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Originally published in Christian Today More translations of the New Testament were completed in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, than in any other year, according to Wycliffe Associates. The Bible translation ministry said that translators completed the New Testament in 141 languages last year despite the challenges of […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Almost nine in 10 Scots believe that freedom of speech is important and a significant number oppose major elements of the Scottish government’s controversial hate crime legislation, a new poll has revealed. Conducted for the Free to Disagree campaign by Savanta ComRes, the poll […]
Be thankful for friends and family, for what you have and the world you live in – and love your neighbour in any way you can. That’s the message from one of Ghana’s most promising young footballers, Yaw Yeboah. Yeboah, who plays as a winger for Spanish club Celta Vigo’s […]
Originally published in The Christian Post. Leader of Revival International Ministries and The River at Tampa Bay Church in Florida, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne, appears to be mending fences with Hillsborough County Sheriff, Chad Chronister, who had him arrested in March for hosting in-person church services during the coronavirus pandemic. Howard-Browne, […]
Originally published in CBN News. Over the past few months, the global pandemic has brought fear and uncertainty to so many lives. But it has also generated hope, especially when we witness patients conquer COVID-19. A 113-year-old woman, believed to be the oldest living person in Spain, has recovered from […]
As we mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, celebrations of victory are tempered by the fact that it cost 50 million lives, which puts the present coronavirus crisis in perspective. Among those were six million Jews who were cold-bloodedly murdered as the Nazis tried to […]
Covid-19 has considerably changed daily life for most people in most countries around the world. This worldwide crisis, however, has a devastating influence on the persecuted Church and Christians in countries closed to the Gospel. Open Doors, an international organisation, aiming to support and strengthen persecuted Christians in more than […]
First published in The Christian Institute. Leading Christian songwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty are continuing to share their music during lockdown to help others continue to worship in song. The Gettys, from Northern Ireland, are two of the best-known Christian artists today, having written modern favourites such as In Christ […]
Originally published in Charisma News. Brian Alarid remembers the desperation he felt four years ago. His 12-year-old daughter had to be rushed to the hospital because of severe stomach pain. Doctors didn’t know what was wrong. But something was definitely wrong. Alarid tells the story of how he and his […]
Iranian Christian human rights activist Mary Fatima Mohammadi (PHOTO: International Christian Concern) Originally published in International Christian Concern. International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 21, Christian human rights activist Mary Fatima Mohammadi received a suspended prison sentence of three months by the Iranian government. The sentence included […]