Federal Judge: Forced Removal of Christian Materials from Classroom Was Legal
A New York federal district judge ruled on Tuesday that a public school was justified in forcing a Christian science teacher to remove personal Bible-themed materials from her classroom.
Pluralism Is the Enemy: ‘Jesus Is the Only Way’ Will Be Deemed Hate Speech, Says Pastor
Bryan Chapell warned that increasingly “it will be difficult to say in this culture that ‘Jesus is the only way.'” “That will be interpreted as hate speech,” Chapell, senior pastor at Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois, said Wednesday at the 42nd PCA General Assembly in Houston.
A Troubling New Report Regarding Christians in an Iraqi City
Christians in a northern Iraqi city are reportedly being ordered to pay a tax in return for protection by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. A Middle Eastern Christian website and a Lebanese daily reported that Christians have been required to pay $250 per individual who works and $500 per couple. If accurate, the tax would fall in line with past Islamist efforts to impose fines on Christians in the region…