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The 100th birthday of cartoonist Al Capp, has come and gone, ignored by the hundreds of newspapers that used to carry his satirical daily comic strip “Li’l Abner.” In today’s politically correct environment, Capp’s centennial quite a few months ago didn’t rate mention since he was a iconoclast who mercilessly made fun of such popular heroes as…

Thousands of Christian kids are headed for the beach this Spring Break. They’re modern fishers of men, writes Kris Axtman of the Christian Science Monitor. Some are part of the Southern Baptist Convention’s 2011 Beach Reach. Others — some 3,000 students from across the United States — are expected to participate this year in Campus…

The diagnosis was grim – little Jacob Barnett was autistic. He didn’t speak until he was two. The doctor said the toddler had Aspergers Syndrome, a disorder often characterized by a lack of communication skills, limited empathy with others and a tendency to take everything literally – particularly jokes. However, there was something else. He…

The Muslim-dominated government of Malaysia has called off a plan to stamp serial numbers on Bibles printed in the Malay language following protests by Christians throughout the country. About 35,000 Bibles have been in limbo for two years, impounded at two Malaysian ports. Malaysia is an Asian nation of 27 million people in the South China Sea next…

Has political correctness gone too far? Yes, says the conservative Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, which has declined to endorse the latest update of the New International Version of the Bible. Blasting the revision in no uncertain terms, Internet blogger David Stewart calls the new version a “further butchering of God’s Word and an…

Amid the devastation of Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crises, there is an inspiring phenomenon – no looting. “This is quite unusual,” observes British journalist Ed West for London’s The Daily Telegraph, “and it’s unlikely it would be the case in Britain. During the 2007 floods in the West Country, abandoned cars were broken into and…

Are you tired of fighting the good fight? Wish you could just get away from it all? Go for a walk and not come back? The Appalachian Trail is a great place to do that — a 2,181-mile-long public footpath stretching from Georgia to Maine.   And in this four-and-a-half-minute video, you can make the…

Ever been afraid to speak out — even when you know you’re right? Afraid that you’ll say the wrong thing — and hurt your cause? Worried your strong message won’t be received? Afraid to take that leap of faith — and proclaim the truth? Take courage from this little guy who dared to make a giant…

A baby who is fighting for his life, but who was just hours from being pulled off life support at a Canadian hospital has been rescued after a team of non-profit groups rushed the infant to the U.S. for treatment.   Thirteen-month-old Joseph, who is currently kept alive by a respirator, arrived in the U.S. early in the morning on Monday,…

Recently an opera company in Philadelphia brought 600 friends together for a spontaneous, unannounced performance of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” to a downtown department store. Then a bunch of college kids in Windsor, Canada, had fun at a shopping mall’s food court. And it became an international phenomenon. We have had reports of unannounced Hallelujah Chorus performances in…
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