You’re getting the idea…why we call daily prayer “the most intimate act” between partners. Honestly, can you think of anything more intimate than entering into this unguarded time with each other, showing your true heart?
The exact date and origins of the latest Bin Laden audiotape (the only visual sign of the Al-Qaeda leader on the tape is a dated still shot) are still being determined. Our friends at HotAir.com have a must-read rundown detailing several reasons to be skeptical of this latest release (for instance, if it's the five-year anniversary of the Iraq invasion, why isn't Iraq even mentioned?) Here's more, from CBN News:
CWN.com - Rick Larson, producer of the Star of Bethlehem, talks more about the day of the Cross and its connection to Christ's birth.
Christianity Today announced its 2008 book awards this week. This year, 49 publishers nominated 359 titles published in 2007. CT editors selected the top books in each category, and then panels of judges — one panel per category — voted. In the end, they chose 10 winners and gave 11 awards of merit to the books that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission.
Our friend Eli Lake has more on Iran's always inclusive educational system (watch my recent report on this for CBN News here):
By autumn 2007, the trends and indicators from Iraq were so positive that the mainstream media took stories Iraq off the front pages and the evening news and went searching for other negative stories about the U.S. Armed Forces to feed the American people. In October and November there were stories about high numbers of suicides, desertions and divorces among members of our military – and how difficult it had become to attract new recruits. A 17 November 2007 Associated Press: "
It seems like every update regarding Tibet resonates with the same type of ominous tone. Casualties keep rising, violence keeps spreading, and the threat of Olympic boycotts grow louder and louder.
If you skip a day of daily prayer, our Study Guide co-author Michael Simone recommends a “Prayer Mulligan”…like the mulligan in golf that allows you to move the ball to a favorable lie…tack your missed 5 minutes, onto tomorrow.
Pollyanna is a character in a book by the same name, written by Eleanor H. Porter, which later became a children’s classic. In the story, Pollyanna goes to live with a dour aunt, finding ways to bring joy into her aunt’s life. In the most troubling of circumstances, Pollyanna finds ways to discover hope and brightness.
In my recent story for CBN News about the Saudi Royal Family's funding of American universities, Saudi dissident Ali al-Ahmed said that the Saudis: