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Derrick Hayes, the anchor of his high school track relay team crossed the finish line first and then pointed skyward, pointing to heaven as a way of thanking God. That religious gesture stripped his team of their victory.
View More Track Team Banned From State Title After Runner Thanks God
Saeed Abedini, a minister jailed for eight years in Iran, has been threatened that he must deny Christ and return to Islam or that he will not be released – even after his sentence has been served.
View More Jailed Minister In Iran Told To Deny Christ Or Never Be Released
Last year Kevin Harris broke into a church building in Georgia and stole members’ credit card information, office equipment and over one thousand dollars from the church safe in order to fund his drug addiction.
View More Robber Begs Forgiveness From Church
He was 4 when the Titanic sunk. He’s lived through World War 1, Vietnam and every war since. At 105 years old, Smith is still hard at work, preaching.
View More At 105, Noah Smith Keeps Preaching
The Saddleback Church says that Rick Warrnen’s youngest son, Matthew Warren has committed suicide. He was 27 years old.
View More Shock: Rick Warren’s Son Commits Suicide
For the third straight week, the number of Americans filing for new unemployment rose. Thursday’s increase was quite dramatic.
View More Jobless Rate Hits Four-Month High
Deandre Poole, the professor who told his students to write “Jesus” on a piece of paper, then ordered them to stomp on it, is on paid leave reportedly for his own safety.
View More ‘Stomp On Jesus’ Professor On Paid Leave For His Safety
Ryan Rotella, a junior from Coral Springs, said the incident began when his professor, Dr. Deandre Poole, asked students in the class to write the word “Jesus” on a piece of paper, fold it up, and step on it.
View More Student Suspended For Refusal to Stomp on the Word “Jesus”
A federal judge has struck down a Missouri law exempting moral objectors from mandatory birth control coverage because it conflicts with an insurance requirement under President Barrack Obama’s health care law.
View More Judge Removes Exemption for Objectors From Mandatory Birth-Control What is hypocritically named, the “Affordable Care Act,” is quickly being realized and even promoted as anything but affordable. Now, according to a final regulation put in place on Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says that the cheapest health insurance plan under Obamacare for a family will cost $20,000 per year, beginning in 2016.
View More IRS: $20,000 Per Year Per Family for Cheapest Obamacare Plan
7/13/2011 – Nashville, Tennessee, known as music city, is the stage for a lawsuit centering around one of the best loved hymns of all time.…
View More I’ll Fly Away Lawsuit Nashville, Tennessee, Dec 6 — Nashville, Tennessee, Dec 6 — On Wednesday, November 29, The Tennessean, a Nashville-based newspaper, quoted Dr. Lee Camp of Lipscomb…
View More Dr. Lee Camp Misquoted by the Tennessean
Where is the line? When do we finally step out in boldness and say, “That’s it. Stop it. We’re not lying in spiritual lethargy anymore…
View More Newsweek’s Slander of Christianity.