http://christianportal.com Christian Portal Site News http://www.ChristianPortal.com daily 1 2007-08-27T20:52:38Z http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/obama-courts-christian-voters-in-kentucky Sen. Barack Obama plans to roll out a new nationwide faith effort to make it clear to voters that the presidential candidate is a Christian who reflects the values of the electorate. No publisher aBetterWay Politics 2008-05-17T13:50:10Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/zimbabwe2019s-rulers-unleash-police-on-anglicans The parishioners were lined up for Holy Communion on Sunday when the riot police stormed the stately St. Francis Anglican Church in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. No publisher aBetterWay Denominations-Anglican Persecution 2008-05-17T13:50:18Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/tyranny-of-the-atheist-minority 80.2 percent of Americans hold Judeo-Christian beliefs (51.3 percent Evangelical/Mainline Protestant Christian; 23.9 percent Catholic; 1.6 percent Orthodox & other Christian; 1.7 percent Mormon; and 1.7 percent Jewish.) No publisher aBetterWay Atheism Surveys 2008-05-17T13:37:35Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/mcdonalds-dishonest-about-pro-gay-stance-group “McDonald's is still trying to distort their support for the homosexual agenda by twisting words,” the America Family Association (AFA) alleged in a statement. No publisher aBetterWay Same-sex Business 2008-05-17T13:37:28Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/the-lost-tribes-of-israel As Israel enters its 61st year, Israelis may look back with pride. Yet, the realists among them must also look forward with foreboding. No publisher aBetterWay Israel Prolife 2008-05-17T13:33:20Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/christian-charity-found-to-have-discriminated-on An Employment Tribunal in Abergele has today unanimously found in favour of a former employee of a Christian charity who was claiming constructive dismissal and discrimination on grounds of religion or belief. No publisher aBetterWay Church and State 2008-05-17T13:33:25Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/texas-minister-charged-in-internet-sex-sting On May 6, Barron suggested meeting the [13 year old] girl in person. He eventually made the nearly 200-mile drive to Bryan on Thursday, when he was arrested. Police said they found a web-cam and condoms in his car. No publisher aBetterWay Abuse 2008-05-17T13:28:37Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/tending-to-a-flock-in-hard-hats Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, Father Jordan has ministered to the building trades, which has meant both celebrating acts of material creation and mourning those killed in this dangerous work. No publisher aBetterWay Missions 2008-05-17T13:25:55Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/bush-hails-israels-chosen-people-as-arabs-lament President George W Bush told Israelis on Thursday they were a "chosen people" who can forever count on American support against enemies like Hamas and Iran. No publisher aBetterWay Islamic Israel Politics 2008-05-17T13:26:05Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/episcopal-seminaries-struggle-with-costs Some of the 11 seminaries affiliated with the Episcopal Church are slashing core programs, while others report rapid growth in enrollment. Still others are reexamining conventional wisdom about what it takes -- and how much it costs -- to shape a faithful priest. No publisher aBetterWay Denominations-Episcopal School 2008-05-17T13:20:14Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/court-scolds-city-for-hostility-toward-church A federal court has taken the unusual step of criticizing San Diego for its "outright hostility" toward a Rancho Bernardo church and its failure to consider "relevant federal law." No publisher aBetterWay Church and State 2008-05-17T13:16:42Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/military-honchos-suppress-chaplains-baptist Was told being 'born again' has 'no place' in Army life No publisher aBetterWay Church and State Denomination-Baptist 2008-05-17T13:13:17Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/pakistani-doctor-jailed-on-blasphemy-charges Pakistani police have jailed a Christian doctor after “blasphemy” charges incited a mob attack on his home last week in Punjab province. No publisher aBetterWay Persecution Islamic 2008-05-17T13:09:46Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/transgender-lobby-to-intimidate-petitioners A lobby for homosexuals and transgenders in Maine has announced plans to shadow individuals who will be working to collect signatures on the "YES for Marriage and Equality" pro-family referendum, which is intended to put a marriage protection plan on the 2009 election ballot. No publisher aBetterWay Same-sex 2008-05-17T13:09:54Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/franklin-graham-under-fire-for-olympic-evangelism American evangelist Franklin Graham came under fire for saying he opposed evangelism during the Beijing Olympic Games. No publisher