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What percentage of people in the United States claim to have no religion? If you guessed the number is small but vocal, think again. According to the 2018 General Social Survey, a biennial project run by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, the religious “nones” are now every bit as numerous…

LifeWay Christian resources will close all their retail locations. The store has been an important channel for Christian publishers. The retailer is now shifting gears and all merchandise will be offered entirely online. “The decision to close our local stores is a difficult one,” said acting president and CEO Brad Waggoner,“LifeWay has developed close connections…

Pew Research Center recently released the results of a survey investigating the differences between how much various religious groups approved of Donald Trump’s presidency and how he has handled holding the highest office in the land. According to the survey, white evangelical Protestants continue to support him in overwhelming numbers. Protestants’ approval for the president’s…

Militant atheists and religious zealots alike have long peddled the idea that science and religion are incompatible. Prizewinning theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser, however, takes intense issue with that statement. In fact, he recently won the annual Templeton Prize for his work debunking the idea. Gleiser is far from the only scientist to disagree with the…

The attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand have captured headlines around the world. The gunmen attacked Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Mosque in Central Christchurch, the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has stated that the mass shootings were a terrorist attack and called Friday, March…

Kodaiji Temple in Japan has a new addition. It is not a new statue or an ancient artifact on display. Instead, it is a robot priestess that recently gave its first speech. The humanoid robot is named Mindar and is made largely of aluminum with silicon hands and face. Its first speech was on the…

The 9-year-old had no idea that when he went to school that day that his teacher would tell him the cross on his forehead was inappropriate and make him wash the ashes off. William McLeod who goes to a Utah public school was prepared for questions about the cross he wore on his forehead for…

President Donald Trump did something that some are praising him for and others are criticizing him for – he autographed the Bibles of Alabama residents devastated by a recent tornado outbreak. Trump met with first responders and survivors at a Baptist church in the eastern part of the state, after tornadoes left a path of destruction…

Lent is here, and once again Christians around the world will dedicate themselves to removing a vice or bad habit from their lives for 40 days. Some states, however, are likely to have an easier time at this than others. A recent survey by WalletHub ranked the 50 states based on how well they tend…

John Gray, an anchor for WTEN-TV in New York, didn’t anticipate that one day he would become the author of a successful children’s book. However that’s exactly what happened. Gray’s 6-month-old dog Samuel died unexpectedly, and he needed a way to let out his grief. He took to writing his thoughts and feelings down in…

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