Positive, guarded praise for Trump’s Supreme Court pick of Gorsuch
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 31, 2017 – President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. During his televised announcement, the president said he had made his list of candidates know for months while still a candidate for president. He praised Gorsuch, a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
Read More →Book: ‘Love Your Work’
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WordNews.org) Jan. 31, 2017 – A new Gallup poll says 7 in 10 people either hate their jobs or feel totally unengaged with their work. Crown Financial Ministries president, Robert Dickie III, says he may have the answer to alter that statistic in his new book “Love Your Work: 4 Practical Ways You […]
Read More →Boy Scouts to accept transgender youth
IRVING, Texas (WordNews.org) Jan. 30, 2017 – The Boy Scouts of America have announced they will now allow children who “identify” as boys to become Boy Scouts, the leadership announced Monday. “Starting today, we will accept and register youth in the Cub and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated on the application,” […]
Read More →Night to Shine Prom for Special Needs Students Expands
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (WordNews.org) Jan. 30, 2017 – On Feb. 10, 2017, Liquid Church in Morristown, N.J., will play host for a Night to Shine prom for special needs students who are 14 years old or older. This is an event sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. It will be just one of more than 350 […]
Read More →Street Preachers First Amendment Rights Defended in Court
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WordNews.org) Jan. 28, 2017 – Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute appeared in U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to defend to street preachers who had been charged with refusing police orders to cease and desist from preaching without a permit. According to the institute, on June 26, 2012, Don Karns […]
Read More →Ministries push for stronger U.S. support for Israel
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 27, 2017 – Several ministries in the United States are encouraged by President Donald Trump’s support for Israel, including plans for the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump recently declared that the strained relationship between the two nations has been repaired since he became president, according to […]
Read More →Opposition to Judge Pryor for Supreme Court mounting among evangelicals
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 26, 2017 – Opposition against Judge William Pryor Jr. being nominated by President Donald Trump to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia is mounting among evangelicals. Pryor, a justice on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, has had “several alarming rulings,” the Personhood Alliance said in a bulletin to supporters under […]
Read More →Annual Memorial “Die-In” Coming to the White House Jan. 27
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 24, 2017 – A group of young activists are expected to “die” in front of the White House this Friday to “hold President Donald Trump accountable” to his promise to defund Planned Parenthood, the country’s largest abortion provider. The group, CEC For Life, an outreach of the Charismatic Episcopal Church, is […]
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