Month: November 2015

ISIS Is Obliterating Christian Communities—Why Aren’t We Paying Attention? (Salon) Suspected Muslims Burn Christian TV Station in Pakistan (The Christian Post) Pope Francis: “Christians and Muslims Are Brothers and Sisters” (BBC) Dying Woman Uses Crowdfunding to Visit Vatican (The Scotsman) LGBT Activists Attend Second Baptist, Houston Service (KHOU) The Colonists’ New Religious Mystery (Christianity Today) …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Monday, Nov. 30 Read More »

Unabashed Church Pastors Put Politics Front and Center (Trib Live) When Some Turn to Church, Others Turn to Crossfit (The New York Times) Newly Built Church in Refugee Camp Lifts Christians’ Spirits in Iraq (CNS) Mysterious “Christian State” Group Threatens Muslims in Letter to Brussels Mosque (Newsweek) UK Pakistani Christian Convert Attacked and Hospitalized for …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Saturday, Nov. 28 Read More »

Pakistan: Karachi, Masked Men Set Christian Television Station on Fire (Asia News) Persecuted Syrian Christians Avoid Refugee Camps, Fear Muslim Attacks (AINA) In Indonesia, Christians, Other Minorities Face Increasing Persecution from Islamic Extremists (Gospel Herald) Sharia Law ‘Exists in Austria and Germany’ (The Local) Why Do Some Turks Approve of Islamic State Terrorism? (Al Monitor) …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Friday, Nov. 27 Read More »

ESV Bible// Psalms 148 Praise the Name of the Lord 1Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! 2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! 3 Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! 4 Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the …

Happy Thanksgiving — Thursday, Nov. 26 Read More »

Count Your Blessings (The BibleMesh Blog) Immigration and the Moral Status of Borders (Reformation 21) Here’s Where America’s 338,000 Christian Refugees Come From (Christianity Today) Obamacare Has Cut Cases of Lost Fertility due to Cervical Cancer (The Guardian) Queen Tells Church of England Leaders to “Grapple” with Same-Sex “Marriage” (Christian Today) Why We Need to …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Wednesday, Nov. 25 Read More »

In a Culture of Death, Teens Succumb to Myths about Christianity (Charisma News) Head of Ireland’s Presbyterian Church Praises Anglicans for Lord’s Prayer Ad (Belfast Telegraph) U.S. Catholic Churches Recruit African Priests (VOA News) Reporter Cry “Inquisition” as Vatican Investigates Leaks (Yahoo News) Poll: More Than 40% of Women Having an Abortion Attend Church (Life …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Tuesday, Nov. 24 Read More »