Preachers Who Don’t Believe — The Scandal Of Apostate Pastors
ARE there clergy who don’t believe in God? That is the question posed by a new report that is certain to receive considerable attention - and rightly so. Few church members are likely to be disinterested in whether their pastor believes in God. The study was conducted by the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University in the US, under the direction of Daniel C Dennett and Linda LaScola. Dennett, of course, is one of the primary figures in the ‘New Atheism’- the newly aggressive and influential atheist movement that has gained a considerable hearing among the intellectual elites and the…
Representatives from 99 nations around the world are @ our doorstep!
More than 1.2 million of Singapore’s population and 35.83 per cent our
nation’s total workforce are foreigners / migrants. The Biblical mandate to love and minister to the foreigner [or stranger
or alien] in our land is like a foundational tapestry of love woven
through the Old and New Testaments. Indeed, this is the kairos time
for us, the Christians of Singapore to act - to see the ripeness, hear
the cries and gather in the harvest of the nations! Inspiring plenaries, stimulating panel discussions
and 24 interactive workshops in 3 tracks which engage, enlighten, equip and will empower us to arise to this wonderful challenge that the
Lord has given us to be His beacon of hope to the nations.
Many Indians recognize Rabindranath Tagore as the winner of the 1913
Nobel Prize in Literature, and the philosopher who discoursed with
Gandhi, Albert Einstein, W. B. Yeats, and other greats of his day. Many
more Indians are admirers of his poetry and artwork. Throughout
India, students recognize Tagore as the author of India’s national
anthem, Jana Gana Mana. Despite his fame in other arenas,
Tagore’s progressive educational philosophy is largely forgotten today.
The experimental models Tagore pioneered in his schools, Santiniketan
and Sri Niketan, remain mere experiments. His ideals have not found
their way into India’s schools; future generations have returned to
rote-memorization as the predominant learning style. 
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook. “Facebook has two
‘newsfeeds,’ a personal one unique to your Facebook home page, and a
corporate one, available for reviewing by all of your ‘friends’. The
combination of these two feeds is what Facebook calls ‘the stream’”
(p.68) “Facebook was, in many ways, simply the next generation of
software that could ‘learn’ your personal preferences and customize
advertisements just for you.” (P.69) . . . . Facebook has universal appeal to people of every age. Facebook
is becoming multimedia platform with 850 million photos uploaded to
Facebook every month and 7 million videos in 2009.