The Dead Sea Scrolls may have been written, at least in part, by a sectarian group called the Essenes, according to nearly 200 textiles discovered in caves at Qumran, in the West Bank, where the religious texts had been stored.
Scholars are divide
ore damning evidence continues to emerge: not only did Egypt’s military plan to massacre Christians to teach them a “lesson” never to protest again, but “death squads” were deployed up buildings the night before to snipe at protesters. Instead of tr
The Malaysian states of Penang and Malacca are considering even stricter laws against the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender communities, allowing them the authority to punish "offenders" twice.
When San Leandro, CA. officials rejected plans to move a growing congregation to a bigger building, Pastor Gary Mortara turned to another authority: the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading
An Atheist and his group have filed a complaint with an Alabama school district because one of the school's football teams says a prayer before each game invoking Jesus' name. This article looks at the real First Amendment language and shows why "
And it’s not just medical marijuana and cancer patients that the ATF--and its water boys in Congress--wants to deny Second Amendment rights to. As has been previously reported, many of our nation’s veterans are also on the “hit list”
In yet another stunning attack on freedom of religion, President Barack Obama’s Justice Department asked the Supreme Court last week to give the federal government the power to tell a church who its ministers will be.
When the Apostle John was exiled on the Isle of Patmos for the Word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ, he saw a vision of the Glorified Christ who gave him a message . . .
I have long believed that the way the U.S. Government will try to control the theological content of American churches is through anti-discrimination laws, and it seems that Obama's Department of Justice (sic) is attempting to force a church to rehir
I share what I believe love between individuals is and is not, my beliefs about marriage, and about relationships with relatives or friends whom we say we love.
The Bible has been banned throughout history. Find out why! See if the Bible is really the Word of God! "O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed in the man that trusteth in him." Ps 34:8 (KJV)
It's time to stand for liberty; we who do not believe in government intervention, can speak out for this Iranian pastor and his defense attorney. The pastor is sentenced to death and the attorney nine years in prison. Here's how to protest!
Military Religious Freedom Foundation Posts USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Schwartz's Religious Freedom Edict on Billboard in Air Force Academy's Backyard. The Next Day, Gen. Schwartz's Memo is Sent to All USAFA Cadets.
Abu Elias sat beneath the towering stairs leading from the Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya, a church high up in the mountains outside Damascus, where Christians have worshiped for 1,400 years. “We are all scared of what will come next,” he said, turn
In the Newsweek article, we now watch while American Muslim girls are sent off to marry men 20 years older than themselves—to uphold the family honor. If not, they are killed by fathers, uncles and brothers.
courtrooms, the Internet, the workplace, the grocery store, the neighborhoods, and on the airwaves. That is the stealth jihad, the hidden war. And it is to teaching you how to fight that war—where and how and on what grounds—that this book is dedicat
A city best known for its historic Catholic Mission is facing a lawsuit from a couple cited by code-enforcement officers for holding a Bible study in their home.
Salafi fanatics who have al-Qaeda-styled thinking. It’s exactly al-Qaeda thinking: ‘We are rejecting others; we want to kill the Christians; and, we want to make the Christians leave the country.’ I have witnessed an incident in Imbaba, when a house
The moment you arrive at the airport in Cairo, you discover how little Egypt - the heart of Arab civilization - is governed by the rule of law. You line up to show your passport to the customs officer; you wait and wait and wait. Eventually, you reac
For many years, and especially in the past 10 years, many so called “Christians” have been supporting the military actions of the United States government. Some do so because of belief that “those guys over there (wherever there happens to be) want
IS GOD A RESPECTOR OF PERSONS?
As we look to the world today, there are many questions which immediately come to mind regarding our social action with our fellow citizens and countries, some of whom we consider to be friendly and some
After reportedly feeding a crowd of five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, Jesus Christ of Nazareth was recently served with formal legal notice from industry trade associations, demanding that he cease and desist from what they charge is an
There is a growing consensus among scholars that the Gospel of Thomas – discovered over a half century ago in the Egyptian desert – dates to the very beginnings of the Christian era and may well have taken first form before any of the four traditiona
Rye Playland was shut down Tuesday after cops scuffled with Muslims upset that women wearing head scarves were barred from the rides, witnesses said.
Fifteen people, including three women, were charged with disorderly conduct and assault in the ch