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April 19, 2013 - Effort to censor Catholic voices on campus

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on how George Washington University (GWU) has handled the issue of students seeking to remove Father Greg Shaffer from his post as Chaplain of the Newman Center: Two students, neither of whom is Catholic (one belongs to some faux […]


April 18, 2013 - Holocaust survivor to speak in Portland

Holocaust survivor Miriam Greenstein to speak at University of Portland at 4 p.m., Friday, April 19 By University of Portland University of Portland will host Holocaust survivor Miriam Greenstein at 4 p.m. Friday, April 19 in Buckley Center Room 163 on campus, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Greenstein’s talk is in […]


April 17, 2013 - Oregon Jews & Christians unite for Israel

By Christian News Northwest Subscribe All that one need do to get a fresh reminder of the common threads between the United States and Israel is to look at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pa., says retired Israeli ambassador Yoram Ettinger. Inscribed on the bell is Old Testament Scripture, “Proclaim […]


April 16, 2013 - Local prayer extended to Boston

By Jeannie St. John Taylor Oregon author, Culture Proof Kids, Over the past few weeks I’ve received several emails from people asking whatever happened to my weekly prayers and requesting I once again write them. I’m not sure how long it’s been since I sent out a prayer, but today […]


April 16, 2013 - Eugene charity presses Congress on tax credit expansion

By Holt International Eugene based charity Join Holt and Voice for Adoption in sending messages to legislators — thanking them for making the adoption tax credit permanent, and also urging them to reinstate the refundable provision of the adoption tax credit. Here’s the message we need to communicate: Nationally, nearly […]


April 15, 2013 - Immigration: Ethics change if the law changes?

By Paul Louis Metzger Multnomah University Professor New Wine Skins Ministry Listen to this piece. Many people respond to questions about undocumented immigrants by saying that they must be deported if the law says so: always obey the law—no questions asked. But what if the law were to be changed […]


April 14, 2013 - Judge’s abortion-pill for minors ruling dangerous

By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights Bill Donohue comments on the decision by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ordering the Food and Drug Administration to make the “morning-after” emergency contraception pill available without a prescription to girls of any age: A 12-year-old girl in a New York City […]


April 13, 2013 - NW Baptist event: Great Commission said “Go” not “Come”

By Cameron Crabtree NW Baptist Convention Leaders urged to ‘share the gospel with everybody‘ Ying Kai (left) shares the story of church planting multiplication in Asia as Gihwang Shin translates during a T4T event at Tacoma First Baptist Church. Spiritual renewal and rapid expansion of church planting in North America […]


April 12, 2013 - 42 film revives focus of Jackie Robinson’s Christian faith

The baseball movie “42” about Jackie Robinson, has revived the spiritual Christian legacy of Jackie Robinson and the baseball general manager Branch Rickey who made it all happen.    Jackie Robinson’s contribution to America has stemmed from breaking the color line in baseball to overcoming racism while serving in World War […]


April 12, 2013 - The faith of Margaret Thatcher remembered

by Institute on Religion and Democracy Raised a devout Methodist who later joined the Church of England, Margaret Thatcher vigorously applied her Christian faith to her public life as one of the most important and successful leaders of the Cold War era. Thatcher outlined her public theology in her 1988 […]