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Over 400 hostile acts against US churches since 2018 - report
At least 420 acts of hostility against churches occurred in the United States over the past five years, while 57 of those hostile acts between January and September 2022 have been related to abortion, an analysis suggests.
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Acts 29 network asks Matt Chandler to 'step aside' from speaking engagements
Global church planting network Acts 29 said it has "asked" the president and chairman of their board, Matt Chandler, "to step aside from Acts 29 speaking engagements" following a decision by The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, to suspend him over his inappropriate communication with a woman who is not his wife on Instagram.
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Hundreds of acts of persecution against India's Christians in 2021 - human rights groups
Human rights groups in India say they have documented over 300 incidents of Christian persecution in just the first nine months of 2021, warning that this year might be the worst in terms of the number of such incidents in the country's history.
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School toolkit encourages pupils to talk about intimate sexual acts
Pupils are encouraged to talk about intimate sexual acts in a game featured in a toolkit for schools.
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Random acts of kindness are good for wellbeing - study
People who help others are helping themselves, new research published by the American Psychological Association suggests.
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Churches can counter 'epidemic of fear' over coronavirus with acts of love
"As churches let's be communities that spread hope, generosity and gratitude."
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Former Kirk Moderator's 'reverse advent calendar' encourages acts of kindness
The former Moderator of the Church of Scotland General Assembly has launched a 'reverse advent calendar' encouraging tiny acts of kindness in the run up to Christmas.
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When people think their acts of evil are somehow good
The New Zealand mosque killer's actions were the extreme but logical consequence of an ideological pariah infecting Western culture right now
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Acts of faith in God are rare in today's church - but they should be the norm
I am frustrated with how the church no longer seems to follow the example of the forerunners of faith, or barely does so.
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What can we learn from Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8?
Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian official in Acts 8 gives us very important lessons regarding our Christian lives, particularly our obedience to God and what the Lord wants to do through us.
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Don't just give up, give to: How 40 acts of kindness can transform your Lent
What if Lent weren't focused on negatives – giving things up – but on positively affecting the world for good?
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Is the Acts of the Apostles a film-maker's dream?
According to Affirm Films, Paul, Apostle of Christ is the story of Luke, who risks his life to visit Paul, 'held captive in Nero's darkest, bleakest prison cell'.
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Why did Paul rebuke the slave girl in Acts 16?
Acts 16 presents to us an account worth noting, an account showing Paul rebuking someone for saying that he and his companions were preachers of the Gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ.
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3 things we can learn from the death of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5
The happenings in the early church teach very important lessons for us today. Whether these events are good and pleasing, or tragic and depressing, all of it brings to us insight and learning that will refine us and make us ready for the return of the Lord Jesus.
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A lesson from Acts: You are not the saviour of the world
In 1992, when Glasnost and Perestroika came to the Soviet Union, a group of teenagers boarded a plane from London to Moscow to bring the gospel to that great city.
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Youth mentor at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church arrested following accusations of lewd acts with teenage boys
A volunteer youth mentor with Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, has been arrested on suspicion of lewd acts with at least two teenage boys.
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Egypt's Churches Condemn ISIS' 'Terrorist Acts Of Murder' Against Christians
Churches in Egypt are continuing to respond to the hundreds of Coptic Christians who have been displaced from their homes by the threat of ISIS' brutal crusade against the faith community.
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Why Christians Should Beware Of Random Acts Of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness have their limitations, and here's why I don't think they're the answer to all the world's problems.
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Bieber sings Delirious? Six other musical acts and the worship songs they should cover
The prodigious pop star made an unannounced detour into the mid-'90s British worship back catalogue during the Paris leg of his Purpose Tour.
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Is Tim Kaine right about Genesis endorsing hom*osexual acts?
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, who is a devout Roman Catholic, raised a lot of eyebrows during the Human Rights Campaign's annual Washington D.C. dinner after he said that the Catholic church might one day change its stance against same-sex marriage.
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Why it's hard to find a 'book of Acts' church today
The early church age was filled with such wonderful and amazing things. Why is it so hard to see these things happen today?
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Everyday acts of witness: 3 ways to proclaim your love for Christ to others
It's vital that we bear witness to Christ in the little things we do each day, not just through the standard periodical expressions of our faith such as going to church once a week. We need to be full-time, 24/7 365 days a year (366 on leap years) Christians.
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From covert to overt: 16 acts of kindness you can do every day
Whether you want it to be known that you're responsible for a good deed so that it may encourage others to witness Christ's love for them or would rather remain anonymous (Matthew 6:3-4: "But when you do give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret.), these ideas will help you incorporate kindness into your everyday.
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Good Friday came early in Brussels, city's bishop notes following terror attacks; Pope condemns acts of 'blind obedience'
Good Friday "came early" in Brussels, the city's bishop mournfully noted, following the Holy Week terrorist attacks in the Belgian capital on Tuesday.
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