Religion

Charities open to religious groups

BEIJING – Chinese authorities have given the green light for religious groups to engage in more charitable work, according to an announcement by the State Administration for Religious Affairs and five other departments. Preferential policies, including government subsidies and tax reductions, are in place when religious groups seek registration to […]

Why does God keep us in suspense?

by hugo born NZZ Neue Zuercher Zeitung on Wednesday the 22th February 2012 The following text was written by Ruedi Schmid. (please bear with us: It is a Google translation from German). The phenomenon is a concern people have always had: If God would reveal himself, the eternal dispute would […]

Interesting Bible Facts

Did you know that Bible was written over a period of 1600 years? 40 men were given inspiration by God to continue writing the Bible and it has 66 books which are related. There is an Old and New Testament and they are divided by the life of Jesus Christ. […]

Now for some home truths

WE in the media have spared no effort to vilify the civilian elected politician but our vigour seems to taper off dramatically in the case of other significant players in the country. Take for example a news item in this newspaper on Wednesday which said four armed Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) […]

The Obama Administration Is In For An Enormous Battle With The Catholic Church

The Obama Administration made a huge political error in its recent decision to compel religious institutions to buy health insurance policies that cover things they believe are inherently sinful–like contraception, sterilization, and drugs that may act as abortifacients. Over the past two weekends thousands of priests read out a letter to their parishes promising that the Church […]