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Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro detailed the “deepest problem of atheism” in a Facebook post-Sunday, arguing the biggest problem is it “cannot establish a moral framework. Shapiro, who is Jewish, opened the post by noting many nonbelievers will turn to the “sins of believers” to explain why they oppose God and faith. The critical question these nontheists will…

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“Can a man take fire to his car, and his Bible not be burned?” That’s not precisely what Proverbs 6:27 says, but that scenario played out in real life after a fire consumed an SUV in Virginia, inexplicably leaving a Bible intact. According to officials, crews with Rustburg Volunteer Fire Department in Campbell County responded to…

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Authorities in China’s Hebei province destroyed an underground Catholic church after its leader refused to fall in line with the country’s communist regime. According to a report from Radio Free Asia, the underground Catholic congregation had been gathering in a temporary structure in the Youtong village of Luancheng District in the city of Shijiazhuang. After…

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A waitress at a café in Pennsylvania says a man ordered a stromboli for about $13 but left a tip for $3,000 as part of the “Tips for Jesus” movement, which started about nine years ago. Mariana Lambert, a waitress at Alfredo’s Pizza Café in Scranton, spoke to the media last week, narrating how she…

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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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Israel Lemus is a walking miracle, a medical mystery his doctors can’t quite understand. In 2016, he was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma, the same aggressive form of brain cancer that took the late Sen. John McCain’s life in the summer of 2018. At the time, Lemus was given a mere two months to live.…

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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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A glitzy copper box containing two lead vials with what Catholics believe is the 2,000-year-old blood of Jesus Christ will soon be returned to the French abbey in Normandy, which was stolen on June 1st. Dutch art detective Arthur Brand says he was able to retrieve the blood vials and several other artifacts after the clueless thief…

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