Leonardo Blair

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  Jun 30, 2018

  No Limit on How Long Humans Can Live, New Study Claims

  While the average life expectancy for Americans currently stands at 78.7 years, results from a new study conducted by a team of researchers from Europe and the U.S. suggests that there's no limit on how long people can live.

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  Jun 29, 2018

  Bible Scholar Calls DC Pastor's Claim That Evangelicals Made Faustian Bargain With Trump 'Delusional'

  Robert A.J. Gagnon, an outspoken Bible scholar and elder in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A, has slammed noted Washington, D.C. Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile of Anacostia River Church, for suggesting that evangelical Christians who support President Donald Trump made a "Faustian bargain" to get pro-life judges nominated to the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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  Jun 28, 2018

  Sunday 'Celebration' Planned for Fallen Pastor Fred Price Jr.'s Return to Megachurch Pulpit

  Members of Crenshaw Christian Center in Los Angeles, which once boasted a flock of 28,000 in its heyday, will celebrate the return of their fallen pastor, Fred Price Jr., to the pulpit on Sunday, a year after he stepped down over "serious personal misjudgments."

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  Jun 28, 2018

  Kansas Principal Agrees to Stop Telling Graduates Faith and Jesus Lead to Success

  A high school principal in Kansas has agreed to stop encouraging graduates of the school to look to faith and Jesus to find success after the Freedom From Religion Foundation complained about it.

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  Jun 28, 2018

  New Church Parking Tax, Filing Requirements Trigger Fresh Debate on Financial Transparency

  At least one religious watchdog group said Wednesday that the newly instituted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that applies the federal income tax to parking benefits provided by churches, is a step in the right direction towards transparency in church finances as the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability wages a campaign to repeal it.

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  Jun 27, 2018

  'I Knew God Was With Us,' Lionel Messi Says After Argentina Defeats Nigeria

  Until the 87th minute in the World Cup match between Argentina and Nigeria on Tuesday, it looked like Argentina, one of the world's great soccer nations, would be eliminated from the competition in Russia. Lionel Messi, the Argentinian forward who also plays for Spanish soccer club, Barcelona, wasn't worried however because he knew that "God was with us."

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  Jun 26, 2018

  Woman Claims Pastor Booted Her From Church for Missing Sunday Services Without His Permission

  Azoia Williams, a young Mississippi woman who says she attended Zion Chapel Church of God in Christ in Bolton "since birth," claims she was kicked off the church's membership roll by her former pastor this week for missing two Sundays without his permission.

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  Jun 26, 2018

  All Churches With Employee Parking Hit by New Tax, Additional Filing Requirements

  Churches and other historically tax-exempt organizations will now have to file federal and likely state income tax returns according to a recently unearthed provision in the newly instituted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that applies federal income tax to parking benefits and hundreds of organizations are now calling for its repeal.

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  Jun 25, 2018

  'Faithful' Church Handyman Arrested for Sexually Assaulting 4-Y-O Girl as Her Mother Worshiped

  A recently "saved" 51-year-old man described as "faithful" by some who know him was arrested for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl at a California church where he worked as a handyman and security guard.

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  Jun 25, 2018

  Megachurch Pastor Chris Sonksen Says People Should 'Quit Church'

  Pastor Chris Sonksen of the multi-campus South Hills Church in Southern California wants you to "quit church," but not in the way you might think.