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Max Lucado: Get rid of your \'if-onlys\' if you want to experience true joy
Max Lucado: Get rid of your 'if-onlys' if you want to experience true joy

Contingent joy is always dependent upon a circumstance and never delivers. Instead, swap it for courageous joy that is anchored in Jesus, not circumstances.

Franklin Graham, Michael Brown criticise Bruce Springsteen for cancelling concert in NC over bathroom privacy law
Franklin Graham, Michael Brown criticise Bruce Springsteen for cancelling concert in NC over bathroom privacy law

There are a lot of people objecting to North Carolina's House Bill 2, which requires people to use bathrooms corresponding only to their biological sex. Singer Bruce Springsteen cancelled his April 10 concert in Greensboro for this reason, saying that the state overturned progress when it passed the controversial bill.

Caring for each other: 10 Bible verses about living in community
Caring for each other: 10 Bible verses about living in community

The Bible calls us to love one another; our friends, our enemies, our church. It's not always easy, but we're made to live together in fellowship – to help one another, to bear each other's burdens and to encourage those around us to keep going.

Manny Pacquiao bids goodbye to boxing, invites Timothy Bradley Jr. to Bible study
Manny Pacquiao bids goodbye to boxing, invites Timothy Bradley Jr. to Bible study

After winning from the fight he had with Timothy Bradley Jr. at the MGM Grand last Saturday night, Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao has finally retired and bid his boxing days goodbye. As a parting gift, he also invited Bradley to Bible study.

Sudan: Church leaders kept under daily surveillance as \'indiscriminate harassment\' against Christians continues
Sudan: Church leaders kept under daily surveillance as 'indiscriminate harassment' against Christians continues

Sudanese authorities have kept six Christian leaders under surveillance and two detained since mid-December, despite having no official charges filed against them, according to World Watch Monitor.

Christian man brutally hacked to death in Pakistan
Christian man brutally hacked to death in Pakistan

The body of a Christian man who was hacked to death in Pakistan has been paraded through the streets in protest at the police's refusal to act.

Bible is one of the top 10 most \'challenged\' books in America
Bible is one of the top 10 most 'challenged' books in America

The Bible is now one of the most objected to books at US schools and libraries, it has been announced.

Key to personal transformation is \'learning to think like God thinks\' — Joyce Meyer
Key to personal transformation is 'learning to think like God thinks' — Joyce Meyer

Popular Christian speaker and author Joyce Meyer says that people are completely transformed whenever they accept Jesus Christ into their lives. However, sometimes the transformation gets halted because people resist God's changes.

Christians and Muslims unite to serve refugees in Sweden
Christians and Muslims unite to serve refugees in Sweden

Christian and Muslims are going into business together to provide accommodation for refugees in Sweden.

Christian NBA star Stephen Curry takes time off from busy schedule to interact with school kids
Christian NBA star Stephen Curry takes time off from busy schedule to interact with school kids

NBA star Stephen Curry is fortunate that his father Dell set a good example to him growing up, and he learned through him the importance of giving back to the community and serving as a role model for young boys and girls.

Piers Morgan escapes sanctions over Christian homophobe comment
Piers Morgan escapes sanctions over Christian homophobe comment

Piers Morgan will not face sanctions after asking a Christian who opposed same-sex marriage whether he was a "homophobe".

Dealing with legalistic Christians
Dealing with legalistic Christians

Facing and interacting with legalistic believers can be a daunting challenge. More often than we'd like, their ideas, thoughts and speech can become more of a burden than a blessing.

Saudi female TV host denounces Muslim \'hypocrites\' for not owning up on terrorism
Saudi female TV host denounces Muslim 'hypocrites' for not owning up on terrorism

Saudi journalist and TV news anchor Nadine Al-Budair has criticised Muslim "hypocrites" who would not own up to elements of their faith or admit that terror is rooted in extremist Islam.

Israel urges citizens to prepare for war by stocking up on emergency equipment
Israel urges citizens to prepare for war by stocking up on emergency equipment

Israel's Home Front Command is reportedly instructing civilians to stock up on emergency equipment to prepare for war.

Italy criticised over difficulty in obtaining abortions
Italy criticised over difficulty in obtaining abortions

Women's rights are being violated in Italy by the serious difficulties they face in trying to obtain safe abortions due to many doctors refusing to carry out the procedure, the Council of Europe said on Monday.

EU High Court rules against deportation of Christian converts to Iran, urges grant of asylum
EU High Court rules against deportation of Christian converts to Iran, urges grant of asylum

Religious and human rights groups are applauding a European court decision that ruled governments must grant a fair evaluation of Christian converts before they could be denied asylum and sent back to Iran.