Pastor Terry Jones oversees "International Judge the Quran Day"
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Florida pastor oversees Quran burning After a six-hour trial on Sunday that featured a Christian convert from Islam as a prosecuting attorney and a Dallas imam as a defense lawyer, a jury of 12 church members and volunteers made the judgment, Jones said. He said the punishment — burning the book after it had been soaked in kerosene for an hour — was determined from four choices on his organization’s Face
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I Will Raise it Up
Many children raised in Christian homes do not understand the meaning of Resurrection Sunday. They might choose the correct answer on a multiple-choice test, but most would flunk an open-ended question (“Why do we celebrate Easter?”). Open-ended questions provide the best measurement of understanding.
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Texas Bill Would Protect College Professors Who Question Evolution
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“Luskin said there is a ‘widespread pattern of discrimination’ against intelligent design proponents, pointing to several cases in Texas.” Full story.
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"Major network news organizations have done little to recognize the impact churches and faith-based ministries have in the recovery effort."
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Of the 11 stories about U.S. relief efforts on ABC, CBS, and NBC between Friday, March 11 and Tuesday, March 15, not a single story mentioned the Christian work of faith-based groups like Samaritan’s Purse, CRASH Japan, The Salvation Army, and others mobilizing to help ease the suffering. Faith-based efforts being ignored
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Tennessee Temple to shut down K-12 academy
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Tennessee Temple to shut down K-12 academy University President Danny Lovett said the K-12 academy in Highland Park hit its peak in 1980, when 1,000 students were enrolled. Now there are seven or eight students in certain grades and 140 total, he said. “When it was 1980, Highland Park was a different demographic,” Lovett said.
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