A Nation In Decline – Budget Cuts Paint The ...

The New York Times paints a clear and disturbing picture of the U.S. in financial decline. Furloughs of employees and school children, transit systems cutting service, public safety reducing it’s workforce despite the increased need, out of control spending and more. Taken one at a time these issues may not seem important – placing them all together one quickly sees the “big picture”, that we are a...

Global Gathering of Christian Leaders to Adopt Sta...

Some 4,000 Christian leaders from 200 nations who will be gathered from around the world, to convene in South Africa this October to adopt a new document that will follow in the footsteps of the historic Lausanne Covenant, an evangelical manifesto considered to be one of the most influential documents in Christendom. The highly-anticipated document, referred to as the Cape Town Commitment, will be “rooted in the...

3.6 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Washington D.C. Ar...

A minor earthquake shook residents awake in the DC area early Friday. The quake hit at 5:04 a.m. EDT and had a magnitude of 3.6. The quake was centered in the Rockville, Md., area said Randy Baldwin, a physicist with U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center. Police in Washington and in nearby Montgomery County, Md., said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. On the U.S....

Students Ordered to Stop Praying Outside Supreme C...

A group of Christian students was ordered to stop praying outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on May 5 because a court police officer told them it was against the law. The students were part of a junior high school American History class at Wickenburg Christian Academy in Arizona. After taking pictures on the steps of the Supreme Court building, their teacher gathered them to a side location where they formed a circle...

Iranian Fighter Turned US Spy Says Tehran Will Att...

A former fighter in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) turned US spy offered a rare glance into one of the most complex countries in the Middle East. During a conference held at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy on Friday, Reza Kahlili (pseudonym) estimated that Iran will eventually attack Israel, Europe and the Persian Gulf states. He called for a preemptive strike on the regime in Tehran, but...