(Assyrian Church by ashour rehana via Flickr)

In Mosul, Iraq the persecution of Christians continued this Christmas with the bombing of St Thomas Church last Wednesday killing two men and wounded five others. Even more astounding was the attack upon the Christian community of Bartilla in Northern Iraq on Christmas Day.
Over 100 Shiite Muslims attacked the [...]

(Sec. Napolitano by Getty Images via Daylife)

In the aftermath of the terrorist attempt on Flight 253, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano claimed that “the system worked” like it should. How so?
Billions have been spent since 2001 on creating the new Federal Department of Homeland Security in order to organize and coordinate the information that flows [...]

(Couple Image by hophoptuing via Flickr)

Now unmarried heterosexual domestic partners are asking for the same benefits that Gay and lesbian partners receive working for the US Foreign Service.
File this under the category of unintended consequences. In June, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed to extend the traditional federal benefits for diplomat spouses to gay [...]

(Nativity  by stevesheriw via Flickr)

The Christmas story is found in Matthew (Matt. 1:18-2:18) and in Luke ( Luke 1:26-56, 2:1-40).
However, Isaiah should never be ignored:
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall [...]

A Christmas tree in the ‘Blue Room’ of the Obama White House includes some curious choices for ornaments this year including one which features China’s mass murdering atheist Red leader—Chairman Mao. A great example for a ‘peace on earth goodwill to men’ message for Christmas?
Several other interesting ornaments include one featuring a celebrity drag queen [...]

St Matthew-in-the-City Anglican Church in Auckland, New Zealand takes this  weeks ‘Scroogie’ for their billboards and ‘progressive’ Christmas messages much of which is an attack on the traditional Christian understanding of Christmas. But even more important the church has launched an actual attack on the identity and significance of Jesus Christ.
The billboard pictured above [...]

 Neo-Nazis protested outside of a Jewish Reform Synagogue during the final night of Hanukkah on Friday night. Congregants at Temple Beth El in Riverside California were greeted by a dozen or so demonstrators waving red-and-black swastika flags outside of the synagogue as they gathered for Friday night services on the final day of Hanukkah.
Rabbi Suzanne [...]