OPEN BOOK – HINTS FROM THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS: PAUL AT ATHENS
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his examination of Acts of the Apostles, looks at Paul’s encounter with the learned philosophers of Athens…
NIGERIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO STOP “CALLOUS” KADUNA KILLINGS
World Watch Monitor reports on ongoing calls for the Nigerian Government to put an end to attacks – including against Christians – by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the country’s “middle belt”…
Nigerian Army recovers 24th Chibok victim
The Nigerian Army says it has found another of the more than 200 girls kidnapped nearly three years ago from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, by terror group Boko Haram. World Watch Monitor reports that Rakiya Abubakar Gali is the daughter of Abubakar Gali Mulima and Habiba Abubakar of Chibok, according to preliminary information from […]
Only six nations reached UN foreign aid goal of 0.7 per cent of GNI in 2015, OECD figures show
Only six nations – the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Luxembourg – reached the UN development goal target of spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid during 2015, according to figures from the Organsation for Economic Development and Cooperation. The OECD data for 2015, the latest available, shows that […]
ON THE SCREEN: THE COMPLEXITIES OF WARTIME MORALITY EXPLORED IN ‘ALLIED’
DAVID ADAMS finds some interesting questions about the complexities of war raised in Allied…
How a toy figure of Martin Luther sparked accusations of anti-Semitism
RNS When it comes to Martin Luther and anti-Semitism, even popular toys in Germany can’t escape theological scrutiny. Playmobil, one of Germany’s leading toy manufacturers, rolled out a three inch plastic figure of Luther back in 2015 to promote this year’s 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Playmobil’s toy figure of Martin Luther, in its trademark […]
US: NEW CONGRESS OVERWHELMING DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS CHRISTIAN
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER reports from the US for Religion News Service…