The Never-forsaking God
He Himself has said, ’I will never leave you nor forsake you’ —Hebrews 13:5 What line of thinking do my thoughts take? Do I turn to what God says or to my own fears? Am I simply repeating what …
Jury Awards $2M to Granddaughter of TBN Founders, Finding Jan Crouch Acted ‘Outrageously’
An Orange County jury Monday awarded $2 million for past and future damages to the granddaughter of a founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, finding that her grandmother acted “outrageously” to allegations that the plaintiff was molested when she was
African Mission Leader Searches for Positives Despite Deadly Surge of Jihadist Violence
(World Watch Monitor) — Attacks attributed to radical Islamic groups are happening on a weekly, or even daily, basis in Africa, posing security concerns across a vast swathe of the continent. The phenomenon has dramatically affected Church activities in various
Burn Victims Restored by Adult Stem Cell Technology
(Christian Institute) — Burn victims may no longer be forced to undergo painful skin grafts, thanks to a revolutionary piece of technology that uses adult stem cells. Instead of taking skin from one part of the body and transplanting it
A Laughing Faith
I remember where I was sitting in the cramped living room of our apartment when Miska told me she was pregnant with our first son, Wyatt. I must have sat mute for several moments because Miska asked, “Are you okay?
Chinese Authorities Ransack Home of Arbitrarily Arrested Pastor
HUAIBEI, Anhui (China Aid) — The local government in China’s eastern Anhui province dispatched more than 10 officers to the home of an incarcerated church pastor on June 14 and searched it, confiscating important materials. Wang Hong, the wife of
Northern Illinois United Methodist Conference Commissions Deacon Who Identifies as Neither Male or Female
Photo Credit: Reconciling Ministries NetworkCHICAGO — The Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church has commissioned as deacon a woman who identifies as “non-binary,” only uses the letter M for a first name, and prefers the pronoun “they.” Sally Dyck, the
Bible Distribution in Kenya a Success
Kenya (Mission Network News) — Got an extra Bible in the house? Jason Woolford of Mission Cry said there’s a way to put it to work. Mission Cry distributes Bibles and Christian literature all over the world, and you can
Big Bang in Trouble? Physicists Challenge Key Component of Cosmological Theory
A team of physicists from Harvard and Princeton universities recently ignited a controversy among the scientific community by pointing out apparent weaknesses in a key element of the Big Bang theory. Physicists Anna Ijjas, Paul Steinhardt, and Abraham Loeb wrote
The Ultimate Good
As I was growing up in Jamaica, my parents raised my sister and me to be “good people.” In our home, good meant obeying our parents, telling the truth, being successful in school and work, and going to church .