Anugrah Kumar

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  Jun 20, 2020

  Jon Steingard, Sean McDowell talk Christian faith, doubt in search for truth

  Jon Steingard, Christian rock band Hawk Nelson’s lead vocalist who declared last month he was no longer a believer, had a conversation about doubts and questions about Christianity with professor of apologetics and author Sean McDowell on a radio show Friday.

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  Jun 15, 2020

  New study shows 60% spike in class time devoted to evolution in last 12 years

  A new study suggests there has been “substantial reductions in overtly creationist instruction” in United States public high schools in the last 12 years while there’s been a spike in the time teachers “devote to human evolution and general evolutionary processes.”

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  Jun 15, 2020

  UN calls for end to 'cruel' 'conversion therapy'

  The United Nations is urging nations around the world to ban what opponents call “conversion therapy,” which involves therapy for those struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction and gender confusion, saying it can amount to “torture” and “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”

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  Jun 15, 2020

  Most evangelical churches say donations have grown, stayed same despite lockdowns

  Optimism is beginning to return to evangelical churches and organizations in the U.S. as a majority of them saw cash donations growing or remaining the same during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in April compared with the same month last year, according to a survey.

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  Jun 15, 2020

  Ben Watson at Boston prayer event in response to racism: Spiritual change is needed

  Hundreds of people gathered in Boston on Sunday afternoon for a prayer event that former New England Patriot Ben Watson helped organize to encourage the community to seek the biblical values of kindness, justice and righteousness as they deal with the sin of racism.

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  Jun 14, 2020

  Atlantans take to streets to protest officer's killing of Rayshard Brooks

  In a new wave of protests, Atlantans on Saturday hit the streets, blocked traffic and set fire to a Wendy’s restaurant, the site where a 27-year-old black man was shot and killed in a struggle with the police following a field sobriety test, according to reports.

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  Jun 14, 2020

  JD Greear tells SBC it’s time to retire the Broadus gavel, named after slaveholder

  Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear has urged that the denomination to stop opening its annual meetings with a gavel that carries the name of John Broadus, a 19th-century Southern Baptist leader who was a slaveholder.

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  Jun 13, 2020

  India denies entry to US religious freedom panel ahead of investigation

  New Delhi has denied entry visas to representatives of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom who had planned to investigate reports of persecution of Muslims and Christians following the release of its report that designates India as a “Country of Particular Concern.” 

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  Jun 13, 2020

  ‘It was God,’ sister says of ‘Gospel Grace’ radio host killed while shielding son

  The sister of Tyra Womack, a 57-year-old Baltimore gospel radio host who was shot dead outside her home during a dispute with a neighbor earlier this week, said God intervened and allowed Womack to shield her son, who was the main target, and save his life. 

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  Jun 13, 2020

  Groups laud Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era rule that redefined sex

  Conservative groups are applauding the Trump administration’s announcement on Friday that it's scrapping an Obama-era federal regulation requiring healthcare providers and insurers to perform gender-transition procedures and abortions against their medical judgment or religious convictions.