By Andrea Rhodes As 600,000 football fans across the world pour into Brazil this week to join the three million local fans attending the FIFA World Cup, the Bible Society of Brazil and its partners will begin a massive program of outreach and Scripture distribution. “Brazilians are football-mad and their […]

Budget deficits force Planned Parenthood to cut back By Faith News Note: Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette has announced that they will close three health centers, cut some services, and lay off 17 employees because of a budget deficit of nearly $2 million. One major reason for the shortfall is that […]

from Multnomah University News Coach Curt Bickley shares the details of the Lions’ mission trip to Taiwan this month.  Multnomah in Taiwan The basketball team flew to Taipei on May 9 and spent the week playing basketball games and sharing the Gospel. We were able to share the Gospel publicly 12 […]

By Portland Archdiocese Archdiocese to focus on religious liberty The Archdiocese of Portland will join Catholics across the United States participating in the third annual Fortnight for Freedom. The two-week period will be observed June 21 – July 4, 2014. The theme for this year’s observance is “Freedom to Serve.” […]

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on the politics of “Jesus’ wife”: In 2007, the media were agog over the claim by “Titanic” director James Cameron and TV-director Simcha Jacobovici that the Jesus family tomb had been found. Cameron declared that it had been determined […]

Oregon Rated Loose State By Faith News Note: A paper recently published by Jesse R. Harrington and Michele J. Gelfand, two psychology professors at the University of Maryland, delves into the differences between “tight” states (those with many strongly enforced rules and little tolerance for deviance) and “loose” states ((those […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Please visit his blog The heavens were made by the word of the Lord, and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses. Let the […]

Summary: The image of Jesus painted by the “young Lithuanian girl” in the film ‘Heaven is for Real’ has sparked major media attention. Now revealed, is the girl’s name, the name of her artwork and the heavenly connection she shares with Colton, the main character in the film. By Carol […]

By University of Portland NBC correspondent Anne Thompson, University of Portland 2014 commencement speaker, stresses power of faith to record-setting 929 undergraduates Addressing a record number of graduating students at the University of Portland’s 2014 spring commencement Sunday, Anne Thompson, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent, stressed the power of […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Please visit his blog   As many of you have heard, on Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriages was overturned by a federal judge. In light of that, today’s video blog (filmed last year) addresses the question: There’s been a lot of talk […]