Graham stands by statement calling Islam ‘wicked’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) — Evangelist Franklin Graham is not backing away from his statements aired on a national news program that Islam is “wicked, violent and not of the same god.”
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30 million deaf waiting to hear gospel from their own, leaders say
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–One people group — numbering 30 million worldwide — will never hear the good news of God’s love, even if a missionary knocks on their door.
A Message of Solidarity With Israel Given at Revival in South Carolina
My prayers are that you receive an abundance of blessings from our Heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The message about to be delivered to you should come as no great surprise. For the past nine months, I have been quietly stepping aside from any leadership position associated with God’s 40 day prayer and revival event. For all of my professional career which totaled almost forty years in Washington D.C., God has been preparing me for such a time as this.
Bush ‘Worship’ at Shinto Temple Troubles Christians in Japan and U.S.
When President Bush entered the ornately beautiful Shinto Temple erected to house the spirits of the late Emperor Meiji he clapped once and bowed deeply, following the common etiquette of worship at such shrines. At the same time, the Prime Minister of Japan was left sitting in the car–forbidden from entering the shrine by a postwar constitution written by the U.S.
Barna: Terrorist Attacks did not change most Americans Spiritually
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Americans went to church in droves after September 11th, but few of them found anything “sufficiently life-changing” to keep them there, says George Barna, whose most recent poll was released this week. Barna also found that after Black Tuesday fewer people believe in absolute truth, rather they lean toward a circumstantial ethic.
Graham stands by statement calling Islam ‘wicked, violent’
Evangelist Franklin Graham is not backing away from his statements aired on a national news program that Islam is "wicked, violent and not of the same god."
US Releases “Most Wanted” List, Includes Hizba’Allah Kingpin
U.S. President George W. Bush released Wednesday a list of the United States’ “most-wanted terrorists.” Heading the 22-man list is Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Could the United States be mentioned in Prophecy?
With the events happening in the Middle East transpiring at an alarming rate, I am placed into a situation I care not to be in. As the editor of Worthy News, I am placed into a position where there is great responsibility given to me by the Lord. Worthy News is viewed by over 100,000 unique visitors a month. I can now understand the great responsibilities that pastors must take behind the pulpit, and the vast responsibility given to them by the Lord. The level of accountability given to them is so much higher. Of all the articles I have written from a faith perspective, I have steered away from that which is controversial. (The Prayer of a righteous man availeth much and The dangers of a lop sided message) The truth is controversial enough. But now I have come to a place where I am between a rock and a hard place. There’s passages like Ezekiel 33:6; But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. The reason for this message is so that I can remove this burden from off my shoulders. Remove the burden that I never sounded the trumpet and thus have blood required at my hands. I am by no means dogmatic about this interpretation, but rather present this article as something for believers to consider. 1 Corinthians 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. May time be the judge.
Six dead, dozens hurt in Navy ship attack; at least one Baptist confirmed on board
NORFOLK, Va. (BP)–Six U.S. sailors are dead, 36 injured and 12 missing after an apparent terrorist attack on a U.S. Navy destroyer today in the Middle Eastern port city of Aden, Pentagon officials said. Meanwhile, local Southern Baptist churches are mobilizing relief efforts to minister to the families of the sailors aboard the USS Cole.
Urgent Appeal For Broadcasting Equipment For New Christian Radio and TV Station on Vanautu
PORT VILA, VANAUTU (ANS) — An urgent appeal has been made for broadcasting equipment for a new Christian radio and television station on Vanuatu, an independent republic consisting of more than 80 islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, located about 3,500 miles southwest of Hawaii and about 1,500 miles northeast of Australia.
Vatican declares only the Roman Catholic Church brings salvation
Vatican City — In a declaration carrying the full authority of an infallible teaching, the Vatican said Sept. 5 the Roman Catholic Church is the only “instrument for the salvation of all humanity.”
Vatican document reasserts Catholicism as superior to other faith expressions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–A Vatican document issued Sept. 5 won’t set well with Southern Baptists and other evangelicals and Protestants. As described in the lead paragraph of a Washington Post story, it “declares that individuals can attain full salvation from earthly sin only through the spiritual grace of the Catholic Church and that other faiths — including Protestant Christian ones — have defects that place their followers in a ‘gravely deficient situation’ in seeking salvation.”
Vermont governor poised to sign homosexual ‘civil unions’ bill
MONTPELIER, Vt. (BP)–Vermont lawmakers gave their approval April 25 to a bill that would make the state the first in the nation to legally recognize homosexual marriage-like “civil unions.”
Underground Church in Vietnam Ready to ‘Grow Forth’
AgapePress) – The underground church in Vietnam is planning to plant some 10,000 new churches in the next five years.
Joseph Lee is founder of Tribes and Nations Outreach based in Manila, Philippines. He tells Assist Communications that the underground church in Vietnam is composed of 21 major groups, and their leaders have requested his outreach to print 20,000 sets of worker training books in Vietnamese.
‘We Still Pray’ aims to go national with rallies, prayer at football games
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP)–Gridlock struck Asheville, N.C., when thousands gathered for a “We Still Pray” rally — and thousands more were stuck in traffic trying to reach the high school football stadium.
Tribes and Nations Outreach (TNO) Launches Ambitious Five-Year Church-Planting Program in Vietnam
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (ANS) — Tribes and Nations Outreach (TNO), a mission organization committed to build the “Body of Christ” in Asia, and based in Manila, Philippines, has launched an ambitious five-year church-planting program in Vietnam.
Former Space Shuttle Engineer Uses His High-Flying Experience To Help Bible Translation With Wycliff
ORANGE, CA (ANS) – When Darrel Fritts, 68, worked on the Space Shuttle program, he never dreamed that, when he retired, it would result in putting his high-flying experience to work helping Bible translation around the world.
Timothy George: Unity must not imperil theological integrity
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Unity among Christians can be achieved, but it should never come at the expense of moral purity or theological integrity, Timothy George said at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Transgenics Creating Real Monsters?
The science of transgenics is moving forward despite bad publicity surrounding genetically modified foods. When it involves ‘enhancing the human species,’ the Bible has something to say.
The Triumph of the Cross
“In returning and rest you shall be saved, In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. But you would not…” – Isaiah 30:15
Little Tanya seemed to be a healthy baby. Then one terrifying day the mother found her little girl finger-painting in her playpen. Where did the red paint come from? With horror, the mother discovered that the tip of her daughter’s finger was missing. The curly-haired toddler had bitten it off and was smearing her own blood. She felt no pain because leprosy had numbed her nerves.