OPEN BOOK: PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY – FORMAL GREETINGS AND PERSONAL REVELATIONS, PART I
BRUCE C WEARNE kicks off a new series looking at Paul’s first letter to Timothy…
“If this is not genocide, then what is genocide?” asks Iraqi archbishop
World Watch Monitor One more wave of persecution and Christianity could be erased from Iraq, a church leader has said. Habib Nafali, Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Basra, said the killing and displacement of Iraq’s Christians and “systematic violence” towards them was intended to force them out of Iraq. Security is still a concern for Iraqi […]
US Government launches investigation into Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses
RNS The US Department of Justice is launching a federal grand jury investigation into Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania just months after a state-level investigation unearthed decades of allegations of widespread child sexual abuse by hundreds of priests that impacted more than 1,000 children over several decades. The Associated Press reported on the investigation on Thursday, citing […]
GREENSIGHT: THE ‘ROTEM’, SHADE FOR ELIJAH
ALVIN JOHNSON looks at the plant referred to in the Bible as ‘rotem’, identified as broom…
Tens of millions fear losing homes and land in next five years – poll
Thomson Reuters Foundation Tens of millions of people around the world fear losing their homes and land in the next five years and young people feel particularly vulnerable, according to a survey of 15 countries released on Wednesday. A lack of formal documentation and poor implementation of land laws threaten tenure in many countries, researchers […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD’ ASKS SOME HARD QUESTIONS
DAVID ADAMS watches An Interview With God…
ACL vows to keep advocating for better support for women after abortion legalised in Queensland
The Australian Christian Lobby has thanked the 41 Queensland state MPs who voted against what they have described as a “radical abortion bill” after it was passed last night. Passed 50 to 41 with all MPs given a conscience vote, the bill has legalised abortion in the state, allowing terminations to be available on request […]
Ukraine Baptist church closed by separatists
World Watch Monitor A Baptist church in Ukraine’s south-eastern town of Novoazovsk was forced to close by a separatist group last month, reports Oslo-based news service Forum 18. Novoazovsk is a seaside town in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, eastern Ukraine. The DPR, along with the Luhansk People’s Republic, both backed by Russia, declared independence from Ukraine in […]
MAINTAINING HOPE: ONE PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN WOMAN’S PASSION FOR TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF HER PEOPLE
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Palestinian Christian Areej Masoud, in Australia on a speaking tour to talk about the plight of her people…
World Council of Churches again calls for release of Syrian archbishops, more than 2,000 days after they were abducted
Marking the 2,000 days since they were abducted by gunmen near Aleppo, the World Council of Churches has again called for the release of two Syrian archbishops. Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi were kidnapped outside the city in April, 2013, and haven’t been heard from since. Rev Dr Olav […]