SIGHT-SEEING: YOUR SIN DOESN’T DEFINE YOU
NILS VON KALM looks at what the Bible says about why sin doesn’t define us…
Death toll from Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami tops 2,100 but hundreds still missing
The death toll from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has topped more the 2,100 but hundreds are still missing. Most of those who died were killed in the provincial capital of Palu, according to government officials. An estimated 68,000 homes were damaged, making some 80,000 people homeless as […]
One year after Marawi’s liberation from IS, thousands of Christians still displaced
World Watch Monitor A year ago this month, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, declared victory over Islamic State-linked militants in a battle for the city of Marawi in the south of the country. On 23rd May 2017, militants belonging to the Maute group, an affiliate of Islamic State, had taken over Marawi. In the […]
Can a hungry Mali turn rice technology into ‘white gold’?
Baguineda, MaliThomson Reuters Foundation When rice farmers started producing yields nine times larger than normal in the Malian desert near the famed town of Timbuktu a decade ago, a passerby could have mistaken the crop for another desert mirage. Rather, it was the result of an engineering feat that has left experts in this impoverished […]
Violence, discrimination against Christians escalate in Sri Lanka
Morning Star News Attacks and other actions against Christians in Sri Lanka have escalated this year, with Hindu extremism beginning to take root along with long-time Buddhist aggression, according to rights advocates. “Last month there have been more incidents that have been documented than previous months,” an attorney with the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of […]