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  Five red heifers arrived at the Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel over a week ago. Such commonplace creatures such as heifers, even red ones, would normally not be considered newsworthy, but their color and destination link these heifers to Biblical prophecy, particularly to the creation of the Third Temple in Israel and, subsequently…

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Is Kanye West leading a new generation into the “Promised Land” of higher education? The 45-year-old “Jesus Walks” rapper and hip-hop cultural icon compared himself to the biblical Moses after recently launching his Christian private school in Southern California. His Instagram story went viral after he wrote, “No one asked Moses how much he slept,” in white…

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Anne Graham Lotz spoke at the Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand Summit at First Baptist Atlanta, warning that America had “rejected God.” The 74-year-old daughter of the late Billy Graham spoke openly of America’s fall from God’s favor, citing Isaiah 5:8, which says, “Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field…

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Apologist, author, and radio host Dr. Michael Brown is convinced some Christians today are improperly conflating politics and the Gospel. “I agree that we’re dealing with existential issues,” Brown recently said during an appearance on CBN’s “Faith vs. Culture.” “I agree that [there’s a] battle for life … the battle for family, international issues, Israel…

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  The Pew Research Center has developed several hypothetical models on the potential US religious landscape based on current Christian declines and none of the outlooks paint a bright picture for the fate of Christianity in the US. The rate of self-identified Christians in the US has continuously declined since the 90s, with increases in…

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The picture of US faith leaders becomes bleaker and bleaker as a new survey reveals that one third of senior pastors agree that “A person who is generally good, or does enough good things for others, can earn a place in Heaven.” The survey, released by the Cultural Research Center (CRC) was from a nationwide…

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Actor Mark Wahlberg wants to start “a new chapter” of his career. “I definitely want to focus on making more. I wouldn’t say necessarily just faith-based content but things that will help people… to make more meaningful content,” he told “Entertainment Tonight” earlier this year. Wahlberg was referring to “Father Stu,” a passion project of…

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Actress and outspoken Christian Candace Cameron Bure shared a post on Instagram to encourage fellow believers to read the Bible daily. A video included with the post shows Bure reading a Bible with the caption, “when people ask, ‘How often should you read your Bible?’” She then responds, “Every day,” and refers to details in…

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Brittni De La Mora shared a link on Facebook for a friend’s GoFundMe on Saturday, revealing that the woman, known as Melinda, was struggling to overcome debts after leaving the adult film industry to pursue Jesus. De La Mora hosts the “Let’s Talk Purity” podcast and runs the “Love Always Wins” ministry with her husband,…

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Members of a Mississippi church are in mourning after a fire destroyed their historic sanctuary. Still, a 180-year-old Bible that weathered the blaze is bringing much-needed hope to the beleaguered congregation. College Hill Presbyterian Church in Oxford, Mississippi, built in 1844, has inspired Christians for nearly two centuries. Still, the historic building was left in…

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