The Pope began his Jubilee Year of Mercy by ceremonially opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s basilica. (More on that and the indulgences going through a door like that will get you in a later post.) In the accompanying address, Pope Francis reversed what
The Paris climate talks ended with all 195 nations agreeing to cut carbon emissions to combat global warming. Previous agreements asked only the developed nations to do so, leaving the developing nations, including mega-polluter China, to keep pursuing economic growth without worrying about energy use
A priceless fragment of the Greek New Testament, a text from St. John’s gospel, was discovered on eBay, with an opening bid of $99. (Similar texts have sold for $500,000.) A relative of a deceased Bible scholar and collector came into possession of the document,
When a tragedy strikes, it seems natural for those affected to ask for people’s prayers and for those concerned to pray for the victims. This held true with the recent shootings in Colorado Springs and San Bernadino. But this time, multiple pundits and media figures
Can the West keep up its postmodernist ideology of relativism–that there is no moral truth and that all cultures are equally valid–in the face of ISIS terrorism? Andrew Klavan thinks not. (more…)
Archaeologists have discovered the seal of King Hezekiah near the Temple Mount. It is a small piece of clay bearing the imprint of a ring, inscribed with various symbols and the words “Belonging to Hezekiah, [son of] Ahaz, king of Judah.” The seal must have
Donald Trump has called for banning all Muslims from entering the United States, not only as immigrants but as tourists. He defends this religious discrimination by invoking Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese-Americans! Francis Schaeffer predicted that there would come a time when Americans would
Time Magazine‘s Person of the Year is German Prime Minister Angela Merkel. Interesting choice: Prime Minister Merkel is a Lutheran, a conservative (relatively speaking, for Germany), a woman, an economic hard-liner, by all accounts a skillful leader. She has been compared to Margaret Thatcher, a
Did you know that when you sing “Happy Birthday to You,” unless you have paid royalties to Warner/Chappell Music, you have been violating the copyright law? But no more. A court has ruled that the song, based on an 1893 melody, is in the public
The Bible app You Version has some 200 million users from all over the world. Christianity Today has a story on which verses are the most “bookmarked, shared, highlighted, and listened to” in the 10 countries where You Version is most popular. See which ones
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