Students in Paris participat(ed) in a field research practicum in sociology. The group worked to utilize a team-based approach to field research, producing a coherent body of information accurately describing the street artists’ scene in the historic Parisian district of Montmartre. Every May, Covenant students have the opportunity to participate in summer courses that take... Continue Reading

The cleanup effort allowed Painter’s church the chance to minister to the community in a unique way. On most days during the cleanup, the church delivered some 200 meals to area senior citizens and missions centers as far away as New Orleans, using excess food prepared for British Petroleum cleanup workers. It’s been more than... Continue Reading

“God speaks to me very visually in images as well as with movement,” said the curly-haired Palfenier, a sophomore at Belhaven University in Jackson, Miss., who is majoring in dance. “Hopefully God uses that to change lives and influence people and reveal his glory through our art.” Dance student Matthew Palfenier has devoted much of... Continue Reading

At the remains of an ancient metropolis in southern Israel village of Tel El-Safi, archaeologists are piecing together the history of a people remembered chiefly as the bad guys of the Hebrew Bible. The city of Gath, where the annual digging season began this week, is helping scholars paint a more nuanced portrait of the... Continue Reading

At the same time, the organization has been developing other personalities, including Newcombe himself, who co-authored 14 books with Kennedy. He continues as the host of the flagship “Coral Ridge Hour,” which shows segments of recorded Kennedy sermons. The program has been renamed “Truth That Transforms with Dr. D. James Kennedy.” Coral Ridge Ministries has... Continue Reading

On the first day at least, Christ was mentioned almost as much as Buddha, Gandhi, and MLK. It’s good to know that the divine Son of God makes the top four in the Religious Left. The complete lack of crosses or crucifixes hinted at this tendency. In Harrisonburg, peace and forgiveness are the stars of... Continue Reading

Just a week ago we had nearly 700 fans of our Face Book Page. Then, the Emperor of Face Book Land decided to make major changes, which removed our reader’s ability to comment on stories on our site. But that wasn’t all!!….. Our FB widget was inactivated (where people could join), our links of stories... Continue Reading

I know for a fact that some of the pastors who read this blog are going through very difficult seasons of ministry. For some those “seasons” have stretched-on for years. If that’s not you then be thankful and pray for those who are enduring hardship. If you are struggling then I want you to remember... Continue Reading

Bible students, teachers, pastors and scholars are in for a treat with the launch of BibleWorks 9. It introduced one of the most comprehensive resources for studying the original texts of the Greek New Testament—the BibleWorks Manuscript Project. The first installment of the BibleWorks Manuscript Project contains new e-transcriptions and complete image sets of seven... Continue Reading

A new Barna Group study shows that most young people have clear ideas of what they would like to do, and their faith plays a role in their decisions. “Today’s teens have huge aspirations in life and a great deal of self-confidence that is sometimes out of proportion with their abilities,” said David Kinnaman, the... Continue Reading