Devon Franklin believes in miracles. In preparing for his next project, The Star, following the success of Miracles from Heaven, the producer and speaker looked to inspiration from a 1998 film classic.
“I always wanted to do an animated movie and there really hadn’t been an animated movie of faith from a mainstream standpoint done since The…
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Intense Syrian government shelling and air strikes of rebel-held Damascus suburbs killed at least 98 people, a monitoring group and paramedics said.
A day after Monday’s government barrage, retaliatory shells rained down on the Syrian capital, killing at least one person on Tuesday.
The targeted suburbs, scattered across an area known as eastern Ghouta , have been subjected to weeks-long bombardment that has killed and wounded hundreds of people.
John Pontifex from ACN was recently in Damascus and told Premier News Hour the need for help is overwhelming.
“It’s almost impossible for agencies to meet the needs of the people,” he said. “Our sense is that help is going to have to increase if we are to in any way eliminate the plight of thousands of people who I saw for myself are in incredible poverty… that really brought a tear to my eye.”
He added that people are “understandably extremely afraid” and the situation is “desperate”.
This photo released on Tuesday Feb. 20, 2018 provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Ghouta Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian paramedic, right, treats an injured man who was wounded by the shelling of the Syrian government forces, at a makeshift hospital, in Ghouta, suburb of Damascus, Syria. A Syrian…
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Kathie Lee Gifford, author of three New York Times best-selling books and three time Emmy-winning cohost of the fourth hour of NBC Today, stepped in front of the camera to declare herself “Second” in the newest film from I Am Second, a global storytelling organization.
In the film, available on iamsecond.com, Gifford shares about the ups and downs of her life, from her beginnings in the entertainment industry and her 29-year marriage to her husband Frank to the biggest struggle she currently…
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Suspected members of Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab shot three Christians to death in northeastern Kenya at 1 a.m. on Friday (Feb. 16), sources said.
Targeting Kenyans who came from other areas to work in predominantly Somali Wajir, some 100 miles from the Somali border, the suspected terrorists from the Somali rebel group entered the sleeping quarters of personnel at Qarsa Primary School and killed two Christian teachers and the wife of one of them, sources told Morning Star News.
After killing Seth Oluoch Odada, his wife Caroline and teacher Kevin Shari, one of the assailants said in the Somali language, “These infidels [non-Muslims] should be wiped out,” a teacher who survived the attack told a worker at Wajir Referral Hospital, the worker told Morning Star News.
The pastor of an area church, undisclosed for security reasons, told Morning Star News that Odada and his wife attended his church.
“We are very concerned about this selective kind of attack on non-locals who are also Christians in this region,” the pastor said. “Our other church members are not safe. Many of the church members, including teachers, have started fleeing the area to their home villages, and some did not attend the church for the Sunday service.”
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Prompted by the ‘beach body ready’ advert in 2015 and statistics from the YMCA that say more than a third of 11 to 16 year olds said they were willing to do ‘whatever it takes to look good’, Bishop Rachel felt body image was an area where Christians really do have something to say.
She told Premier: “Firstly, as a follower of Jesus Christ, I believe every person is valued, precious, made in the image of God and deeply valued by God. Therefore it really concerns me that the messages that particularly young people are bombarded with are about their value coming from their appearance.”
Her second point was that teenagers are already talking about this, so it is easy for Christians to engage with when we’ve got such an appealing alternative: “If the church wants to be connecting with young people, we need to be hearing what their concerns are and this has been subject young people have been really willing to open up about.”
When asked if there is Biblical guidance when Christians feel insecure, Bishop Rachel said there “most definitely is” and cited Psalm 139 and when Samuel is told to anoint the next King and God says he does not judge by outward appearance.
She added that the fact Christians believe God loves them no matter what they look like should be told to non-believers also: “Now, some of the people at the conference would not identity as…
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With 68% of Christian men viewing pornography on a regular basis, the church is in desperate…
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Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban made a strong statement in his recent state of the nation address.
“Christianity is Europe’s last hope,” said Orban in his 20th annual address. He went on to say that he believes the open immigration policies so many countries in Europe have adopted are paving the way for radical Islam to infiltrate the continent.
Politicians in other cities such as Brussels, Berlin, and Paris have “opened the way to the decline of Christian culture and the advance of Islam,” he continued, according to FoxNews.com.
Orban also voiced concerns that “born Germans are being forced back from most large German cities, as migrants always occupy big cities first.”
The topic of immigration in Europe has become a heightened issue in recent years, particularly because some of the more recent terrorists attacks have been perpetrated by immigrants from Muslim-majority nations, which has caused some politicians to question their country’s immigration vetting policies.
Orban has been Hungary’s prime minister since 1998 and is seeking reelection for a third consecutive term in April. Orban is part of the Fidesz–Hungarian Civil Alliance party which is the country’s nationalist conservative and right-wing populist party. Orban has led the party for most of its existence.
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The George Washington “thumb Bible” which paraphrases the Old and New Testaments was originally written by John Taylor, a 16th century English poet.
The full dedication reads: “To his Excellency G. Washington, President of the United States of America. Most hopeful George, into thy hands we give, The sum of that which makes us ever live.
“And tho’ the volume and the work be small, Yet it contains the sum of all in all.”
Less than a dozen copies of the 2 inches by 1.375 inches special edition remain in the public domain.
The book includes a number of early American woodcuts depicting biblical scenes and figures.
Dr Aviad Stollman, head of collections at the National Library of Israel told The Time of Israel: “The term ‘thumb Bible’ refers to abbreviated Bibles like this, which were popular in early 19th-century America, where they were used to educate children.”
The miniature Bible was purchased jointly by the National Library and archaeology, books and Judaica collectors David and Jemima Jeselsohn through a private sale arranged by the Sotheby’s auction house.
It will also be showcased in the National Library of Israel’s landmark new building, currently under construction in Jerusalem. It is scheduled to open in 2021.
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My husband and I want to express our deepest sympathies to the families who lost a child (or were impacted in some way) by the Parkland school shooting. Our hearts are heavy for you, along with thousands or millions across the nation. We ache for your loss.
Your beloved children died, murdered, at school—a place they should have been safe—on Valentine’s Day, of all days. The day we give cards and…
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A New York Times examination of how pornography affects how teens think about sex reported that Pornhub, the most popular pornography site, draws 80 million visitors a day—more traffic than Pinterest, Tumblr or PayPal.
“Teenagers, or anyone else with a smartphone,” the Times reports, “have easy access to sexually…
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