Christian, Gay Rights, and Jewish Groups Help Muslim in Head Scarf Case Against Abercrombie & Fitch; Win Likely After Supreme Court Oral Arguments By Napp Nazworth February 25, 2015 | 5:18 pm

Muslim woman Samantha Elauf (R), who was denied a sales job at an Abercrombie Kids store in Tulsa in 2008, stands with U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lead attorney Barbara Seely (C) at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, February 25, 2015. The Court on Wednesday considered whether Elauf, who wears a head scarf, or hijab, was...

The Heart of a Pastor

“Father, forgive them. For they do not know what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing Jesus. They would run up and spit on Him, then back off and laugh at Him and call Him blasphemous names. They would quote His words back to Him and dare Him to come down from the cross and prove Himself. They were mean-spirited and ugly and hatefilled, and He...

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AVOIDING A BAD MARRIAGE

. After salvation, the most important choice you will need to make is who to marry. This choice is so important that if you miss it, you will suffer for long, if you get it right then you will enjoy forever. A bad marriage can affect every other area of your life. This subject is so important, so many married people are hoping to be single again so as to make the right choice. If you are single please...

Explaining Mathew 4:1

Evening, Feb 20 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — Matthew 4:1 A holy character does not avert temptation—Jesus was tempted. When Satan tempts us, his sparks fall upon tinder; but in Christ’s case, it was like striking sparks on water; yet the enemy continued his evil work. Now, if the devil goes on striking when there is no result, how much more...

Displaced Iraqi Christian Girl Who Fled Home to Escape Death Asks God to 'Forgive' ISIS, Despite Her Terrible Living Conditions in Half-Built Mall

Even though her village was seized by the Islamic State and she's now living a rough life in an unfinished mall in Kurdish-protected Northern Iraq, a displaced Christian refugee child is asking God to "forgive" the ISIS militants. After ISIS seized most of the Mosul region of Iraq last June, over 400 mostly Christian displaced Iraqi families from the villages of Qaraqosh, Bartella and Kharamles descended...

Explaining Matthew 6:21

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21 NIV) You are going to enjoy forever what you invest in Heaven, and you invest in Heaven every time you use money for good. Yesterday we talked about investing in eternity by using your money to grow your character, encourage fellowship in the Body of Christ, and serve others in need. There are two more funds that...

Explaining 1JOHN 2:15

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 2:15-17 The things of the world may be desired and possessed for the uses and purposes which God intended, and they are to be used by his grace, and to his glory; but believers must not seek or value them for those purposes to which sin abuses them. The world draws the heart from God; and the more the love of the world prevails, the more the love of God decays. The...

Fire Chief Fired for Writing Religious Book that Addressed Homosexuality Files Lawsuit

Kelvin Cochran, the Atlanta fire chief who made national headlines after being fired for writing a religious book that addressed homosexuality, has filed a lawsuit against the city and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Fox News reports that the lawsuit asks for Cochran to be reinstated and financially compensated for the previous loss of his job. Cochran’s book, entitled “Who Told You That You Were Naked?”...

Christian Florist Who Refused Gay Wedding Found Guilty of Discrimination

A Washington woman who refused to make flower arrangements for a gay wedding in 2013 has been found guilty of discrimination. Christian Today reports that Barronelle Stutzman, who operated Arlene’s Flowers, refused to provide the floral arrangements for Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed’s wedding because her Christian beliefs prevented her from doing so in good conscience. After two years of legal proceedings,...

Court Rules 'God Bless America' Not Unconstitutional

The Florida high school that told a student not to say “God bless America” during morning announcements said this week that the student did not violate the U.S. Constitution. "Upon consultation with legal counsel and review of legal advisories, the Nassau County School District has taken the position that a student's use of the phrase "God Bless America" during the morning announcements at Yulee High...

A Prophetic Warning From the Holy Spirit

It is no secret that the spiritual environment in the world is undergoing a radical change. A great gulf is beginning to divide those who reject absolute truth and those who see what is happening and respond by renewing their commitment to the faith. The winds of change are blowing, separating the wheat from the chaff. Even identifying...

A Prophetic Warning From the Holy Spirit

It is no secret that the spiritual environment in the world is undergoing a radical change. A great gulf is beginning to divide those who reject absolute truth and those who see what is happening and respond by renewing their commitment to the faith. The winds of change are blowing, separating the wheat from the chaff. Even identifying...

Bibles Banned Because Some 'Uncomfortable' With Word of God

Students in Aberystwyth are pushing for thousands of Gideon Bibles to be removed from university accommodation. A poll conducted by the students' union claims that more than half of students felt that having the Bibles in university accommodation as a matter of course was "uncomfortable" or "unacceptable." The call to ban Bibles mirrors action by the...

Ben Carson Placed on 'Extremist' Watch List by Southern Poverty Law Center

A legal advocacy group has labelled potential presidential candidate Ben Carson an “extremist,” according to reports. The nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) assigned Carson the label for his support of biblical marriage, which the group calls “anti-LGBT.” Charisma News reports that the SPLC gathered quotes Carson said in interviews as well...

Marquette University Suspends ProfessorWho Objected after Student was Forbidden from Opposing Gay Marriage

A Marquette University professor has been suspended from his teaching position after writing a blog that criticized another professor who prohibited a student from expressing views supporting traditional marriage. Christian Today reports that John McAdams, a professor of 37 years, received a letter of suspension from Dean Richard Holtz that said he will be banned from campus and suspended with pay...

Obama Condemns ‘Distorted’ Faith at National Prayer Breakfast

President Obama on Thursday (Feb. 5) called for an emphasis on what is just about the world’s religions as a way to counter the ways faith has been distorted across the globe. “We see faith driving us to do right,” he said to more than 3,500 people attending the annual National Prayer Breakfast. “But we also see faith being twisted and distorted, used...

Top 10 Christian Rappers

Lecrae Lecrae is easily the best Christian rapper out there. He places actual scripture alone with great production and the flow is off the chain. It really doesn't get much better then 'Crae No competition. Lecrae owns everyone on this list. His song Transformers is amazing! I have never even heard of these other fools y'all musta never heard a Lecrae song otherwise he'd be number one. Man! This...

NATALIE GRANT LYRICS

"In Christ Alone" In Christ alone my hope is found, He is my light, my strength, my song; this Cornerstone, this solid Ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears are stilled, when strivings cease! My Comforter, my All in All, here in the love of Christ I stand. In Christ alone! who took on flesh Fulness of God in helpless babe! This...

Muslims Attack Christian School over Charlie Cartoons

Some 300 armed Muslim students attacked a Christian boys' school in northern Pakistan in retaliation to French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's controversial drawings of Mohammed. According to the Christian Post , the incident took place at Panel High School, which is located in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At least four boys were injured...

Nigerian Christians in Danger of Valentine's Massacre?

The lives of Christians in northern Nigeria are in grave danger - they are being targeted, attacked and killed for their faith. The violence is expected to get worse because of the upcoming Feb. 14 presidential election. "The upcoming election will likely be a Valentine's Day massacre for poor Christians of Northern Nigeria," Human rights lawyer Emmanuel...

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