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March 12, 2021 - Oregon’s famed international pastor Luis Palau dies

By Luis Palau Association Press Release, After a three-year battle with lung cancer, evangelist Luis Palau died peacefully early this morning at his home in Portland, Oregon. He was 86 years old. For more than 65 years Palau played an influential role in Christian missions and worldwide evangelism as a […]


March 10, 2021 - 23 years of assisted suicide

Lois Anderson Executive Director Oregon Right to Life Oregon recently released its annual report about the so-called “Death With Dignity” Act. Here’s what you need to know: • There was a 25% increase in residents requesting lethal prescriptions for assisted suicide. • 370 people received lethal prescriptions. Of that group, […]


March 8, 2021 - Parents shouldn’t be shamed for wanting kids to return to school

By Bridget Barton This article provided by Oregon Transformation Newsletter. By now, literally millions of parents have watched the video or seen news reports of Oakley Union School Board members belittling and shaming parents about wanting their kids back in school. They shame them for wanting “their babysitters back” and […]


March 5, 2021 - Book retraces archeological footsteps of Christ

Ignatius Press, At a time when many people are unable to travel to the Holy Land, author Michael Hesemann brings the Holy Land to readers in a vivid and engaging archaeological tour through Jesus’ life from the Annunciation to the Wedding at Cana to Calvary in his new book, JESUS […]


March 2, 2021 - Luis Palau enters into hospice

Faith News Note, It was reported yesterday that beloved Oregon pastor, author and international evangelist Luis Palau has entered into hospice. His son posted these comments on Facebook: “Sadly, at the beginning of the year that changed and Dad took a turn for the worse. He spent two weeks in […]


March 1, 2021 - Oregon Pastor plans world’s largest log church

By Faith News Note: A pastor hoping to build the world’s largest log church in Oregon City, the end of the Oregon Trail, is trying to raise $2.6 million for the endeavor. Pastor Joe Wardlow of Trails End Log Church wants to construct an 800-seat worship center inside the church […]


February 26, 2021 - Would Amazon censor the pope?

By Catholic League for religious and civil rights, Ryan T. Anderson was recently named president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a respectable conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. He is a brilliant social commentator who spent several years at The Heritage Foundation. One of his books, “When Harry […]


February 24, 2021 - Responding to 900 comments over Zacharias scandal

By Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspectives Ministry Ministry headquartered in Sandy, Oregon In my previous blog, “In the Wake of Ravi Zacharias’s Sexual Abuse of Women,” I quoted from the detailed investigative report from a law firm which was commissioned by Ravi Zacharias International Ministry. I also quoted from the “Open […]


February 22, 2021 - Eugene elementary teacher caught trafficking minor

Oregon US Attorney Press Release, A former Eugene elementary school teacher pleaded guilty today for sexually abusing a minor female, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams. William Hamann, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a child. According to court documents, on several occasions beginning in 2018 […]


February 19, 2021 - Group stands with Education Dept. against American Atheist lawsuit

Ratio Christi Campus Apologetics Alliance Ratio Christi Campus Apologetics Alliance announces it will act as intervening defendants in support of a U.S. Department of Education regulation protecting campus free speech against a lawsuit filed by American Atheists and Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The lawsuit – brought […]