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A special full moon is expected on Jan. 31, and if you’re in the western part of the U.S. you’ll have the best view.
It’s being called a “Super Blue Blood Moon” and it’s special for three reasons, according to NASA: it’s the third in a…
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I am writing today about one of the most heartbreaking but redemptive stories I have ever read.
Slavery was legal in the United States until Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. However, in 1808, the US outlawed the importation of slaves into this country.
In 1859, a wealthy Southern plantation and shipyard owner named Timothy Meaher made a $100,000 bet. His wager: that he could successfully deliver an illegal shipload of slaves into the harbor of Mobile, Alabama.
To win the bet, Meaher spent another $50,000 to construct a slave ship that did not look like other slave ships. Named the Clotilda, it was designed to be sleek and fast, with two masts and a length of eighty-six feet and a beam of twenty-three feet. Its hull was built to hold one hundred slaves.
Meaher hired Captain William Foster, known to be the best sailboat captain on the Gulf Coast. In 1860, Foster set out for Africa to bring back a load of illegal slaves.
On the African west coast, the Dahomey tribe was engaged in war with the Tarkbar tribe. The Dahomey tribe captured the Tarkbar tribe, then sold 110 of its members to Captain Foster for $100 each. Though the Clotilda was designed to transport one hundred people, the captain assumed that 10 percent of the slaves would not survive the voyage.
However, they all did. Their ages ranged from five to twenty-three.
“This is the proof that we needed”
On the night of July 8, 1860, the Clotilda began its entrance into Mobile Bay. Federal authorities had learned of the shipment and were waiting for them, so Foster offloaded the slaves onto a riverboat and sent them ashore.
To destroy the evidence, he set fire to the Clotilda and sank it in the middle of the Mobile Bay. Though the US government investigated the crime, the loss of the ship and its manifest meant that Timothy Meaher and Captain Foster were never convicted.
The story of America’s last slave ship was passed down from the slaves it transported to their…
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In comments released as leading figures attend the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos this week, Dr Rowan Williams said there is “little or nothing” to suggest rising gross domestic product (GDP) eases poverty levels.
He was arguing that an increase in the value of goods and services an economy produces does not necessarily create benefits for the poorest in society.
Writing the foreword to a report by Christian Aid, of which he is a chair, Dr Rowan said: “We have stopped asking what wealth is for.
“Lacking a coherent picture of what a good human life looks like, we have filled the gap with quantified measures that tell us little or nothing about how far flesh-and-blood human beings are flourishing in all aspects of their experience.
“For Christians, in particular, this is a serious failure: we are in danger of not thinking about what is involved in our belief that we are made in God’s image, made for creative engagement in the lives of others that will build them up as they build us up. Wealth is instrumental to this, never an end in itself.”
Christian Aid’s new report warns the world’s elite that “obessing about GDP is not the answer to solving poverty”, and it also encourages unhealthy debt levels and consumerism in wealthier countries.
An advisor for the charity, Sue Richardson told Premier: “Simply…
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WASHINGTON — When some consider the pro-life movement they think about political efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade. But a consortium of women’s health care providers is reframing the picture, placing high standards of medical care front and center.
Several health care professionals who are presently operating pro-life medical offices from several states gathered before approximately 100 people at Busboys and Poets coffee shop in Brookland near The Catholic University of America last week just prior to the March for Life to launch the Pro-Women’s Healthcare Centers.
“PWHC is transforming the cultural landscape for women’s health care in an era where women are looking for more choices,” said Chaney Mullins, operations manager for PWHC, in an interview with The Christian Post.
The mission of PWHC is to partner with women in providing high-quality medical services and access to social services that empower them to care for their health, a panel of five pro-life medical caregivers from Colorado, Minnesota, Arizona, and Virginia, explained. Crisis pregnancy centers around country can become certified members of this consortium by agreeing to and implementing the high standards for life-affirming care outlined in their official guidelines.
