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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

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  • Top images of 2014 released by IMB
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Joseph Rose/IMB
    RICHMOND (BP) -- For many reflecting back on key moments of 2014, there are certain images that are not easily forgotten:

    -- Syrian refugees who escaped death with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

    -- "Faithful," an Iraqi Christian woman who was asked by her now deceased daughter to forgive her murderers. Read More

  • Court ponders sign law's effect on church
    by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Screen capture from alliancedefendingfreedom.org
    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court considered Monday (Jan. 12) whether an Arizona town's sign ordinance infringes on a church's free speech and assembly rights.

    The justices heard oral arguments in an appeal by the pastor of a small Phoenix-area church of a lower-court decision in support of the law, which he contends discriminates against congregations while favoring political and ideological messages. The high court is expected to issue an opinion before it adjourns early this summer. Read More

  • Muslims count cost of following Christ
    by Elaine Gaston, posted Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

    IMB Photo
    ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (BP) -- Mike McAfee weaves the truck through traffic until it finally rolls to a standstill. It looks like bedlam, but it's just a typical morning in Abidjan.

    The roads are wet from recent rains with standing water in many places. Along the roadside are street sellers hawking goods from tables piled high with mangoes, avocados, bananas and small pineapples. Other vendors wave goods outside the truck windows. At a newsstand, several men read the headlines of newspapers tacked up on a wooden board. Read More

  • 13 things mission-minded people do differently

    by Susie Rain, posted Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

    IMB Photo
    SOUTHEAST ASIA (BP) -- Who are mission-minded people? How do they see the world? While they could be found in your church, place of work or coaching Little League, what do mission-minded people do differently? Read More

  • Child use of medical marijuana ahead in Ill.
    by Staff/WORLD News Service, posted Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Image: iStock
    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP) -- Children in Illinois will be eligible for medical marijuana prescriptions, according to rules announced by state health officials in late December.

    The rules by the Illinois Department of Public Health amend the medical marijuana pilot program approved by lawmakers in June. ... Read More

  • WORLDVIEW: First things first
    by Erich Bridges, posted Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

    IMB leader David Platt's counsel for planning your year: Listen to God; then obey Him. "We can become so consumed with the material realm, so consumed thinking about our plans and our strategies," Platt says, "[that] we become blind to spiritual realities." Read More