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A Texas school has reversed its decision prohibiting a special needs student from sharing Bible verses with peers. According to the American Centers for Law and Justice (ACLJ), the principal and a teacher at Killeen School District in Killeen, Texas confiscated slips of paper containing Bible verses that a special needs student was handing out…

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Archaeologists have finally deciphered a mysterious rock with Biblical markings years after it was uncovered, but what they’ve discovered may just lead to more questions. The rock was discovered in 2018 in Wawa, Ontario after a tree fell over. It bore 255 strange characters which appeared to be some 200 years old. The rock also…

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Baptize America swept the nation on June 8, Pentecost Sunday, with coordinators of the event praising the thousands of lives that joined in the nationwide baptism day. Event founder Mark Francey spoke about the event’s spread, from Pirate’s Cove, CA to the state of California and now to the nation. “I heard that small still…

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A recent Pew Research Center study has found that Islam is now the world’s fastest growing religion, surpassing Christianity. While Christianity remains the globe’s largest religious group at 2.3 billion, Islam grew from 2010 to 2020 at a rate of 4 times greater than Christianity. During that decade, the number of Christians worldwide grew by…

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An ancient medieval Bible has made its way back to Israel after a centuries-long absence. Known as the Shem Tov Bible, the medieval Bible dates from the 14th century and was authored by kabbalist Rabbi Shem Tov ben Abraham Ibn Gaon. The Bible was originally written in 1312 in Soria Spain. Ibn Gaon then took…

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