John 3

Series on John:
(0)(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10), (11),
 (12)(13)(14),(15)(16)(17)(18), (19), (20), (21), (final)

Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a]

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Phép lạ hằng ngày 39

Chào anh chị em,

Chúa Jesus và Đức Phật Thích Ca dạy mọi người những điều rất giản dị. Đó là: không nói dối, không ngoại tình, không giết người, không ăn cắp…, rồi yêu thương, từ bi với tất cả mọi người.

Hồi đó mình nghĩ đó như là lời dạy kiểu giáo dục công dân. Nhưng từ từ trải nghiệm cuộc sống, mình càng thấm thía những lời dạy này. Đó điều là những sự thật, chân lý rõ như ban ngày. Đây là sàn làm người, ứng xử giữa còn người với nhau như vợ chồng, bạn bè, thầy trò… Không thể dưới mức này được. Nếu dưới mức này thì không còn là con người nữa. Đây là Chúa mở mắt cho mình. Là phép lạ của Chúa. Continue reading Phép lạ hằng ngày 39

Fruits of spoil: Laos’ forests disappearing as fruit farms flourish (2 parts)

Fruits of spoil: Laos’ forests disappearing as fruit farms flourish

Mekong eyes – 16 December 2024 at 9:27 (Updated on 16 December 2024 at 15:40)

The country’s improved railway connectivity facilitates fruit exports to China but has also sparked a boom in foreign-owned banana and durian farms, leading to forest clearance

A Chinese-owned banana plantation on land that was once forested, located in Attapeu province, southern Laos, in August 2024.

The report was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) and Internews’ Earth Journalism Network as part of the “Ground Truths” collaborative reporting project on soils. 

ATTAPEU, LAOS — The new high-speed railway has enabled faster fruit exports from Laos to China, attracting more investment in large-scale plantations. However, this growth has come at the cost of deforestation.

Bananas and the “king of tropical fruit” – durians – are very popular in China, but they typically ripen within a few days of harvesting.

However, that problem was resolved with the launch of the Laos-China Railway in 2021, which has enabled landlocked Laos to deliver its fruit quickly to China’s 1.4 billion consumers.

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