Rowland Croucher
Cathedral and churches burned in Nigeria
Cathedral and churches burned in Nigeria as angry Muslims riot in Dutse : Barnabas Fund launches an appeal Christians have again come under attack by mobs of angry Muslims in Northern Nigeria. The rioting apparently started following an allegation that a Christian woman had made insulting comments about Muhammad. On 19th September in the city […]
20 September 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio
Today’s Headlines: JORDAN PASSES LAWS DESIGNED TO LIMIT MUSLIM HARD-LINERS IRAN TO DEBATE THE HOLOCAUST, OFFICIAL CALLS IT ‘EXAGGERATED’ VIETNAMESE CHRISTIANS SURPRISED AT U.S. AMBASSADOR’S COMMENTS Today’s Top Stories: JORDAN PASSES LAWS DESIGNED TO LIMIT MUSLIM HARD-LINERS In an effort to prevent Islamic hard-liners from spreading their extremist ideology, lawmakers in Jordan have passed a […]
Belarus; Kosovo; Nagorno-Karabakh
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 20 September 2006 BELARUS: “IF THEY TRY TO STOP GOD ONE WAY, WE’LL TRY ANOTHER” http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=842 Despite tight restrictions on missionary activity in […]
21 September 2006 Update from HCJB World Radio
Today’s Headlines: POPE’S COMMENTS RAISE FEARS OF MORE REPRISALS AGAINST CHRISTIANS BAPTIST CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR FREED IN DISPUTED AREA OF AZERBAIJAN ACTOR GEORGE CLOONEY JOINS PLEA FOR U.N. ACTION IN DARFUR REGION EVANGELICAL LAWYERS STRENGTHEN CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT ETHNIC MINORITIES SLOW CHURCH’S DECLINING NUMBERS IN ENGLAND Today’s Top Stories: POPE’S COMMENTS RAISE FEARS OF MORE […]
19 September 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio
Today’s Headlines: SATANISTS WAGE ANTI-CHRISTIAN CAMPAIGN IN EASTERN INDIAN STATE TEA PARTY OUTREACH DRAWS 420 PROSTITUTES IN NORTHERN TANZANIA VETERAN BROADCASTER REPORTS ‘TREMENDOUS REVIVAL’ IN IRAQ MUSLIMS ATTACK MISSION SCHOOL, TARGET 70-YEAR-OLD MISSIONARY Today’s Top Stories: Lawyers for the three Indonesian Christians found guilty of inciting attacks during religious rioting in Central Sulawesi in 2000 […]
The Routinization of Charisma
TOWARD A THEORY OF Charismatic authority has been a topic of much discussion in the literature of social science since its introduction by Max Weber.1 Although there is no final definition of charisma or of the various forms “discovered” by subsequent theorists,2 it is generally recognized that charisma is ephemeral and transitory, that it exists […]
Playing Favourites
Playing Favourites A sermon on James 2:1-17 & Mark 7:24-30 by Nathan Nettleton, 10 September 2006 We human beings are naturally tribal. We identify ourselves with with blood-related clan groups and various other identifiable groups and we readily commit ourselves to serving the interests of our groups. In this town, our tribalism is especially obvious […]
Pakistan: The perils of attempting Hudood reform
Subj: Pakistan: The perils of attempting Hudood reform. ————————————————————————- PAKISTAN: THE PERILS OF ATTEMPTING HUDOOD REFORM ————————————————————————- In 1979 Pakistan’s military dictator Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq launched his program to Islamise Pakistan. The first step was the introduction of Hudood Ordinance. In 1984, as pressure intensified for an end military rule, Zia played the religion card for […]
Embryonic stem cells and Christian ethics
An annotated reading guide By Rod Benson Director, Centre for Christian Ethics, Sydney Occasional Paper 09, 11 September 2006 (updated 25 September 2006) For cells whose existence was only announced in 1998, human embryonic stem cells and the therapies that may develop from stem cell research occupy a remarkably prominent place in medical, ethical and […]
Water Droplets
David K. Reynolds, in his book, “A Thousand Waves: A Sensible Life Style for Sensitive People”, proposes that traditional Western psychotherapy fails to adequately acknowledge the importance of our need for unity among all aspects of ourselves. Reynolds advocates an Eastern approach, which aims at helping us to honor our natural selves more fully, and […]
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