Michael Gryboski

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  Feb 25, 2020

  Megachurch pastor challenges Americans’ ‘easy’ Christianity, urges ‘dangerous’ prayers

  A megachurch pastor and best-selling author has challenged American Christians to abandoned an “easy” version of their beliefs and pray “dangerous” prayers instead.

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  Feb 25, 2020

  Ohio megachurch helps pay $46.5 million in medical debt, highest amount ever paid off

  A multisite megachurch primarily based in Ohio partnered with a nonprofit to eliminate $46.5 million in medical debt, the largest such medical debt relief amount to date.

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  Feb 25, 2020

  Trump admin. can enforce ban on Title X funds for clinics that promote abortion, Ninth Circuit rules

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Trump administration can enforce a rule denying Title X funds to family planning clinics that promote abortion.

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  Feb 24, 2020

  Ash Wednesday: Episcopal diocese hosting 'Ashes to Go' at metro stops, coffee shops, churches

  As Christians get ready to observe Ash Wednesday by attending worship services that involve the imposition of ashes on their forehead in the shape of a cross, one Episcopal diocese will be taking the ritual outside its church walls.

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  Feb 23, 2020

  This week in Christian history: Diocletian persecution begins, Anabaptist martyred, Seminary founder born

  Here are just a few things that happened this week in Church history. They include the beginning of the “Great Persecution” in the Roman Empire and the martyrdom of an Anabaptist leader.

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  Feb 21, 2020

  Judges block on Mississippi’s heartbeat abortion ban

  A three-judge panel has unanimously upheld a block on a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions once a baby's heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

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  Feb 21, 2020

  Ex-slave turned Baptist missionary honored with day on Southern Baptist Convention calendar

  A former slave who later became a pioneering Baptist missionary to Jamaica has been honored with a day on the Southern Baptist Convention calendar.

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  Feb 20, 2020

  Buttigieg's brother-in-law denounces candidate for advancing ideas ‘against Scripture’

  The brother-in-law of former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has denounced the Democratic candidate for claiming it was unbiblical to support President Donald Trump.

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  Feb 20, 2020

  ‘Philly Jesus’ kicked out of cathedral, handcuffed and cited for trespassing

  A former heroin addict who dresses like Jesus Christ and preaches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was recently kicked out of a Roman Catholic cathedral and cited for trespassing.

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  Feb 20, 2020

  Cross can stay at Florida public park, circuit court panel rules

  A 34-foot tall cross can remain at a public park in Florida, according to a ruling from a three-judge panel that reversed an earlier decision from the same appeals court.