Dr. Brown focuses on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, looking at the Bible, Jewish tradition, and key questions regarding forgiveness. (Note that the reference to 2 Cor 7 at the 4:00 minute mark should be to 2 Chr 7.)
Month: September 2017
Evangelicals Urge Trump to Denounce White Supremacists
Prominent evangelical Christians have signed on to a letter that calls out President Trump for his lack of condemnation of white supremacists, CNN reports. In the letter, which has been …
NHCLC: Thousands of Puerto Rican Churches Wrecked by Maria
Just over a week after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, reports are beginning to reveal its impact on the island’s Christian community, including more than 1 million Protestants. Approximately …
Evangelicals and Politics (No Christian-Conservative Link)
Popular opinion, shaped largely by the mass media, has it that “Evangelicalism” is the “Republican Party at Prayer.” (In the 19th century it was said that the Church of England …
Evangelicals fear Muslims; atheists fear Christians: How Americans mistrust one another
Evangelicals look down on atheists’ values. Nonreligious people fear that conservative Christians want to limit their freedoms. Republicans worry that Muslims pose a threat to their physical safety. In short, …
Update on Mexico Earthquake
Besides first necessity items (canned food, milk powder, sugar, instant coffee, personal hygiene articles, blankets, toilet paper, dog food, etc.), please note that the following emergency supplies and equipment are a …
Auditor says he was forced to quit Vatican after finding irregularities
The Vatican’s first auditor-general, who resigned without explanation in June, has broken his silence, saying he was forced to step down with trumped-up accusations after discovering evidence of possible illegal …
Iraqi Christians At Odds with World on Kurdish Independence Referendum
Despite intense opposition, a referendum that could lead to the establishment of an independent Kurdish nation appears set for Monday, September 25. Upwards of 35 million Kurds—a majority-Muslim community and …
What U.S. Christians Miss About North – and South – Korea
Sitting on the 28th floor of the Lotte Hotel World in downtown Seoul having breakfast with a long-time ecumenical friend from Korea, I asked him what the churches in his country …
The torment of Christians living in Syria’s Khabur valley
In the last few years, Syria’s Christians have been subjected to violent attacks and kidnappings by the Islamic State group. Churches have been burnt and entire villages in the northeastern …