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		<title>Middle East Digital Extremism Is Rising &#8211; Can It Be Stopped?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By John Cerniglia Have you ever watched the news and wondered: “Where are all these hateful extremists coming from?” You’re not alone. Powered by smartphones and online platforms, digital extremism is surging across the volatile Middle East and North Africa, with young people being radicalized on social media in alarming numbers. Deepfakes, manipulated imagery spreading [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can Your Prayers of Intercession Help Save the Middle East?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By John Cerniglia The Middle East is on fire — grappling with a series of complex, layered crises that seem unsolvable. As a New Yorker whose family lived through the tragedy and trauma of 9/11, I’m urging you not to reject the Middle East and its people as a “lost cause” in their moment of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>USSR Couldn&#8217;t Snuff Out Easter—Now Russians Reap Hope</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/evangelicalpulpit/2025/04/ussr-couldnt-snuff-out-easter/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Bob Burckle  When Joseph Stalin initiated Russia’s communist rule in 1917, his objective to stamp out all religion became a priority. Stalin represented the new “socialist man,” free from religious oppression, modern and atheistic. His rule seemingly wiped Christianity from Russia, paving the way for the USSR’s birth in 1922 as atheism became the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jesus and Time: “I Have Overcome the World&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Yancey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cosmic Faith Each year, as the period of Lent approaches, I turn to John’s poignant account of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. The pace slows as the apostle devotes almost a quarter of his Gospel to this one intimate gathering of Jesus’ closest friends. The contrast in moods between Jesus and his disciples could [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dangers of the Social Gospel: Lessons from Chinese Missions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 21:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Dr. John Wind The “social gospel” has been a powerful yet controversial force within Christian history, particularly within American Protestantism. Emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this movement sought to intertwine social reform with the Christian mission, emphasizing the importance of societal transformation alongside personal conversion. However, the historical impact of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hope for Iran in the Gospel: The Intimacy of Heart Languages</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  By Lana Silk “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Matthew 9:36    The Iranian Christian church is the fastest-growing church in the world. However, due to local government religious oppression, this movement is largely underground, making the exact growth [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can One Person Really Make a Difference?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  By Bob Burckle Have you ever wondered if you as just one person can really make a difference in the world? I’ve often asked myself that question as the tasks before us can seem so overwhelming, and yet we are so small. Throughout history, however, we’ve heard countless stories of individuals who had a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Cry of Grief</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Yancey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month I spent a week in north Georgia in the home of the Johnsons, who for fifteen years have provided loving care for my aging mother. I had planned the trip to coincide with a publishing conference, but hospice workers urged me to come sooner. “She might not make it to her 99th [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Rise and Fall and Rise of Jimmy Carter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Yancey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former president Jimmy Carter is back in the news, this time because of his decision to forgo further medical treatment and live out his final days at home, under hospice care. Approaching his ninety-ninth birthday, he hopes to die as he has lived, with quiet dignity. Generations who read about Carter only in history books [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Start Living Before It’s Too Late</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Guest post by Justin Brierly. In my recent post-episode podcast, I had the pleasure of hosting a Q&#38;A with renowned pastor, writer and speaker Tim Keller; we discussed his journey with pancreatic cancer, his transformed prayer life and his new book “Forgive.” Towards the beginning of our conversation, he said something that struck me, setting [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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