Category: Illustrations and Research

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Anger, sadness over fabricated Holocaust story

NEW YORK (AP) – It’s the latest story that touched, and betrayed, the world. “Herman Rosenblat and his wife are the most gentle, loving, beautiful people,” literary agent Andrea Hurst said Sunday, anguishing over why she, and so many others, were taken by Rosenblat’s story of love born on opposite sides of a barbed-wire fence… Continue reading Anger, sadness over fabricated Holocaust story

The Orphan Train

The Orphan Train was a social experiment that transported children from crowded coastal cities of the United States to the country’s Midwest for adoption. The orphan trains ran between 1854 and 1929, relocating an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children. At the time the orphan train movement began, it was estimated that 30,000 vagrant… Continue reading The Orphan Train

King David’s Palace Possibly Discovered

Archaeologist Eilat Mazar claims to have discovered what is likely King David’s palace.   If the discovery proves to be accurate, this would deal a fatal blow to those who claim David and/or a vast Davidic and Solomonic kingdom is a Jewish myth. Dr. Eilat Mazar, world authority on Jerusalem’s past, has taken King David… Continue reading King David’s Palace Possibly Discovered

Crimes Against U.S. Churches

In it’s first year of tracking crimes against churches, the Church Security Network report on “Crimes Against Christian Organizations in the United States” found 17 violent crimes were reported by churches in 2009. Six of them resulted in homicides. In total, 472 incidents of violence, theft and other criminal acts were tracked in the report.… Continue reading Crimes Against U.S. Churches

Born That Way

Recently, the account was given about an ex-homosexual who testified at a church service. Her words were to this effect, “If you think you can’t stop being homosexual because you were ‘born that way‘, why don’t you get baptized and be ‘born again‘ in Jesus’ name, and stop being homosexual!” What a profound retort to… Continue reading Born That Way

Commission on Holy Spirit Empowerment in the 21st Century Begins Conversations – Christian Newswire

TULSA, Okla., Dec. 22 /Christian Newswire/ — In 100 years, the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement has grown from a handful of individuals and organizations to a global force of more than 600 million people. A series of meetings has begun to discuss the future of this movement and how to introduce Spirit-empowered living to a new generation.… Continue reading Commission on Holy Spirit Empowerment in the 21st Century Begins Conversations – Christian Newswire

Jesus “Must Needs”

John 4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria. This is probably one of my favorite accounts in scripture, and perhaps the most interesting part to me is the words, “must needs”. Some say that he “needed” to go through Samaria simply because it was directly on the way from Judea to Galilee, and thus… Continue reading Jesus “Must Needs”