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Originally published in Charisma News “Really, only God could pull this one off.” Those were the words of E3 Partners Middle East expert Tom Doyle, talking to Mission Network News about the miraculous way the gospel is reaching the hearts of the Syrian people. According to Doyle, “There are five […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christians have been praying and offering their support in the aftermath of a devastating nightclub fire in Brazil that left 231 people dead. The blaze at Kiss nightclub, in Santa Maria, in the early hours of Sunday morning is believed to have been started by […]
By World Watch Monitor Iran on Sunday sentenced an American citizen to eight years in prison because a judge determined his work to establish Christian churches threatened Iran’s national security. Saeed Abedini’s sentence, delivered after a trial he was partially forbidden to attend, was denounced by the US State Department […]
At some point in the past year, the United States experienced its 55 millionth legal abortion — a tragic number that is far more than the combined US death count of every American war since the nation’s founding. The total spans 40 years, beginning with the 1973 Roe v. Wade […]
US demands release of Saeed Abedini By World Watch Monitor Iran today accused an Idaho man of trying to entice young people to Christianity and away from the country’s official religion, Islam, the man’s American-based legal team says. The trial of Saeed Abedini, 32, of Boise, began Monday in […]
Originally published in God Reports The photo of an Arizona couple’s baby reaching from the womb during a C-section and grabbing the doctor’s finger has gone viral, according to a story by azfamily.com. Perhaps it’s no coincidence the baby’s name is ‘Nevaeh’ – Heaven spelled backward. Several staff at the […]
A huge weekend protest against the legalization of same-sex marriage and adoption has not dented the French government’s determination to pass the planned reform into law soon, leading cabinet ministers said on Monday. In one of the largest protests in decades, roughly half a million people marched through Paris on […]
Originally published in Charisma News An employee who was asked by British Airways to remove a Christian cross from around her neck has won a religious discrimination case at Europe’s human rights court but three other claimants lost similar cases on Tuesday. The ruling by the European Court of Human […]
Originally published in God Reports The biblical standard that homosexuality is sinful has once again placed a Christian leader under public scrutiny, this time leading to the cancellation of Atlanta pastor Louie Giglio’s benediction at President Obama’s 2013 inaugural. Giglio had accepted President Obama’s invitation to deliver the benediction at […]
Originally published in Charisma News A criminal court in Egypt has sentenced a mother and her seven children in Beni-Suef to 15 years in prison for converting to Christianity from Islam. The court also sentenced seven other people involved in the case to five years in prison. Nadia Mohamed Ali […]