Other News

Jim Bakker’s Powerful Story Embodies God’s Redemptive and Merciful Love

Jim Bakker’s Powerful Story Embodies God’s Redemptive and Merciful Love

Jim Bakker is heartily preaching God's Word at 75. (Twitter)           I have known Jim Bakker since the heydays of PTL in the late 1970s. I wrote a Charisma cover story about him in May 1983 after traveling to the relatively new Heritage USA to get a behind-the-scenes look at what was then an increasingly controversial […]

Read more ›
Why Gospel for Asia Got Kicked Out of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability

Why Gospel for Asia Got Kicked Out of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability

Gospel for Asia founder K.P. Yohannan in 2005. Donna McWilliam / Associated Press Leaders from Gospel for Asia (GFA), one of the largest missions agencies in the United States, says they may have been “unintentionally negligent” in their financial and management practices. But they deny any wrongdoing after being ousted by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). In a […]

Read more ›
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology  (PRFB)

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

Image courtesy of NSF CONTACTS Please go the the NSF website for important  original information for proposals Name Email Phone Room Carter  Kimsey bio-dbi-prfb@nsf.gov (703) 292-8470    Michael  J. Vanni bio_dbi_prfb@nsf.gov (703) 292-8470    Diane Jofuku  Okamuro dbipgr@nsf.gov (703) 292-4400    Anne  W. Sylvester dbipgr@nsf.gov (703) 292-4400    Scott  A. Jackson dbipgr@nsf.gov (703) 292-4400    Directorate for Biological Sciences   […]

Read more ›

Is Prayer a Spiritual Obligation or Your Life?

A congregation praying during a Christian conference. by Jennifer Kennedy Dean,  author, speaker, conference leader and executive director of the Praying Life Foundation. You can visit her online at prayinglife.org. I grew up in a praying family. From earliest childhood, I was encouraged to commit everything to God through prayer. Nothing was either too important or too insignificant to leave […]

Read more ›

Are These 7 Everyday Habits Aging You Faster?

by Sylvia Booth Hubbard/Newsmax Health   Everyday habits may be aging you, says Dr. Erika Schwartz, chief medical officer at the Age Management Institute in New York City. "Many times, we do things every day—or don't do—often without even thinking, that can make us look older," she tells Newsmax Health.  If you indulge in any of the following six habits, […]

Read more ›
The Urgent Crisis of the Young American Male

The Urgent Crisis of the Young American Male

Why are so many disturbed young men in the United States carrying out massacres? (iStock photo)           Just one day before a crazed young gunman killed nine people in Oregon last week, police arrested four males who planned to go on a bloody rampage at their high school in central California. Fortunately those four juveniles are […]

Read more ›

5 Obstacles to a Great Christian Marriage

There are many obstacles to a great Christian marriage. (iStock photo) I love marriage. I love the idea of marriage and the process of marriage. But, marriage isn't easy. It's actually hard to have a good marriage. One of the toughest verses in the Bible to obey is Ephesians 5:31 which says, "For this reason a man shall leave his […]

Read more ›

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Brown Fat

Dr. Don Colbert, M.D America's #1 Doctor for Faith & Medicine For many years researchers believed brown fat was only existent in babies. Through evidence revealed in scientific studies, researchers have found adults can also carry brown fat stores, usually in smaller amounts. Further documentation also reveals individuals with lower indexes for body mass hold more brown fats, giving clues […]

Read more ›

What Is It Like to Be a Christian on Everest?

The north face of Mount Everest (Wikimedia Commons) I have had a life-long interest in Everest—starting at an elementary school assembly in a tiny South Dakota town where I listened fascinated as a mountaineer related tales from the first American ascent of the world's tallest mountain. Since then, I've read a small library of books on Himalayan climbing. I've also […]

Read more ›

The Spiritual Gift of Physical Exercise

This is the day the Lord has made. Let us workout and be glad in it.Trillia Newbell, guest write Lining up to race my father on the pavement is a favorite pastime. When I was young, he’d always win, only slowing down every now and then to let me think I was fast. Then, one day, I took off, one […]

Read more ›