By J. Lee Grady

I’ve been holding my tongue for a few weeks since I learned that Bishop Thomas Weeks III was arrested after being accused of kicking, choking and hitting his wife, prominent preacher Juanita Bynum, in a hotel parking lot in Atlanta on Aug. 22. We did not need another embarrassing display of religious hypocrisy played out in the national media.

Uganda Flooding

National Overseer of Uganda Bishop Joseph Kagarama reports that many Church of God churches have been affected by the recent heavy rains and flooding.

In a close 4-3 decision on Tuesday, the Maryland Court of Appeals, ruling in Conaway v. Deane, smacked down arguments by the ALCU, nine homosexual couples and a lower state circuit court which had earlier ruled that Maryland’s law reaffirming the true definition of marriage as the union between one man and one woman amounted to unconstitutional “sex discrimination.”

The Dixon Pentecostal Research Center announces the release of its 2006-2007 Annual Report. The report contains detailed information on the activities of the research center, its collections, exhibitions, outreach efforts, and operations.

A USA Today ad and “One Million for Christ” petition states: “It’s unacceptable to mock anyone’s faith!”

An annual first amendment study, which gauges American attitudes toward issues such as freedom of religion, speech and the press, found that the majority of Americans believe the founding fathers (65 percent) and the Constitution (55 percent) established the U. S. as a Christian nation.

Like the well known statement in Charles Dickens, The Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way .. . .”

The Current Events is reaching out to Christian schools, homeschooling families, and other Americans as it enters its seventh year. The newspaper, founded and published by school teacher Suri Roth and her husband, Mendy, has been successful with kids and parents alike because it reflects and supports wholesome values while it educates and informs.

Teen Talent Guidelines

The International Department of Youth and Christian Education announces the release of the new Teen Talent Official Rules and Guidelines for the upcoming 2008 Teen Talent competition.