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Pastor, sergeant close church service with more than your average benediction
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How proud these parents are when their pastor calls them up onto the platform to honor their son. Through the wonders of technology — or so their pastor tells them — Mom and Dad’s young U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, deployed in Iraq, is going to offer the closing prayer at the end of the Sunday morning worship service.…
After 12 years of praying with kids at flagpole, pastor says offended atheists won’t stop him
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Can a Wisconsin atheist group keep a Florida preacher from meeting with local kids who want to pray at their school’s flagpole before classes begin? School Attorney Bruce Bickner for the Clay County School Board says the atheists can, indeed – that their threat of an expensive lawsuit means the kids need to stop praying.…
Lawmaker says prayer saved her life; fights for American students to have freedom to pray
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Florida State Senator Larcenia Bullard says she’s alive because of the power of prayer — and that’s why she’s fighting for the right of Florida students to pray. Recently, she was brought to tears during debate over proposed state legislation that would allow student-initiated prayer in all Florida schools. “Had it not been for prayer, even…
Power of prayer credited for hostage’s escape
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“God heard my prayers!” says Philippine Army Master Sergeant Elpidio Tavelisma, husband of rescued hostage Evangeline Tavelisma — who says he “bombarded heaven” with prayers on behalf of his wife. The midwife — held two months by Abu Sayyaf terrorists demanding a $350,000 ransom — was unexpectedly released by fleeing insurgents when trapped by police troopers and local militia…
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