On today's "Calling For Truth" Radio Program, we will discuss a few news items that are related to and should be of interest to the Christian Community. News Items such as:

Jonah In The Kiddie Pool (WorldMagBlog)

Ronald Marshall says the book of Jonah has been sentimentalized for children. He looked at 19 versions of the story in children's literature. He says those other versions remove the truth of Jonah's disobedience, suicidal tendencies, his role as a sacrifice, his condemnation by God, his sulking attitude, and his unforgiving spirit. Hearing about all these things, he says, prepares children for the story of Christ, and for the naturally fallen experience of the human being. Is he right, or not?

Jonah is a horrifying book, with its raging storm and fierce sea-monster, a suicide attempt and near drowning, and, at the end, a confrontation with a massive enemy city. But in American children's literature it is largely a harmless adventure story, all about travel and intrigue, underwater hideouts, success and fame. (excerpt).

Christian Educator Blames Postmodernism for 3^rd Grade Murder Plot

Finn Laursen is with Christian Educators Association International, a non-profit group that encourages and equips Christian educators serving in both private and public schools. He says this incident highlights the fact that children are not being taught the biblical truths of right or wrong -- at home or at school.

"We hear a lot about the post-modern culture that believes there are no absolute truths, and therefore no right or wrong," says Laursen. "We're now seeing the children of parents who have bought into that deceptive lie that there is no right and there is no wrong."

Messiah College to Host "Compassion Forum"

A recent news report stated, "A group that promotes a liberal stance on religious faith and morality issues is sponsoring a nationally televised presidential forum Sunday night featuring Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Senators Obama (D-Illinois) and Clinton (D-New York) will each be given 40 minutes on CNN Sunday night to discuss the topics of poverty, AIDS, global warming, abortion, genocide in Darfur, as well as human rights and torture. Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, is hosting the live television event, which is being dubbed "The Compassion Forum." Republican presidential nominee John McCain received an invitation, but the Arizona senator declined, citing a scheduling conflict.

Katie Barge is director of communications at Faith in Public Life, which is sponsoring the forum. She contends a "new conversation" is currently "bridging ideological and religious divides" in the faith community, even on the issue of abortion."

The question we will be asking is should a Christian College be hosting this type of event?

During the second half of today's program, we will be joined by Dean Curry, Professor of Politics and Director of the College Honor Program for Messiah College.