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God is love: Understanding the 3 different words for Love in the New Testament
Love. Even from a cursory reading of the Bible, or a nominal understanding of Christianity, it is clear that love is integral to the Christian faith. But what does this actually mean?

5 ideas for your church to engage with the amazing summer of sport in 2016
Harry Farley looks ahead to this summer's sport and gives how you can evangelise using the amazing events coming up.

Last words of Christian girl, 12, burnt to death by ISIS: 'Forgive them'
A Christian girl cried "forgive them" as she died in her mother's arms after ISIS fighters torched their home.

God's great work: NASA verifies 1,284 new planets, its largest collection ever
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently announced that it was able to very 1,284 new planets in outer space -- the largest collection of planets it ever revealed to date.

Life after death: Humans can remain conscious even after heart stops beating, new study reveals
Scientists from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom were able to confirm that human beings can indeed remain conscious even three minutes after the heart stops beating.

Pro-LGBT campaign gains ground in North America, Mexico: Canadian PM pushes for transgenders' protection
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tabled a bill that would protect transgenders from discrimination.

Churches in Florida welcome Venezuelans fleeing their country amid economic crisis
Churches in Orlando, Florida are helping families from Venezuela who have fled their country due to political and economic crisis.

South Carolina set to become 17th state in U.S. to ban abortion after 19 weeks gestation
Lawmakers in South Carolina passed a bill on Tuesday that prohibits abortion after 19 weeks of pregnancy.

U.S. military gets first openly gay leader as Eric Fanning is sworn in as Army Secretary
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Eric Fanning as U.S. Army secretary, becoming the first openly gay head of any military service in the country.

EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo has crashed, says French president
Later Tweets by EgyptAir said the plane, which was travelling at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,280 metres), disappeared at 02:45 am.

Tim Tebow urges student athletes: 'Be bigger than sports,' use skills to give honour to God
Former NFL star Tim Tebow attended the Greenville News' Upstate Sports Awards program on Monday night at the TD Convention Center in Greenville, South Carolina and encouraged the student athletes there to get invested in things other than just sports.

3 common habits that prevent us from drawing closer to God
Without identifying the habits that are standing in our way, we can't work to break them. So take a look at our list of bad spiritual habits and see if you can see yourself somewhere in them!

Pastor and boxing icon Manny Pacquiao promises 15-M Filipinos who voted for him as senator: 'I won't let you down'
His election victory assured, Christian born-again boxer and pastor Manny Pacquiao made a sacred vow to the Filipino people on Tuesday that he "won't let them down" when he begins assuming his duty as one of the 12 newly elected senators of the Philippines.

Obama administration threatens hospitals: Do abortions and 'sex changes' or else lose federal funding
The Obama administration actually dropped not one but two bombshells on Friday when he threatened the nation's public schools with the loss of billions of dollars of federal funding unless they comply with its vision of gender ideology, LifeSiteNews reports.

Top Vatican cardinal blasts gender theory, same-sex marriage, transgender bathroom policies, calling them 'demonic attacks'
Cardinal Robert Sarah, whose name often comes up on the short list of papal candidates, denounced gender ideology, same-sex "marriage," and transgender bathroom policies at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, describing them all as "demonic attacks on humanity."

Why being late dishonors God
One thing that people forget is that Jesus taught us that God is not so much concerned about how we receive His blessing, but how we manage it.