A Kentucky school district is violating the U.S. Constitution by preventing members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes from meeting during school hours and by banning its announcements over the PA system and from bulletin boards, a legal group alleges. 

First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the Hardin County School District in late October, alleging that the FCA is prohibited from meeting during school hours even though other groups, such as the photography club, are allowed to do so. The letter further says that the FCA isn’t allowed to post its announcements on bulletin boards or use the public announcement system — privileges given to other clubs.   

The school policy was adopted in reaction to demands from the group Atheists of America, the letter says. 

“The singling out of students involved with FCA is exactly the kind of hostility toward religion that the law prevents,” said Roger Byron, senior counsel for First Liberty Institute. “Hardin County school officials are acting like they are above federal law. They must treat students who are members of FCA equally.”

The letter says the school district’s policy violates the Equal Access Act and other state and federal laws “by discriminating against students ‘on the basis of the religious . . . content of the speech at such meetings.’” 

The policy infringes on…

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right president elect, recently disclosed plans to move Brazil’s embassy to Jerusalem.  

“As previously stated during our campaign, we intend to transfer the Brazilian Embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem,” Bolsonaro stated in a Facebook post on Thursday.  “Israel is a sovereign state and we shall duly respect that.” 

In an interview with Israel Hayom, Bolsonaro said, “When I was asked during the campaign if I’ll do it [relocate the embassy] when I was president, I said yes, and that you’re the ones who decide on the capital of Israel, not other people.” 

U.S. president Donald Trump, who moved the United States embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel as well, weighed in on Bolsonaro’s decision on Twitter writing, “Had a very good conversation with the newly elected President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonsro, who won his race by a substantial margin. We agreed that Brazil and the United States will work closely together on Trade, Military, and everything else! Excellent call, wished him congrats!” 

Had a very good conversation with the newly elected President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who won his race by a substantial margin. We agreed that Brazil and the United States will work closely together on Trade, Military and everything else! Excellent call, wished him congrats!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

A delegation of evangelical leaders met Thursday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and said in a public statement that “it is our desire to lift up the name of Jesus whenever we are asked and wherever we go.”

Bin Salman’s role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi remains unclear, although the meeting had been in the works for two months, the group told The Washington Post. The delegation met with other Saudi officials, but bin Salman — who is second only behind the king — was the most prominent.   

Human rights were discussed, said public relations executive A. Larry Ross, who was present. 

“We even returned to it a second time later in the discussion because of its importance, and were encouraged by the Crown Prince’s candor in his response,” Ross told The Post.

The White House did not set up the meeting, a member of the delegation told The Post. Several issues arose, including the group’s desire to have the Saudis strengthen their ties to Israel.

Other members included Johnnie Moore; author Joel Rosenberg; former U.S. congresswoman Michele Bachmann; Jerry A. Johnson of the National Religious Broadcasters; Michael Little, formerly of the Christian Broadcasting Network; writer Mike Evans; New Mexico pastor Skip Heitzig; and former NRB CEO Wayne Pederson.

“We were pleased by the invitation extended to us more than…

Veteran Television host, author and singer Kathie Lee Gifford recently talked with Billy Hallowell on The Billy Hallowell Podcast and shared an important message with Christians. 

In the interview with Hallowell, Gifford recalled talking with Megyn Kelly after Evangelist Billy Graham died. She recalled that Kelly had asked her how she could be so bold in her faith in the entertainment industry, to which Gifford replied, “If I had the cure for cancer, I knew what it was — would I ever withhold it from anybody, much less somebody who’s suffering from cancer? Never!”

She continued, “I feel like I have the cure for the malignancy of the soul and he has a name — and it’s Jesus and I have to share when I’m given a chance because I don’t want people to not know the freedom they can have in Him.”

The Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hodahost also talked about what it looks like for faith to be present in every moment of her life. 

Gifford says, “The bible says to pray unceasingly.” 

“How do we do that?” She asked. 

“You make your life a prayer, that’s how. With every breath you breathe… its constant awareness of him,” she continued. 

Gifford goes on to encourage Christian’s to look for love in all the right places saying that our relationship with the living God is meant to permeate every aspect of our lives.

Gifford…

NEW DELHI, November 2, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Three acts of aggression against Christians in Assam state, India in one month have raised concerns among Christian leaders.

“We have seen sporadic incidents happen in Assam in the past – but three incidents of violence within a month against the Christian community has built a sense of insecurity among the Christians of Assam,” said Allen Brooks, spokesperson for the Assam Christian Forum and a member of the Assam State Commission for Minorities.

Brooks said the attacks in Assam, which borders Bhutan in northeastern India, were not random.

“A systematic pattern can be seen in these incidents,” he told Morning Star News. “Different denominations have been targeted within a month’s time. The three places are all key places.”

In Bongaigaon District, a radical Hindu mob on Oct. 2 assaulted three Christians in Dhaligaon village, an area previously free of persecution.

Although district authorities called the villagers’ assault “objectionable and communal,” the hard-line Hindus refused to yield to orders to commit in writing that they would stop attacking Mahindra Brahma and his family or keep them from their duties, sources said.  

Brahma and his family, who became Christians 10 years ago, saw their house surrounded as villagers demanded that he return to his prior religion or leave the…

The senior pastor at the megachurch Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas says Satan attacks Christians first in the mind.

Pastor Jimmy Evans talked with The Christian Post about his new book I Changed My Mind: Journey Toward Spiritual Maturity, where he outlines ways Christians can faithfully overcome fears, worries and failures.

“Everything starts with the mind; In the Garden of Eden, when Satan first attacked humans, he did it with thoughts,” Evans told The Christian Post. “The same thing with Jesus; when the devil attacked Him in the desert, he attacked His thoughts. 

“Christians are engaged in spiritual warfare, and the weapons of this warfare aren’t carnal. That’s why Romans 12 tells us to let God transform us into a new person by changing the way we think.”

He said the main defense against worried and fearful thoughts is the Word of God.

“The Word of God is inspired and infallible and quick and active; it’s alive and powerful. When we allow the Word of God to come into us as inspired by God and authoritative, it can go down to the cellular level in our lives and thinking to help set us free and put truth into us.

“Renewing your mind doesn’t mean a slight change, it means a total change, a drastic difference from the world’s type of thinking. The process of changing your mind means allowing the Word of God to have authority over our…