Friends and family of an Idaho soldier who was captured in Afghanistan prayed for his safe return Sunday – the day after a Taliban video posted online showed him expressing doubt as to whether he’d ever be able to see his family again.

On one of my lunch hours, I went out and bought a new cell phone. I was ecstatic about the great offer a co-worker had clued me into—more minutes for literally the same amount of money I had been paying for my previous service, and no roaming charges! What a deal!

But I had no idea when I walked out of the cellular store reveling in my purchase, bag full of manuals, brochures and terms of contract in tote, that this new phone had many more capabilities than the ones that had first attracted me to it.

Lee University’s Center for Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS) will be introducing a new course entitled Church and The Law this coming fall semester.

Peter Larson, a 15 year old from Plymouth, Minnesota attracted attention by sleeping outside in a box during the dead of winter to draw funds to support the local Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners.

The Leadership Seminar

Dr. Fred Garmon, director of the NGO People for Care and Learning, recently came to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to hold a leadership-training seminar.

Evangelist Paula White is returning to Tampa, Fla., to lead the charismatic megachurch she and her now ex-husband, Randy White, founded 18 years ago.

Chief warns Christians to worship only local spirits or lose homes.

We are a country that is overweight. With obesity rates reaching over 25% in the majority of states, we have eaten ourselves into a crisis. We neglect our health even when we know better, choosing to eat quantities much too large and selections that provide little nutritional value. In addition, we opt to spend our free time doing sedentary things and spend the majority of our workdays sitting on our growing rear ends. While we can and should take responsibility for our own health, we must also take responsibility for the health of our children.

Teen issue authors Michael and Hayley DiMarco head out from Denver on an ambitious, long-distance project to give the Bible a fresh, “authentic” voice, and raise awareness of a growing social problem.