Monthly Archives: July 2011
Most Americans don’t take the Bible literally: Gallup poll
ACCORDING to the poll, only three in 10 Americans interpret the Bible literally considering it to be the actual Word of God. Although the finding is similar to what Gallup has measured over the last two decades, it is down from the 1970s and 1980s.
Pastor’s father beaten unconscious in attack in Rajasthan
A group of Hindu fundamentalists in Rajasthan have threatened to kill a pastor after beating his family and violating an agreement to stop attacking them, CDN reported.
Asian Americans less religious, says Gallup poll
IN the new survey released on July 1, the pollster found that 53 percent of black Americans were identified as being “very religious,” with 33 percent saying they were “moderately religious.”
‘Assemblies of God grows faster than US population’
AG reported that its U.S. adherents increased four percent in 2010, which is several times higher than the U.S. population growth rate, which is about one percent a year.
Messianic Christian couple in Israel accused of converting minor
A hard-line Jewish ultra-Orthodox group in Israel that singles out Jewish Christians known as Messianic Jews for harassment and abuse is taking aim at a couple it claims is manipulating minors into becoming Christians.
Kingdom Marketplace Ministry
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Reality Check: Are you practising counterfeit Christianity?
THESE days, it seems the vast majority of believers would like to hear messages that tickle their ears and demand nothing from them in confronting personal sin.
Is the Palestinian claim to statehood Biblical?
The word ‘Palestine’ comes from ‘Philistines’ or ‘Land of the Philistines’. According to the Bible, the Philistine culture, which integrated with the Canaanites, was notorious for their worship of multiple deities and detestable rituals.
Normalization of homosexuality is new calamity: John Piper
JOHN Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, said: "My sense is that we do not realize what a calamity is happening around us.. Christians, more clearly than others, can see the tidal wave of pain that is on the way. Sin carries in it its own misery."
Cross-burning not considered hate-crime in US?
A recent news report quoted authorities with the Creek County Sheriff's Office as saying that a cross burning that took place outside an all-black church in Sapulpa will not be prosecuted as a hate crime.
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No foul play in Mandissa’s death, police say
While no cause of death has been revealed, Franklin Police Department officials in Tennessee said Monday that no foul play is suspected.