aBetterWay People-Graham-Franklin Evangelism Missions 2008-05-17T12:56:30Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/dutch-cartoonist-arrested-for-insulting-people Cartoonist known for mocking Muslims, leftists has received death threats No publisher aBetterWay Persecution Islamic Politics-International 2008-05-17T13:00:52Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/california-supreme-court-forces-homosexual Activist Judges Defy Will of People and Overturn Proposition 22 No publisher aBetterWay Same-sex 2008-05-16T11:49:54Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian For all their talk of staying true to the spirit of C. S. Lewis's novels, the makers of the Narnia films have frequently deviated from the books in ways both big and small, and the liberties they take with Prince Caspian—which echo but go far, far beyond the liberties they took with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe—both help the film and hurt it. No publisher aBetterWay Reviews Movies 2008-05-16T11:38:30Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/abortionist-in-court-over-using-stink-bomb-against Representatives of Women's Health Care Services, the infamous late-term abortion mill owned and operated by George Tiller, were in small claims court on Tuesday where they are being sued for using a "stink bomb" to sicken and intimidate sidewalk counselors outside the clinic's gate. No publisher aBetterWay Prolife 2008-05-16T11:35:58Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/2018honor-killing2019-indian-father-strangles The girl's mother "did not express any regrets over the killing of her daughter and claimed that she is happy they did it." No publisher aBetterWay Persecution 2008-05-16T11:31:03Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/abortionists-defend-agreeing-to-target-blacks The Ohio branch of the leading player in the nation's abortion industry, Planned Parenthood, is blaming the callers for a fiasco in which a local official was caught on tape agreeing to take a donation designated to eliminate blacks. No publisher aBetterWay Prolife 2008-05-16T11:30:50Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/obama-ads-in-kentucky-stress-that-hes-a-christian Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign has ramped up its efforts to emphasize his Christian faith in a series of new radio and television ads, as well as in a flier that volunteers have distributed. No publisher aBetterWay Politics 2008-05-16T11:26:24Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/bush-warns-against-those-who-would-negotiate-with President George W. Bush, speaking to Israel's parliament on Thursday, criticized people who "seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals." No publisher aBetterWay Politics 2008-05-16T11:26:27Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/peter-bestes-book-contrasts-norways-beauty-with Norway's black-metal scene earned a ghastly reputation in the '90s, when it was associated with a spate of church burnings and the notorious murder of one musician by another. No publisher aBetterWay Music-Metal Church and State 2008-05-16T11:15:46Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/judge-says-school-must-let-christian-club-air A federal judge ordered the Deer Valley Unified School District to allow a Christian student club to air upcoming meetings during Mountain Ridge High School's morning announcements. No publisher aBetterWay Church and State School 2008-05-16T11:13:11Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/evangelical-intelligentsia For decades, Boston University sociologist Peter Berger says, American intellectuals have looked down on evangelicals. No publisher aBetterWay Culture School 2008-05-16T11:11:00Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/uc-berkeley-staff-face-lawsuit-over-pro-evolution Staff members at the University of California-Berkeley are being sued in court over a pro-evolution Web site, hosted by the school’s science program, that ridicules religious denominations that do not agree with evolution. No publisher aBetterWay Creation-Science School 2008-05-16T11:08:28Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/willow-creeks-huge-shift After modeling a seeker-sensitive approach to church growth for three decades, Willow Creek Community Church now plans to gear its weekend services toward mature believers seeking to grow in their faith. No publisher aBetterWay People-Hybels-Bill Worship Church-Growth Church-Issues 2008-05-16T11:05:05Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/just-how-many-animals-actually-traveled-on-noahs Estimates of the number of species on earth are surging into apparently hull-busting millions as biologists find new life almost everywhere they look, from African swamps to Antarctica. No publisher aBetterWay Environment Unusual 2008-05-16T10:54:29Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/christian-group-tells-vets-use-g.i.