July 2012

Faith Is Not for Church Only

July 31, 2012

Help me, Lord, to remember that religion is not to be confined to the church... nor exercised only in prayer and meditation, but that everywhere I am in Thy Presence. --Susanna Wesley (the godly mother of 19 children born to her and Samuel Wesley, including John and Charles Wesley. Nine...Read more

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Bible translation team robbed in Nigeria

July 30, 2012

Bible translation team robbed in Nigeria [Excerpts] Churches in Nigeria have been under direct attack lately as several bombers have targeted church buildings. But on Friday morning, Bible translation was also threatened when a team of translators was robbed. A team of IT professionals from Wycliffe Associates was in Nigeria...Read more

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Children Destroy Worshipful Atmosphere

July 27, 2012

Children Destroy the Church’s Worshipful Atmosphere [Excerpts] A radical idea has been embraced by some modern churches: “No kids allowed in the adult worship service.” Having children in the adult worship service is too distracting for the parents, it is said, and it’s too boring for the kids. As with...Read more

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Science and Scripture Align

July 26, 2012

Science & Scripture align, professor says in BioLogos exchange [Excerpts] In the study of the origin of humans, ultimately what is true in the physical world will be perfectly consistent with Scripture, a Southern Baptist seminary professor said in an essay arguing against theistic evolution. James Dew, assistant professor of...Read more

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Mormons Prepare to March in Gay Pride Parades

July 25, 2012

Mormons Prepare to March in Seven LGBT Parades [Excerpts] [On June 22] Mormons [were] preparing to march in seven LGBT Pride parades: New York City, San Francisco, Houston, Seattle, Cleveland, Twin Cities, and Santiago, Chile. More than 140 Mormons are expected to march in Santiago alone. It is striking to...Read more

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Revolution in Society

July 24, 2012

No revolution that has ever taken place in society can be compared to that which has been produced by the words of Jesus Christ. --Mark Hopkins (American educator and theologian, of whom President James Garfield noted that the best university was “Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and...Read more

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Are mermaids our evolutionary "cousins"?

July 23, 2012

Are Mermaids Our Evolutionary Cousins? [Excerpts] A new television program filmed as a documentary recently aired on the Animal Planet cable channel. Viewers of Mermaids: The Body Found are introduced to several lines of evidence that supposedly demonstrate the existence of mermen and mermaids. Through dramatic “re-enactments” portraying scientists and...Read more

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England's National Health Service kills 130,000 elderly patients

July 20, 2012

Top doctor's chilling claim: The National Health Service (NHS) kills off 130,000 elderly patients every year [Excerpts] NHS doctors are prematurely ending the lives of thousands of elderly hospital patients because they are difficult to manage or to free up beds, a senior consultant claimed yesterday. Professor Patrick Pullicino said...Read more

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Iran steps up crackdown on Christians

July 19, 2012

Iran steps up crackdown on Christians [Excerpts] Iran’s stepped up its crackdown on the country's struggling Christian community by closing a church in Tehran, prompting an Iranian human rights group and religious freedom experts to slam the regime. According to the human rights group [International Campaign for Human Rights in...Read more

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