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An article published by CNN last week bringing attention to “rapture anxiety” is receiving pushback by experts who see the article as “out of context.” The article, entitled “For some Christians, ‘rapture anxiety’ can take a lifetime to heal,” written by AJ Willingham who, “specializes in internet curiosities, humor, pedantry, sports and setting the record…

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  Ainsley Earhardt, co-host of Fox News’s “Fox and Friends” segment has been promoting her new children’s book by Zonderkidz, I’m So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating Who You Are and talking about the faith that has driven her to write. During “Fox and Friends” last week, Earhardt revealed the phrase’s origins from her mother.…

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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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  The Israel Antiquities Authority released a statement unveiling the discovery of 3300-year-old vessels. The vessels were discovered in a cave at the Palmahim Beach National Park on September 13 when a mechanical digger broke through the roof of the cave. With a date of about 3300 years old, the pottery is estimated to be…

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  Five red heifers arrived at the Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel over a week ago. Such commonplace creatures such as heifers, even red ones, would normally not be considered newsworthy, but their color and destination link these heifers to Biblical prophecy, particularly to the creation of the Third Temple in Israel and, subsequently…

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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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Anne Graham Lotz spoke at the Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand Summit at First Baptist Atlanta, warning that America had “rejected God.” The 74-year-old daughter of the late Billy Graham spoke openly of America’s fall from God’s favor, citing Isaiah 5:8, which says, “Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field…

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Apologist, author, and radio host Dr. Michael Brown is convinced some Christians today are improperly conflating politics and the Gospel. “I agree that we’re dealing with existential issues,” Brown recently said during an appearance on CBN’s “Faith vs. Culture.” “I agree that [there’s a] battle for life … the battle for family, international issues, Israel…

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  The Pew Research Center has developed several hypothetical models on the potential US religious landscape based on current Christian declines and none of the outlooks paint a bright picture for the fate of Christianity in the US. The rate of self-identified Christians in the US has continuously declined since the 90s, with increases in…

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The picture of US faith leaders becomes bleaker and bleaker as a new survey reveals that one third of senior pastors agree that “A person who is generally good, or does enough good things for others, can earn a place in Heaven.” The survey, released by the Cultural Research Center (CRC) was from a nationwide…

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