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A Mafia associate who spent most of his existence in and out of prisons and living a life filled with crime eventually found himself broken, emotionally tattered, and at a dire crossroads. Robert Borelli recently told The Prodigal Stories Podcast, “I knew about God but didn’t know God. I gave God an ultimatum. I said,…

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Players from one of college basketball’s most prominent teams took part in a baptism ceremony in the Jordan River. The Auburn men’s basketball team visited multiple historical sites in Israel, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which tradition says was the site of Christ’s empty tomb. The team’s official social media account posted pictures of the baptisms.…

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CS Lewis continues to inspire others nearly sixty years after his death. During the Kingdom Bound Music Festival in Clinton, IA, Christian gospel singer Jordan Feliz discussed the inspiration for his song, “Another Way” on his album, “Say It.” “It stems from a quote from a guy named C.S. Lewis. He says this: If we…

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A young adult pastor with an influential Texas church has critiqued the claim that the Bible is sexist against women, contending that a biblical Christian understanding of women is superior to the mainstream culture.  As part of a series tackling topics widely debated in culture today, Pastor David Marvin of Watermark Community Church in Dallas…

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Juan Carlos La Verde of Florida had no idea of the alligator attack that awaited him when he went swimming in Lake Thonotosassa, about twenty miles from Tampa, on August 3rd. “I always preach mitigated risk, and that day I failed, and it went completely out the window,” La Verde, who goes by JC Defeats,…

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Archaeologists say they have discovered an inscription that may further indicate the location of the biblical town identified as the home of the Apostles Peter and Andrew. Archaeologists announced last week that, while digging various holes and channels in a series of excavations, they uncovered an ancient mosaic with a large Greek inscription regarding the Peter and…

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Antiquity experts in Israel say they have found archaeological evidence of the destruction of the Second Temple as prophesied by Jesus in the New Testament. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the governmental authority responsible for excavation and conservation in the Holy Land, announced the discovery of stones believed to have been used as projectiles to…

In Song of Solomon 2:15, the reader is warned to “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines…” The passage seems out of place for a love poem, but within its context and the understanding of foxes as destructive creatures, the message becomes a warning to the lovers: Beware of anything that…

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A field fire sparked by the U.K. heatwave burned acres of land in the village of Lenham in Kent county but stopped at a giant cross that stands in the center of the field as a memorial for those killed in World War I. The field fire charred much of the ground but stopped at…

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A legal group that advocates for atheists, agnostics, and nontheists are calling for an investigation into an Alabama teacher after she incorporated a coloring book picture of Jesus accompanied by a Scripture passage into a lesson plan. Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit organization that advocates for a strict separation of church and state,…

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