Seven of eight Forsyth County, North Carolina, commissioners say they will accept an offer from group of Christian attorneys to fight this week’s ban on praying in “Jesus’ name” all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Commissioners Dave Plyler, Everette Witherspoon and Richard Linville, the board chairman, all said after a closed meeting with the county’s attorney on…

Houston pastor and author Joel Osteen, drew about 37,000 people to a Chicago ballpark for “America’s Night of Hope” Saturday. Preaching hope amid global economic fears that followed the downgrading of America’s credit rating the preceding night, the 48-year-old pastor proclaimed that “a resurrection God” was capable of “breathing new life,” according to the Chicago Sun -Times. “You…

“Pro-choice” activists have launched a legal assault on volunteer-run “crisis pregnancy counseling centers” nationwide — which is ironic, says author R. Albert Mohler Jr.,  since the crews running such storefronts are dedicated to offering pregnant woman a real choice. “The U.S. Supreme Court’s declaration of war upon the unborn in its infamous 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, caught…

Youth ministry leader and author Dave Fenton says youth in Britain are not being reached by trendy youth ministers chosen according to age rather than ability to touch kids’ lives. “Why do we say youth leaders have to be cool, to dress in a certain way? And why are we so reluctant to teach [youth] the Bible?” Fenton…

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