The future looks bleak for Christians and other representatives of religious minorities in Pakistan. In fact, the rapid increase in registrations of blasphemy cases against Christians in Pakistan should ring alarm bells to anyone who believes that religious freedom and justice should be available to

In the Lahore city of Pakistan, a man name Chapa works hard labor every day. Sometimes he carries the carriage he accounts as nylon, ruff papers peaces of Iron Plastic. Sometime he sleeps on Church roof and sometime in the corner of street. Dogs bark all night but he sleeps deeply. Long time ago he

Same sex marriages are not something very new. We find references in the history of the written record of the world dated four thousand years back homosexuality existing in the world. But media has given it new dimension and spark.

To make the hottest news media needs something new and different

One wonders what Karl Marx would have made of it all. Buried in Highgate cemetery in London, Marx had lived in the city for many years and it was in the august reading rooms of the British Library that he had once declared that religion was the opium of the people.
The ambitions of the organisers o

Mumbai - On July 11, 2006, terrorists blasted bombs on several suburban trains in Mumbai, the industrial and commercial capital of India. Over 200 commuters were killed while many more were maimed.
Within 48 hours, over two dozen Mumbai-based maulanas, or religious leaders, representing the most p

I remember a church pool party with lots of little kids swimming, screaming and laughing. The aroma of hot dogs and hamburgers filled the air and tables of delicious food assured me of some good eating but playing in the pool was all I could think about.

Holding on to the side of the pool, I foun

The context (2 Samuel chapters 15 and 16)

After Amnon’s murder, his half-brother Absalom spent three years in exile, in the region of Geshur. Back in Jerusalem, David did not want to see him for two years. So, there were five years in which the bitterness in Absalom’s heart took roo

The Church all over seems rightly divided over the issue of homosexuality. The Church leadership of the west has been lobbying hard for same sex marriage and acceptance of Gay and Lesbians within all the ranks including the Holy Orders. Since most of the money in the Church is held by the leadership

May 16, 2007 Israel celebrates the 40th anniversary of Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day; the commemoration of the unification of Jerusalem after the 6-day war of 1967.
In 1947, the UN decided to create a Jewish and an Arab state out of the Land of Israel of which Jerusalem was to remain neutral, bel

From our last lesson we learned why we need Jesus Christ to save us so that we can become children of God. Now let us look at what we must do for this to take place.
Dear Lord, help those hearing this message understand what Your word says about our salvation and how they can receive it. In Your so

Compassionate and Practical Ways to offer comfort
H. Norman Wright writes this book as a person who knows firsthand about helping others through trauma. He is a licensced therapist and certified trauma specialist, he also suffered loss with the death of his son at a young age.
After forty years

Recently, the Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land addressed a letter to the Neo Catechumenate Movement in Holy Land.
The bishops first acknowledged and welcomed the presence of the Way. Then they went on to remind, invite and appeal to the Movement to observe certain juridical and pastoral regulation

This week is a very special one for Christians, and in this lesson we’ll look at why we should be so happy about these seven days.
Dear God, it is so wonderful that You were our hero and saved us from our sins. Help us to thank you in our hearts and our lives every day for Your wonderful gif

Stra-te-gic also stra-te-gi-cal: Important or essential in relation to a plan of action.
Without question, prayer is the most important - and potentially the most powerful - tool in a Christian’s arsenal.
It`s time we learn to pray practical, specific, result - oriented prayers. The earth

Luke 20:9-19
He began to tell the people this parable: ‘A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time. When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants in order that they might give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the ten