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Former heavyweight boxing champion and pastor George Foreman recently opened up about his life and a near-death experience in 1977. He also said he wants people who see the upcoming movie about his life to know he’s proof that there’s a living God. Seventy-four-year-old Foreman is the focus of the faith-based biopic “Big George Foreman,”…

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A new survey indicates that most Americans believe the biblical account of the empty tomb. According to this latest survey, 66 percent of Americans said, “Biblical accounts of the physical resurrection of Jesus are completely accurate,” a substantial proportion considering the increased secularization of American culture. Lifeways “2022 State of Theology” study also found that…

Christians are being warned against a “Christian Ouija board” being sold online. The product appears to have stemmed from a video posted online eight months ago on a YouTube channel with the handle “Holy Spirit Games.” The video features a man in a cheaply made Jesus costume using foul language and sexual innuendo to promote the…

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Medievalist Grigory Kessel of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW or Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) revealed the discovery of a Syriac translation of a fragment of the New Testament in a study released last month. According to the study, the discovery was part of a “double palimpsest,” or a manuscript that has been reused, in this…

A Christian composer who has written music for Angel Studios and “Adventures in Odyssey” recently shared that he’s lost out on mainstream jobs because of his biblical beliefs. However, he noted that it was worth it because he stayed true to his faith. A composer and actor, Aaron Fullan, told Christian Worldview Film Festival attendees,…

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Christian rapper Kevin “KB” Burgess is begging believers to embrace Christian rap to reach people with God’s word. KB recently released a new book, Dangerous Jesus: Why the Only Thing More Risky than Getting Jesus Right Is Getting Jesus Wrong. He told Christian Headlines that contemporary hip-hop teaches young people to “hate Jesus.” He also…

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Psychiatrist Dr. Richard Gallagher has had a decades-long career diagnosing and treating mental illness. But as a Catholic and the longest-standing American member of the International Association of Exorcists, his career has included an unusual request: spotting demonic possession. Gallagher described his entry into the unusual specialty in a 2016 Washington Post op-ed. There he shared…

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Christian singer Michael W. Smith recently teamed up with legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli for a new movie where he sings about his faith in Jesus and testifies about it. “The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli,” produced by TBN, a Christian broadcasting network, was in theatres from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. The film…

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A Mississippi meteorologist went viral after he prayed on-air while giving a weather report of a tornado headed for a small town. Meteorologist Matt Laubhan was reporting a massive tornado that was within minutes of the small town of Amory, MS. Laubhan grew visibly concerned about the town’s well-being, encouraging people to get to safety.…

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Israeli archaeologists have discovered the mosaic floor of an ancient church and are opening it up to the public in hopes that tourists and hikers will stop by the site. Archaeologists initially discovered the flower-designed mosaic floor in 1980, but it was soon covered with dirt, overgrowth and forgotten. The Israel Antiquities Authority joined the…

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