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Former tattoo artist and reality star Katherine von Drachenberg, more commonly known as Kat Von D, announced through Instagram that she had been baptized. The post shows Von D with the pastor, surrounded by tattooed friends and family, as she was submerged for the baptism. “Katherine von Drachenberg, upon your profession of the Lord Jesus Christ,…

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Hebrew University archeologists excavating at the Hyrcania Fortress in the Judean Desert recently discovered a rare inscription of Psalm 86 on the side of a building stone. It reads, “Jesus Christ, guard me, for I am poor and needy. Guard my life, for I am faithful to You.” The adapted words of King David’s original…

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As 2023 nears a close, the statistics on faith in America remain dismal. A projection by the Pew Research Center estimated that those in America who identify as Christian could shrink to 35 percent by 2070 based on current trends. An image of three large crosses displayed across the New York City skyline for Good Friday in 1956…

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Matthew 15:21-28 reads, “And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, ‘Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.’ But he did not answer her a word.…

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Former Buffalo Bills quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer Jim Kelly recently shared how God has changed his life after his recent public declaration of faith during a baptism over the summer. The 63-year-old, who led the Bills to four Super Bowl appearances in the 1990s, took to Instagram to share a video of his…

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Over 200 students at an Alabama college were baptized in one night after a campus worship program reportedly attended by hundreds. The baptisms took place in a lake at Auburn’s Red Barn venue, about a half mile from Auburn University’s Neville Arena, the site of a “Unite Auburn” worship event that drew a massive crowd.…

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Over 150 U.S. Army soldiers were baptized during basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri this summer. Southern Baptist Convention chaplain Cpt. Logan Lair told Baptist Press that trainees have been “hungry to learn about spirituality and their spiritual strength,” with 84 getting baptized in July and 73 in August. Lair said he was…

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The Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus, nestled ten minutes outside the small town of Gower, Missouri, is turning heads after speculation of an apparent miracle. This past April, the sisters of the abbey decided to exhume the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who had died four years earlier at the age of 95. The…

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As excavations continue on the Pool of Siloam, archaeologists have gone on to uncover 8 steps that have been hidden for at least 2,000 years. The Pool is significant as the site where Jesus healed a blind man and is referenced in the Old Testament as well. The Pool itself was found by chance in…

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A theologian claims archaeological finds in Jordan prove the biblical city of Sodom existed. Scientists previously found evidence that the ancient city of Tall el-Hammam in the southern Jordan Valley was destroyed in a disastrous event. Dr. John Bergsma, a professor of Theology at Ohio’s Franciscan University, suggests such an event echoes what’s in the…
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