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American presidents have libraries to preserve their legacy. The French prefer glass. François Mitterrand gave the Louvre its distinctive glass pyramid; Georges Pompidou built an art center with an unusual glass-tube escalator crawling up its outside; Jacques Chirac opened a Paris art museum with an enormous glass facade. President Emmanuel Macron’s vision to immortalize himself…

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A former Disneyland security lead has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging she was fired for expressing her Christian beliefs in what her attorneys describe as a case of “overt attacks” on her faith. Candace McGee, who worked at Disneyland for 23 years, claims she was terminated after making comments on an internal company…

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The congregation at First Baptist Orlando is grieving the heartbreaking loss of Lucy Pat Curl, the beloved 85-year-old wife of longtime pastoral care minister Bill Curl after she succumbed to injuries sustained in a brutal home invasion on the 31st of January. Lucy Pat was home alone when a man, later identified as 55-year-old Ronald…

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Michael Reagan, who has long been a conservative commentator and speaker, understands the problems that can come from rampant incivility in culture. Reagan — son of late former President Ronald Reagan — recently lamented the negative elements surrounding the U.S. political stalemate, particularly the lack of pleasantries and people’s overarching inability to handle themselves appropriately…

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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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