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  Sep 22, 2017

  Christian Woman Died From Brain Cancer to Save Her Baby; Now Child Is Dead Too

  Carrie Lynn DeKlyen, 37, a cancer-stricken Christian woman from Michigan who died two weeks ago after giving birth to a daughter will now be joined in her grave by the child who was named Life Lynn. DeKlyen had refused chemotherapy to save her then unborn daughter.

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  Sep 22, 2017

  Justice Sonia Sotomayor Asks for Prayers as Many Worry About Families in Puerto Rico After Maria

  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly asked for prayers for her family in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico Thursday after revealing that she hasn't heard from half of them since Hurricane Maria left the entire country without power and at least 10 people dead as of Friday morning.

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  Sep 21, 2017

  5-Y-O Calif. Boy Suspended From School for Making 'Terroristic Threats'

  A California couple is lobbying for administrators at Great Valley Academy public charter school in Modesto to clear their 5-year-old son's record after he was suspended from school for a day for allegedly making a "terroristic threat" by refusing to remove his backpack and claiming there was a bomb inside.

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  Sep 21, 2017

  Homeless Man Cut Neck of Pastor's Widow at Church After She Gave Him Food to Eat

  Dwight Mitchell Bell, the man accused of killing Ruthie Carolyn New, a 70-year-old pastor's widow who was found dead in her Somerset, Kentucky, church last month, cut her neck after she gave him some potato chips to eat, police say.

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  Sep 21, 2017

  Celebration of Nabeel Qureshi's Life Set for Houston's First Baptist Church Thursday (Watch Livestream)

  Family, friends and well-wishers will gather at The Loop Campus of Houston's First Baptist Church on Thursday morning to celebrate the life of beloved Christian apologist Nabeel Qureshi.

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  Sep 20, 2017

  Prodigal Christian NBA Player Dwight Howard Is Finding Way Out of 'Dark Hole'

  When Dwight Howard, was named the No. 1 overall draft pick in the NBA in 2004, he was a devout 18-year-old Christian who was still a virgin intent on getting people "saved." Thirteen years and five children with five different mothers later, Howard is working on reconnecting with God.

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  Sep 20, 2017

  Greg Locke Denounces Transgenderism, Declares It Mental Illness in Video Once Banned by Facebook

  In a video once banned by Facebook, popular internet preacher and leader of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee, Greg Locke, denounces transgenderism as a mental illness and charged that support for the movement should not be equated with the civil rights movement.

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  Sep 20, 2017

  IMB Allows President David Platt to Test New Role as Unpaid Teaching Pastor at Megachurch

  Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board have announced that the board's president, David Platt, has been approved to test a new role as teaching pastor at McLean Bible Church in Virginia while leading the organization.

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  Sep 19, 2017

  JoeNell Summerfield Memorial: TD Jakes Celebrates Megachurch Pastor, Children Call It 'Traumatic' Year

  Bishop T.D. Jakes presided over the memorial service of Pastor JoeNell Summerfield on Monday and reminded the church that they were there to celebrate her life. But her children said the year had been a "traumatic" one for his family and the church, as they lost both their parents.

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  Sep 19, 2017

  Hurricane Maria Devastates Dominica as Prime Minister Declares 'We Shall Survive by the Grace of God'

  "The winds are merciless! We shall survive by the grace of God!" Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of the small Caribbean island nation of Dominica declared as the powerful Category 5 Hurricane Maria ravaged his country Monday night.