Article By Lora Simmons
  • Orphans of Ebola – Children In Need of Love And Care

    While news reports on the current Ebola crises taper off in the U.S., the fate of thousands of orphans living in those countries most affected by the virus still hangs in the balance. Left without parents - and often abandoned by family members afraid to take in the exposed - these young children are forced to fend for themselves, and often become the victim of crime.

    Orphans of Ebola – Children In Need of Love And Care
  • President Obama's Actions Signal Deeper Issues For the Country

    President Obama's address on illegal immigration Thursday night left mixed feelings among Christians, as well members of both political parties. Though he said that "the best way to solve the problem is by working together," he painted a very 'us versus them' picture, and scolded members of Congress who failed to move immigration bills forward.

    President Obama's Actions Signal Deeper Issues For the Country
  • Persecution and Religious Freedom in America: Expected but Not Hopeless

    As cases like an Orthodox Jewish man beaten, New York couple fined for refusing to wed lesbian couple, and Texas sermon subpoenaed are brought to light, the fate of religious freedom in America for certain religions is unknown - specifically Christianity and Judaism. While American citizens are guaranteed religious freedom through the First Amendment, this freedom is slipping away as Christian persecution and anti-Semitism swells.

    Persecution and Religious Freedom in America: Expected but Not Hopeless
  • ISIS Beheads Converted Muslim American Aid Worker Peter Kassig

    The murderous group of thugs known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has released another chilling video, this time of the killing of American Peter Kassig. The 26-year-old former U.S. Army Ranger from Indiana, who had previously served in Iraq, returned to Syria as an aid worker when his tour of duty ended in 2007.

    ISIS Beheads Converted Muslim American Aid Worker Peter Kassig
  • White House Security Breach by Intruder Prompts Secret Service Probe

    He scaled the north fence of the White House, zigzagged across the north lawn, and entered the nation's capital through the door of the North Portico. While that may sound like a scene from a movie trailer that is exactly what occurred on Sept. 19 when 42-year-old Iraq War Army veteran Omar Jose Gonzalez put the slip on the Secret Service.

    White House Security Breach by Intruder Prompts Secret Service Probe