The right of a terminally ill patient to request assisted suicide will be challenged by the Department of Health in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) tomorrow (Friday November 4) in a case arising out of a High Court ruling last year allowing Advocate Robin Stransham-Ford to die with the assistance of […]
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Children who fled ISIS in Mosul ‘too terrified to speak’
Originally published in Christian Today Children fleeing Mosul have arrived in camps too terrified to speak, according to aid workers on Wednesday. More than two years under ISIS occupation followed by intense dangers while fleeing, such as landmines, snipers and fighters, has taken a toll on children’s physical and mental […]
Iraqi Christians worship amid church ruins for first time since liberation
Originally published in The Christian Post After more than two years of intense suffering and persecution at the hands of the Islamic State terror group in Iraq, Christians are celebrating mass inside a charred church near Mosul, marking further success in the military campaign to drive out the extremists. Reuters […]
Alqosh, the last Iraqi Christian town, is here to stay
Originally published in World Watch Monitor For more than two years it lasted, just minutes away from Islamic State-held territory. The Iraqi town of Alqosh (50km north of Mosul) is the only Christian stronghold in the country that survived IS. Looking for signs of hope for the future of Christianity […]
Syrian churches open doors to displaced Muslim families — and surprising things are happening
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Life hasn’t been easy for 28-year-old Syrian mother Kristina, a Christian of Armenian descent, who lived with her husband in Aleppo, Syria long before the civil war started in 2011. It was in that besieged city that Kristina gave birth to her firstborn daughter, […]
Movie retracing Lee Strobel’s journey from atheism to faith set for Spring 2017 release
Originally published in Christian Today. While trying to prove that God does not exist, this once hard-nosed atheist found what he least wanted to find: God. Now, best-selling author Lee Strobel is bringing his amazing journey of faith from paperback to the big screen in the upcoming film The Case […]
WATCH: Matt Redman leads huge crowd singing ’10 000 Reasons’ in NYC’s Times Square
Originally published in The Christian Post. In the middle of New York’s Time Square — a bustling thoroughfare that rarely comes to a standstill — two-time Grammy Award-winning Christian worship leader Matt Redman brought one of the most recogniseable places in the world to a halt and held a worship […]
Chuck Pierce: vote for how you would want to be visited
Originally published in Charisma News. Chuck Pierce of Glory of Zion International Ministries has been waiting for the 2016 presidential election for eight years. Having already prophesied the rise of President Barack Obama while traveling the country in 2005—three years before his election in 2008—the Lord caught him up a […]
Morris Cerullo activates 100 000 intercessors to pray on US election eve
Originally published in Charisma News. Dr Morris Cerullo, who is celebrating his 70th year in ministry, will hold an event on Facebook and his ministry’s website on November 7, the day before the presidential election, to lead people around the world in prayer for the US. Cerullo, who recently released a book about his life, “The Legend […]
Christ’s tomb revealed for first time in centuries
Originally published in International Business Times A team of researchers revealed that the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been buried has remained largely intact after exposing it for the first time in centuries, National Geographic reported Monday. The site is located in the Church of the Holy […]