Christian Today
Christian Citizens and the News Media--Part One
How should Christians engage the news media? The expanding controversy over CBS News reports on President George W. Bush's National Guard service--and the network's acknowledgement that it used faked documents in its report--raises a host of issues about truth-telling, media credibility, and evangelical responsibility...
Christianity and Secular Government
Right at the beginning of history, we discover a clear political dimension to reality. The creation accounts reveal that it is God who rules. After establishing his rule and order God hands over the maintenance of that order to humankind...
The Anti-Terror Laws
This week the nation has shared the indescribable trauma of the Bigley family as they await news of British hostage Kenneth Bigley. The rise in hostage-taking in Iraq is just one example of the unintended consequences of the high anxiety about terrorism post-9/11 and following the war in Iraq...
Time to Think
Date: Monday 1st - Friday 5th November 2004
Venue: Lee Abbey House, Devon
Speaker: Michael Charlesworth
DescriptionThe quality of everything people do depends on the quality of their thinking. The Thinking Environment programme of Michael Charlesworth is for you to open a new world of thinking.
Supporting Marriage at Lee Abbey
Date: Monday 1st - Friday 5th November 2004
Venue: Lee Abbey House, Devon
Description: An invitation to clergy, lay leaders, counsellors and their spouses to first experience and then be trained to use the world's most widely used relationship enrichment tool, Prepare-Enrich.
Agencies Aid in Recovery Process Following Jeanne, Ivan
Following in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne, heavy rains and raging flood waters have caused extensive flooding in the northern area of Hispaniola Island which comprises the Dominican Republic and Haiti...
Study shows Protestant Ministers want to evangelise Non-Christian Faith Groups
Study results being released for the first time in the September/October edition of Facts & Trends magazine show the vast majority of Protestant clergy in this country feel strongly that salvation comes only through Jesus Christ, and that they believe Christians have a responsibility to try to convert active members of non-Christian faith groups...
German Evangelicals Reject Turkey’s EU Bid
An alliance representing 1.3 million Protestants in Germany said on Wednesday that it backs the Christian Democratic Parliamentary opposition in its rejection of Turkey’s bid to join the European Union (EU). Like other groups, the German Evangelical Alliance has said that before joining the EU, Turkey would have to end the discrimination of Christians...
Jeanne to Slam Florida Coast; Three Million Evacuated
At least three million Floridians, including thousands of Christian and humanitarian relief volunteers, were placed under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders on Friday, Sept 24, 2004...
Relief Workers Cautiously Serve Meals as the Deadliest Hurricane of the Season Heads Their Way
Christian, humanitarian and governmental relief groups have been serving hundreds of thousands of meals daily in the gulf-shore states pounded by Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan...
Presbyterian Church in New Zealand to ‘Phase Out’ Gay Clergy
The Presbyterian Church in New Zealand voted to ban the ordination of active homosexuals in all its leadership positions during the Church’s general assembly, Sept 24, 2004. The ruling, which will be enforced immediately, is not retrospective, and will not affect the current leadership...
Security Amid Foolishness
The story of Jacob is recorded for our learning. A true biography does not only tell of the wonderful part of a man and all the wonderful things he does; a true biography tells who the man is; it tells of his falls as well as his greatness. We see a true biography of Jacob, and it tells of his foolishness and scheming...
Tell of His Compassion on Thee
"Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee." MARK 5:19
The scenario before us in our text reveals a calling that every sinner saved by grace must obey, "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee...
The Man Whispered
The man whispered, "God, speak to me" And a meadowlark sang. But the man did not hear.
So the man yelled "God, speak to me" And the thunder & lightning rolled across the sky. But the man did not listen.
The man looked around and said, "God, let me see you." And a star shined brightly...
Five Finger Prayer?
1. Your thumb is nearest to you
So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray for our loved ones is, as C. S. Lewis once said, a "sweet duty...
You'll Find Jesus There
"Tomorrow morning," the surgeon began, "I'll open up your heart..." "You'll find Jesus there," the boy interrupted. The surgeon looked up, annoyed. "I'll cut your heart open, "he continued, "to see how much damage has been done..." "But when you open up my heart, you'll find Jesus in it...