CASTING THE NET: IDEALIST
DAVID ADAMS finds a website that all about making a difference…
Global life expectancy up five years since 2000 but gains are uneven, says WHO report
Global life expectancy increased by five years between 2000 and 2015 to 71.4 years but major inequalities in how long we can be expected to live still exists both within and between countries, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization. A report from the WHO shows that while newborns in 29 high […]
Clearance of mines at Jesus’ baptism site expected to be complete by year’s end
The area of Qasr al-Yahud, which extends around the western bank of the Jordan River, claimed as the site of Jesus’ baptism, will be cleared of mines and other ordnance that still lie scattered some 50 years after the Six Day War of 1967. According to the Israeli press, the area which is about to […]
Open Book – Hints from the Spirit of Holiness: Peter meets Cornelius
BRUCE C WEARNE examines what Peter’s meeting with the Roman centurion, Cornelius – recorded in the Book of Acts, tells us about the two men and God’s plan for Christians…