Article Archive 2009 ARTICLE ARCHIVES 2003  •  2004  •  2005  •  2006  •  2007  •  2008 Jan 2009 •  Year in Review 2008 — Defining moments, not all in black and white •  Year In Review 2008 — Milestones and Benchmarks •  Year In Review 2008 — Media Madness •  Year In Review 2008 Obituaries — Man Knows Not His Time •  Economy could cost churches several billion dollars in donations •  Cowboys come to Jesus just as they are •  Ken Starr to head defense of California's Marriage Amendment, Prop 8 •  Survey: Americans believe religious values are ‘under attack’ •  Gay activists demand Obama concessions for Rick Warren pick •  Peace found a year after fatal YWAM shootings •  Abortion bailout: Obama urged to publicly fund abortion •  Children from religious, intact families fare better, study says •  Bush signs enhanced anti-trafficking bill •  Vietnam Mennonite Church holds assembly after receiving legal status •  Bad economy saves some marriages •  Coca-Cola is best pro-family advertiser •  700-year-old gospel challenge in Mongolia is answered •  Bush administration gives protection to pro-life doctors •  Bryan Duncan is still dancing after all these years •  Familiar Christian names earn Grammy nominations •  USCIRF: Religious liberty in Iraq marked by 'severe abuses' •  China reaches out to house churches; raids, arrests continue •  Top 10 news stories in 2008 Commentary • The Bible and Proposition 8: Mockery and bigotry by Charles W. Colson • Another lesson on life from Genesis: The Bailout for biblical recession by Barry H. Corey Feb 2009 •  Steelers embrace new chaplain •  Watercooler Web...Social networking sites foster relationship-building, evangelism •  Top social networking sites •  Christian social networking sites •  Calif. group launches petition drive to reverse Prop 8 •  Cardinals chaplain ponders 'destiny' •  Steelers embrace new chaplain •  Kurt Warner - The player & the person •  Child online porn ban dies at high court •  Pastors try to balance truth, grace in dealing with cohabitating couples •  Veteran favorites rejoin Gaither Vocal Band in major makeover •  Obama rescinds pro-life funding policy •  Senate rejects effort to restore pro-life policy •  Pilot TV project follows college-age team doing outdoor ministry •  ADOPTION: Finding Jesus in an orphanage •  New Jersey church camp loses lesbian case •  Homeschooling numbers climb 36% since 2003 •  Pew poll follows up on controversial one •  Big Daddy Weave looking to trim some of the big from his body •  SWC lineup features some fresh and famous faces •  Burma clamps down on Christians •  Christian girls in Pakistan rescued from sex slavery •  Gambia sentences missionaries to hard labor •  Christian groups provide aid to those in Gaza •  Mike Tomlin, Steelers head coach, talks about his faith •  NBC rejects Super Bowl pro-life ad featuring Obama Commentary • What matters most: Pray for the Church by Charles W. Colson • What if Christianity’s critics got serious? by Phil Cooke Mar 2009 •  Hope flickers in Nairobi's slums •  NAIROBI: Healing Africa's wounded urban heart •  HCJB launches ‘Me and My Household’ initiative •  Clinton under fire for softening human rights stand with China •  California State Supreme Court to hear Marriage Amendment challenge •  Penn expresses Hollywood's Prop 8 regrets •  Study: Protestants are not loyal to denomination •  Chinese New Testament makes debut •  More than 5,000 pastors take ‘The Preacher’s Pledge’ •  Author of ‘The Shack’ discusses book’s success, painful past •  Florida reps call for murder charges after baby survives abortion •  Professor swears at student, directs him to God for his grade •  Planned Parenthood covers up, again •  America’s ‘Beloved Gospel Singer,’ George Beverly Shea turned 100 •  Supreme Court gives win to Ten Commandments monument supporters •  Bioethicist: Lots of 'hype' in embryonic stem cell research •  U.S. Supreme Court to hear war memorial cross case •  Faith Deployed: Lifting up the ones left behind •  Graham organization to trim staff by 10% •  Dove nominees announced in 43 categories •  ‘Third Day’ doc to showcase days in their lives •  After house church members are sentenced, prisoner's wife boldly challenges judge •  James Dobson steps down as Focus on the Family chairman Commentary • Mapping Political Persecution by Charles W. Colson • Creation will be viable science as believers develop testable models by Dr. Hugh Ross Apr 2009 •  Church comforts families of shooting spree at nursing home •  Christian ministries struggle as reports of violence scare off work teams •  Searchers look for missing medical missionary plane •  Teen's vision brings water to Darfur •  Study of unchurched shows 20-somethings more spiritually open than those 30 & up •  NFL star seeks to SCORE against domestic violence •  Parents urged to pull children from school on homosexual-advocacy day •  California high court mulls fate of Proposition 8, the Marriage Amendment •  Critics blast U.N. panel religious