Religious leaders renew call for hate-crimes legislation
Posted on: Monday, August 27, 2001
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- In light of newly released statistics reporting a rise in hate crimes, leaders of the Interfaith Alliance have sent a letter to U.S. senators asking for passage of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
Holy “Hookers” To Stride Out?
Posted on: Monday, August 27, 2001
Guided by your rented driver, your Caddy glides through a new and elegant part of the city, doing its quiet big-tires flip-flop sound over the asphalt road-joints. Beyond the deep grass borders of the boulevard, a line of low white-columned…
The World Has a Hunger for Things Supernatural
Posted on: Monday, August 27, 2001
The re-released and slightly extended version of the movie "The Exorcist" should serve to remind Christians that the world has a hunger for things supernatural -- although they're looking in all the wrong places. However, while demon possession is a…
Indian ministry “adopts” a village after earthquake
Posted on: Monday, August 27, 2001
Indigenous ministries in India, helped by donations given through Christian Aid, are hard at work assisting the survivors of January's deadly earthquake. The Indian government recently approved one ministry's request to "adopt" a village.
Despite Holidays Palestinians Keep Fighting
Posted on: Monday, August 27, 2001
While the Palestinian uprising has not been as intense over the holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah and the end of Ramadan, there were still plenty of violent incidents, even as renewed negotiations were being conducted.
Israel Turns to Sharon: A Veteran of War and Peace
Posted on: Monday, August 27, 2001
If all those lopsided opinion polls are reliable, Israeli voters will install Ariel Sharon as their next prime minister on Tuesday, completing a most remarkable comeback for this native-born farmer whose long military and political record engenders considerable doses of…
Conforming the Church to the New Millennium
Posted on: Sunday, August 26, 2001
“. . . change will probably be radical, if not total. Those whose lives are dedicated to serving the Church of the past will resist these suggestions with a vehemence that always emerges from threatened hierarchies and dying institutions…. But…
Mission Impossible Film Promotes Digital Angel Technology
Posted on: Sunday, August 26, 2001
Midway through Mission Impossible 2 Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) injects a biometric chip into the foot of love interest Thandie Newton. The action is perceived as necessary and ultimately saves the damsel in distress. This is due to the "wonderful"…
Digital Angel months ahead of schedule
Posted on: Sunday, August 26, 2001
Wouldn't life be grand if you didn't have to worry about being robbed? What if you didn't have to worry about losing your money? Or that there would be no more fraud which in turn would cause the things you…
Earth Day Joins Easter — A Sign of Our Times?
Posted on: Sunday, August 26, 2001
“The emergence of a civilization in which knowledge moves freely and almost instantaneously throughout the world… has spurred a renewed investigation of the wisdom distilled by all faiths. This panreligious perspective may prove especially important where our global civilization’s responsibility…
Deadly Ebola Virus Strikes Close to Home for Uganda Missionary
Posted on: Sunday, August 26, 2001
KAMPALA, UGANDA (November 1, 2000) -- Former Canadian grid iron and nightclub singing star Peter Simon Turko, who is now a pastor in Kampala, Uganda, ministering to homeless children and those infected with the AIDS virus, has written an update…
Big Names Endorse The Evidence Bible
Posted on: Sunday, August 26, 2001
BELLFLOWER, CA (ANS) -- Josh McDowell, Franklin Graham, Dr. D. James Kennedy, as well as a number of other well-known Christian leaders, have put their names to a unique new Bible -- one that has been designed to counterattack the…
Speakers at NAE meeting discuss ‘charitable choice’
Posted on: Sunday, August 26, 2001
DALLAS (ABP) -- Social-service programs that seek to evangelize their clients will not qualify for direct federal grants, the head of President Bush's White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives told a gathering of conservative Christian leaders.
Faith-Based Compromise?
Posted on: Sunday, August 26, 2001
"A politics of community can be strengthened when we are not afraid to make the connections between spirituality and politics."[2] Al Gore who also touted faith-based partnerships. Senator again urges expanded role for religion in social service programs "Bush and…
A Danish Christian Teenage Sees Victory in Fight Against Pornography
Posted on: Sunday, August 26, 2001
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (ANS) - An 18-year-old Christian called Marianne Larsen has seen quite a victory in an extraordinary battle against pornography in Denmark. UCB Crossroad, a Christian radio and TV ministry, and the prayers of 185,000 Brazilian women in the…
