| |  | | Japanese retirees offer ultimate sacrifice: To clean up nuke plant About 200 retired Japanese professionals have asked their government for permission to take the place of younger workers trying to clean up the radioactive Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Read more >> | | | | | | Ezekiel 1:28-3:3 | | | Like the bow in a cloud on a rainy day, such was the appearance of the splendour all round. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of... Read more >> | | | | |  | | 12 heroes of hard financial times Here are 12 heroes who didn't run away from danger. They are a dozen heroes of the recession who saw a need and took matters into their own hands. See gallery >> | | | | | |  | | Do you dare to get involved? International Christian Concern is asking Christians to call their congressman and ask that Iranian Christians continue to have the opportunity to seek asylum at our embassies. Read more >> | | | | | |  | | Wisdom from movies' great heroes Need a little encouragement? Read words of wisdom from some of the greatest heroes and heroines in film. See gallery >> | | | | | |  | | OK, what about Gog and Magog? As a teacher of Bible prophecy, Beliefnet's Jim Fletcher sometimes feels that he is asked too often to explain the mysterious prophecy in Ezekiel 38-39. Some people insist the battle already happened.... Read more >> | | | | | |  | | Common sense vs passing fads "If you are old enough, you remember an environmental scare in the early 1970's which proclaimed we were causing the earth to usher in the next Ice Age," writes Beliefnet's Linda Howard. "Now it's... See gallery >> | | | | | |  | | My favorite weight-loss verse for bad days "Yesterday I didn't do so well sticking to my plan," writes Beliefnet's Susan Brown. "In fact, I washed out in lots of areas. Here is a verse I use a lot - and you can, too, when bad days come along." Read more >> | | | | | |  | | Canadian parents sue over ban on teaching day-care kids about Jesus A group of parents at church-supported day care centers in Quebec have sued to overturn a government ban on teaching children to pray -- or telling them Bible stories. Read more >> | | | | | | |