-bill-to-pay While Congress debates an expanded G.I. Bill, one Christian group is encouraging veterans to use their existing educational benefits -- to become missionaries in places like Afghanistan and Iraq. No publisher aBetterWay School Missions 2008-05-16T10:54:34Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/atheism-and-child-murder So perhaps atheism has found an able advocate. But unbelievers may want to think twice before lining up behind Singer, who argues in favor of infanticide, euthanasia and (this is not a joke) animal rights! No publisher aBetterWay Prolife 2008-05-16T10:50:46Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/muslim-numbers-game-deadly-for-christian-converts Inflated estimates of Muslims converting to Christianity are putting the lives of these vulnerable followers of Jesus Christ at risk, warns an expert on Islam and Christianity. No publisher aBetterWay Islamic 2008-05-16T10:43:26Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/plass-hands-awards-to-some-of-uks-best-christian Renowned Christian author and speaker Adrian Plass announced the three winning titles of the 2008 UK Christian Book Awards to a packed audience at the Christian Resources Exhibition (CRE) at Sandown Park in Surrey on Wednesday. No publisher aBetterWay Books 2008-05-16T10:39:45Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/lutherans-gather-to-elect-new-bishop "Many individuals and congregations are operating in a crisis, and many are focused primarily on the scarcity of resources," the report read. No publisher aBetterWay Denominations-Lutheran 2008-05-16T10:36:20Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/obama-wins-pro-abortion-sweepstakes Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama has won an endorsement from one of the country's leading abortion advocacy groups -- the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, which is known formally as "NARAL Pro-Choice America." No publisher aBetterWay Politics 2008-05-15T10:26:23Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/new-outreach-casts-wider-net-for-after-abortion America's churches are filled with worshippers who have been deeply affected by an abortion experience. The Alan Guttmacher Institute reports that one in every three women will have had an abortion by age 45. No publisher aBetterWay Surveys Prolife 2008-05-15T10:26:43Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/universitys-religious-promotions-challenged-1 'It is inappropriate for the government to declare some denominations better' No publisher aBetterWay Church and State Creation-Science School 2008-05-15T10:23:33Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/201cneural-buddhism201d-as-religion2019s-future These recalibrated emphases on neuroscientific studies could shift the atheism-theism debate from believer and nonbeliever to Bible (or Quran) believer and Buddhist (or Wiccan, or Scientology) believer. No publisher aBetterWay Science 2008-05-15T10:20:50Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/the-ned-testament Ned Flanders, The Simpsons' zealous next door neighbor presents his theology in Flanders' Book of Faith, part of the long-running, animated comedy's Library of Wisdom series based on each of the show's characters. No publisher aBetterWay Reviews Books 2008-05-15T10:26:58Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/spiritual-dentist-fined-10-000 Geelong dentist Paul Gardner wanted to do more than treat his patient's teeth. He wanted to save her soul. No publisher aBetterWay Unusual 2008-05-15T10:15:00Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/marriott-officials-meet-with-pro-family-leaders Pro-family leaders have wrapped up what is being called a "productive" meeting with officials of Marriott International. No publisher aBetterWay Pornography 2008-05-15T10:12:12Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/secular-sunday-schools-to-be-launched-in-us The Kochhar Humanist Education Center (KHEC), which was launched yesterday by the American Humanist Association, is to develop a curriculum for the humanist equivalent of Sunday schools. No publisher aBetterWay Atheism School 2008-05-15T10:12:08Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/soldiers-secure-piece-of-iraqi-religious-history Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team are safeguarding a piece of Iraqi religious history while operating from a combat outpost next to a Christian-based seminary in southern Baghdad’s Rashid district. No publisher aBetterWay Denominations-Chaldean 2008-05-15T10:07:51Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/google-bans-religious-ads-faces-court A Christian group in the United Kingdom is taking Google to court for blocking a pro-life advertisement, earlier this year. No publisher aBetterWay Business 2008-05-14T14:31:23Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/vatican-its-ok-to-believe-in-aliens Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday. No publisher aBetterWay Unusual Denominations-Catholic 2008-05-14T14:28:32Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/firing-raises-1st-amendment-equal-protection A team of lawyers from the Thomas More Law Center is working on a response to a decision by University of Toledo school chief Lloyd Jacobs to dismiss an administrator