Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  May 12, 2017

  Islamic Ideology Flourishes Because Christians Deny Biblical Orthodoxy, Pastor Warns

  One of the most important keys to Islamic ideology's success in spreading all over the world is a vacuum of Christianity created by Christians who abandon the inerrant teachings of the Gospel, Egyptian-born pastor and author Dr. Michael Youssef believes.

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  May 11, 2017

  US Embassy Officials Help Persecuted Chinese Christian Family Escape to America

  United States government officials helped save a threatened Chinese Christian family from being deported back to China by sweeping them from detention in Thailand as Chinese security agents were coming to take them away.

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  May 11, 2017

  81 Percent of Americans Concerned About Declining Moral Behavior in US

  More than eight in 10 Americans admit that they have some level of concern that the morality in America is declining, a new survey by LifeWay Research shows.

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  May 11, 2017

  Franklin Graham Reveals the 'Real Reason' Christians Are Being Persecuted

  Leading evangelist Franklin Graham addressed persecuted Christians from over 130 countries gathered this week for the first-ever World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians and explained the "real reason" why so many people throughout the world are being killed, tortured and imprisoned for their faith in Christ.

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  May 10, 2017

  College Students Told to Check Their 'Pee Privilege' on Campus

  An Arizona college has denied involvement in placing inclusivity posters outside of on-campus bathrooms, one of which asks students and staff to check their "pee privilege" at the door.

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  May 10, 2017

  Nearly 10,000 Yazidis Killed or Kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 Takeover, New Estimates Show

  Almost 10,000 Yazidi men, women and children were killed or kidnapped by the Islamic State terrorist organization in just a matter of days when the jihadi death cult conquered Yazidi areas in Iraq in 2014, a new population-based study estimates.

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  May 10, 2017

  New Roma Downey Film Documents Horrors Faced by Christians in Middle East

  A new film produced by Roma Downey highlights at least a dozen first-hand accounts of how Christians are being brutally killed, raped, beaten and imprisoned for their faith in the birthplace of Christianity.

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  May 9, 2017

  What Twitter Thinks About Evangelicals

  Considering that the term "evangelical" means something different to different people, one scholar who studies the intersection between religiosity and political behavior has released an analysis showing how the word "evangelical" is being used by people on Twitter.

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  May 9, 2017

  Abducted Priest Tom Uzhunnalil Says Health Is 'Deteriorating Quickly,' Pleads for Help in Video

  Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Catholic priest kidnapped last March by Islamic extremists in Yemen, appeared in a new video in which he pleads for help, saying that his health condition is "deteriorating quickly."

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  May 9, 2017

  Catholic Schools Accused of 'Transphobia' for Canceling Play About Boy Who Dresses as a Girl

  A Catholic school board is being criticized and accused of "transphobia" after it canceled an LGBT-themed play that was slated to be performed in five of its elementary schools.