Tag: prayer

California Requires Aztec Prayer in Schools, Parents and Civil Rights Group Sue

Parents and a civil rights group are suing California over its imposition earlier this year of a novel public school curriculum that reportedly has students praying to Aztec gods. “The curriculum’s unequivocal promotion of five Aztec gods or deities through repetitive chanting and affirmation of their symbolic principles constitutes an unlawful government preference toward a…


California Requires Aztec Prayer in Schools; Parents, Civil Rights Group Sue

Parents in California and a civil rights group are suing the state over its imposition earlier this year of a novel public school curriculum that reportedly has students praying to Aztec gods. “The curriculum’s unequivocal promotion of five Aztec gods or deities through repetitive chanting and affirmation of their symbolic principles constitutes an unlawful government…


Texas Mom Survives Unbelievable Road Accident With Her Family—Credits Survival to Calling God’s Name

A mom from Texas who survived a serious car accident with her family this year shared what she considers a remarkable intervention from above. Gillian Nichols from Katy was involved in an accident on January 31; she was with her husband John and her two daughters Leilah, 15, and Annie, 7. She and her family…


Former Football Coach Appeals 9th Circuit Prayer Decision to Supreme Court

A Seattle-area high school football coach who was banned from praying on the football field after games is taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court after losing in a federal appeals court. The Supreme Court previously refused to take the case but four of the five conservative justices on the nine-member court expressed discomfort…


Distraught Man Credits God for Deputy Who ‘Changed His Day’ With Patience, Prayer, and Hug

A Louisiana man was already having a tough day when a dispute with a family member became the straw that broke the camel’s back. Feeling desperate, Brandon Jarrow from Luling turned to God for an answer, and that’s when he passed a sheriff’s deputy on the highway. The deputy, he claimed, saved his day. “I…


Pastor Greg Laurie’s Message for Tough Times: ‘Turn Your Panic into Prayer’

Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship has long ministered to the faithful. He has been holding his well-known evangelical events, called Harvest Crusades, for more than 30 years on campuses in California and Hawaii, and he has a strong online presence as well. Today, especially, when so many Americans are suffering through extremely challenging…


Changing Nations by Strengthening Families Through Faith: Rev. David Guffey

Encouraging families to pray together connects them, strengthens the bond between their members through faith and this can have a ripple effect throughout society, changing the whole nation, Rev. David Guffey told The Epoch Times. Through peaceful prayer gatherings people in the Philippines were able to overcome political turmoil in 1986, Guffey, executive producer of…