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“I wish to be Providence myself,” proclaims the titular hero of Alexandre Dumas’s Count of Monte Cristo, “for I feel that the finest, noblest, most sublime thing in the world, is to recompense and punish.” I’m reading Monte Cristo right now, and that chilling quote has been stuck...
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How can rebels come to call Jesus Lord? John Piper shows from 1 Corinthians 12:3 how the Spirit’s power opens eyes to the beauty of Christ.Watch Now
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For years, we’ve lived with algorithmic AI tools without much noticing them. They’re just bits of technology scattered through daily life. Their ordinary, unremarkable presence seldom invites ethical reflection. I feel little moral weight when I reheat leftovers in the microwave ...
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In recent years, evangelicals have shown renewed interest in the hermeneutics of the Church Fathers. Current scholarship has devoted considerable attention to premodern approaches to reading Scripture, but fewer works describe the method behind their practice. This is surprising ...
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United States (MNN) — Every ministry has its challenges. But prison ministry is particularly difficult, says Jill Payne-Holman with Prisoners For Christ, a non-profit based in the United States with an international reach. “We're ministering to people who’ve hurt other people, an...
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DRC (MNN) – Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have nearly doubled in a matter of weeks, as the country battles its largest outbreak on record. More than 6,600 cases are now confirmed, with nearly 3,200 deaths. The World Health Organization reports transmission i...
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Lebanon (MNN) — Thousands of children in southern Lebanon are eager to start a new school year next week, but the question remains: where? “Nothing was done all through the summer to provide an alternative place to host internally displaced families,” Heart for Lebanon’s Camille ...
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The Christian narrative is a global story composed of a “cloud of witnesses” (Heb. 12:1) from “every nation, tribe, people, and language” (Rev. 7:9, CSB). A striking feature of John’s kingdom vision is its multiethnic composition unified in worship to the risen Lamb. In the 20th ...
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. Date of Report 24/08/2026 Consortium Partner (CP) submitting: DRC Alert no. Alert_SUD_FaSER_SK_KAD_14 This alert report provides basic, initial information in relation to an alert raised by a member of the ECHO funded Sudan First and Second Line Emergency Response (FaSER), led ...
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. Date of Report 2026-09-01 Consortium Partner (CP) submitting: Solidarites International Alert no. SUD_FaSER_WK_ADI_15 This alert report provides basic, initial information in relation to an alert raised by a member of the ECHO funded Sudan First and Second Line Emergency Respon...
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. Direct Relief is preparing a 21-ton shipment to support patient care. Five days have passed since flash floods and debris flows swept through the border region of northern Nepal, and emergency responders are continuing search and rescue efforts, including for several hundred wo...
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Countries: World, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, Libya, occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan, Sudan, Ukraine, Yemen . Armed drones are an escalating threat in humanitarian settings, with their use expected to grow. Once rare, they are now a defining feature in ...
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Countries: World, Libya . Most were Eritrean, and 12 were unaccompanied minors, including one young girl. The rescue took place within the Maltese search and rescue zone, and the survivors were brought to Trapani, Sicily, the designated place of safety by the Italian authorities ...
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. This factsheet presents the key findings of the multi-stakeholder assessment (hereinafter Acted’s 2026 Assessment) conducted by Acted in collaboration with key stakeholders from Lebanon’s agricultural sector during the second quarter of 2026. It provides a rapid diagnostic of a...
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Countries: World, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Togo . Across West and Central Africa, education is under increasing pressure from two converging crises: conflict and declining funding. Millions of childr...
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Countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan . WHO WE ARE Across Asia, as of July 2026 some 17.6 million people are forcibly displaced or stateless 1, including more than 11.5 million from Afghanistan and Myanmar — the region’...
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. Project HOPE has established five mobile medical units (MMUs) in Nepal, in coordination with local partners Volunteer Corps Nepal and Partnership for Sustainable Development Nepal. Access to healthcare continues to be strained along the Trishuli River, but Project HOPE’s teams ...
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. Residents are unable to leave due to the threat of violence outside the camp and are forced to live in dire and undignified conditions, deprived of the most basic and essential services. “Our houses were set on fire. The day we left, there were gunshots everywhere. People fled ...
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. Press release Middle East Lebanon Published 09. Sep 2026 An exchange of attacks between Hezbollah and Israel has triggered the most violent escalation since June, with Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health reporting 27 people killed and 69 wounded between 5 and 7 September. “For ...
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Fifty Hispanic Pentecostal bishops and denominational leaders, who represent more than 21,000 congregations across the United States and Latin America, gathered in Washington on Tuesday to press the Trump administration to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for a...
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Countries: Romania, Moldova . She travels to these countries to reiterate the EU's commitment to advancing equality and fundamental rights, as essential building blocks of more resilient, democratic and inclusive societies across Europe. In Bucharest on 10 September, Commissioner...
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. Overview The Health Resources and Services Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS) aims to provide decision-makers and health stakeholders with vital, up-to-date information. This system is dedicated to monitoring the availability of critical health resources and services, thus...
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. Overview The Health Resources and Services Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS) aims to provide decision-makers and health stakeholders with vital, up-to-date information. This system is dedicated to monitoring the availability of critical health resources and services, thus...
