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Teacher who saved 600 Jewish children dies at age 107

A Dutch school teacher who saved more than 600 Jewish children from death at the hands of Nazis has died at the age of 107. Johan van Hulst served as principal of ...

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Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter free of ISIS

As we celebrate Easter today, thousands of our brothers and sisters in Christ are celebrating in areas freed from ISIS. For the first time since the Islamic State terrorist group drove thousands ...

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Holocaust survivor stabbed and burned in anti-Semitic attack

French authorities say the killing of an elderly Jewish woman in Paris is being investigated as an anti-Semitic murder.  The woman, identified in French media as Mireille Knoll, was stabbed at least 11 ...

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Abandoned at birth because of skin deformities, woman gets makeover

Irina Pavlutskaya was abandoned as a baby after she was born with rare physical deformities, the Daily Mail reports. Children with even minor medical conditions or even easily treatable deformities are usually ...

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No justice for Pakistani Christians burned alive in kiln

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They were burned alive with hundreds of witnesses. Four years later, after two court cases, there is no justice for a young Pakistani couple. A Pakistani court has now acquitted 20 people ...

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Mom pleads with Islamic captors to return only daughter

The mother of a kidnapped Christian girl is pleading with her Islamic captors to release her daughter. “I have nothing to say other than they should have pity on my only daughter ...

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Will new tariffs on China create more fair trade?

It’s no secret that each year, China floods the U.S. market with cheap goods–with many of these products made in conditions that would be illegal in most of the world. Add to ...

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American pastor could spend rest of life in Turkish prison

An American man could spend the rest of his life in a Turkish prison. His crime? He’s a Christian pastor. Pastor Andrew Brunson has been held without charges for almost two years, ...

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Rwanda closes hundreds of churches and arrests pastors

A move by Rwanda to shut down more than 700 churches in its capital city, allegedly for building safety, hygiene and noise violations, is prompting accusations that the government of President Paul ...

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Jerusalem wants to tax church-owned businesses

In the United States, houses of worship do not pay tax on their facility. But when that institution crosses the line and purchases property like an office building, water park, coffee shop ...

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Iranian Christian woman faces Swedish deportation and death

After watching a banned video of Muslims stoning a woman to death, an Iranian woman had a strange dream. A man named Isa appeared to her. That woman was Aideen Strandsson. The ...

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What did Stephen Hawking really believe about creation?

Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking has died and now has met God. Hawking has often given contradicting statements if God actually exists but lately has had to defend his changing beliefs to atheists. ...

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Iranian women protesting the hijab

In the U.S. women’s marches protesting for women’s rights, the poster symbolizing the movement shows a Muslim woman wearing a hijab–or head covering. On the American political left, it’s seen as an ...

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Young missionaries open business to serve people

Going to the nations so that the nations will come to you. That’s the mission behind the newly owned Zion Hostel and Cafe. It’s located in the heart of Chiang Mai, Thailand, ...

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Children’s games get Indonesian Christians flogged

Can playing games at a children’s carnival get you flogged in Muslim Indonesia? Apparently so, after two Indonesian Christians were publicly flogged in conservative Aceh province. The punishment took place in front ...

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Irish Catholics upset World Meeting of Families features LGBT couples

Catholics from around the world will gather in Dublin, Ireland this August for the Catholic Families conference to promote the church’s constant and unchanging teaching on marriage and family life. It coincides ...

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Palestinians torturing Palestinians for stopping terrorists

JERUSALEM, Israel – What do you call a man who saves the lives of innocent men, women and children from terrorists? A hero? Not if that hero is a Palestinian preventing terror ...

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Women unite Friday for World Day of Prayer

Around the world it is primarily women who are on the front lines in defending their families and villages from attacks against Christianity. Often it leads to the ultimate cost for themselves, ...

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America’s Jerusalem Embassy will open May 18

Making good on a promise that three former presidents made but refused to honor, President Trump has ensured the new US embassy in Jerusalem will now open in 10 weeks. The opening ...

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Syrian death toll climbs, many seek help in Israel

JERUSALEM, Israel – Aerial and artillery bombardment by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces thisweek have killed more than 150 people and injured some 390, including children, the BBC quoted the Syrian Observatory ...

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Christians prevented from holding services as authorities impose fine

Xuchang, Henan — Officials imposed a hefty fine on impoverished Christians in China’s central Henan province recently, threatening their future opportunities to hold future services. The leaders of an unregistered village church ...

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Chinese Christians being sent to ‘re-education’ camps

 Just ahead of this month’s Olympics, it has been revealed that more than 100 Christians have been sent to “re-education” camps in China’s north-western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the past few ...

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Dwight Widaman: Can you believe the headlines?

You no doubt have seen the breathless headlines reporting about Cape Town and western South Africa running out of water after a lengthy drought. I saw a detailed report earlier this week ...

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Olympic games get special Bible app for free download

Museum of the Bible is inviting Olympic fans to learn about how the Bible — the best-selling, most influential book in history — has impacted the Olympic games and the athletes who ...

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Artifacts tell story of Jews fleeing to Shanghai

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As the world prepares to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, a recently unveiled exhibit at a Holocaust museum in Brooklyn tells the largely untold story of Eastern European religious ...

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