2015
November 3, 2015 | by Guest Authors | Middle East, Shared Articles
Author Unknown Originally posted at Fox News In Iraq today, Assyrian Christians have two blunt options — convert or die. With the radical Islamic State’s proud announcement that “the caliphate is here” (that note is painted on the walls of their cities), the next step in their plan is to systematically eradicate Christians from the […]
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November 3, 2015 | by Guest Authors | Shared Articles
When a child in our church complained about an adult volunteer’s physical affection, we faced a difficult decision. By: Name Withheld Originally published in Leadership Journal at Christianity Today It was the last thing any church leader wants to hear at the end of a long, sweaty week of VBS. A mother, visibly upset, approached […]
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October 20, 2015 | by Guest Authors | Uncategorized
By: ANNIE COTTON/CHRISTIAN AID MISSION Originally posted on Charisma News At several steps on their path to death by beheading and crucifixion last month, 11 indigenous Christian workers near Aleppo, Syria, had the option to leave the area and live. The 12-year-old son of a ministry team leader also could have spared his life […]
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October 20, 2015 | by Guest Authors | Uncategorized
By Michael Brown Originally posted on Charisma News I’ve been saying that 2015 is the year of pushback, and this might be the most significant act of pushing back so far: A group of legal scholars, most of them university professors, have declared that the Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage this past June 26 is not “the law of […]
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September 22, 2015 | by Guest Authors | Middle East, Shared Articles
“Remember the Prisoners As If Chained With Them” The original article first appeared at ACLJ. September 20. After two months without any physical affection or contact with family, today, American Pastor Saeed Abedini was able to have a visitation by a family member. It is through these visitations that Pastor Saeed expresses the pain and […]
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September 22, 2015 | by Frank Tunstall | Historical Study
By Frank G. Tunstall A. G. Garr, pastor of a holiness mission in Los Angeles, was the first white man to receive the Pentecostal baptism in the Azusa Street Pentecostal outpouring of 1906-1909. Garr took the message of Pentecost overseas, first to India. From there he went to Hong Kong where he served for a […]
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September 17, 2015 | by Guest Authors | Middle East, Middle East
Original Article appeared in Christianity Today By: Jayson Casper, (in the United Arab Emirates) September 11, 2005 Sam Espada led friends in a chorus of “Happy Birthday” for his sombrero-wearing brother at a Mexican restaurant. After dinner, they saw the latest Hollywood blockbuster. The five-story mall could have been anywhere in America, except that every […]
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September 17, 2015 | by Guest Authors | Civil Disobedience, Shared Articles
Article Originally posted at Fox News Radio By Todd Starnes There was no halftime show under the Friday night lights at Mississippi’s Brandon High School — the marching band had been benched. The band was ordered off the field because the Christian hymn “How Great Thou Art” was a part of their halftime show […]
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September 17, 2015 | by Frank Tunstall | Uncategorized
Bishop Leon Stewart: “You are writing some good material and pointing people to articles that are helpful to spiritual growth. Keep it up. Kathy Petty, Missionary to Spain: So moved by the article of the missionaries beheaded and crucified, and their testimonies, and what God is doing. We have Syrian friends from the Aleppo area […]
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September 8, 2015 | by Guest Authors | Shared Articles
By: David Shibley This article originally appeared on CharismaNews. William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army and a man who dedicated his life to lifting the poor out of sin and poverty, reportedly made this statement: “Most Christian organizations would like to send their workers to Bible college for five years. I would like to […]
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