Archive for 2007

By Gary Lane
Watch Low Ban CBNNews.com - BETHLEHEM - Each day, children around the world make their way to school. Many are eager to learn how to read and write and become productive members of their societies.
In contrast, in the Palestinian territories, recent kindergarten graduates - most no more than 5 years old -...
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By ERIC TALMADGE,AP
Warren Nobuaki Iwatake's family has seen more than its share of calamity.
When he was still a child his father was lost at sea off Hawaii. With no breadwinner, his family was forced to move to Japan, where Iwatake was drafted during the war. He lost a brother when the bomb fell on Hiroshima. 
Katsumi...
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This essay was written in January 1999 and was originally titled, "Caroline My Valentine." It was written in the dialectical manner of Socrates, in quasi-poetical verse and is basically a short narrative of how the Lord used me to lead my sister-in-law (Caroline) to become a Christian.
During this period, Caroline had planned on doing two terrible...
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'One thing led to another and result was some decorations prohibited'
Less than one day after WND reported on the imposition of a ban on references to "Christmas" at a Midwest university, the school's president has taken steps to fix the problem.
"I am very pleased by the prompt actions of President John Hays to resolve...
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by Gary Stearman  
Have you lost the Christmas spirit? These days, it’s easy to do. Easy money and the incessant secular drive toward profit can easily drown out the spiritual majesty that recalls the birth of the Messiah. His gift to humanity disappears in a myriad of replicas, each meant to convey the meaning of the real...
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Tom Coyne - Associated Press Writer 
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - It's long been a puzzle for Christian astronomers, and now a professor from the University of Notre Dame thinks he has it figured out - almost, anyway.
His quest: discovering just what "the star in the East" was that led wise men to travel to Bethlehem 2,000...
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Two city employees who claim they were forced to remove Christian-themed decorations from their Oklahoma City office and breakroom have put the items back on display while a legal battle continues over whether their rights were violated.
The dispute began after City Manager Jim Couch sent a memo in November that said Nativity scenes, crosses,...
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CHARLOTTETOWN -- The owner of a Charlottetown bookstore that sells religious material is frustrated by the CBC's refusal to air his advertisement.
Roger May owns and operates Maritime Christian Bookstore with his wife. He said the CBC's reasoning for rejecting the ad doesn't make sense.
Mr. May said yesterday he was told that the final phrase in...
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Khaled Abu Toameh
Fatah is planning to mark its 43rd anniversary this year with a new poster that presents all of Israel as Palestine.
Designed specifically for the occasion by Abdel Mun'em Ibrahim, the poster features a map of Israel that is entirely draped with a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf.
It also carries a drawing...
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"If Syria feels threatened by Israel, it will be hard to stop our missile operators from responding to the Israeli aggression by attacking the Dimona nuclear reactor," Syrian legislator Muhammad Habash was quoted as saying Saturday.
In an interview with Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Habash emphasized that the Dimona reactor is "within range" of the Syrian missiles.
Habash...
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