|
| Jesus will give us what we need to accomplish His will |
For the past several weeks we have been learning about the importance of bearing fruit for God.
Friday, September 03, 2010
|
 |
|
| Real educators teach students how - not what - to think
|
Last spring, two knockdown, drag-out academic fights made the news. At the University of Illinois, a part-time religion professor lost his job for presenting Catholic teaching on homosexuality. At Catholic Seton Hall University in New Jersey, a tenured political science professor raised hackles for proposing a course on gay marriage.
Friday, September 03, 2010
|
|
|
| German bishops release new sex abuse guidelines
|
Officials and employees of Germany’s Roman Catholic Church will be required to immediately report suspicions of child abuse to the police under new guidelines set to go into effect on Wednesday (September 1), the German Bishops Conference announced.
Friday, September 03, 2010
|
|
|
| Blame game for child's education begins at home |
We have come to another September, a time when all eyes focus on students returning to school. In particular, the focus for the majority is the condition of the public school system, as it pertains to the system’s success or failure.
Friday, September 03, 2010
|
|
|
| Ramadan: Night of Power prayers receive the most reward |
As I look each night and see the full moon slowly descending, or melting down, I realize that soon will be born a new moon and a new month.
Friday, September 03, 2010
|
|
|
| Documentary unearths forgotten Nazi footage |
Perhaps the most chilling detail of the Third Reich is the precision with which it documented its own atrocities.The timetables of trains to the death camps, the blueprints for the gas chambers, the long lists of names and numbers and ethnicities.
(2 comments)
Friday, August 27, 2010
|
|
|
| Life of Mother Teresa commemorated on special stamp |
Thirteen years after her death and just days after what would have been her 100th birthday, the U.S. Postal Service will issue a special stamp on September 5 to commemorate the remarkable life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Friday, August 27, 2010
|
|
|
| Receive salvation and then produce fruit that will last |
The past few weeks we have been learning about the importance of bearing fruit for God. There are some fundamental things that we have discovered in God’s Word together.
Friday, August 27, 2010
|
|
|
| Last 10 days of Ramadan are all about forgiveness |
Well, we are approaching the second part of Ramadan – already! The next 10 days will be filled with forgiveness, of which we are sorely in need. Without a doubt, all of us are in need of forgiveness.
(1 comments)
Friday, August 27, 2010
|
|
|
| Diverse reflections of Obama's faith |
Six years ago, I sat down with a young Illinois state senator for a lengthy interview about his faith. At the time, the fresh-faced politician with an unusual name was still toiling in relative obscurity in Chicago.
Friday, August 27, 2010
|
|
|
| Leah could not win Jacob's heart by bearing him sons |
Last week we dealt with the fact that Jacob became Israel. We looked at the fact that a selfishly driven man became a man driven by God.
(1 comments)
Friday, August 27, 2010
|
|
|
| Jews, Muslims make pilgrimage to Auschwitz
|
The scenario might have seemed unlikely: prominent Muslims and Jews from the United States, trekking across the Atlantic in mournful, spiritual solidarity to visit two Nazi concentration camps. Together.
(2 comments)
Friday, August 20, 2010
|
|
|
| Accept Jesus and become His adopted son or daughter |
The past few weeks we have been learning about the importance of bearing fruit for God.
Friday, August 20, 2010
|
|
|
| 'Street Jacobs' would benefit from a name change |
Bermuda is on the verge of major change (at least it is hoped). Let me put it another way. The “family” of Bermuda is about to experience a change in headship.
Friday, August 20, 2010
|
|
|
| Show gratitude for God's mercy by being compassionate |
This year more than ever, I have found myself calling on Allah, the Sublime for His mercy.
Friday, August 20, 2010
|
|
