OPEN BOOK – HINTS FROM THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS: PAUL EXPLAINS HIS HOPE
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his examination of Acts, looks at what Paul says in stating his case to Agrippa…
Eight Baghdad churches close down as Christians still flee Iraq
World Watch Monitor The closure of eight churches in Baghdad “represents a symbolic defeat” for the church in Iraq’s capital city, reports International Christian Concern (ICC). The Catholic churches were closed in May by the Vatican after seven years of falling or no attendance, said the charity which monitors persecution, pointing to three main stages of […]
Music Soundbite – The TCM Update: Good money for old vinyl…
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MUSIC: MUTEMATH WHETS THE APPETITE WITH SINGLES RELEASES
ROBBIE TOWNSEND finds Mutemath’s recent single releases whet his appetite for the album to come…
US megachurch pastor Joel Hunter to step down from Orlando church he founded
RNS Rev Joel Hunter walks up the sanctuary steps at the Northland, A Church Distributed in Longwood, Florida, in 2006. Rev Hunter is among a handful of increasingly high-profile evangelical leaders preaching new politics. PICTURE: AP Photo/John Raoux Megachurch pastor Joel Hunter, who tried to lead the nation’s evangelicals toward more moderate, centre-right positions on […]
Bible credited with saving life of World War I soldier features on UK stamp
A Bible credited with saving the life of a World War I soldier is featured on a new stamp in the UK. The stamp, one of six in a Royal Mail set marking the centenary of the war, depicts a small Bible that was carried by Private Lemuel Thomas Rees at the Battle of Passchendaele. […]
POSTCARDS: COPTS IN KOM EL-LOUFY STILL HAVE NO CHURCH IN THEIR VILLAGE – AND THEY’RE NOT ALONE
World Watch Monitor reports on the situation facing Copts looking to build a new church in the village of Kom El-Loufy in Upper Egypt…