By Family Research Council, Family Research Council applauds President Trump’s announcement that his administration will protect religious organizations and reinforce the freedom of public school students across the country to pray and express their religious beliefs. Local education agencies receiving federal education funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act […]

  By Faith News Note, Attorneys for a Gresham bakery that refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in 2013 once again argued their case against the $135,000 fine imposed by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries. The rehearing before the Oregon Court of Appeals, which […]

By Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspectives Ministry Oregon based ministry Everyone has priorities. In moments of perspective, some of us realize we haven’t been living by the right ones, and need to change our priorities. Others of us have long known the right priorities and need to rediscover them: we’ve tasted […]

Patterns of Evidence Press Release, Patterns of Evidence, makers of The Exodus and The Moses Controversy, will release its newest title, The Red Sea Miracle, a different kind of cinematic biblical adventure. Featuring award-winning filmmaker Timothy Mahoney, The Red Sea Miracle dives deep into two long-held views of Moses’ ancient […]

Pacific Justice Institute, Prosecution Doubles Down, Won’t Accept Dismissal of Charges Against Pastor in Drag Queen Case A high-profile prosecution of a pastor over Drag Queen Story Hour has taken another twist. In early December, the Honorable Judge Staab dismissed all criminal charges against Pastor Afshin Yaghtin. But two days […]

By Tom Krattenmaker, NW author, contributor for USA Today and the Hummanist, The Wall Street Journal opinion page has advice for nontheist parents: tell your kids God and heaven are real even if you don’t believe it. Writing on December 5, therapist Erica Komisar notes that she’s often asked by […]

By Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspectives Ministry Oregon based ministry God created us to love people and use things, but materialists love things and use people. Materialism drives not just the “bad apples” of society; it drives “the best and the brightest,” those from the finest homes and schools, those who […]

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on renewed funding for a religious freedom panel: The Senate has reauthorized funding for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, an important global watchdog that monitors religious persecution. Those who support religious liberty are […]

Faith News Note, My favorite Christmas story from Focus on the Family Christmas stories; My memories of Christmas growing up were with my dad as a law enforcement agent. He wasn’t home on Christmas until his lunch break came. And so I remember my brother and I watching for a […]

Tom Krattenmaker, Oregon writer, USA TODAY contributor and Yale Divinity School communications director. There’s a Santa Claus I know who is spreading Christmas happiness in the Louisville, Kentucky, area as the holiday season ramps up. His bushy white beard is as genuine as his affection for the people he meets. […]