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NEWS RELEASEMONTREAT, N.C., June 16 – With her husband, Billy Graham, her older sister and five children participating in the program, and all 19 of her grandchildren serving as pallbearers or honorary pallbearers, Ruth Graham’s life was celebrated at her public funeral today in the 2,000-seat Anderson Auditorium at the Montreat Conference Center filled to capacity with family members and friends from the local community.Read more of this story.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (ANS) — According to Eric Bumpus and Tim Moranville, authors of CEASE FIRE: THE WAR IS OVER, there is a spiritual war that is taking place, and it will wage on until Christ’s return. But the fight Christians are involved in is not a battle with guns and tanks, but the ‘culture war’ rumbling through America. Bumpus and Moranville, say: "Christians have lost because they have adopted the political techniques of those around them." The authors contend that Christians have become just like the world they seek to "clean up." Read more of this story.
The small Bosnian village known as Medjugorje, where a busload of Wisconsinites were headed when they crashed Monday, has drawn millions of predominantly Catholic pilgrims for more than 25 years.More on this story.
NEWS RELEASEFive of nine sex education curricula evaluated are recommended in state DPI resource packetsMADISON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report this week on the effectiveness of “comprehensive” sex education with some startling findings: the most commonly used sex education programs do not keep teens from having sex but rather contain a number of sexually explicit lessons for students as young as 13. The abstinence message is virtually non-existent.
The faces are stoic, the gazes are steady, but it is more than that. Drazen Dupor points to the shadows, cast toward the outside, creating a glow."The light comes from inside the center — not outside," he explains. "It is holy."The 40-year-old native of Croatia, born of Serbian parents, has made a living all of his adult life by painting Byzantine religious icons. His training, in Greece, was old school — much like iconography was done 2,000 years ago.Read more of this story.
News ReleaseChristian Emergency Network was one of 16 key organizations recognized in the newly released Homeland Security Institute report showing how faith-based organizations (FBO’s) and secular nongovernmental organizations (NGO’s) stepped in when existing governmental disaster resources were overwhelmed in the historic national Katrina crisis. “FBO’s and NGO’s undertook a surprisingly large, varied, and demanding set of activities with extraordinary effectiveness.” according to the HSI report issued to participants this week.Read more of this story.Full HSI report online.http://www.homelandsecurity.org/hsireports/Herald_Unheard_Voices.pdf
COMMENTARYFor years radical Islamists in the Philippines have been attacking Christians. In late April seven Christians were murdered on the southern Philippine island of Jolo. Regular BreakPoint listeners know that, unfortunately, this isn’t unusual. Around the world, Christians are suffering and even dying, because they are Christians. They know also that the victimizers more often than not are Islamist militants. Read more of this story
NASHVILLE — "Of making many books," says Ecclesiastes, "there is no end."Of no book may that be truer than the one that contains those words, the Bible.With an estimated 25 million copies of the Bible sold annually, the book is not only the best-selling title in America, it also is available in an increasing array of forms, from detailed study Bibles to waterproof versions and glossy "Biblezines," which look like fashion magazines.Read more of this story.
MADISON, Wis. — St. Raphael’s will be rebuilt in the parking lot of the current cathedral, officials said.After two years of waiting and anticipation, Bishop Robert Morlino told parishioners the cathedral won’t be moved away from downtown, according to WISC-TV. In addition, Morlino said the recently refurbished steeple will be saved as well and will be incorporated into the new building.Read more of this story.Wisconsin State Journal version.
Zeb Ivan Smith got his start as a greeter six decades ago when he worked the graveyard shift as a railroad ticket agent in Muleshoe, Texas. "I’d greet anyone getting on or off – the few who would catch the train at that hour," said Smith, 83, chuckling.Smith, known as "Z.I.," still greets. But these days, his station is First United Methodist Church of Bedford, Texas, where there are lots more folks to welcome.Read more of this story.