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Ukraine: 22 Years Since Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Evangelical Theological Seminary in Kiev, Ukraine
The AP reported today:
Dozens of mourners gathered in the Ukrainian capital on Saturday to mark 22 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Holding candles and portraits of relatives, the mourners laid flowers at a memorial to victims of the accident.
Reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl, in what is now northern Ukraine, exploded […]
In the News: Praying to the Dead
Thursday, April 24th, 2008The AP reported today from San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy:
The body of Padre Pio, a hugely popular Italian saint, goes on public display Thursday in a southern Italian town where thousands have gathered to pray to the mystic monk….
This kind of woeful superstition and benighted religion persists in much of the world. Unfortunately, this is […]
6 Reasons for Delayed or Denied Healing
Sunday, March 30th, 2008My article on “Divine Healing Fanatics” dealt primarily with suffering and treatable conditions. (Read it here.) But it raises a related issue. Here are my thoughts from a Vantage Point column of several years ago:
When God Doesn’t Heal
God still heals. Absolutely. Positively. I’ve seen it too often to believe anything else.
I used to take ministry […]
Divine Healing Fanatics
Friday, March 28th, 2008More than 172 children died between 1975 and 1995 because their parents refused them medical care. What does this have to do with religious freedom?
A time.com story included these statements:
At the center of controversy are Congregants of Church of Christ, Scientist, along with members of other, smaller sects, including the Followers of Christ Church and […]
Souls Are More Important Than Appearances
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Assemblies of God Prayer Summit Report
Forgive me for diverting to an area that will be of most interest to preachers. Of course, those of you readers who are not preachers do listen to preaching, so you’ll be better off if the preachers you listen to take this advice from Jim Cymbala.
As a former pastor and […]
