Leonardo Blair

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  May 21, 2019

  James MacDonald fights over firing, assets of Harvest Bible Chapel amid murder-for-hire allegations

  Harvest Bible Chapel founder James MacDonald is still contesting his firing from the greater Chicago megachurch even as police investigate murder for hire allegations.

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  May 20, 2019

  Megachurch founder James MacDonald allegedly sought murder for hire, police investigating

  Police in Illinois are currently investigating allegations that Harvest Bible Chapel founder James MacDonald sought to find a hitman to commit murder.

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  May 20, 2019

  Conservatives react after Jim Carrey’s cartoon shows Alabama gov. being aborted

  Some conservatives are now condemning actor Jim Carrey after he published a cartoon on Saturday depicting Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey being aborted as furor over the state’s controversial abortion ban continues to grow.

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  May 20, 2019

  Billionaire stuns 2019 Morehouse College graduates, pledges to pay off student loans

  Nearly 400 graduates of Morehouse College, America’s only all-male historically black college, got welcome news on Sunday when commencement speaker and billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced his family would pay off their student loans.

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  May 20, 2019

  Faith leaders are increasingly navigating mass trauma, a new media resource promises to help

  Time and air seemed to freeze as Pastor Sam Saylor’s raspy voice, still palpable with pain, boomed through the room inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum.

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  May 17, 2019

  Theologian makes biblical case for why white Christians need to support reparations for black Americans

  White Christians need to get behind a growing movement pushing for reparations for African Americans because it is a biblical principle endorsed by Jesus, associate professor at Princeton Theological Seminary Keri Day recently contended.

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  May 15, 2019

  Ala. lawmakers pass bill making abortion a felony; Gov. Kay Ivey defends it

  A bill that would make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion in Alabama was defended Wednesday by Gov. Kay Ivey after the state’s Senate voted to pass what many say will be the strictest abortion ban in the nation.

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  May 15, 2019

  Democrats nix ‘So help me God’ from swearing-in oath; conservatives rankled

  Since taking control of the House, Democrat leaders of several key committees have nixed the phrase “so help me God” from a swearing-in oath for individuals testifying before them.

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  May 15, 2019

  Woman, 61, fighting to stay alive after Texas hospital pulls life support against family’s wishes

  A 61-year-old Texas mother is now fighting to stay alive two days after a local hospital removed her from life support against her family’s wishes after declaring their efforts to save her life futile under the 1999 Texas Advance Directive Act.

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  May 14, 2019

  Will Democrat and Republican evangelicals put Gospel before party for 2020 election?

  Through a growing coalition called the And Campaign already operating in several major cities, president and co-founder Justin Giboney believes he and his growing team can convince evangelicals to unite to vote “the right way” come 2020 regardless of the party they support.