Article Archive 2009
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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
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