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Christians hoping to celebrate the New Year with a religious calendar are in for a nasty surprise. Those living in China’s Henan province recently learned that such things have been forbidden by the regime as part of its ever increasing crackdown on Christianity. A member of Xigong district’s De’en Church said that his congregation had…

Christian persecution is rising. Christians in Western countries face increasing pressure to hide their beliefs like a shameful secret, and practicing Christians in the Middle East, Africa and Asia face imprisonment, torture and death if they are caught. None of this is news to anyone who has been watching the news lately, but many people…

Yet another Old Testament city may have been uncovered in Israel. A team of archaeologists headed by Dr. Scott Stripling may have finally revealed the biblical city of Ai, a Canaanite city ambushed by the Israelites in the Book of Joshua. The proposed site for Ai is near Jerusalem at Khirbet el-Maqatir and has been…

According to Express, six Christians were severely injured in an attack by Hindu radicals in India. The radicals stormed a prayer meeting in India’s Pradesh state. Forty or so Christians had gathered at a pastor’s home. During the attack, the radicals verbally and physically assaulted those who were gathered. In addition to the physical attack,…

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Proof that the Noah’s Ark story in the bible is true could have been discovered in Iraq, a documentary claims. The Tower of Babel is an ancient biblical tale in the Book of Genesis said to explain life after Noah’s Great Flood. According to the story, God built a huge structure from the heavens to…

Gateway Church in Dallas found a new location for the newest campus, and it’s nothing that you would expect. Pastor Robert Morris went to Coffield Unit in Texas, which is the largest prison in the state to open the new branch of his church. He announced it to his congregation saying, “We have a new…

“The Head of Christ”, also called the “Sallman Head”, is a 1940 portrait painting of Jesus of Nazareth by American artist Warner Sallman (1892–1968). As an extraordinarily successful work of Christian popular devotional art, it had been reproduced over half a billion times worldwide by the end of the 20th century. Enlarged copies of the…

The story of the Exodus is one of the most important accounts in the Bible. It forms the foundation for the rest of the Old Testament and heavily influences the New Testament. Echoes of its power can still be felt today, and it serves as the backbone of the Jewish faith. There has, however, been…

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Recently, there has been a wave of four biblical plagues. This has many people wondering if the remaining six will soon strike. According to Jewish tradition, all of the plagues that struck Egypt will reappear before the final redemption. The Bible talks about the first plague in Exodus 7:20 which says, “Moses and Aaron did…

In an effort to continue expanding and modernizing the country, Saudi Arabia has planned to create a massive, modern mega city called Neom. The project was proposed by Riyadh that would cover an area of 10,200 square miles, a piece of land nearly 34 times the size of New York City. Within that parcel of…
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