcoming March 11th release of “The Young Messiah” is no exception yet it’s unfair to paint all productions […]

Representative Bill Post’s women’s health bill denied a hearing By Naomi Inman, Freelance writer In the recent 2016 Oregon legislative session, rife with controversial legislation over unprecedented minimum wage increases, environmental controls, and new layers of regulation on Oregon landlords, one bill titled “The Pregnant Women’s Assistance Fund (HB4059) never […]

By Tom Krattenmaker  Award-winning Portland-based writer Recent book: The Evangelicals you Don’t Know Tom’s article also featured on USA Today It’s nice to see evangelical Christians citing good-sense reasons for their presidential preferences these days. It seems that many are looking not so much for piety but for traits like […]