Arming Syria's Rebellion: How Libyan Weapons and Know-How Reach Anti-Assad Fighters

By Rania Abouzeid / Antakya, Turkey, TIME, May 29, 2013The beefy Libyan revolutionary field commander turned politician rose from the beige couch to greet his new Syrian guest, who pulled up a chair to join the two other Syrian men seated in a semicircle around the couch in the café of a hotel in the southern Turkish city of Antakya, near the Syrian...

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Canadians have 'better life' than most: OECD survey

Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press, May 28, 2013Canada is among the best places in the world to live, according to a new quality of life measure from a leading international organization that compared rich industrialized nations.The Better Life Index from the...

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Colombian company exports bulletproof backpacks to U.S.

By Juan Forero, Washington Post, May 28, 2013BOGOTA, Colombia—Miguel Caballero’s business, making bulletproof clothing for the fashion-conscious, has grown over the years as presidents to police chiefs to oil sheiks from as far away as Qatar have become loyal customers.Dubbed “the Armani of bulletproof clothing,” the Bogota-based company that bears...

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EU end to arms embargo in Syria weighs on Russia

By Jamey Keaten, AP, May 28, 2013BRUSSELS (AP)—Fears grew of a foreign-fed arms race in Syria on Tuesday as European Union countries decided they could provide weapons to the rebels and Russia disclosed that it has signed a contract to provide Syria with sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles.Either development would significantly raise the firepower...

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The Fastest Path to a Job--And Not What You Think

By Jennifer Openshaw, LinkedIn, May 24, 2013I recently checked in with MaryAnne, my best friend since third grade. She told me she was interviewing with a large medical device company. A month later, she had essentially landed the job.I felt like I had just blinked—in a tough job market, and after being out of the workforce for almost 10 years, she...

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The Blessings of Giving to the Lord

By John W. SchmidtListening to Peter’s recent talk on tithing inspired me to share some tangible proof of what Jesus said in Luke 6:38: “Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”1When I joined the Family, I forsook...

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Seeds of Death ( Monsanto etc.)

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The Holy Spirit and the Primitive Church

The Heart of It All: The Holy SpiritBy Peter AmsterdamIn the first two articles in this series, we looked at how the Holy Spirit came upon certain individuals for specific purposes within the Old Testament and during the life of Jesus.In the Old Testament accounts,...

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On Being Neighborly

By Marcus Brotherton, Art of Manliness, May 23, 2013Between college and graduate school I took a gap year where I worked in a restaurant, snow skied every chance I got, and tried to figure out the rest of my life. During that year I lived in a big old suburban house near the lake along with five to eight other guys and sometimes one girl.We had a lot...

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Francis' Humility and Emphasis on the Poor Strike a New Tone at the Vatican

By Rachel Donadio, NY Times, May 25, 2013VATICAN CITY—He has criticized the “cult of money” and greed he sees driving the world financial system, reflecting his affinity for liberation theology. He has left Vatican officials struggling to keep up with his off-the-cuff remarks and impromptu forays into the crowds of tens of thousands that fill St. Peter’s...

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Distant Starlight!

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When God Is Silent

A compilation http://anchor.tfionline.com/post/when-god-silent/Download Audio (8.3MB)“He answered her not a word.”1“He will be silent in his love.”2One Christian dreamed that she saw three others at prayer. As they knelt, the Master drew near to them.As He approached the first of the three, He bent over her in tenderness and grace, with smiles...

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Jesus Portrait Taken Down!

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ACLU Needs Legislation to Protect Its Anti-God Religion

Around the World with Ken Ham Wake up Christians! When the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is successful in getting the Ten Commandments out of public places and the teaching of creation, the Bible, and prayer out of public schools, they did not get...

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The Miracle of Creation

D.Brandt Berg Mountain-Streams People can’t help but believe in God if they just look at creation. All they have to do is look at the creation to know Somebody had to design it, pattern it, put it together, and make it work like it does. God’s beautiful creation works so beautifully, so systematically, so perfectly, it’s obvious that all that didn’t...

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