Code officer formally warned couple over meetings at home
By Helen Gao and Janine Zúñiga
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
2:00 a.m. May 30, 2009
David Jones, a pastor in National City, holds Bible study groups in his Bonita home. (Peggy Peattie / Union-Tribune) – Documents
San Diego County’s April 14 code-enfocement warning against the Joneses’ Bible study for a religious [...]
WE CALL IT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Others Call It ‘Silly Prejudice’
Chuck Colson
It seems one man’s religious freedom is another man’s “ridiculous prejudice.”
One government official fumed that Catholic doctors were refusing to perform abortions-abortions that were perfectly legal. He wrote in a memo: “After all, these scruples are in most cases nothing but ridiculous prejudices . [...]
Not Just Another Romance
Mark Earley
Note: This commentary was delivered by PFM President Mark Earley.
This month’s Great Books Audio CD with Dr. Ken Boa is about one of the most popular books of our era-even though it was published nearly 200 years ago.
As Ken says, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is an “enduring [...]
Pujols Serves as Honorary Co-Chairman of Day-Long Music Outreach to Young People Aug. 2 at Gateway Arch
By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
ST. LOUIS, MO (ANS) — Regarded as one of the best players in game, Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals has a passion for more than just reaching baseball records — he [...]
By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
LOS ANGELES, CA (ANS) — Dr. Rolf K. McPherson, son of the controversial evangelist, Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of The Foursquare Church, died at his Los Angeles home on Thursday (May 21, 2009 at the age of 96.
Dr. Rolf K. McPherson
He is survived by his wife, Evangeline Carmichael McPherson; his [...]
By Mark Ellis
Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA (ANS) — One of the most significant missiological thinkers of the twentieth century, Dr. Ralph Winter, passed away last night at his home in Pasadena from complications of cancer. He was 84.
Dr. Winter founded the U.S. Center for World Mission (USCWM) in 1976 and the William Carey [...]
Every week you receive emails from CRI that include stories of schools being used to indoctrinate students, legislation that strips us of our precious freedom, and judicial attacks on our inalienable rights. It’s easy to be discouraged by these assaults on our freedom. But there is always hope and it is incumbent upon us [...]
We have the benefit of hindsight not to do it.
By Prof. Herbert Eze
Special for ASSIST News Service
NNEWI, NIGERIA (ANS) — I got upset when I read an article on loan entitled- “Budget deficit- Nigeria considers another loan from World Bank.” The article was on Daily Sun Newspaper of Wednesday, May 13 2009, p.49. It appears [...]
In a packed auditorium filled with hundreds of citizens, last night the Alameda School Board held its carryover meeting from last Tuesday’s contentious hearing about proposed homosexual curriculum. Concerned parents began arriving well over an hour before the meeting started, hoping that, unlike last week’s meeting, they would be able to find a seat. Moving [...]