OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY: DIVERGENT ASCETICISM
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at what Paul writes in I Timothy concerning preparations for “the next stage of the journey”…
IS “won’t escape justice” after Trump signs genocide accountability act
World Watch Monitor US President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that will help to ensure aid is provided to Islamic State’s victims in Iraq and Syria and to hold the perpetrators accountable, reports Associated Press. “In recent years, IS has committed horrifying atrocities against religious and ethnic minorities in Syria and Iraq, including Christians, […]
China cracks down on unofficial church, arresting pastor and 100 members
Morning Star News Authorities in China have detained the pastor and more than 100 members of a prominent, unofficial church since Sunday, according to media and advocacy agencies. Security authorities raided the 800 member Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan Province at about 6 pm on Sunday, 9th December, and also took some church […]
Music Soundbite – The TCM Update: for KING & COUNTRY snare another nomination and new Christmas albums…
Listen to this week’s TCM Update…
A SUSTAINABLE LIFE: DON’T STRESS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TREE TO BUY, BUT REUSE ARTIFICIAL TREES AND COMPOST NATURAL ONES
In an article first published on The Conversation, BERT CLEGG, professor of horticulture and forestry at Michigan State University, looks at the idea of a sustainable Christmas tree…
ON THE SCREEN: ‘MORTAL ENGINES’ A DYSTOPIAN MASHUP
MARCUS CHEONG is impressed by the visuals of ‘Mortal Engines’ but finds the rest borrows a little too heavily from what’s gone before…
UK anti-slavery drive “thwarted” by failure to replace commissioner – sources
Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s efforts to be the global leader in fighting modern slavery have been “thwarted” by a failure to replace its anti-slavery chief who resigned seven months ago citing government interference, two sources told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Kevin Hyland was appointed as the inaugural independent commissioner in 2014 as part of Britain’s […]
Updated: Religious Discrimination Act proposed for Australia
Last updated 2:45pm Australia’s Coalition Government would introduce a dedicated Religious Discrimination Act should it win the next election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed. Morrison made the announcement as the Federal Government released the findings of the Ruddock Review into religious freedom, which made 20 recommendations, 15 of which the government has said it […]
THE BIG PICTURE: GOD’S GIFT…
See Outreach Media’s December poster…
FRANCE: EVANGELICALS FACE A BACKLASH AT HOME AFTER SUCCESS OF TRUMP AND BOLSONARO ABROAD
TOM HENEGAN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reports from France…