Ian M. Giatti

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  Oct 20, 2023

  Derek Webb: I wore a dress to the Dove Awards to 'surrender' privilege as 'straight white man'

  A part-time Christian contemporary music artist is defending his decision to wear a dress to the Dove Awards in an effort to “surrender” his privilege of being a “straight white man.”

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  Oct 19, 2023

  Caedmon’s Call singer Derek Webb wears dress, flanks drag queen Flamy Grant at Dove Awards

  While Webb is no stranger to the Dove Awards, with 10 nominations and three wins, he said this year would be the first time he attended in person.

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  Oct 18, 2023

  Texas pastor says AI-generated church service was 'boring,' lacked 'spiritual depth'

  Jay Cooper, the pastor of Violet Crown City Church, a congregation of about 125 people located in the North Austin area, said he decided to switch things up by generating an entire worship service using artificial intelligence, an experiment he said the church won't try again.

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  Oct 14, 2023

  NBC podcast links conservative Christians to 'far-right interpretation of Christianity’

  NBC News debuted a new podcast series titled "Grapevine" this month, centered on what one of its reporters described as the "spreading influence of Christian dominion theology" in North Texas and beyond.

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  Oct 11, 2023

  RFK Jr. warns Black Rock 'feudal model' could turn the US into 'nation of renters'

  Just days after declaring himself as an independent candidate for the 2024 presidential race, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. told supporters in Texas he’s ready to take on what he warned could be an impending economic crisis in the United States.

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  Oct 10, 2023

  Chinese lab linked to COVID-19 banned from receiving US funding through 2033

  In apparent recognition of what was once widely regarded as “conspiracy theory,” U.S. health officials have debarred a Chinese laboratory suspected of leaking the COVID-19 virus from procuring taxpayer funding for at least the next decade. 

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  Oct 10, 2023

  'Fasten your seat belt': Pastor Greg Laurie talks potential fulfillment of Bible prophecy in Israel-Hamas war

  Does the ongoing bloodshed in Israel point to a potential fulfillment of Bible prophecy?

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  Oct 5, 2023

  Israeli police arrest Orthodox Jews suspected of spitting on Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem

  Police in Israel arrested five Orthodox Jews Wednesday for allegedly spitting at Christian pilgrims in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported.

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  Oct 3, 2023

  Andy Stanley defends conference for parents of 'gay kids,' says homosexuality is not a 'behavior,' but a 'defining attraction'

  Andy Stanley is finally sharing his thoughts about criticism over his involvement in a recent conference for Christian parents of what the megachurch pastor repeatedly referred to as “gay kids.”

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  Oct 3, 2023

  Author, theology professor Owen Strachan says feminism, 'wokeness' behind cultural 'war on men'

  Owen Strachan isn’t mincing words when it comes to what he says is the dual-headed cultural assault on biblical masculinity.