Pope will visit Cuba before visit to U.S.
The Vatican announced April 22 that Pope Francis will visit Cuba before his planned trip to the United States in September.
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COMMENT: 'Lyrical' Book of Romans put to song
Psallos, a group of musicians consisting mostly of students and alumni of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, has developed a first-of-its-kind project setting the Bible\'s Book of Romans to music.
Kenyans would 'rather meet Jesus than live in fear,' missionary says
Tragedies like the murder of 147 students at Garissa University at the hands of Al-Shabaab terrorists would cast a long shadow over life in the western world, but East Africans have a different worldview, the principal of the Kenya Baptist Theological College told Christian Examiner.\"East African ...
Al-Shabaab declares Kenya massacre part of Islamic war on Christians
During the past three years, more than 400 Kenyans have died at the hands of Al-Shabaab terrorists – most of them Christian. But in the United States the attack has been described by the Obama Administration largely as a criminal act and not as an effort within the larger framework of Islamic jihad ...
Southern Baptist missions expert: Attacks against Christians not just terrorism but 'religious warfare'
Although members of the Obama Adminstration have been careful to parse desciptions of global attacks against Christians to avoid connecting the militancy with Islam, a prominent Southern Baptist missions expert says the terrorism the president and his subordinates are careful to describe is nothing ...
Missionary: School massacre 'just another' of evil acts in Kenya
American missionary John Call,* who works in Kenya with a Bible college affiliated with the Africa Inland Church, said the brutality of the massacre at Garissa University is not surprising although it is no less tragic.\"Sadly, I\'ve come to expect this type of violence from Al-Shabaab,\" he ...
Power of hatred and violence will not prevail: Kenyan president
With nearly 150 of his citizens dead at the hands of the Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab, Kenya\'s president is calling on his nation\'s citizens to remember God\'s power over evil.In a statement April 4, President Uhuru Kenyatta said Kenyans will be \"filled with anguish and great anger\" as the ...
March madness: Atheists sue to remove 'character' coaches from major basketball programs
The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF), an organization with a long history of filing lawsuits against perceived violations of separation of church and state, now has its eye on college sports.The group filed a complaint with Wichita State University President John Bardo March 24 over the ...
Presbyterians add gay marriage to constitution
The Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) has formally approved recognition of gay marriage in its denomination, continuing the group\'s leftward drift away from biblical Christianity.
Netanyahu: U.S. & Iran nuke deal paves way for Israel's destruction
On the eve of Purim—the Jewish holiday commemorating the biblical story of Esther and the foiling of a Persian plot to exterminate the Jewish people—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told members of Congress his nation\'s survival is in jeopardy should a nuclear agreement allowing Iran to ...
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