Monthly Archives: March 2011
Is it wrong to want to die?
MANY people who are suffering from terminal illness, painful conditions, or intense sadness or emotional pain have wondered if we can just ask God to take our lives.
SC says ‘no’ to mercy killing of Aruna Shanbaug
THE Supreme Court today dismissed a petition for mercy killing filed on behalf of Aruna Shanbaug, a 60-year-old nurse living in a vegetative state for the past 37 years in a hospital after a horrific sexual assault.
Ethiopian Muslims kill Christian, burn more churches
THE International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Muslims killed one Christian, burned down another eight churches, a Bible school, and 17 Christian homes in stepping up their attacks against Christians in Asendabo, Ethiopia.
Why being childlike makes better sense
HAVE you watched a child create something? They don’t check polls before they do it; they don’t run surveys; they don’t ask permission…they just do it. They have an idea and start creating.
Islamic full-face veil illegal in France from April
ACCORDING to news reports, women who are found to be wearing the niqab, the full-face Muslim veil, in any public place can be fined about $210.
Muslim-Christian clash erupts in Egypt over an affair
A large-scale clash between Muslims and Christians in a village 18 miles south of Cairo on March 5 has resulted in at least two deaths and a burnt church.
Tens of thousands displaced by fighting in Sudan
THE international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to the consequences of fighting in various locations north of the disputed border district of Abyei, Sudan.
Trial by fire: How Gracia Burnham saw God’s amazing grace
ON May 27, 2001, the world of these two dedicated American Christians came crashing down, when the couple were among a larger group kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf, operating in the southern Philippines.
Christians in Middle East targeted, says Hillary Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning that Christians and other religious minorities are being targeted across the Middle East and need protection as many flee their homes to escape repression.
Libyan clergy appeals for urgent help to Eritrean refugees
LIBYAN Christian clergy have appealed for urgent help for Eritrean refugees who have taken shelter in a church in Tripoli, following days of violent anti-government protests.
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6 essentials to producing fruit in Christian life
One of the greatest concerns of new converts is for the salvation of their loved ones. As a new Christian, my immediate concern was that if my beloved parents or my brother and sister died in their sins, they would go to Hell.
