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ANS Features
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Rescuing girls living in garbage dump, some prostituted to truck drivers
By Mark Ellis, Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (February 25, 2016) -- Xochilt (So-sheel) was raised in a garbage dump in Nicaragua, a place where life held little value and young girls were offered by their mothers to truck drivers for quick cash. “One of the biggest risks that happened in the dump was at night, there were no doors to the houses and someone could easily enter with a pistol or something similar and you could end up dead and no one could do anything about it,” Xochilt recalls. Gloria Sequeira was part of a team helping with the children’s schooling at the dump and discovered there were sordid activities going on. “There was a business going on in there where the mothers… -
Dr. Michael Youssef’s End Times book reveals striking parallels between the Antichrist and the central figure of Islamic prophecy
By Peter Wooding, European Bureau Chief for the ASSIST News Service HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, UK (ANS – Feb. 23, 2016) --Well-known pastor, author, and Leading The Way ministry founder Dr. Michael Youssef highlights some striking parallels in his latest book, End Times and the Secret of the Mahdi: Unlocking the Mystery of Revelation and the Antichrist. End Times explores the startling connections between the Biblical Antichrist and the Mahdi, the central figure of Islamic prophecy, as outlined in the Bible and the Qur’an. Dr. Youssef explains: “Today, the world is moving away from freedom as the solution and toward authoritarian control, one-world government, and the concentration of power in a single authority—even a single human leader. “The Bible calls that leader the Antichrist, and that figure… -
Oxford Mathematician and Christian Apologist, John Lennox, Visits New Mexico
By Brian Nixon, Special to ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERUQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS – Feb. 23, 2016) -- The first time I heard the name John Lennox was through books. As director of the Calvary Chapel Bible College extension campus at Costa Mesa, part of my responsibility was to review books for the Chapel bookstore and distribution center. Three books came across my desk with the name John Lennox attached to it. One, in particular, caught my attention: Christianity: Opium or Truth. As I flipped through its pages, I soon realized that it was an apologetics book, touching on topics such as the reliability of the Bible, science, the problem of evil, and religious pluralism. I turned the book over to read about the authors (the… -
Where does a Tibetan Buddhist Monk Go When He Wants to Learn about Jesus?
By Jeremy Reynalds, Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) SOUTH ASIA (ANS-FEB 23, 2016) -- In Tibet, India, Nepal, and Bhutan, a Tibetan monk wanting to learn about Jesus can turn on the radio. According to a blog post from Advancing Native Missions (ANM), one of its native missionary partners, Good News for Tibet Radio, has been broadcasting in the region for 25 years. Listeners enjoy programs on health, culture, science, history, as well as modern and traditional Tibetan music. Broadcasts also feature segments on Jesus and His teachings. Each year thousands respond through personal visits, letters, phone calls, emails, and texts, and many also visit the ministry center for resources. Here are some listener comments provided by ANM: A monk wrote, “These past years you… -
In Ukraine: Incarnational Missions (Writer's Opinion)
By Sharon T. Markey, Special to ASSIST News Service KYIV, UKRAINE (ANS – February 21, 2016) -- It’s a week after Valentine’s Day, and I still haven’t taken our Christmas tree down. We’ve been traveling a lot, and I’ve spent the last four months feeling ill and exhausted as side effects of early pregnancy, so many things haven’t been done in a timely fashion. But I do hope that today I will finally manage to put away all of our Christmas decorations. However, I don’t feel as pressured to take care of it as I probably would were we living in the United States, because the winter celebrations here in Ukraine are different, and on Valentine’s Day, I actually spied someone else’s Christmas tree in…









