By Tom Krattenmaker  Award-winning Portland-based writer Recent book: The Evangelicals you Don’t Know – Article Also featured on..USA TODAY, Can a Christian merchant legally refuse service to gay people? Should a Christian business owner be exempt from providing employees with health insurance that includes contraceptives he deems immoral? As the […]

By Randy Alcorn  Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Please visit his blog When asked if we would recognize friends in Heaven, George MacDonald responded, “Shall we be greater fools in Paradise than we are here?” Yet many people wonder whether we’ll know each other in Heaven. What lies behind that […]

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on a lawsuit brought by two Muslims from Long Island against the owners of the Empire State Building: Last July, Fahad and Amina Tirmizi and their two children went to the observation deck on the 86th floor of the […]

By Faith News Note: Attendees at the Dorchester Conference voted 233-162 to endorse a ballot measure in favor of overturning Oregon’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. The vote came amid concerns that young voters might leave the party over the issue. The measure is expected be on the November ballot. […]

National Security, Civil Liberties and the Surveillance State March 18, 2014, 7 p.m. First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon Featuring Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. Cosponsored by the Oregon Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society. Free and open to the public; registration required at worldoregon.org. How do we ensure that […]

By Paul Louis Metzger Multnomah University Professor New Wine Skins Ministry I oppose legalizing prostitution. While I appreciate the concern of those who believe that legalizing prostitution will bring about more favorable conditions for prostitutes, I am not convinced. In fact, I believe the opposite is the case most if […]

By Evergreen Presbyterian, Hinduism 101 & Christianity 101 at the Beaverton Religion Forum On Sunday, March 16, The Beaverton Religion Forum will feature Ramesh Krishnamurthy, who will present a crash course, Hinduism 101 in 20 minutes. Nathan Lewis will make a similar presentation, Christianity 101. The two presenters will then […]

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Event to celebrate religious liberty reaches maximum attendance for large hotel By Faith News Note: Last weekend several conservative groups held a religious liberty, life & fiscal responsibility event in Clackamas. With under two weeks to announce, the event drew 750 participants and had to stop RSVP’s due to capacity […]

By Portland Archdiocese Statement from the Oregon Catholic Conference Concerning Proposed Redefinition of Marriage Marriage is the conjugal union of one man and one woman, consistent with God’s design. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: God himself is the author of marriage. The vocation to marriage is written in […]