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AFRICA: TIRED OF WAR, SOUTH SUDANESE PRAY FOR LATEST PEACE DEAL

AFRICA: TIRED OF WAR, SOUTH SUDANESE PRAY FOR LATEST PEACE DEAL

DOREEN AJIAMBO, writing for Religion News Service, reports from South Sudan...

MAINTAINING HOPE: ONE PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S PASSION FOR TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF HER PEOPLE

MAINTAINING HOPE: ONE PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S PASSION FOR TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF HER PEOPLE

DAVID ADAMS speaks with Palestinian Christian Areej Masoud, in Australia on a speaking tour to talk about the plight of her people...

'RAISE YOUR VOICE': AUTHOR KATHY KHANG ON WHY CHRISTIANS NEED TO SPEAK UP - ON POLITICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE

'RAISE YOUR VOICE': AUTHOR KATHY KHANG ON WHY CHRISTIANS NEED TO SPEAK UP - ON POLITICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE

EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, writing for Religion News Service, talks to US author Kathy Khang about her latest book on speaking up...

US ELECTIONS: DATA MINING GETS RELIGION AS CAMPAIGNS TARGETS VOTERS OF FAITH

US ELECTIONS: DATA MINING GETS RELIGION AS CAMPAIGNS TARGETS VOTERS OF FAITH

MENACHEM WECKER, of Religion News Service, reports on how people's religion has become a target of data mining as candidates in the US look at gain an edge over opponents...

CYCLING FOR A CAUSE: RIDERS CROSS AUSTRALIA TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON CHILDREN IN NEED

CYCLING FOR A CAUSE: RIDERS CROSS AUSTRALIA TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON CHILDREN IN NEED

DAVID ADAMS speaks to Rodney Olsen, one of 24 riders who have cycled across the vast Australian continent to raise money and awareness of the work of Christian child sponsorship and development organisation Compassion Australia in lifting children out of poverty...

The Statistic

22nd October, 2018
Percentage of Australian mortgage holders who are experiencing "mortgage stress": 20.8 per cent (About 949,000)
Source: Roy Morgan

 

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Moments

22nd October, 2018
BLAMED: By Saudi Arabian officials, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on a "rogue operation"; Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2nd October.
DERAILED: A train in Taiwan, killing 18 and injuring scores more.
CROSSED: Into Mexico, a migrant caravan of several thousand people from Guatemala, as they advance toward the US border.

 

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In an article first published on The Conversation, DARYL HIGGINS, director of the Institute of Child Protection Studies at Australian Catholic University, reflects on why a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse is an important moment...

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US author and public speaker MARY DEMUTH, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says plagiarism in the Christian publishing world is rooted in the "cult of Christian celebrity" plaguing the North American church...

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MARK MATLOCK, facilitor of the US-based Bible translation support mission Seed Company's 'Imagine Zero' summits, talks about how the new campaign aims to work with churches in taking God's Word to every person in the world...

They Said It

"Under no circumstances should we tear up old disarmament agreements...Do they really not understand in Washington what this could lead to?"
- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, speaking after US President Donald Trump said he leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, saying that Russia had been violating the treaty for years (as quoted on The Telegraph).

 

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This Week on the Web

22nd October, 2018
Last week Australia's Sydney Anglican Synod voted unanimously in favour of a new policy - possibly a world first - under which women who have been abused by the priest husbands would be able to apply for financial assistance. In this article published on the ABC, an anonymous woman who was abused by her husband, a clergyman, talks about what the new policy means for women like her...

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The Word Explained

22nd October, 2018
Devout: A sincere commitment to Christ; to be godly.

 

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