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The end is neigh according to Jerusalem Channel presenter Christine Darg. Darg released a video in which she discussed the book of Ezekiel and identified several of the mysterious nations with modern day countries. “Many believers have swallowed the lie that end times prophecies are just too confusing or complicated to tackle, but Ezekiel 38 and…

A plague of locusts of “Biblical proportion” is spreading along the Red Sea coast of east Africa in the direction of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported last week. Keith Cressman, the UN’s locust expert, warned: “The next three months will be critical to bring the locust situation…

Christians hoping to celebrate the New Year with a religious calendar are in for a nasty surprise. Those living in China’s Henan province recently learned that such things have been forbidden by the regime as part of its ever increasing crackdown on Christianity. A member of Xigong district’s De’en Church said that his congregation had…

Christian persecution is rising. Christians in Western countries face increasing pressure to hide their beliefs like a shameful secret, and practicing Christians in the Middle East, Africa and Asia face imprisonment, torture and death if they are caught. None of this is news to anyone who has been watching the news lately, but many people…

Yet another Old Testament city may have been uncovered in Israel. A team of archaeologists headed by Dr. Scott Stripling may have finally revealed the biblical city of Ai, a Canaanite city ambushed by the Israelites in the Book of Joshua. The proposed site for Ai is near Jerusalem at Khirbet el-Maqatir and has been…

According to Express, six Christians were severely injured in an attack by Hindu radicals in India. The radicals stormed a prayer meeting in India’s Pradesh state. Forty or so Christians had gathered at a pastor’s home. During the attack, the radicals verbally and physically assaulted those who were gathered. In addition to the physical attack,…

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Proof that the Noah’s Ark story in the bible is true could have been discovered in Iraq, a documentary claims. The Tower of Babel is an ancient biblical tale in the Book of Genesis said to explain life after Noah’s Great Flood. According to the story, God built a huge structure from the heavens to…

Gateway Church in Dallas found a new location for the newest campus, and it’s nothing that you would expect. Pastor Robert Morris went to Coffield Unit in Texas, which is the largest prison in the state to open the new branch of his church. He announced it to his congregation saying, “We have a new…

“The Head of Christ”, also called the “Sallman Head”, is a 1940 portrait painting of Jesus of Nazareth by American artist Warner Sallman (1892–1968). As an extraordinarily successful work of Christian popular devotional art, it had been reproduced over half a billion times worldwide by the end of the 20th century. Enlarged copies of the…

The story of the Exodus is one of the most important accounts in the Bible. It forms the foundation for the rest of the Old Testament and heavily influences the New Testament. Echoes of its power can still be felt today, and it serves as the backbone of the Jewish faith. There has, however, been…

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