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A South Carolina woman who recently celebrated her 107th birthday credits the blessings of God for her longevity. “I do what the Bible tells me,” Adell Julie Thompson of Santee, S.C., told WLTX News 19 in Columbia. Thompson was born Oct. 10, 1915 – two years before the United States entered World War I and just three…

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In 2022, the then-senior University of Tennessee quarterback revealed in an interview that his pregame prayers focus on family, health, and gratitude. A viral video on social media showed Hooker on one knee bowed in prayer moments before kickoff. A reporter asked him about the prayer. Hooker said the prayer focuses on his family’s travels…

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Nathaniel Stiles, a youth pastor, leading a game night at a nearby church, said it’s a “pure act of God” none of the eight residents of an apartment building in southwestern New Hampshire were hurt after a small airplane crashed into the residential complex. On October 21, 2022, a single-engine Beechcraft Sierra plane crashed into…

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A new study finds that the overwhelming majority of those who read the Bible at least three times a year have experienced transformation due to their encounters with Scripture, along with a sizable minority of Christians who interact with the Bible less frequently. The American Bible Society released the seventh chapter of its 12th annual “State of…

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