(1) ’Nasty’ Ted Cruz dares to quote the Bible! Washington Post is stunned and strikes back (Get Religion)
…You could also pull the phrase out of context, assume that you knew what it meant and then, online, make a snarky remark about it. That will show ’em.
This is kind of what happened the other day with some behind-the-scenes remarks by Sen. Ted Cruz. The problem was that this event was covered by someone who appeared not to know anything about language drawn from that obscure book called The Bible.
(2) The ’silencing of Christians’ in the public sector, by John Bingham (The Telegraph)
Christianity is being subtly “silenced” within the public sector in the UK because of a civil service culture which treats speaking about faith as “not the done thing”, according to a former top Whitehall mandarin appointed as Church of England’s most senior lay official.
William Nye said a “secularising spirit” now permeates the machinery of government, leading to an unspoken “squeezing out of Christianity” from national life, despite public expressions of support from David Cameron and other ministers.
(3) Man Arrested for Vandalizing Mosque on Florida’s Space Coast (AP)
A man accused of vandalizing a mosque along Florida’s Space Coast, with lights and windows smashed by a machete and bacon left at the scene, has been arrested.
(4) Music star publishes letter about faith in Christ, by Gregory Tomlin
A well-known music star in Asia has published a letter that has the potential to influence millions to consider what it means to have faith in Christ, the Gospel Herald has reported.
Pop-star Vivian Chow Wai-Man, who released the letter written to her close family and friends two years ago after she spent Christmas in the United States, says she hopes the letter will now be a witness to her fans.
In the letter, she wrote that “salvation comes from Jesus and not self-development.”
(5) For Christians, History May Be Meandering, but It Has a Purpose, by Mark Tooley (The Stream)
If the resurrection of Christ is the center of human history, as Christians believe, then its power, His power, must animate human destiny in glorious ways that include but also transcend martyrdoms. It would seem we have a duty to reflect with gratitude on His endless interventions for human uplift and to anticipate future unmerited blessings. How can we do otherwise regarding the Lord of history?
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