Nearly two years after a Finnish Court of Appeals acquitted Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen of hate speech charges for quoting the Bible in a Twitter post, prosecutors are appealing the ruling to the country’s Supreme Court, seeking her imprisonment and fines. In 2019, Räsänen questioned the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Goveron Gavin Newsom was handed a bitter loss after a federal judge struck down a 2024 California law aimed at curbing fake political ads, ruling it unconstitutional under the First Amendment following a lawsuit by the Babylon Bee and other internet personalities. U.S. District Judge John Mendez issued an order
The province of Quebec is planning on banning praying in public, according to a statement from Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge, who argued that “the proliferation of street prayer is a serious and sensitive issue.” He added: Quebec has a long history of hostility towards Christians. In 2019, the province passed
For many, Westboro Baptist Church is one of the most infamous and notorious churches in the country. Founded by Fred Phelps in Topeka, Kansas, in 1955, it rose to prominence in the early 1990s and 2000s for its showy, public protests. Fred Phelps had thirteen children, nine of whom have
Matt MacArthur, son of the late John MacArthur and the President of Grace To You Ministries, has shared an update regarding the continued vision for the organization following John’s death over a month ago. Founded in 1969, Grace to You is a nonprofit media ministry that has distributed John MacArthur’s
City Life Church in Wichita, KS, has quietly removed lead pastor Andy Adkison from the pulpit, according to a new report by the Christian Post, which explains that he preached his last sermon more than a month ago and has seemingly been excised from the congregation. Adkison, who is married
Art Lucier is a prominent Canadian “prophet” and the pastor of Kelowna Harvest Church in Kelowna, BC, a church group known for their ecstatic charismatic manifestations and 5-fold theology. He is also the Apostolic Overseer of Harvest Ministries International (HMI), an organization he founded with his wife, and is known for his involvement
Last month, prominent Christian recording artist Forrest Frank broke his back in a skateboarding accident, fracturing his L3 and L4 vertebrae. Remarkably, he revealed he was miraculously healed after just two weeks. While laid up and recovering, he wrote two hit songs about the incident, including one titled “Lemonade,” which
Archaeologists in Vence, France, uncovered a 1,500-year-old early Christian cathedral and a well-preserved baptistery during the renovation of a section of the Vence market halls, a popular dining and shopping destination. Tombs of long deceased bishops and canons were also exhumed. The remains of the baptistry and the cathedral will
A former deacon with the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been ordered to repay $228M in restitution to more than 30,000 Christian* investors he scammed, according to a federal NY judge. Eddy Alexandre, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2023 after pleading guilty to commodities fraud, was the
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