After almost two decades behind bars, a trio accused of the grisly murder of  three Cub Scouts have been released. A district court judge released Damien W. Echols, 36, Jason Baldwin, 34, and Jessie Misskelley Jr., 36, known as the West Memphis Three, in a legal maneuver known as an “Alford plea.” It does not result in a full exoneration…

Yet again the British Broadcasting Corporation’s news division has turned a joyful occasion into an excuse for mean-spirited criticism. That’s the commentary of an obviously irked Milo Yiannopoulos, writing from the midst of 1.5 million teens and young adults who have converged on Madrid, Spain, a six-day celebration of being young and Christian. “It comes to something when…

“America has been blessed by God in unique ways — we are not just another country, but neither are we God’s special people,” writes Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. “I do not believe that America is God’s chosen nation. “We do not have ‘God on our side.’ We…

Chinese Christian expatriates have asked the United Nations to investigate the disappearance of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. The U.S.-based China Aid Association, formally requested a special U.N. investigation into Gao’s whereabouts as well as the torture he underwent in previous police detention. The request came on the five-year anniversary of his first arrest by Chinese police. The request…

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