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Review: Dialogues Of The Carmelites offers fear, faith, and grace Special

Toronto - Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites" examines the role of faith in the face of a mob. It doesn't offer a happy ending, but it does provide a powerful opera experience. The current Canadian Opera Company production runs now through May 25th.

Digital Journal Report by Cate Kustanczy - 1 comment

Op-Ed: Pioneering Bible scholar 'retires' Special

Nashville - From April 5 – 7, Vanderbilt University and students from Daniel Patte’s decades long teaching career came together to host and organize a scholarly symposium to honor him on the occasion of his retirement.

Digital Journal Report by Frank Kaufmann - 1 comment

Flood of Noah proves climate change is not man made

Republican congressman Joe Barton of Texas has stated that the Biblical flood of Noah was proof that climate change was not man made.

In the Media by Sami Zaatari

Atlantic City firefighters sworn into office with iPad Bible app

In America, taking any kind of public office meant taking an oath where you put your hand on a Bible. Atlantic City firefighters had to do a bit of a twist on the tradition by using an iPad Bible app instead.

In the Media by Abigail Prendergast - 5 comments

NV cops: Parents beat boy, 7, to death for not reading Bible

Las Vegas - A Nevada couple has been arrested and charged with beating the woman's young son to death because he would not read the Bible.

In the Media by Brett Wilkins - 3 comments

Poland's supreme court rules against rock musician

Warsaw - Adam Darski, lead singer of Behemoth, is facing up to two years in prison for tearing up a Bible on stage. Poland's supreme court has ruled that the singer offended religious feelings.

In the Media by Steve Hayes - 1 comment

Rachel Evans lived a year according to biblical laws of Leviticus

Blogger Rachel Held Evans, spent one year living according to the biblical rules of Leviticus 15 to 18, which give instructions about how virtuous women ought to live. The rules include those of "hygiene" during menstruation when women are "unclean."

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus - 16 comments

Jamaican New Testament published

The Bible has been translated into many languages over the centuries. The people of Jamaica now have the New Testament in their own vernacular. The achievement is the culmination of twenty years' academic work.

In the Media by Steve Hayes - 12 comments

Video: Police hunt for biker who posted 'Victoria highway run'

Canadian police say they are still on the lookout for a biker, 25-year-old Randy George Scott of Victoria, Canada, who in April, posted a video to YouTube showing him perform an incredible 186 mph stunt on a highway.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus

Op-Ed: People don't need benefits, they need the Bible

David Barton thinks that people would not need government benefits if they read the Bible. Barton's controversial views were spoken about on Wallbuilders Live.

In the Media by Melissa Horrocks - 6 comments