• 'Goldilocks' Planet Raises Question: Does Water Presume Life?

  A team of planet hunters announced this past week the discovery of an “Earth-sized” planet that it said could be “potentially habitable” though one side of the planet is perpetually night and always freezing cold and the other side is perpetually day and always blazing hot.

  

• China Church Leaders Blocked from Attending Major Int'l Christian Gathering

  China’s government is preventing Christian leaders in the country from attending a major international gathering of mission-minded leaders by stopping them as they reach the airport and confiscating their passports.

• Fla. Preacher Says He Won't 'Ever' Burn Qurans

  The Florida preacher who planned to burn Qurans on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks says he won’t “ever” burn Islam’s sacred text.

• 9/11 Quran Burning Again Called Off

  Saturday’s scheduled “Burn a Quran Day” is off – for certain this time.

  

• Christians Warn Against Double Standard in Wake of Quran Burning Row

  The head of the world’s largest evangelical body said Friday that he welcomed the unanimous condemnation of one church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran but challenged world leaders and the media to do the same for radical actions committed against Christians.