Alex Murashko

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  Dec 31, 2012

  Students at Urbana Assemble 32,000 AIDS Caregiver Kits Ready for African Countries

  An emotionally charged evening at Urbana 12 that included the appearance of Shortie Khumalo, an AIDS victim caregiver from Swaziland, concluded with students in attendance assembling 32,000 caregiver kits ready to be shipped to Africa in about two hours.

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  Dec 30, 2012

  Urbana 2012: Social Media Engagement Future of Christian Conferences?

  How do you make sure 16,000 students attending a five-day missions conference have the best opportunity to engage in what God has planned for them? You "overlay" the event with social media, more specifically with Twitter, says Adam Jeske, who is leading a 14-member social media team during Urbana '12.

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  Dec 29, 2012

  Urbana 2012: David Platt Warns That Christians Have 'Reduced Jesus to Puny Savior'

  Author and pastor David Platt gave an impassioned plea to thousands of mostly college-age students to commit their lives to Jesus Christ regardless of the cost to their lives while preaching during Urbana 2012, a triennial student missions conference. Platt warned that many Christians have reduced the eternal significance of Jesus.

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  Dec 28, 2012

  Urbana Missions Conference: 16,000 Students Urged to Listen to God's Calling

  An estimated 16,000 Christian youth attended opening night of Urbana 2012, a triennial student missions conference, at Edwards Jones Dome in St. Louis Thursday. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship organizers, who are hosting the event, hope that students will come to a decision about serving God locally or globally.

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  Dec 25, 2012

  Lee Strobel: Making the Case for Christmas

  While still an atheist and crime reporter for The Chicago Tribune, Christian apologist and best-selling author Lee Strobel says a story he covered decades ago about a "poverty-wracked" family and how they showed him the true meaning of Christmas through their actions still resonates with him. Strobel gave The Christian Post an exclusive on his "Making the Case for Christmas" story.

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  Dec 20, 2012

  Kerry Shook on Newtown Tragedy: Time to Be 'All There' for Your Kids

  Best-selling author and pastor Kerry Shook said that while the nation still grapples with the emotional aftermath of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., now is the time for parents to grow deeper in their relationship with their children.

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  Dec 18, 2012

  'Bigger Than Life' Christian Radio Personality Frank Pastore Dies

  Christian radio talk show host Frank Pastore, who was described by his colleagues and friends as "larger than life," died Monday, one month after a motorcycle accident on a Southern California freeway left him in a coma. He was 55. In perhaps prophetic words on the same night as the accident, the former Major League Baseball pitcher had talked about a strikingly similar scenario in which he said his soul would leave his body.

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  Dec 16, 2012

  Calif. Megachurch Blesses City With '25 Days of Christmas' Gifts, Love, and Service

  Residents and workers in the city of Costa Mesa in Orange County, Calif., may be experiencing a brighter Christmas season this year thanks to a local church that decided to shower its community with gifts of love and service for 25 days.

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  Dec 15, 2012

  Sandy Hook Shooting: Christian Leaders React to 'Worst Imaginable Scenario'

  Christian leaders were quick to offer their reaction to the deadly shooting Friday at a Connecticut elementary school in a small town where within minutes 26 people were dead – 20 of them children.

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  Dec 14, 2012

  It's Not Santa They're Tracking; It's Downloads of the Christmas Story via YouVersion

  The makers of the popular Bible app YouVersion, who have logged 72 million downloads onto smartphones and tablets, are tracking downloads of their Christmas Story reading plan in somewhat similar fashion to the way the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) does with Santa Claus every year.