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“The idea human-animal chimeras may conjure images from science fiction,” writes Los Angeles Times blogger Chris Woolston. “To many, human-animal chimeras —  animals that contain human cells — sound like the stuff of nightmares. If you can picture a frog with a human head, a monkey with human vocal chords or a dog with opposable thumbs,…

Youth ministry leader and author Dave Fenton says youth in Britain are not being reached by trendy youth ministers chosen according to age rather than ability to touch kids’ lives. “Why do we say youth leaders have to be cool, to dress in a certain way? And why are we so reluctant to teach [youth] the Bible?” Fenton…

Should America welcome Islamic law? Voters in Oklahoma banned it last year. Other states have considered it. Diversity proponents say we should not fear — that we should embrace what other cultures bring to us. Across Britain, Muslims now can apply to weekly Islamic “sharia” courts for rulings on family and financial issues. “While these courts may be…

Little did Ron Simonek of Big Bear, California, know when he made his first climb 20 years ago that rock climbing would lead him into a relationship with Jesus Christ and into a ministry of hope for youth and families, writes Carol Thomas Karaszewski in the Christian Examiner. After his climbing mentor led him to Christ…

“China tolerates Christian church services,” writes former Time magazine correspondent David Aikman, “but only within the narrow boundaries of theology and church life dictated by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, which oversees two church umbrella groups, the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and, for Protestants, the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM).” Aikman, who spent decades covering China — and…

 “Here’s a news story I’m betting you haven’t seen,” writes Beliefnet’s Dr. Britton Guildersleeve, a poetry professor at Oklahoma State University whose column “Beginner’s Heart” is a regular Beliefnet feature. Basically two Norweigan campers heard gunfire at the summer camp and ended up making repeated trips in their little boat to haul kids out of the…

Beliefnet’s Jay Sekulow reports that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is about to overturn a controversial city ordinance. Sekulow, the chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, has been fighting the law and writes: I wanted to bring you an update on a case that we’ve been involved in since last year – a case that…

Apartment residents in the upper floors of Dubai’s  Burj Khalifa tower will have to endure a longer daily Ramadan fast, according to the United Arab Emirates city’s top cleric. During the month of Ramadan, the faithful cannot eat or drink — or even chew gum — from dawn to dusk. Because the upper floors of…

“On Thursday I once again filmed and photographed Linda Gibbons being arrested for doing nothing more than peacefully trying to convince women entering an abortion clinic to not make the same mistake she herself made years ago,” writes Steve Jalsevac for LifeSiteNews.  Gibbons was arrested in Toronto, Canada, for violating an injunction that prohibits her…

A funeral home Wales is offering funerals on the internet — at a hefty price tag per viewer, but far less than it would cost to travel to pay one’s last respects. The cost is £75 (about U.S. $123) per on-line viewer, reports the British newspaper the Daily Mail. For those who utilize such internet video services as Skype, the price…
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