Illinois’ same-sex marriage ban is under fire. Both the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund have filed suits against the Cook County Court, asserting that the General Assembly acted with intent to discriminate against same-sex couples when it enacted the Illinois Defense of Marriage Act in 1996.

The following is a high-level narrative of an out of body event that happened to Bruce Johnson on February 27, 2012.

“The Praying Church Movement” – is an undertaking by the Prayer Ministry of the Church of God to identify congregations that want to be intentional in the area of prayer, who want to bring prayer to the center of all they do.

Schools around Ireland’s midlands welcomed the Big Red Bus last week as the Creative Arts team and a short-term team from Georgia put on puppet shows, crafts, songs and Bible stories.

Larry G. Hess, field director of Europe and the Middle East for the Church of God, represented the Church of God by attending the first ever Reinhard Bonnke School of Evangelism week long meeting, held June 25-June 29 at Bonnke’s “Christ for all Nations” International Offices, in Orlando, Florida.

“I send twenty-five cents for The Way,” Agnes Floyd of Michigan wrote to editors A.J. Tomlinson and M.S. Lemons in September 1905. Her letter continued, “It is a very good paper. I like to read such papers and then give them to others, praying that they may be led into the Way of life in the Savior.”

My friends and colleagues know that one of my passions is writing. Like any writer seeking for excellence, I use the “spell check” function in my word processing programs – whether I want to or not!

Intercessors, prayer leaders and special speakers will gather at the Orange County Convention Center to pray for the world, the Church of God and the International Church of God General Assembly, which begins on July 24.

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday issued a 5-4 split decision upholding Obamacare as constitutional as a tax. The High Court also ruled that Congress could levy penalties on individuals with no health insurance.  Now, some Christian leaders are suggesting civil disobedience—and others are vowing it.