August 2011

UFO buzzing over Hurricane Irene? Some say yes.

By D. Beeksma • August 27, 2011

UFO over Irene

Anticipating the worst from Hurricane Irene, ten eastern states have declared states of emergency. Approximately 7,000 flights have been cancelled in the area, leading

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In midst of serious Hurricane Irene storm report, streaker delivers thrills of a different sort to Weather Channel viewers

By D. Beeksma • August 27, 2011

Streaker runs by weather channel

Across America, viewers are glued to their television sets, watching the destructive path of Hurricane Irene along the east coast. But in the midst

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There's going to be a whole lot more prayer going on at De Soto County high school football games

By D. Beeksma • August 27, 2011

De Soto County students gather in prayer

After the De Soto County, MS, school district announced that it would no longer broadcast Christian prayer before high school football games, parents perceived

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China's strange bubble cloud and mirages whip up end times fears

By D. Beeksma • August 27, 2011

bubble seen in China

A mysterious "bubble cloud" caught the attention of many people in Beijing this week. The seemingly unique phenomenon became a hit on the Internet.

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9-11 kids coloring book stirs controversy

By D. Beeksma • August 27, 2011

9-11 Coloring Book

As the  10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks approaches, a graphic kids coloring book called "We Shall Never Forget 9/11–The Kids' Book of

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Thousands of Bibles burned in Iran

By D. Beeksma • August 27, 2011

bible

Citing the spread of Christianity by missionaries to Iranian youth, about 6,500 Bibles were seized and burned in northwest Iran last week. Europe News

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Part 3 — A Christian Perspective About Evil, Pain, Suffering and Tragedy in Life: Why does God allow it and why does He not do something about it?

By Pastor Kevin Benton • August 26, 2011

Adam and Eve 1493 Nuremberg Chronicles

As we continue our series (see previous section), if I can go beyond the “free will” issue, did Adam have to sin because Eve

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De Soto County, MS, parents vow to pray out loud during football game, 'glorifying God' in a much more powerful way than just one praying voice over the loudspeaker

By D. Beeksma • August 26, 2011

Christians sell De Soto prayer t-shirts

After receiving an August 10 letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation notifying it that Christian prayers broadcasted over the PA system before football

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The Political Subversive Role of the Prophets in the History of Ancient Israel: The Prophets of Yahweh versus the State of Ancient Israel (Part 2)

By JohnThomas Didymus • August 26, 2011

This article is a continuation of the series, The Political Subversive Role of the Prophets in the History of Ancient Israel. See part 1,

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Princeton Review releases list of most and least religious colleges in the U.S.

By JohnThomas Didymus • August 26, 2011

The Princeton Review has released its annual list of college rankings this month and the list includes a list of the 20 schools with

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Catholic ethicist accuses Colorado of working towards legalizing euthanasia

By JohnThomas Didymus • August 26, 2011

In an article published by the Catholic website Zenit, a Catholic theologian and ethicist, Christian Brugger, director of the Fellows Program at the Culture

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U.S. Muslim Leader, Feisal Abdul Rauf, to speak at U.K. Peace Festival

By JohnThomas Didymus • August 26, 2011

Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf, American Muslim leader who came to public attention  in the controversial "Park51" project to build  a "megamosque" two blocks from

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Eight-year-old American missionary preaches the gospel to Buddhist monks

By JohnThomas Didymus • August 26, 2011

According to a Baptist Press report, an eight-year-old was one of a 25-member team of missionaries from Truett-McConnell College, a Southern Baptist-affiliated college in

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