By Lighthouse Trails Editors Letter to the Editor: The Martyrs of Old and Choices Christians Will Have to Make Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am nearly 60 years old and until now have NEVER read Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Shame on me! I am nearly finished with it. All I can say is, I never knew! Read More …
Month: July 2016
Famous author’s imagination inspired by Bible
By Bill Federer Herman Melville “There she blows!” cried the lookout, sighting Moby Dick. Captain Ahab, driven by revenge, sailed the seas to capture this great white whale who had bitten off his leg in a previous encounter. The crew of the ship Pequod included: Quaker Chief Mate Starbuck Second Mate Stubb Captain Boomer tattooed Read More …
Asteroid on course to pulverize Earth?
By -NO AUTHOR- (NEWS.COM.AU) — NASA is planning to launch a probe to study an “Armageddon” asteroid that could one day pulverise the Earth. The asteroid, named Bennu, crosses Earth’s orbit once every six years and has gotten ever closer since it was discovered in 1999, reports the New York Post. In 2135, Bennu will Read More …
Buxom ‘Hillary in swimsuit’ to get Muslim makeover?
By -NO AUTHOR- (THEAGE) — The controversial Australian street artist behind an “offensive” Hillary Clinton mural in Footscray West says he may repaint it as a “beautiful Muslim woman”. Maribyrnong Council is seeking advice from Victoria Police on whether it has the power to remove a mural by Lushsux featuring the US presidential nominee wearing Read More …
‘Healer’ with shingles changes name to Jesus Christ
By -NO AUTHOR- (DAILYMAIL) — Jesus Christ is a retired bus driver from Burnley. Well, sort of. John Edward Birtwhistle, 77, changed his name by deed poll to that of the Messiah after realising he had ‘healing powers’ and that he was the son of God in a past life. Despite claiming to have the Read More …
U.K. Islamic cleric: ‘Acceptable’ to keep sex slaves
By -NO AUTHOR- (EXPRESS) — A MUSLIM cleric from a Cardiff mosque where three British jihadis are believed to have been radicalised has told young worshipers it is “permissible” to keep sex slaves. Ali Hammuda is an Imam at the Al-Manar mosque in the Welsh city, and has been at this post since Nasser Muthana Read More …
U.K. arrests 900 Syrians for rape, child abuse
By -NO AUTHOR- (EXPRESS) — SHOCKING police figures released for England and Wales have shown nearly 900 Syrians have been arrested in just one year. And officials say the migrants were accused of sickening crimes including rapes and child abuse. Now critics say they are concerned that the thousands of Syrians entering Britain each year Read More …
Islamic TV station launches German channel
By -NO AUTHOR- (ALBAWABA) — Huda TV Channel, a global broadcasting satellite service with its headquarters in Riyadh, has launched a channel in the German language to present the correct image of Islam in the West. The channel is targeting 145 million people who speak the language around the world, local media reported on Saturday. Read More …
Turkish Christians pay price after attempted coup
By -NO AUTHOR- (London Express) Mid the cacophony of police sirens, low-flying helicopters and rifle fire, there was another sound during the attempt to overthrow president Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The wailing of Turkey’s imams. From the nations’s 85,000 mosques, their amplified voices were heard calling upon the faithful to take to the streets and defy Read More …
How ‘casting down your bucket’ can save a nation
By Bill Federer Booker T. Washington On the third of his four voyages, Columbus sailed south along the west coast of Africa before heading west across the Atlantic Ocean. Then he was caught in the doldrums, a notorious condition of no winds and intense heat. After drifting aimlessly for eight days and running out of Read More …