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. À travers une clinique mobile qui intervient environ quatre à cinq mois par an, notamment pendant la saison des pluies et lors d’autres périodes où les déplacements sont plus difficiles, MdM atteint des populations confrontées à d’importants obstacles pour accéder aux structure...
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Countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan . Highlights Cumulatively, from 15 September 2023 to 15 August 2026, 2,682,993 individuals have returned. • During the reporting period, the number of returns (-43%) and deportations (-41%) decreased significantly compared to the previous reportin...
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Our world is profoundly distracted, disordered, and scattered. It would be tempting to attribute this to a non-Christian society—to multiplied desires and endless consumer options, to secularized pursuits of shallow pleasure. But Christians fare little better here, bombarded with...
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I’ve written earlier in this series about the connection between homelessness and “adverse childhood experiences,” including unstable childhoods marked by movement around multiple foster homes. In centuries past, Americans hoped that orphanages would help to alleviate the damage ...
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. In 2025, they killed more than 1,000 civilians, while global response falters. 8 September 2026: At least 1,063 people were killed or injured by cluster munitions in 2025, one of the highest annual totals ever recorded by the Cluster Munition Monitor report. Civilians accounted...
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. Context and rationale Afghanistan continues to face one of the world's most severe nutrition crises. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) acute malnutrition analysis (June 2025–May 2026), an estimated 3.7 million children aged 6–59 months are fac...
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. The escalating crisis context leaves thousands of children at heightened risk of severe illness and preventable mortality without immediate intervention. MSF, UNICEF, and humanitarian partners are raising alarm over worsening food insecurity and rapidly deteriorating malnutriti...
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. The Interagency We.Link/FRRM helpline received a total of 48,490 calls and 7,770 new queries during July 2026 representing a 102.6% increase compared to June 2026. 4,748 (61.1%) new queries came from females and 3,022 (38.9%) from males. At the helpline level, 6,566 (84.50%) qu...
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. In August, below-average rainfall, prolonged dry spells and above-normal temperatures threatened crop production, livestock and water availability across South Sudan. These conditions coincided with the critical June-to-September planting season and affected parts of Eastern Eq...
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. Against a backdrop of continued hostilities, repeated displacement, deteriorating living conditions and growing humanitarian needs across Lebanon, the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (LHF) allocated US$23.4 million through its 2026 Reserve Allocation, complemented by US$12 million fr...
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. In 2025, UNHCR supported 20 partner-run Community Development Centers (CDCs) and 6 Government-run Social Development Centers (SDCs) across Lebanon. Through these 26 centers, women, men, boys, and girls of diverse ages and backgrounds accessed information, psychosocial, legal, l...
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. Key trend highlights for August : Armed conflict remains the main driver of displacement in eastern DRC in August 2026. The proliferation and geographic expansion of clashes involving the AFC/M23, the FARDC and Wazalendo groups continued to generate significant population movem...
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. Points saillants des tendances pour le mois d’aout : Les conflits armés demeurent le principal moteur des déplacements dans l’Est de la RDC en août 2026. La multiplication et l’extension des affrontements impliquant l’AFC/M23, les FARDC et les groupes Wazalendo ont continué d’a...
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Countries: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan . The country has been utterly abandoned with terrible consequences for women and girls, warns Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) Secretary General Jan Egeland during a visit to the country this week. While Afghanistan w...
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. Acute food insecurity (AFI) and acute malnutrition (AMN) have worsened across Uganda’s Karamoja region since April 2026 due to El Niño‑related dry spells and rising food prices. Between August and October 2026, an estimated 673,000 people are experiencing IPC AFI Phase 3 or abo...
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. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) came into force in 2019 with the ratification of Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), bringing the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) into a formal role in the governance of the region through the Bangsamoro Transition Auth...
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Countries: Chad, Sudan . FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Uncertain production prospects for 2026 cereal crops Cereal output in 2025 estimated at above‑average level Prices of coarse grains below year‑earlier levels About 3.18 million people estimated to face severe acute food insecurity d...
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. Key Highlights Sharp escalation on the Taiz frontlines and the West Coast. Hostilities intensified in the early hours of 3 September in Maqbanah and Jabal Habashi districts (Taiz), followed by heavy fighting along the Al-Hodeidah/Taiz coastal front on 4–5 September. Casualties ...
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. I. Situation Overview On 08 June 2026 at around 7:37 AM, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Maasim, Sarangani (05.57°N, 124.98°E - 032 km S 04° W) with a tectonic origin and depth of focus at 033 km. The earthquake was also felt in nearby areas....
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. I. Situation Overview On 30 July 2026 at 4:00 PM, the trough of a Low Pressure Area (LPA 07f) affected the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. On the same day, the trough of the LPA brought continuous heavy rainfall, resulting in flash floods in Zamboanga City. On 01 Augu...
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. NDMA Monsoon 2026 Daily Situation Report No 75, covering period from 1300 hours 7 September to 1300 hours 8 September 2026 along with following data as per Annexures as shown against each is enclosed:-...
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Countries: Nepal, Japan . With this Emergency Grant, the Government of Japan will provide humanitarian assistance in such sectors as food, health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) through the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresce...
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. Highlights Children continue to be killed by airstrikes and other attacks affecting populated areas in the Gaza Strip. Most of Gaza’s 2.1 million are approaching the rainy season in overcrowded displacement sites, at risk of flooding and disease, while efforts to help them prep...
