BONFIRES AND TORCH PROCESSIONS DOTTED THE ALPINE VALLEYS OF THE OLYMPIC SKI EVENTS IN NORTHERN ITALY LAST WEEK. BUT THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TEARS AND TRIUMPHS OF THE WINTER GAMES COMPETITORS. Rather, these fiery celebrations commemorated centuries…
THE WINTER OLYMPICS SLOGAN SPLASHED DAILY ACROSS OUR SCREENS THIS WEEK REMINDS US OF THE PASSION DRIVING OUR TOP SPORTERS IN TURIN. It's an almost fanatical passion demanding discipline, focus, sacrifice - blood, sweat and often a lot of tears.…
THE MOST OPEN REGION TO THE GOSPEL IN EUROPE RIGHT NOW IS THE REGION AROUND ODESSA IN THE UKRAINE. That is part of the bottom line of the 'ESE' (European Spiritual Estimate) study to have been released last week. If…
WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF CATEGORISING THE WORLD'S NATIONS AS 'UNREACHED' (WORLD A), 'PARTIALLY REACHED' (WORLD B) AND 'REACHED' (WORLD C) HAD A BRILLIANT PLAN. These categories enabled anyone to look at a list of nations and see…
SHOULD THE BIBLE STILL BE THE FINAL AUTHORITY FOR MATTERS OF LIFE AND FAITH IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY EUROPE? Or is that famous cry of the Reformation - Sola Scriptura - simply tired, old-fashioned, irrelevant and obsolete? Do we in fact…
