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Group says NY Times Distorts 1st Amendment to Secularize Society

Group says NY Times Distorts 1st Amendment to Secularize Society

Don Feder, editor of the Boycott The New York Times website, called a Times editorial demanding “equal space” for the display of religious symbols part of the paper’s “relentless drive to secularize society.”

In a November 12 editorial, The Times urged the Supreme Court to rule that a Ten Commandments display in a public park in Pleasant Grove City, Utah, violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause because the municipality rejected a request by a group called Summum, which wanted to erect its own monument.


Are Barack Obama’s Statements on Faith Biblical?

Are Barack Obama’s Statements on Faith Biblical?

The information in this article was taken directly from the official website of president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday, November 11, 2008. This allows readers to easily verify all quotes for themselves.

The site allows the visitor to navigate to a section entitled, “People” with a subsection entitled, “People of Faith”. It is here where the visitor reads, “Barack Obama is a committed Christian.” The visitor may also download the file ObamaonFaith.pdf which highlights “key values in Barack Obama’s public statements on faith and politics.”


7 Essential Components of Overcoming Faith

7 Essential Components of Overcoming Faith

Why is it so hard to get your prayers answered, while others seem to have little or no problem? Overcoming faith is comprised of 7 basic elements that are crucial to a victorious outcome.


Minority Christians Who Did Not Vote For Obama

Minority Christians Who Did Not Vote For Obama

Just as it shouldn’t be assumed that Caucasians who didn’t vote for Obama rejected the idea of a Black president; likewise, it should not be assumed that all minorities voted for him. Each side had its reasons for why it did or didn’t support Mr. Obama. Christian minorities figure on both of those sides.

Most people intelligent enough to assess someone based on character and not ethnicity, would agree with that; unfortunately, not much intelligence was employed by some Americans during this election.


Book Review: The Holy Spirit & the End Times by James A. Wilson

Book Review: The Holy Spirit & the End Times by James A. Wilson

James A. Wilson establishes that reconciliation must be the prime component of a ministry in “The Holy Spirit and the End Times.” The book is filled with awe inspiring stories, exciting experiences, and miraculous events that are happen­ing in every day circumstances to ordinary people.

These stories illustrate prophetic acts: “The prophetic act and its impact are demonstrable and documentable – and so clearly identifiable as a miraculous intervention of God that there are simply no circumstantial ways to explain it away.”