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With 2024 already starting, many Americans are thinking about their New Year’s resolutions. Some want to practice healthier habits or spend more time with loved ones, while others want to ground themselves in faith. Tom Meyer, also called the Bible Memory Man, is known for his memory and the skills needed to recite the Bible…

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Actress Danica McKellar is sharing how she found her way to Christianity. In an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” she spoke about her experience with faith, sharing how a trip to church with fellow actress and friend Candace Cameron Bure changed her perspective on the preconceived notions she had about Christianity. She began in a…

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We surveyed 7,454 Christians across the United States over two years to find out more about how often they pray, how long they pray, and what stops them from praying more often. We split the respondents by age and asked them to choose only one answer that best represented the frequency of their prayer. I’ll…

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A ‘biblical’ plague of frogs, toads, and tadpoles wreaked havoc in a Honduran city, even causing a multi-car pile-up. The amphibians took over the homes and streets of Choloma after heavy rain fell in the area, causing drains to overflow and puddles to form. The outbreak started on Dec. 3 and, according to locals, continued…

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2023 was a big year of intriguing finds for archaeology that support the Bible. Here is a list of some of the finds that Beliefnet reported on this year: Pool of Siloam Originally found by chance in 2004, the Pool is most famous for being the site where Jesus healed a blind man in the…

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“Christianity Today” (CT) is facing backlash after it featured the claim that Jesus was Asian. “Jesus was born in Asia. He was Asian,” the article opens. “Yet the preponderance of Christian art that shows him at home in Europe has meant that he is embedded deeply in the popular imagination as Western.” The article featured…

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Each year Hobby Lobby, a faith-based arts and crafts store, distributes a Christmas message in newspapers across the United States. This year’s Christmas message read, “Glory to the Newborn King” featuring an image of baby Jesus lying in a manger with a lamb next to him. A star shines in the background in the night…

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A new study is showing the impact permitting prayer in public schools has on the school’s culture. Joel Penton, founder and CEO of LifeWise Academy, recently commissioned a study to explore the effects of his program on the schools he serves. LifeWise is a program that allows public school students to receive Bible education during…

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Twenty-seven years ago on December 17, 1996, residents of Clearwater, FL claimed to see something incredible on the side of a Florida office building. An unusual, stained-glass image  appeared on the side of the building, which many said looked like the outline of the Virgin Mary. The image was nearly 50 feet high and 20…

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Mt. Shasta Ski Park in McCloud, California, is facing criticism after it unveiled plans to build a 20-foot statue of the Virgin Mary on its site. The resort made the announcement on Facebook, saying that the project was “very important to our owner as this was a shared goal with her late husband and business…

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