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Originally published in Christian Newswire In another major milestone, the wildly popular and free YouVersion Bible App has expanded to more than 1 000 translations of the Bible in over 700 languages. “It’s unprecedented in history having so many Bible versions in the palm of your hand—something we never imagined […]
Originally published in Fox News An Internet video released on Friday (October 3, 2014) purportedly shows an Islamic State fighter beheading captured British aid worker Alan Henning and threatening another American captive in the fourth such killing carried out by the militant group. The video mirrored other beheading videos shot […]
Originally published in Christian Today Reports of rebels threatening churches with firing squards, storming church services and holding pastors hostage are just some of the stories that have emerged from rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine in recent months. The threat to Ukraine’s evangelical churches is a lesser-knwon aspect of the […]
Originally published in Israel National News.com Islamic State (ISIS) fighters are only a mile away from Baghdad, according to a spokesman for the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. Battles between ISIS and Iraqi forces have also been raging in the strategic city of Amiriyat al-Fallujah, 25 miles west […]
The Willow Creek Association 2014 Global Leadership Summit kicks off in South Africa next week The consistently inspiring two-day leadership training event which is held in 105 countries celebrates its 20th anniversary this year launches in South Africa in Johannesburg on Friday, October, 10 in a year in […]
Originally published in Times Live Woolworths has shrugged off recent protests about the Israeli products on its shelves.And the social media campaigns against the upmarket retailer, and the general nastiness in the media. ”It won’t change what we do,” said Susie Squire, Woolworths’ head of corporate affairs. Woolies was not […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Oregon couple Aaron and Melissa Klein were forced to close their bakery after declining to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian marriage ceremony and are now facing the threat of having to pay $150 000 in damages. Seated next to his wife at […]
Compiled from various media reports The family of the first person in the United States to test positive for the deadly Ebola virus, Thomas Eric Duncan of Dallas, Texas, were legally quarantined yesterday (Thursday, October 2) after they did not comply with Dallas health officials requests that they stay home, […]
Originally published in Christian Today GOD TV co-founder Rory Alec has announced he is stepping down from leadership of the network after a “moral failure” in relation to his marriage. He relinquishes his roles as chairman and chief executive with immediate effect, the network said in a statement on Thursday. […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The global village, as primary strategist against the scourge of human trafficking and other forms of […]