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By all accounts, Christian persecution is worsening across the globe. Joel Veldkamp, head of international communications at Christian Solidarity International, is among those who know the full extent of the issue, often observing its evils firsthand. And these diabolical infractions — from killings to land seizure to discrimination — have a rooting, Veldkamp believes, in…

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson did not hold back in his criticism of the Episcopal Church following a controversial sermon by Washington Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde. Carlson, a longtime Episcopalian himself, labeled the denomination an “angry, hateful organization” that he believes no longer reflects Christianity. During an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, Carlson…

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A Michigan county has decided to remove a Bible verse from the entrance of its newly constructed jail after facing criticism that the display constituted a government endorsement of Christianity. The verse, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God” (Matthew 5:9), was prominently displayed at the Isabella County Criminal…

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Cedarville University, one of the nation’s largest Christian colleges, is mourning the loss of one of its students, Grace Maxwell, who tragically died in the recent midair collision near Washington, D.C. Maxwell, a junior mechanical engineering major from Wichita, Kansas, was among the 64 passengers on board an American Airlines flight when it collided with…

A grieving father is drawing strength from his faith after the tragic loss of his son, Sam Lilley, a pilot who perished in a midair collision involving an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. Tim Lilley, the father of the late pilot, expressed his sorrow but affirmed that he…

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A heartbreaking tragedy unfolded near Reagan National Airport as a commercial airliner and a military Black Hawk helicopter collided midair, leaving families anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones. Among them was Hamaad Raza, who received a text from his wife just minutes before her American Airlines flight crashed into the Potomac River. Raza recounted…

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As 2025 begins, two powerful symbols collide—one from the East, the other from the West—each carrying profound implications for a nation at a breaking point. January 29 marks the beginning of the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac, an animal associated with wisdom, cunning, and transformation. Just days earlier, on January 20, Donald…

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Last weekend, a North Texas family saw an unknown and presumed biblical messenger on their doorbell camera. The man was wearing a dark puffer jacket and a red-and-black Baphomet mask carrying a piece of cardboard reading “Revelation 20:1-15.” In Western religious traditions, a “Baphomet” is a goat-headed human creature closely associated with Satanism, the Occult,…

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Former Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio is making news for being sworn in as our nation’s newest and 72nd Secretary of State and for a bold and public declaration of his Christian faith. “I want to end by thanking Almighty God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” said Rubio. “That is truly the singular…

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Two Minnesota Christian colleges—The University of Northwestern – St. Paul and Crown College—are taking legal action against a state law that bars higher education institutions from requiring students to sign statements of faith to participate in Minnesota’s Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. This dual-enrollment program, which allows high school students to earn tuition-free college…

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