for her statements and beliefs about homosexuality. No publisher aBetterWay Same-sex School 2008-05-14T14:25:39Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/wives-of-slain-missionaries-sue-chiquita-for When Chiquita Brands International pleaded guilty last year to violating anti-terrorism laws—and was fined $25 million for its payments to Colombian terrorists—Tania Julin and Nancy Hamm felt betrayed and angr No publisher aBetterWay Persecution Missions 2008-05-14T14:25:33Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/joel-osteen-maintains-homosexuality-as-sin Jay Bakker, a big supporter of a pro-gay group, met privately with Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church to talk about faith and sexuality issues and to ultimately gain the support of the megapastor. No publisher aBetterWay People-Osteen-Joel Same-sex 2008-05-14T13:52:17Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/girl-born-before-24-week-legal-abortion-limit The parents of a premature baby born below the legal abortion limit spoke of their 'miracle' after they took her home for the first time on Monday. No publisher aBetterWay Prolife 2008-05-14T13:46:27Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/colorado-pro-life-group-to-submit-enough he pro-life group leading the effort in Colorado to get a personhood proposal on the November ballot says it will submit enough signatures to state officials to qualify the measure. Members of Colorado for Equal Rights say they will have more than the requisite number of signatures the Secretary of State needs. No publisher aBetterWay Prolife 2008-05-14T13:43:44Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/bar-lesbians-from-ivf-treatment-in-absence-of Lesbian couples should be blocked from having IVF treatment unless they agree that a father figure would be involved in the upbringing of their child, the Tories said yesterday. No publisher aBetterWay Same-sex 2008-05-14T13:42:28Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/planned-parenthood-of-ohio-defends-acceptance-of Officials with Planned Parenthood in Ohio are finally responding to allegations a UCLA student newspaper made in February that they gladly accepted donations from a caller who said he wanted it used for racist purposes. No publisher aBetterWay Prolife 2008-05-14T13:38:37Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/unsealed-court-records-show-ag-six-actively Outrageous order shows unprecedented obstruction of criminal prosecution No publisher aBetterWay Prolife 2008-05-14T13:36:40Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/barack-obama-pays-radicals-to-staff-his-campaign Barack Obama is all about unification. There's only one problem: the people who comprise his staff are some of the most extreme leftists in the country. No publisher aBetterWay Politics 2008-05-14T13:34:48Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/huck-denies-novak-201cnonsense201d Cushioning the statement with lots of disclaimers, Novak said an anonymous, “experienced, credible activist in Christian politics” told him Huckabee “embraced the concept that an Obama presidency might be what the American people deserve. No publisher aBetterWay Politics 2008-05-14T13:27:24Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/televangelist-john-hagee-apologizes-to-catholics John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews." No publisher aBetterWay Politics People-Hagee-John Denominations-Catholic 2008-05-14T13:25:31Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/engineering-by-scientists-on-embryo-stirs Researchers in New York have created what is believed to be the first genetically engineered human embryo, which critics immediately branded as a step toward “designer babies.” No publisher aBetterWay Genetic-Engineering 2008-05-14T13:19:15Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/plan-for-cross-shakes-columbia-to-its-core-values The founders of Columbia were convinced that religion, like everything else in the planned community envisioned as a suburban utopia, should be harmonious and inclusive. So instead of a welter of churches all vying for space within the model township, the founders opted for interfaith centers. No publisher aBetterWay Unusual 2008-05-14T13:13:43Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/druze-plead-for-u.s.-help-in-lebanon Druze Lebanese, under fire from Hezbollah fighters, pleaded with the United States for an emergency airlift of weapons over the weekend, illustrating growing fears among Christians, Sunni Arabs and Druze that the hard-line Shi'ite militia was preparing to take over the entire country. No publisher aBetterWay Persecution Islamic Politics-International 2008-05-14T13:12:11Z News Item http://christianportal.com/Members/aBetterWay/pope-asks-israel-help-keep-catholics-in-holy-land Pope Benedict appealed to Israel on Monday to help stem a sharp decline in the country's minority Christian population, saying Catholics had grown particularly vulnerable to Middle East conflicts. No publisher aBetterWay Politics-International Israel Denominations-Catholic 2008-05-14T13:10:33Z News Item