• Philippine President Sends Death Squads after Criminals, Drug Dealers, Addicts

  Rodrigo Duterte, new president of the Philippines, is making good on his campaign pledge to implement a surge of extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers, users and criminals. Starting the day after he was elected on May 10, 2016, through Aug. 4, according to a local account, there have been 571 killings, mostly executions by police and vigilante groups.

  

• Ben-Hur 2016: 'Greatest Faith Epic To Hit Movie Screens in Decade' to be Released on Aug. 19

  Now, behold, I release you today from the chains on your hands ~Jeremiah 40:4 -- is the Biblically inspired opening of the most recent movie trailer of an American historic action film entitled Ben-Hur, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Huston, slated to be released in theaters Aug. 19, 2016. The movie elevates Christian themes of justice, liberty and radical forgiveness, as well as a classic story about rising above adversity.

  

• Jesus Restores Life of Muslim Woman Who Was Killed By Father, Thrown Down Well

  A former Muslim woman who reportedly was struck on the head by her father, deemed dead and abandoned in a desert well was saved by Jesus at the bottom of that well and brought back to life, according to an accounting published by Godreports.

  

• Religious Exemption from Anti-Discrimination Laws in California Colleges May Cease With New Bill

  Senate Bill 1146 being considered by California legislators, if passed, would remove a venerable exemption from anti-discrimination laws for religious institutions, potentially exposing state colleges to civil rights' lawsuits from students and employees. Some university officials say the exemption allows them to develop campus policies that are in-line with their faith, and that this new measure is an attack on their free exercise of religion. Bill supporters say it would be the first law of it

  

• Dallas Charter 'God's Schools' Public Funding May Be Jeopardized if Endorsing Christianity

  While Advantage Academy campuses in the Dallas, Texas-region are "God's schools" according to founder and former pastor Allen Beck, the public schools are being criticized by Wisconsin-based watchdog group Freedom From Religion Foundation for putting the Bible in every subject and for promoting one particular religion.