The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: Cain and Abel.

The Comfort Zone: Words of Comfort: Cain and Abel.: "Adam and Eve’s first sons, Cain and Abel, made a sacrifice to God. Cain, the farmer, made a grain offering and Abel, the rancher, made a lamb sacrifice. Cain’s offering was not acceptable to God and Abel’s was. Why?"



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Students Fight Back after University of Alabama Crushes Free Speech of Pro-Lifers - Crossmap Christian News | U.S.

Students Fight Back after University of Alabama Crushes Free Speech of Pro-Lifers - Crossmap Christian News | U.S.: "TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb.17, 2014 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today,Students for Life of America is calling for the University of Alabama to reverse their decision to tear down a pro-life bulletin board and issue an apology to Bama Students for Life."



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Burma (Myanmar): Continued Ethnic Cleansing of Christian Kachin Minority - Crossmap Christian News | Church & Ministries

Burma (Myanmar): Continued Ethnic Cleansing of Christian Kachin Minority - Crossmap Christian News | Church & Ministries: "The Burmese Army (the Tatmadaw) is continuing its campaign of ethnic cleansing in resource-rich Kachin State. The Christian Kachin have long resisted the Burman Buddhist regime's brutal dictatorship. While the Kachin want autonomy so they can freely maintain their culture, the Burman Buddhist elite and military want complete control of Kachin land so they can exploit its resources. The situation in Burma is reminiscent of that in Sudan, where the Islamist-Arab regime in Khartoum is doing the same in the resource-rich mostly Christian, African south. Similar situations exist in Papua, Indonesia and in Vietnam's Central Highlands. In each case, the resistance of the predominantly Christian ethnic peoples is met with extreme military violence and ethnic cleansing motivated by greed and fuelled by state-sanctioned racial and religious hatred."



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Christian Solidarity Worldwide: At least 200 Killed in a Week of Terrorist Violence in Nigeria - Crossmap Christian News | World

Christian Solidarity Worldwide: At least 200 Killed in a Week of Terrorist Violence in Nigeria - Crossmap Christian News | World: "According to a news release from human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), at least 121 people are now known to have died and several others were injured when Boko Haram gunmen attacked Izghe Village in the Gwoza Local government Area (LGA) of Borno State on Feb. 15."



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LifeWay Customers Donate 200,000 Hindi Bibles - Crossmap Christian News | Church & Ministries

LifeWay Customers Donate 200,000 Hindi Bibles - Crossmap Christian News | Church & Ministries: ""LifeWay has proven once again it is an organization with a heart for the world," said Tom Elliff, president of the International Mission Board (IMB), speaking in a news release."



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New study: Family-friendly, faith-based and patriotic films are dominating the box office | Fox News

New study: Family-friendly, faith-based and patriotic films are dominating the box office | Fox News: "According to the newly released 2014 Annual Movieguide Report to the Entertainment Industry, family-friendly, patriotic and religious films are earning more money at the American box office each year."



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Hobby Lobby May Close All 500+ Stores in 41 States |

Hobby Lobby May Close All 500+ Stores in 41 States |: "When my family and I started our company 40 years ago, we were working out of a garage on a $600 bank loan, assembling miniature picture frames. Our first retail store wasn’t much bigger than most people’s living rooms, but we had faith that we would succeed if we lived and worked according to God’s word."



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Tough Times Ahead For U.S. Christians

Tough Times Ahead For U.S. Christians: "Being Christian in America increasingly means something very different from what it has meant previously in our nation’s history.

As the culture and its values change, so too does the position once held by the teachings of traditional, Bible-based Christianity.

Simply put, the Christian values once applauded by this society are increasingly being attacked by this society, and that growing antagonism extends not just to the values, but to the people who ascribe to them."



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Iowa State removing Bibles from hotel guest rooms

Iowa State removing Bibles from hotel guest rooms: "Iowa State University is removing Bibles from a campus hotel's guest rooms, after a watchdog group argued that it was an illegal endorsement of Christianity by the state-run institution.

Freedom From Religion Foundation asked management at Hotel Memorial Union in a Jan. 29 letter to remove the Gideon Bibles, The Des Moines Register reported ( http://dmreg.co/1eHLTTJ)."



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China: Christianity’s sleeping giant

China: Christianity’s sleeping giant: "It was my last Sunday morning in China, my last chance to experience church in a Communist country where, as far as I could tell, Christianity was basically forbidden. It was 2011, and I had been in Beijing for five weeks to study Mandarin. In that time, I hadn’t seen a single cross, church or Bible. In fact, I read at customs that you couldn’t bring in more than four Bibles from abroad. I had no idea that I was in the third-largest Christian country in the world."



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