This article Edward B. Driscoll, Jr. opened by taking Obama to task for criticizing the Crusades. The article continues by describing an eight-part video on the Crusades in The Western Story. A criticism one might provide is that the facts and perspective in the article are definitely western in perspective. The Byzantine and Eastern Christians saw things different as did, of course, the Muslims. Broadening the perspective would help.
A medieval scribe drew this organized selection of prayer thoughts on an opening page of a great Gospel book in c. 980. One apparently starts with the Lord’s Prayer in the outermost circle and makes one’s way to the center circle, which simply has “God” in it.
A medieval prayer wheel surfaces, but how it was used is anyone’s guess – The Washington Post.
The Cursillos movement started in Majorca, Spain (1944) with a focus on training lay people.
Muslim protesters outside Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Kuala Lumpur insisted that the church remove its cross, which it did after the protest. The Malaysian government is not investigating the actions against the Christians, who are a minority in this region.
Malaysia orders probe after protest forces church to take down cross.
Efforts are underway to build a representative structure on the site of the sixty foot church where John Rolfe and Pocahontas married in the seventeenth century. This is the oldest know English church site in North America.
Archaeologists resurrect church where Pocahontas married | Fox News.
A touching story about a person in need who also felt the need to give back.
Homeless person donates priceless gift to church.
The Bible Museum in Washington was founded by a conservative Evangelical family but represented by a liberal New Testament Scholar.
David Trobisch lends Green family’s Bible Museum a scholarly edge – Religion News Service.
The article describes a variety of conservatives who question the validity of the state in regulating marriage due to the rise of homosexual marriages. Ministers/churches may not want to cooperate with the state but would ask couples to have a civil ceremony before the church ceremony.
On Religion – Ancient sacraments vs. paperwork for the modern state – Columns.
The university now has more than 13,000 students on campus and claims c. 100,000 total through online programs. Stunning growth for a school founded in 1971. Liberty University: The rise of a really big conservative college – CSMonitor.com.
Islamic terrorists in France are at it again. Lord, have mercy. The target was one or two churches.
France searches for church terror attack accomplices.
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