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Most people in this quiet all-American town describe themselves as devoutly Christian, but even here they are deeply divided over what should happen to John Freshwater.

Mr. Freshwater, an eighth-grade public school science teacher, is accused of burning a cross onto the arms of at least two students and teaching creationism, charges he says have been fabricated because he refused an order by his principal to remove a Bible from his desk.

After an investig...

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: 'He has scattered abroad his gifts ...

One Sunday last fall, Bill Hybels, founder and senior pastor at the Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago's northwest suburbs, was preaching on the logic and power of Jesus' words "Love thine enemy." As is his custom, Hybels was working a small semicircle of easels arrayed behind his lectern, reinforcing key phrases. Hybels' preaching is economical, precise of tone and gesture. Again by custom, he was dressed in black, which accentuated his pale complexion, blue eyes and hair, once Dutch-b...

The proposed Islamist march at Wootton Bassett is an offensive notion, but should not be banned. The test for a fair society is how it deals with that which it dislikes.

The phenomenon of Wootton Bassett is something both remarkable and precious. So evocative are the scenes in this small Wiltshire town that it is inevitable that some will seek to exploit them for political ends.

Nick Griffin of the British National Party did just that in November. Now it ...

Generally this is where we have requests for needs worldwide, but we thought to close out 2009 we would share some reports of what your prayers have done.

From Allan and Georgene Shalm (Pakistan/Afghanistan):

We write this letter with great thanksgiving in our hearts. Thank you to each and every one of you who prayed for Pakistan and the Christian community on Christmas Day. We can report to ...

“It’s time for me to go. Tell me what I can do for you before I leave.” Elijah instructed Elisha.

“Give me a double portion of your spirit!” Elisha did not have to think twice (2 Kings 2:9, paraphrased).

Reading Elisha’s request causes a stirring, deep in the spirit of a saint of God. We all long for a “double portion.” Have you ever stopped to consider what Elisha’s life and ministry may have been l...

Authorities moved thousands of villagers from harm's way near the Philippines' most active volcano Tuesday after it oozed lava and shot plumes of ash, and said they probably would spend a bleak Christmas in an evacuation center.

State volcanologists raised the alert level on the cone-shaped, 8,070-foot Mayon volcano overnight to two steps below a major eruption after ash explosions and dark orange lava fragments glowing in the dark trickled down the mountain slope.

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