Note: This is the latest installment in a year-end series looking back at a few of the numerous victories by the ACLJ in 2017.
Five years ago, no one would have believed this victory was possible. We were taking on the Obama administration’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS)—the most feared bureaucratic agency—in federal court over the politically motivated targeting of conservative and…
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On December 14, 2017, the world lost a man who…
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NSS said the episode, which included an interview with Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev Justin Welby, amounted to a “PR exercise for the Church of England”.
NSS chief executive Stephen Evans wrote: “The bias and deference towards the Church of England demonstrated in this show suggests a ‘cosy relationship’ has developed between the BBC and the Church, which undermines public confidence in the BBC’s commitment to impartiality.”
The episode was broadcast on 14th December from Lambeth Palace, which is the Archbishop Justin’s residence.
Great to have @BBCr4today broadcast from @LambethPalace today. Especially good to hear so many stories of how churches are out there serving communities, supporting the vulnerable and sharing the love of Jesus Christ. It’s what we do. #r4today pic.twitter.com/OtdPYq7umi
— Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) December 14, 2017
The show included a performance from a Westminster Abbey choir, the Bishop of Manchester speaking about the Church’s ethical investment fund and Archbishop Justin’s chaplain reflecting on the Grenfell Tower fire six months on.
The Today programme will be broadcast live from @LambethPalace tomorrow morning. Listen from 6-9am to hear Archbishop of Canterbury @JustinWelby, @BishManchester, @BishopNewcastle, @YearInGodsTime and more. #r4today @BBCr4today pic.twitter.com/YjNrWq3x7c
— Lambeth Palace ن (@lambethpalace) December 13, 2017
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The wife of inspirational Christian speaker and author Nick Vujicic, known throughout the world as the “limbless evangelist,” as he was born with no arms and no legs, has given birth to twin girls just days before Christmas.
“Thank you all for your love and prayers! Babies Olivia and Ellie were born on Mommy’s Birthday, 5 pounds 2 ounces and 5 pounds 14 ounces. Mommy is well and so are the girls. Thank You God!” Vujicic posted on Wednesday on his Facebook page, which is followed by over 9 million people.
Back on Monday, Vujcicic posted another update, with a photo of himself and his wife, Kanae.
“Olivia and Ellie Vujicic, God willing will be born on Wednesday morning. Mommy did so great with the pregnancy! Thank God they seem to be healthy! Thank you for your prayers now and during Kanae’s recovery,” he wrote.
The couple, who also have two older children, with their fist son, Kiyoshi, born in February 2013, and their second son, Dejan, in September 2015, found out that they may be having twins back in June on Father’s Day.
“Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! Today was an exceptionally extra special Father’s Day for me, after we recently just found out something extraordinary!” the evangelist posted at the time, linking to a short video that announces Kanae is pregnant with twins.
“Thank you for your continued prayers for our growing family! God is good!” he said at the time.
Vujicic has often talked about his struggles with depression…
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The message is plastered on everything from buses to billboards to camels. Yes, camels.
Based on these tenets, you be the judge.
With 68 percent of Christian men viewing pornography on a regular basis, the church is in desperate need for something to help men understand what they are up against.
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More than 140 evangelical Christian women from across the political and theological spectrums have signed onto a statement calling churches to end the silence around violence against women and the church’s participation in it.
The statement, released Wednesday (Dec. 20), is accompanied by the hashtag #SilenceIsNotSpiritual and is part of a campaign that will run through Easter on April 1, 2018.
As for the church:
“There is no institution with greater capacity to create protected spaces for healing and restoration for survivors, as well as confession, repentance and rehabilitation for perpetrators,” the statement reads.
Signers include pastors, professors, heads of parachurch organizations and popular authors and speakers such as Jen Hatmaker, Rachel Held Evans, Ann Voskamp, Amena Brown and Helen Lee.
Belinda Bauman of One Million Thumbprints, who came up with the idea for #SilenceIsNotSpiritual. Photo courtesy of Belinda Bauman
The idea for the campaign calling evangelical churches to respond to physical, sexual and psychological violence against women came from Belinda Bauman of One Million Thumbprints, according to Lisa Sharon Harper of Freedom Road, who helped launch the #SilenceIsNotSpiritual campaign.
It follows the #ChurchToo movement — which, its creators are careful to note — grew out of #MeToo, a Twitter hashtag women…
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Things continue to look grim for Tesla, with production bottlenecks and massive capital burn rate perpetually keeping it on the edge of collapse. But while some continue to hold on to hope that the electric automaker will eventually reach profitability, some have already given up hope, believing that the company’s fate is already sealed.
The company’s market capitalization is currently at $57 billion, surpassing the likes of decades-old Ford and GM while only selling a small fraction of what the old guard can produce. This has prompted many to see the automaker as overhyped and overvalued, even if they somehow manage to turn a profit.
While Tesla might not be a traditional car manufacturer, it’s still a manufacturer in all sense of the word, and one that is positioned in an industry known for its thin profit margins. With that in mind, analysts are questioning whether its current market cap is justified, whether or not it reaches profitability.
The automaker claims it will meet its 1 million vehicles a year production goal by 2020. So far, this is possible with sales for its Model S and Model X currently growing at about a 4.5% year-over-year growth rate. This equates to around 120,000 Model S and Model X yearly sales rate by 2020 suggesting that the bulk will be made up of its mass-market Model 3.
However, this still doesn’t come close to what Ford and GM can put out casting which means its valuation comes from its reputation rather than its business. To put it simply,…
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On Black Friday and Cyber Monday of every year, I get all my shopping done so that we can have a simple holiday–no last-minute panic, no stress–just a simple life. But a few Christmases ago, I got talked into having “some work” done in our kitchen that was a “three-day job.” I remember stressing to my husband that, with all the college kids coming home for the holidays, I didn’t want my house in a mess. But in accordance with Murphy’s law, most of my kids came home…
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The organisation provides loos, clean water and hygiene training in some of the poorest communities in the world.
The Christian father-of-two from New Malden told Premier he set himself the ambitious target of completing half-a-million rope skips in a year after God challenged him about trust.
He said: “At the end of 2016 I’d felt God prompting me around the idea of ‘two halves’ and asking me to do my half and let him to the rest.
“The idea of completing half-a-million skips in 2017 was born and it’s been fun to do something enabling me to combine faith and action.”
He added that a mission trip to a hospital in Madagascar last year also spurred him into action. He was particularly moved by watching a disabled man with withered legs having to drag himself across the ground, through the dirt, to go to a pit latrine.
“We saw how important some of the things are that we take for granted, like having a clean toilet to use,” he told Premier.
“There are millions of people who don’t have that and seeing what the facilities were like, that was a bit of a stimulus.”
Toliet Twinning invites people to ‘twin’ their loo at home with a latrine overseas for a £60 donation, and to sponsor a toilet for a family abroad.
Just 12 days short of his 31st December deadline, the 42 year-old completed 500,000 turns of the rope and raised almost £2,000.
His regime involved 1,500 skips a day in stints of about 11 minutes. Until July,…
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Most Christmas movies or pageants focus on the principal characters of the nativity story—the innocent Mary, the bewildered Joseph, the awestruck shepherds and a sleeping baby Jesus. Then we throw in the non-biblical extras, like the cartoon donkey named Bo in the new movie The Star, which tells the story of Jesus’ birth from the animals’ point of view.
But I’ve yet to see a play or a film of the Christmas story that focuses on…
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