The Kingdom of God

Ralph Winter, founder of the U.S. Center for World Missions and described as “one of the three or four most significant individuals of the 20th century in terms of global missions,” died Wednesday, May 20th, 2009. According to the Christian News Wire:
“The death of Dr. Ralph Winter marks the passing of a giant from [...]

Philosophy & Science

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/01/evolution-darwin-survey-creationism
Guardian – 50% of Britons do not believe in evolutionism while only a quarter say it’s definitely true. Ironically, the results of the ‘Rescuing Darwin’ survey also reveal that 25% believe evolution is only ‘probably’ true.
The survey was conducted by ComRes (http://www.comres.co.uk/) whose clients include several of the biggest British banks, the BBC and the [...]

Culture

Notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller was gunned down while at his church on May 31st. For perspective on this murder and the pro-life movement, listen to the following Line of Fire shows from June 1st:
Hour One: The Murder of George Tiller - Part 1

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Persecution

From Compass Direct News:

Government seminar on house churches, once considered encouraging, results in crackdown.
DUBLIN, July 2 (Compass Direct News) – Amid vigorous debate among scholars in China on the status of house churches, one prominent scholar has suggested the government offer more openness and legal standing to house church Christians, but authorities have reacted with [...]

Law & Politics

Prop 8 has been upheld in California! The same-sex “marriages” that went into effect before Prop 8 will remain legally recognized, however. According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram:
The California Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the voter-approved measure that banned same- sex marriage in the state, but the court also ruled [...]

Revolution & Justice

Leading up to the God Has a Better Way event on July 25th (see reaction to the event here), Lou Engle will be casting vision at a meeting on July 5th in Charlotte:

Special Meeting with Lou Engle
Please join us at FIRE Church for a special, city-wide rally with Lou Engle this Sunday night, July 5th, [...]

Sexuality & Gender

NARTH recently put out a press release concerning a new journal they’ve published:

New Scientific Research Refutes Unsubstantiated Claims Regarding Homosexuality
Encino, CA- A new report in this month’s edition of the peer-reviewed Journal of Human Sexuality finds that sexual orientation is not immutable and that psychological care for individuals with unwanted homosexual attractions is beneficial and [...]

Israel & The Jewish People

The following is an article from Joel Rosenberg called War is the Likely Outcome of the Iranian Elections reprinted in its entirety:
UPDATED MONDAY MORNING: The Supreme Leader of Iran has spoken. It’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by a “landslide.” This means a major, cataclysmic war is the most likely outcome of the Iranian “elections.” And the battle [...]

Life & Family

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5532996/Sextuplets-mother-ignored-advice-to-abort-some-of-her-unborn-babies.html
“They more or less advised us to [abort some of the babies],” says Nuala Conway, a 26 year old mother of newborn sextuplets in Northern Ireland, “They told us about the risks we faced if we went ahead with the pregnancy.”
The Roman Catholic couple decided to ignore doctors who advised the termination of some [...]

Scripture

I like to strike up conversations with people I meet while traveling. Last Tuesday, on the way back to San Francisco airport, I asked the driver where he was from. “Jordan,” he replied.

In an effort to make a connection, I mentioned that I haven’t gotten to Jordan, but I went to Iran in 2006 and served in Saudi Arabia with the Navy twenty years ago. [...]