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The Two Trees

By Jason Benedict ⋅ October 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In my book Eden Inc. I make the case that the Eden narrative sets the precedent for a global enterprise mandate. That the mandate in Gen 1:26 is to extend the rule (or Kingdom) of God to the ends of the earth. I believe the means for the completion of this mandate is enterprise. Within [...]

Iran: Parliament passes apostasy death bill

By Justin Long ⋅ September 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA
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By Elizabeth Kendal
World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC)
Special to ASSIST News Service, Republished with permission
AUSTRALIA (ANS) – That apostasy (leaving Islam) is an enormously risky even deadly business in any Muslim country is [...]

Christians hide in forests as Hindu mobs ransack villages

By Justin Long ⋅ September 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

As death toll rises, Prime Minister denounces ‘national shame’ in state of Orissa where 60 churches were burned down. In Guardian.co.uk.

Saudi man kills daughter for converting to Christianity

By Justin Long ⋅ August 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A Saudi man working with the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice recently killed his daughter for converting to Christianity. The death of the girl sent shockwaves and websites where the victim used to write with various nick names have allocated special space to mourn her, while some others closed temporarily in
protest. [...]

Britishers face choice of “heating or eating” this winter

By Justin Long ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Nearly 20% of all households in the United Kingdom are expected to be in “fuel poverty” due to increases in energy prices, and many are facing the choice of “heating or eating” this winter. This kind of economic climate does not bode well for fundraising. In the Telegraph.

Christians attacked in Nigeria

By Justin Long ⋅ August 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

An Islamic group in Nigeria’s Kwara state is attacking Christians, blaming Christian prayers for a Muslim leader’s death. In Compass Direct.

Recruit senior citizens

By Justin Long ⋅ August 15, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Instead of recruiting young people out of college, why not recruit older people over 55? Doug Nichols at ACTION International talks briefly about the possibility.

New Martyr in Somalia

By Justin Long ⋅ July 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Islamic extremists shot and killed a Muslim convert
to Christianity on July 10, 2008 in Afgyoye, a town 18 miles away from
Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. The victim’s name was Sayid Ali Sheik
Luqman Hussein, and he was 28 years old. He was the fifth believer martyred in Somalia in the last nine months. In Assist News.

Risking limbs for height, and success, in China

By Justin Long ⋅ July 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Culture shock: in China, there’s such a sense of height that some people will take on a risky elective cosmetic surgery to increase theirs. “She checked herself into a hospital here and a doctor cut her shinbones
in two, applied a medieval-looking brace to her legs and taught her how
to turn its screws so that metal [...]