Some months ago the New York Times published a piece by Thomas L. Friedman, in which he noted that no two countries that both have a McDonald's restaurant have ever fought a war against each other. He...
Every year Queen Elizabeth II addresses the British Parliament. She must follow a long-standing custom. She must go first to the House of Commons. She knocks on the door. It is opened and then shut in...
Invulnerable Covering The great English preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon told of a man who had been sentenced to death by a Spanish court. Because he was an American citizen but also of English birth,...
Visitors to EPCOT at Disney World may wonder about the name. Originally it was an acronym for Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow. It was to be a whole new kind of city, but it was never built. Sh...
What is the smallest country in the world? Some would answer Monaco and others would answer Vatican City. Even though it is disputed some would answer "The Sovereign and Military Order of Malta." The ...
When the renowned little nun called Mother Teresa died, half a million people gathered in the streets outside the Netaji stadium where her funeral was held. Twelve thousand were inside to attend the f...
New Year's celebrations consist of the making of personal vows and watching to see what drops next....
Bogota, Columbia -The keynote speaker at the Advanced Evangelism Explosion Seminar in Bogota, Columbia, was Rev. Rodolfo Loyola, a pastor from Madrid, Spain. His testimony was shared with UPDATE by Re...
You want to shock the world? Start here--demonstrating the guts to do what's right when no one is looking....
Studies have shown that many pastors and church staff are burning out. The current state is taking its toll....
More and more churches are responding to the call of short-term missions. Traditional missionaries invested their lives in one mission field, learning the language, absorbing the culture, and eventual...
1 Corinthians 2:12-13 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. And we speak of these things in w...