Originally published in World Lawmakers from both parties lauded the Obama administration on Wednesday after the State Department announced it is designating the Nigerian terror group Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organisation. The official announcement came ahead of a joint hearing on Boko Haram in the House subcommittees on […]
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After receiving 666 number high school student drops out of cross country race
Originally published in Charisma News A high school athlete refused to run in a regional cross country meet after she was issued a bib with the numbers 666. Codie Thacker, a junior at Whitley County High School in Williamsburg, Ky., says seeing the bib with the mark of the beast made […]
Amazing 42 days of non-stop worship ends next to White House
Worship continued while Government shut down Originally published in CBN A rare event is came to an end this week in the United States capital: 42 consecutive days of worship bursting forth from a white tent located just a few hundred yards from the White House. The temporary worship venue where […]
Billy Graham turns 95 today: broadcasts his ‘final message’
Watch Graham’s powerful last public message ‘My Hope America’ here Originally published in Christian Today “America’s Pastor” Billy Graham is turning 95-years-old today. The North Carolina-born evangelist is celebrating his milestone birthday with hundreds of people including notable politicians and business leaders from across the nation. After decades of preaching, […]
The day God said: ‘Go feed the strippers’
Originally published in Charisma News After a 21-day fast, Erin Stevens heard God tell her, ‘Go feed the strippers.’ (CBN) Last year Erin Stevens was a happy home-schooling mom of three and a pastor’s wife in a growing church of several hundred. Then, following a 21-day fast, she heard God […]
German home-school parents seek justice in US Supreme Court
Originally published in Charisma News The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is filing a petition with the United States Supreme Court today (Thursday, October 10) to hear Romeike v. Holder, the German home-schooling asylum case. In April, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sustained the […]
Billboards in New York’s Times Square reach out to atheists
Originally published in Christianity Today New billboards have gone up in New York’s Times Square to engage atheists and other secularists. The billboards are emblazoned with the strapline: “To all of our atheist friends: Thank God you’re wrong.” The digital billboard in Times Square measures 45 feet by 90 feet […]
US Government shuts down amid Congressional fighting
(Photo: Reuters/Jason Reed Originally published in CBN The United States federal government partially shut down from Tuesday (Ocober 1) as Republicans and the president duke it out over Obamacare. Some 800 000 federal workers are off the job as a dispute over President Barack Obama’s signature health care law reached […]
US trucker buying billboards everywhere to spread word of God
How serious are you about spreading the word of God? No matter how serious you might be, there is a man who can probably give you a run for your money. A trucker in Wisconsin is going throughout his home state buying one billboard after another, working to get people […]
Homeless US man a hero after giving back $42000
Tough economic times can lead people to desperation, but they can also show us what a person is truly made of. Glen James has been homeless for many years. Living on the streets of Boston, he often encounters tourists who are taking in some of the city’s historic areas and […]