Archive for May, 2013
Arts & Culture
Dutch businessman building a replica of Noah’s ark
A businessman in Netherlands is building an ark that will be identical in size to the one that was built by Noah in the Bible. Johan Huibers, 60, has for the last few years been building an ark like the one described in the Bib...
Arts & Culture
Two men, Bible verse and bathtub survived Alabama’s deadly tornado
On April 27, some 173 tornadoes hit the southeast leaving behind death and devastation, but what is less known is that a Bible verse, and two men in a bathtub survived while everything else around them was in shambles. House No...
News
Counter-protesters, KKK confront Westboro Baptist Church at Arlington
Only a paltry three members of Westboro Baptist Church, a fringe group from Kansas that gains media headlines for holding up hate placards in the funerals of soldiers, showed up at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia on Memorial Day...
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: The Gospel According to Nicks
Just down the road from my house is a restaurant/gathering place/watering hole called Nick’s. Nick’s is a legendary seafood joint frequented by tourists and locals alike, by fisherman, national figures, and the occasional celeb...
Apologetics
Question of the Week: God’s Chosen People
Question: “Why did God choose Israel to be His chosen people?” Answer: Speaking of the nation of Israel, Deuteronomy 7:7-9 tells us, “The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more nu...
Featured
North Korea frees American missionary
North Korea released recently an American who had been imprisoned since November last year for allegedly participating in mission work and spreading the gospel. Eddie Jun Yong-su, 60, was escorted out of the country by Robert K...
Court rules that evangelist has the right to distribute Christian leaflets to Muslims in Michigan
A federal appeals court ruled recently that a Christian evangelist was denied his First Amendment rights when police in Dearborn, Mich., barred him from distributing leaflets on public streets at an Arab-American Festival. The ...
News
Crystal Cathedral sold to pay off creditors
Megachurch Crystal Cathedral Ministries, founded by Robert H. Schuller, is selling its church and 40-acre campus to a real estate developer in Orange County for $46 million, to repay hundreds of creditors. The property is being...
Featured
Bishop Eddie Long reaches out-of-court settlement with accusers
The bishop of a megachurch in Georgia, who was charged by four young men with sexual misconduct, reached an out-of-court settlement with them recently. Bishop Eddie Long of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia ne...
Featured
Oil-rich town in Sudan seized by Muslim majority North
Thousands of Christians in Sudan fled their homes in an oil-rich border town that was seized recently by the Muslim majority North. The Sudanese Armed Forces launched bomb attacks and a ground invasion in Abyei town, successful...