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Syrian Rebels Seize Village Where ISIS Promised Apocalyptic Battle
Syrian Rebels Seize Village Where ISIS Promised Apocalyptic Battle

Syrian rebels said they captured the village of Dabiq from Islamic State on Sunday, forcing the jihadist group from a stronghold where it had promised to fight a final, apocalyptic battle with the West.

Iraq \'Cannot Take Back Mosul From ISIS Alone\' Says Turkey
Iraq 'Cannot Take Back Mosul From ISIS Alone' Says Turkey

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Iraq could not deal alone with driving Islamic State from the city of Mosul and that the presence of Turkish forces in a nearby military camp was an insurance against attacks on Turkey.

Looting Near UN Base In Haiti; Ban Promises More Aid
Looting Near UN Base In Haiti; Ban Promises More Aid

Haitians desperate for relief from hunger and sickness in the wake of Hurricane Matthew looted United Nations trucks on Saturday during a short visit to a hard-hit port town by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who promised more aid.

Third Of Brits Want Bible As Their \'Desert Island\' Book
Third Of Brits Want Bible As Their 'Desert Island' Book

Stranded on a desert island, one in three Brits would want a Bible to hand, new research has found.

Christian Missionary Kidnapped In Niger
Christian Missionary Kidnapped In Niger

The American aid worker kidnapped by gunmen in Niger was a Christian missionary who had links to Youth With A Mission (YWAM), a spokesman has confirmed.

Over 1,000 Muslims in Mideast, Africa and Asia Await Baptism as They Are Set to Begin New Lives as Followers of Christ
Over 1,000 Muslims in Mideast, Africa and Asia Await Baptism as They Are Set to Begin New Lives as Followers of Christ

More than a thousand Muslims are set to begin new lives as followers of Jesus Christ as they await their formal baptism in about a dozen Muslim-majority countries.

Atheist-Led Canadian Church Dispenses With Bible, Replaces Lord\'s Prayer With Secular Invocation
Atheist-Led Canadian Church Dispenses With Bible, Replaces Lord's Prayer With Secular Invocation

From Canada comes this shocking news: A Christian church is being led by an openly atheist minister who has mostly done away with the Bible and has replaced the Lord's Prayer with a nonsectarian affirmation.

ISIS May Use Fire from Oil, Other Mediaeval Strategies to Defend Itself as Colossal Battle for Mosul Looms
ISIS May Use Fire from Oil, Other Mediaeval Strategies to Defend Itself as Colossal Battle for Mosul Looms

The Islamic State (ISIS) is bracing for a colossal battle in Mosul, Iraq's second largest city with a population of over a million people. The city has been under ISIS occupation since June 2014.

No Stopping Church Growth in North Korea Despite 70 Years of Christian Persecution
No Stopping Church Growth in North Korea Despite 70 Years of Christian Persecution

God is hard at work even in North Korea, considered as the number one country where Christians are most persecuted.

Archaeologist Uses Holy Bible to Locate Where Jesus Was Really Crucified
Archaeologist Uses Holy Bible to Locate Where Jesus Was Really Crucified

An archaeologist has used the Holy Bible to locate where Jesus Christ was really crucified, and he found an area different from what has traditionally been believed to be the site of the crucifixion.

Here\'s Hope For All Your Wasted Years
Here's Hope For All Your Wasted Years

God was with us all this time

What Fighting the Good Fight Really Means – and How You Should Do It
What Fighting the Good Fight Really Means – and How You Should Do It

Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses.

3 Bible Verses That Will Inspire You to Live for God With All You\'ve Got
3 Bible Verses That Will Inspire You to Live for God With All You've Got

Because Christ owned us by purchasing us with His very own blood, He has the right to tell us what to do with our lives, and in fact He did tell us what to do.

Turkey Deporting More Christian Ministry Workers, Tagging Them as Threats to National Security
Turkey Deporting More Christian Ministry Workers, Tagging Them as Threats to National Security

More and more Christians doing ministry work or working in churches in Turkey are being deported by local authorities from the Muslim nation, with some of the Christians tagged as threats to the country's national security.

Australian Teens Arrested, Accused of Plotting ISIS-Inspired Terrorist Attack Inside Prayer Hall
Australian Teens Arrested, Accused of Plotting ISIS-Inspired Terrorist Attack Inside Prayer Hall

Two teenage boys from Australia were recently arrested right inside a prayer hall for allegedly plotting to carry out a terrorist attack inspired by the extremist organisation Islamic State (ISIS).

Former Atheist Lee Strobel Says He Almost Divorced His Wife Because She Converted to Christianity
Former Atheist Lee Strobel Says He Almost Divorced His Wife Because She Converted to Christianity

Former atheist Lee Strobel was perfectly happy when he married his wife Leslie, but something changed along the course of their marriage that made him upset enough to consider divorcing her - she converted to Christianity.