The gathering, which was sponsored by the Chantilly, Virginia-based Divine Mercy Care, took place to unify medical workers and supporters of the pro-life movement around the…
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Everywhere I turn, I hear someone angrily calling out controlling pastors, and it has to stop.
I often hear people use the term “spiritual abuse” when sharing about challenges in their church. It seems to lend a clearly valid reason to leave a church, right? Not necessarily.
I do understand that there are some horrible, selfish, mean spirited, controlling pastors—and congregants—out there. My heart is broken over situations like that. However, actual abuse is quite…
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Edwin Hawkins died on Monday 15th January from pancreatic cancer at the age of 74 and, in the week ending 27th January 2018, the song reached number one in the Billboard Magazine’s Gospel Digital Song chart.
It also reached over 173,000 streams during the same period.
Hawkins recorded Oh Happy Day in 1969 with the Edwin Hawkins Singers; his management team were planning 50th Anniversary activities.
He won a Grammy award for Best Soul Gospel Performance as well as being nominated 19 times between 1969 and 1996.
Neil Portnow, the President and CEO of The Recording Academy, said in a statement: “Edwin Hawkins was a celebrated recording artist recognized as a founder of modern gospel music”
Portnow added that: “Edwin’s contributions to the contemporary Christian genre and commitment to music celebrating religious faith will continue to inspire both artists and audiences for years to come.
“Our thoughts go out to Edwin’s family and collaborators during this difficult time.”
The song reached number two in the UK in 1969.
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This past week, Israel, commemorated the 70th anniversary of one of its most heroic, sad, and yet pivotal battles in its early struggle for independence, among ongoing battles to defend itself until today. I was reminded of the anniversary when I drove by a pristine Judean mountain location known as “Battle Hill.” But had I forgotten that it was the anniversary, I’d have been reminded with the weekend newspapers recounting the story of heroism then, and reminding us…
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People are being urged to join the Free Conscience initiative, which is calling for a change in the law to protect conscience rights for all medical professionals.
Organisers fear current legislation risks creating a “less diverse and inclusive” healthcare system by not properly protecting staff for “unjust discrimination”.
A proposed law they hope will remedy the situation, the Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill, is being discussed during a Second Reading in the House of Lords on Friday morning.
Baroness O’Loan, who has tabled Bill, said: “No one should be coerced by the risk to their careers into violating their conscience, and it is plainly inconsistent with the principles of equality legislation to exclude whole sections of society from areas of medical employment simply because of their moral beliefs.”
Spokesperson for the Free Conscience campaign, Dr Mary Neal added: “There is a pressing need for statutory conscience rights which actually protect those who need protection.
“The current law fails to do this, so this Bill is a necessary and timely step.”
A report by MPs and peers on the All Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group concluded in 2016 that some doctors and nurses who oppose terminating a pregnancy have encountered discrimination.
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Complexity cripples too many churches. They want to simplify, but don’t know where to start. Today, we identify barriers to simplifying your church.
Some highlights from today’s episode include:
The five barriers we cover are:
Midwestern Seminary is interested in helping you get to the field faster. And they’re serious about training leaders for the church. That’s why they’ve created the all-new Accelerate Program. In Midwestern’s Accelerate Program, students earn both Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Divinity degree in just 5 years of intensive study. That’s a B.A. and an M.Div. at the same time. This innovative residential program combines rigorous academic training with practical ministry preparation, resulting in one of the most effective programs around, so that you can pursue your ministry calling as soon…
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Researchers at Haifa University have deciphered one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a feat that has eluded scholars for decades.
The scroll, one of the last to be discovered, was penned by the ancient Yachad sect, a secretive and isolated group that lived in Israel toward the end of the Second Temple Era.
Researchers determined that the little-known sect practiced many rituals and observances that differed from other Jews of the time. Some of these peculiar practices remained unknown until now.
Discover a…
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