By Melissa Wuske Chinese Artists Point to Christ Roger Cui is the leader of Cornerstone Art Associates, a group of six Chinese artists with a vision for Christ. They live in a colony of several hundred artists just outside Beijing. The group is part of the revolutionary movement of the gospel in a county deeply rooted […]
In The World—July 5, 2015
Melissa Wuske Death Row Inmate Exonerated Anthony Ray Hinton was freed after serving 30 years on Alabama’s death row. He was convicted of the 1985 murders of two restaurant managers—but the conviction was based on shoddy evidence and the pressure to get a culprit behind bars. “He was convicted because he’s poor,” said Bryan Stevenson, […]
In The World—June 28, 2015
By Christy Barritt Sixty is the New Middle Age A new study says that 60—not 50—is the new middle age. Researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and Stony Brook University have been researching age using projections of Europe’s population until the year 2050. Though conventional definitions considered people over age 65 old, […]
In The World—June 21, 2015
By Christy Barritt The State of the Bible in 2015 The American Bible Society released its annual State of the Bible survey. According to the results, 72 percent of Americans mistakenly believe that the Bible has already been translated into all of the earth’s languages. In reality, the Bible has yet to be translated into […]
In The World—June 14, 2015
By Christy Barritt Terrorists Target Christians in Kenya At a Kenyan university in April, 147 people were killed, 79 were injured, and 587 were evacuated. Al-Shabaab, a militant group linked with Al-Qaeda and based out of Somalia, claimed responsibility for the assault. The Islamist gunmen invaded the university during early morning prayer services. According to […]