Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 22, 2017

  Princeton Seminary Cancels Award to Tim Keller After LGBT Complaint

  A week after disgruntled Princeton Theological Seminary alumni complained that Tim Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, should not receive the school's Kuyper Prize because of his church's position on the ordination of women and LGBT individuals, the seminary decided Wednesday not to give the award this year.

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  Mar 22, 2017

  Tillerson Says Wife Told Him to Take State Sec. Job: 'God's Not Through With You'

  In his first interview since taking office, former ExxonMobil CEO turned Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, revealed that he didn't want the job which President Donald Trump offered him at the end of their very first meeting.

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  Mar 21, 2017

  Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Criticized for Giving Eddie Long Highest Honor at Funeral

  Two months after the death of controversial megachurch Pastor Eddie Long, some high-profile members of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, which he was a member of, are criticizing the organization for recognizing him with its highest honor despite his scandal-scarred life.

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  Mar 21, 2017

  'The Earth Is Flat, Yes, It Is,' Shaquille O'Neal Says

  Retired NBA star Shaquille O'Neal joined a growing chorus of athletes who reject the idea of a round earth last Thursday when he declared in an interview that "the Earth is flat. Yes, it is."

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  Mar 21, 2017

  Paul Washer, HeartCry Missionary Society Founder, Suffers Heart Attack

  Supporters of Paul Washer, 55, founder, director and missions coordinator of HeartCry Missionary Society, are now asking for prayers after he suffered a heart attack Monday night and was forced to undergo emergency surgery.

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  Mar 20, 2017

  Fast-Growing Christian Movement Attracts the Young, Upends Religious, Political Landscape

  An entrepreneurial Christian movement described as "Independent Network Charismatic" or INC is now the fastest growing Christian group in America, two researchers say, and it is attracting the young and wielding powerful influence on both the religious and political fronts.

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  Mar 20, 2017

  'I Kissed a Girl' Singer Katy Perry Says She Spent Childhood Trying to 'Pray the Gay Away at Jesus Camps'

  Preacher's kid and "I Kissed a Girl" singer Katy Perry revealed on Saturday that she did a lot more than kiss a girl growing up as a conservative Christian and spent her time trying to "pray the gay away at Jesus Camps."

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  Mar 17, 2017

  Coptic Christian Sues After Florida DOT Fires Him, Tells FBI He Is a Muslim Terrorist

  Michael Rezk, an Egyptian and Coptic Christian who became a U.S. citizen in 2015, is suing the Florida Department of Transportation for religious and national origin discrimination after the agency fired him and reported him as a Muslim terrorist to the FBI, causing his arrest.

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  Mar 17, 2017

  Russia Files Petition to Ban Jehovah's Witnesses as Extremist Group

  The Russian Justice Ministry filed a formal petition Wednesday with the nation's Supreme Court seeking to ban Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist group.

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  Mar 17, 2017

  Christian Ecclesia College Stands by President After He Is Indicted for Mail, Wire Fraud

  Two months after denying allegations that he bribed a government official to get state grants, Oren Paris III, president of Ecclesia College, a small Christian school in Springdale, Arkansas, has been indicted along with two others on 10 counts each of mail and wire fraud.