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Please don't leave, Middle East church leaders beg Christians
Christians living in the Palestinian territories and elsewhere in the Middle East will this week be urged not to flee from the region as persecution intensifies.

Assyrian forces liberate Christian village controlled by ISIS for two years
The Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) claimed on Saturday that ISIS militants had been driven out of Badaneh, a "traditionally Christian vilage" south of Mosul on September 1.

Israeli Trump supporters open campaign office in West Bank
Israeli supporters of US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have opened a campaign office in the occupied West Bank.

Police charge man with murder of Christian father who tried to retrieve daughter from forced marriage
A man in Pakistan has been charged with the murder of the father of a 14-year-old Christian girl who was kidnapped, raped and forced into Islamic marriage.

Money left by bishop after death will be used to support child abuse victims
Ronald Mulkearns, who was the Bishop of Ballarat until 1997, died in April, leaving an estate of over two million dollars.

Trump, Clinton court Ohio as White House race enters final two months
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton opened a final two-month sprint to the November 8 election on Monday

Why knowing the Bible inside out may still not bring you closer to God
James 1:22-23 tells us, "But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror."

Why it's so easy to lie and how to be free from chronic lying
How can we become free from the trap of chronic lying?

Not seeing any spiritual growth in your life? These are some of the things that may be blocking it
In many seasons the work of Christ also calls us to work and grow in faith. Not that we are to force or manipulate growth into our being, but that as we rely on Jesus more, He will bring growth.

Why you should not let the sun go down on your anger
Unresolved anger becomes dangerous to us as a foothold for the devil.

Why you should 'catch the little foxes' according to Solomon
Take good care of your relationship with God and your marriage â get rid of those foxes.

4 tips for staying in control of your temper when speaking with someone you strongly disagree with
Here are three tips for tackling the temptation to throw charity out the window when you're locked in discussion with someone over something you passionately disagree about.

Facing a tough decision? Here are 6 Bible verses to reassure you of God's guiding
There might not be a story or scripture that resembles your specific dilemma in an immediately obvious way, but there will be words which will help you to find an answer which reflect how God wants you to approach your particular circumstances.

If God is powerful, why can't I feel it?
At some point we may have taken a look at all the miracles in the Bible and asked ourselves, did these things really happen? And if they did, why don't we see much of them anymore today?

3 tips to improving your spiritual health habits
Nobody ever became good at a sport without practicing the disciplines necessary for it. In the same way, nobody will ever grow spiritually healthy without the disciplines required for it.

Study finds increase in mental health issues among women who have had abortions
A recent study showed that abortion during the late teen and early adult years raises a woman's risk of mental health problems.