Helsinki district court judges have dismissed hate speech charges against a Finnish politician who tweeted out Bible verses and the bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission who published a pamphlet on gender roles.
The map of our DNA is finally complete. Here’s what that means for humanity.
Scientists are finally done mapping the human genome, more than two decades after the first draft was completed, researchers announced Thursday. About 8% of genetic material had been impossible to decipher with previous technology.
Author Lee Strobel, after brush with death, explores ‘Case for Heaven’ in film
When bestselling author and former journalist Lee Strobel decided to explore the concept of heaven, he couldn’t have predicted his writing about death would intersect with a global pandemic.
Pastor Claims He Was Ousted From Florida’s Celebration Church For Uncovering Fraud
Florida megachurch senior pastor Tim Timberlake told the congregation at Jacksonville’s Celebration Church last week that he and his wife “aren’t going anywhere” amid a lawsuit filed by founding pastor Stovall Weems against the church.
Pinellas religious groups join forces to hold political power to account
The reverend stood at the podium and, looking out at the crowd of around 2,000, lifted a hand and began his testimony. His voice boomed from speakers that framed the stage as the congregants shifted in their seats.
Anglican Church of Canada blunders stoke calls for general secretary to resign
Survivors of abuse and anti-abuse advocates in the Anglican Church of Canada are calling for the denomination’s general secretary to resign, saying he and other ACC leaders have continued to bungle their response to the leak of a draft of…
Black Lives Matter protests are shaping how people understand racial inequality
Considered to be the largest social justice movement since the civil rights era of the 1960s, Black Lives Matter is more than the scores of street protests organized by the social justice group that attracted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across the world.
Ukraine invasion puts Chabad of Russia ‘between a rock and a hard place’
Three days after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, a prominent rabbi in Moscow offered a striking dissent.
Navy barred from acting against religious vaccine refusers
A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds.
Gary North (1942-2022) sought to deny religious liberty to ‘the enemies of God’ — but he was willing to wait patiently for the revolution to develop
If you’ve never heard of Gary North that may be because he wanted it that way. Nevertheless, when North died in Georgia recently at age 80, he’d quietly become one of the notable religious and political architects of our time….
Long delayed, Deborah Lipstadt nomination for antisemitism envoy passes committee
Following an eight-month-long delay, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday (March 29) approved the nomination of noted antisemitism scholar Deborah Lipstadt to be the State Department’s envoy to combat and monitor antisemitism.
Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime
President Biden on Tuesday signed into law the Emmett Till Antilynching Act to make lynching a federal hate crime, in a historic first that comes after more than a century of failed efforts against racial violence.