Monthly Archives: August 2011
Nun’s body found in convent’s waste water pit in Kerala
SISTER Mary Ancy was found dead at the Holy Spiritual Centre, located in Poonkulam near Kovalam beach resort, they said. Sister Ancy was an inmate of a convent near Holy Spirit Primary School at Poonkulam.
EVERY TONGUE, EVERY TRIBE, EVERY PEOPLE!
MUSLIMS consider Jesus to be a Messenger of God and the Masih (Messiah) who was sent to guide the Children of Israel (banī isrā'īl) with a new scripture, the Injīl or Gospel. The holy book of the Muslims mentions Jesus 25 times, more often, by name than Muhammad.
Piper asks Christians to pray for Muslims this month
MUSLIMS are suited to be loved and when millions of them around the world are fasting during this month of Ramadan, Christians should pray for some specific concerns, preacher and author John Piper said.
400 years on, the KJV is aging well
IT'S a book that has left its mark on centuries of human history, one seen by scholars as the finest example of English prose.
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‘Faith life is not a bed of roses, but there’s no turning back’
Although I had become a believer, my mother used to worship a Hindu goddess called Santoshi. She was also possessed by an evil spirit. Whenever she was possessed, she would say that she wanted to set the ‘wet tree on fire’.
‘Jesus’ Word is true, still alive and working!’
THIRTY-year-old Peter Akbar has done Master of Divinity in Theological Studies and Master of Theology in Christian Apologetics. He is currently doing Doctor of Theology in Apologetics.
‘Countries with worst religious freedom grades are Islamic’
MUSLIM-majority countries score worst across a range of measures in a comprehensive new study tracking government restrictions on religion as well as social hostilities involving religion around the world.
Prison Fellowship lays off 72, citing economy
CHRISTIAN ministries worldwide have started to feel the pinch. With a huge question mark over the revival of American economy, ministries - at least those based out of the US - have started some belt-tightening measures.
‘I told my mom Jesus made me a new man’
One day during a free time in my college, I asked friends around me ‘Who is the real God?’ Though this startled some of them, most of them dismissed it with laughter. However, one classmate approached me after class and told me he had the answer.
Faith-based schools report growing enrollment
SCHALWITZ, who sends her daughter and 2-year-old son to First Christian School, said the plan was to enter public school once the children reached kindergarten.