As missionary movement turns 200, questions for the future

27 January 2012

When America’s first ordained missionaries sailed from here to India 200 years ago, they kicked off a movement to spread the faith and created America’s most potent export: Christianity. That’s the message that will reverberate across nine Judson 200 commemorative events, running Feb. 5-20 in and around Salem. Speakers — evangelicals, mainline Protestants and scholars [...]

‘A miniature Christian bookstore’ in the palm of your hand

26 January 2012

God may hold the whole world in his hand, but persecuted Christians can now hold an entire seminary library on a fingertip. Bible League International is working with the Digital Bible Society to carry the thumbnail-sized chips to Christians in countries, such as China or Saudi Arabia, where possessing unapproved religious materials can result in [...]

Spike Lee does the right thing by religion

26 January 2012

I have a confession to make. The only real reason I saw Spike Lee’s new film at the Sundance Film Festival here is because it is set in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, where my oldest daughter started her career in an elementary school with Teach for America. Even though I think and write [...]

2 Catholic Priests Kidnapped in Sudan

25 January 2012

South Sudanese rebel militia loyal to the Sudanese government have kidnapped two Catholic priests in Rabak, Christian sources said. A large truck smashed through the gates of the St. Josephine Bakhita’s Catholic Church compound in Rabak, 260 kilometers (162 miles) south of Khartoum, on Jan. 15 at 10 p.m., and the assailants broke down the rectory [...]

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Apologetics

Question of the week: Is predestination Biblical?

Posted on 27 January 2012

Question: “What is predestination? Is predestination biblical?” Answer: Romans 8:29-30 tells us, “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.” Ephesians 1:5 and 11 declare, [...]

Arts & Culture

‘A miniature Christian bookstore’ in the palm of your hand

Posted on 26 January 2012

God may hold the whole world in his hand, but persecuted Christians can now hold an entire seminary library on a fingertip. Bible League International is working with the Digital Bible Society to carry the thumbnail-sized chips to Christians in countries, such as China or Saudi Arabia, where possessing unapproved religious materials can result in [...]

Causes

As missionary movement turns 200, questions for the future

Posted on 27 January 2012

When America’s first ordained missionaries sailed from here to India 200 years ago, they kicked off a movement to spread the faith and created America’s most potent export: Christianity. That’s the message that will reverberate across nine Judson 200 commemorative events, running Feb. 5-20 in and around Salem. Speakers — evangelicals, mainline Protestants and scholars [...]

Featured Columns

Christians who are more Mormon than Mormons

Posted on 25 January 2012

Though you politely but, authoritatively, close your door when the smiling Mormons come knocking, and, you’re deft at deflecting hot Mormons trying to put those combo flirting-proselytizing moves on you, could you, in reality, be cozier with Mormonism than you’d want to disclose in your social and religious circles? The Church of Jesus Christ of [...]

Press Releases

‘Powerful new film’ The Greatest Miracle opens today

Posted on 09 December 2011

The Greatest Miracle, rated PG, opens today in 63 cities across the country. A list of opening cities and theaters is available now at the movie’s website. The Most Rev. David Ricken, Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisc., calls it a “powerful new film,” noting that the 3D animated feature “helps us better grasp the spiritual [...]

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