By Emma Brown Creating an original organism required no bolt of lightning for a team of University of Virginia students. But it did take buckets of ice, vials of bacteria and a FedEx delivery. Nestled in the package were bits of DNA, whipped up in California and ordered online. When they arrived at a lab... Continue Reading

By EVAN R. GOLDSTEIN This much is known: In the mid-eighth century, the ruling elite of the Khazars, a Turkic tribe in Eurasia, converted to Judaism. Their impetus was political, not spiritual. By embracing Judaism, the Khazars were able to maintain their independence from rival monotheistic states, the Muslim caliphate and the Christian Byzantine empire.... Continue Reading

A top Vatican official has joined other global Christian leaders in the eastern German town where Martin Luther broke with the papacy, at a tree-planting ceremony that looks to closer ties on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017. The ceremony took place in Wittenberg, the German town known as “Lutherstadt”, 492 years after... Continue Reading

By: Greg Garrison BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Several gay rights organizations have announced they plan to protest a Focus on the Family “Love Won Out” conference on homosexuality that will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, at this city’s Metropolitan Church of God. “They’re telling you to hate your child unless he lives the way you tell him... Continue Reading

By Samuel Escobar The Lausanne movement that started after the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization (Lausanne I) had a significant impact on the practice of mission around the world. The genius of the Lausanne movement was to promote mission activity and also theological reflection on that activity in light of God´s Word. Liberated by... Continue Reading

Each quarter the Newsletter published by the Presbyterian and Reformed Joint Commission on Chaplains includes special requests from chaplains who have a need for materials to use in their ministries. The Aquila Report will regularly report these requests and encourage our readers to contact these chaplains if you believe you might be able to help... Continue Reading

“I didn’t know about all of the non-military ways that I could be a Gospel minister through the chaplaincy!” I often hear that comment as I touch base with men, either in or out of seminary, who have recently learned about the “Institutional Chaplaincy.” “What is that?” you ask? This is the ministry arenas open... Continue Reading

Dustin Lance Black has been barred from a Hope College campus discussion on sexuality because he is an advocate for gay rights. Black, who won an Oscar in February for his screenplay for the 2008 film “Milk,” is in West Michigan to direct “What’s Wrong With Virginia.” Hope students had proposed inviting Black to a... Continue Reading

A new study questions the so-called “God gap” theory that suggests that most white Christians are conservative and more likely to vote Republican. According to the study — conducted at the University of Florida — there is an emerging religious left. University of Florida political science professor Kenneth Wald says the group “is likely to... Continue Reading

1. Why is fervent delivery of expositionally-sound sermons important? How can men grow in developing fervent delivery? Akin: Fervent delivery is important because though what we say is more important than how we say it, how we say it has never been more important. We live in an age where effective communication skills are essential.... Continue Reading