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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Thursday, October 9

Grenade Blast Kills Two in Philippine Church (ABC News) Church Officials Struggle to Assist Those with Mental Illness (OC Register) “Mass Mobs” Aim to Keep Pews Full at Old Churches (NPR) Pews to Pints: Pub Chain JD Wetherspoon Buys Landmark Methodist Church in South Belfast (Belfast Telegraph) Court Hears Chimp ‘Personhood’ Case (The Guardian) First […]

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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Wednesday, October 8

Christian Worship in Arabic at a California Church (World) 100 Yrs After Being Driven Out by Ottomans, Syrian Refugee Christians Find Asylum in Istanbul Church (Hurriyet Daily News) Compassion and Choices Uses Tragedy to Promote It’s Assisted Suicide Agenda (National Right to Life) Doctor-Assisted Suicide Is Unethical and Dangerous (The New York Times) US Appeals

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“The Boundary of a Christian Church”—Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928-2014)

Wolfhart Pannenberg, a German theologian who died September 5, was one of the 20th century’s formative theological thinkers. When he rose to prominence in the 1960s, many theologians believed Christianity could only be accepted by faith but not studied or defended using rational thought. Pannenberg defied this trend by arguing that the bodily resurrection of

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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Tuesday, October 7

Did the Supreme Court Just Legalize Gay “Marriage”? (NPR) The Vindication of Antonin Scalia — A Sad Milestone for Marriage and Morality (Albert Mohler) Same-Sex “Marriage” and the Supreme Court: What Now for the Church? (Russell Moore) Islam’s Violent Tendencies (Herald Sun) With ISIS an Hour Away, Christian Community Makes Its ‘Last Stand in Iraq’

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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Monday, October 6

Liberian Church Members Hit Hard by Ebola Crisis (Star-Telegram) Ukraine: Christians Threatened with Firing Squads and Pastors Held Hostage (Christian Today) How the Russian Orthodox Church Answers Putin’s Prayers in Ukraine (Reuters) Vatican Synod Tests Pope’s Vision of a More Merciful Church (NPR) “We’ve Got Your Back Pastor,” Legal Groups Promises Church Leaders (The Christian

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Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Saturday, October 4

The Best Things about the Boring Parts of the Bible (Desiring God) 7 Ways Christian History Benefits You (Christianity.com) The Evil in North Korea: What Can Christians Do? (ByFaith Online) Gay “Marriage” Support Waning? (Baptist Press) Faith on Earth — The Urgent Mission of Theological Education (Albert Mohler)

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