40 Days for Life leader to Alaska: ‘Let’s beg God to shut down Anchorage Planned Parenthood’
40 Days for Life is about to begin in over 13,000 locations around the world on Wednesday, September 24 – and Anchorage is one of them! This peaceful, public six-week prayer effort that began in 2007 has seen 181 abortion facilities close
How religious is Alaska? Not very
When it comes to prayer, church attendance and personal views about faith, Alaskans are not particularly religious compared to most other U.S.
OPINION: Charlie Kirk’s death adds to the ‘Blood of the Martyrs’
We have an authentic martyr, Charlie Kirk. He did not die because he wanted to, but because he loved his enemies, and considered them worth the risk for the sake of their eternal
OPINION: In Juneau, unlike Soviet Kiev, we do not ‘whisper our prayers’ or hide our faith
As I reminded my daughter during her Bat Mitzvah held in Juneau in 2004, “Elena, in America, we do not whisper our prayers, and we do not hide our faith. If we glow together as a nation, and believe in the wisdom of Judeo-Christian values and traditions,
Glen Biegel: Unpacking the left’s disdain for prayer and love of gun control
Jenn Psaki and many millions of poorly educated believers and non-believers tell us to stop praying. Praying is not an action, and we need action. We need control. The appeal to God is not control
BOB BIRD: The Shroud of Turin is unifying Christians
Right now, the Shroud is at an all-time high point of
Alaskans rejoice as former Fairbanks priest is saved from Islamic terrorists
A former Alaska priest, Fr. Alphonsus Afina, has been rescued from the hands of violent Islamic terrorists in his home country of
Myth exposed: IRS acknowledges churches can speak freely about politics
Many churches believed the myth of “separation of church and state” meant silence in the pulpit. But that was never
IRS says pastors can openly endorse political candidates without penalty
Pastors in Alaska and across the nation are now free to openly endorse political candidates from the pulpit following a groundbreaking decision by the Internal Revenue Service that vastly expands free speech in houses of
Half of Alaskans favor prayer in public schools
In Alaska, 49% of respondents favored allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers that refer to Jesus by name, while 50% opposed the idea. Nationwide, 52% of respondents favored school prayers and 46% opposed
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