Focus on the Top Ten 1. North Korea Violations of human rights are the order of the day in the Stalinist country of North Korea, including many breaches of religious rights. North Korea has entered its fourth year as the worst violator of religious rights for Christians. Christianity is observed as a dangerous foreign influence […]
2 February 2007 Daily Update from HCJB Global Today’s Headlines: MISSIONARIES IN INDIA OPEN ABOUT PROGRAM’S CHRISTIAN EMPHASIS AZERBAIJAN CRACKING DOWN ON GROWING CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT NFL BANS SUPER BOWL PARTY AT INDIANAPOLIS CHURCH, BUT BARS OK UZBEK PASTOR DETAINED AT SUNDAY SERVICES, MEMBERS PRESSURED REPORT: SCRIPTURE TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE IN 2,246 LANGUAGES Today’s Top Stories: MISSIONARIES […]
Explanation of the World Watch List, 2006 A specially-designed questionnaire is used to compile the World Watch List. The questionnaire contains 49 questions. A point value is assigned depending on how each question is answered. The total number of points per country determines its position on the WWL. The questions cover various aspects of religious […]
On Boundaries and Exclusiveness: A few quotes/teasers from Brian McLaren’s chapter from The Secret Message of Jesus on the subject (‘The Borders of the Kingdom’ pp. 162 ff.): ‘How can some people interpret Jesus’ message as exclusive, while others see it as the most radically inclusive message in human history? What is the truth about […]
‘What Jesus envisioned was a world transformed… If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him.’ (Walter Wink)~~~ Brian McLaren has been ‘flavour of the decade’ for Christians to the right of, say, the Jesus Seminar people, and well to the left of, say, the ‘Evangelical Right.’ His mentors are […]
FIVE BEST THINGS TO SAY IF YOU GET CAUGHT SLEEPING AT YOUR DESK 5. “They told me at the Blood Bank this might happen.” 4. “This is just a 15 minute power nap they raved about in the time Management course you sent me to.” 3. “Whew! Guess I left the top off the Whiteout. […]
Iran wants to steer away from a Sunni-Shiite clash By Sadegh Zibakalam Tuesday, January 30, 2007 The Iranians were slow in reacting to Saddam Hussein’s hanging. The main reason for that was the old accepted belief in Iran that Saddam was an American puppet. This was the view broadly propagated by the Iranian leadership during […]
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief 30 January 2007 KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT TOO BUSY WITH “IMPORTANT AFFAIRS” TO MEET BAPTISTS http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=904 Amanbek Mukhashev, head of Kazakhstan’s Religious Affairs Committee, has […]
Sent by a netfriend: http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,,1312542,00.html Taken from The Guardian newspaper. How Bush’s grandfather helped Hitler’s rise to power http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/worldwide/story/0,,1864657,00.html The British newspaper the Guardian asks “who blew up” the twin towers…. not how but who …Tuesday September 5, 2006 http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=1822764959599063248 MIT Engineer analyses WTC Controlled Demolition http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8180123292618944278&q=Alex+Jones+2006 former Chief Economist for the Department of Labor […]
Skull And Bones June 13, 2004 ——————————————————————————– Skull and Bones is an elite secret society at Yale University that includes some of the most powerful men of the 20th century. (60 Minutes/CBS) “They do have many individuals in influential positions. And that’s why this is something that we need to know about.” Alexandra Robbins, author […]