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IS THERE HOPE FOR CREATION?

Submitted by amalan on Sat, 01/25/2020 - 13:10

In 2010, a learned professor at the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania cross-examined the case for global warming argued by what he called ‘the climate establishment’ led by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He charged that the IPCC and ‘the climate establishment’ showed ‘a systematic tendency … to oversell what is actually known about climate change while concealing fundamental uncertainties and open questions regarding many of the key processes involved in climate change’.

Discussion on Presidential Election and Us – A Christian Perspective

This program was held on October 22, 2019 at St. Luke’s Church (Boralle) Hall with a panel comprising of Nishan De Mel – Executive Director and Head of Research of Verité Research, Prashan De Visser – President and Founder of Sri Lanka Unites and Elijah Hoole – columnist and entrepreneur. The event organized by GCF/FOCUS in collaboration with the Reconciliation and Peace (RAP) Desk of the Colombo Diocese of Church of Ceylon was attended by nearly 200 inter-denominational participants and was live-streamed for those outside Colombo.

About my father : George Perera

Submitted by sharmini on Sat, 04/06/2019 - 17:00

About my father : George Perera

George Perera was an Arts graduate from University of Peradeniya. He and his wife Aruni were active members in GCF in the 80’s and 90’s . George passed away in 2013. This article was written by his daughter who was a  FOCUS student at that time and published in the FOCUS student magazine.

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