Crucial Prayer Topics : Education

Governor keeps 'condom education' out of schools
OneNewsNow.com - September 7, 2010

The governor of Minnesota has rejected a federal grant under the new healthcare law that would fund sex education promoting use of contraceptives.    ...[view article]

Exposing the 'real' Quran
OneNewsNow.com - September 6, 2010

A minister wants to help Americans learn the "real" Quran and bring Muslims to Christ. Usama Dakdok, founder of The Straight Way of Grace Ministry, was born in Egypt and raised in a Christian home as the son of a Baptist pastor, where he accepted Jesus at the age of 11. But despite his background, he was forced to learn the Quran in school....[view article]

MOPS International Introduces Momology: The Book, The Community, The Website; Tools to Ensure No Mom is Alone in Mothering
Christian Newswire - September 3, 2010

DENVER, Sept. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- MOPS International, Mother of Preschoolers, announces Momology: A Mom’s Guide to Shaping Great Kids. MOPS has been listening to mothers for almost 40 years and Momology highlights the four essential elements of mothering for all moms. Written by Shelly Radic, Interim CEO of MOPS International, Momology is based on research gathered from thousands of moms by MOPS and includes foundational principles from experts on families such as the Search...[view article]

Teen's Sweet 16 Party Saves Children in Kenya
Christian Newswire - August 31, 2010

HAMPTON, Va., Aug. 30 /Christian Newswire/ -- A Chesapeake, Va., teen's decision one-and-a-half years ago to forsake a traditional "sweet 16" birthday party enabled her to fully fund the construction of a $30,000 church-orphanage in Kenya, providing much needed food, shelter, clothing and education for approximately 50 orphans in that country. Instead of presents, Megan MacDonald, age 18, requested party guests donate to the construction project which was overseen by Hampton, Va.,-based International Cooperating Ministries (ICM). MacDonald and her parents...[view article]

Vacation Liberty School - VBS with a twist
OneNewsNow.com - August 21, 2010

A new program utilizes the same style used in vacation Bible school to educate children about liberty....[view article]

Email is too slow and wristwatches are pointless for college freshmen
CNN - August 18, 2010

(CNN) -- For most college freshmen starting school this fall, email is passe and wearing a watch on your wrist is, well, unnecessary, according to the Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2014, most of whom were born in 1992....[view article]

In Israel, Commerce amid Conflict
Time - August 17, 2010

The city of Nazareth - a town of 65,000 residents, bearing the weight of more than 2,000 years of history - sits at the southern end of Galilee, at the bottom of a sloping bowl formed out of a chalky mountain range that overlooks the Jezreel Valley. Not far from Nazareth's Byzantine-era ruins and the sites where Jesus is said to have once trod, you come upon something less historic: a dense, rubble-strewn industrial zone....[view article]

Charity Group Has No Plans to Leave Afghanistan Despite Murders of Aid Team
Fox News - August 10, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Christian charity said Monday it had no plans to leave Afghanistan despite the murders of 10 members of its medical aid team and repeated that the organization does not attempt to convert Muslims to Christianity....[view article]

The Seed Company Issues 'The Blank Bible Challenge' to U.S. Pastors
Christian Newswire - August 3, 2010

ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Seed Company, the fastest growing Bible translation organization in the world, has unveiled an initiative to churches across the country -- the Blank Bible Challenge. The campaign is designed to bring awareness for the need of Scripture translation for people groups that have never had God's Word in their language....[view article]

Microsoft Quashed Effort to Boost Online Privacy
Wall Street Journal - August 2, 2010

Type the intro here if you are linking to another story, otherwise paste the entire story here and leave the url blank. The website will display a maximum of 80 words for the introduction. If you are pasting from Word use the word pasteboard icon....[view article]

Students support professor's conservative stand
OneNewsNow.com - July 26, 2010

Support is mounting for a University of Illinois professor who was fired for telling students in his Catholicism class that he agrees with the Catholic Church's teaching against homosexuality....[view article]

