Jeff Schapiro

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  Mar 6, 2012

  'Date' With Tim Tebow Makes Little Girl Face of Genetic Disorder

  Several weeks ago Presli Collins, a 10-year-old girl with a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow in her body, spent five hours with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow as his "date" at the Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards show in California. Little did her family know at the time, however, that Presli would become the face of her condition, at least for a few weeks, as a result.

• Mar 5, 2012

  Church Donates $100,000 to Community During 100th Anniversary Celebration

  A church in North Little Rock, Ark., became a major financial blessing to its community on Sunday when it gave a total of $100,000 to area organizations as a way of celebrating its 100th anniversary.

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  Mar 2, 2012

  Atheist Billboard to Protest Pennsylvania's 'Year of the Bible'

  Two atheist organizations are teaming up to purchase a billboard in central Pennsylvania in protest of a resolution passed by the state's House of Representatives in January that declared 2012 the "Year of the Bible."

• Mar 2, 2012

  Christian Teens Tell Churches: Challenge Us, Don't Water Down Gospel

  Pastor Rick Warren made a brief appearance during the Groundswell online conference on Thursday, but he wasn't the keynote speaker. In fact, many of the speakers who were featured aren't even out of high school yet.

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  Feb 29, 2012

  Arianna Huffington Pressed to Apologize for Column Calling Catholicism a 'Jesus-Eating Cult'

  Socially conservative leaders of several major organizations have together sent a letter to Huffington Post publisher Arianna Huffington demanding that she issue an apology over a column that mocks presidential candidate Rick Santorum and his Roman Catholic faith.

• Feb 28, 2012

  Pastors Offer Help to Community Stunned by Ohio School Shooting

  Emotions are running high in the city of Chardon, Ohio, where a gunman went on a horrific shooting spree at Chardon High School on Monday that has resulted in the death of three students and the wounding of two others. But as members of the community mourn, area pastors have banded together to lend an ear, help residents with the grieving process and show people that there is hope in God.

• Feb 27, 2012

  Christians Are Uncomfortable With Bible's Graphic Language, Says Blogger

  There's no doubt that the Bible contains graphic themes. Its stories are packed with things like violence, sex, war and sacrifice, but what about the language it contains? One blogger says modern translations of the Bible don't fully disclose the graphic language that its original writers intended for it to have.

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  Feb 24, 2012

  Richard Dawkins Reveals He Is Agnostic

  When Richard Dawkins, the world-famous evolutionary biologist, and Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, took the stage at the United Kingdom's University of Oxford for a discussion over the origins of nature on Thursday, almost everyone thought the university had pitted an atheist against a Christian. Almost everyone was wrong.

• Feb 22, 2012

  States Vote on Allowing Bible Courses at Public Schools With Mixed Results

  States across the U.S. are debating whether or not they should allow public schools to teach courses on the Bible, based on the idea that understanding the Christian scriptures is important in understanding the history and culture of America. Not surprisingly, these Bible course bills are being met with mixed responses by lawmakers.

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  Feb 21, 2012

  Tim Tebow Takes 9-Year-Old With Genetic Disorder as Date to Awards Show

  Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow made one little girl from Colorado very happy over the weekend when he flew her out to California to be his "date" for the second annual Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards show.