Article Archive 2006
ARTICLE ARCHIVES
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Jan-06 •  2005 Year In Review — With A Bang and a Whimper
•  Blogs impact Christian thought and life
•  Christian bloggers meet at first ever GodBlogCon
•  Atlanta Falcons kicker puts spotlight on Christ
•  Keener Communications acquires two more newspapers
•  ‘End of the Spear’ marks theatrical beginning for filmmaker
•  Award season brings Grammy nods, Worship Leader Praise wins
•  Calif. Marriage amendment drive fails
•  Vietnamese Churches Boldly Standing Up to Abuses
•  Appeals court upholds Ten Commandments display
•  Federal judge rules against Intelligent Design theory
•  Convert from Islam in India Remains on Death List
•  CA Legislative — Ballot measures continue to play big role
Commentary •  Extreme bias makeover: When prejudice becomes a disease by Charles W. Colson
•  The men and the message of Brokeback Mountain by Joe Dallas
•  Preserving the Saints: IRS v. All Saints Church by Mark A. Muntean
Feb-06 •  Senate confirms Alito, 58-42, provides conservatives hope for high court change
•  Community weathers funeral of 4 siblings killed in crash
•  Coretta Scott King leaves a ‘more compassionate nation’
•  West Coast ministry seeks to squelch India’s child sex trade
•  Chapman song inspires kids to ‘Live Out Loud’
•  SIRIUS Satellite Radio launches Christian talk channel
•  Texas district adopts new Bible curriculum
•  Mohler: 80-90% of Down syndrome babies killed
•  Christian music hold its own in 2005
•  Robertson apologizes for Sharon comments
•  NBC cancels ‘Book of Daniel’; AFA notes ‘pocketbook’ toll
•  Brokeback Mountain, Transamerica push limits, take home awards
•  Youth to mark Valentine’s Day with Day of Purity
•  ACLJ sues Walgreens over ‘morning-after’ pill firings
•  New Orleans-area parish looks to rekindle worship
•  Week of Prayer draws 400,000 in Europe
•  Supreme Court ruling affirms assisted suicide law
•  State preschool plan makes Christian educators skittish
Commentary •  Over the Line Are Christians 'Ignorant Boobs'? by Charles W. Colson
•  Professor says: ‘There is no power in prayer’ by Joe Dallas
Mar-06 •  Pastors overestimate flock’s commitment to God, survey reveals
•  Pat Boone celebrates 50 years in entertainment
•  American Idol's Mandisa, makes her faith in Christ known
•  Anthony Burger, 44, stricken, dies during performance
•  Creationism’s Henry M. Morris, dead at 87; upheld Genesis flood
•  Gospel Light Chairman Greig passes at 82
•  Supreme Court sides with abortion protesters
•  Supreme Court set for partial-birth abortion ruling
•  JCTV connects youth to cutting-edge music, comedy and sports
•  Alabama church arson total rises to 10
•  Joni Erickson Tada cancels ministry appearances
•  Parental control over child’s education being challenged by school board
•  SWC adds ’indy’ showcase, marriage conference to its program
•  Yankees assist burglarized Bronx church with $20,000 check
•  Evangelicals sign anti-global warming initiative
•  Dutch official proposes forced abortions based on the recommendations of social workers
•  WCC assembly demonstrates ‘spirit of antichrist,’ prof says
•  Chris Tomlin tallies most Dove Award nominations
•  National Evangelical Hispanic Alliance formed
Commentary •  The bedroom police: ‘Non-platonic’ policies by Charles W. Colson
•  New study shows pro-life laws save lives by Rebecca Hagelin
Apr-06 •  Saddleback Church celebrates 20,000th baptism
•  Study on violence and children’s programming
•  Cuba jails evangelical church leader
•  Mandisa, off ‘Idol,’ says fans’ prayers will have ‘full force’
•  New Gospel choir hits a note with troops deployed in Iraq
•  Afghan Christian arrives in Italy, expected to take asylum
•  RU-486 claims lives of two more women
•  CBS actor Eric Close, wife, Keri, lead marriage class at their church
•  Filipino church wary of reported land seizure reversal
•  Dodgers' Drew seeks to honor Christ through baseball & life
•  Positive Christian entertainment feted at 14th annual event
•  Engaging ‘The Da Vinci Code’ debate
•  Programs, studies planned to counter ‘The Da Vinci Code’
•  House sponsor hopeful about bill that would bar ACLU’s rewards
•  New Fuller worship institute named in memory of Fred Bock
•  Singer believes it’s never too late to make your Mom proud
•  ‘Day of Truth’ set for April 27
•  Industry gears up for annual Gospel Music Week
•  N.Y. high court to hear 'gay marriage' case in May; 3 states could redefine marriage in '06
•  Mohler, Dobson refute writer's attack on stay-at-home moms
Commentary •  One-way sympathy: Christians in the Muslim world by Charles W. Colson
•  Celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection every day by Bill Ellis
May-06 •  COMMENTARY — Life After Da Vinci
•  ‘Da Vinci’ worldview called ‘irreconcilable’ with Christianity
•  CA's proposed textbooks advances homosexual teaching in schools
•  Samples of a proposed high-school textbook
•  Bible 101 — New textbook offers students chance to study document in public schools
•  Parents of daughter born with rare skin disorder look to God
•  What is God doing in the Middle East?
