• Scottish Independence Vote Happening -- Is the U.S. Nervous?

  Tomorrow is the day. It's the day Scotland could break away from the United Kingdom and declare its independence. How is this affecting the U.S.? Faced with the prospective divorce of its closest friend, the United States is following the advice column carefully: don't take sides, keep your opinions to yourself, and avoid getting dragged into the fray.

  

• ISIS Threats Happening in New York, Man Charged in Alleged Plot to Gun Down U.S. Troops

  Americans are bewildered by a man who owns an upstate New York food store that funded ISIS, tried to send jihadists to Syria to fight with the terrorist group and plotted to do some killing himself -- by gunning down U.S. troops who had served in Iraq -- federal authorities alleged Tuesday.

  

• Adrian Peterson: 'Not a Child Abuser,' but Sorry About 'Hurt I Have Brought' to Son

  Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson said in his first comments on the case involving the potential abuse of his son in a written statement posted on his Twitter feed, "I never imagined being in a position where the world is judging my parenting skills or calling me a child abuser because of the discipline I administered to my son."

  

• China's Crisis of Faith, Result of Rapid Economic Growth Divorced from Underlying Theology

  The article below points out the crisis of faith in China; the fact that China has no shared belief system. The society needs “social renewal,” which is a common theme among churches in China.

  

• Prison Officials Christen Southwestern Seminary-inspired School for Maximum-Security Inmates

  The once-troubled, maximum-security Darrington prison south of Houston will get a new focus that state officials hope could someday make Texas' state prison system less violent: God. In an afternoon convocation at the 1,900-convict prison, officials will inaugurate Texas' first seminary operated within a prison. The program will initially enroll 40 convicts who could eventually earn a biblical studies degree so they can minister to felons at other state prisons, according to the Austin-American