High Court Rules Against Campus Christian Group
The Pew Forum - July 6, 2010

A divided Supreme Court today ruled, 5-4, that a public law school can deny recognition to a student group that excludes gays and lesbians. The Court said the school could enforce a policy requiring official student organizations to accept all students who want to join....[view article]

Health law risks turning away sick
The Hill - July 1, 2010

The Obama administration has not ruled out turning sick people away from an insurance program created by the new healthcare law to provide coverage for the uninsured....[view article]

Teacher Layoffs
Time - June 15, 2010

I'm generally in favor of President Obama's efforts to prevent massive layoffs of public employees at the state and local level. But--you knew a "but" was coming, right?--there have to be some strings attached. I'm not sure Charles Lane is right that this isn't as bad as it seems. The pain won't be distributed equally. The districts that will be hit the hardest will be the poorest districts, which don't have the lush property tax base of the suburbs. And...[view article]

Christian Legal Society case begins in the Supreme Court
Mission Network News - April 20, 2010

USA (MNN) - The U.S. Supreme Court began oral arguments on The Christian Legal Socity v. Martinez yesterday, April 19. The verdict of this case will help determine the future of campus ministry, for better or for worse....[view article]

Preachers Who Don't Believe - The Scandal of Apostate Pastors
AlbertMohler.com - March 23, 2010

Are there clergy who don’t believe in God? That is the question posed by a new report that is certain to receive considerable attention — and rightly so. Few church members are likely to be disinterested in whether their pastor believes in God....[view article]

New Evidence Confirms Girl Scouts Distributed Sex Guide at UN
C-Fam - March 16, 2010

STATEMENT BY AUSTIN RUSE PRESIDENT, CATHOLIC FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE (NEW YORK - C-FAM) Late last week we reported in our weekly Friday Fax that the Girl Scouts allowed the distribution of an explicit and dangerous sex guide - produced by the International Planned Parenthood Federation - in a Girl Scout panel for adolescent girls at the UN. We have been inundated with responses from Girl Scout moms, Girl Scout leaders and others angered and confused that such...[view article]

Graphic Sex Ed for Ten Year Olds - Not on Our Watch!
Christian Newswire - February 10, 2010

SIOUX FALLS, SD, Feb. 10 /Christian Newswire/ -- A new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation is recommending that children as young as 10 years old receive mandatory graphic sex education, which includes teaching them the "pleasures of sex."...[view article]

Ten Commandment Projects Thwart ACLU
Newsmax.com - December 29, 2009

When ACLU officials bullied Duluth, Minn., into removing its Ten Commandments display, it looked like another victory in the organization's ongoing crusade to make America a secular nation....[view article]

Degrading Sex, Government Style
Culture of Life Foundation - December 29, 2009

Every presidential administration in Washington DC does some things that appear stupid in hindsight. It gets caught up in the moment, pandering to this or that political constituency, or reacting too precipitously to some big or newsworthy event....[view article]

Christian witnessing a no-no on campus
OneNewsNow.com - December 29, 2009

Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is appealing a decision to permit a bad speech policy to stand while a lawsuit against Georgia Southern University proceeds....[view article]

Reid: No Slave to the Facts
Family Research Council - December 9, 2009

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wants his colleagues to be on the right side of history, but there's just one problem. He doesn't seem to know any of it! Yesterday, the Senate Majority Leader became the front-runner for the most absurd quote of the health care debate....[view article]

Obama uses school dollars to prod states to change
TownHall.com - November 12, 2009

States are jockeying for a new $5 billion pot of education money even before the contest has begun....[view article]

Purpose of White Ribbon Against Pornography Week (Oct. 25 - Nov. 1) is to Raise Public Awareness About the Hardcore Pornography Problem and to Promote Enforcement of Obscenity and Related Laws
Christian Newswire - October 26, 2009

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /Christian Newswire/ --This year, the annual White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) Week runs Sunday, Oct. 25, through Sunday, Nov. 1. WRAP Week is intended to inform the public and public officials about the harms of pornography and the need to enforce obscenity and related laws....[view article]