•  Churches don't violate IRS code when supporting marriage amendments
•  Athlete uses recreational approach in new ministry
•  19 volunteers help church push beyond arson’s heartbreak
•  Gulfport congregation bids farewell to hurricane-battered site
•  Supreme Court allows 'Jesus Poster' ruling to stand
•  Campus Outrage Awards targets liberal, politically correct activity
•  Reflections on GMA 2006: Changes and Rebirth
•  ‘Idol’s’ Huff joins SWC music heavy hitters for May festival
Commentary •  The Da Vinci hoax: A tour de distortion by Charles W. Colson
Jun-06 •  Islamic militants confess to beheading 3 Indonesian girls
•  Relief workers arrive in Indonesian quake zone
•  Marriage amendment fails again in Senate; conservatives say politicians 'out of step'
•  How senators voted on the marriage amendment
•  Mercy Ships to retire two workhorses, commission new floating hospital
•  Federal judge strikes down Prison Fellowship program
•  EMBRYO ADOPTION: Saving lives and building families
•  Soap star abandons quest to be a 'perfect 10'
•  ACLU endorses bill limiting pregnancy center rights
•  Gallup poll of Japan finds Christianity on the upswing
•  ‘Color of the Cross’ is first film in Hollywood history to add race to crucifixion account
•  New 'mom-approved' home video club reels in family values
•  Newcomer Wickham makes impressive debut
•  Gov. Schwarzenegger vows to veto Gay-friendly curriculum bill
•  Mission America launches nationwide monitoring of curriculum issues
•  Biola president announces retirement
•  Leading Christian publisher Zondervan acquires Youth Specialties
•  U.S. House moves to protect rights of military chaplains
•  Bush meets with three Chinese house church leaders
•  Sales of ‘Live For Him’ bands reach one million milestone
Commentary •  Religious liberty and same-sex ‘marriage' by Charles W. Colson
Jul-06 •  Supreme Court justice issues stay in Mt. Soledad cross case
•  Secret Service agents seize thousands of $1 million bill gospel tracts
•  Link between religious persecution, terrorism needs attention
•  Adoption agency ends three years of infertility for couple
•  Lightning strikes missionary plane at 20,000 feet
•  Cancer victim helps prescribe spiritual Rx for patients at local hospital
•  Film rated PG to warn of ‘thematic elements’
•  Supreme Court allows pro-life plates to stand in two states
•  Park provides Bible-based pilgrimage — The Holy Land Experience blends faith and fun
•  Spirit West Coast officials bask in afterglow of successful festival
•  Christian Music News — Bebo Norman takes ‘break-a-leg’ adage to extreme
•  New high: 81 percent say nation's moral values getting worse
•  TLC reality show looks for America’s next great inspirational speaker
•  President Bush signs into law tenfold increase in fines for broadcast indecency
•  Scholars: ‘Gay marriage’ will cause church-state clashes
Commentary •  Another Look at the Death of Terri Schiavo by Charles W. Colson
•  The deplorable speech of Westboro Baptist Church by John W. Whitehead
Aug-06 •  Senate passes bill to preserve Mt. Soledad cross; Bush to sign
•  Christian foreigners depart war-torn Lebanon, but leave behind thousands being changed by the Gospel
•  Naval officer, crewmates help rescue Americans from Beirut
•  Baby allowed to die in clinic?
