Genocide against Christians across the Middle East prompted the region’s Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs to call for foreign intervention Wednesday during a meeting at the Maronite patriarchate in Lebanon.
Islamic State forces, along with other jihadist groups, have systematically destroyed ancient Christian communities in both Syria and Iraq since the start of Syria’s civil war in 2012. MORE
The title of this message no joke – I’m not being facetious. I believe the Bible speaks very clearly on this subject of demons: They can’t swim – because they hate water!
“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none” (Matthew 12:43). Unclean spirits – or demons – roam about in dry places, where there is no water. (The New American Standard translates dry places as waterless places.) And the rest they seek is possession – a body to live in, a dwelling place that’s dry, without water of any kind. MORE
The new pope is doing more to stir up the Vatican than just forsaking the traditional, ostentatious robes of his predecessors. Indeed, apart from being a champion for the poor, Francis has proved himself to be a pretty shrewd business leader as well, and economists say that’s a very good thing for the faltering Roman Catholic church. MORE