vote •  Calif. Senator Barbara Boxer pushing to ratify U.N. treaty limiting parents' rights •  Texting can send Bibles to persecuted Christians •  Judge: FDA must revisit 'morning-after' pill •  Fertility clinic cancels plans to offer ‘designer babies’ •  AIDS, HIV rates in Washington, D.C. surpass West Africa •  Scientist in Britain urges use of aborted fetus organs in transplants •  Evangelist’s vehicle giveaway results in 3,200 make professions of faith •  Newsboys surprise: Michael Tait is new front man for the band •  Musicians bring 20-plus 2009 Dove nominations to SWC •  Conduct code threatens Christian schools in Great Britain •  2 Christians to be tried for 'insulting Turkishness' •  Tajikistan threatens religion according to the U.S. Commission •  Court employees win right to continue on-site Bible study •  In Iran, 'crackdown' on Christians worsens •  Iowa high court legalizes 'gay marriage' Commentary • Sex, science, and spirituality by Charles W. Colson • ‘Fairness Doctrine’ is not only concern for free speech by Mark Larson • Tear your heart, not your clothes by Dr. Barry H. Corey May 2009 •  Christian college student is Miss USA first-runner up •  Carrie Prejean gets standing ovation at Dove Awards •  Miss Calif. featured in ad warning about 'gay marriage' consequences is back up •  Faith, love & forgiveness of a Holocaust survivor •  Miss California keeps her crown •  Chaplain and band create harmony in Iraq war zone •  Walking in the steps of Jesus — Days 1 through 3 •  Pastor warns churches about scam involving giving circles •  Christian student booted for not embracing homosexuality •  Study: Many of non-religious adults are still searching •  Churches find 'green' ways to cut utilities, save money •  Billy Graham's grandson to succeed D. James Kennedy •  Biola University debate tackles the existence of God •  House approves gay hate crimes bill •  They stayed faithful through tragedy •  2009 Dove Award winners cross the spectrum •  ‘Pop' Winans, patriarch of celebrated gospel family, dies •  As a late addition, Newsboys bring new face to Spirit West Coast •  Chinese businessman waits for court ruling, exoneration •  Cuba thwarts visit by religious liberty panel •  High court sides with FCC in indecency case •  Taliban harasses Christians in Pakistan •  Miss Calif. featured in ad warning about 'gay marriage' consequences is back up •  Souter to retire from Supreme Court •  Presb. Church (USA) rejects push for homosexual ordination •  Judge: School can't ban 'God' from posters •  Miss California keeps her crown •  Majority of Americans pro-life, Gallup says Commentary • Study shows link between degrading music, behavior by Charles W. Colson • Kingdom work requires us to shun cozy comforts—and the couch by Mark Larson June 2009 •  County officials reverses order, allows home Bible study to continue •  Late-term abortion doctor killed •  Calif. Court upholds Proposition 8 Traditional marriage survives constitutional challenge •  Pastors respond to Miss California’s racy modeling shots •  Couple ordered to shut down home Bible study •  Chaplain gives comfort, conveys hope amid tragedy •  Calif., same-sex marriage supporters take their challenge to the next level •  Husband symbolically ‘adopts’ wife’s two aborted babies •  Walking in the steps of Jesus – Day 4 •  Wireless tower revenue for churches gives new meaning to ‘cell’ group •  Golfer Kenny Perry sees beyond Masters loss •  Mission group reaches out to Bengal cyclone victims •  Georgia set to become 1st state with embryo adoption law •  Video game law heads to Supreme Court •  Christian Examiner honored for 2008 traditional marriage coverage •  Spirit West Coast boasts warm spring sun, non-stop concerts, relaxed vibe •  Obama nominates Sotomayor to high court •  Experts: Fossil find exciting but lacks significance •  Rise in abortions blamed on economic downturn •  Assisted suicide claims 1st victim in Washington •  Newsboys new release seems right at home at No. 1 •  Detained Cuban pastor faces 7-year prison sentence •  Pakistan-Taliban fighting creates 2.2 million refugees •  DCLA comes to Los Angeles in June and DC in July •  Obama, in Eqypt: U.S., Muslims need 'new beginning' •  San Diego County reverses order, home Bible study OK •  Tiller late-term abortion clinic will permanently close •  Court declines 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' appeal •  UCLA allows student to thank Jesus in graduation statement Commentary • Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs...or whatever by Charles W. Colson • For Christians fear and faith are not compatible by Mark Larson Jul 2009 •  Healthcare bill includes a bigger dose of tax dollars for abortion providers •  NAE names new director of public policy advocate in Washington •  Religious liberties group files brief to restore Mojave cross •  Appeals Court upholds Virginia’s partial-birth abortion ban Commentary

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