Monthly Archives: June 2013
Pastor to get new kidney from daughter
FROM an early age, heart problems plagued Pastor James Madden. Antibiotics damaged his kidneys, eventually requiring him to go on dialysis. But it just so happened his daughter was a perfect match for kidney donation.
New solar, low-cost talking Bible!
According to an email from Talking Bibles International (TBI) to the ASSIST News Service, the new solar Talking Bible has the same features as TBI's trademarked Talking Bible. It’s book shaped with the appearance of a printed Bible version.
Muslim Brotherhood gains foothold in Boston
US authorities are still piecing together how the two brothers behind April's Boston Marathon bombing -- Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- became Islamic terrorists.
Israeli family donates kidney to Palestinian child
A 10-year-old Palestinian youngster can look forward to a whole new life thanks to a highly skilled Israeli medical team and a Jewish family who believes every life is worth saving.
Your work is your ministry
IMAGINE for a moment that Jesus has just completed His three years of training with the disciples. He has been crucified and is now commissioning the 12 to go into the world and disciple the nations. Now imagine Him also making this statement to them
Noah’s Ark Theme Park wants to show flood was ‘plausible’
The biblical account of Noah and his ark poses a lot of questions, even for believers like the creators of the controversial Creation Museum in Kentucky. What is "gopher wood"? How did Noah fit all those animals on the boat? And how did he stand the smell?
Churches in Kansas on alert amid rash of burglaries
POLICE in five jurisdictions along Kansas City's northeastern edge are investigating a spate of recent church burglaries that could be related. In the past seven weeks, burglars have targeted 16 churches in an area that stretches from Kearney to Lee's Summit.
150,000 people die daily: Numbering our days
IT seems like every week there are news articles revealing new death statistics. In the past 24 hours stories about maternal deaths and the suicide death rate have been published, according to Google News.
The two thieves on the cross
SOULS hovering on the brink of hell: That's what those two criminals were - one on the left and the other on the right side of Jesus Christ. Imagine this for a moment: Jesus is dying, two criminals beside him are dying too and what we witness here is the only deathbed (well, sort of) conversation in the Bible.
Oscar Pistorius reads Bible, attends church ahead of court hearing
THE Olympic and Paralympic runner is set to return to the Pretoria Magistrate's Court Tuesday morning for the 10-minute hearing, which will mark Pistorius's first formal public appearance since he was granted bail in February.