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Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, Hollywood’s elite and producers of “The Bible”, published an article titled “Why Public Schools Should Teach the Bible” earlier this month, arguing that not studying the Bible is like students not learning the Constitution in the U.S. history class. The article had 777 comments the Monday after the initial premier on History Channel.

Stanford University has appointed an atheist “chaplain” to serve its non-believing students. Chaplain John Figdor counsels those in need and visits the sick, according to reports. And he works with Stanford students under the Office of Religious Life, joining 17 other chaplains and individuals that reach out to students of various faiths.

Universities in Hong Kong welcome the new DSE entrance examination and the new four-year educational format, but together welcome new challenges in the coming year for both educators and students. Christian educator and Principal of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Joseph Sungby, encouraged the "new people" during his October speech in the 2012-2013 school year opening ceremony to take heart in preparation for meaningfully experiencing the four years of university life.

As the anti-national and moral education campaign grows stronger, Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) has decided to go on strike next Tuesday. Chinese University of Hong Kong Chancellor Joseph Jia-Yiu Sung, who was voted as Hong Kong’s favorite university principle, supports and encourages students to participate in this campaign. He is given the title of “a principal with conscience” because of his strong support for students.

More than 1,000 university students in Hong Kong boycotted classes last Tuesday in protest against the pro-Beijing “patriotism” curriculum that was introduced at the beginning of this month.

Thousands of students, teachers, and families in Hong Kong protested since the beginning of this month against the government’s plan to introduce “unbalanced” Chinese patriotism classes, also known as the “moral and national education.”

Is homosexuality created by God? Why does the Bible declare such explicit opposition to homosexuality? Does opposition to same-sex marriage imply sexual discrimination? Dr. Rev. Ekron Chen, associate professor of systematic theology and academic dean of Logos Evangelical Seminary in Los Angeles, appeared at a Los Angeles Featured Topic Family Discussion Forum to talk about homosexuality from a Biblical perspective.

After 5 years of painstaking work, the entire collection of The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal has now been reprinted through the cooperation of the Christianity and China Research Center & National Taiwan University Press.

Dr. Jason Hing-kau Yeung was installed as the first Principal of the Canadian Chinese School of Theology at Ambrose Seminary on Sunday, March 25. Prayers of installation were offered by Rev. Dr. Francis Tam, Executive Secretary of the Canadian Chinese Alliance Churches Association; Rev. Dr. Riley Coulter, Chancellor and Acting President of Ambrose University College • Seminary; and Rev. Dr. Hay Chun Maak, Honorary Chairman of the Association of Canadian Chinese Theological Association, who also brought the message.

Toronto - Tyndale University College & Seminary and the Association of Canadian Chinese Theological Education (ACCTE) signed a long-term agreement on January, 26, 2012. Dr. John Kao, Chairman of the Executive Board for the ACCTE and Dr. Gary V. Nelson, President and Vice Chancellor of Tyndale University College & Seminary signed the agreement at a public signing ceremony and celebration at Tyndale’s Ballyconnor Campus. The agreement continues to strengthen the commitment of Tyndale to the Canadian Chinese School of Theology at Tyndale Seminary’s (CCSTTS) mission to serve the Chinese Christian community by providing quality theological education in the Chinese language.

Christians have historically held a variety of views on cultural practices and beliefs, ranging from complete accommodation to total rejection.

Bestselling author and pastor Francis Chan spoke at Liberty University's convocation Monday, admitting to students at the Lynchburg, Va., school that his years attending a Christian college were full of hypocrisy.

Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS) held an inaugural ceremony for The Stephen Tong Chair of Reformed Theology on September 12, 2011. The first occupant is Chinese-American Rev. Dr. Jeffry K. Jue, associate professor of church history at WTS.

The Israel Museum and Google have collaborated to share the oldest biblical manuscripts with the world.

The laws of physics as the world’s greatest scientists understand them appear to have been broken as an experiment has shown subatomic particles traveling at speeds greater than the speed of light.

Would you like to invest in the lives and futures of qualified Chinese adults who cannot afford to study to develop much needed business leadership skills for leadership work in the Chinese business sector? Trinity Western University has a leadership program that will meet this need.

British Columbia's Premier Christy Clark made a visit to Trinity Western University on July 12, 2011, along with the Honourable Naomi Yamamoto, MLA North Vancouver and Minister of Advanced Education; the Honourable Mary Polak, MLA Langley and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation; and Marc Dalton, MLA Maple Ridge – Mission. Clark met with TWU President, Jonathan S. Raymond, Ph.D., to discuss the vision of the University and its role in B.C. as a Christian liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies institution.

Physicists directing research through the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) have announced that the existence of the sub-atomic "God particle" will be decided by the end of 2012.

While Harold Camping caused atheists to mock his May 21 rapture calculation as “nonsense,” he also provoked others to think more deeply about the symbolic numbers in the Bible and what they could mean.

Despite China's economic achievements, the Chinese people's spiritual emptiness and confusion are becoming more and more evident as a result of the rapid secularization of the market economy and the effects from the Cultural Revolutions. Dr. Thomas In-Sing Leung, president and honorary chairman of C.R.R.S., continues to explain the cause and cure for the suffering Chinese souls.

During the Cultural Revolution, China’s GDP was ranked as the last of the world. Thirty years after the reformation, her GDP is now ranked as the world’s second. What’s more is that she has become the largest holder of debts for the most powerful nations in the world. She has used thirty years to catch up with the West’s modernization process that took around two hundred years. What kind of success factors are there?

HONG KONG - Hip-Hop artist and actor MC Jin (Au-Yeung Jin) performed a song that he composed specially for the annual youth drug-free promotion event hosted by the government earlier this week. MC Jin’s song titled “Drugs? No Way!” teaches youths to “say no to drugs” and imprints an easy to remember slogan that reminds them of the consequences of using drugs.

Outspoken evangelical geneticist Francis Collins revealed that combative atheist Richard Dawkins admitted to him during a conversation that the most troubling argument for nonbelievers to counter is the fine-tuning of the universe.

Langham Partnership International (LPI) International Ministries Director Rev. Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright is in Taiwan for a series of seminars, where he will speak on the topic of “Dreamers of God’s Kingdom – Vision of God’s Kingdom, Motivation for You and Me.”

Now that Harold Camping has been proven false again with the coming and going of May 21 and no signs of any judgment or rapture, the world is left to wonder what Christians really do believe about the end times.