Rick Warren finds a new purpose: weight loss

08 February 2012

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren has become an outsized evangelical superstar: best-selling author of “The Purpose Driven Life” series, pastoral mentor and even political referee. Now Warren is finding a new purpose: tackling his outsized waistline. Warren, 58, says the revelation came about a year ago, during a marathon baptism session of about 800 people at [...]

Islamic Extremists Behead Another Convert in Somalia

08 February 2012

Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia beheaded a Christian on the outskirts of Mogadishu last month, sources said. The militants fighting the transitional government in Mogadishu murdered Zakaria Hussein Omar, 26, on Jan. 2 in Cee-carfiid village, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) outside of the Somali capital, they said. Omar had [...]

Appeals court strikes down California ban on same-sex marriage

07 February 2012

In a decision that likely will set the stage for a high-stakes showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s Proposition 8 ballot measure that banned gay marriage, saying there is no “legitimate” reason to keep same-sex couples from marrying. Prop 8 supporters immediately announced plans to [...]

Catholic bishops in India concerned about growing economic divide

06 February 2012

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, told the bishops’ biennial assembly on 1 February that the widening of the gap between rich and poor is “a matter of serious concern for the church.” “We have two sets of Indians. One section of the people is racing ahead while the majority [...]

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Apologetics

Question of the week: Christian worldviews

Posted on 05 February 2012

Question: “What is a Christian worldview?” Answer: A “worldview” refers to a comprehensive conception of the world from a specific standpoint. A “Christian worldview,” then, is a comprehensive conception of the world from a Christian standpoint. An individual’s worldview is his “big picture,” a harmony of all his beliefs about the world. It is his way [...]

Arts & Culture

Rick Warren finds a new purpose: weight loss

Posted on 08 February 2012

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren has become an outsized evangelical superstar: best-selling author of “The Purpose Driven Life” series, pastoral mentor and even political referee. Now Warren is finding a new purpose: tackling his outsized waistline. Warren, 58, says the revelation came about a year ago, during a marathon baptism session of about 800 people at [...]

Causes

Islamic Extremists Behead Another Convert in Somalia

Posted on 08 February 2012

Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia beheaded a Christian on the outskirts of Mogadishu last month, sources said. The militants fighting the transitional government in Mogadishu murdered Zakaria Hussein Omar, 26, on Jan. 2 in Cee-carfiid village, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) outside of the Somali capital, they said. Omar had [...]

Christian Living

Keeping the Faith: It Must Be Raining

Posted on 05 February 2012

Months ago a friend handed me a little book entitled “Have A Little Faith,” written by Mitch Albom. Honestly, it sat on my shelf for a long time gathering dust. It’s not that I was uninterested; I was plowing through some dense reading material and figured that Albom’s book was a little too light for [...]

Press Releases

‘Powerful new film’ The Greatest Miracle opens today

Posted on 09 December 2011

The Greatest Miracle, rated PG, opens today in 63 cities across the country. A list of opening cities and theaters is available now at the movie’s website. The Most Rev. David Ricken, Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisc., calls it a “powerful new film,” noting that the 3D animated feature “helps us better grasp the spiritual [...]

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