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The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) has taken aim at the Ohio police chaplaincy program, calling it “unconstitutional.” The group, which states its purpose is “to promote the constitutional principle of separation of state and church, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism,” sent a letter to the police department in Mansfield,…

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Sunday services took a frightening turn at Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries this last Sunday when three armed thieves robbed Bishop Lamor Whitehead in the middle of his sermon. The incident, which was caught on camera during the church’s livestream, shows the men entering around 11:15 am. Whitehead can then be seen laying on the…

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  A recent Reddit post has various speculations over what a series of images of red lights over the Atlantic Ocean signify. The images, which show three strange glowing orbs, were taken by a pilot who saw them while flying. Some explanations of the images were mundane, with the most objective one suggesting they were…

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In 2009, Christian recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman’s world turned upside down. Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth, adopted their daughter Maria Sue from China in 2004. A few years later, when their daughter was five years old, one of the Chapmans’ sons accidentally struck Maria Sue with an SUV in the driveway, tragically ending…

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According to reports, archeological workers restoring the historic Syriac Orthodox Mar Thomas Church in Iraq’s capital Mosul, have discovered about a dozen ancient relics and parchments connected to several saints. The church was heavily damaged by Islamic State fighters almost four years ago. The relics include manuscripts in Syriac and Aramaic as well as six…

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