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A new short feature film from a global missions organization serving persecuted Christians shares the inspiring story of courageous faith faced by a Christian woman in northern Nigeria. Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) released Rebecca: Nigeria, the true story of a Nigerian Christian woman who watched helplessly with her daughter as Boko Haram militants killed her…

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Elizabeth Tabish is one of the first actors seen by viewers when they start watching the first episode of “The Chosen,” but her role in the hit Bible-based series almost didn’t happen. The joy on the 35-year-old actor’s face is undeniable. Underneath her smile, though, is a complicated story punctuated with complex questions about the…

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Archaeologists have discovered an intact burial cave dating to the time of Ramses II, who is believed to be the pharaoh in the biblical book of Exodus. Eli Yannai, an expert on the Bronze Age at the Israel Antiquities Authority, called the discovery a “find of a lifetime.” “It’s like a set from ‘Indiana Jones’…

U.S. Postal Service
Although Christmas is two months away, the U.S. Postal Service wants you to know it already has a holiday stamp ready for letter senders. USPS released the “Virgin and Child” Christmas forever stamp during a dedication ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston late last month. U.S. Postal Service Organization Development Vice President…

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Is Kanye West leading a new generation into the “Promised Land” of higher education? The 45-year-old “Jesus Walks” rapper and hip-hop cultural icon compared himself to the biblical Moses after recently launching his Christian private school in Southern California. His Instagram story went viral after he wrote, “No one asked Moses how much he slept,” in white…

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