What Are You Relying On?
People today like to think of themselves as being independent. But who really is? Most people depend on money, jobs, other people or material things to make them happy. Or they become dependent on drugs or alcohol and so make a shambles of life and relationships. We all depend on something; why not depend on the only One who can give eternal, abundant life and true satisfaction?
A Message by Billy Graham
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The White House stepped back Thursday from its tally of the number of jobs its economic-stimulus package has created or saved through September in the face of mounting criticism over errors in reports filed by recipients of stimulus money.
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A U.S. congressional panel on Thursday approved a measure to open the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions to government audits, a surprise blow to the central bank's efforts to shield its independence and a signal of frustration with the central bank.
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Rising home foreclosures and continuing elevated job losses dominated a mostly-somber batch of U.S. economic data Thursday.
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Political frustration over the rescue of Wall Street and high unemployment erupted in the House Thursday, with one committee threatening to impose tighter scrutiny on the Federal Reserve and another trading verbal insults with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
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President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession.
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Senate Majority Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) published late Wednesday the final text of a Senate health care bill that would mandate federally subsidized abortion.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid set the stage for a climactic debate in the Senate over health care by unveiling a 10-year, $848 billion bill that would extend insurance to 31 million Americans without coverage.
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A new survey indicates U.S. President Barack Obama's approval rating has fallen below 50 percent for the first time in his presidency.
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The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina.
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More than 50,000 jobs, or one out of every 10 jobs the White House says were "saved or created" by their economic stimulus plan, came from projects that reported spending no money yet, according to a government report obtained by ABC News.
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Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. on Tuesday directed the state's medical-marijuana dispensaries to pay sales tax and obtain retail-sales licenses, bringing the once-taboo product closer to mainstream respectability.
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For many of us who are out of work, battling illness, or suffering loss, giving thanks for anything may seem nearly impossible. There remain things to be thankful for, however.
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CULTURE
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Though the sharia is intended as the "path to life," the laws have displayed a dark side, both to Muslims and to religious minorities.
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In all likelihood, most people would never even imagine a cartoon version of Genesis. Nevertheless, the cartoon version has arrived, and it is attracting no small amount of attention.
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This question of human freedom goes to the very heart of who we are as Christians and as Americans.
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’s more memorable characters. And she’s no fictional creation.
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Clashes broke out in a southern Egyptian village Saturday after Muslim youth began throwing stones at Coptic Christian churches and homes in the area in response to the extended detention four Muslim murder suspects.
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’s rainfall not to fail as it has the past three years, those working to provide relief in the country are reminding the global community that millions of hungry people still need food aid. Furthermore, the heavier rainfall may actually do more harm than good.
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Thousands of women from around the world were challenged to upgrade their faith as they face battles and see the world shaken.
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An abortion law in Oklahoma that would require women seeking abortions to disclose such information as their relationship with the baby's father and the reason for the abortion has been put on hold.
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The operating license is the first one granted since five were granted two years ago. The last of those five churches, the Christian Fellowship Church, was finally allowed to hold its organizing assembly in late September.
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Youth Specialties president Mark Oestreicher was let go from his position this week after seven years of leading the prominent youth workers organization.
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United Methodists are reevaluating the so-called "guaranteed appointment" of clergy system, calling into question the effectiveness of the long-established practice amid membership decline.
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The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans believes it could be the key to preventing a split in the Church of England. FCA Chairman the Rt. Rev. Paul Perkin said the organization could be the "glue" needed to hold the Church together.
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After a decade-long struggle, Congress passed a bill Thursday evening that would make it a federal crime to attack someone based on the person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
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President Obama may get a shot at ushering in a new era of bipartisanship in Washington as he had promised with the largest evangelical body in the country having recently stated its support for immigration reform, including a pathway for 12 million illegal U.S. immigrants to become citizens.
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A clerk who was held at gunpoint at a store in Indianapolis began praying and talking to the gunman who later dropped down to one knee and also prayed.
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’re wrong.
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Today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., I and a dozen evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox leaders face the microphones to announce the release of an historic document.
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” declared Senator Dick Durbin referring to the economic benefits of bringing terrorists from Gitmo to tiny Thomson, Illinois.
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This question of human freedom goes to the very heart of who we are as Christians and as Americans.
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In all likelihood, most people would never even imagine a cartoon version of Genesis. Nevertheless, the cartoon version has arrived, and it is attracting no small amount of attention.
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