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It had to be a rumor. On the Internet, there were reports that Easter eggs are now banned in Seattle schools. Well, it turns out that a 16-year-old high school student identified only as “Jessica” told a Seattle radio talk-show host of her experience as a volunteer in a third-grade class at a local elementary school, which…

The government of the People’s Republic of China is officially Communist and atheist. What does that mean for Chinese Christians? Try to imagine being beaten to death for your faith. Imagine having to use safe-houses and secret passageways. Imagine being released from prison, only to resume defying the authorities – and proclaiming Jesus … unafraid.…

Marking the start of 150th anniversary observances of the start of America’s War Between the States, a brilliant starburst mortar shell burst at 6:45 a.m. this morning over Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Over the next four years. reenactments and ceremonies will mark key events in the bitter civil conflict that divided our nation, ended slavery and claimed 600,000 lives in…

London Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips wrote that she was worried that Christianity is being suppressed, even criminalized. “How long will it be before Christianity becomes illegal in Britain?” she asked readers. “This is no longer the utterly absurd and offensive question that on first blush it would appear to be. “An evangelical Christian campaigner, Stephen Green,…

Christians in the United Kingdom have freedom of religion and free speech. However, they are finding themselves under attack. A Christian legal organization in the United Kingdom reported a skirmish victory in the war against Christians and their churches – the demand that they essentially be silent in their worship. The Christian Legal Centre in…

A professor at the University of California at Los Angeles last spring prohibited a graduating student from saying “I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” in her own graduation speech. Christina Popa says other students were permitted to have their speeches read aloud at a pre-graduation ceremony. Christina was told she would also be allowed,…

Chaplains working at a Florida hospice for the terminally ill were told they would no longer allowed to say the word “God” to staff members. At about the same time several police chaplains lost their jobs for praying “in Jesus name” in Virginia. The Virginia Senate’s Justice Committee voted along party lines to kill a bill…

Perhaps you remember Nevada high school valedictorian Brittany McComb, who last year delivered her commencement address to over 400 fellow students, families and staff. She had been warned by officials not to utter the name of Jesus in her speech.  However, believing that the district’s censorship of her speech amounted to a violation of her…

The scandal was just too stunning! Here is how ABC News reported it about a year ago: “Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company. “An ABC News investigation has found,” announced Brian Ross, “the sights are used by…

Banning Christian symbols What has happened to America? When did Jesus Christ become a fair target for the ridiculing media? Breathlessly some time back, ABC News journalist Brian Ross revealed that a Michigan manufacturer of high-powered rifle sights and scopes has for years inscribed Bible references on the equipment used by U.S. armed services personnel. Scandalous! Another…
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