PoliticoFormer Israeli envoy under fire for essay on Obama's Muslim rootsPoliticoMichael Oren is feeling the heat for an essay he published in Foreign Policy Friday professing to understand President Barack Obama's attitude towards Islam. In an approximately 2,000-word article entitled “ How Obama Opened His Heart to the Muslim ...and more »

The Courier-JournalDish | Brooklyn & The Butcher underway in Ind.The Courier-JournalNew Albany will soon see a “modern steakhouse” downtown. Developed by Ian Hall of The Exchange, Brooklyn & The Butcher will be housed in an 1870s hotel building on the corner of Bank and Market, in the space most recently occupied by Habana Blues.and more »

PoliticoPoll: Most Americans unwilling to vote for a socialistPoliticoAmericans say they are more likely to support an atheist than a socialist for president next year, according to the latest Gallup survey, released Monday. Just 47 percent of Americans would vote for a socialist if their party nominated one, while 50 ...and more »

ChristianTodayChristian arms manufacturers are hypocrites, says Pope FrancisChristianTodayIn his Turin address to young people he also warned against putting too much trust in politicians, saying: "In Europe there is war, in Africa there is war, in Asia there is war. But can I have trust in a world like this? Can I trust the world's ...and more »

ChristianTodayEurope referendum: Business leaders to pour millions into 'no' campaignChristianTodayPastor of Iraq's only Christian radio station narrowly escapes death in bomb blast. The pastor of Iraq's only Christian radio station has narrowly survived a bomb blast in Baghdad. RECOMMENDED STORIES. Seven people you find in every home group · Josh ...and more »

Daily BeastInside Orphan Blacks Shocking Finale: Co-Creator Graeme Manson on That Mother ...Daily BeastExpect to encounter first century AD Roman soldiers, Highland warriors from the Jacobite Rising of 1746, the infantrymen who fought for King and Country during the Revolutionary War, and members of a Scottish reconnaissance regiment that campaigned in ...and more »

New York TimesFor Faithful, Social Justice Goals Demand Action on EnvironmentNew York TimesFor an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had .... “My point is, God's still up ...

Mariam Ibraheem: 'I Never Asked God Why Me?'Christian Broadcasting NetworkNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A year has passed since a Sudanese court lifted the death sentence and spared the life of Mariam Ibraheem. The young, then-pregnant wife and mother was accused of abandoning Islam for Christianity. She spent months chained to a ...and more »

Christian PostWere Most White Missionaries Just Colonialists?Christian PostYou're going to colonize the Third World – Africa, Asia Minor, America – with a particular brand of white, evangelical Christianity that is not the full gospel of Jesus Christ." I understand the point Dr. Rah was making and why the audience ...

The Courier-JournalPerforming arts picks for week of June 21The Courier-JournalMusic Orchestrated for Summer. In its third year, Louisville Philharmonia is stepping up its programming by bringing a pops concert of rousing music to the Iroquois Amphitheater. Works by American composers dominate the program with Aaron Copland's ...

Daily BeastGet Real: Charleston Church Shooting Was TerrorismDaily BeastHis Facebook page depicted him wearing a jacked adorned with the flags of two former white supremacist governments (apartheid era South Africa and Rhodesia.) Experts note that these are both symbols of the white supremacist movement. Also Roof's car ...Nine killed in 'hate' shooting at historic black churchThe Voice Onlineall 17,238 news articles »

TheBlaze.comThe Disturbing, Drunken Conversation Suspected Gunman Had With a Friend a Few ...TheBlaze.comOn his Facebook page, Roof displayed the flags of defeated white-ruled regimes, posing with a Confederate flags plate on his car and wearing a jacket with stitched-on flag patches from apartheid-era South Africa and Rhodesia, which is now black-led ...Police Catch Suspected Gunman in Church ShootingChristian Broadcasting Networkall 17,238 news articles »

