Israeli military drills in Jordan Valley stir Palestinian fears of eviction

By Ben Lynfield, Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 26, 2013Two days before last month’s Eid al-Adha holiday, the Israel Defense Forces arrived in this tiny Palestinian community in the Jordan Valley with an abrupt message: Clear out."An officer named Yigal came and told us we would have to leave our home on the holiday because there would be military...

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How to Make an Important Decision!

By Dennis Edwards: Desperate prayer is probably the most important element needed when making a tough decision. God’s Word says, “Ye shall seek Me and find Me when you shall search for Me with all your heart.”[1] Jesus said the first and greatest commandment...

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Life Is Meant to Be a Challenge

By Maria Fontaine“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”—Jeremiah 29:111Adversity often has a way of catapulting us into situations and encounters with people that we would never have otherwise had the opportunity to meet. Sometimes the Lord opens doors through seemingly...

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Defending the Christian Faith-Dr.Greg Bahnsen

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Faith, Facts, and World Views- Dr.Greg Bahnsen

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Arbitrary Arguments by Greg Bahnsen

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Relajarse de las presiones de la vida

Recopilación¡Todos necesitamos descansar en algún momento! Si llevas mucho tiempo atravesando dificultades debido a… tu trabajo, tu familia, tus relaciones, tu economía personal o tus hijos, de todos modos debes aprender a descansar en el Señor, aun en medio de la situación complicada que puedas estar atravesando. De lo contrario, ¡la batalla te desgastará!Es...

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Descansando das Pressões da Vida

Uma compilaçãoTodo o mundo precisa descansar! Um período prolongado de dificuldades nos negócios, na família, em relacionamentos, finanças, ou com os filhos, exige que aprendamos a descansar no Senhor, apesar da situação tão difícil. Se não fizermos isso, toda essa luta nos deixará esgotados! Por isso Paulo disse as Tessalonicenses, “...dar alívio...

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Weak at Home, France Seeks Grandeur Abroad

Reuters, November 25, 2013PARIS—The hero of France’s top movie comedy of the moment is a French foreign minister who complains about American isolationism and says the Germans must be humored—but above all kept off the U.N. Security Council.One reason for the box-office success of “Quai d’Orsay”—named after the 19th century palace by the River Seine...

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Will icy comet survive close encounter with sun?

By Marcia Dunn, AP, Nov. 24, 2013CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)—For months, all eyes in the sky have pointed at the comet that’s zooming toward a blisteringly close encounter with the sun.The moment of truth comes Thursday—Thanksgiving Day.The sun-grazing Comet ISON, now thought to be less than a mile wide, will either fry and shatter, victim of the sun’s...

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5 Habits Common Among the Rich

By Gerri Detweiler, Credit.com, November 14, 2013Eat less junk food. Exercise daily. Sounds like a recipe for getting fit, right? Those habits may also be key to becoming financially healthy, says Tom Corley, who interviewed 233 wealthy individuals and 128 poor ones during a five-year period, gathering data on more than 200 activities each group engaged...

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Convertirnos en campeones de Dios

Peter ÁmsterdamAsí que no nos cansemos de hacer el bien porque, si seguimos haciéndolo, Dios nos premiará a su debido tiempo. Gálatas 6:9[1]A lo largo de los años he visto algunas películas sobre equipos deportivos, y supongo que ustedes también. Por lo general la trama se centra en un nuevo entrenador que llega a un colegio que tiene un equipo flojo....

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Campeões de Deus

Peter AmsterdamE não nos cansemos de fazer o bem, pois a seu tempo ceifaremos, se não houvermos desfalecido.—Gálatas 6:9[1]Ao longo dos anos já assisti a muitos filmes sobre equipes esportivas, e tenho certeza que vocês também.A trama muitas vezes mostra um novo técnico que vai comandar um time fraco em uma escola do ensino médio. Muitas vezes ele...

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Relax from the Stresses of Life

A compilationEveryone needs to rest at some point! If you’ve been going through a prolonged period of hardship due to … your business, your family, your relationships, your finances, or your children, you still must learn how to rest in the Lord, even in the middle of that difficult situation you are facing. If you don’t, the battle will wear you out!That’s...

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Smother 'Em With Love

By Rosa Brooks, Foreign Policy, November 21, 2013"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer," said Sun Tzu—or maybe it was Petrarch, or Machiavelli, or Michael Corleone. Whatever: As U.S. negotiators resume talks with Iran in Geneva this week, we would do well to embrace this philosophy.For more than three decades, the United States has done...

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A third of young women feel they 'cannot cope'

Yvonne Roberts, The Observer, 23 November 2013Young women [in Britain] today believe they have more job opportunities and a better chance of balancing parenting and a career than their mothers had at the same age, but then, for many, the picture becomes very much bleaker. A third do not believe there will ever be equal pay; a fifth say they have less...

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C.S. Lewis, more popular 50 years after his death than he was in life

Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service, Nov 21, 2013As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy on Friday (Nov. 22), many Christians will also pause to recall the death of C.S. Lewis, who died the same day, just one week short of his 65th birthday.The British author, described by many as perhaps the 20th...

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