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North Korean University Draws U.S. Evangelicals despite Risks (Yahoo News) Italian Supreme Court Says Divorce Should Not Be A “Set-Up for Life,” with Hefty Maintenance Payments (The Independent) Texas Seeks Help from Federal Government to Defund Planned Parenthood (The Guardian) Half of Violent Jihadis Come from Muslim Groups Not Identified with Violent Jihad (Modern Tokyo …

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Former ISIS Leader Turns from Death to Life in Christ (ANS) Nearly 10,000 Yazidis Killed, Kidnapped by Islamic State in 2014, Study Finds (Reuters) Homosexual, Indonesian Men Facing Possibility of 80 Lashes Under Shariah Law (National Post) Triple Talaq: India Top Court Reviews Islamic Instant Divorce (BBC) Judge Grants Lesbian ‘Husband Rights’ in Tennessee’s First …

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Christians in North Sudan Forced to Stand and Watch as Church Destroyed (Christian Today) Oregon on Track to Have No Gender on Driver’s Licenses (Oregon Live) Vatican Celebrates Big Bang to Dispel Faith-Science Conflict (Yahoo News) The Latest on the Theory of Evolution: New Haul of Homo Naledi Bones (The Guardian) Dress Up: What We …

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US: Why Schools and Religion Are Proving to Be a Tricky Mix (New York Post) Taliban Teachers: How Militants Are Infiltrating Afghan Schools (The Guardian) ‘Iran Was My Egypt’: Christian Convert from Islam Finds Asylum in the UK (Christian Concern) Shock and Consternation in Indonesia: Ahok Condemned to Two Years for Blasphemy (Asia News) Suicide-Related …

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Guatemalan Pastors Turning from Cafeteria-Style Religion (The Gospel Coalition) This Black Pastor Led a White Church—in 1788 (Christian History) Turmoil in Turkey Means Steep Drop in Visits to Biblical Tourists Sites, Such as Perga (Hurriyet Daily News) Christianity’s Most Important Shrine? (BBC) “I Just Wanted Her to Happy” – The Collapse of American Parenting (First …

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Young Evangelicals More Liberal Than Parents on Gay Rights, Remain Conservative on Abortion (Christian Today) Dwindling: Pro-Life Dems & Pro-Choice Party’s Fate (Baptist Press) A Shoplifter’s Search for God (Christianity Today) Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews? (Zondervan Academic) Judge Not? – What the Bible Really Says About Love (Desiring God)