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Great American Pure Flix to Spotlight Christ this Holiday Season with Advent Devotionals
Great American Pure Flix will spotlight the âreason for the seasonâ throughout December with Christ-centric video Advent devotions from some of its top talent, including Jesse Hutch, Lucas Black, Karen Kingsbury, and Danica McKellar. The Advent Wreath devotionals will launch on Dec. 3, with one from Jesse Hutch followed by those from Black (Dec. 10), […] More
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Nearly a quarter of young Brits open to banning the Bible
(Photo: Getty/iStock) Nearly a quarter of young Brits would ban the Bible if they felt its pages contained ‘hate speech’, according to a poll. Last month, polling group Whitestone Insights asked 2,088 UK adults if they agreed with the following statement: “Unless the offending parts can be edited out, books containing what some perceive as […] More
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âGroundbreakingâ Animated Jesus Movie to Be Produced by Jesus Film Project
The Jesus Film Project on Thursday announced an ambitious new project that will introduce the story of Christ to a ânew generationâ with a feature-length animated film about Jesus set for release Christmas 2025. The new film called simply JESUS, will employ âcutting-edge film technologyâ and be directed by Dominic Carola, who previously worked in […] More
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Synod’s refusal to back brave bid for legal clarity doesn’t bode well for due process
(Photo: Church of England) A General Synod member’s brave bid at November’s meeting to get legal clarity on services of blessing for same-sex couples has revealed the reluctance of elected clergy and laity to hold the Church of England’s bishops to account. This unfortunately does not bode well for due process in the implementation of […] More
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First Female Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Dies at 93
Sandra Day OâConnor, the first woman ever to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, passed away Friday morning at the age of 93. In a statement Friday morning, the nationâs high court noted that âO Connorâs passing had to do with “complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness.” ABC News […] More
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Suicide Rates Experience Record Increase in 2022, CDC Finds
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the rate of suicides by firearm experienced an 11 percent increase between 2019 and 2022 The report, released Thursday, revealed that an estimated 27,024 Americans took their own life by firearm in 2022, in contrast to 23,941 people in 2019. Regarding […] More
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Government employees may be barred from wearing religious attire, EU court rules
(Photo: Getty/iStock) (CP) The European Union’s highest court has ruled that member state governments can prohibit public employees from wearing religious attire, such as Muslim female head coverings. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in the case of OP v. Commune d’Ans on Tuesday, siding with a Belgian municipality of Ans, which barred […] More
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Pastor’s Wife Shot Dead in Taraba State, Nigeria
ABUJA, NigeriaNovember 30, 2023 (Morning Star News)A funeral was held in southwest Nigeria on Saturday (Nov. 25) for a pastorâs wife shot to death in Taraba state a week earlier, sources said. Oluwakemi Moses, wife of a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor serving in Jalingo, Taraba state, was returning to the town with […] More
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Doctrines and dogmas: the West’s dilemma
(Photo: Getty/iStock) “The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. Neither a market economy nor even general abundance constitutes the crowning achievement of human life. If a nation’s spiritual energies have been exhausted, it will not be saved from collapse by […] More
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Never Absent – by Daniel Forster
âAnd I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from Godâs love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrowânot even the powers of hell can separate us from Godâs love.â Romans 8:38 (NLT) Life is messy and unpredictable. When I first surrendered my […] More