The Pain Continues
The July 2011 division of Sudan into two countries, a mainly Muslim and Arab north and a mainly Christian and animist black south, has not resolved the violence that killed 2 million people and created millions of refugees, mainly in the south. Fighting is now escalating over disputed territory along the border, including control of oilfields, and southerners living in the north have had their Sudanese citizenship taken away. … Continue Reading...
Painting seized
According to Assist News Service, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has seized a painting called “Cristo Portacroce” and returned it to the Gentili family. The painting was one of many forcibly taken from the estate of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe after the Nazi army invaded France in 1941. Some of the family escaped to Canada and the US, while others died in concentration camps. The painting was seized after the current owner, the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, Italy, had lent it for display at a museum in Florida in 2011. The painting (Christ Carrying the Cross) was painted by … Continue Reading...
Jesus the Revolutionary
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tearfully prayed for healing at a Catholic mass over Easter, according to Assist News Service. The 57-year-old is battling cancer and last year went to Cuba for treatment, which was apparently unsuccessful. Chavez wanted to become a priest as a young man. He believes his socialism has roots in the teachings of Jesus. He sees Jesus as a revolutionary who opposed the Roman Empire, the religious hierarchies and the economic elite who oppressed the poor. … Continue Reading...
Afshin-Jam, de Souza speak at 47th Prayer Breakfast events
The 1,000 or so people who attended the two main events of 47th National Prayer Breakfast, just steps from Parliament Hill, received contrasting and complementary exposures to the theme of “faith and freedom” from this year’s two keynote speakers. At the pre-breakfast dinner, on Monday, April 30, Nazanin (pronounced Naz-a-neen) Afshin-Jam MacKay, described the work to which she has been drawn in advocating for women mistreated and abused in the place of her birth, Iran. And, the next morning, at the breakfast itself, National Post columnist and Queen’s University … Continue Reading...
Christian university on the ball
Trinity Western University Spartans defeated Laval University on March 4, 2012 to win the Canadian University Sport (CIS) national volleyball championship. It was the third national men's volleyball championship for the Spartans, who joined CIS in 1999-2000. They previously won in 2011 and 2006. The Spartans placed three players on the CIS all-star team, including Most Valuable Player Ben Bell. The Spartans finished the season with 34 wins and only 2 losses. Trinity Western is a Christian university in Langley, BC, and competes in CIS against the largest universities in the country. … Continue Reading...
3.4 million tourists visited Israel in 2011
According to Travelujah, a record 752,000 tourists visited Israel in the first three months of 2012. The 3.4 million tourists who visited Israel in 2011 contributed $47 billion to the Israeli economy. Over two-thirds of the tourists were Christians. … Continue Reading...
Todays Headline
The Pain Continues
The July 2011 division of Sudan into two countries, a mainly Muslim and Arab north and a mainly Christian and animist black south, has not resolved the violence … Continue Reading...
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A Church by Any Other Name Will Be Closed
According to ChinaAid, the Public Security Commission of China’s Communist Party Central Committee issued a secret plan in December 2010 to eradicate China’s house churches. The plan calls for all the … Continue Reading
Painting seized
According to Assist News Service, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has seized a painting called “Cristo Portacroce” and returned it to the Gentili family. The painting was one of many forcibly taken … Continue Reading
The Last Good Neighbours
According to Assist News Service, the last remaining Samaritans continue to exist in two small communities, in Holon near Tel Aviv and in Nablus on the West Bank. The Assyrians deported most of the inhabitants … Continue Reading
3.4 million tourists visited Israel in 2011
According to Travelujah, a record 752,000 tourists visited Israel in the first three months of 2012. The 3.4 million tourists who visited Israel in 2011 contributed $47 billion to the Israeli economy. Over … Continue Reading
Saved from the Titanic
The October 1928 issue of The Latter Rain Evangel (published by The Stone Church, an Assemblies of God congregation in Chicago) reported a fascinating story of the Titanic. The story was told by a young man in … Continue Reading
400-Year-Old Definition
Stephen Woodworth, a Conservative Member of Parliament from Kitchener, Ontario, introduced Motion 312 on April 26. The private member’s bill would establish a committee to re-examine section 223 of the … Continue Reading
OttawaWatch: Totally invested
Each party has reached the point where it is “totally invested in the failure of others.” The words inside the quotation marks came from J. C. Watts, when he was interviewed this past Sunday (April 29) … Continue Reading
Pro-life display vandalized
Four young men who tore down a pro-life display at Northern Kentucky University in early April have been charged with criminal mischief. One of the suspects told a local newspaper, “Tearing it down was … Continue Reading