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9 Christian leaders arrested in Australia after protesting deportation of asylum seekers
9 Christian leaders arrested in Australia after protesting deportation of asylum seekers

Australian Christian leaders have been arrested after holding a prayer vigil at the office of the Minister for Justice.

8 Bible verses on experiencing joy in the midst of trials
8 Bible verses on experiencing joy in the midst of trials

One of the biggest misconceptions when following Christ is that life becomes a whole lot easier when you're a Christian. This is far from the truth.

Pope to Mexican youths: Jesus doesn\'t want you to be hitmen
Pope to Mexican youths: Jesus doesn't want you to be hitmen

Pope Francis begged young people to shun the lure of easy money and big cars offered by drug traffickers in Mexico's gang-infested heartland on Tuesday

René Laennec: Google Doodle honours Christian medical pioneer
René Laennec: Google Doodle honours Christian medical pioneer

Google's masthead today shows two figures on either side of a pair of lungs.

Pope Francis loses his cool with \'selfish\' well-wisher
Pope Francis loses his cool with 'selfish' well-wisher

Pope Francis yesterday rebuked well-wishers in Mexico for being selfish after they caused him to fall onto a child in a wheelchair.

Can I minister to someone older than me?
Can I minister to someone older than me?

For young people ministering to people who are older than them, 1 Timothy 4:12 has become a life verse- "Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity."

Office talk: Work is a privilege not a burden
Office talk: Work is a privilege not a burden

Have you ever felt that your job was a burden, and that the only reason why you're not yet quitting is for your big pay check?

5 habits that church attendees should stop doing
5 habits that church attendees should stop doing

Church is a wonderful avenue to build a strong community of believers who can help point each other to Christ. However, church is far from perfect and the way that we do church can sometimes be flawed.

Australian abuse victims crowdfund trip to Rome for Vatican treasurer testimony
Australian abuse victims crowdfund trip to Rome for Vatican treasurer testimony

Catholic Cardinal George Pell had been scheduled to testify at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in the Australian city of Ballarat.

Is attending Church really necessary for Christians?
Is attending Church really necessary for Christians?

Our experience of church can vary dramatically depending on the denomination, congregation, country and a variety of factors. But what unites the church is that it is the gathering of a body of believers in God's presence.

Random Acts of Kindness Day and the refugee crisis
Random Acts of Kindness Day and the refugee crisis

It seems as if every day is a different international awareness day of some sort. But, Random Acts of Kindness Day (17th February) is surely one that Christians can readily get involved in. Although, there is nothing random about the reasoning behind acting kind when it comes to Christianity.

For first time, Muslim woman leads prayer to Allah at Wisconsin assembly — invited by a Christian lawmaker
For first time, Muslim woman leads prayer to Allah at Wisconsin assembly — invited by a Christian lawmaker

Christian lawmaker, Rep. Mandela Barnes (D-Milwaukee) extended an inviation to Janan Najeeb, the president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition and founder of the Islamic Resource Center, to lead the invocation during the lawmakers' session last Thursday.

Russia plans to upgrade its nuclear-tipped ICBMs to protect Earth from approaching asteroids and meteorites
Russia plans to upgrade its nuclear-tipped ICBMs to protect Earth from approaching asteroids and meteorites

To be able to counter the perceived threat of these approaching space objects, Moscow is planning to convert its intecontinental ballistic missiles used in warfare into weapons for astrological defense.

Inseparable: 2 American centenarians still in love with each other 80 years after their marriage
Inseparable: 2 American centenarians still in love with each other 80 years after their marriage

Eighty years after they got married, the lovers are still disproving their skeptics. In fact, the Goosenberg couple will be recognised this month for having one of the most enduring marriages in the United States.

Another Zika virus complication? WHO reports rise of rare paralysing ailment in Latin America
Another Zika virus complication? WHO reports rise of rare paralysing ailment in Latin America

Scientists are working to determine if there is indeed a connection between the virus and the syndrome, as more and more cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome--where a person's own nervous system is attacked by his or her immune system--are being reported in Latin America.

Climate change makes sea levels fall, not rise, new NASA study shows
Climate change makes sea levels fall, not rise, new NASA study shows

Using two satellites, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in cooperation with the University of California at Irvine recently found out that 3.2 trillion tons of water have already seeped through land over the past decade.