Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 24 – Dec 29, 2018 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 24, 2018 NO ROOM IN THE INN FOR ASIA BIBI THIS CHRISTMAS Tight security at Pakistan’s churches this Christmas as Asia Bibi remains in hiding At churches across … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2018
Pilgrims in a Foreign World
Have you ever gone back to an old childhood neighborhood? Most of us have likely done that. Once, on a whim, I visited my old school. I was eight or nine when we moved. It looked smaller than I expected. Of course, I was a grown up now. There was a time when we could play on the grassy median strip of the adjacent … [Read more...]
A Blessed Christmas 2018
Wishing everyone a Blessed Christmas 2018! This is the time of the year when all Christians ought to contemplate on the miracle of Christmas. This is the time when the Eternal Son, by whom all things were made, condescended to be born as one of us, in order to bring redemption to us, and all creation. I often … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 17 – Dec 22, 2018
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 17 – Dec 22, 2018 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 17, 2018 China Shuts Christian Church Guangzhou Christian Mother, Pastor Face Death Threats in Uganda Muslim Democrat Mocks Mike Pence’s Christian … [Read more...]
A Reformation of Eschatology
Last year (2017) marked the celebration of 500 years of the Reformation. The entrepreneurial-ecumenical Pope Francis seized the opportunity by cozying up to willing Lutherans. The old Reformers wouldn't have approved. Some lost their lives defending the Five Solas. At the time, however, a Reformation of Eschatology … [Read more...]
The Blessed and Boundless God
The Blessed and Boundless God - a book by George Swinnock, and edited by J. Stephen Yuille. The book is published by Reformation Heritage Books (Paperback 170 pages). You can read a short biography of George Swinnock (1627-1673) at A Puritan's Mind. It also has some PDF format links to his works. His full set of … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 10 – Dec 15, 2018
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 10 – Dec 15, 2018 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 10, 2018 China cracks down on unofficial Christian church What are the biggest threats facing Christian seminaries? New York gives Christian … [Read more...]
Asia Bibi the Canary
Most of us have heard the phrase "Canary in the Coal Mine." If it died the miners knew there were dangerous gases around. The term has been used of the Jews. The rise of anti-Semitism and violence against Jews is the Canary. The West should be concerned that Asia Bibi is also the Canary in the Coal Mine. Will we heed … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 3 – Dec 8, 2018
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 3 – Dec 8, 2018 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 3, 2018 Chris Pratt Gives Impassioned Recitation of the Gospel of Luke at Disneyland’s Candlelight Ceremony Uzbek Christians Detained, Their … [Read more...]
Beware the Zombie Christians
Beware the Zombie Christians. They're coming to get you! I could be wrong but I think I've only ever seen two zombie movies. One was an old Bob Hope film, while the other was a more modern British comedy. Everyone knows what a zombie is and isn't. They're mindless walking undead. If they get a chance they'll kill … [Read more...]