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'Raise them to breathe fire' post about Anna Duggar goes viral
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/24/anna-duggar-open-letter-facebook-ashley-madison/32293189/ I know everybody is laughing about this Josh Duggar story. Oh, a DUGGAR on...
Just Who Are the Meek Who Will Inherit the Earth?
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In the popular vernacular, when you hear the term meek you think of weakness.It implies a wimpy, whimpering coward, cowering in a corner at the sound of his own name.In Darwins world of survival of...
Left Pushes End of Church Tax Exemptions
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Emboldened by their latest win in the Supreme Court over same-sex "marriage," the left has been trumpeting the cause tax exemptions for religious institutions at a much faster rate, setting the...
On Katrina’s 10th Anniversary, Help Keep FEMA Dollars Where They’re Needed
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http://cqrcengage.com/secular/app/write-a-letter?0&engagementId=128113 "Tomorrow marks the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina devastating New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. While the affected...
Wayne Dyer, best-selling self-help guru , dead at 75
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Wayne Dyer, best-selling self-help guru and friend of Oprah, dead at 75 By Justin Wm. Moyer August 31 at 4:56 AM Wayne Dyer and Oprah Winfrey in 2012. In 2012, not far from a...
God First, Then Country
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Have you heard about the Baptist pastors in Shelby, North Carolina, who have raised the Christian flag above the American flag at their local churches? The pastors explain that our ultimate...
Another Senseless Tragedy - brought to you by the ridiculous notion of an afterlife (aka religion)
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Source SEATTLE Minutes before a Washington state high school freshman fatally shot four friends and then himself, he sent a group text message to his family outlining his funeral wishes...
Public School Says No Prayer. Students Do It Anyway; Secularist Baffled
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Public School Says No Prayer. Students Do It Anyway; Secularist BaffledWhats wrong with a school district promoting Christianity?Jake MacAulaySeptember 2, 2015Last week, we discussed a recent ban...
Jailed Christian Clerk Kim Davis – A Hero, Not a Villain
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Before this summer, I couldnt point out Rowan County on a map. I hadnt even heard of the place.Yet it is now the central battleground for religious freedom in America, where clerk Kim Davis is...
Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended for refusing to serve alcohol
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/05/travel/muslim-flight-attendant-feat/index.html Stanley, 40, started working for ExpressJet nearly three years ago. About two years ago she converted to Islam....
War Room: A rebirth of values
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When I heard about the movie War Room, I figured it was just another attempt to proselytize. It wasn't an event on the top of my list. However, my wife, who has enough faith for both of us, urged...
WHEN EARLY CHRISTIANS DEFIED THE LAW
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As followers of Jesus, we are called to be peacemakers not troublemakers, respecters of authority rather than despisers of authority. In fact, in one of the strongest rebukes of false teachers in...
87 dead in Mecca mosque crane fall
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Source At least 87 people have died after a crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the Saudi Arabian government has said. More than 180 people were injured...
America's dark and not-very-distant history of hating Catholics
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Progressives and conservatives are in a rare unity welcoming Pope Francis to the US, but anti-Catholicism was rampant before John F Kennedy was president. The anti-Catholic Native...
Pope Francis Misses The Sizable Moral Dimensions To Capitalism
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Pope Francis Misses The Sizable Moral Dimensions To CapitalismBY DONALD J. BORDEAUX09/17/2015Are communism and capitalism morally equivalent? Pope Francis has made the comparison.Are communism and...
Accepting Christian Refugees
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As refugees from the Middle East flood the West, a number of countries -- including Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, and Australia -- are defying political...
Atheist Mom Forced Into Court-Ordered Christian Counseling
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Source In a flagrant church-state violation a New Mexico mom loses her children after refusing to attend court mandated Christian counseling sessions. KRQE reports Holly Salzman was hoping to...
'Every 5 Minutes a Christian Is Martyred for Their Faith,' Persecution Watchdog Group Warns
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A persecution watchdog group is warning believers that statistics suggest a Christian is martyred for their faith every five minutes somewhere around the world.As part of this year's International...
Christians Are Being Denied US Visas While 'Cradle of Christianity Is Wiped Off the Map,' Evangelicals Warn
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A faith-based global ministry has initiated a "Fostering Families" program in which it's calling on over 1,000 churches in America to take in persecuted refugees from the ongoing crisis. Rev. Kevin...
The pope should not grant sainthood to a brutal missionary
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Native American groups accuse the pope of ignoring their concerns about Serra, a Franciscan missionary accused of atrocities. Photograph: Riccardo De Luca/AP Rose Aguilar...
The Pope's Effect
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In the fall of 1979 Pope John Paul II visited Chicago. The one and only time a Pope has visited my hometown. I was in that audience of hundreds of thousands of people in Grant Park that day,...
Who Could Doubt the President's Obvious Faith?
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The United States is being visited by Pope Francis, who is kind of a big deal in Christian circles. On the eve of that visit, some rube at a Trump rally offered the unforgivable viewpoint that the...