It has been a long time coming, but the Java library for RSS and Atom utilities called ROME has finally made it to version 1.0 (changelog). Thanks to all of the contributers and the hard work on the dev team for making it possible!   New to ROME? For a quick tutorial on how to get started, check ou...

A Quick Look at the Book of Revelation A Mission Practicum lesson for students in Sunset International Bible Institute’s Adventures in Missions program Dear Adventures in Missions student, As you work among the people at your posting, you will occasionally encounter folks who base much of their do...

As I mentioned a few days ago, I was invited to the pre-opening party for a Museum exhibit in Rome on March 16.Unfortunately I will not make it there.It would be hard to justify the trip just for that.With a few visits to wineries, some sightseeing and cheese and food scouting, a trip to Italy could...

Today is the optional memorial of St. Frances of Rome. St. Frances of Rome is one of the great mystics of the 15th century. She was born in Rome to a noble family in 1384 and died in Rome on March 9, 1440. She desired to enter the convent, but in obedience to her parents was instead married at age t...

Any time that any person is confronted with the truth about Jesus, it demands a personal response. Two of the most common are to respond very negatively or try to avoid a response altogether. This section of the book of Acts allows us to closely examine these common responses to the gospel. Acts25-2...

...continued from Rome and Fascism : Introduction On 11 February 1929, Pietro Gasparri, Cardinal Secretary of State to Pope Pius XI, and Benito Mussolini, Duce of Fascism and Head of the Italian Government, signed the Treaties of the Lateran, bringing......

Dear TEAM 1040. Being a Vancouverite, I would like to thank you for relegating Jim Rome to a ‘floating’ evening timeslot. I am sick of hearing sportscasts that pertain to anything except the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver Giants, or BC Lions. On a day that featured no real news, being that...

To start this onslaught, I present to you the following rant from Canada’s [ahem] Second Greatest Living Canadian: I can’t say this outburst surprises me. And before going there, I do have to say, in general, short of certain subtleties (and suit choices), I tend to agree with CherryR...

  Sarah Welch, former contestant on The Bachelor Rome, is suing over a catwalk fall from an October 2007 fashion show at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood. Welch, who was one of the final two contestants vying for a rose from Charlie O’Connell on season 7 of The Bachelor, claims she suffer...

Today's Golden Oldie is from 1989. I drew this Dry Bones cartoon exactly twenty years ago today. In the cartoon I wrote that we were facing the rise of the "Shi'ite Jihad against the world". Shi'ism is the Iranian brand of Islam. If I were to do the cartoon today, I'd use the phrase the rise of "Ira...