Silence Will Rock Thousands of Campuses Tomorrow While Students Protest Abortion as Part of the 6th Annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
Christian Newswire - October 19, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- Tomorrow morning students from thousands of schools around the world will refuse to speak as a protest against the killing innocent children....[view article]

Homosexuality 'not a civil right'
OneNewsNow.com - October 14, 2009

Type the intro here if you are linking to another story, otherwise paste the entire story here and leave the url blank. The website will display a maximum of 80 words for the introduction. If you are pasting from Word use the word pasteboard icon....[view article]

Time for "Safe and Drug Free Schools" Czar to resign
American Family Association - October 6, 2009

Kevin Jennings is an open homosexual who is now serving the Department of Education as President Obama's "Safe and Drug Free Schools" czar. Jennings is the founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which pushes so-called "anti-bullying" policies which even GLSEN admits are really about promoting "affirmation" of homosexual behavior in the school system. Jennings is intolerant of the "religious right," 90% of whom enroll their children in public schools, and said in a 2000 speech "I'm trying not...[view article]

Public School Co-ops Christian Children's Hymn for Student Program Praising Obama
Christian Newswire - September 24, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY, Sept. 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- The national advocacy group In God We Trust today blasted the B. Bernice Youngs Elementary School in New Jersey for forcing children to sing a rap version of the hymn "Jesus Loves the Little Children" in which references to Jesus were replaced with name of President Obama. The video of the schoolchildren singing the song was recently posted on the Internet. School officials released a letter stating the activity was officially sanctioned. "What this school...[view article]

'End of the World' Myths Dupe Millions
Christian Newswire - September 21, 2009

NEWPORT, Wash., Sept. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- These are scary times. "Will the U.S. dollar collapse?" "Will there be a global economic meltdown?" "Will swine flu explode out of control?" "What about Iranian threats against Israel, terrorist nukes, and Al-Queda plots against the west?" These are only some of the questions causing inquiring minds to wonder whether this ancient Bible verse is now being fulfilled: "Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming...[view article]

Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama 'Back to School Event'
White House - September 8, 2009

Arlington, Virginia -- The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today. I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it’s your first day in a...[view article]

Swine Flu Sickens 2,000 at University
AOL News - September 4, 2009

(Sept. 4) - More than 2,000 students at Washington State University have come down with swine flu symptoms in just the first week of classes, school officials said Friday. ...[view article]

Stand True, Students for Life of America and Survivors are Calling All Students to Take a Stand Against Abortion in Obama's So Called Health Care Plan Next Tuesday, Sept 8.
Christian Newswire - September 4, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY, Christian Newswire -- Next Tuesday, September 8, 2009, President Barack Obama will address America's returning students in a special address to welcome them back to the classroom. The speech, originally planned to discuss how America's youth could assist the needs of the President, was altered today and will instead address personal education goals.In an effort to counter the Obama Administration's pro- abortion agenda, Students for Life of America, Stand True Ministries, and Survivors of the Abortion...[view article]

Obama's school speech - social indoctrination?
OneNewsNow.com - September 3, 2009

Is the president using his bully pulpit to push social change in America's schools? Neal McClusky with the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom believes the Obama administration is engaging in outright indoctrination of school children. He says that on September 8, Obama will address schools nationwide -- and in conjunction with that speech, school teachers have been sent study packets and a letter from the Department of Education, complete with assignments and questions to ask their students....[view article]

PepsiCo forms Chicago Gay Pride organization
American Family Association - August 19, 2009

According to PepsiCo representative Philene Frazar, PepsiCo is a founding member in establishing a homosexual activist group in Chicago. Frazar, in a presentation during a 2009 homosexual advocacy conference, announced PepsiCo was instrumental in forming Chicago's "Citywide Pride" (see presentation slide here ). The Citywide Pride website says it "strives to educate and empower the LGBT workforce and their allies." Citywide Pride events listed for...[view article]

University reverses; recognizes Christian student group
OneNewsNow.com - June 25, 2009

Type the intro here if you are linking to another story, otherwise paste the entire story here and leave the url blank. The website will display a maximum of 80 words for the introduction. If you are pasting from Word use the word pasteboard icon....[view article]