Update – 3/29/2011 A sixth grade class graduates and offers hope to a town devastated by Japan’s tsunami. CNN’s Paula Hancocks looks at the risks Japanese residents are taking by refusing to leave the 20 km evacuation zone. Live Streaming from NHK World Visit the NHK World’s website. [link] Update – 3/15/2011, 2:34pm EST ADRA Japan’s blog just posted: “ADRA Japan has received a JPY 5,000,000 (approximately 62,000 USD) donation from the famous Japanese artist [...]

“And this is the confidence we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, he heareth us: And we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.” – 1 John 5:14,15 1 John 5:14-15 is a passage many of us have read so many times and, much like John 3:16, rote memory escapes our reasoning powers. Often times, familiarity [...]

Guest contributor, Michael, shares insights into the Biblical concept of swearing and how it relates to modern foul language. I recently read the Sermon on the Mount again. It is one of my favorite passages in the entire Bible. One segment jumps out at me every time, and it’s not because it’s confusing or especially great, but it was one thing that I always thought was really strange in the way people used it: 33You [...]