Wycliffe Bible Translators and its partner the Summer Institute of Linguistics have both denied that they are sending a more “Muslim-friendly” Bible that removes references to God being “The Father” and Jesus being “the Son.”"Wycliffe is not omitting or removing the familial terms, translated in English as ‘Son of God’ or ‘Father,’ from any Scripture translation. Erroneous information and rumors    .. more …

But Adam Levine also had some choice words for “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, who recently said “The Voice” was merely a “second chance place” for failed singers.”Shame on Randy Jackson for saying that, because he, out of anybody, should know that if you’re in this business you need second, third, fourth and fifth chances. So we love and embrace that being part of the show,” Levine    .. more …

First things first: what total depravity isn’t.Total depravity does not mean “utter depravity.” Utter depravity means that someone is as bad as he/she can possibly be. Thankfully, God’s restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could’ve been worse. So, don’t read “utter depravity” into “total depravity.”Well, if total depravity    .. more …

The ban at St. Bernadette Catholic School was decided upon this past December and will be implemented next fall if controversy surrounding the decision does not hinder its implementation.Letters from school principal Sherry Steines sent out to parents said the decision to change the school uniform was made following “many conversations and input from the school survey.”Under the new changes plaid    .. more …

The incident occurred in the wealthy suburb of Wilton, Conn. on Sunday evening. Police said they had received complaints about the 63-year-old actor’s driving. Brooks was pulled over and taken into custody around 10 p.m.With no prior offenses, the “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” star will likely be penalized with a fine of $1,000. The actor could face a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a    .. more …

Sponsored by Sen. Gary Siplin (D-Orlando), the legislation known as CS/SB 98 will permit individual school boards to adopt a policy allowing students to deliver “inspirational messages” at functions like assemblies, with sole discretion given to the students.Administrators are not allowed to monitor or participate in the delivery or the creation of the messages, giving school districts no    .. more …

The Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D, an Associate Professor of Biblical Hebrew and Jewish and Christian Scripture, wrote a lengthy commentary for The Huffington Post in which she exposes no less than 27 different ways in which Rabbi Messer presented “false” understandings of the Torah.Like us on Facebook “He does not -represent recognizable Jewish thought or practice in his (mis-) representations of the    .. more …

According to “Inside TV,” TLC has ordered a new series that will be a docu-soap following the lives strong-willed Atlanta based women in the city’s religious community.In partnership with True Entertainment, the production company for Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” the show will reveal the everyday lives of women with leadership roles in church, covering how they handle the ” politics ” of    .. more …

“A lot of people think there’s one black experience. A lot of people think that if someone’s black it means that they’re religious. So we want to be able to show people that that’s not true, that there are non-religious people out there,” Debbie Goddard, director of African Americans for Humanism (AAH), told The Christian Post on Wednesday.The AAH launched an advertising campaign in late January    .. more …

In Kosher Jesus , Boteach purports that Jesus was a Torah-observing Jew who has been misrepresented in the Gospel accounts and never claimed during his time on Earth to be divine. At its core, Boteach insists, Kosher Jesus really aims to help reconcile Jews and Christians to each other, as well as to the historical Jesus, who he insists was “a wholly observant, Pharisaic Rabbi who fought Roman    .. more …