MEXICO CITY, September 16 (Compass Direct News) – About 70 Protestant Christians lived in the village of San Rafael Tlanalapan, Puebla state, until Monday (Sept. 12), when they faced a frightening ultimatum – leave immediately or be “crucified or lynched.” Traditionalist Catholics in the village of San Rafael Tianalapan threatened to crucify all the Protestants [...]
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announced on Friday (Sept. 16) that he would seek recognition for the new Palestinian state from the UN Security Council next week. While he indicated that the borders of the state were yet to be negotiated with Israel and the 1967 borders were referenced in his UN application, he contended that [...]
Did the 9/11/01 attacks end up changing some of our attitudes about religion? In an article on my Apologetica page I make the point that it did in at least two significant ways: 1. Islam in America came out of the closet 2.Atheists also came out of the closet <<Read my conclusions on my Apologetica [...]
Should a Christian divorce a spouse who has Alzheimer’s? One who no longer even knows you and certainly cannot fulfill the regular duties of a husband or wife? No. There is no scriptural basis for divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer’s. Actually the teaching of Jesus would call on Christians to be self sacrificing and continue [...]
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that growing religious intolerance was an overlooked downside to the ‘Arab Spring.’ While the popular revolts against longtime dictators in the Middle East and North Africa brought hope to millions of Arabs, Religious minorities in those countries, particularly Christians have seen an increase in persecution in the [...]
When it comes to the presidential election of 2012, religion seems to have become a far more important issue than it has ever been in the past. After all, we have read one article after another (there are literally 1,000’s online) talking about ‘dominion’ theology and how some candidates, like Perry and Bachmann might have [...]
(Get this tribute) Ten years have passed but the pictures are still horrific and engender in us all a remembrance of where we were when we first heard about the 9/11 attacks. Nearly 3,000 died and two wars resulted from the event and we can now say that the world is a much smaller place [...]
