‘Prince of the Mafia’ Michael Franzese of NY’s Colombo Crime Family Takes Over Pulpit at Liquid Church of NJ By Liquid Church This month, nearly 2,500 attendees of Liquid Church of NJ won’t hear from their regular pastor on Sunday morning, but rather, a real-life gangster. Michael Franzese, who has […]

The Abstinent Majority—Do Teens Respect Abstinence? Part 2 of a three-part series Oregon Family Council You have to appreciate the nobility of trying to teach sexual abstinence to teens. But, the skeptics scoff, why bother? Isn’t that like trying to teach monarch butterfly larvae not to eat milkweed? (Science hint: […]

Muslim cleric denies plans to set up terrorist training camp in Oregon Faith News Note, Egyptian-born Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri pleaded not guilty to charges that he conspired with Seattle men to set up a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon, in 1999. The camp would have provided material […]

By Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Prof. Gary Dorrien to speak on “God’s Economy” 2012 Collins Lecture will explore faithful response to economic crisis With high levels of unemployment and underemployment across the country, a growing divide between rich and poor, and economic uncertainty throughout the world, one question becomes increasingly […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Author of Heaven Today’s guest blogger, Tami Yeager, is the bookkeeper at EPM. She also happens to be an area coordinator for The Voice of The Martyrs. (Read more about Tami.) By Tami Yeager This month marks the 45th anniversary of The Voice […]

Einstein was not an Atheist By Living Waters Publications, The faith of some of the more crusading fundamental atheists has no doubt been bolstered by a letter written by Einstein, in which he said, “The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, […]

Holt International Receives MoneyGram Grant for Education in India By Holt International Eugene based outreach MoneyGram, (NYSE: MGI), a leading global money transfer company, announced a $100,000 grant to Holt International Children’s Services to support girls in India who are at risk of dropping out of school. An international child […]

Excerpt from Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life report “Nones” on the rise. While the ranks of the unaffiliated have grown significantly over the past five years, the Protestant share of the population has shrunk. In 2007, 53% of adults in Pew Research Center surveys described themselves as Protestants. […]

Bruce E. Brown Proactive Coaching Washington-based group for athletes, parents, teachers Boys Little boys are like puppies. Most of the time they are easy going, and they spend a lot of time playing and sleeping. For the most part, they are very cute. They are inquisitive, adventurous, free spirited and […]

By Christian News Northwest Subscribe When the ballots are officially tallied here, will Washington have followed the lead of 32 other states and voted to preserve traditional one-man one-woman marriage for now, or might it be the first to endorse same-sex marriage in a public vote? Unless the vote is […]