Top Fifty Stories of 2012 on The Aquila Report, Part 2
Numbers 31 through 40
Again this year we are featuring a summary of the top 50 stories. We are breaking the list into 5 parts, 10 a day; starting from the bottom and going up with 40 through 31 Number 40 PCA Gospel Reformation Network Meeting Focuses on the Gospel for Life and Ministry Written by Staff |... Continue Reading
The Modern-Day Hymn Writer
Keith Getty strives to bring the richness and depth of traditional hymn writing into the 21st century
Keith Getty and his wife, Kristyn, along with their band just completed their 18-city “Joy: An Irish Christmas” tour. Earlier this month they played in Asheville, N.C., where WORLD News Group calls home. An appreciative audience of more than 1,000 people showed up for the concert, and beforehand I sat down with Keith to talk... Continue Reading
Killing Sprees—Is There a Common Theological Thread?
They believed that by killing themselves they would not have to answer for their crimes.
But that fact goes to my point that one’s beliefs about ultimate truth really do guide one’s behavior. And there seems to be a common theological thread among killing spree killers. They’re not worried about God, judgment, or a place called hell. On Christmas Eve William Spengler set fire to his house. When firemen... Continue Reading
Hope in Death
To hear Mr Cherry pray was to be carried quickly and surely into the presence of a familiar yet hallowed God.
My two abiding memories of him are of his sitting on the front row of a local ministers’ fraternal, so ensuring that he would not miss a word, with those clear eyes fixed on the preacher from underneath a quite phenomenal pair of eyebrows, and of his magazine renewals at the Banner of Truth Conference... Continue Reading
2,750-year-old Temple Found Near Jerusalem
The Biblical settlement "Mozah" is mentioned in the Book of Joshua, described as a town in the tribal lands of Benjamin bordering on Judaea
The latest excavation has revealed a brand new structure, according to the directors, with massive walls and a wide, east-facing entrance, which conform to the tradition of temple construction in the ancient Near East. The archeologists stress that “the find of the sacred structure together with the accompanying cache of sacred vessels, and especially the... Continue Reading
Sanctity Issues: Marriage and Life
Two Major World and Life View issues which topped the news all year
Same Sex Marriage; Definition of Marriage; Chick-Fil-A Day; New Abortion Center Rules, Planned Parenthood funding falling off; Contraceptive Controversy; and many others Same Sex Marriage Passes in Four States. Perhaps the biggest news of the year on the marriage front came on election day when allfour states that voted on the same-sex marriage question (Maine,... Continue Reading
Top Fifty Stories of 2012 on The Aquila Report, Part 1
Numbers 41 through 50
Again this year we are featuring a summary of the top 50 stories. We are breaking the list into 5 parts, 10 a day; starting from the bottom and going up with 50 through 41 Number 50 Declaration on the Special Creation of Adam and Eve Adopted by the Session of Trinity Presbyterian... Continue Reading
Is Liberty’s Football Bid an Evangelical Hail Mary Pass?
Falwell-founded school hopes its football team will boost evangelicals the way Notre Dame's helped Catholics.
“What if a terrific coach and mentor of student athletes is only marginally committed to the Christian mission of the college?” he said. “To earn a place among college football’s elite programs, will Liberty alter its student conduct policies to attract more student athletes?” Liberty University, the nation’s largest Christian school, wants an invitation... Continue Reading
The Top Seven Regrets of Pastors
"I had this naïve view that a bunch of Christians in a church would always show love toward each other"
The interview was simple. I asked one open-ended question: “What regrets do you have about the years you have served as a pastor?” Each of the men could provide as many responses as they desired. I recently interviewed more than twenty pastors who had been in ministry for at least 25 years. All of... Continue Reading
The New Face of Religion in New England
Much of the church growth in secular New England stems from immigrants and the cultures they create in pursuit of spiritual grounding
Stephen Um is the Korean-born pastor of the Citylife Church in Boston, a 10-year-old Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) congregation that meets in a hotel and attracts 800 weekly attendees. He ministers to Boston’s youthful and professional elite: 35 percent of his half-white, half-Asian congregation has at least one postgraduate degree. But his ministry... Continue Reading