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Nun’s body found in convent’s waste water pit in Kerala

SISTER Mary Ancy was found dead at the Holy Spiritual Centre, located in Poonkulam near Kovalam beach resort, they said. Sister Ancy was an inmate of a convent near Holy Spirit Primary School at Poonkulam.
Kulbant Singh and Kaldeep Kaur

EVERY TONGUE, EVERY TRIBE, EVERY PEOPLE!

MUSLIMS consider Jesus to be a Messenger of God and the Masih (Messiah) who was sent to guide the Children of Israel (banī isrā'īl) with a new scripture, the Injīl or Gospel. The holy book of the Muslims mentions Jesus 25 times, more often, by name than Muhammad.
John Piper

Piper asks Christians to pray for Muslims this month

MUSLIMS are suited to be loved and when millions of them around the world are fasting during this month of Ramadan, Christians should pray for some specific concerns, preacher and author John Piper said.
Holy Bible

400 years on, the KJV is aging well

IT'S a book that has left its mark on centuries of human history, one seen by scholars as the finest example of English prose. Presidents...
Shaila Chavan

‘Faith life is not a bed of roses, but there’s no turning back’

Although I had become a believer, my mother used to worship a Hindu goddess called Santoshi. She was also possessed by an evil spirit. Whenever she was possessed, she would say that she wanted to set the ‘wet tree on fire’.
Peter Akbar

‘Jesus’ Word is true, still alive and working!’

THIRTY-year-old Peter Akbar has done Master of Divinity in Theological Studies and Master of Theology in Christian Apologetics. He is currently doing Doctor of Theology in Apologetics.
Muslim women

‘Countries with worst religious freedom grades are Islamic’

MUSLIM-majority countries score worst across a range of measures in a comprehensive new study tracking government restrictions on religion as well as social hostilities involving religion around the world.
Prison Fellowship

Prison Fellowship lays off 72, citing economy

CHRISTIAN ministries worldwide have started to feel the pinch. With a huge question mark over the revival of American economy, ministries - at least those based out of the US - have started some belt-tightening measures.
Peter Dhandapani

‘I told my mom Jesus made me a new man’

One day during a free time in my college, I asked friends around me ‘Who is the real God?’ Though this startled some of them, most of them dismissed it with laughter. However, one classmate approached me after class and told me he had the answer.
Praying children

Faith-based schools report growing enrollment

SCHALWITZ, who sends her daughter and 2-year-old son to First Christian School, said the plan was to enter public school once the children reached kindergarten.
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Between Crucifixion and Resurrection

“For to this end the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the Spirit. (1 Pet. 4:6, NKJV).