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  • US Olympic Boxer Claressa Shields: 'God Has a Plan for Me'

    US Olympic Boxer Claressa Shields: 'God Has a Plan for Me'

    Seventeen-year-old U.S. Olympic team boxer Claressa Shields prays in her corner of the ring before every fight. The "superstar in the making" is the youngest U.S. boxer in 40 years and she is competing in London where it will be the first time in Olympics history that women's boxing will be a medal sport.

  • Would Striking Clichés Make Christians More Tolerable?

    Would Striking Clichés Make Christians More Tolerable?

    Author and speaker Christian Piatt believes Christian clichés can do more harm than good and if stricken from their vocabulary, can make believers more tolerable.

  • Military Atheist Group Offers 'Alternative to Church' at Academies

    Military Atheist Group Offers 'Alternative to Church' at Academies

    The Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers is offering "alternatives to church" programs and meetings during summer training at U.S. military academies in an attempt to gain official recognition for similar secular programs during the school year.

  • Two-Year-Old Bible Study for Homeless at McDonald's No Longer Welcomed

    Two-Year-Old Bible Study for Homeless at McDonald's No Longer Welcomed

    Christian ministry leader Dawn Martinez was told she could no longer hold the twice-a-week Bible studies she has taught for homeless people for the last two years inside a McDonald's in Camden, Pa. A night manager at the fast food restaurant told her last week that a customer had filed a complaint. Martinez wonders if it could have been because of the topic briefly discussed at one point last Monday – the Muslim faith.

  • Chuck Smith Reports 'Major Victory' in Cancer Battle

    Chuck Smith Reports 'Major Victory' in Cancer Battle

    Pastor Chuck Smith, the founder of the Calvary Chapel movement, believes he is winning his battle over lung cancer, he announced during a Bible study and communion service at his church.

  • Small Church Gives 100 Percent of Tithe to Needy for a Year

    Small Church Gives 100 Percent of Tithe to Needy for a Year

    Simply passing the collection plate during Sunday services in order to help meet the budget was not good enough for the leaders of a small church in Mississippi.

  • Black Pastors Coalition: 'We're Going to Keep the Heat on Obama'

    Black Pastors Coalition: 'We're Going to Keep the Heat on Obama'

    The Coalition of African-American Pastors, a group of leading black clergy, says they will continue to apply pressure on President Obama, by protesting the NAACP's recent support for same-sex marriage at the its national convention Thursday.

  • Rick Warren: 'You Can't Please Everyone'

    Rick Warren: 'You Can't Please Everyone'

    Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren knows he can't please everyone and he's completely fine with that. In a recent sermon, he explained why Christians, including himself, can't be people pleasers because living for God's approval is more important than popularity.

  • Persecution Watchdog Group Urges Christians to Pray During Ramadan

    Persecution Watchdog Group Urges Christians to Pray During Ramadan

    The persecution watchdog group Open Doors USA plans to launch a prayer campaign to coincide with Ramadan, the month of fasting in the Islamic calendar, next week.

  • Planned Parenthood Collected $28M in Medicaid Fraud, Says Former Iowa Director

    Planned Parenthood Collected $28M in Medicaid Fraud, Says Former Iowa Director

    A Planned Parenthood affiliate in Iowa has allegedly filed nearly one-half million false claims with Medicaid from which the pro-abortion organization received and retained nearly $28 million, say lawyers for a faith-based legal ministry.

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