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December 26, 2018 - Church security enters new age

By Sheila Allen NW Baptist Witness, With attention on violence in public spaces increasing, including incidences at places of worship, the Northwest Baptist Convention sponsored a “Church Security in the 21st Century” conference that drew more 75 attendees to three locations in recent weeks. “Church security is not a heavy-handed, […]


December 24, 2018 - Second full-page Christian ad debuts

By M. Martin, In the Sunday Oregonian, December 23 2018, the second full page Christian ad of the year made its appearance.  This ad featuring a Nativity scene of Jesus in manager along with the messiah Bible verse Isaiah 9:6 was placed by Hobby Lobby stores which recently began opening […]


December 21, 2018 - Weinstein God-bashing ‘Mary Magdalene’ film flops

By Catholic League for religious and civil rights, Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the fate of the movie, “Mary Magdalene”: “Mary Magdalene” made the big screen in the U.K. and Australia, but it never made it to the U.S. That’s largely because the film was left in limbo […]


December 19, 2018 - China’s escalating crack down on Christianity

By M. Martin, Oregon writer Things are getting worse for all people of faith in China. First we had the news that China had built large scale re-education camps for Uighur and Kazakh Muslims in the far Western part of China. The BBC reports that hundreds of thousands of Muslims […]


December 18, 2018 - Mystery plants used to block homeless

By Faith News Note, Concrete pots with newly installed plants are showing up in Portland around sidewalk areas popular among the homeless. The plants block the homeless from sleeping on the sidewalk under bridges and other areas. The interesting fact is that no one is taking credit for the plants […]


December 18, 2018 - Raising kids to be givers in a gimme age

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Sandy, Oregon The next generation is growing up amid—and inheriting—vast wealth. Even many children in Christian families don’t see their parents give and are not taught and encouraged to give themselves. So they become keepers and accumulators, and essentially self-preoccupied materialists. They see the […]



December 14, 2018 - God is Dead author dies

By Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights. God isn’t dead, but the author who famously declared He is is. Thomas Altizer passed away though few people took note of it. He was the subject of the April 8, 1966 cover story of Time magazine. The black background and bold […]


December 12, 2018 - Oregon as abortion destination state

By Jim Miller, Oregon writer In 2015 Oregon was rated the best state to have an abortion.   Now the customer traffic numbers seem to be showing that those laws are generating people’s attention.  Federal data from 2015 shows that 11.2 percent of the 8,610 abortions conducted in Oregon were done […]


December 10, 2018 - Parent Alert: Groundbreaking screen time study

By M. Martin, Oregon writer 60 Minutes did a special on a new study involving 11,000 kids, 21 research sites and $300 million dollars on the study of the impact of screen time on kids’ brains. This is the largest study in the world on the subject and worth noting.  […]