ISTANBUL, TURKEY (ANS) — Christian workers in Istanbul, Turkey, who distribute Bibles and New Testaments in the Turkish language, have had their offices raided by police and are currently under investigation by local authorities.
In Dream Work’s high tech fairy tale, a witch has cast a spell on Princess Fiona. Only a kiss from a “true love” can cancel the curse. Imprisoned in a well-guarded tower, she awaits her hero.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (ANS) — Millions of North American television viewers will be able to become “media-wise” when PaxTV begins airing Dr. Ted Baehr’s 60-second movie reviews, in a late night slot starting June 1. It is the start of a new series of family friendly movie reviews that Christian media expert Ted Baehr presents on his syndicated MOVIEGUIDE(R) TV program.
(Hauppague, New York) — The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced today that a federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling clearing the way for a Long Island, New York church and its pastor to lawfully use facilities owned and operated by the Town of Babylon.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–What makes a bomber strike, or a mom kill her kids?
Newsweek magazine asked that question recently for a cover story analyzing the nature and the root of evil. Its answer, though, fell short of a biblical definition of sin, R. Albert Mohler Jr. said during a nationwide broadcast of the radio program “Janet Parshall’s America” May 18.
(Minneapolis, Minnesota) — The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced today that a federal appeals court has overturned a lower court decision giving three state employees in Minnesota the right to proceed to trial on their First Amendment claims against the Minnesota Department of Corrections, which punished them in 1997 for reading their Bibles during a “Gays and Lesbians in the Workplace” training session.
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today the U.S. Supreme Court “missed an important opportunity to clarify an issue that has become the center of a national debate†when it refused to consider an appeal of a case out of Indiana where a lower court ruled that a monument of the Ten Commandments which has been on display for more than 40 years is unconstitutional.
DALLAS (ABP) — Does God intend to give his children certain blessings but only if they ask?
Does reciting the same prayer to God every day provide power?
A new concept in supporting native missionaries from around the world has just been introduced by XtremeMissionsTM, a division of Christian Aid Mission. Called “The Xtreme Team,” this concept enables college-age believers to receive exclusive monthly reports from similar age missionaries in foreign nations.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY (ANS) — Operation Mobilization workers in Istanbul, Turkey, report that Bible distribution efforts have been well received in that country.
WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed again to decide whether Congress has abridged free speech rights in its attempt to protect children from pornography on the Internet.
MINSK, BELARUS (ANS) — Viktor is paralyzed down one side due to a stroke. His wife is dead, so he cares for their 6 and 9-year-old children on his own, doing whatever he can around the house with his one good hand. They live in a remote village in Belarus, and struggle to survive on Viktor’s very small pension.
Israeli troops killed two Palestinian terrorists today on the Gaza border as they tried to plant a bomb. The Israeli army said the two men were seen planting a bomb on the edge of Bureij refugee camp, close to the Israeli border, when troops opened fire.
Hatred of Israel is an ideal in the Palestinian Authority official press. Following are quotes from an article which appeared in the official Palestinian daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida.
WASHINGTON (BP)–Contrary to a report casting a cloud over its United Nations status as a non-governmental organization (NGO), the Baptist World Alliance remains optimistic that it will be reaccredited as an NGO, a position it has held with the UN since 1975.
(Virginia Beach, VA) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it will defend the City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska which has been sued by the ACLU to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments which has been displayed in a park since 1965.
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving the Congressional authority to limit children’s access to online pornography is “an important opportunity to protect children†and the ACLJ announced it will file a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court representing a coalition of Congressional members in the case.
Rutherford Institute Attorneys Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court Citing Free Speech Violations
WASHINGTON – Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of several residents of the city of Fargo, North Dakota, who were arrested while participating in a peaceful residential “prayer walk.”
Rev. Al Sharpton recently returned from Sudan after a fact-finding trip to address the issue of slavery in the Africa’s largest nation.
On Monday, 21st May 2001 The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement with many other supporters will hold its annual Jerusalem Day march to the Temple Mount. The event will start from the tank on Ammunition Hill at 10:00AM.