by Bruce Nolan | May 8, 2011 | News
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Working in a cluster of offices above a LifeWay Christian Bookstore, Bible scholars are buried in a 20-year project to codify the thousands of changes, verse by verse, word by word—even letter by letter—that crept into the early New Testament during...
by Adelle Banks | May 8, 2011 | News
(RNS) More than 20 percent of atheist scientists consider themselves to be “spiritual,” according to a Rice University study. The findings, to be published in the June issue of the journal Sociology of Religion, are based on in-depth interviews with 275 natural and...
by Daniel Burke | May 8, 2011 | News
(RNS) An Indiana prosecutor on Thursday (May 5) dropped trespassing charges against nearly 80 anti-abortion activists who protested President Obama’s 2009 commencement address and honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame. Because Obama supports legalized...
by Baptist Times Staff | May 8, 2011 | News
Pornography is a “massive problem” in churches and may be restricting our ability to convey the gospel message. That’s according to Rev. Carl Beech, a Baptist minister and director of the United Kingdom’s men’s ministry Christian Vision...
by Al Webb | May 5, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) A BBC investigation is claiming that holy drinking water from Mecca is contaminated with arsenic and is being sold illegally to Muslims at shops in Britain. The BBC report on Thursday (May 5) said its investigation uncovered that “Zamzam” water has been...
by Adelle Banks | May 5, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Supporters marked the 60th annual National Day of Prayer on Thursday (May 5), just weeks after a federal appeals court dismissed a suit that challenged the law creating the day as unconstitutional. Focus on the Family founder James Dobson spoke of the...
