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Lincoln’s Faith and America’s Future (First Things) Is Atheism Irrational?  Interview with Alvin Plantinga (The New York Times) Atheist Who Auctioned Chance to Visit Church Attends Worship Service after Years of Renouncing Faith (The Christian Post) Can a Mason Be a Christian? (Crosswalk) The Plight of Christians in Pakistan (Pakistan Christian Post) U.S. House Committee …

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Christian Missions in the Third Millennium (Crosswalk) Was Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret the Same as Paul’s? (Desiring God) The Church as a Mosaic: Exercises for Cultural Diversity (Christianity Today) Do Camel Bones Disprove the Bible? (Examiner) Religious Groups Lodge Homosexual “Marriage” Challenge (The Guardian) U.S. Justice Department Will Extend Benefits to Homosexual Couples (RNS) Growing …

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Black Pastors Discuss How Church’s Role Has Evolved (USA Today) Methodists in Crisis Over Gay “Marriage,” Church Law (WRAL) Tennessee “Atheist Church” Grows to 2 Services in 3 Months (The Christian Post) “Proselytism” Conviction of Convert from Islam in Morocco Overturned (ANS) Pakistan, Father of Three Fired because a Christian (Asia News) Christian Man Lynched by …

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Survey Finds British Children and Adults Are Biblically Illiterate (RNS) Destroying Japanese Christianity (Patheos) Syria’s Christian Minority Are Fighting Back (AINA) Stolen Urn of Buddha’s Remains Recovered in Cambodia (The Guardian) Chevrolet Winter Olympics Ads Feature Gay Couples (The Washington Times) Christian Athletes to Watch in Sochi (Christianity Today) Evangelicals Want Reversal of Birth Control …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Saturday, February 8 Read More »

The Abrahamic Fallacy (New English Review) Thousands of Syrians Are Coming to Christ (ANS) Pakistan: Christian Girl Abducted, Converted and Forced to Marry a Muslim in Lahore (Asia News) Inspiration for “Philomena” Doesn’t Blame Church (ABC) In Defense of the Christian Private School Bubble (Christianity Today) Legal Battle Brews Over Separation of Church/State in LA …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Friday, February 7 Read More »

How Churches Can Evangelize Their Neighborhoods (The Gospel Coalition) How White Missionaries Helped Birth Modern Day India (Christianity Today) Remember the Prisoner (ByFaith Online) Do Celebrity Debates Help Christian Persuasion? (Christianity Today) 10 Common Topics of Church Member Arguments (The Christian Post) U.N. Panel Blasts Vatican Handling of Clergy Abuse, Church Teachings on Gays, Abortion (The …

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