WATCH dramatic video footage below Originally published by CBN News Stunning video is emerging of American missionaries dodging ISIS gunfire in the heart of enemy territory in order to save the life of a trapped teenaged girl. Faithwire has been documenting the efforts of the Free Burma Rangers, a Christian […]
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Empty tomb convinces British army officer that Jesus is alive
A top army officer was converted after being struck by the reality of the risen Christ during a visit to Jerusalem over Easter. It changed him forever, and his Christian faith is now the driving force of his life. In an interview with New Life Publishing1, Major-General Tim Cross (now […]
Egyptians honour Muslim woman police officer who died saving Christians
Originally published in Christian Today Egyptians have been paying their respects to a female police officer who was killed when she stopped an Islamic extremist suicide bomber from entering a Coptic church in Alexandria on Sunday. At least 44 people died in two bombings targeting Egypt’s Christian minority on Palm […]
Iran arrests Christian mother and son for their faith
Originally published in Christian Today Iranian government agents have arrested two newly baptised Christians — a mother and her son –seizing their Bibles and other Christian books. Anousheh Reza-bakhsh and her son Soheil Zagarzadeh Sani — also known as “Veronika” and “Augustine,” respectively — were arrested by Iran’s elite Revolutionary […]
International Christian group proclaims Jerusalem ‘undivided capital of Jewish state’
Originally published in Breaking Israel News On Tuesday, Christians for Israel International presented a “Jerusalem Declaration” to President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. The Declaration states that Christians acknowledge that the city of Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people as part of God’s covenant promise and expresses […]
Boycott campaign against Israel ‘is latest mutation of oldest hatred’
Originally published in Christian Today The boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign (BDS) is ‘dangerously wrong’, according to the former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, now Lord Sacks. In a video posted on his website, he says: ‘Because beneath the surface, it is an attempt to delegitimise Israel as a prelude to […]
Trump drops US commitment to two-state solution on Israel-Palestine conflict
Originally published in Ecumenical News US President Donald Trump declared he was open to a “one-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which includes the possibility of backing away from the “two-state solution,” a policy that has been maintained by past White House administrations for decades. The president aired his stand […]
Jail officer releases four Christians after Jesus visits him in dream
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Two pastors and two new believers in the Middle East who were sent to prison for their faith received favour from a jail officer whom Jesus visited four times in a dream. The two pastors were reportedly giving Bible lessons to the two new […]
Three men imprisoned for Christ in Iran miraculously set free
Originally published in CBN News. Three Christians who spent months in one of the worst prisons in the world are now free. Earlier this year, Iranian authorities arrested Bahram Nasibov, Eldar Gurbanov and Yusif Farhadov for allegedly conducting missionary activity. In their first television interview hours after being released, the […]
UK battle royal ahead over Balfour
Anti-Semitic protests reveal national rebellion against God The newly-retired chief executive of Christian Witness to Israel, one of several movements dedicated to sharing the gospel with the Jewish community, has warned of a “battle royal” over the Balfour Declaration this coming year. Mike Moore was referring to the forthcoming centenary […]