•  Christian aid warehouse burns to the ground
•  Treasure Seekers — New high-tech hobby could redefine ‘lost and found’
•  Pastors confident in ministry, but can struggle in interactions
•  Stephen Baldwin refuses to skate along with his faith
•  House fails to override Bush’s veto of embryonic stem cell bill
•  5th lawsuit by Navy chaplains adds to discrimination charges
•  Court’s chaplaincy ruling confirms constitutional issues
•  Cool Hand Luke lends hand to Invisible Children; Amy Grant gets star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
•  Disgruntled California congregations leaving Episcopal Church
•  FDA may be ready to OK over-the-counter sale of ‘morning-after’ pill
•  Washington’s high court upholds state’s Defense of Marriage Act in 5-4 ruling
•  Promise Keepers to retool 2006 conferences
•  Africa Bible Commentary launched in Nairobi
Commentary •  The tragedy of the religious left: Worshipping the goddess of tolerance by Charles W. Colson
Sep-06 •  Christianity, not communism, now offering people hope in Moscow
•  FDA approves ‘morning-after’ pill without prescription
•  Back to school — Ministry events aimed to help Christian students
•  Australian pastors face jail for comparing Islam with Christianity
•  Newsboys reach out to Tijuana’s poor
•  Evangelist seizes on million-dollar evangelism opportunity
•  Outreach team attacked in Maharashtra; Pastors’ wives beaten
•  Skid row controversy welcomed by faith-based groups
•  From New Orleans, Fred Luter leads scattered congregation
•  Rulings against 'gay marriage' could change legal landscape
•  DVD equips Christians for 'gay marriage' debate
•  Teen fan creates stirring video tribute to Sanctus Real’s ‘Benjamin’
•  Reagan Ranch program touches on spiritual aspect of leadership
•  Partial-birth abortion case on High Court's fall docket
•  MySpace: Useful & dangerous, youth ministers report
•  Coca-Cola best family friendly advertiser, GM worst, PTC says
•  Government health officials laud abstinence programs
Commentary •  Censoring science: The Kansas controversy by Charles W. Colson
Oct-06 •  New digital Talking Bibles head to Africa
•  Churchgoers are being swindled out of millions annually
•  How to protect your congregation from schemes
•  Burghoff finds new, eternal role after M*A*S*H
•  NBC accused of double standard
•  Sexually charged music directly impacts teenage sexual habits
•  Compassion Radio assists local churches
•  AFA calls on ABC, O'Donnell to apologize for comments
•  As Beirut’s buildings crumbled, so did barriers to the Gospel
•  Indonesian Catholics put to death by firing squad amid doubts of guilt
•  ‘Facing the Giants’ to open at 400 theaters nationwide
•  Prayer breakfast vows to transform Hollywood
•  Fox launches movie unit aimed at Christian community
•  LaHaye honored at Extraordinary conference
•  Wash. 'gay marriage' justice forced to November runoff
•  Study reveals brain activity of patient in ‘vegetative state’
Commentary •  Bankrolling hostility: Who is funding attacks on Christians by Charles W. Colson
Nov-06 •  Kidnapped missionary’s tale testament to power of prayer
•  Congress directs Navy, Air Force to drop sectarian prayer ban
•  20th Century Fox targets Christian market with FoxFaith films
•  Left Behind emerges in red-hot video gaming market
•  Churches fight state, federal attempts to censor political speak
•  Will Graham, grandson of Billy Graham takes the podium
•  Controversial new Dutch Bible cuts out difficult gospel passages
•  New Web site to help defend religious freedom at universities
•  Peterson, ‘It Took a Miracle’ songwriter, loses cancer battle
•  Mission Aviation Fellowship dedicates new headquarters
•  Seized MAF planes returned after favorable judicial ruling
•  National Network of Youth Ministries celebrates silver anniversary
•  Audio Adrenaline to say aloha during five-day Hawaii trip with fans
•  Courthouse ‘no speech zone’ ban lifted
•  Rice’s pro-gay comments upset conservatives
•  British hospital disposes of aborted babies in trash incinerator
•  Wash. state court declines to rehear 'gay marriage' case
•  Landmark adoption bill, now nearly 10 years old, has huge impact
•  Ceili Rain offers touching tribute to war, without politics
Commentary •  Where will they stand? Congress and religious freedom by Charles W. Colson
Dec-06 •  The first Christmas comes to the big screen
•  Haggard disclosure creates much-needed dialogue
•  Ministry calls for Christians to ‘Bare Their Bookshelves’
•  Volunteers use wells to carve Gospel path into Guinea
•  Trial of 2 Turkish Christian converts makes news prior to pope’s visit
•  HCJB World Radio celebrates 75 years with ‘transformational’ goals
•  NBC cuts back on editing ‘VeggieTales’
•  Arabs take epic Sahara camel trek to spread gospel
•  British council rejects ‘active euthanasia’ for newborns
•  Having a merry musical Christmas
•  Israeli high court orders 'gay marriage' recognition
•  Pregnancy resource centers counter Planned Parenthood claims
•  Gospel for Asia adds 11 new languages to India's radio broadcasts
•  Prison Fellowship gets new board chairman
•  Hope Unlimited launches $4.8 million campaign for street kids
•  New DVD seeks to clear up stem cell confusion
•  Judge dismisses lawsuit against Air Force Academy
•  Christian videos, books offer parents family friendly gift options
Commentary •  A proud heritage: What we can learn from the Marines by Charles W. Colson
•  Could it happen to you? by Doug Trouten

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