Hundreds of people in Scotland accepted an invitation to accept Christ at a revival event hosted by Billy Graham’s grandson, Will Graham, last weekend.

The oldest child of outspoken evangelical figure Franklin Graham spoke at the Central Scotland Celebration of Hope, a three-day crusade hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association at Falkirk Stadium.

At one of four evangelistic services, he told the crowd that Jesus is “different than anyone else in human history.”

“Jesus never sinned. He brought people back to life. He healed on the spot. He restored sight to the blind. And He’s the only One who died for your sins,” Graham said, according to a press release. “Jesus Christ isn’t dead. He’s alive today, and He wants to come into your life!”

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According to the BGEA, a total of 9,533 people attended the celebration with…

The latest Jurassic World movie has a lesbian character, although it’s uncertain if moviegoers even will notice.

Actress Daniella Pineda, who plays Dr. Zia Rodriguez in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, said a scene from the film in which she references her sexuality was cut. In the scene, she is talking to Chris Pratt’s character.

“I look at Chris and I’m like: ‘Square jaw, good bone structure, tall, muscles — I don’t date men, but if I did, it would be you,’” she said in a Yahoo Entertainment-moderated chat.

The scene took place early in the film but was cut “for the sake of time,” she said.

“I love that I’m looking at Chris Pratt, the hottest guy in the world, and I’m like, ‘It would gross me out, but I guess I would do it!’ It was also cool, because it was a little insight into my character. But they cut it,” she said.

As the BBC noted, it is not the first time that someone on the cast or crew of a major film has claimed LGBT representation in a film based on the script but not the actual footage.

Soloco-writer Jonathan Kasdan said Lando Calrissian – played by Donald Glover – is pansexual. Critics of Kasdan’s comments retorted that in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back, Calrissian seems to be 100 percent heterosexual.

“There’s a fluidity to Donald and Billy Dee’s sexuality,” Kasdan told the Huffington Post,…

Some Northern Virginia residents are fighting against the proposed construction of a 22,000 square-foot Coptic church, claiming that the church will set a troubling “precedent” for their area and that it’s “incompatible” with the community.

St. Pope Cyril Coptic Orthodox Church in Chantilly, which was started in 2014, is in the process of trying to secure a location to build a permanent home for its congregation.

As reported by the Loudoun Times-Mirror, the church received initial approval from a local Planning Commission to build its new site in the town of Aldie in the largely undeveloped western Loudoun County, which is about 15 miles west of Chantilly and is one of the fastest growing areas in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. 

The church’s proposal to build a new facility on 10 acres of land off Old Carolina Road was approved by a 7-1 commission vote last Wednesday. The issue will go before the county’s board of supervisors in July for a final vote on the building’s approval.

Despite the overwhelming support of the commission, the church’s plans have drawn the ire of local residents.

“We believe the facility as proposed is incompatible with our community and should…

Transgender rights laws have been controversial across the country, but one of the nation’s most liberal states – Massachusetts – could become the first to overturn such protections this fall.

A referendum that would repeal the 2016 state law likely will appear on the ballot in November. The law allows men and women to use the restroom or locker room that corresponds to their gender identity. In other words, men who identity as women are allowed to use the women’s restroom.

Two new polls show the vote could be close. A Suffolk University survey showed that 49 percent of voters would keep the law and 37 percent repeal it. A WBUR poll had 52 percent backing the law and 38 percent wanting to overturn it.

The fact that the law lacks overwhelming support in left-leaning Massachusetts has surprised observers. A Daily Beast columnist wrote, “In theory, an anti-transgender ballot measure shouldn’t stand a chance in a state like Massachusetts.”

“If it were somehow to pass in Massachusetts, it would be very divisive across the country,” MassINC pollster Steve Koczela told WBUR, “and you would start to see these ballot questions popping up in a lot of other places.”

A group known as Keep MA Safe is collecting signatures to put the referendum on the ballot. A “yes” vote would keep the law. Keep MA Safe is urging a “no” vote.

On its website, Keep MA…

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will end a policy that separates families at the border.

“We’re going to keep families together but we still have to maintain toughness or our country will be overrun by people, by crime, by all of the things that we don’t stand for and that we don’t want,” Trump said Wednesday, when he announced that he would sign the order.

The order will end the separation of migrant families who had been split by the policy. Under the new order, the families will be detained together while they wait for court dates.

“We’re going to have strong — very strong — borders, but we are going to keep the families together,” Trump said. “I didn’t like the sight or the feeling of families being separated.”

The executive order says the new directivewill be to “maintain custody of alien families during the pendency of any criminal improper entry or immigration proceedings involving their members.”

Trump’s reversal on the policy came after facing a firestorm of criticism about the policy.

In a tweet this week, Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, thanked her father for the change.

“Thank you @POTUS for taking critical action ending family separation at our border. Congress must now act + find a lasting solution that is consistent with our shared values;the same values…