Battle over cellphone porn far from over
Frank Stirk
BC Correspondent
bc@christianweek.org
SURREY, BC—Christian businessman Gordon Keast sees little to cheer about in Telus’s decision last month to bow to mounting public pressure and stop offering cellphone customers pay-per-view pornography.
“The fact they changed their mind doesn’t [change the fact] they did what they did,” says Keast, who owns and operates a public relations firm. “They still crossed the line. They still...said, ‘We want a part of the action. We want to be a porn dealer, too.’”
Catholic schools question casino fundraisers
A task force commissioned by the Calgary Catholic School Board has recommended establishing a district-wide foundation to replace questionable casino revenue.
Casino gambling makes up to $2 million in Catholic school funding every year, says Board of Trustees chairwoman Cathie Williams. The task force was created to find alternate funding methods and will try to disassociate the school board from casinos and bingos.
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Saskatoon revival spawns spin-offs
The spin-offs from the 1971 Saskatoon revival are immeasurable. That was the message delivered at the Canadian Revival Fellowship ‘Re-awakening’ Conference held in Saskatoon March 2 to 4. The conference brought together the principals of the 1971 revival including Ralph and Lou Sutera, Bill McLeod, Henry Blackaby, Harold Lutzer and Henry Teichrob.
Lutzer said the purpose of the conference in Saskatoon was to celebrate all that has happened in 35 years and present the message of spiritual revival in a new way.
The revival movement swept the evangelical church community of Saskatoon, then moved to Regina, Winnipeg and literally around the world.
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The science of global warming
Is the climate changing? How is it changing? Why is it changing? What will happen in the future because of any changes? The answers to these questions have been the focus of numerous scientific studies and have been getting much public attention lately. However, when these issues are being discussed, it is always mentioned that a few scientists dispute the results being obtained. Which results are actually disputed?
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If you must evangelize: reflections on Dawkins’ God Delusion
As I was waiting around the Minneapolis airport, the shiny cover of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion caught my eye. Perhaps genetics—or the suggestion of friends—made me purchase the book. I knew immediately that this handbook for the atheist missionary was significant and important.
Importance, significance and value are sometimes subjective. A painting by Jackson Pollack (No.5, 1948) is valued at $140 million. To me this is absurd but to certain others it is worth every penny. The God Delusion is worth every red cent I paid. It is significant and it is important for Christians to understand. I do not intend to argue or prove Dawkins wrong. I won’t waste my time preaching to the choir.
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Twenty years later: how ChristianWeek got its start
Even now, reading the minutes from 1985 to 87—when a small board and I worked toward the launch of ChristianWeek—I feel a surge of excitement. Starting this publication was the most demanding experience of my life, but easily also the most satisfying. We hoped against hope that we could pull it off, but in my heart I couldn’t see beyond a few months for this dream.
Yet here we are, twenty years of continuous publication later, and undoubtedly having made a significant contribution to Canadian church life.
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