Posts Tagged ‘world’
Christian Living
The miniature earth project
The Miniature Earth Project (recently updated for those of you who have heard of this) did an interesting study and the facts from it are below. This is a great opportunity for us to gain perspective on how the world looks at u...
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Word from Scotland: Promote the growth of the good, prevent the spread of the bad
Living this kind of life taught by Jesus Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew Chapter 5, affects not only the disciple, but also affects and influences those around us. These are well known biblical phrases, in verses ...
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President Obama’s National Day of Prayer proclamation
Americans have long turned to prayer both in times of joy and times of sorrow. On their voyage to the New World, the earliest settlers prayed that they would “rejoice together, mourn together, labor, and suffer together, ...
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Pastor Wilfredo ‘Choco’ De Jesús Named One of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
Rev. Wilfredo De Jesús, better known as “Pastor Choco,” has been selected for the 2013 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes a...
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Good vs. Evil
(Gospel) Who prefers darkness?Those whose deeds are evil to begin with.So, taking poles about what the people think could lead the masses into ruin, if the majority of the people are living in sin. In other words, democracy is ...
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ChinaAid, 7 others urge Kerry to raise human rights issue in China visit
WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) – In advance of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s first trip to China, ChinaAid and seven other human rights groups, have advised him his visit is a “unique opportunity” for the United States t...
Causes
Church walls go up, then torn down by local government
Cheers went up as a backhoe tore down the barely finished walls of the Batak Protestant Church near Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday. The pile of rubble that remained was only the latest setback to Christians trying to retain a t...
Causes
Warning against euphoria over reforms, as military targets minorities
Christians around the world who’ve been praying for Burma have been warned against ‘euphoria’ over reform, while Christian and Muslim minorities remain under attack by the military.
Sunday March 10 marked the 16th annivers...
Causes
2 steps back for Vietnam
On Jan. 1, Vietnam updated its rules for enforcing its highest law regarding religion. Known as the Decree on Religion 92/2012 ND-CP, or simply ND-92, the new decree is meant to clarify rules written in 2005.
On close insp...
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World powers, Iran hold nuclear talks
Officials from six world powers and Iran are meeting to discuss the country's controversial nuclear program, in the latest talks to address a decade of concerns that Iran is working to develop a nuclear weapon.The meeting Tuesd...