Archive for May, 2013
Featured
Chick-fil-A to draw crowds – and not for its food
(RNS) It could get pretty crowded at Chick-fil-A this week -- and not because of the fast-food restaurant's famous waffle fries. Supporters and opponents of gay marriage plan to appear at Chick-fil-A locations nationwide afte...
Featured Columns
Word from Scotland: Abide with me or abide in me, there is a difference
We are reading in John Chapter 15, where Jesus is speaking about the vine and the Father being the vinedresser or gardener. God comes with His hoe to remove things which ought not to be in out lives and He comes with His Prunin...
News
Hong Kong churches protest Beijing-sponsored school curriculum
Some 90,000 Hong Kong people took to the streets on 29 July to urge the government to withdraw a new education curriculum said to be biased in favor of China's Communist party.
Causes
Jailed Iranian Pastor Denied Hospital Treatment
Pastor Behnam Irani, currently held in Ghezal Hesar prison in Iran, is being denied hospital treatment for severe bleeding due to stomach ulcers and complications with his colon.
Causes
Mission leader kidnapped from Bible school in India
Gospel for Asia officials have confirmed that a senior mission leader in India has been abducted by a terrorist group.
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: Behind Every Beautiful Thing
More than 120 years ago this week, Vincent Van Gogh died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. In his short life, Van Gogh produced hundreds of watercolor paintings, sketches, and prints – some of which are the most valu...
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Catholics walk the ground traveled by new Native American saint
Hundreds of people visit the National Kateri Shrine and Indian Museum on Route 5 in Fonda, NY on Saturday July 21, 2012. Saint Kateri was baptized and lived there from 1666-1677
Apologetics
Question of the week: What about capital punishment?
The Old Testament law commanded the death penalty for various acts: murder (Exodus 21:12), kidnapping (Exodus 21:16), bestiality (Exodus 22:19), adultery (Leviticus 20:10), homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13), being a false prophet...
Features
Conservative Christian approach to AIDS evolves toward compassion
Under a canopy of skylights in a modern church two blocks from the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., worshippers are dancing and singing an African American spiritual: "We are Marching in the Light of God."
Causes
Violence topples Nigeria’s ‘bridge’
He was among a handful of elected members of Nigerian government attempting to bury the more than 100 Christians killed just the day before, when Muslim gunmen had rampaged through several villages in Nigeria’s central Plateau ...