Goddess called in to scare off tsunami ghosts
Aug 19 11:38 AM US/Eastern
BANGKOK (Reuters) - With Asian tourists still shunning its southern beaches, Thailand is calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the restive spirits of the thousands who died in last December's tsunami.
A...
Rev Charles G. Phinney
Ordinarily, there are three agents employed in the work of conversion, and one instrument. The agents are God,--some person who brings the truth to bear on the mind,--and the sinner himself. The instrument is the truth. There are always two agents, God and the sinner...
Where Does Christian Revival Exist?
It seems that right now the strongest Christian revivals are in South and Central America. We have a lot to learn from our Spanish and Portugese speaking brethren. There are tens of millions of on-fire Christians in Brazil, and men like Carlos Annacondia are...
Jackson Senyonga: Uganda Revival
The 700 Club
March 24, 2004
CBN.com National Prayer
December 26, 2003, the largest prayer gathering in the history of Uganda was held. All through the night from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. 25,000 pastors mobilized three million Christians to pray in 50...
Arctic Revival
(Faith Today Jan/feb 2005)
It started like thunder, and at first no one knew what was happening. Moses Kyak, who was operating the sound system, turned the volume off but the noise kept getting louder. Then people began falling down without anyone touching them. James Arreak, who...
India Deports US Missionaries After Hindu Attacks
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
By BosNewsLife News Center
MUMBAI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Three American missionaries who were reportedly beaten by "Hindu fundamentalists" in Mumbai for preaching the Gospel there, will be deported by India because they...
Uzbekistan Christian Teacher Jailed After Church Raid
Monday, June 20, 2005
By BosNewsLife News Center
TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Christian Nail Kalinkin of Uzbekistan's embattled Baptist leaning Bethany Church in the capital Tashkent was believed to be in jail Saturday, June 18, after...
Christian areas attacked in Pakistan
June 30, 2005 (Voice of the Martyrs) -- Sources have told The Voice of the Martyrs that at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, Christian homes in three areas near Peshawar, Pakistan were attacked by a radical Muslim mob. VOM contacts are currently investigating...
Missionary Tortured and Sentenced in Saudi Arabia amid Crack Down
Friday, July 1, 2005
By BosNewsLife News Center
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (BosNewsLife)-- A young Indian missionary has been sentenced to one year in prison and beaten hundreds of times in Saudi Arabia, where up to 100 foreign...
Uzbekistan Christians Detained and Tortured for Their Faith, reports
Friday, July 1, 2005
By BosNewsLife News Center
TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- International concern was mounting Thursday, June 30, over the plight of Protestant Christians in Uzbekistan amid new reports of torture and...
Pakistan Christians Fear Violence and Taliban Style Government
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
By BosNewsLife News Center
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife) -- Christians in Pakistan faced a new period of uncertainty Monday, July 18, amid news of increased violence against believers and the adoption of...
Laos Christians Face Crisis As Government Bans Bibles
Monday, August 15, 2005
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Laos
NAM TEE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- A lack of Bibles and Christian literature in Laos is now becoming "the biggest threat" to rapidly...
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18/08/05 - News section
Calls to close 'dissident' radio
The Government is facing demands to close down a London-based radio station broadcasting calls for attacks on British troops in Iraq.
Al-Tajdeed Radio, which is run by a prominent Saudi dissident, has close links with...
Laos Government Forces Detain And Torture Christian Villagers
Monday, August 15, 2005
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Laos.
TAO TAN, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- He quietly says he still believes in Jesus Christ. But he can no longer admit it publicly...
Turkmenistan Authorities Threaten To Hang Handicapped Baptist
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
By BosNewsLife News Center
TURKMENABAD/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife) -- Baptists in Turkmenistan faced another difficult Sunday, July 31, after a private home where they gathered regularly was stormed by police...
Bangladesh Christian Aid Workers Murdered By "Islamic Extremists"
Thursday, August 4, 2005
By BosNewsLife News Center
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BosNewsLife) -- Two Christian men of a non-governmental organization in Bangladesh have been "hacked to death" and officials believe Islamic extremists...
Jailed Iranian Christian Pressured to Return to Islam
Convert pastor allowed two prison leaves since June.
by Barbara G. Baker
ISTANBUL, August 15 (Compass) -- Eleven months after Iranian police arrested Hamid Pourmand for converting to Christianity, authorities at Tehrans Evin Prison...
Hindu Extremists Attack Prayer Meeting in Rajasthan, India
Nine Christians seriously injured; situation tense.
by Vishal Arora
NEW DELHI, August 15 (Compass) -- Hindu extremists violently attacked a prayer meeting in Rajasthan state last night, seriously injuring nine Christians, including...
Blinded By Our Prosperity
The Deceptive Power of Mammon
by Craig Wong
"You say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing. You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
- Jesus Christ to the church at Laodicea, Revelation 3: 17.
When human beings...