Liberty Counsel delivers nearly 60,000 petitions urging repeal of Obamacare
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 25, 2012 – Liberty Counsel Action delivered nearly 60,000 petitions today to Senate and House leaders urging them to repeal Obamacare. Liberty Counsel Action, citing figures from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation that the insurance provisions of Obamacare will cost American taxpayers […]
Read More →South Dakota abortion law upheld in court
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (WordNews.org) July 24, 2012 — A federal appeals court upheld a South Dakota law that requires doctors to tell women seeking abortions about the increased risk of suicide they will face, Reuters is reporting. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 7-4 ruling Tuesday, overturning a decision by a three-judge […]
Read More →Ministry effort seeks to ‘reclaim Hollywood for Christ’
BUENA PARK, Calif. (WordNews.org) July 23, 2012 — The Congressional Prayer Conference of Washington D.C. is starting a monthly prayer tour in Hollywood beginning Aug. 18. Chairman Pastor Wiley Drake of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, and his co-chairman Dr. Clyde Rivers, ambassador to the African country of Burundi, are spearheading this […]
Read More →AFA urges opposition to Office Depot’s promotion of gay issues
TUPELO, Miss. (WordNews.org) July 22, 2012 – Office Depot’s is promoting a gay agenda that states people are born homosexual, the American Family Association says. Office Depot is providing $1 million to the cause and teaming up with recording artist Lady Gaga to encourage students that they’re “born this way,” the title of a Lady […]
Read More →Man arrested for holding home Bible study
PHOENIX, Ariz. (WordNews.org) — A Phoenix man is serving a 60-day sentence in jail and must pay a $12,000 fine for holding a Bible study at his private residential property and allegedly violating the city’s building codes, according to The Rutherford Institute. The institute has petitioned the Arizona Supreme court for a writ of habeas […]
Read More →By the Book: “My Dad, Oral Roberts” Part 1: “Windows”
TULSA, Okla. (WordNews.org) July 17, 2012 — As evangelist Oral Roberts lie in a hospital room following a fall, his youngest daughter Roberta Roberts Potts could hear a loud voice coming from down the hall as she walked to his room. Roberts, 91, had been on morphine to deal with the pain and been in […]
Read More →Mississippi judge allows law to take effect that could close state’s only abortion clinic
JACKSON, Miss. (WordNews.org) July 16, 2012 — Judge Daniel P. Jordan is allowing a Mississippi House law to go into effect that could lead to the closing of the state’s only abortion clinic, pro-life group Operation Rescue said. Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, said he was pleased with the judge’s decision but concerned about […]
Read More →Man forgives attacker who killed wife, daughter
LAS VEGAS (WordNews.org) July 14, 2012 — Arturo Martinez-Sanchez says forgiveness is not a choice. “I am instructed to forgive first,” Martinez-Sanchez said. The words came slowly and sincerely from a man whose wife and 10-year-old daughter were raped and murdered in a random home invasion on April 15. Citing his Christian faith, a Las […]
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