Originally published in Charisma News As the world watches Syria implode from a bloody and brutal civil war, missionaries are going to the front lines to try and bring comfort and healing to more than a million people who have escaped the fighting. Many Syrian refugees are finding comfort in […]
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Will Graham: Billy Graham has started filming for likely last sermon, ‘My Hope America’
Originally published in Christian Post Will Graham, the grandson of well-known evangelist Billy Graham, says that his grandfather is preparing hard for likely his last sermon in November and has started filming for “My Hope America with Billy Graham.” “This is so exciting for me as a grandson to see […]
US pastor imprisoned in Iran writes of torture
Joy of Lord and power to forgive sustaining him — Abedini Originally published in God Reports Pastor Saeed Abedini, a US citizen of Iranian descent imprisoned in Tehran, tells of the torture he has endured for his faith as well as the joy that comes with forgiving his perpetrators in […]
Indonesian church walls go up, then torn down by local government
Cheers went up as a backhoe tore down the barely finished walls of the Batak Protestant Church near Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday. The pile of rubble that remained was only the latest setback to Christians trying to retain a toehold in the world’s most populous Muslim country. The church, in […]
China has aborted 336 million babies in barely 4 decades
Originally published in Christian Telegraph China has aborted 336 million unborn children, many of them forcibly, during slightly more than four decades, the government has announced. The staggering number of abortions should prompt mourning for the victims, but it should not be shocking, said pro-life observers of China’s policy, because […]
Obama’s goodwill Israel tour sows seeds of hope
Originally published in CBN News Day two of President Obama’s visit started at the Israel Museum, where he viewed the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls. So far as Israel is concerned, things seem to be going well. One commentator remarked, “If this is the way we greet Obama, what’s left for […]
New Archbishop installed for Anglican Communion
Originally published in Christian Post A couple days after the Roman Catholic Church installed its 266th pope, the Anglican Communion – a global Protestant Christian body based in the United Kingdom – now has a newly inaugurated spiritual head. The Rt. Rev. Justin Welby, formerly the bishop of Durham, England, […]
Iran pursues legal action against Ben Affleck for ‘Argo’ Film
Iran is pursuing legal action against the movie Argo. Entertainment critic and former lawyer, Dr. Ted Baehr, is speaking out against the Muslim nation’s move to try the producers and warns of the the dangers of Sharia law. The movie, which took home the Oscar for “Best Picture” in February […]
Malatya massacre’s widow awaiting Turkish citizenship
Suzanne Geske, the widow of Tillmann Geske, who was killed in the 2007 Malatya Zirve Publishing House massacre, has applied for Turkish citizenship a second time after first being refused a passport. Geske told the Hürriyet Daily News that she made the second application 10 months but had yet to […]
British teachers under fire for refusing to teach gay agenda
Originally published in Charisma News A primary school teacher faced disciplinary action because she didn’t want to read to her class from a storybook about gay penguins. The teacher, who has not been named, works in a school in a London Borough and her case has been told to a […]