“Christianity has a rich tradition in South Asia, which is perhaps as old as Christianity itself – if the Apostle Thomas did indeed find his way as far east as India in the first century. British missionaries brought evangelical Christianity to ...
After more than a week, including his 33rd birthday, spent in the “small dark hole” of solitary confinement, Pastor Saeed Abedini has once again been returned to the main prison population in Ward 350 of Evin Prison.
The blind self taught lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng says his elder brother Chen Guangfu was beaten violently by two plain clothed young men on the morning of May 9.
With Mother’s Day on our minds, our thoughts obviously focus on “mom.” For this year’s celebration, let’s make sure that we do more than just buy mom a rose or two, take her out to dinner and go back to the way we’ve acted all year...
John Mason, a member of the Scottish Parliament, which meets the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh, expressed his concern over the Pakistan’s blasphemy laws during a meeting with delegates of Global Minorities Alliance (GMA) at the Allianc...
To understand all the talk, advertising and celebrations about Mother’s Day, we must understand that it is more than the second Sunday of May in each calendar year. As in every story we must deal with who, what, where, when, why and how?
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“Patience is a virtue,” at least according to a medieval poem penned in the late 5th Century entitled, “Battle for Man’s Soul.” The Latin title for the poem, “Psychomacia,” was written as an allegory to highlight the virtues of the Christian lif...
Back in the 1970’s, when I was still living in London, BBC TV launched a new program hosted by Cliff Michelmore where viewers could write in with a question that they would like to pose to a British religion leader.
In an extraordinary development, former NBA star Dennis Rodman is calling on his “friend”, Kim Jong Un, to free Kenneth Bae, the 44-year-old tour operator from Lynnwood, Washington state, who is said to be a “devout Christian.”
A new movie, When the Game Stands Tall is slated to release in the fall of 2014. The production stars Jim Caviezel, Laura Dern, Michael Chiklis and Alexander Ludwig and presents a Thomas Carter-helmed scre...
Waris Abdullah, a Pakistani British Christian who moved to Glasgow over four decades ago, states that he takes great pride in being instrumental in spreading the Gospel through a weekly radio program on Awaz Radio 107.2 FM, Glasgow.
Reverend Victor Robert Farrell, who in 2011 successfully preached from the 66 books of the bible in the UK’s 66 cities over 66 days, is now making the project global.
The “Give Me Jesus Tour” featuring Building 429, Rhett Walker Band, Finding Favour and Carlos Whittaker will roll into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend on Sunday, May 12 as part of the opening weekend of the 97th Indianapolis 500.
The Arab-supremacist, Islamist regime in Khartoum, Sudan, has been escalating its campaign of systematic persecution against the Church since at leas...
The Christian church has lost one of its most articulate spokesman and thinkers. Dr. Dallas Willard, 77, received his award in the early hours of today (Thursday, May 8th, 2013), after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which defends human rights and religious freedom, said today more than 50,000 people have sent letters to American Pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen, imprisoned in Iran because of his Christian faith.
About 3 am in the morning, as I was sleeping soundly in a Cuban pastor s house, I was suddenly awakened by loud sound. My wife Jeannette was crying out “I ve broken my leg”. Indeed she had slipped on tile floor and her left leg was at an uncommon angle.
Family and child advocate Dr. Ted Baehr, CEO and founder of the Christian Film & Television Commission (CFTVC), is going “Down Under” to Australia this week to preach his message of Biblical Media Wisdom to families, filmmakers, business and...
Gifted in several sports, John Werhas graduated from USC as an All-American and had the opportunity to play for the L.A. Dodgers or Lakers. He chose baseball, but later --as his athletic career began to wind down -- an emptiness inside led him...
Fear and grief rocked a predominantly Christian area of northern Tanzania on Sunday, May 5, 2013, after an unidentified man reportedly hurled an explosive device at the inaugural Mass of a new church building, killing two worshipers.
David Maindonald seemed incredulous as he reflected on his 24-year vision to air the gospel via shortwave radio from Australia to the Asia Pacific Region.
