by Bob Allen | Aug 4, 2008 | News
A jailed Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan won a partial victory July 29 when a judge decided not to convict him of criminal charges and referred the case back to the prosecutor for further investigation. “We were partially successful,” the lawyer representing...
by Bob Allen | Aug 1, 2008 | News
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday calling on China to end abuses of human rights in advance of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. The non-binding act called on China’s government to end its crackdown on Tibet and Uyghur Muslims and to...
by Bob Allen | Jul 31, 2008 | News
“Purpose-Driven Life” author Rick Warren, who supported President Bush on the eve of the 2004 election, now says pastors should not endorse political candidates. “I don’t support anybody for president publicly,” the pastor of Saddleback...
by Bob Allen | Jul 30, 2008 | News, Opinion
Recent comments by a Southern Baptist seminary professor that abused women are at least in part to blame if they refuse to submit to their husband’s God-given authority don’t square with official teachings of his denomination. “And husbands on their...
by Bob Allen | Jul 29, 2008 | News
The House of Representatives could vote as early as this week on legislation that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products. “Our nation’s leaders have a moral obligation to do all they can to protect...