Charleston Post CourierChurch shooting suspect Dylann Roof returned to a city in mourningCharleston Post Courier... hear them. face the truth. such a crimes will be happen again and again because people does not understand a simple fact: people with different cultural background should be separated in different countries. the same thing will happen here in ...and more »

Raw StoryHouse reverses course, passes 'fast-track' provision crucial for Trans-Pacific ...Raw StoryThe close vote in the House, which last week rejected a related bill, kept alive Obama's goal of bolstering U.S. ties with Asia through a 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the economic element of a foreign policy shift aimed in part at ...and more »

Police Catch Suspected Gunman in Church ShootingChristian Broadcasting NetworkThe nation is reeling upon waking up to the news that a gunman opened fire at a church prayer meeting Wednesday evening in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people, including a state senator. Police have arrested suspected gunman Dylann Storm ...and more »

New York TimesElisabeth Elliot, Tenacious Missionary in Face of Tragedy, Dies at 88New York TimesShe also hosted a Christian radio program, “Gateway to Joy.” After her death, Justin Taylor of the Gospel Coalition recalled on its website that as a college student Ms. Elliot had dabbled in poetry. He quoted one of her poems, in which she foretold an ...and more »

Christian PostMuslim Leader Plans to Turn Thousands of Churches Into Mosques; Claims ...Christian PostA prominent Muslim leader in France has suggested that thousands of the country's abandoned Catholic churches should be turned into mosques to accommodate the growing French Muslim population, which is the largest Muslim population in Europe.and more »

Christian PostQuestions That Faith Asks ScienceChristian PostBaylor University's Rodney Stark says that of the 52 leading scientists in 17th century Europe, 62 percent were devout believers, 34 percent were conventionally religious, and only two of them were skeptics.2 Not only were they not enemies, there are a ...

Christian PostFranklin Graham Urges Obama to Secure Injured Pastor Saeed's Release From ...Christian PostPrior to her testimony, she also traveled to Europe and urged officials there, including at the European Parliament, to raise the case of her husband. "Continued international pressure has helped free persecuted Christians before and we pray that it ...and more »

ChristianToday'We are living in the midst of the greatest turning of Muslims to Christ in ...ChristianToday"What is exciting is not just how big the movements are...but how many of these movements there are now and that they're not limited to one corner of the world, but we're seeing them from West Africa to Indonesia, and virtually everywhere in between ...and more »

euronews'Father' of Turkish politics, Suleyman Demirel, dies aged 90euronewsFormer Prime Minister of Turkey, Suleyman Demirel, has died at the age of 90. During a career spanning almost half a century, he served as the country's premier seven times, later becoming its president from 1993 to 2000. He dominated Turkish politics ...and more »

Christian Radio Preps for Election DollarsEquities.comSalem Media Group Inc. (SALM) is starting to price in the glut of cash that will come from the presidential election cycle. It is hard to put a number on what it will mean in revenue for Salem Media, but it will be a big number, and current shares may ...and more »

The Courier-JournalThe Rud and its legacy will be missedThe Courier-JournalNo one liked hearing this week that the Rudyard Kipling is closing. The place has a history — a legacy — that can't be overestimated. When Ken Pyle and Sheila Joyce Pyle opened it in the early 1980s, they did so with the intention of making it a ...and more »

The Courier-JournalActors Theatre receives $1.2 million grantThe Courier-JournalActors Theatre of Louisville will receive a $1.2 million grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation to support of its apprentice/intern company, the theater announced Tuesday. "We've been looking to more substantially invest in this program and be able to ...and more »

Christian Post'All Churches in America Have Muslim Spies in Them' Who Are 'Cataloging' Every ...Christian Post"Allah wants to kill the Jews on Saturday and kill the Christians on Sunday; kill the Hindus, kill the Buddhists, kill the blacks in Africa and the Muslims kill each other all in the name of allah," Lipkin contended. "The bottom line in Islam is that ...and more »