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UK Prime Minister David Cameron Lays Out Roadmap to Block Internet Porn
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that a joint UK-US task force is being formed to lead a global alliance with tech industry leaders, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo, to stamp out online child pornography and pornographic images of rape that promote violence against women.
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Jeremy Lin and Rockets Teammates Get Head Start on Building Chemistry
Houston Rockets players Jeremy Lin, James Harden, and Chandler Parsons met up with Rocket’s prized offseason acquisition Dwight Howard in Los Angeles for practice and introduction. The young team is getting a head start in building “team chemistry” in preparation for their highly anticipated 2013-14 season.
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Nelson Mandela's Health 'Steadily Improving', Celebrates 95th Birthday in Hospital
Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has spent his 95th birthday in hospital in Pretoria as millions of children in South Africa began school Thursday singing “Happy Birthday” to Madiba or “Father of the Nation.”
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Nelson Mandela's 95th Birthday: Christian Faith, the Bedrock of His Extraordinary Life
Mandela has been a Methodist Christian and has consistently proclaimed his commitment to Christ as his Lord throughout his adult life. His fight against racial inequality as well as leadership in reconciling the white South Africans, Afrikaners, with the black South Africans have reflected the ideals of Christian principles of justice, forgiveness and reconciliation, forming the bedrock for his political and social motivations.
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Jeremy Lin Breaks Silence Since Trade Rumors: Getting Dwight Howard is 'Huge'
Jeremy Lin broke his silence on Sunday through an interview with Los Angeles Times. The interview came a day after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey emphasized again at the Dwight Howard’s Houston Rockets introduction that he is not looking to trade Lin and Asik. James Harden and Dwight Howard have expressed their desire to play together with the first Chinese-American NBA player and Asik, the GM announced.
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A church in South Korea’s Guri City suffers fire damage, no injuries reported
A church in Guri City, near Seoul, South Korea, experienced a fire on July 3 that caused damage to parts of its main sanctuary building
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Bible scholar suggests ‘Mark of the Beast’ may not be 666 after all
Canadian Bible scholar Wes Huff is encouraging Christians to reexamine a widely held assumption about Revelation 13:18—that the number of the beast is definitively 666. According to Huff, some of the earliest and most respected manuscripts suggest a different number altogether: 616.
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‘Squid Game’ Season 3 raises spiritual questions about trust, despair, and redemption
In a recent column for Christianity Today, Michelle Park explores Squid Game: Season 3 through a biblical lens, arguing that the show’s narrative highlights not only societal decay but also a deeper, often unspoken, yearning for redemption and trust.
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“Sinners”: Gospel distorted by ethnicity and regionalism
In the latest installment of his Bricolage in the Movie series, Dr. Ukjoo Park offers a cultural-theological reading of Sinners, a supernatural drama directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in the racially segregated 1930s Mississippi Delta, the film follows two Black brothers who operate a juke joint while battling vampires—and racism.
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27 girls and 1 counselor missing after flash flood hits Texas Christian Camp
A sudden flash flood swept through a Christian summer camp in Texas early Friday morning, leaving 27 girls and one adult counselor initially unaccounted for, with 12 still missing as of Sunday.
