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  • NYC Megachurches Mostly Silent on Church Ban Issue
    Some 60 churches may be left homeless as a ban that prohibits worship services at New York City public schools takes effect on Sunday. While churchgoers continue to fight the ban, some are also crying foul over the lack of support from megachurches.

  • Egypt to Charge 19 Americans Over 'Illegal' NGO Funding
    Egypt's military-led government says it will refer 43 people, including 19 U.S. citizens, to a criminal court over foreign financing of non-governmental organizations as it appears to be tightening the noose around the country's pro-democracy civil society.

  • Seven Plays That Changed the Super Bowl
    If I were a sports journalist, here's the column I would write about Super Bowl XLVI. I would focus on seven plays, most of which won't appear in anyone's headlines.

  • Rick Warren Invites Churches to Join Weight Loss Program
    Pastor Rick Warren lost 60 pounds and helped his congregation to collectively lose about 250,000 pounds last year with Saddleback Church's weight loss program. And as he plans to shed 30 more pounds this year, he is encouraging other churches to use the Daniel Plan's website.

  • What Made It OK for God to Kill Women, Children in Old Testament?
    If I were to drop dead right now, or a suicide bomber downstairs were to blow this building up and I were blown into smithereens, God would have done me no wrong.

  • Komen Caves
    Komen is the kind of respectable and mainstream partner that Planned Parenthood desperately needs to continue its charade that it is all about "women's health."

  • Eddie Long Apologizes to Jews for Being Crowned 'King'
    A Jewish group on Sunday accepted Bishop Eddie Long's written apology over a ceremony last month during which a rabbi from the Messianic Judaism movement crowned him a "king."

  • Evangelicals and the US Election: A View From the Outside
    How is it that Evangelicals figure so prominently in the current Republican race for its presidential candidate? That question both intrigues and troubles Evangelicals outside the United States. In their drive to secure votes, have Republican politicians turned Evangelicals into just another political subgroup, alongside seniors or gun owners?

  • His Work, His Way, His Timing
    He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. — Ecclesiastes 3:11

  • Mexican Drug Dealer Turned Evangelist: I Saw Satan in the Drugs
    Delacruz holds church services and Bible studies on his patio in the rough, rural neighborhood where he lives near the border. It's an area plagued by poverty and crime, where thousands who've entered the U.S. illegally have settled after fleeing the violence in Mexico.

  • Vanderbilt University and Political Correctness
    Here are my questions: Could a Christian require an Islamic university to provide non-Muslim rooms for Christian use? Where do we draw the line once a faith-based university is required to remove elements of its faith in deference to those who choose to attend its classes but do not share its beliefs? Could a Christian university one day be forced to change any practice or symbol that a student finds offensive? Could it be made to hire an atheist to teach religion?

  • Columnist: Planned Parenthood, Contraception Mandate Illustrate Anti-Choice Liberalism
    Conservative columnist George Will argued Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that the Obama administration's contraception mandate and Planned Parenthood's outrage over the withdrawal of funding by cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure suggest pro-choice liberals oppose choice.

  • Katy Perry Dedicates Song to Tim Tebow at Super Bowl Party
    Flamboyant pop star Katy Perry dedicated suggestive song "Peacock" to evangelical quarterback Tim Tebow at a pre-Super Bowl party Saturday night.

  • With Nevada Victory, Is Romney the Inevitable Nominee?
    With his impressive victory in Saturday's Nevada caucus, pundits are suggesting that Mitt Romney has a clear path to the Republican nomination. Newt Gingrich's post-caucus speech, meanwhile, was viewed as lacking graciousness and "whiny," and as a sign that his campaign is effectively over.

  • iPhone 5 to Sport Glass-to-Glass Screen, Waterproof
    Rumors on Apple's next generation iPhone, the iPhone 5, are once again circling around the media sphere.

  • Will Romney's Secret Service Protection Make Him Even More Distant?
    Front-runner Mitt Romney is now the only Republican presidential candidate with Secret Service protection, but is that a good or bad thing in terms of his ability to connect with voters?

  • More Violence Feared in Syria as China, Russia Veto UN Action
    China and Russia Saturday vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resolution condemning Syria, which is likely to further embolden President Bashar al-Assad's embattled regime to carry on with the alleged killing of civilians.

  • Gingrich Won't End Presidential Bid Yet; Targets 'War on Religion'
    Newt Gingrich, who received a drubbing in Saturday night's Nevada caucuses, dismissed rumors that he was dropping out of the presidential race. He also appeared to be courting Christian conservative voters recently by describing America's elites as "anti-religious bigots."

  • Catholic Church Vows to Fight Contraception Mandate
    Catholic bishops – outraged by a White House response to their objections on the new rules that require religious organizations to also provide insurance plans covering contraceptives, sterilization and some abortion-causing drugs – are planning to start a battle involving legislation, litigation and advocacy.

  • The Church Marches On
    "When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action. And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I'll be there." —Matthew 18:19–20 MSG

  • 15-Year-Old Preacher Inspires Despite Being Blind, Having Speech Disability
    Austin Ziegler is a preacher. Like other preachers, he puts on a suit, stands before crowds of people and proclaims God's love. He is also blind, is physically disabled, has delayed speech and is only 15-years-old. But nevertheless, he is an inspiration to those who have heard his messages.

  • Mother of 'Miracle Baby' Who Survived Abortion Credits God's Intervention
    As the nation marks January as Sanctity of Life Month and thousands gather to march for the unborn, Tina Torry, whose baby survived an abortion, shares her story of how "divine intervention" saved her daughter's life.

  • Joe Paterno's Family Church Mourns His Death
    Members of former Penn. State University football coach Joe Paterno's family church were grief-stricken when they learned about his death after Sunday mass.

  • Don't Misrepresent Pardons, Barbour Hits Back
    Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Sunday lambasted his Democratic opponents for "misrepresenting" the pardons he granted to over 200 people before leaving office this month.

  • Will Latinos Deliver Gingrich a Big Win in Florida?
    Mitt Romney has been spending a significant amount of money and resources to win Florida's 50 delegates in the state's Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary. While Gingrich's position on immigration was seen as a drawback in earlier states, it, ironically, may deliver him a significant victory in Florida.

  • Arizona Rep. Proposes Bible Course for High School
    Terri Proud, a Republican Rep. from Arizona, has sponsored a bill to create an elective high school course on the Bible and its influence on culture, assuring that it would help students gain knowledge and not seek to elicit devotion.

  • Fla. School District to Decide on School Prayer Policy
    The right to pray is still a hot topic in the Sunshine State. The Clay County, Fla., School District has been involved in a religious liberty debate over the legality of prayer on school property since last November.

  • Gabrielle Giffords Resigns, Thanks Supporters for Prayers
    Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head in a mass shooting last year, will resign from Congress this week. The announcement comes today in a video released by Giffords, saying she will focus more on her recovery.

  • Lee Strobel: We're on Cusp of Golden Era of Apologetics
    Christians should understand that being able to give reasons for their faith is not merely an option – it's biblically mandated, says apologetics author and speaker Lee Strobel. The Christian Post asked Strobel this week to discuss the current state of Christian apologetics.