Recent events in the Middle East are causing additional hardship and suffering for Christians in Yemen. For years, the tiny group of believers there have withstood intense persecution from militant Muslims and their government. Now, the attacks on ships and
A Greek Orthodox Church regional body has banned two local politicians for their support of the legislation that legalized same-sex marriage in the Eastern Mediterranean nation. Church authorities on the northwestern island of Corfu issued a statement banning the politicians
The Patriarch of the largest church denomination in Iraq is sounding the alarm on a fresh wave of Christians leaving the country. Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, leader of the Chaldean church in Iraq says a hundred families from Qaraqosh alone
This article was written by David Nekrutman, an Orthodox Jewish theologian. Orthodox Jewish law permits abortion when the unborn is putting the mother’s physical life at risk. For some rabbinic authorities, the dispensation has been extended to consider the mother’s
For the first time in nearly five months, a United Nations mission is recognizing Israel’s claims of Hamas brutality toward Israeli women and men on October 7th. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah unleashed more rockets on northern Israel from southern Lebanon.
Amid tragedy and suffering, God is intervening in war-torn Gaza. He is pouring out His Spirit there as Palestinians report many people are now experiencing dreams and visions of Jesus. “About 200 Gazans gave their heart to Jesus in one
Almost Anything Goes We live in a world where almost anything goes. As a nation individuals have totally different attitudes about the Bible, truth and morals, faith practices, family and the value of life, God, creation and history, human character
Toddlers and preschoolers in some childcare centres are being taught that Australia was stolen from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, in ceremonies branded as “indoctrination’’. More than 7000 schools and daycare centres have a formal “acknowledgement of country’’ in
Former chief scientist Ian Chubb has called for dementia sufferers to be allowed access to voluntary assisted dying through a legal framework permitting seriously ill Australians to leave advanced directives outlining when they wish to end their life. Professor Chubb
A prominent Christian researcher is insisting that with the 2024 presidential election less than a year away, the United States needs a “spiritual awakening” to resolve the pervasive division and polarization that has come to define American politics. The Cultural
