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November 2013

Warning All Churches [Excerpts] Over this year, there have been a number of news reports on another movement in the church advocating for the acceptance of homosexual behavior and same-sex relationships. Matthew Vines, an openly homosexual 23-year-old student at Harvard University, posted a video on YouTube of a speech he...Read more
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Which one is bad? [Excerpts] “Hussein**” has seen God work miracle after miracle as an evangelist and house church leader in Iran. Miracles like Iranian secret police raiding a house church meeting that had just received a shipment of 500 Bibles in three large boxes, which were still sitting on...Read more
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The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God! --Matthew HenryRead more
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Cooked Wasps “Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy” ( Psalm:82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. See All... ). Domesticated honeybees in China are preyed upon by a native wasp. A single wasp can wipe out a nest...Read more
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Kenyan pastors murdered as tensions, violence escalate [Excerpts] Assailants killed two evangelical pastors in Kenya late [in October], following anonymous threats and a government crackdown on Islamic extremists in the region. At least one church leader reacted by calling for firearms and greater security for churches. The murders of Charles...Read more
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The Bothersome, Annoying Truth [Excerpts] A controversy is raging in the Washington, DC, Jewish community involving the local [Jewish Community] in-house Theater J. While a local tale, it is a distressing encapsulation of Israel ’s predicament. Last month Theater J announced its Spring 2014 schedule. The schedule includes a play...Read more
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