Evangelical stardom and the fans who feed it
Herescope: Sacred Cows and Stars The Cult of Evangelical Leadership From the earliest days of the modern evangelical movement the church followed the same sociological patterns as the culture at…
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Vic Toews – Christian prison chaplains can pick up the slack with religious minority prisoners
Sack the chaplains – except the Christian ones. Seriously? Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews prison chaplaincy cutback is a really really dumb plan, which is rightfully being opposed by…
Prairie Bible Institute abuse survivors stand for survivors abused in missionary boarding school
Prairie Bible Institute Abuse Survivors are standing in support of former missionary kids who were abused at their boarding school run by The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Mamou, Guinea.…
The secret life of ACLJ lawyer not a secret any more. Stone cold silence from US religious right
I wonder if this story of a 50 something prominent religious right lawyer wrecking his life will have legs? James M. Henderson is known as Senior Counsel in the Washington…
If at first you don’t…pro-life MP division
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission A story just posted on the Vancouver Sun website, may make pro-choice supporters think that stopping motions by pro-life MPs in…
The Gagnam Style Priest
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission These days, the kids are all a-flutter about a music video performed by a South Korean singer named Psy. “Gagnam Style”…
The M-312 failure and the start of the “Stephen Harper ignored you, but I…” meme
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission As noted by Bene D in his quick update–thanks!–the pro-life motion, M-312 was defeated in the House earlier today. John Ivison…
Motion M-312 will be… *shakes Magic 8-Ball*
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission September 26 brings us the second reading vote for Motion M-312 in the House of Commons. And all I know for…
Bryan College student editor defies order by college president to spike story about why professor resigned
The editor of the student newspaper at Bryan College (Tennessee) was ordered by the college President to spike his story about the real reason a professor resigned suddenly. ( to…
Lakeland: The Movie on YouTube
Lakeland: The Movie Rick wrote about Roy Petersen’s film here
Government whip who tore into Motion M-312 will allow free vote
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. A CBC reporter is tweeting that the Harper government, which had been trying to get cabinet ministers to hold steady against…
If Motion M-312 survives, does this point to why?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. Motion M-312 is doomed. “Done like Dinner” in Dave “Tiger” Williams’ famous phrase. The effort by pro-life MPs to set up…
Independent Fundamental Baptist Pastor Jack Schapp enters plea agreement
Hammond Indiana First Baptist Church former pastor Jack Schapp signed a plea agreement in federal court today, the same day prosecutors presented a criminal complaint stating he took a minor…
Trinity Western University wants a law school
Does Canada need more law schools? Does Canada need more lawyers or more socially conscious lawyers without an ideological bent? Trinity Western University wants a law school and wants to…
Aimee Semple McPherson goes to Broadway
Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson is opening on Broadway in October. With book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David…
Christianity Today continues look at David Jang and Second Coming Christ Controversy
Christianity Today continues its investigative coverage of David Jang, his theology and his North American business expansion. In August Christianity Today published an investigative article on the ongoing controversy over…
The Toronto Star starts a “Stockwell Day comeback!” meme
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved Used by Permission I haven’t heard the rumour that Stockwell Day will be drafted to lead the B.C. Conservative Party after John Cummins is…
Which Canadian PM would win a pro wrestling “battle royale”
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission There’s a bit of a meme on Facebook these days, a post that’s getting around and shared. It asks which US…
B.C. politician compares himself to Christ
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. John Cummins is a veteran politician, so you think he would be wiser than this. The name might be familiar to…
English paper runs, and then spikes, story about Todd Bentley not being banned from the UK?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Something odd involving the local newspaper, the Croydon Advertiser, whose reporting eventually led to Todd Bentley being banned by the UK…