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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Thursday, Jan. 8

“Je Suis Charlie” Message Goes Viral After Paris Attack (ABC) France: The Blame for the Charlie Hebdo Murders (AINA) Paris Charlie Hebdo Attack: Was It Terrorism? (Christian Today) Radical Islam a Growing Threat to Sub-Saharan Christians: Report (Reuters) 10 Reasons Why the Church Should Not Abandon Politics (The Christian Post) Nepal to Issue Passports with Third Gender […]

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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Wednesday, Jan. 7

Orthodox Christmas and Other Eastern Church Celebrations Begin (IB Times) Photos: Epiphany Celebrations around the World (The Guardian) Controversial Episcopal Seminary Dean Katherine Ragsdale to Step Down (RNS) Some Florida Courthouses Stop Hosting Weddings after Gay “Marriage” Ruling (The Guardian) Pensacola Church Hosts 20 Same-Sex “Marriages,” Including Pastor’s (AL.com) Iraq: 14-Year-Old Girl Given as Gift

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Where’s the Love?

4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. Revelation 2:4-5 (ESV) George

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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Tuesday, Jan. 6

Archaeologists Find Possible Site of Jesus’s Trial in Jerusalem (The Washington Post) Do Tax Breaks for Churches Favor Believers Over Non-Believers? (Orange County Register) Why Religious Colleges Should Worry about This New Ruling (First Things) How Ebola Took a Toll on One American Church (NPR) As Christianity Exits Europe, “Criminal Muslims” Fill Void with Rabid

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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Monday, Jan. 5

What Christianity Contributes to China’s Economic Rise (First Things) Twelve Victories for Religious Liberty in 2014 (Charisma News) Turkey: A Century of Silence (The New Yorker) Iran: Arrest of Christians during the Christmas Period (Middle East Concern) Islamists Kidnap Thirteen Egyptian Christians in Libya (The Jerusalem Post) AirAsia QZ8501: 41 People Missing from One Church

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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Saturday, Jan. 3

Scots to Honor Missionary Mary Slessor (The Scotsman) When We Grow Passionate in Prayer (Desiring God) Five Reasons to Plant Your Life in a Church and Stay There (SBTS) Demonstrations Organized in Response to Three Mosque Fires in Sweden (The Local) Welsh Shopkeeper Posts Closed-Circuit Images of Shoplifters on Facebook: “Name and Shame” (Western Telegraph) Mafia ‘Betray

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