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  Mar 17, 2021

  AME pastor who admitted to having ‘some bourbon’ charged with DUI

  Lavan Strickland, a longtime counselor and leader of the New Webb Grove AME Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was arrested and charged with a DUI on Sunday after he attempted to flee the scene of a crash and admitted to having “some bourbon.”

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  Mar 17, 2021

  Christian mass shooter Robert Long was tired of ‘temptation’ posed by massage parlors: police

  Christian mass shooter Robert Aaron Long, 21, told police he was addicted to pornography and was trying to eliminate “temptation” when he shot up three massage parlors in the Atlanta area, killing eight people who were mostly Asian women Tuesday evening, and was planning to shoot up more in Florida.

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  Mar 17, 2021

  Southern Baptist church where mass shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long was baptized grieves for dead

  The Southern Baptist church where 21-year-old mass shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long got baptized twice is now grieving for his victims and the families impacted by his deadly shooting rampage at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area that left eight people dead Tuesday including six Asian women.

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  Mar 17, 2021

  After SBC ousts Tennessee church, pastor convicted of statutory rape resigns

  John Randy Leming Jr., a pastor at Antioch Baptist Church in Sevierville, Tennessee, whose past as a convicted rapist caused the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee to disfellowship his congregation last month has resigned.

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  Mar 17, 2021

  Most European countries suspend use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine over blood clot fears

  Most European Union countries including Spain, France, Italy and Germany have suspended  the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine amid fears of rare blood clots and abnormal bleeding. The pharmaceutical company and health officials in the region insist however there is no cause for alarm.

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  Mar 16, 2021

  Tree injures pastor in accident, wife dies of heart attack on same day

  Members of First Baptist Church of Richburg, South Carolina, sobbed in shock after learning their pastor was badly injured and his wife had suffered a fatal heart attack on the same day.

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  Mar 16, 2021

  WNBA champion who says she was bullied in league for being straight shares how faith kept her

  Former WNBA star Candice Wiggins sees herself as a non-traditional Christian who has walked a rocky road. Three years ago, Wiggins says she was forced to retire early in part because she was bullied for being straight in a league she estimates is 98% gay. After telling her truth though, Wiggins now reveals how she leaned on her faith after she was attacked with “unimaginable anger.”

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  Mar 16, 2021

  Pastor shot dead weeks after thanking God he survived ‘what I didn’t see coming’

  Less than three weeks after celebrating his 43rd birthday and publicly thanking God for helping him survive “what I didn’t see coming,” Kevin D. Nick, a beloved Georgia pastor and founder of Higher Dimensions Fellowship Assemblies, was shot dead last Friday.

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  Mar 15, 2021

  Drew Brees announces retirement, will join NBC Sports as broadcaster

  After 15 years with the New Orleans Saints and 20 years in the NFL, star quarterback Drew Brees who has taken heat for some of his positions over the years like encouraging kids to take their Bibles to school, says he’s retiring from playing the game.

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  Mar 12, 2021

  78-y-o Michigan grandmother deadlifts nearly 400 pounds with help of Holy Spirit

  At 78, Michigan grandmother Nora Langdon is a powerlifting champion who can deadlift almost 400 pounds and bench presses more than 200 pounds, thanks, she says, to the power of the Holy Spirit, eating right, and training consistently.