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This Feb. 20, 1943 file photo shows Britain's Princess Elizabeth, right, and her sister, Princess Margaret, in their Girl Guide uniforms.

UK Girl Guides abandon God, pledge to themselves

Religion | Girlguiding UK, a British scouting organization, has “modernized” its pledge—and loving God did not make the cut. The pledge has referenced God since the organization began in 1910. The group last changed the…

Canadian Ambassador of Religious Freedom Andrew Bennett

Northern reinforcements

Religion |  Canada’s new ambassador for religious freedom will bolster U.S. efforts on the issue worldwide

Bill Cosby

Signs and Wonders: Bill Cosby wades once again into politically incorrect waters

Newsworthy |  Cosby speaks. In a recent interview, Bill Cosby said his humor—especially his groundbreaking The Cosby Show—came from his own life experiences, and from a…

MODERN MARTYRS: Mourners and priests gather in the back lot of a Catholic church now turned into a mass grave in Madalla, Nigeria, for dozens killed in a Christmas Day bombing by a radical Islamist sect.
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Numbered victims

Religion |  Experts try to get an accurate yearly count of Christian martyrs

Church of Our Lady
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Church of Our Lady

Houses of God |  Iqrit, Israel

Replanting time
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Replanting time

Lifestyle |  Pastor finds he can reap harvest in an unlikely place for church growth

Grace University

Grace University offers reconciliation to lesbian student

Homosexuality |  The Huffington Post story about a lesbian student's fight with a Christian university—complete with headlines that focus on her expulsion and resulting…

Fred Luter Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptists urge churches to consider Boy Scout alternatives

Boy Scouts |  The Southern Baptist Convention, holding its national meeting in Houston, approved a resolution Wednesday expressing disappointment in the Boy Scouts of…

A sample Oklahoma automobile license plate.

Oklahoma man challenges ‘sacred’ license plate

Free Speech |  Pastor Keith Cressman is suing the state of Oklahoma, claiming the standard Oklahoma license plate violates his freedom of speech. The Oklahoman reports that a…

The Rev. Fred Luter Jr. points upward after being re-elected as the Southern Baptist Convention's president.

Signs and Wonders: SBC president calls for more black missionaries

Newsworthy |  Southern Baptists begin. The nation’s largest protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), is meeting this week in Houston. Among the…

Aaron Hartzler

The one that got away

Religion |  This is a true story: Aaron Hartzler is the oldest son of a Midwest Baptist preacher and a fervent mother who gave herself wholeheartedly to family and good…

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

Signs and Wonders: Secret email accounts violate government transparency

Newsworthy |  Obama official secret. The Competitive Enterprise Institute has been claiming that officials in the Obama administration have secret email accounts as a way…

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