BACKGROUNDER: OF PILGRIMS…AND PURITANS
As the US marks the Thanksgiving holiday this week, KIMBERLY WINSTON, of Religion News Service, takes a look at who the Puritans were and what the difference between them and the Pilgrims were…
Breaking: Zimbabweans rejoice as Mugabe resigns
Zimbabweans are rejoicing in the streets after President Robert Mugabe announced his resignation, marking the end of his 37 years of rule. A letter announcing the 93-year-old’s resignation was read out by the Parliament’s Speaker in which the former President said the decision was voluntary. The news halted impeachment proceedings which had started against Mr […]
World Evangelical Alliance calls for prayer over unfolding situation in Zimbabwe
The World Evangelical Alliance’s Religious Liberty Commission has issued a prayer alert calling for Christians to pray for the unfolding situation in the southern African nation as President Robert Mugabe faces the possibility of impeachment by the nation’s Parliament. In the alert Godfrey Yogarajah, the deputy secretary general of the WEA, called for prayer for […]
BOOKS: POWERFUL TESTIMONIES OF GOD’S REDEMPTIVE WORK
DAVID ADAMS reads two testimonial accounts of the redemptive power of God in our lives – whether it being walking with us through tragedy or freeing us from addiction…
Queensland faith leaders “challenge” State Government assistance for Carmichael coal mine
A group of Christians in Queensland have joined with other faith leaders in “challenging” a proposal for Queensland to assist Indian company Adani in developing the Carmichael coal mine “because of the effect the resulting carbon emissions will have on our climate, our economy, the world’s poor and the environment”. In a statement, issued under […]
NOT SO OBVIOUS?
Atheists and sceptics alike bemoan the fact that God is not so obvious in the universe – “God, why don’t you show yourself!?” . PICTURE: Unsplash/Scott Rodgerson Yet the nature of the cosmos – freedom, free will and faith – demand that God’s intervention in life can only be about as much as the tilt on […]