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By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Brian Lilley, of Sun News TV, reports something interesting in a recent blog post. Motion M-408, in the House of Commons, was an initiative by pro-life MPs to address what they saw as the possibility of people using ultrasounds pursue abortions

Following lengthy deliberation and prayer, ABWE today replaced G.R.A.C.E.— the victims’ advocacy organization—with a new investigative firm. G.R.A.C.E. was hired by ABWE in May 2011 to independently investigate the tragic child abuse by former missionary Donn Ketcham in Bangladesh more than 20 years ago, and ABWE’s subsequent handling of the

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Why is Todd Bentley starting a little bit of a public relations campaign these days? Well, some of it may be due to the fact that some Christians are dismayed by his actions. One English Anglican vicar comes to mind. Earlier

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission A quick update on Faytene Grasseschi’s group’s media policies, while I wait for that cover story on her in the new Charisma magazine to hit newsstands. I was checking out her group’s stance on Bill C-279 when this notice from My

Dr. James Duncan – Why we sued another believer The Daily Beast has a comprehensive article, Calvary Chapel’s Tangled Web about Calvary Chapels in the US, and the trail of lawsuits, including background on the latest lawsuit where a Calvary Chapel minister is suing his son Alex for libel, slander,

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Faytene Grasseschi could be said to have hit the big leagues now. The evangelist, a regular subject here, is profiled in the next issue of Charisma, the periodical of record for U.S. charismatics. Charisma’s cover will show a smiling Faytene with

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission A brief e-mail from Todd Bentley’s ministry this afternoon reveals that the TV network thinks it quite alll right for the evangelist to appear on their network again starting tomorrow morning. One of his helpers writes: We are very excited to

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission What’s new with Fraytene Grasseschi these days? Well, those who follow her Canadian political initiative MY Canada (as it is now named) may be interested that the former Faytene Kryskow is forming local chapters of that group in several Canadian cities.

By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission No one can say that Hollywood is a boring place, eh? It seems that Bible-themed films might be a bit of a trend these days. The latest idea is that Brad Pitt is perhaps set to play Pontius Pilate in a

In 2009 I was following a blog by James Duncan, a communications professor at Anderson University. He had criticised a bill board campaign by New Springs Church, headed by a guy named Perry Noble.  What happened from there became gripping reading, and real life drama. He is a clear descriptive

Dr. John Stackhouse – Why, God?” Asked the American People, and Would Not Stay for an Answer Has Prof. Alvin Plantinga of the University of Notre Dame, arguably the most important thinker about the problem of evil in our lifetime, been prominent in the news media, on all the talk shows, in

By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. “Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about…”

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Todd Bentley’s infamous remarks saying that the death of British MP Malcolm Wicks was “the Lord’s justice” were, as noted in Bene D’s transcript here, were reportedly inspired by a dream that he had regarding the date Sept. 29th. Bentley allegedly