HOUSTON (AP) _ A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to stop Texas Gov. Rick Perry from promoting or participating in an Aug. 6 day of prayer and fasting. Judge Gray Miller ruled that the atheist and agnostic group that filed the suit, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, did not have standing [...]
See the photos and a video from a remarkable day the KNWC family spent Blessing the Blitz, our Hands and Feet opportunity for the month of July! Thanks so much for your efforts!>>
Last year, over 6500 Bibles were collected for the prayer tent at LifeLight! Those Bibles were given out to new followers of Christ at the music festival, and the response was tremendous. There is a need again this year for brand new Bibles, and you can help by donating them at our Life 96.5 Sticker [...]
LONDON (AP) _ The Rev. John Stott, one of the most influential evangelical thinkers of the 20th Century, has died in London at the age of 90. All Souls Church, where Stott was rector from 1950-1975, says Stott died peacefully at his home Wednesday, surrounded by friends who were “reading the Scriptures and listening to [...]
NEW YORK (CBN) – An atheist group has filed a lawsuit to remove the World Trade Center Cross from New York’s September 11th Memorial and Museum. Members of American Atheists say the cross is an unconstitutional “mingling of church and state.” The American Center for Law and Justice has called the federal lawsuit “deeply flawed [...]
UNDATED (CBN) – The new nation of South Sudan is getting help from Operation Blessing International. The organization, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is delivering medicine, blankets, vitamins and food to refugees in the country’s capital of Juba. These people are the families of the soldiers who are still defending their homes from attacks by [...]
ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Dan Peek, a founding member of the popular 1970s band America who had a subsequent career in Contemporary Christian music, has died at the age of 60. Peek’s wife, Catherine, found him dead Sunday in bed at his home in Farmington, Mo., according to his father. The cause of death was [...]
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) _ A NEW STUDY SHOWS MORE PEOPLE IN THE DAKOTAS ARE ENROLLED IN A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FOOD ASSISTANCE , THE DAILY REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT DATA FROM THE URBAN INSTITUTE SHOWS ENROLLMENT IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INCREASED BY 58 PERCENT IN SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 2007 AND 2010. NORTH [...]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ A STATE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD THIS WEEK IS CONSIDERING A TEXAS COMPANY’S REQUEST TO EXTEND THE CONSTRUCTION START DEADLINE FOR A $10 BILLION OIL REFINERY PLANNED FOR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE BOARD OF MINERALS AND ENVIRONMENT APPROVED AN AIR QUALITY PERMIT FOR HYPERION RESOURCES IN AUGUST 2009, BUT IT REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION TO [...]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ SOUTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTY JACKLEY SAYS THE STATE WILL NOT APPEAL A FEDERAL JUDGE’S RULING THAT PREVENTED A SOUTH DAKOTA ABORTION LAW FROM TAKING EFFECT. JACKLEY SAYS THE STATE WILL INSTEAD PROCEED IN LITIGATING THE ULTIMATE CASE MERITS. A FEDERAL JUDGE ON JUNE 30 GRANTED PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION [...]
