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Christians ‘deeply sad’ as Scottish Parliament backs assisted suicide bill

BY  :  Staff Writer  Christian Today   Scotland has moved a step closer to legalising assisted suicide after Liam McArthur’s bill passed the stage one vote on Tuesday evening. The vote was on the general principles of the bill, with MSPs voting 70 in favour […]

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‘We’re at the end’: Televangelist Jim Bakker pleads for viewers to send $1 million to save his ministry

BY  :  Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter    Jim Bakker, the controversial televangelist best known for his disgraced 1980s Christian media empire, is warning his supporters he could lose his ministry and his home if he doesn’t raise $1 million soon. The 85-year-old Bakker, […]

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Historic black megachurch donates $132K to help relieve student debt

BY  :  Michael Gryboski, Editor  Christian Post     A predominantly African American megachurch that has existed since the early 19th century has donated approximately $132,000 to relieve the debts of 11 graduating college seniors. Alfred Street Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, which was founded in […]

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Uvalde school shooting: Faith leaders offer comfort, call for reform of gun laws

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BY:  Religion News Service With the news of 19 children and two others killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, religious leaders from across the spectrum express their sorrow, with many saying now is the time for a new approach to gun control. The […]

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Unless the Church of Scotland returns to the Gospel, it will die

BY  :  David Robertson   The Church of Scotland is struggling with a fall in membership and income. After a long and protracted process which began with the Scott Rennie case in 2009, the Church of Scotland approved the solemnisation of same-sex marriages in the Church by a […]

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19 Students, 2 Adults Killed in Deadliest School Shooting in 10 Years: ‘Turn This Pain into Action,’ Biden Says

BY   :  Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor An 18-year-old high school student wearing body armor entered a Texas elementary school Tuesday and shot and killed 19 students and two adults in a horrific tragedy that is now the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre […]

Education
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RZIM can be sued by donors over Ravi Zacharias’ sexual misconduct, judge rules

BY  :   Michael Gryboski  A federal judge will allow a class-action lawsuit against Ravi Zacharias International Ministries to proceed, a case based on allegations that the apologetics organization used donated funds to pay off victims of the late Ravi Zacharias. Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. […]

Religion
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Southern Baptist leaders mistreated abuse survivors for decades, report says

BY   :  Bob Smietana A blockbuster report found that SBC lawyers worked for years to protect the institution and demonized abuse survivors and accused a prominent pastor of abusing a colleague’s wife. The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, is seen on […]

Religion
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New Spanish Roman Catholic Bible Changes ‘Fishers of Men’ to ‘Fishers of Persons’

BY  :  Milton Quintanilla | Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com The publishing house Desclée de Brouwer recently announced that it is replacing the phrase “fishers of men” with “fishers of persons ” in a new Spanish version of the Roman Catholic Bible, The Jerusalem Bible. The phrase “fishers of […]

Religion
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Church of Scotland votes in favour of allowing ministers to perform same-sex weddings

BY   :  Staff writer  The Church of Scotland General Assembly has approved legislation that will allow ministers to conduct gay weddings in their churches for the first time. Section 2 of The Recognition of Marriage Services Act (Act I 1977) currently states, “Marriage in the […]

SAVED News
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100 years later, Fosdick’s question, ‘Shall the fundamentalists win?’ still echoes

BY  : Jacob Lupfer The answer, improbable at the time, was, ‘Yes, they shall.’ The Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick in Jerusalem in 1926 (RNS) — On May 21, 1922, a liberal minister in the pulpit of New York’s First Presbyterian Church preached one of the […]

Religion
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Francis Chan Pushes Back against the Pro-Choice Slogan ‘My Body, My Choice’: ‘God Says Nothing Is Yours’

BY  :  Milton Quintanilla | Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com During a Christian festival last Saturday, pastor and bestselling Christian author Francis Chan denounced the common pro-choice slogan “my body, my choice” by asserting that “God says nothing is yours.” Chan, who was one of the speakers at the […]

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