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  Nov 17, 2015

  Lebanon Arrests 11 After ISIS Suicide Bombings Kill 43 in Beirut

  Lebanese security forces have arrested 11 people, most of them Syrians, in connection with last week's double suicide bomb attack in Beirut, which killed at least 43 people and wounded more than 239 others.

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  Nov 15, 2015

  Jennifer Lawrence 'Embarrassed to Be From Kentucky' Because of Kim Davis

  Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence told a magazine that Kim Davis, a Christian clerk for Rowan county who recently spent days in jail for refusing to issue marriage certificates to same-sex couples, makes her "embarrassed to be from Kentucky."

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  Nov 15, 2015

  Paris Attacks: One of 7 Terrorists Identified as Omar Ismaïl Mostefai

  French authorities have identified one of the seven terrorists who staged six deadly attacks in Paris, killing at least 129 and injuring more than 350 people, and are investigating a Syrian passport that was found near the bodies of two suicide bombers. Three people have been arrested at the Belgian border, and Belgian police have arrested several after carrying out raids in Brussels.

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  Nov 15, 2015

  ISIS Claims Paris Was Targeted for Carrying 'the Banner of the Cross in Europe'

  While claiming responsibility for a wave of terror attacks that killed at least 129 people in Paris on Friday night, the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, said its men killed "no less than 100 Crusaders … targeting the capital of prostitution and obscenity, the carrier of the banner of the Cross in Europe."

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  Nov 14, 2015

  Megachurch Pastor Matt Chandler: Forgiveness Is a Mark of Believers' Authenticity

  The words "the forgiveness of sins" in the Apostles' Creed are so important for Christian believers to understand and live out that they cannot reflect the authenticity of their faith, and that of the Church, without it, said Pastor Matt Chandler of The Village Church in Texas, who is teaching his congregation the meaning and relevance of the statement of faith through a series of sermons.

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  Nov 14, 2015

  Naghmeh Abedini Halts Public Advocacy, Citing Marital Abuse, Stress

  Naghmeh Abedini, the wife of imprisoned U.S. Pastor Saeed in Iran, has said she is suspending her public advocacy for her husband, which she has kept up for more than three years, citing continued psychological and sexual abuse in her marriage among other reasons.

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  Nov 9, 2015

  Are Religious Children Less Generous Than Atheists?

  Children in religious homes are more punitive and less generous than their non-religious peers, claims a new study published in the journal Current Biology.

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  Nov 8, 2015

  Man 'Disrupts,' Condemns Massachusetts United Church of Christ's 'Drag Gospel Fest'

  The lead pastor of a United Church of Christ in Massachusetts describes what happened when a Christian man disrupted its annual "Drag Gospel Festival" event held to raise money for assisting LGBT asylum seekers in the U.S. and whose promotional poster carried a 12th century icon of Jesus Christ "digitally enhanced" with makeup and earrings.

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  Nov 8, 2015

  Africa's Methodist Bishops to Colleagues: Uphold Biblical Teachings on Marriage, Sexuality

  The United Methodist bishops in Africa this week released a statement urging all bishops of their denomination to uphold the church's teachings on marriage and sexuality, saying they are "deeply saddened" that the Bible and the Methodist Book of Discipline are being ignored by some clergy.

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  Nov 8, 2015

  Houston LGBT Ordinance Opponent Lance Berkman Talks About Personal Attacks by Mayor Annise Parker

  Lance Berkman, former Rice University and former Houston Astro star who was among the leaders of the successful efforts to defeat the controversial Houston "Equal Rights" Ordinance, or HERO, talked about personal attacks he received by the city's openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, following the vote.