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John Piper is weighing in on one of Christianity’s most debated questions: what happens immediately after a believer dies? During an episode of “Ask Pastor John,” the longtime pastor and founder of Desiring God firmly rejected the doctrine known as “soul sleep,” the belief that a person becomes unconscious after death until the final resurrection.…

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Archaeologists have uncovered a statue of the Pharoah some believe may have been the Pharoah who faced off against Moses in the book of Exodus. Researchers discovered a fragment of a statue that they believe depicts Ramesses II in the Tel Faraon archaeological site near El Husseiniya along the Nile Delta. The statue is described…

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Researchers from the University of Glasgow announced the recovery of over 40 pages of the Apostle Paul’s writings. The writings come from what is known as GA 015 and appear to belong to Codex H, a 6th-century copy of the letters from Paul, the most prominent writer of books in the New Testament. The pages…

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What if one of the Bible’s most overlooked locations has been hiding in plain sight all along? Beneath the surface of familiar Scripture, a deeper pattern may be waiting to be uncovered. The ancient city of Shechem is now at the center of a growing conversation, with some suggesting it holds a prophetic thread that connects…

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Members of Shades Mountain Baptist Church were met with unexpected news when senior pastor George Wright announced his abrupt resignation, calling it “heartbreaking” for his family and asking the congregation for fervent prayer. In a video shared on social media, Wright told the roughly 7,800-member church that his final Sunday sermon would come just two…

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