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A New Hampshire woman and her child were kidnapped in Haiti from a Christian education ministry, El Roi Haiti, that is is founded and directed by her husband, Sandro Dorsainvil. According to the organization, Alix Dorsainvil and her child were taken near Port-Au-Prince on Thursday morning. Alix, who works as a community nurse, was said…

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As the summer winds down, colleges prepare for the influx of new and returning students. This new academic year, the University of Chicago’s religious studies department will offer its students a course called “Queering God.” According to the course description, this course will look at questions like “Can God be an ally in queer worldmaking?…

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Up until recently, Fox News has been considered the go-to news source for conservatives in a field filled with left-leaning news sources like MSNBC and CNN. However, recent scandals such as the firing of long-time favorite Tucker Carlson and reports of the company’s trans-affirming policies have left the company on shaky ground with some conservatives, particularly Christians. Rumors abound that…

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A Georgia city will revise its panhandling laws and pay $55,000 following the arrest of a man who carried a sign reading “God Bless the Homeless Vets” was arrested. U.S. Army veteran and retired truck driver Jeffrey Gray was standing outside city hall in Port Wentworth, GA holding a sign that said “God Bless the…

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One teenage driver is dead following a car crash in Burke, VA. The teen was driving a 2023 Kia Forte with her brother and two others when an adult male driving a 2014 Cadillac CTS4 collided with their car. The driver of the Forte, who was pronounced deceased at the scene, was 17 years old…

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Disney CEO Bob Iger has hit back at claims by GOP presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that the company “sexualizes children.” DeSantis spoke at a town hall in New Hampshire in June when he stated, “We’ve put [Disney] on a pedestal — in the past, it has been like the all-American company. But…

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A liberal Idaho college town is paying $300,000 to three Christian churchgoers who sued the city after being arrested for not wearing masks at an outside service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of Moscow recently announced that it would settle with Gabriel Rench and Seand and Rachel Bohnet, who brought a case against city…

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Jim Caviezel appeared on “Fox & Friends” to discuss the continued success of his film, “Sound of Freedom,” which has now made over $100 million at the box office. Caviezel noted that the film’s success has a lot to do with America being “fed up,” particularly with open borders at the America’s southern border with…

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Shane Lloyd, 50, and Jakob Lloyd, 19, were on their way to the University of Central Florida to attend freshman orientation when they were tragically killed by a drunken driver. The father and son were hit by 40-year-old Leslie Gehret who allegedly ran a red light  and collided with their vehicle. The collision sent Lloyd’s…

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Pop star Demi Lovato has received pushback online from several influential pro-life commenters for her new pro-abortion anthem, “Swine.” The profanity-laced song and music video were released in late June after the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, ruling that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t confer a right to abortion.…

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