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Last week, hundreds of Christians gathered on Capitol Hill for a Bible Reading Marathon. The entire Bible was read aloud for 90 consecutive hours without commentary or interpretation. The U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon was established in 1990 by Dr. John Hash and Dr. Corinthia Boone. In 1994, Pastor Michael Hall and his wife, Terry,…

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President Donald Trump just surpassed the climatic “100 Days in Office” threshold—a time when most media outlets and pundits analyze the progress of any sitting president. They found a record-setting 41% approval rating, the lowest for any elected U.S. leader since the Eisenhower Administration.  The number is a national average based on a swath of…

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Salem Media Group has announced a new partnership with Donald Trump Jr. and Lara Trump. Salem, the Christian and conservative media company, currently hosts such popular conservative podcasts as “The Charlie Kirk Show,” “The Dinesh D’Souza Podcast,” and “Right View with Lara Trump.” Salem called the new partnership “a historic, multi-dimensional deal.” As part of…

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A historic Memphis church with ties to Martin Luther King, Jr. has suffered devastating damage after an early-morning fire engulfed the building. Clayborn Temple had been undergoing a $25 million restoration project when a fire broke out early Monday. “This morning we woke up to heartbreaking news: a devastating fire has ravaged one of our…

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Christian parents are suing a Maryland school district after claiming the district would not allow their daughter to graduate after refusing to participate in an LGBTQ+ health class. The student, referred to as “Jane,” is a senior at Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) with an impeccable 4.76 weighted GPA who has not participated in a…

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Donald Trump’s prominent front-row seat at Pope Francis’ funeral didn’t shield him from a pointed message—delivered from beyond the grave. During the widely televised funeral, attended by world leaders including France’s Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Keir Starmer, and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re delivered a homily that subtly but unmistakably echoed Pope Francis’ lifetime…

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The annual White House Easter Egg Roll has been a tradition since 1878 and the Rutherford B. Hayes administration. The number of eggs sprawled across the pristine South Lawn has grown from a few dozen egg cartons to this year’s count 30,000. The eggs have increased as the demand has increased.  For decades, images from…

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Evangelical leaders are sounding the alarm as the beloved Christian phrase “Christ is King” faces distortion at the hands of hate groups, bots, and political extremists. Once a proclamation of worship and hope, the phrase has increasingly appeared online in the hands of those promoting antisemitism and extremist ideologies—prompting Christian leaders to reclaim its sacred…

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In a tragic turn of events following a Bible study in Ohio, a man was killed and a pastor critically injured in what officials are calling a “freak accident” involving a fallen tree and power lines. The heartbreaking incident took place in Toledo as Pastor Andrew Edwards of Northwest Baptist Church was driving fellow church…

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A new study is showing that more Americans have left organized religion for the pursuit of personal truth. Entitled “Breaking Free of the Iron Cage: The Individualization of American Religion,” researchers followed 1,348 individuals born in the late 1980s from adolescence to early adulthood and explored their religious habits. Participants completed four rounds of surveys…
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