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So, what could possibly turn a nice Southern Baptist boy into a jihadi terrorist? That’s what the stunned residents of Daphne, Alabama, are asking themselves.  On May 12, the local high school’s former sophomore class president, Omar Hammami,  proclaimed in an African summit meeting of Islamist extremists outside of Mogadishu, Somalia, that the death of Osama Bin Laden will not weaken…

So, you’re chomping away at a hamburger and notice to your surprise that on the wrapper in tiny letters is “Revelation 3:20.” You examine the soft drink cup, and in the smallest possible print is “John 3:16.” On the bottom of the milk shake cups is “Proverbs 3:5.″ And there on the wrapper of the…

Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky?  According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day.   They estimated that $800 or $900 million is lost in business since a great many…

One of Beliefnet’s best writers, bestselling author Linda G. Howard, has been my friend for 28 years. She and her husband, Frank, took my bride and me under their wing when we were newlywed and 2,000 miles away from friends and family. I had taken an incredibly high-pressure job that often left me drained. On weekends,…

Back in 1958, rural Pennsylvania pastor David Wilkerson was stirred by a Life magazine photo of teenage street thugs – and felt compelled by the Holy Spirit to go talk to the young gangsters. However, he found himself on the dark, dangerous streets of one of Brooklyn’s worst housing projects, facing off with a laughing teenage…

If you’ve ever felt nobody is listening, nobody is paying any attention — no matter what you do, consider this dog. Obviously, the pooch loves playing fetch. All it needs is a human to throw the stick. And this guy sitting on the porch bench just won’t play!

Sometimes the seriousness of life can just get you down. So, let’s escape the mundane for a couple of minutes. In this video an apparent madman with a camera on his helmet skis down the side of one of the most jagged mountains in Europe’s Alps, the Eiger. Remember the grueling movie, The Eiger Sanction?…

Watch this video and ask yourself whether this street preacher was a trouble-maker or merely exercising his right to freedom of speech. You’ll watch him being arrested for reading aloud from Romans 1 outside of the Department of Motor Vehicles in Hemet, California. Attorney Jennifer Monk, associate general counsel with a group called Advocates for Faith and…

Oh, this poor pooch — having to listen to his human describe great tasting goodies. Almost as frustrating as the evening TV news.

Why can’t we all just get along? That was Rodney King’s plea in the wake of the Los Angeles riots several years ago. Taking up the challenge are Tarra and Bella. Tarra is a former circus elephant spending her final years at a Tennessee elephant sanctuary. Female elephants tend to pair off. In the wild they help…
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