Posted in God is...All of Us on Jul 24th, 2009
ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish official says restoration workers have uncovered the never-before-seen mosaic face of an angel at Istanbul’s Haghia Sophia — a former Byzantine cathedral.
The cathedral’s Christian mosaics were covered up in line with Muslim custom shortly after Constantinople — the former name for Istanbul — fell to the Ottomans in [...]
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Posted in God is...Everywhere on Jun 22nd, 2009
You know science has made it big when the Google homepage logo is changed to celebrate a fossil finding and the mayor of New York shows up at a press conference to unveil it.
A new 47-million year old primate fossil unveiled to the world Tuesday has made waves among scientists and non-scientists. Google responded [...]
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Posted in God is...All of Us on May 19th, 2009
In what could prove to be a landmark discovery, a leading paleontologist said scientists have dug up the 47 million-year-old fossil of an ancient primate whose features suggest it could be the common ancestor of all later monkeys, apes and humans.
Anthropologists have long believed that humans evolved from ancient ape-like ancestors.
Some 50 million years ago, [...]
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Posted in god is on May 4th, 2009
by Michael Kranitz
from Examiner.com
People often equate the Old and New Testaments with morality and goodness. That is why one of my esteemed Examiner colleagues wrote about being “biblically correct” in a recent article about a beauty contestant who spoke her mind about gay marriage. I read the article waiting for him to discuss [...]
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Muslim calligrapher Yasser Abu Saymeh has dedicated the past two months to Christian art, writing the Gospel of Luke in ornate Arabic script to be presented to Pope Benedict XVI when the Roman Catholic leader visits the Holy Land next month.
Abu Saymeh never read a New Testament text before he [...]
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from BibbiaBlog.com
Opening words are important. Authors and editors both know that the first sentence of a book needs to be arresting and engaging. It should capture the imagination of the reader, inviting the reader into the larger story or, at the very least, the larger story of the first chapter. Consider the first line of [...]
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from earnedmedia.com
Contact: Joni Sullivan Baker, Buoyancy PR, 513-319-3231
CINCINNATI, April 1 /Christian Newswire/ — It’s not an April fool’s joke. Even though it’s now been 150 years since Charles Darwin sparked the creation/evolution debate, conservative Christians and scientists are still wrangling over the origin of man.
Throughout the 2009 year, organizations all over the world are marking [...]
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by Stephanie Board
from www.spectatornews.com
It seems to me that the mention of Jesus is a common occurrence in our society today. I think it is safe to say I hear someone speak this name at least once a day, although the circumstances vary greatly.
Jesus comes up in discussions about politics, science and history, among a myriad [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2009
from http://www.gather.com
People, especially Christians need to stop blaming Satan for all the worlds’ problems. It is a cop out. Let us cast the blame where it belongs. On us. Yes us, the humans. For far too long people have anointed an escape goat for there depravity. I say lets all face the truth for once. [...]
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from ToughQuestionsAnswered.Wordpress.com
Today we continue looking at arguments for a 24-hour view of the “days” in Genesis and arguments for a longer period of time. Again, we will be using Norm Geisler’s treatment of the issue.
A seemingly persuasive argument for the 24-hour view is the comparison in Exodus 20:11 of the six-day work week to [...]
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