By Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspectives Ministries Sandy Oregon As many of you know, I’ve written a novel based on the screenplay of the new movie Courageous, which is being released in theaters on September 30. The movie was done by the Kendrick brothers, Stephen and Alex, who produced Fireproof. Courageous […]

What I saw at the Rick Perry National Prayer event in Houston — Inside the Governor Rick Perry prayer and fasting event at Houston’s Reliant Stadium called The Response. By Guest Submission, Texas Governor Rick Perry has made national headlines for his call for a national day of prayer and […]

By Public Religion Research Institute, Washington, D.C.—Despite media attention to his Mormon faith, only four-in-ten Americans correctly identify Republican presidential candidate Governor Mitt Romney as Mormon, a new survey finds. The new PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey finds that more than 7-in-10 (72%) of Americans say Mormons hold religious beliefs that […]

George Fox biology professor lands NASA grant for climate research By George Fox University, The $180,000 grant will help fund Don Powers’ role on project, which will study hummingbirds and their relationship to the environment NEWBERG, Ore. – A $180,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is […]

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM, Portland interviews Andrew McCarthy, author of Willful Blindness, a memoir of Jihad to help understand why this war is a war and why we have no choice but to fight it and win it. Andrew McCarthy was a top prosecutor against several terrorists in the ’93 […]

House Church Alliance’s No. 2 Sentenced to Labor Camp By www.ChinaAid.org, SUQIAN CITY, Jiangsu, — In a further sign of the intensifying crackdown on China’s unregistered house churches, the deputy chairman of the Chinese House Church Alliance has been given a two-year labor camp sentence, ChinaAid has learned. Pastor Shi […]

New book asks the question “Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater?” ENUMCLAW, Wash.,– Is there hope for marriages torn apart by infidelity? Celebrity marriages and couples on your block or in your church might say no. But marriage therapist and author John Wagner disagrees. Wagner offers his own marriage to […]

by Stephen Schneider Grace Memorial Episcopal Church Portland, Oregon I made my way, accompanied by Mother Esme and her extraordinary animal companion Bailey, to the Lloyd Center Max stop. We were part of a summer initiative by our eastside Episcopal clergy to the morning MAX commuters. A brainchild of the […]

Eugene man jailed for child pornagraphy.  New laws passed. By Oregon Attorney General, Nickolas Alonzo Vega pleaded guilty to 3 counts of Using a Child in a Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct.  Attorney General John Kroger today announced the plea and sentencing of a Eugene man for making child pornography. […]

Local Rabbis upset over Messianic Jews evangelism efforts  Oregon Faith News Note: The Orthodox Jewish community of southwest Portland is being warned by two local rabbis about Messianic Jews using deceptive tactics to proselytize members of their community. According to Rabbi Tzvi Fischer of the Portland Kollel and Rabbi Kenneth […]