“Bring it on,” is what Terry Makelin, pastor of St John’s Lutheran Church in Nebraska, had to say about earthly trial and tragedies like the one that ripped through his town in the form of twin tornadoes earlier in June.
Meriam Ibrahim, who was sentenced to death and 100 lashes on grounds of apostasy and adultery for refusing to renounce Christianity and revert to Islam, was finally released on June 26th and will possibly fly to the United States now.
Malaysia’s highest court rejected a proposal by the Catholic Church to use the word Allah in the Bible, bringing an end to a long legal battle that have led to religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in the country.
A humanist organization has threatened lawsuits against two public schools for promoting Christianity by participating in Operation Christmas Child, which aims to distribute Christmas toys to underprivileged children but also invites them to become Christians.
When geophysicists discovered a huge water reservoir deep below the earth’s surface, Christian scientists said the finding could be an affirmation of the Biblical verse that talks about the Great Flood.
The highest body of the Presbyterian Church in America has voted by a large margin in favour of same-sex marriage as Christian, saying marriage is the union of two people, not just man and woman.
Students at Bob Jones University have said that they often feel traumatized after a session of counseling by school administrators on the issue of sexual assault.