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On September 3, Alabama will start its 2022 season against Utah State in the search for a second national title in three years. Leading the charge is quarterback Bryce Young, who led the team last year to an 11-1 season, beating Georgia 41-24 in the SEC championship game, and besting Cincinnati in the semifinals before…

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TobyMac, the Christian artist, who released his first album since the tragic 2019 death of his son, Truett McKeehan, knows the depths of human despair. He’s known best for his upbeat, cheerful songs from Move to The Elements, yet after his son’s death, he wasn’t sure if he could write another one. Days after the tragedy, he wrote 21…

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Kathie Lee Gifford sat down with Billy Hallowell and Tré Goins-Phillips on their podcast, “Prodigal Stories” to discuss her Christian faith and her new Christian film, “The Way.” Gifford started the interview discussing how she came to Christ as a 12-year-old girl. She credited film with her conversion to Christ sharing that, “…Jesus spoke to…

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr praised his parents for teaching him to make his faith his priority and said that, as a child, he wouldn’t play if a game fell on a Sunday. The quarterback told Tauren Wells in an interview on “The High Note” podcast, “I was raised in the church. My grandpa…

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In 2018, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard watched the media coverage of the 18-day search-and-rescue operation to save 12 members of a Thai junior football team and their coach. They were trapped deep in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system amid rising flood water. The famed director told the Christian Post, “The headlines do sort…

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Serena Williams is moving on from the sport she’s dominated for decades — the superstar just announced she’s “evolving away” from tennis after the U.S. Open. The 40-year-old shared the news in an essay with Vogue last Tuesday, saying it’s time to move on and focus on other challenges like raising a family and business ventures off the…

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Kansas City Royals pitcher Luke Weaver is catching the attention of Christian baseball fans for sharing his faith on the field by wearing a self-designed glove called the “Bible Glove” that features three Bible verses and other biblical symbols. The 28-year-old right-hander told Sports Spectrum about the glove, which resembles the binding of an old…

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Warrior, poet, and anointed king are a few words to describe David. David’s rise to the throne has humongous giants, lions, and Philistine soldiers. Following unparalleled wins to lead to tragic failures, David will face the most challenging fight of all: the one within himself. Journey with David as he becomes a man after God’s…

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Australian actor Nathaniel Buzolic took to Instagram late last month to share an image of Mount Gerizim. The actor, who played Desmond Doss’s (played by Andrew Garfield) brother ‘Hal’ in “Hacksaw Ridge” and had a role in “The Vampire Diaries,” shared the image along with a commentary on the mountain’s importance. The mountain is mentioned…

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Due to the location’s dark past, film mogul Tyler Perry revealed that he used God’s Word to establish the foundation for his 330-acre Atlanta, Georgia, studio. Perry acquired the land for Tyler Perry Studios in 2015, and since its grand opening in 2019, the studio has been the launching pad for hundreds of TV shows…

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