Archive for the 'Christianity' Category
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Picture of Pope Benedict via Wikipedia
Pope Benedict XVI made the following comments as he prepared to receive Bishops from all around the world arriving for a conference on the relevance of the Bible in the modern contemporary church:
“Today, nations once rich in faith and vocations are losing their own identity, under the harmful and destructive [...]
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
There is a new law that was preliminarily passed by the Iran’s parliament, which would mandate the death penalty for anybody convicted of apostasy. Currently, apostasy is punishable by death in Iran, but the final decision rests with a judge. Very few have been executed under the current law.
If this new law is implemented, [...]
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
This is the ultimate story of conflict between faith and culture. On one hand, we have Indians in the Amazon with their own culture and religion which justifies killing babies with disabilities. On the other side, are evangelical missionaries ( Youth With a Mission) who are trying to provide western medicine and save the [...]
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
In celebration of the 200 birthday of Charles Darwin, the Church of England plans to issue an apology for their initial reactions to his theories:
"200 years from your birth, the Church of England owes you an apology for misunderstanding you and, by getting our first reaction wrong, encouraging others to misunderstand you still. We [...]
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
The federal government of India warned the states that they might step in to take control if the violence and persecution against Christians continues.
Meanwhile, it has spread to a number of different states and now there has even been an incident in the capital city–New Delhi.
Here is a Compass Direct article detailing specific [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Pittsburgh’s conservative orthodox Episcopal Bishop Duncan was forced out of office by vote of the Episcopal House of Bishops. Apparently, the liberal Episcopal Bishops are so tolerant that they will allow almost everything—-almost everything but traditional orthodox views. A new low for the historical US denomination. *Top
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
There have been all sorts of ignorant statements and outrageous comments made by the main stream media and 100’s of blogs concerning the Assemblies of God Church that Gov. Sarah Palin was raised in.
Here is a great ‘primer’ and synopsis of the history and beliefs of that denomination–written by Rich Tatum and posted [...]
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Masab Yousef, the oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a political leader of the Hamas organization of the West Bank, speaks out about his faith in Christ and gives some insight into the terrorist organization that he was raised in. He gave his life to Christ in 2004 after reading the Bible and finding [...]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
(Photo: Dominic Buettner for The New York Times)
According to a NY Times story, several Israeli scholars contend that an ancient tablet found near the Dead Sea, dated from the 1st century B.C., talks about a Messiah who would die and 3 days later be resurrected. <<<Read the rest of my article posted on the [...]
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
There seems to be a dispute among the clergy within the Church of England over whether the church should seek to convert British Muslims to Christianity.
The Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, who was born is Pakistan, claims that the church is not really seeking to convert British Muslims to Christianity and [...]
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