STAFF
Police are investigating a break-in and vandalism at the Anglican Church in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T.
A press release from the RCMP says someone late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning got into the building and damaged several religions items. The release says police request assistance from the public to find the person or persons responsible.
No motive for the vandalism is known.
SPECIAL DAYWIND RECORDS
Four years to the day he joined The Kingsmen Quartet, Chris Bryant is departing the group.
Chris says in a release, “As times and seasons of life change, so do goals, dreams and priorities. For now mine are to enjoy this time with my family. To get involved and fed by a local church. And to use everything I’ve learned to prepare me for the next chapter God has for me.”
Floyd Rogers
Finding faith or accepting it?
Reading atheist articles and listening to the lectures of atheist apostles like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens may seem like an odd thing for a Christian to do, but I do it quite often. Not because I have doubt in my faith, but because I find it makes me dig into the scripture with questions I might not otherwise have asked. I find it also makes it easier to answer questions posed by those seeking truth about God who are held back by their own intellect clouded by the mischaracterizing of Christianity by those who hate all religion.
I read an article from one atheist writer who critiqued the musings of the two atheists I’ve mentioned above saying both were bigoted and ignorant and possessed the very qualities they deplored in religion. He said they lacked open-mildness and were dogmatic, and had no evidence for their claim that there is no God. While he made it clear he is still an atheist, even referring to belief in God as ‘silly,’ it was refreshing to see an apparent open-mindedness on “the other side,” so to speak. By the way, I’m not insinuating he’s the only open-minded atheist, only that it’s not atheists like him who are often quoted. And hopefully, he will come to know our savior and accept His gift one day. But why are some atheists, as he pointed out, so dogmatic in their non-belief?
I think the problem most hard-core atheists have stems from the false idea that any knowledge reached by anything other than reasoning and our ability to comprehend, is of no value. I say this based on atheist writings I’ve read. This position rejects the idea of faith given to us as a Gift from God, not of our own ability so that no one can boast. And it does so without first demonstrating that there is no God to give us such a gift. While accusing Christians of leaning on faith (and we do lean on Biblical faith) Atheists often lean on atheist faith that requires one to pre-suppose there is no God.
I believe a saving faith doesn’t come from our own effort to find God, it starts when we stop resisting His call.
What are your thoughts?
STAFF
Police in Houma, Louisiana are looking for a person who was caught on surveillance video vandalizing statues at a Catholic Church.
The statues have been at the church since the 1960’s. A police spokesperson said video shows a man lifting, then smashing the statues the morning of July 22.
Nothing was stolen during the criminal act.
Police do not know the man’s motives and have not yet determined his identity.
TIMOTHY DUFF
A congregation in Montgomery, Alabama has returned to its sanctuary eight months after an arsonist attempted to burn it down.
(This Facebook post was made one day after the fire)
The church service began with the baptism of a young child who gave his life to Christ.
Federal authorities in the United States say Xiaoquin Yan, 27, set four fires inside the First Baptist Church of Montgomery on September 30, 2021. She’s now facing federal charges. If convicted on the federal charges, Yan faces a prison sentence of between 5-20 years in prison.
The church has served the Montgomery, Alabama area for nearly 200 years.
