OPEN BOOK – HINTS FROM THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS: PAUL AND THE MISSION TO THE GENTILES
BRUCE C WEARNE brings his series examining Acts to an end…
Melbourne Anglicans urge State Parliament to vote down proposed laws to legalise assisted dying
Anglicans in Melbourne have pleaded with Victorian State MPs not to pass legislation permitting medically assisted suicide. State MPs, who have a conscience vote on the issue, are currently debating the Bill in State Parliament. Meeting in St Paul’s Cathedral in their annual synod on Thursday night, Anglicans in Melbourne voted to oppose the introduction […]
Four British missionaries kidnapped in Nigeria, say police
Four British missionaries were kidnapped in southern Nigeria last week, according to police. A spokesman for the Delta state police force said authorities were attempting to rescue the four people who were taken by unidentified gunmen on 13th October, according to a report in The Guardian. Those kidnapped had apparently been providing free medical services […]
TRENDSPOTTER: BANNING THE (PLASTIC) BAG
DAVID ADAMS takes a quick look at the global trend to ban the plastic bag…
Ancient pools near Bethlehem to undergo $US750,000 conservation project
Three ancient pools – key sources of water for the Second Temple in Jerusalem – are to be restored in a US-funded project, it has been announced. Known as Solomon’s Pools, the reservoirs are located near Bethlehem in the West Bank and were built by Herod the Great about 2,000 years ago, meaning they were […]
Egg-sized diamond for sale: proceeds to benefit Sierra Leone’s poorest
Thomson Reuters Foundation Sierra Leone will auction one of the world’s largest diamonds to fund development projects in the impoverished community where it was found, the group managing the sale said on Tuesday. The 709-carat gem, named the “peace diamond”, was found in the eastern Kono region in March by a Christian pastor who handed […]
THIS LIFE: FINDING GOD IN THE ORDINARY
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, looks at how God works in extraordinary ways in our ordinary lives…
Egypt urged to protect Christians after murder of Coptic Orthodox priest
BosNewsLife Rights activists have urged Egypt’s government to increase the security of Christians and other minorities after a 50-year-old Coptic Orthodox priest from Upper Egypt was stabbed to death, and another was wounded by a suspected Islamic militant. Fr Samaan Shahata Rizkallah was chased and repeatedly stabbed in the head, neck, and abdomen by a man […]