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For students who cannot read, all school subjects can prove difficult, and they often just give up. However, the American Bible Society and Salvation Army have joined forces in a campaign called Mission: Literacy, and participating at-risk elementary students in three New Jersey cities are excelling instead of quitting. While improving their reading and literacy skills, students' lives also are being enriched.

The Christian season of reflection, which starts Sunday and often is overshadowed by commercialism, focuses on the Old Testament prophecies about the coming of a Messiah.

"For Christ's sake, stop!" declared the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Rev. Frank Page, pleading for civility in the Baptist blogosphere.

"Amid much publicity last year, the National Geographic Society announced that a lost 3rd-century religious text had been found, the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. The shocker: Judas didn't betray Jesus."

How much do we really need to know about a person's needs or a particular situation in order to pray effectively? The question, "How may I pray for you?" is part of the litany in Prayers for Healing, Laying on of Hands and Anointing with Oil. We are encouraged in the Scripture to be forthright with our brothers and sisters in Christ regarding sins to be confessed and other needs.

Antiabortion activists in several states are promoting constitutional amendments that would define life as beginning at conception, which could effectively outlaw all abortions and some birth control methods.

On Sunday mornings, most parents who don't believe in the Christian God, or any god at all, are probably making brunch or cheering at their kids' soccer game, or running errands or, with luck, sleeping in. Without religion, there's no need for church, right? Maybe. But some nonbelievers are beginning to think they might need something for their children.

Creationist geologists are thriving, paradoxically, at a moment when evangelicals are becoming more educated, more prosperous and more open to scientific progress.

As a leader of the national health care debate, New York is considering the most sweeping changes to the state's health care system in modern history. Paul Hannesson, a spokesman for the Christian Science church, asked state health and insurance officials in Rochester to consider health care reform that affords all New Yorkers access to spiritual care.

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a new controversial documentary starring author, former presidential speechwriter, economist, and lawyer Ben Stein. Expelled, coming to theaters in early 2008, exposes the "Atheist Agenda" and new evidence debunking atheistic Darwinism. The movie shows how teachers, students, and scientists are being silenced and persecuted for questioning Darwinism despite increasing proof of an intelligent Designer in the universe. The film is receiving media attention, including The Christian Post, The O'Reilly Factor, and the front page of the New York Times.