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Pray for Peace in China

Posted in Peace on July 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This picture of a Uyghur woman reminded me of this picture: See more remarkable and tragic photos. Read a short primer on Uyghurs.

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Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere

Posted in Arabs on July 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The Berkman Center for Internet Study and Security did a massive study on the Arabic blogosphere. Who blogs? What do they blog about? You can read the summary of the report at the Berkman Center site. I found it interesting that they blog more about human rights than they criticize Western culture and values. That’s [...]

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Imagine

Posted in Life on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One key element in peace is life. Abortion is the opposite of peace because it is destruction. Catholicvote.org has some great videos that help us imagine the significance of choosing life. Here is their most recent (I’ll post the first two below). HT: Jill Stanek

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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

Posted in Understanding on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

From Funkor Child Art Center

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Racism against anyone is an abomination

Posted in Racism on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This is despicable. A Muslim Arab woman was stabbed to death in a courtroom in Germany. The motive? It seems to be that she was a Muslim who wore the veil. She was three months pregnant. Followers of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, ought to decry this racism as strongly as we decry anti-Semitism [...]

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Honor and Shame in the Psalter (Zabur), Part 6 – Honor Comes through the Shaming of Your Enemies

Posted in Honor/Shame on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As noted in Part 5 the honor of the king is enhanced because his enemies are shamed. They are the ones who are disgraced while he is the one lifted up and exalted. We see this refrain throughout the psalms of David as he asks God to rescue him and put his enemies to shame. [...]

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Showing honor

Posted in Honor/Shame on July 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Ray Ortlund: Outdo one another in showing honor. Romans 12:10 Here is a competition where we can rightly fight for first place in line: in honoring one another. Not just tolerating one another, but honoring one another. Every church should be a culture of honor. The gospel is all about honor replacing shame. Every Christian [...]

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A Muslim Professor at a Christian Seminary

Posted in Understanding on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

What does he have to teach us? Be more Christian. Dr. Eboo Patel is a Muslim who teaches interfaith leadership at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. He has important ministry lessons for Christians. He goes beyond saying what you believe is right and what I believe is right so let’s be friends (which describes a [...]

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The 99 – Muslim Comic Heroes

Posted in Islam, Peace, Terrorism on July 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Islam and comics usually bring negative thoughts to our mind. But here is something that could change that. The 99 are comic book heroes who are based on the 99 names of Allah in Islam. The creator of the series wrote a letter to his children explaining what drove him to do it. Here are [...]

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Ancient Manuscript Online

Posted in Bible on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Codex Sinaiticus is extremely important as we ask whether the Bible we have today is a reliable manuscript. It is a 4th century copy of the Bible in Greek and and is the oldest complete copy of the New Testament (there are many other older copies of portions of the Bible). As scholars have [...]

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