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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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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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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

Two Columbus Congregations Help Ferguson Church Rebuild (Columbus Dispatch) AirAsia Crash Killed 41 members of One Church (Christian Today) Slavery Uncovered on Korean Salt Farms (National Post) UK: Muslim Faith Schools Teach Segregation and Racism (AINA) Nigeria: Christians Debunk Reports That Muslims Protected Christians (Jihad Watch) Nigeria: Eight Wounded by Suspected Boko Haram Attack on …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Friday, Jan. 2 Read More »

How Not To Read Your Bible in 2015 (The Gospel Coalition) Resolved: To Read the Bible (Desiring God) Happy 2015? Newsweek Hit Piece Smears Bible, Christians (FOX News) Newsweek Finds Christianity Again with Its Cover (CNN) Responding to Newsweek, Mohler Says Bible Still Matters (SBTS) Anti-Muslim Demonstrations Grow to 10,000 Participants in Germany (Spiegel) Violent …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Thursday, Jan. 1 Read More »