Monthly Archives: August 2012

TWO-thirds of a billion Muslims expect the Mahdi – the last Islamic imam they believe will come and rule the world – to arrive in their lifetimes, according to a new Pew Research poll.

A recent study confirmed that as adolescents absorb sexual content from movies, they are more likely to attempt to live it out in real life. Statistics compiled in the study point to a major challenge for parents striving to raise godly children.

DAVID Smith’s hearing disability may limit him somewhat, but it hasn’t stopped him from becoming an first-time Olympian. Smith is part of the USA men’s volleyball squad that earned a trip to London for the 2012 Games and is blasting through the competition so far.

INJURIES are not unusual for athletes who train hard and work their bodies to the limits on a regular basis. But how athletes react to an injury can make a world of difference.

THE Philadelphia 76ers small forward/shooting guard has had his share of headlines, and currently he’s sharing it with the USA men’s basketball team tearing up the Olympic court.

By Teresa Young IT is easy to dream of becoming an Olympian, but the road to that dream is anything but simple. High jumper Jesse...

TIMED to coincide with his 95th birthday, Graham is calling people in the United States and Canada to repentance as part of the “My Hope with Billy Graham” evangelistic outreach set for the week of Nov. 7, 2013.

HUNDREDS of young boys, their faces smeared with mascara and painted as cows, trot barefoot along the streets of Nepal's capital in the Gai Jatra festival, the procession of cows.

JOHN Chrysostom mentions a twofold book of God: the book of the creatures, and the book of the scriptures. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, an abbot said: “You will find something far greater in the woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you cannot learn from the masters.”

JUST three months after Las Vegas, Nev., resident Arturo Martinez was nearly bludgeoned to death by a home invader who also killed his wife and daughter, the 39-year-old husband and father made a public proclamation to forgive his attacker.