By Obed Minchakpu — Compass Direct News JOS, Nigeria – Two suicide bombers from the Boko Haram Islamist sect drove a car laden with bombs into the worship service of a Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) congregation here yesterday morning, killing at least one Christian girl and injuring dozens of […]
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Youcef Nadarkhani — execution order fears
Originally published in INcontext Ministries The American Center for Law and Justice, focusing on constitutional and international law, said today it has received information that Iran may have issued an execution order for Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was sentenced to death because he refused to recant his Christian faith. The […]
Largest ever 40-Days-For-Life campaign kicks off on Ash Wednesday
Originally posted in LifeSiteNews.Com This year Ash Wednesday isn’t just the first day of the Christian penitential season of Lent, it is also the beginning of the largest ever 40 Days for Life campaign. In the past seven years hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates have joined the campaign, thousands […]
Congressional resolution condemns Iran, demands Youcef Nadarkhani’s release
Originally published in Christian Post United States Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-Pa.), with the support of seven members of Congress, introduced a resolution into the US House of Representatives Friday that condemns Iran for continuing to imprison pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and calls for his immediate release. The resolution, called H. Res. […]
Earliest fragment of Book of Mark found?
By Michael Foust – Originally published in Godreports Much of the biblical scholarly world has been buzzing since Feb. 1, when a New Testament professor made a claim during a debate that was news to most everyone who heard it — a first-century fragment of Mark’s Gospel may have been […]
Whitney Houston dies tragically at 48. Many asking if she was a Christian.
Originally published in Christian Post Legendary pop artist Whitney Houston died suddenly aged 48, her publicist Kristen Foster told a stunned music world on Saturday. She was found dead in the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angleles. There was no immediate word on the cause of her death, but authorities said […]
Rick Warren tweets: ‘I’d go to jail rather than cave in’ on Obamacare mandate
Originally published in LifeSiteNews.com Rick Warren, perhaps the most influential evangelical pastor in America, has tweeted he would “go to jail” rather than cave in to a government mandate that violates God’s commandments. Pastor Rick Warren, pastor of the 20 000-member Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, tweeted his defiance […]
UK Christians told by advertising authority that they cannot say that people can be healed from physical illness
By Dan Wooding – Originally published in Assist News Service The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told a group of Christians in the city of Bath, located in Somerset, south west England, not to make any claims which state or imply that, by receiving their prayer, people could be […]
Asia Bibi accuser admits his charges are phony
Originally published in Assist News Service The case of Asia Bibi, the Pakistan Christian mother-of-five who was sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy, has taken an extraordinary turn. According to a story monitored by the ASSIST News Service, Qari Salam, who accused Bibi of blasphemy charges, which resulted in a […]
“Jonah in belly of fish” declared coin of the year
Originally published in Israel News Israel’s “Jonah in the Belly of the Fish” silver coin has been voted as Coin of the Year by the Krause Publications, a US publisher of periodicals on numismatics and hobbies. The coin was chosen as the best among 95 coins, which had been judged […]