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Why 21 U.S. Cities Outlawed Feeding The Hungry

5/31/2015

Source: Huffington post
By Robbie Couch

Ignorance regarding the root causes of homelessness have led many communities across the U.S. to restrict food-sharing around town, a new report claims.

In all, 31 American cities have tried various methods of discouraging or prohibiting individuals or organizations from sharing food with their homeless populations since January 2013, according to a survey released on Monday by the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH). Of those cities, 21 have been successful through legislative measures, such as restricting the use of public property and implementing stringent food safety regulations that affect some organizations' abilities to feed the hungry.

The report points to several "myths" that seemingly justify such restrictions -- namely, the idea that feeding the homeless enables them to continue living at the bottom of the economic ladder.

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ALERT: Social Media Challenge Has Kids Trying to Summon Demon With Ancient Ritual

5/26/2015

Source: The Blaze
Author: Oliver Darcy

t’s dubbed the “Charlie Charlie Challenge” — and it has individuals everywhere attempting to summon a Mexican demon named Charlie through the performance of a paranormal ritual.

Individuals are instructed to form a cross with two pencils on a piece of paper. Inside the four boxes created by the pencils, one is supposed to write either “yes” or “no” and then ask if “Charlie” is present. If the pencil moves toward a box with “yes” that supposedly indicates the demon’s spirit is in the room.

The challenge captivated the Internet on Monday, with thousands of individuals weighing in on the challenge using Twitter and Facebook.

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ELEVEN CHRISTIANS KILLED EVERY HOUR

5/22/2015

Source: Breitbart
Author: THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.

According to Bishop John McAreavey, the Chair of the Council for Justice & Peace of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, statistics show that the situation of Christian persecution in the world is far more dire than most people understand.

The bishop called the breadth and scale of the suffering of Christians “unprecedented.”

At least 100,000 Christians are killed every year because of their faith, which amounts to 273 per day, or eleven every hour, McAreavey said, without mentioning those who are “being tortured, imprisoned, exiled, threatened, excluded, attacked and discriminated against on a widespread scale.”

In a sobering presentation before the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade this past week, McAreavey said that Christianity is the most oppressed religion in the world, and the followers of Jesus are actively persecuted in some 110 countries.

More striking still, he contended, according to the International Society for Human Rights, a non-religious organization, “80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination in the world today are directed against Christians.”

CBN News Sunday: Landscape And Future Of American Christianity

5/19/2015

On CBN News Sunday, May 17: Is the church in America dying out or is the church on the brink of revival? Find out what the church needs to know about the state of Christianity in the U.S.

John Piper: To the Church in America Today

5/19/2015

In this seven-minute clip, Pastor John speaks directly to the hearts of Christians who feel increasingly unwelcome and alien in the America we know today. Stop expecting everything to go well. Stop trying to fit in here. Instead, fuel your life with the invincible and eternal hope of knowing Jesus Christ forever.

India: Hindu Assault Empties Entire Christian Village

5/18/2015

Source: Worthy Christian News
By Joseph DeCaro

Christians have all fled their village in northeast India after a brutal April attack.

According to Morning Star News, a mob of about 100 Hindus armed with swords, sticks and stones attacked Christians following an evening service in Amtola village in Assam State, injuring at least 15 worshippers.

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International Religious News: 05/10/2015

5/18/2015

In the news this week: olive branch to avoid church split, muted birthday for Buddha and "skirting" around the real issue.

Reader: Jenny Erskine

Apostate ‘Christians’ Leaving the Faith Says New Research Study

5/17/2015

Source: Christian News Network
By: Heather Clark

A report released this week by the Pew Research Center states that the number of professing Christians is in decline in America—statistics that some have noted indicates a falling away largely in denominations held to be apostate.

The organization released its report “America’s Changing Religious Landscape” earlier this week, claiming that “the Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing.”

Schools to teach kids ' gender fluidity' there's no such thing as boys or girls

5/16/2015

Source: Fox News
By: Todd Starnes

One of the nation’s largest public school systems is preparing to include gender identity to its classroom curriculum, including lessons on sexual fluidity and spectrum – the idea that there’s no such thing as 100 percent boys or 100 percent girls.

Fairfax County Public Schools released a report recommending changes to their family life curriculum for grades 7 through 12. The changes, which critics call radical gender ideology, will be formally introduced next week.

Huckabee: 'We Are Moving Rapidly Toward the Criminalization of Christianity'

5/5/2015

Source: Worthy News

(Worthy News)– The persecution of Christians because of their moral opposition to homosexual behavior and so-called gay marriage is on the rise in America, to the point where "Christian convictions are under attack as never before" and "we are moving rapidly toward the criminalization of Christianity," said former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who is also an ordained Southern Baptist minister.

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