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Pastor Greg Locke says he and his family are trusting God after federal agents raided their Tennessee home as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations involving church finances and other possible crimes. Speaking to his congregation at Global Vision Bible Church in Lebanon, Tennessee, on Sunday, Locke described the emotional toll of the early…

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A simple travel tip shared on TikTok has sparked a surprisingly passionate conversation about faith, respect, and how visitors should dress when entering churches abroad. The video, which has been viewed more than 774,000 times, shows a traveler preparing to enter a church in Italy by slipping a long skirt over a shorter dress and…

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Since 2017, archaeologists have been baffled by an Aramaic inscription found at the entrance of the underground Mithras Temple at Zerzevan Castle in southeastern Tukey. The inscription is around 1,700 years old. The Mithras Temple was discovered during excavations at an ancient military settlement in Diyarbakir’s Cinar district. The temple at Zerzevan Castle is one…

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The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University has released its fourth installment of its American Worldview inventory and it’s revealing some eye-opening statistics on Christian views of humanity. The latest report interviewed a nationally representative sample of 2,000 adults in January 2026 and focused on views about abortion, the value of human life, and…

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  The Vatican has rejected a request from German bishops to permit lay people to preach homily during Mass. The rejection stems from a request made by the German Bishops’ Conference on March 30, 2026 “to permit, in exceptional circumstances, a duly commissioned lay member of the faithful to preach in place of the homily during…

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