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Originally published in The Christian Post The pastor of Sutherland Springs’ First Baptist Church in Texas and his wife have spoken publicly following the mass shooting that left 26 people dead, including their 14-year-old daughter, saying only God has the answers for such a tragedy. “We’ve had a long night […]
Originally published in Times of Israel British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday said she would “absolutely not” apologise for the 1917 Balfour Declaration which paved the way for the establishment of the “most extraordinary” State of Israel, while noting that the document’s vision of Jewish-Arab coexistence remained “unfinished business.” […]
Originally published in CBN News Changing spiritual beliefs, a surprising number of young American Jews – more than one in five – said they believe Jesus is the Son of God. A Barna Group survey of Jewish millennials (born between 1984 and 1999) recently released found that 21 percent believe […]
Originally published in Haaretz Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi met on Wednesday with a group of leading evangelical Christian activists from the United States at his office in Cairo, where they discussed the fight against ISIS, the prospects for peace between Israel and the Arab world and the situation of […]
Originally published by Christian Concern A Christian student who was expelled from university after posting on Facebook in support of Biblical teaching on marriage and sexual ethics last week lost his case in a judicial review of the university’s decision. Felix Ngole was studying for an MA in Social Work […]
Originally published in Christianity Today Last week Nepal enacted a law to curb evangelism by criminalising religious conversion, joining neighbouring countries like India and Pakistan, where the region’s small-but-growing Christian minority faces government threats to their faith. The “Nepali government has taken a regressive step as this law severely restricts […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Limbless evangelist Nick Vujicic has thanked God after his team witnessed 400 000 people repent of their sins and begin their spiritual journey with Jesus Christ at a recent event in Ukraine. “The biggest event that our team at Life Without Limbs has seen […]
Originally published in Christian Radio Nestlé has become the latest company to remove Christian imagery from its packaging. The world’s largest food and beverage company has been using a picture of the Greek Orthodox building in Santorini without the crosses on top of the famous blue domes of the church […]
IMAGE: Shutterstock via BCN. CHRISTIAN MEDIA SUMMIT, JERUSALEM Originally published in Breaking Israeli News The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a “religious, spiritual and moral conflict,” said David Parsons, vice president and senior international spokesman for the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem (ICEJ), on Tuesday. “If you ignore that, then you ignore […]
CHRISTIAN MEDIA SUMMIT, JERUSALEM Originally published in Charisma News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on a group of Christian journalists to put a spotlight on the persecution of Christians under Iran’s Islamic regime. Speaking at the first Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said it’s time to speak out […]