Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 21, 2015

  George H.W. Bush's One-Time Pastor Says He Is 'Like a Cat With Nine Lives' as Former President Recuperates From Fall

  Bonnie Steinroder, longtime friend and one-time pastor for George H.W. Bush who is now recuperating at his summer home in Maine after being hospitalized with a broken vertebra in his neck, says the 91-year-old former president is like "a cat with nine lives."

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  Jul 20, 2015

  Creflo Dollar Wants You to Help Him Reach a 'Billion Souls for Jesus' for Less Than $1 a Day

  After the big hoopla over his public appeal for his donors to fund a $65 million luxury jet for his ministry, televangelist Creflo Dollar has dialed things down a bit by refocusing his efforts on touching lives with the Gospel through a project to reach a "billion souls for Jesus," and no donation toward this endeavor is too small.

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  Jul 20, 2015

  'I Punched It in the Back;' Surfer Mick Fanning Narrowly Escapes Shark Attack at J-Bay Open on Live TV

  Australian surfing champion Mick Fanning narrowly escaped a brazen shark attack with some desperate punches during the final of the World Surf League's J-Bay Open competition in South Africa Sunday, and the frightening encounter played out on live television to a shocked audience.

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  Jul 19, 2015

  Study Reveals Best Age to Get Married and Suggests Those Who Wait Until 30s Could Be Doomed to Fail

  If you thought the longer you waited to get married the lower your chance of getting a divorce would be, you might want to take a look at the findings of a new study by Nicholas H. Wolfinger, professor of family and consumer studies and adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Utah, which says otherwise.

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  Jul 17, 2015

  Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini Has Dream He Will Be Free by Daughter's 9th Birthday This Year; Wife Prays It Will Happen

  A few months into his imprisonment in Iran three years ago, pastor Saeed Abedini had a dream that he was out of prison celebrating his daughter Rebecca's 9th birthday. Rebecca turns 9 "in a few months," according to his wife, Naghmeh Abedini, and she is now looking to God to move on behalf of her husband.

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  Jul 16, 2015

  Woman Jailed After Feasting at Seafood Buffet for Four Hours Then Declaring 'Jesus' Would Pay Bill

  For four hours on Sunday, April Lee Yates, 51, feasted at the popular Bennett's Calabash Seafood Buffet Restaurant in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, but when it was time to pay her bill she said "Jesus" would pick up the tab.

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  Jul 16, 2015

  Evangelical Bethel College Professor Jim Stump Resigns Because He Doesn't Believe 'Adam, Was Created by Immediate Act of God'

  A wave of concern is now rippling through the Christian science community after it was revealed that Jim Stump, a respected evangelical philosophy of science professor at the Christian Bethel College in Indiana, chose to resign last month because he doesn't agree with the school's new corporate position that "the first man, Adam, was created by an immediate act of God and not by a process of evolution."

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  Jul 16, 2015

  Wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini Says Iran Nuclear Deal 'Makes Sense;' Says 'I've Never Asked for Saeed to Be Part of the Deal'

  Despite her disappointment that her husband, Pastor Saeed Abedini, was not released as a part of President Barack Obama's recent nuclear deal with Iran, Naghmeh Abedini supported the decision Wednesday saying it "makes sense" and that she knew all along that her husband's release would not have been a part of the deal because the State Department had already informed her that would be the case.

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  Jul 15, 2015

  Peeved President Obama Says He Is Not 'Content' With Americans Imprisoned by Iran; Says Diplomats Working Hard to Free Them

  A peeved President Barack Obama flatly rejected a suggestion Wednesday that he was "content" with the recent nuclear deal with Iran which did not include the release of four Americans including pastor Saeed Abedini who remain imprisoned in the Middle Eastern nation on mostly "trumped-up" charges.

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  Jul 14, 2015

  Florida Church Threatens to Boot Member for 'Financial Delinquency;' Gives Her 90 Days to Overcome 'Hardship'

  A Florida church concerned about the failure of one of its young female members to pay a monthly financial contribution to its operations has threatened to strip her from its roll if she doesn't pay up and has offered her a grace period of 90 days to make nice if she is experiencing financial "hardship."