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California math whiz credits God for billion-dollar discovery
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Insurance customers in California should thank God for David Axene. A scheduled 39 percent rate hike was averted by the mathematician who from his hospital bed discovered a major insurer had made serious errors in predicting its costs. The 60-year-old will tell you candidly that he couldn’t have done it without God’s help. “David Axene ,” writes Duke Helfand of the…
12-year-old says God made the difference in when he was attacked by a bull shark
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Twelve-year-old Nicholas Vossler knew what he needed after he was attacked by a shark off of Matagorda Island, Texas. “Mom,” the boy gasped as his stunned mom held him in her arms, “you need to start praying.” A tough sixth grader who pitches for his baseball team and was looking forward to the start of…
Federal cemetery defies judge, bans “Jesus” or “God bless you” from veterans’ funerals
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Three national veterans groups have complained that officials at the Houston National Cemetery have defied a federal judge’s order to quit censoring prayer and banning the words “God” and “Jesus” from funeral services. Despite a Memorial Day court order, local veterans say the Department of Veterans Affairs continues to censor their prayers, eulogies and traditional ceremonies in violation of the First Amendment’s…
Angela prays, crowd cheers
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There wasn’t an empty seat or a dry eye in Medina Valley High School’s football stadium Saturday night as valedictorian Angela Hildenbrand humbly raised her eyes to heaven and thanked God. She had been barred from doing so by a federal judge. However, late Friday evening, three judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that ruling and…
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